photograph by sly parrish.
"Driving in my big black car
Nothing can go wrong
I'm going and I don't know how far
So. so long
Maybe I'll sleep in a Holiday Inn
Nothing can hurt me
Nothing can touch me
Why should I care ?
Driving's a gas
It ain't gonna last
Sunny day, high
If it rains it's all the same
I can't feel the pain
I can't feel a thing."
- Alex Chilton.
Another DUI. Or maybe just an insurance number.
Shiny Happy People Holding Hands in the back seat. A ribbon of charred tape. Roaches in the ash tray. A black hole in the dashboard where the cigarette lighter ought to be. Copper wiring.
▼ BIG STAR: BACK OF A CAR (ALTERNATIVE TAKE '74) from "Beale Street Green" CD (Balboa Pop) 1996 (US)
▼ BIG STAR: BIG BLACK CAR from "Third: Sister Lovers" LP (PVC) 1975 (US)
PURCHASE BEALE STREET GREEN
PURCHASE THIRD / SISTER LOVERS
3 comments:
Don't think I've ever heard that particular verion of "Back of a Car"... I love the original, the drums are so thunderous.
I'm in the same boat as BrushBack... It's new to me, and that is great (to me).
Thanks for keeping on with amazing posting... Groundskeeper!
as a side-note: I didn't mean to relegate you to groundskeeper willy status in that post over at my place... it seems i flippantly derided a couple people with that post. no foul intended, ya rogue-ish scot, you!
Brushback: Having overdosed on the "Radio City" version, I quite like the "Beale Street Green" version, actually. But yes; naturally the original is hard to beat.
Matt: Did you just call me a Scottish "tool" ? Or did you just mean "rake" ?
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