Saviour Machine (song)
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"Saviour Machine" is a song written by David Bowie
in 1970 for the album The Man Who Sold the World. It is a hard rock
song which uses a 'Saviour Machine' as a metaphor for the entity of Law which promises great things, but ultimately fails its people. Part of the song's melody is lifted from an earlier Bowie composition called Ching-A-Ling or The Ching-A-Ling Song.
David Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
in 1970 for the album The Man Who Sold the World. It is a hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
song which uses a 'Saviour Machine' as a metaphor for the entity of Law which promises great things, but ultimately fails its people. Part of the song's melody is lifted from an earlier Bowie composition called Ching-A-Ling or The Ching-A-Ling Song.
Cover versions
- Data Bank A - single
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- Vice Squad - The BBC Sessions (1998)