Why do you think Nikita is East German? Nikita is a Russian name. It is a male name. That is the irony. A gay singer singing a love song to a woman with a man's name.
hello elton. i think u r a fat big think he is cool short, give me on chanse and ur kicked from youtht plase, i know our daiks short but hey!!! from norway, i recents u, im like u at 31,,
canadiannut93's statement is right....the soldiers are from "DDR" east germany;-) i know them im german...so sorry for my bad english....but very great song:-)
he is not talking about the cold war explicitly. The name Nikita is Greek male name - this was his way of a subtle slap in the face of proving his sexuality. The fact that the woman who plays Nikita in the video is dressed as a man highlights Elton's point further.
listen to the lyrics, its pretty obvious he is talking about the cold war, and the eastern bloc oppressing its inhabitants.
little did old elton know that britain would end up bankrupt under that ignoramus stalinist gordie brown, and that most of us are thinking of emigrating to russia to get a better standard of living for fucks sake!
i love the way everything about the song is so deliberately ambiguous. The girl, stunning as she is could easily be a very pretty boy, her uniform and the way she rubs an invisible stubble. I heard the song before seein the video and I thought it referred to a man who is in love with a straight boy.
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