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According to thefanlistings.org a fanlisting is "a place for all fans of a particular show, movie, actor, actress, singer, etc. to come together and build the biggest listing of people from all around the world who are fans of that subject."Wham, Bam, Thank You Ma'am!
This particular fanlisting is dedicated to the song "Suffragette City" by David Bowie. The layout was made in Paint Shop Pro 9 using a photo of David Bowie found on Google. The fanlisting is run by the Enthusiast script. I do not own the song or the photo used in this layout. I do not know, cannot contact, and am not affiliated with David Bowie, his band, or management. Everything on this site is copyright its respective owners. I am simply a fan.Suffragette City
"Suffragette City" appears on the album The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars. It also appeared in the first installment of the Rock Band video game franchise.The single was released on July 9, 1976. The B-side is "Stay" & the single had two different covers.
It was recorded in Trident Studios in London in January 1972.
The song is 3 minutes & 25 seconds long.
The piano riff was heavily influenced by Little Richard.
The word "droogie" in the lyrics is a reference to the book & film A Clockwork Orange.
Before Bowie recorded it, he offered it to Mott the Hoople, if they would forego their plan of breaking up. The group refused, but recorded Bowie's "All the Young Dudes" instead.
Bowie's style of saxophone playing couldn't produce the raunchy effect he wanted for the song, so an ARP synthesizer was used instead, imitating a saxophone sound.
Although there is a distinct break between the two songs, "Suffragette City" often receives airplay paired with "Ziggy Stardust", the song immediately preceding it on the album.
The song was the background for the closing credits of The Heartbreak Kid, the Gilmore Girls episode "Say Goodnight, Gracie", the closing credits of New York Minute, one of featured theme songs in the video game Driver: Parallel Lines, was performed on Rock Star: INXS by Tara Slone, was performed on Rock Star: Supernova by Storm Large with Dave Navarro on guitar, & was in the trailer for the film The Long Kiss Goodnight.
In the Sandman graphic novel Brief Lives by Neil Gaiman, "Suffragette City" is the name of a strip club that is destroyed by the goddess Ishtar as a demonstration of the true power of sex and lust.
In the U.S. version of The Office, Steve Carell's character Michael Scott put a play on the lyrics "Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am" by saying to his receptionist Pam, "Pam Pam thank you Pam."
It has also appeared on many David Bowie compilations & has been covered many times.
Lyrics
(Hey man) Oh leave me alone you know(Hey man) Oh Henry, get off the phone, I gotta
(Hey man) I gotta straighten my face
This mellow thighed chick just put my spine out of place
(Hey man) my schoolday's insane
(Hey man) my work's down the drain
(Hey man) well shes a total blam-blam
She said she had to squeeze it but she...and then she...
Oh don't lean on me man, cause you can't afford the ticket
I'm back from Suffragette City
Oh don't lean on me man
Cause you ain't got time to check it
You know my Suffragette City
Is outta sight...she's all right
(Hey man) Ah henry, don't be unkind, go away
(Hey man) I can't take you this time, no way
(Hey man) droogie don't crash here
There's only room for one and here she comes, here she comes
Oh don't lean on me man, cause you can't afford the ticket
I'm back on Suffragette City
Oh don't lean on me man
Cause you ain't got time to check it
You know my Suffragette City
Is outta sight...she's all right
Oh hit me!
Oh don't lean on me man, cause you can't afford the ticket
I'm back from Suffragette City
Oh don't lean on me man
Cause you ain't got time to check it
You know my Suffragette City
Don't lean on me man, cause you cant afford the ticket
Im back from suffragette city
Oh dont lean on me man
Cause you aint got time to check it
You know my suffragette city
Is outta sight...shes all right
A suffragette city, a suffragette city
Im back on suffragette city, Im back on suffragette city
Ooo, sufraggete city, ooo, suffragette city
Oooh-how, sufragette city, oooh-how, sufragette,
Ohhh, wham bam thank you maam!
A suffragette city, a suffragette city
Quite all right
A suffragette city
Too fine
A suffragette city, ooh, a sufragette city
Oh, my sufragette city, oh my suffragette city
Oh, suffragette
Suffragette!