Classic love story true to his western tx roots. One of my favorites as a story, but I think there are alot of songs that are amazing not even listed on this site. I guess I should figure out how to add them, because I have about 8 REK cd's.
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its amazing how far music can come.. 24 years after it released and its one of the most heartfelt songs ive heard
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He certainly did earn that reputation.
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Tracy Chapman
"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.
rammsteinworld.com/en/lyrics/translations/rammstein
I believe that this song reflects the band's childhood in Stalinist East Germany. Everything fits. The first two lines of verse 1 indicate isolation from the free world and censorship. As the song progresses, the lyrics indicate that the narrator listens to foreign stations, forbidden (but poorly regulated) by his country's government, to get a glimpse of a world outside the sad dictatorship. It provides an escape from the over-controlled world in which the narrator lives.
The final words of verse 3 ("No borders, no fences") indicates the ability to imagine oneself in another country.
The double meaning of the verb "stillen" (indicated by the footnotes at the URL I have included) suggests that the narrator relieves one pain (escaping from his own bleak world) while feeding another (a longing to be able to travel to those other countries).