Brand new Cadillac. Großmodell. Chouette.
August 22, 2021 3:52 AM   Subscribe

Vince Taylor was a rock 'n roll singer in Britain and France. Brand New Cadillac, do you remember? It was 1959. The observatory. What a strange story. [podcast with transcript. CW: mental illness, drug abuse, suicide mention]

I'm in a gross module and I'm waiting for Steven. Who? He's not here [video documentary, auto-captioned].
Schwep.
But I'm listening. Listening to an outlaw rock'n'roll station.
posted by polytope subirb enby-of-piano-dice (5 comments total) 8 users marked this as a favorite
 
(This post brought to you by the earworms spawned when I buy an observatory in Kittens Game)
posted by polytope subirb enby-of-piano-dice at 3:54 AM on August 22, 2021 [1 favorite]


Boy, he sure does the Elvis Presley hip thrust thing with vigor.
posted by Bee'sWing at 6:50 AM on August 22, 2021 [1 favorite]


'Brand New Cadillac,' notably covered by The Clash, was less notably covered by The Shamrocks, Curt Haagers, Manic Hispanic (2003), Joe Strummer, Brian Setzer (Orchestra, Stray Cats), The Strikes, The Milkshakes, and many, many more.
posted by box at 9:04 AM on August 22, 2021 [3 favorites]


I had only heard the Nurse With Wound version. Neat! Or, in Lynchian parlance...Keen!
posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon at 3:43 PM on August 22, 2021 [2 favorites]


“Brand New Cadillac” also notably covered (about the same time as the Clash version) by Teenage Head.
posted by bonobothegreat at 6:51 AM on August 23, 2021 [1 favorite]


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