Genius Meanings
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David Bowie – I'm Afraid of Americans
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A satire on American corporitisation, homogenization, aggressiveness and mass culture. Bowie explained the background to the song:
I was traveling in Java when [its] first
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David Bowie – I'm Afraid of Americans (Showgirls Version)
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The original version of David Bowie’s “I’m Afraid of Americans” was one of the final pieces of music recorded during the 1994 Outside sessions with Brian Eno. The track, an angsty
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David Bowie – I'm Afraid of Americans (NIN V1 Mix)
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[Verse 1: David Bowie] / Nana, na na, nana, na na, na / Johnny's in America / Lo-Teks at the wheel / Nana, na na, nana, na na, na / No one needs anyone / They don't even just
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David Bowie (Ft. Ice Cube) – I'm Afraid of Americans (NIN V3 Mix)
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[Intro: Ice Cube and David Bowie] / I pledge / I, I / I pledge / I pledge / I pledge allegiance / I, I / I pledge allegiance to the / A-murder-merica / A-murder-merica / A-murder-
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Globus – I'm Afraid of Americans
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[Verse 1] / Donny's in America / Low tech's at the wheel / Donny's in America / Flunkies under his heel / Donny's in America / Fascists at the podium / They don't even just pretend
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BONES UK – I'm Afraid of Americans
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[Verse 1] / Johnny's in America / No tricks at the wheel / No one needs anyone / They don't even just pretend / Johnny's in America / [Chorus] / I'm afraid of Americans / Yeah, I'm
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David Bowie – I'm Afraid of Americans Remixes
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See all of “I'm Afraid of Americans” by David Bowie’s remixes
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David Bowie – Johnny Downloader (a.k.a. I'm Afraid of Americans - Early Version)
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(Uhn uhn uhn, uhn uhn, uhn uhn, uhn uhn uhn) / Johnny's in America, low-tracks at the wheel / (Uhn uhn uhn, uhn uhn, uhn uhn, uhn uhn uhn) / No one needs anyone, they don't even
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Ondara – I'm Afraid Of Americans
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Johnny's in America / Lo-Tek at the wheel / Nobody needs anyone / They don't even just pretend / Johnny's in America / Johnny's in America / Johnny wants a brain / Johnny wants to
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Greek Fire (Ft. Stephen Christian) – I'm Afraid of Americans
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Johnny's in America, Lo-Teks at the wheel / No one needs anyone, they don't even just pretend / Johnny's in America / [Chorus] / I'm afraid of Americans / I'm afraid of the world
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David Bowie – I'm Afraid of Americans Covers
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See all of “I'm Afraid of Americans” by David Bowie’s covers
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David Bowie – Segue - Nathan Adler, Pt. 1 (2021 Remaster)
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[Spoken Interlude] / Ramona is so cold / When she broke it off with Leon, she said / "The ring is enough, I don't wanna see his face again" / Ramona was so cold / Ramona was so
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David Bowie – Little Wonder
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[Verse 1] / Stinky weather, fat shaky hands / Dopey morning Doc, grumpy gnomes / [Refrain] / Little wonder then, little wonder / You little wonder, little wonder you / [Verse 2
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David Bowie – Repetition
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[Verse 1] / Johnny is a man and he's bigger than you / But his overheads are high / And he looks straight through you / When you ask him how the kids are / He'll get home around
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David Bowie – Stay (Live at BBC Radio Theatre, London, 27th June, 2000) [2021 Remaster]
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[Verse 1] / This week dragged past me so slowly / The days fell on their knees / Maybe I'll take something to help me / Hope someone takes after me / I guess there's always some
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David Bowie – Dead Man Walking (Moby Mix 1)
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[Intro] / Gone, gone, gone spinning slack through reality / Dance my way, falling up through the years / Until I swivel back round then I fly, fly, fly / Losing breath underwater
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David Bowie – Seven Years in Tibet
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David Bowie discovered Buddhism in his early teens, thanks to his step-brother Terry’s beatnik leanings, the novels of Jack Kerouac and a few Penguin paperbacks that gave him the
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David Bowie – Dead Man Walking
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[Verse 1] / He swivels his head / Tears his eyes from the screen / As his past puts him back in Atlantic City / There's not even a demon in Heaven or Hell / Is it all just human
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David Bowie & Gail Ann Dorsey – Planet of Dreams
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Nothing on smoke today / Nothing dies on the wing / Wing's been losing time / An anarchy born in pain / Pain that comes and goes / It goes against all you see / You see I got
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David Bowie – Heroes (Single Version)
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38. I'm Afraid of Americans (NIN V1 Mix). 39. Slow Burn · Dancing in the Street. Heroes (Single Version) (Unreleased). Credits. Release Date. November 21, 1975.
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David Bowie – Looking for Satellites
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[Intro] / Nowhere, Shampoo, TV, Combat, Boy's Own / Slim tie, Showdown, Can't stop / Nowhere, Shampoo, TV, Combat, Boy's Own / Slim tie, Showdown, Can't stop / [Verse 1] / Where do
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David Bowie – The Last Thing You Should Do
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[Verse 1] / What have you been doing to yourself? / What have you been doing to yourself? / What have you been doing to yourself? / It's the last thing you should do-oh-oh-oh-oh
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David Bowie – Little Wonder (Video Edit)
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[Verse 1] / Stinky weather, fat shaky hands / Dopey morning Doc, grumpy gnomes / [Refrain] / Little wonder then, little wonder / You little wonder, little wonder you / [Verse 2
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David Bowie – Telling Lies
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[Intro] / Telling lies / [Verse 1] / Gorgeous girls are bound to meet / To talk of stars and kings and feet / Through the chromosomes of space and time / Me, I'm fast like bad
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David Bowie – Don't Let Me Down & Down (Indonesian Vocal Version) [2021 Remaster]
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[Verse 1] / Still I keep my love for you / No place to hide no way to fall / Nowhere to lie no world so wide / [Chorus] / I'm sick and tired of telling you / Don't let me down and
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David Bowie – Law (Earthlings on Fire)
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[Refrain] / I don't want knowledge, I want certainty / I don't want knowledge, I want certainty / I don't want knowledge, I want certainty / [Verse 1] / In the street a man shouts
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David Bowie – Battle for Britain (The Letter)
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[Verse 1] / My, my, the time do fly when it's in another pair of hands / And a loser I will be for I've never been a winner in my life / I got used to stressing pain, I used the
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David Bowie – Hallo Spaceboy (Live, Glastonbury, 2000)
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[Spoken Intro] / Come on, girl / [Verse] / Hallo Spaceboy / You're sleepy now / Your silhouette, so stationary / You're released but your custody calls / And I want to be free
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