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Unread 09-07-2017, 07:13 AM
John Isbell John Isbell is offline
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Listening to The Coasters' "Run Red Run" describe pure speed:

Oh, Red jumped up and he started to move like a P80-Saber Jet.
He zoomed around the corner, and he disappeared
And everybody started to bet.
The race was on, you know the chase was on
And Red he sure could run;
But, let me tell you sport, don't sell that monkey short,
Because he's a traveling son of a gun.


The only thing I know to approach this for a description of speed is Chuck Berry:

Now you can't catch me, baby you can't catch me
'Cause if you get too close, you know I'm gone like a cool breeze


Cheers,
John

Run Red Run The Coasters - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdVMQbZwP-0

Chuck Berry - You Can't Catch Me (with lyrics) - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfD4Eo7cA0Y

Lennon did a fine cover of the Berry number:

John Lennon - You Can't Catch Me - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8g70Pzfcq0


Update: maybe M.C. Hammer's "You Can't Touch This"? Parachute pants, Rick James riff and all.

Last edited by John Isbell; 09-07-2017 at 07:34 AM. Reason: links
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