Songs About Cars Are Cast Into Music History's Dustbin [Let Me Count To 10]

Yesterday, the Washington Post looked at the demise of the car song, the rock-anthem archetype that celebrated the open road and turned every ride into a beautiful (or at least functional) lady to ogle and admire. Storied car-song crafter Brian Wilson claims that the demise of the car song is just another segment of the circle of rock life—"They ran their course; they did their thing," he tells Post scribe J. Freedom du Lac—but are there greater societal forces at work? Back before cars beca...

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