Contains " Black ice took her away from me", speaks directly of a car crash. Lyrics speak of a fight between a husband and wife, then the wife dies in a car crash. " Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots"Ī motorcyclist vanishes after hitting a truck.įrom their album Fiasco. Title protagonist – a hard-living, sleep-deprived disc jockey – dies when his car crashes off the road. "Hit a truck doing 70 in the wrong lane in the big league". Moonshine runner dies when his car speeds off the road Red light can't stop so I spin the wheel." "Late night, brakes lock, hear the tires squeal. "A black gelato van, finished for the day, met with Arthur's taxi head-on, down St.
The story is told about how he spun out, hit a telephone pole and died with the radio on. Mentions that a fellow named Nash was killed in a crash. 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 crash happened. The arrangement of this song suggests a strong 1950s/early 1960s teenage pop influence with a doo-wop chorus.Īccording to the lyrics, "an airbag saved my life."
About the crash of a truck driver bringing a load of bananas into Scranton, Pennsylvania, based on a real truck accident.įrom their album Pleasant Dreams. Titleįrom the album Verities & Balderdash. The theme also appears in country and other music styles. In the United Kingdom, 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 rapidly in many countries. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)
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