Meaning of car crash song | Babel Free

Definitions

A genre of music, popular in the mid-20th century and typically in pop rock style, about the tragic death of a teenage lover in a car crash.

Examples

“They now have had five top-ten singles in a row, including Dead Man's Curve, the first car crash song, and the first comic car song, Little Old Lady from Pasadena.”

“Dinning was a pioneer in the morbid field of car crash songs. These tunes have morbid lyrics (see above), usually centring around an unrequited love, and in all of them someone dies a horrible death.”

“Born with the Interstate Highway System, the car crash song is not just parallel but party to the rise of rock & roll, serving paradoxically as both the end and the guarantor of the freedom that the highway promises.”

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