Wind back the clock to a time when cars were revered in music for the freedom they afforded rather than their ability to attract member’s of the opposite sex, and you’ll find plenty of songs about the Chevrolet Corvette.
Prince’s seminal hit, “Little Red Corvette,” is perhaps the best well known of them all, despite the fact it details the misgivings of being with a promiscuous woman, rather than Chevrolet’s iconic sports car.
Two decades before, The Beach Boys released their hit “Shut Down (The Beach Boys Song),” which detailed a race between a 1962 Dodge Dart and a 1963 Corvette Sting Ray fuelie. The Boys even goes so far as to credit the then-new technology for the win, singing, “I got a fuel injected engine sittin’ under my hood.”
Oh, how the times have changed. While writing, creating, and distributing music has arguably never been easier, it seems many artists today can’t sink their teeth into America’s sports car with conviction or appeal.
Both D-Witt and Blake X Freeman X– two artists we’ve never heard of before Corvette Blogger drew our attention to them– have attempted to craft a modern Corvette classic, but each songs is about as memorable as daytime TV. Far worse, actually. (Have a look at each song here and here).
That’s not to say we don’t have faith in today’s musicians, it’s just been far too long since we’ve heard a great song about the Corvette.
Have you heard a modern Corvette classic you think we need to know about? Drop us your take below.
Comments
1. The Corvette exhaust makes it’s own damn sound track
2. After the Saturn V, the Corvette was the ride of choice for the entire Apollo 12 crew. Who needs a song with those creds.
“triple black Vet, yeah i call it the stealth”. Young jeezy , Mr 17.5
If somebody doesnt like Corvette – he understand nothing in cars…This is a car of my dream and my goal. It will be my first car. Im gonna buy it auction https://1bid1.com/search?category=1 but dont know for sure at what i should pay special attention in car? can you tell me smth?
Really, how could you forget the great Mr. Jones?
George Jones, The One I Loved Back Then.
As he stared at my Corvette
He said, I had one just like her son,
A 1963
‘Til the man down at the
Bank took her from me
[Chorus:]
Oh, She was hotter than a two dollar pistol
She was the fastest thing around
Long and lean, every young man’s dream
She turned every head in town
She was built and fun to handles, son
I’m glad that you dropped in
She reminds me of the one I loved back then.
Jan & Dean’s Dead Man’s Curve
Sitting in my Stingray late one night
When an XKE pulled up on my right
How about “Vette Pass By” by Gucci Mane? Hey, that counts right?