๐ŸŽต Monthly Song Challenge ๐ŸŽต

Day 16: A song that mentions a specific car make or model

Red Staggerwing - Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris

If I was a Maserati
A red 300s
I'd ride around to your house, baby
Give you a driving test
If I was a mustang racer
White with a stripe of blue
You could ride me, baby
Whenever you wanted to

Link isnโ€™t working, but Apple Music does. Bonus for a second song referencing a Vincent motorcycle ๐Ÿ๏ธ
 
Day 16: A song that mentions a specific car make or model

"Blinded by the Light," Bruce Springsteen

I heard the original well before Manfred Mann covered it, and they messed it up by cutting some lyrics and starting the "douche" controversy. The lyric is "cut loose, like a Deuce/ another runner in the night." The Deuce is the 1932 Ford Model 18 coupe V-8, which was a street racer's dream, also immortalized by the Beach Boys in "Little Deuce Coup."

This was early Springsteen, where he was writing songs full of complex images and verbose wordplay. It got less interesting to me as his songwriting simplified. This song always reminds me of a very short, very specific time, usually in late high school or just after, where everything was summer heated -- sex, love, and cars.

 
Day 16: A song that mentions a specific car make or model

"Blinded by the Light," Bruce Springsteen

I heard the original well before Manfred Mann covered it, and they messed it up by cutting some lyrics and starting the "douche" controversy. The lyric is "cut loose, like a Deuce/ another runner in the night." The Deuce is the 1932 Ford Model 18 coupe V-8, which was a street racer's dream, also immortalized by the Beach Boys in "Little Deuce Coup."

This was early Springsteen, where he was writing songs full of complex images and verbose wordplay. It got less interesting to me as his songwriting simplified. This song always reminds me of a very short, very specific time, usually in late high school or just after, where everything was summer heated -- sex, love, and cars.

One of the best songs ever.

Iโ€™m from Jersey so maybe a bit biased.
 
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