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According to both Dave Marsh and Patrick Humphries, Bruce Springsteen's song "Wreck on the Highway" on his 1980 album The River was directly inspired by Dorsey Dixon's song. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The two songs have the same title, same theme (the singer coming across a fatal highway crash), and same mood (gloomy, reflective), although the lyrics and ...
The lyrics describe a man who witnesses a hit-and-run auto accident on a rainy, isolated highway, and is subsequently haunted by the vision and unable to sleep. [4] After the first three verses focus on the specific incident, the last verse broadens the theme to encompass more universal themes of life and death. [5]
According to the lyrics, "an airbag saved my life." [3] "Always Crashing in the Same Car" David Bowie: 1977: From the album Low "Angels in Top Hats" House of Heroes: 2005: 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. From House of Heroes "A Sight for ...
Wreck on the Highway may refer to: "Wreck on the Highway" (1938 song), written by Dorsey Dixon and most notably performed by Roy Acuff "Wreck on the Highway" (1980 song), written and performed by Bruce Springsteen
Dixon later adopted Acuff's title, [5] and "Wreck on the Highway" became his "best-known and arguably his greatest composition". [6] Bruce Springsteen also wrote a song called "Wreck on the Highway" in 1980, and although a different song, it borrowed "its title and its melodrama" from Acuff's hit. [7]
"Working on the Highway" is a 1984 song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen. It was released on the album Born in the U.S.A. and has remained a popular concert song for Springsteen and the E Street Band .
Five people are dead after a wreck in Georgia, deputies say. Newton County deputies said a van and pickup truck collided head-on around 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 8, WSB reported. All five people ...
Originally written as an elegy for Asbury Park, New Jersey, [1] "My City of Ruins" took on new meaning as a message of hope following the September 11 attacks. The song was included as the final track on Springsteen's 2002 album The Rising ; it was released as a single in New Zealand in 2011, charting at number 17.