Lyrics speak of a fight between a husband and wife, then the wife dies in a car accident. Title protagonist - a hard-living, sleep-deprived disc jockey - dies when his car crashes off the road.įrom their album Fiasco. Moonshine runner dies when his car speeds off the road Jim Steinman wanted to write the "most extreme crash song of all time."
Red light can't stop so I spin the wheel.” “Late night, brakes lock, hear the tires squeel. She made no indications of slowing.” From The Sufferer & the Witness Talks about a girl lying in the hospital, and the song later reveals that she was in a car and it had been raining when the accident happened. Contains the line: He blew his mind out in a car.Īccording to the lyrics, "an airbag saved my life." The arrangement of this song suggests a strong 1950s/early 60s teenage pop influence with a doo-wop chorus.įrom their album Sgt. The theme also appears in country and other music styles.Įxamples include: David Wilcox – Eye of the Hurricane Titleįrom their album Pleasant Dreams. In the UK the number of fatalities on UK roads rose to a peace-time peak of 7,985 in 1966 before then falling to a new low of 2,222 in 2009. The car crash song emerged as a popular pop and rock music teenage tragedy song during the 1950s and 1960s at a time when the number of people being killed in vehicle collisions was rising fast in many countries.
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