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The song details a drag race between a Super-Stock 413 cu. in.-powered 1962 Dodge Dart and a fuel-injected 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray and is derived from a longer poem by Christian. The song is sung from the perspective of the driver of the Sting Ray who brags that he will "shut down" the 413.
"Drag City" is a 1963 song by Jan and Dean, written by Jan Berry, Roger Christian, and Brian Wilson. [2] It describes the narrator's trip to a drag racing strip and borrows heavily from an earlier Jan and Dean song "Surf City," also co-written by Berry and Wilson. "Drag City" was released as the title track from the album of the same name.
"Racing in the Street" contains two clear homages: the title and chorus refer to Martha and the Vandellas' 1964 hit "Dancing in the Street", [13] while the instrumental break after the second verse and chorus is an allusion to the Beach Boys' 1964 song "Don't Worry Baby", itself about the emotional aspects of drag racing. [14] The song also ...
A song about a treacherous stretch of Maine highway where truckers often met fatal crashes. "Tonight is the Night I Fell Asleep at the Wheel" Barenaked Ladies: 2000: From Maroon. Accompanied by a drum march and calliope, the song is recited by the narrator who has just died in a car crash. "Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!" Jethro ...
"Dead Man's Curve" is a 1964 hit song by Jan and Dean whose lyrics detail a teen street race gone awry. It reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number 39 in Canada. [3] The song was written and composed by Brian Wilson, Artie Kornfeld, Roger Christian, and Jan Berry at Wilson's mother's house in Santa Monica.
With songs featured on 'Drag Race' increasing 138% in streams on average, insiders reveal the challenges and triumphs behind the iconic Lip Sync For Your Life.
The album was named for a drag racing term after Ham said the band should feature Gibbons's newly customized 1933 Ford coupe. An early suggestion for the album title came from filmmaker Mike Griffin who proposed Top Fuel, but Ham shifted the idea to Eliminator—the term for any category of race cars competing against each other. [4]
In his 2003 book Songs, Springsteen described "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" as a "band bio and block party". [99] "Night", the shortest song on the album, [11] [118] follows a man who is a slave to the working life. He dreads working his nine-to-five job, but his love for drag racing motivates him to work so he can live for the night.