Dead Man's Curve lyrics

They're young, quasi affluent, in love with their feelin of youth and abilities. Searchin for ecstasy and tryin in every way. But not quite aware yet how the environment can bite. But hey life's short and life's what u do not what you don't do. The biggest crime is being afraid to die. Our ancestors did and here we are.

Are there two versions of this song? In one they say "six tail lights" in another i swear they say "frenched tail lights". Frenched lights were a popular modification of hot rodders.

Its a curve that kills people that drive too fast thru it

Geez, its the 60'

Song writers weren't that deep

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Geez, it's now 2012. Dumbasses of your generation wouldn't understand the meaning of anything if it weren't predigested and filtered through your earphones.

For the record, it was 1964, and southern california car culture reigned supreme. The song was written by brian wilson of the beach boys, among others, and performed by jan and dean. The route mentioned in the song begins at sunset and vine in hollywood, and continues along the sunset strip until it reaches beverly hills. The actual "dead man's curve" is located about four miles west on sunset boulevard, near the ucla campus.

Ironically, a couple of years later, jan berry lost control of his stingray slightly south of sunset in beverly hills. The accident would leave him with permanent brain damage, though he recovered enough to participate in a tour during the summer of 1978 with his former partner dean torrence, as an opening act for the beach boys.

The notorious stretch of pavement made famous by this jan and dean hit had been the scene of twenty-six accidents in two years, including three fatalities, according to testimony given by an la city engineer in 1961 subsequent to a crash involving another celebrity, cartoon voiceover talent mel blanc – who was known for being the voices behind warner brothers characters bugs bunny, foghorn leghorn, porky pig, and daffy duck (to name a few), as well as barney rubble of the flintstones and mr. Spacely of the jetsons.

Now you know.

Incidentally, there haven't been many songwriters of any generation who have created anything profound – especially lately. It's the nature of pop music to be mostly superficial, though if you take a look at the lyrics later in the decade (60s, that is) you might find some real meaning in the words of joni mitchell, steppenwolf (believe it or not), cream, led zeppelin, hendrix, judy collins, edwin starr ("war"), the jazz crusaders ("compared to what")... The list is endless.

Perhaps "dead man's curve" wasn't the most metaphysical song of all time, but as you can see, there's a little more to it than is readily apparent. Next time, do your homework before you issue a throwaway comment like the one above.

Its a curve that kills people that drive too fast thru it

Geez, its the 60's

Song writers weren't that deep