In its heyday, General Motors inspired some of the greatest songs in pop - from GTO to Little Red Corvette to Pink Cadillac. Now that GM’s declared bankruptcy we celebrate the best of these and ask: do we still need cars to sing about? Also: low-fi indie folk of The Wailing Wall.
A footnote: "Billy Elliot" might not be the favorite among Soundcheck listeners, but it danced away with 10 Tony Awards last night, including best musical. The champion of our poll was "Rock of Ages," which didn't win a single Tony. Hair got a Tony for Best Revival of a Musical, as predicted by Soundcheck listeners. View the results of our Tony Poll.
A footnote: "Billy Elliot" might not be the favorite among Soundcheck listeners, but it danced away with 10 Tony Awards last night, including best musical. The champion of our poll was "Rock of Ages," which didn't win a single Tony. Hair got a Tony for Best Revival of a Musical, as predicted by Soundcheck listeners. View the results of our Tony Poll.
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The Wailing Wall.Cars and Guitars
In its heyday, General Motors inspired some of the greatest songs in pop - from GTO to Little Red Corvette to Pink Cadillac. Now that GM’s declared bankruptcy we celebrate the best of these and ask: do we still need cars to sing about? Cultural Historian Bob Greene, author of ...
The Wailing Wall
The Wailing Wall mixes indie-folk and world music into a lo-fi project that’s all about community, not commerce. And so they’re giving away their debut album, and playing live for us.
"I'm a Highway Star"
I wonder when the first song about cars was written. I'm guessing about half an hour after Henry Ford's pre-dawn test of his horseless carriage on the streets of Detroit in 1896. I mean, cars have become such a symbol of America - a complex symbol involving freedom of movement, exploration, masculinity, status, sex - that it was inevitable that we'd end up writing and singing about them.