"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
'Cause once upon a time, it was you I adored.
I could smile.
'Cause once upon a time, it was you I adored.
You look different.
I could smile.
'Cause once upon a time, it was you I adored.
You look different.
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This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
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This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Just A Little Lovin'
Dusty Springfield
Dusty Springfield
I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
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Ed Sheeran tells a story of unsuccessfully trying to feel “Amazing.” This track is about the being weighed down by emotional stress despite valiant attempts to find some positivity in the situation. This track was written by Ed Sheeran from the perspective of his friend. From the track, we see this person fall deeper into the negative thoughts and slide further down the path of mental torment with every lyric.
I remember reading an interview with Burial where he mentions he spends many of his nights/early mornings sitting in a 24 hour McDonalds by himself, not answering his cellphone...
I agree with TimothyReal and just for clarification, the woman in this song is Aaliyah. The line is sampled from her song "I Refuse." Got goosebumps when I heard her voice out of nowhere.
Beautiful song. That's basically all I ever say on this website, haha. But I guess that's most of what I appreciate in music: Beauty. It's soooo present on this album.
any additional lyrics would be great, but you gotta have some kind of super hearing to make them out.
I always thought of it as: the woman singing meets an ex and his new girlfriend walking into mcdonald's while they're getting ready to walk out. She freezes and thinks back of all the times they had and how much she loved him, hence the "once upon a time it was you I adored" line. He notices her and says a casual, friendly hello. It's been a while since they've seen each other, hence the "you look different" line from the man.<br /> <br /> He's obviously gotten over her, at least on a romantic level, but feelings resurface for the woman and she becomes sad. Maybe she still loves him. But I always thought of this song like that... to have sad feelings creep up on you out of nowhere in such a happy, busy and vibrant place like McDonald's, for example. The atmosphere around you is so bustling and cheery, yet you've never felt so alone.<br /> <br /> Yeah, it's probably a silly interpretation for a song with hardly any lyrics, and probably wasn't the plot Burial was going for, haha, but that's how I see it. :P
thats really weird, cuz i imagined it in exactly the same way as that
Oh, please. Who y'all bullshitting. It's an insulting song. They are both sitting in a Mickey D's after not having seen each other for a very long time. The years have passed (perhaps) and they've grown older, larger, etc. She, like a typical woman, still sees his beauty (his insides) while he, like a typical man (yes, it's a stereotype, but a darn good one as stereotypes go) only notices that she's gotten larger and older. This is NOT a happy song about reminicising about the past, etc. Y'all need to give it a rest, please.