No, that title's not a joke, I actually have a reason for it. Those, it seems, are the chief influences on this record - my favorite Bowie album, by the way. It's got elements of Reed's drugged-out, hedonistic VU material (the S&M themed "Sweet Thing"), mixed with the Stones' brand of sleazy rock (the title track, a failed single that's one of my favorite Bowie songs; "Rebel Rebel"). And since this stemmed from a failed attempt to make a rock version of 1984, "We Are the Dead", "1984" and "Big Brother" have overt Orwellian references.