Bowie could finally take a breathe.  Ziggy Stardust had faded away, and Bowie could do what he wished.  Well, almost.  Tony DeFries, Bowie's manager, was pressuring Bowie to come out with an album just about every  year.  Growing up in South London, Bowie had much exposure to George  Orwell's more popular novels of 'Animal Farm' and '1984.'  Most likely  starting early in his childhood Bowie became fascinated with a world that  had no freedom, justice, and equality.  He especially became fascinated  with the monstrous figure Big Brother.  A man with so much power and  dignity.  I'm sure Bowie wanted to figure out how one single man could  brainwash so many people in believing in him.  This same fascination Bowie  had in Hitler.  Bowie certainly had NO love or pride in Hitler.  After his  rock success, Bowie wanted to prove to everyone that he wasn't some dumb  rock star.  He was indeed intellectual and smart.  The best idea that stuck  out in Bowie's head was a rock-opera for Orwell's 1984.  Starting quickly  after recording Pin Ups, Bowie rented a villa in Italy and began writing  songs centering on the infamous novel.  One obstacle laid in the way,  getting permission from Orwell's widow.  She refused Bowie to write a  rock-opera and left Bowie with a lot of songs.  He configured this idea of  a hopeless world into Hunger City.  A city that had been under a nuclear  attack, and left mutated "peoploids" to roam the city in search  of food.  A very eerie and horrifying world to live in.  The album starts  out with Bowie going into great detail describing this world of Hunger  City.  Then comes "Diamond Dogs."  This song is collectively a  song with Bowie's hidden inspirations mixed in.  In 1974, the year of this  album's release, a ground breaking science-fiction novel by Samuel R.  Deleany named "Dhalgren?".  I read somewhere the lyrics of  "Diamond Dogs" and scenes from the first chapter of  "Dhalgren?" are extremely similar.  One of the most overly used  lyrics from "Sweet Thing" would have to be the infamous  "Portrait in flesh" line.  Other than that, this song is a lovely  slow and relaxing song.  "Candidate" has the richest lyrics and  poetic devices than any other Bowie song.  Another amazing note about this  song is on the RykoDisc version of "Diamond Dogs" a demo version  of "Candidate" is included.  This demo version has striking  different lyrics.  Practically opposite moods and point of views.  One of  the most widely known songs from Diamond Dogs, and later covered by Iggy  Pop and Lenny Kravtiz is "Rebel Rebel."  With all the rich and  deep meanings in all of the following songs, it's a surprise to come across  such a simple rock song with simple lyrics as "Rebel Rebel."  The  only song not credited to being written by only Bowie is "Rock 'N'  Roll With Me."  This sing, which is credited to being written by Bowie  and Warren Peace (who sang backing vocals on the Diamond Dogs Tour) is yet  again a fairly simple song.  If it had a twin, it would be "Rebel  Rebel."  Anyone that has read 1984 can see that "We Are The  Dead" is related to the novel because of the quote from the book.  This is a great song, and would have been even better performed in a  rock-opera.  A lot of Bowie fans consider "1984" to be the best  song on the LP.  There's no question it spells out the plot of the book,  along with catchy riffs and repetitive lyrics, no wonder it's many fans  favorite.  "Big Brother" shows Bowie's fascination for the big  figure of Big Brother.  An awkward tune yet curious to the listeners' ears,  "Chant of The Ever Circling Skeletal family" is a one line song.