David Bowie Yassassin (Turkish for "Long Live")

From his 1979 album Lodger

Lyrics:

Yassassin - I'm not a moody guy
Yassassin - I walk without a sound
Yassassin - Just a working man, no judge of men
Yassassin - But such a life I've never known

We came from the farmlands
To live in this city
We walked proud and lustful
In this resonant world
You want to fight
But I don't want to leave
Or drift away

Yassassin - I'm not a moody guy
Yassassin - I walk without a sound
Yassassin - Just a working man, no judge of men
Yassassin - But such a life I've never known

Look at this - no second glances
Look at this - no value of
Look at this - just sun and steel
Look at this - then look at us

If there's someone in charge
Then listen to me
Don't say nothing's wrong
'Cause I've got a love
And she's afeared
You want to fight
But I don't want to leave
Or drift away

Yassassin - I'm not a moody guy
Yassassin - I walk without a sound
Yassassin - Just a working man, no judge of men
Yassassin - But such a life I've never known
Yassassin - I'm not a moody guy
Yassassin - I walk without a sound
Yassassin - Just a working man, no judge of men
Yassassin - But such a life I've never known

Yassassin, Yassassin, Yassassin, Yassassin

Category:

Music

Tags:

• David
• Bowie
• Yassassin
• (Turkish
• for
• Long
• Live)
• Lodger

[wisdomist]

LOVE

[gloiven]

trivia - all songs on the lodger album follow the same chord progression - bowie has stated so publicly! you can hear it if you strap on your ears. sly arranger and melodysmith he.

[TheOyelec]

Smart track from a smart album!!!

[leblekis]

assessin ile bir ilgisi yok Türkçesi yaşasındır birisi bir halkdır,diğeri ise bir deyimdir ilgilenenlerde tercüme edip baksınlar lütfen

[leblekis]

sen çok yaşa david bowie,Allah rahmet eylesin Arif Mardin

[bnutdude]

I've gotta buy Lodger again... lost the original years ago. Listening to this makes that a necessity!

[KorvettenKapitan83]

wohoo



[DrMadolite]

One would think that the word Assassin comes from this word Yassassin. But it's actually from the arabic/persian Hashashin, although I guess the word could've visited Turkey before continuing to the western world.

[outnaway]

Scoobydoonut, I can assure that Americans heard Lodger in 1979. I'm one of them. I remember waiting for it to come out.

I don't think people knew what to think of it in 1979 though. It's not New Wave like Low or Heroes. It's sure not disco and even the Grateful Dead was doing disco in 1979. So what is it? It's Bowie.

What's remarkable about it is the wall of obscure growls, pulses, throbs and sustained whirling in the background on all of the track. Certainly some of this is Eno.

[splooged]

@vorkutaman I thought it might be a British thing because there's a Hitchcock film called The Lodger.

[splooged]

why did he call this album - LODGER?

[jeancocteau1]

@Scoobydoonut Wow..its Surreal hearing all these people saying they just heard this..Americans really do live in a bubble..this Album we listened to in high school, but back then you were a freak, you were a fag, you were trashed for liking this music..all the best!