Protagonist ("Fireball") dies in a racing accident Protagonist crashes into a truck and lies bleeding on the asphalt when his hibachi dealer in the back seat cups his hands over the protagonist's eyes. "Hanna" in the song always crashed in the same car
"One night he got drunk and started driving real fast\ Ed's dead" The song is addressed to someone who was "in a car crash" and "lost hair i.e., became anxious or upset.Ībout a survivor of a car crash hearing ghosts crying for Tina (presumably killed in the crash).įrom In My Head. This is about a plane crash victim dying on the way to the hospital in the ambulance. Written in tribute to a fan who was killed in a car accident on his way to a KISS concert. Gene Summers (written by Deanna Summers-Gene Summers)Ī eulogy to James Dean and about the relevance of car accidents in modern cultureĪ first person narrative about a fatal car crash the night before the victims' high school graduation.įirst person narrative from the person killed in a car accident. Motorcycle accident under circumstances similar to "Leader Of The Pack"Īllegory about living too fast: You go way too fast, if you don't slow down, you're going to crash. The lyric "Jonee jumped in his Datsun, drove onto the expressway, went head on into a semi." Based upon a true story about a fatal car/train crash in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. This song was featured on the soundtrack of the popular racing video game Gran Turismo 4.Ībout a friend who intentionally killed himself in a car crash.Ī deadly car crash reveals a secret extramarital affair in the form of a lost wedding ringĤ5rpm issued on Lafayette Records. " You leave me bloody and take all my money like a car crash". Making the comparison that love is like a car crash. Lyrics compare love to traffic accidents with several vehicles, one of them is the car.įrom So Long, Scarecrow, about Jennifer Symes' auto accident 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 accident. Title protagonist - a hard-living, sleep-deprived disc jockey - dies when his car crashes off the road.įrom their album Fiasco. Moonshine runner dies when his car speeds off the road Jim Steinman wanted to write the "most extreme crash song of all time." Red light can't stop so I spin the wheel.” “Late night, brakes lock, hear the tires squeel. She made no indications of slowing.” From The Sufferer & the Witness 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 accident happened. Contains the line: He blew his mind out in a car.Īccording to the lyrics, "an airbag saved my life." The arrangement of this song suggests a strong 1950s/early 60s teenage pop influence with a doo-wop chorus.įrom their album Sgt. The theme also appears in country and other music styles.Įxamples include: David Wilcox – Eye of the Hurricane Titleįrom their album Pleasant Dreams.
In the UK 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 fast in many countries.
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