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The Saviour Machine by =dogmadic:icondogmadic:

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President Joe once had a dream
The world held his hand, gave their pledge
So he told them his scheme for a Saviour Machine

They called it the Prayer, its answer was law
Its logic stopped war, gave them food
How they adored till it cried in its boredom

' Please don't believe in me, please disagree with me
Life is too easy, a plague seems quite feasible now
or maybe a war, or I may kill you all

Don't let me stay, don't let me stay
My logic says burn so send me away
Your minds are too green, I despise all I've seen
You can't stake your lives on a Saviour Machine

I need you flying, and I'll show that dying
Is living beyond reason, sacred dimension of time
I perceive every sign, I can steal every mind

Don't let me stay, don't let me stay
My logic says burn so send me away
Your minds are too green, I despise all I've seen
You can't stake your lives on a Saviour Machine

The Saviour Machine ... lyrics by David Bowie
from the album: The Man Who Sold the World




The Rocket Thrower, sculpture by Donald Delue; designed for the New York World’s Fair of 1964-65 in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. New York. The globe structure is the Unisphere, commissioned to celebrate the beginning of the space age.

Here is a link to a reduced size version of the original pre-photoshopped image: [link]

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~Brutus9000 Nov 10, 2008, 4:46:10 PM
Excellent, isnt that where the 1964 Worlds Fair was located?
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Mood: Joy ~FrodoPrime Nov 10, 2008, 4:48:13 PM
who is the Saviour? Great capture and perspective and lyrics --

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*alimuse Nov 10, 2008, 5:39:08 PM
Wow!

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=dogmadic Nov 10, 2008, 5:54:09 PM
Yes it was! And before that it was the site of the 1939/1940 New York World's Fair...and previously known as the Corona Ash Dump :)

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=dogmadic Nov 10, 2008, 5:56:41 PM
Well; metaphorically in this case, it's meant to be the :sun:. And thank you very much!

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~FrodoPrime Nov 10, 2008, 6:03:20 PM
I thought so but then there may be been other meanings

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~Brutus9000 Nov 10, 2008, 6:57:56 PM
Very Cool ! I was there! 1964, that is !
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=dogmadic Nov 10, 2008, 10:19:49 PM
Oh sweet! That must have been awesome :)

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