Friday, April 17, 2009

10 Greatest Phil Spector Songs (Part 5)

continued from the last post

10) Da Doo Ron Ron- The Crystals

Nothing artificial and the rush is electric. Casey Jones drives the train, speeding down the railroad tracks, before the Dead, before cocaine, and plays this song to stay awake. High on life but not a square, the Crystals rush he comes to take, and Spector whispers in his ear, "keep your hands off of the breaks". "I met him on a Monday and my heart stood still". Like a punch in the jaw if it's with a kiss that it's chased. Awopbopaloobop as the engines run, and A Doo Ron Ron as sparks fly in his face. From the pages of his prayer book, the one prayer he keeps reciting, "May your days be filled with thunder, may these sparks fly in your face". That's translated from the ancient text, where, between some nonsense Latin, they who wrote it laced it strong with some pure and un-cut words they placed; "Domine Deus, vitam aeternam, awopbopaloobop de hac caritate vivere, et mori statuo sic da doo ron ron est".

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