The young man I imagined ends up a victim of commerce, selling cars. People end up on a treadmill, joining the rat race and saving up for a decent life. They work hard and save money and have to be careful of those who try to exploit them. Then there's a reference to the Russian presence in Dresden and the drawing of boundaries in Germany after World War Two. The lyrics show my sypathy for the East Germans."
Lyrically, the letters "GmbH" mean "limited company" in Germany. From hearing GmbH, the words "Bear Cage" came into my head. The bear is the symbol of Berlin and there's the Russian Bear. I was thinking of East Germany being in a cage of the Russioan Bear and the lyrics are written from the viewpoint of a young man living in East Germany. He's living through the disgrace of the generations before, from the first and second World Wars.
@jeevesthepunk Not all. I really like The Stranglers but the drummer is great and Caz Campbell is an excellent bass player I think
gizzytiersen 1 month ago
is it wrong for me to prefer this to the stranglers' original?
jeevesthepunk 8 months ago
@sphereballs He wrote the fucking thing, he's entitled to play it
SteveResin 8 months ago
ur an arsehole. great camarawork..
birdycannyfly 11 months ago
Call me an arsehole but if he's going to play Stranglers songs why doesn't he just stay with the Stranglers?
sphereballs 1 year ago
Caz is as good as JJB
JohnDCox 1 year ago
still cool after all these years,excellent rendition ! *****
smokehogg 2 years ago
HC in Song by Song:
The young man I imagined ends up a victim of commerce, selling cars. People end up on a treadmill, joining the rat race and saving up for a decent life. They work hard and save money and have to be careful of those who try to exploit them. Then there's a reference to the Russian presence in Dresden and the drawing of boundaries in Germany after World War Two. The lyrics show my sypathy for the East Germans."
1105rain 2 years ago
HC in "Song by Song":
Lyrically, the letters "GmbH" mean "limited company" in Germany. From hearing GmbH, the words "Bear Cage" came into my head. The bear is the symbol of Berlin and there's the Russian Bear. I was thinking of East Germany being in a cage of the Russioan Bear and the lyrics are written from the viewpoint of a young man living in East Germany. He's living through the disgrace of the generations before, from the first and second World Wars.
1105rain 2 years ago
why do you guess that?
MoveOverCasanova 2 years ago