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| Young Americans | |
| <colbgcolor=#000><colcolor=#fff> 싱글 발매일 | 1975년 2월 21일 |
| 녹음기간 | 1974년 8월 - 1974년 11월 |
| 싱글 B면 | Suffragette City (UK) Knock on Wood (US) |
| 장르 | 블루 아이드 소울, 필라델피아 소울, R&B |
| 재생 시간 | 5:10 (앨범) 3:11 (US싱글) |
| 작사/작곡 | 데이비드 보위 |
| 프로듀서 | 토니 비스콘티 |
| 스튜디오 | 시그마 사운드 스튜디오 |
| 레이블 | |
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1. 개요
영국의 싱어송라이터 데이비드 보위의 노래. 동명의 앨범의 오프닝 트랙이며 1975년 2월 21일 앨범의 리드 싱글로 발매되었다.2. 상세
데이비드 보위의 글램 록으로부터 소울 음악으로의 성공적인 전환이라 평가받는다. 빌보드 핫 100에서 28위, 영국 싱글 차트에 18위를 기록하는 등 영국과 미국에서 상업적으로 건재함을 알렸으며, 보위의 변화와 그의 흑인 음악에 대한 관심을 시사하는 노래 중 하나라 평가된다.3. 가사
Young Americans They pulled in just behind the fridge He lays her down, he frowns "Gee, my life's a funny thing Am I still too young?" He kissed her then and there She took his ring, took his babies It took him minutes, took her nowhere Heaven knows, she'd have taken anything, but (All night) She wants the young American (Young American, young American) (She wants the young American) (All right) She wants the young American Scanning life through the picture window She finds the slinky vagabond He coughs as he passes her Ford Mustang But Heaven forbid, she'll take anything But the freak, and his type, all for nothing He misses a step and cuts his hand, but Showing nothing, he swoops like a song She cries "Where have all Papa's heroes gone?" (All night) She wants the young American (Young American, young American) (She wants the young American) (All right) But she wants the young American All the way from Washington Her bread-winner begs off the bathroom floor "We live for just these twenty years Do we have to die for the fifty more?" All night He wants the young American (Young American, young American) (He wants the young American) (All right) All right He wants the young American Do you remember, your President Nixon? Do you remember, the bills you have to pay? Or even yesterday? Have you been the un-American? Just you and your idol sing falsetto 'bout Leather, leather everywhere And not a myth left from the ghetto Well, well, well, would you carry a razor In case, just in case of depression? Sit on your hands on a bus of survivors Blushing at all the Afro-Sheeners Ain't that close to love? Well, ain't that poster love? Well, it ain't that Barbie doll Her heart's been broken just like you and (All night) All night, you want the young American (Young American) young American (You want the young American) All right All right You want the young American You ain't a pimp and you ain't a hustler A pimp's got a Cadi and a lady got a Chrysler Black's got respect, and white's got his soul train Mama's got cramps, and look at your hands ache (I heard the news today, oh boy)[1] I got a suite and you got defeat Ain't there a man who can say no more? And ain't there a woman I can sock on the jaw? And, ain't there a child I can hold without judging? Ain't there a pen that will write before they die? Ain't you proud that you've still got faces? Ain't there one damn song that can make me break down and cry? All night I want the young American (Young American) young American (I want the young American) All right I want the young American, young American (Young American, young American) (I want the young American) (All night) You want I, I want you (Young American, young American) (I want the young American) (All right) All I want is the young American (Young American, young American) (I want the young American) (All night) |
[1] 비틀즈의 노래 A Day in the Life의 오마주이다.