Songs about car accidents

Bit of a sub-topic from driving songs...


Bloodrock-D.O.A.
Last Kiss-Pearl Jam, or Wednesday or whoever...
David Baerwald-The Crash
Gene Pitney-24 Hours From Twilleyville

 

DEAD MAN'S CURVE- jAN & DEAN
DETROIT ROCK CITY- KISS

 

A Day In The Life

 

Don't Pass Me By

 

How about Dorsey Dixon's maudlin classic "Wreck On The Highway", made famous by Roy Acuff.

"Who was it fell by the way?
When whiskey & blood run together
Did you hear anyone pray?"

 

How could you miss "Warm Leatherette" by The Normal?

 

Wreck on the Highway - Springsteen off the River

 

The Beach Boys - "A Young Man Is Gone"

 

TRANSFUSION
Nervous Norvus

"ZZZZZZOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMM
Tooling down the hightway doing 79
I'm a twin pipe papa and I'm feelin fine
Hey man dig that was that a red stop sign-
(scrreeech-BANG!!tinkle)
Transfusion transfusion
I'm just a solid mess of contusions
Never never never gonna speed again
Slip the blood to me Bud..."

"...Pass the crimson to me Jimson..."

 

Always Crashing in the Same Car--David Bowie (from Low)
Crawling from the Wreckage--Dave Edmunds

 

Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car - U2
(okay, it's not really about a crashed car...)

 

Dave,

The original "Last Kiss" was recorded by Wayne Cochran. His version was, shortly thereafter, covered by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers who had the first big hit with this tragic track. I enjoy the Wednesday version as well....

Bob

 

Does anyone remember a song called "I wan't my Baby Back" I had the 45 as a kid I have no idea if it got any airplay and I can't remember who it was by. It is the story of a guy who lost his girl in a car accident through out the song your hearing shoveling and the chorus is "I want my Baby Back" at the end you hear him open a coffin and the chorus changes to "I got my Baby Back" weird stuff.

 

Thought this was about a plane crash... "We were flying along and hit something in the air" ... but I guess it could be a car crash, too.

 

Yeah, it's one of the all-time sickies. Jimmy Cross was the guy's name.

"... and over there was my baby ... and over THERE was my baby ... and over THERE was my baby..."

 

Floyd,

I have it on CD! I am at work so I cannot remember the artist. It is on a Varese Sarabande Tragedy comp.....that I do remember!

Bob

 

"Tell Laura I Love Her" -- Ray Peterson
"Teen Angel" -- Mark Dinning
"Riding with Private Malone" -- David Ball

 

Guys,

Moody River - Pat Boone
Endless Sleep - Jody Reynolds

Are these about car accidents? Tim?

Bob

 

Eagles - James Dean

Not explicilty about a car wreck, but damn close!

 

Motorcrash--Sugarcubes
Leader of the Pack--Shangri-las

 

Didn't Grace Jones sing one?

"In a Wreck" or something like that

 

"Moody River" is about a suicide by drowning. "Endless Sleep" is about a suicide attempt, a near-drowning. No cars were harmed in the making of those songs.

 

Thanks Tim!

We'll save these tracks for the the inevitable drowning thread!

Bob

 

The Shangri-Las: Give Us Your Blessings

 

Re: Re: Songs about car accidents

The way people drive on the freeways today, they could actually be flying along and hitting something in the air!

I always heard it as "We were flying along and hit something in the end" as in 'last thing I remember'. At fist listen, I thought it was a plane, but got to thinking that planes don't usually hit other planes or airborne objects.

Or it could be about a motorcycle accident where they hit a bird?

Or a couple of folks high on drugs jumping out of windows thinking they could fly, and they hit a telephone pole?

Anyway, it's a great song as a drinking and driving deterrent!