Galaxie 500
Galaxie 500
Galaxie 500
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Galaxie 500
Galaxie 500
Galaxie 500
Galaxie 500
Galaxie 500
Galaxie 500
Galaxie 500
Galaxie 500
Galaxie 500
“Blue Thunder” is a song about the power-steering action in my old 1975 Dodge Dart
Dean Wareham The Paris Review
There are two studio versions of this song, one with sax, originally released as a single in 1990 (also available on The Uncollected Galaxie 500 and on The Portable Galaxie 500) and one...
[Verse 1]
Thinking of blue thunder
Singing to myself
Thinking how fast it moves
Feeling how it turns
[Verse 2]
I was singing something
Out on Route 128
Thinking how blue it looks
Singing out aloud
[Chorus 1]
My, my blue thunder
My, my blue thunder
My, my blue thunder
Singing out aloud
[Post-Chorus]
Ah, la
La, la
La, la
[Chorus 1]
My, my blue thunder
My, my blue thunder
My, my blue thunder
Singing out aloud
[Post-Chorus]
La, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
La, nah, nah, nah
[Chorus 2]
I'll drive so far away
I'll drive so far away
I'll drive so far away
I'll drive so far away
[Outro]
Ooh, blue thunder
Ooh, blue thunder
Ooh, blue thunder
Ooh, blue thunder
Blue Thunder was written by Galaxie 500.
Blue Thunder was produced by Kramer.
Galaxie 500 released Blue Thunder on Fri Sep 01 1989.
In a 2011 interview, Damon Krukowski spoke on the memories he has of recording the track, saying:
That whole period was a happy one for us — our songwriting collaboration was easy and natural — the recording process exciting and fun. Kramer had a friend of his add the sax solo, which took us aback...