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The Man Who Fell to Earth

from Subversion by steven schofield

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The song refers to the original book by Walter Tevis and to the alien character, Thomas Newton, played by David Bowie in the film. More broadly, it questions the obsession with an enemy figure, as in a raft of Hollywood science-fiction films from the 1950s and 1960s that played on Cold-War paranoia. The manipulation of an enemy image by political elites is a powerful tool in establishing and maintaining authoritarian forms of domestic control and power. Newton’s intentions are benign, as he attempts to transfer water to his home planet suffering from severe drought, but the treatment meted out by the government leaves him trapped on Earth and he falls into a spiral of alcoholism and despair. Musically, the song references Bowie’s album, ‘Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars’, one of my favourite records.

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from Subversion, released January 8, 2018

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