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According to biographer Nicholas Pegg, "Young Americans" presents a rapid lyric "sketching an Englishman's impressionist portrait of 20th century America". [11] Production team the Matrix noted "America" as "a bit like a teenager: brimming with energy and imagination, occasionally overstepping the mark, but always with a great sense of possibility". [12]
David Bowie used the lyric "I heard the news today—oh, boy!" in his 1975 song "Young Americans". Lennon appeared twice on Bowie's album Young Americans, providing guitar and backing vocals. [136] Bob Dylan included the same line in his tribute song to Lennon, "Roll on John", on the 2012 album Tempest. [137]
The line "I heard the news today, oh boy" was taken from the Beatles' song "A Day in the Life" (1967), acknowledging Lennon's influence on Bowie and their imminent collaboration later on the album. [24] The author Peter Doggett writes that the song introduced the world to an entirely new Bowie, catching everyone by surprise. [40]
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The song is in Strophic form, lasts 3 minutes 43 seconds and ends with a fade out. The song is about the news programmes of 2095 and voices from news reports can be heard in the background during the song. Although some of these sound like genuine news report clips, they were voiced by Lynne and other band members as part of the recording ...
"He sent me the song that is the most beautiful country track I've heard in many years. It's sort of '50s country. And so, I thought, well, I'll just make a country EP. . . .
The song follows a police officer stationed at Ground Zero [41] "Anniversary" The song is set in New York City on the one-year anniversary of the September 11 attacks and discusses how New Yorkers' lives have changed. [42] [43] "Zephyr and I" Refers to the "fireman’s monument, where all the fatherless teenagers go" [44] Velvet Revolver "Messages"