"People of the former Soviet Union... I have given you Capitalism..."
I always thought it was a wildly sarcastic comment about Capitalism and the radical change that people in the Soviet republics suffered in a few months time with the fall of The Wall, etc. I love that speech by the way, I can recite it all over from start to end
I thought his Mirrorball Man and Mr McPhisto speeches were sensational at times and, in most cases, were nothing more than a piss take.
I loved all the "I believe in Pepsi Cola, I believe in M&M's" type nonsense during Desire and some of McPhisto stuff was brilliant too. Check out the Zooropa Rotterdam shows for him trying to book a flight out of Schipol airport - total comedy gold!!