"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.
Mott the Hoople and the Game of Life, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Monopoly, twenty-one, checkers, and chess, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mister Fred Blassie in a breakfast mess, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Let's play Twister, let's play Risk, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'll see you in heaven if you make the list yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Now, Andy, did you hear about this one?
Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Andy, are you goofing on Elvis?
Hey baby, are we losing touch?
If you believed they put a man on the moon
Man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve
Then nothing is cool
Moses went walking with the staff of wood, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Newton got beaned by the apple good, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mister Charles Darwin had the gall to ask, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Now, Andy, did you hear about this one?
Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey Andy, are you goofing on Elvis?
Hey baby, are you having fun?
If you believed they put a man on the moon
Man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve
Then nothing is cool
Here's a little agit for the never-believer, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Here's a little ghost for the offering, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Here's a truck stop instead of Saint Peter's, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mister Andy Kaufman's gone wrestling, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Now, Andy, did you hear about this one?
Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey Andy, are you goofing on Elvis?
Hey baby, are we losing touch?
If you believed they put a man on the moon
Man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve
Then nothing is cool
If you believed they put a man on the moon
Man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve
Then nothing is cool
If you believed they put a man on the moon
Man on the moon
If you believed there's nothing up his sleeve
Then nothing is cool
If you believed they put a man on the moon
Man on the moon
If you believed there's nothing up his sleeve
Then nothing is cool
Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Monopoly, twenty-one, checkers, and chess, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mister Fred Blassie in a breakfast mess, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Let's play Twister, let's play Risk, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'll see you in heaven if you make the list yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Now, Andy, did you hear about this one?
Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Andy, are you goofing on Elvis?
Hey baby, are we losing touch?
If you believed they put a man on the moon
Man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve
Then nothing is cool
Moses went walking with the staff of wood, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Newton got beaned by the apple good, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mister Charles Darwin had the gall to ask, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Now, Andy, did you hear about this one?
Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey Andy, are you goofing on Elvis?
Hey baby, are you having fun?
If you believed they put a man on the moon
Man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve
Then nothing is cool
Here's a little agit for the never-believer, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Here's a little ghost for the offering, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Here's a truck stop instead of Saint Peter's, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mister Andy Kaufman's gone wrestling, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Now, Andy, did you hear about this one?
Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey Andy, are you goofing on Elvis?
Hey baby, are we losing touch?
If you believed they put a man on the moon
Man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve
Then nothing is cool
If you believed they put a man on the moon
Man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve
Then nothing is cool
If you believed they put a man on the moon
Man on the moon
If you believed there's nothing up his sleeve
Then nothing is cool
If you believed they put a man on the moon
Man on the moon
If you believed there's nothing up his sleeve
Then nothing is cool
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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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so this song was truly based on Andy Kaufman, I thought they did a revised version for the movie "Man on the Moon", guess its where the movie got the title or vice versa. I still like the song even though I never really cared for Andy Kaufman
