photograph by sly parrish.
"Driving in my big black car
Nothing can go wrong
I'm going and I don't know how far
So. so long
Maybe I'll sleep in a Holiday Inn
Nothing can hurt me
Nothing can touch me
Why should I care ?
Driving's a gas
It ain't gonna last
Sunny day, high
If it rains it's all the same
I can't feel the pain
I can't feel a thing."
- Alex Chilton.
Another DUI. Or maybe just an insurance number.
Shiny Happy People Holding Hands in the back seat. A ribbon of charred tape. Roaches in the ash tray. A black hole in the dashboard where the cigarette lighter ought to be. Copper wiring.
▼ BIG STAR: BACK OF A CAR (ALTERNATIVE TAKE '74) from "Beale Street Green" CD (Balboa Pop) 1996 (US)
▼ BIG STAR: BIG BLACK CAR from "Third: Sister Lovers" LP (PVC) 1975 (US)
PURCHASE BEALE STREET GREEN
PURCHASE THIRD / SISTER LOVERS