Andy was a troll, before the internet even existed to have trolls on it. I'm not saying this as a diss to the man, I'm saying it because everything he did was a farce, to push people's buttons, and even when he was trying to act hurt and upset, it was all still kayfabe (look it up). I loved this song, as I remember having heard it on the radio during the early days of Comedy Central (back in the days they had stuff like the original MST3K with Joel, The Young Ones, Kids in The Hall) and in-between shows they'd play the documentary "I'm From Hollywood," so right away I knew the song was about Andy and I associated it with that piece.<br /> <br /> Anyways, I'll try to interpret the bits of the song I ''get'' :<br /> <br /> <br /> Mott the Hoople and the game of life. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.<br /> <br /> Not sure about Mott The Hoople (looked them up, it's a glam band that was buddies with David Bowie, and Bowie himself did stage personae like Ziggy Stardust and the Thin White Duke and such - so that could kinda be linked with Andy's putting himself deep into a character). By the "Game of Life" I think they mean the Milton Bradley game.<br /> <br /> <br /> Mister Fred Blassie in a breakfast mess. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.<br /> Andy and 'Classy' Fred Blassie were friends and were in an indie film<br /> together called "My Breakfast With Blassie." It's pretty much Andy<br /> trolling the viewer and down-talking non-city dwellers and talking<br /> about events that had happened, like the slapping incident on Letterman.<br /> youtube.com/watch<br /> <br /> <br /> Monopoly, twenty one, checkers, and chess. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.<br /> Let's play Twister, let's play Risk. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.<br /> See you heaven if you make the list. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.<br /> <br /> These are all games where you're trying to outspart and out-perform<br /> an opponent, and I think it's also insinuating that all of Andy's <br /> bizarre actions and rants were just part of 'the game' he created.<br /> The last bit, I think is Stipe fantasizing about hanging out with<br /> Andy in the after-life.<br /> <br /> <br /> Now, Andy did you hear about this one?<br /> A line anybody says when they're about to tell a joke,<br /> also it could kinda be like "Did you hear this theory<br /> people have about you???"<br /> <br /> Tell me, are you locked in the punch? <br /> It's like a friend of Andy in the biz asking<br /> "Are you locked in the punchline that is the<br /> character you've gotten so deep into?"<br /> <br /> <br /> Andy are you goofing on Elvis? Hey, baby are we losing touch?<br /> Andy's routines usually consisted of him doing something really<br /> bizarre, or deliberately un-amusing and then he'd break out the<br /> Elvis bit and it was like "I sucked then, but what about now?"<br /> The losing touch bit could be about him losing touch with the<br /> real world, or losing touch with a friend or co-star because<br /> of all the crazy stuff he was doing for the sake of comedy.<br /> <br /> <br /> If you believed they put a man on the moon. Man on the moon.<br /> Some conspiracy theorists think the moon landing was staged in<br /> a sound studio, that we did it to ''beat'' the Russians in the<br /> Space Race. It's like saying "If you believe what Andy's doing<br /> is for real, then you'd believe pretty much anything.<br /> <br /> If you believed there's nothing up his sleeve, then nothing is cool.<br /> I think this one is like saying "If you think the man is 100% serious,<br /> that this -isn't- all just "taking the piss," so to speak, and you<br /> take everything he's ever said or done as the true Andy Kaufmann,<br /> then it's all in vain, you don't get it... but then, I thought<br /> that was kind of the point, to make people believe it really<br /> was him when he was in the ring or on TV.<br /> <br /> <br /> Moses went walking with the staff of wood. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. <br /> Newton got beaned by the apple good. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.<br /> Egypt was troubled by the horrible Asp. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. <br /> Mister Charles Darwin had the gall to ask. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.<br /> <br /> Not sure about the Moses bit, might have something to do with the story about<br /> the story where God commands him to make a "brass serpent" that would revive<br /> anyone who had died from a snake bite. <br /> <br /> As for the rest, it seems to be listing off people who made big discoveries<br /> or took big chances and because of that, changed the world. Andy was a<br /> pioneer and he would risk anything, even himself, for the sake of comedy,<br /> or at least riling people up and using their venom to maintain the <br /> misogynist ''villain'' persona he had made for himself.<br /> <br /> <br /> Hey, baby Are you having fun?<br /> Andy always talked about having fun, like it was<br /> the only reason he did anything ever at all. <br /> In the docu, he says after getting whooped<br /> by Lawler, he says "I was just doing this<br /> for fun, I always thought it was all fake."<br /> <br /> <br /> Here's a little agit for the never-believer. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.<br /> Agit means to shake up (hence the word, agitate), so here's something<br /> to shake up even the most hard to fool person.<br /> <br /> Here's a little ghost for the offering. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.<br /> I'm not sure about the meaning of the phrase above, but there's <br /> an urban legend that Andy's ghost haunts the Comedy Store in L.A.<br /> <br /> <br /> Here's a truck stop instead of Saint Peter's.<br /> You were expecting something, but got something else<br /> totally out of left field.<br /> <br /> Mister Andy Kaufman's gone wrestling. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.<br /> A comedian and television actor makes a totally unexpected,<br /> unexplainable potentially career destroying venture into<br /> a field he has, as Lawler often put it, "no business<br /> being in," it made no sense but that just may have<br /> been the point and part of the joke.