Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young
Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young (" Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young ") is a 1955 country song by Faron Young. It was his first number one hit in Billboard country -Charts . The song was written by Joe Allison. The idea for the title came Allison after the film noir Knock on Any Door (dt Title:. Knock on doors ), where John Derek in the role of gangster says Nick Romano: "Live fast, die young, and leave a good-looking corpse. ”(“ Live fast, die young and leave a good looking corpse ”.)
Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young was - although coming from a completely different field of music - along with sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll to life motto of parts of the rock 'n' roll - and hippie - generation . Above all, Janis Joplin , Jim Morrison , Jimi Hendrix and other “members” of Club 27 are credited with having lived by this maxim . The Drum Boys who worked for Drum magazine in the 1950s had the original quote as their motto.
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Beginning with the chorus "I wanna live fast, love hard, die young and leave a beautiful memory", the lyric self expresses the hope of spending life like a never-ending party. Sad songs are not in demand and the protagonist wants to leave a lot of women who only think the best of him, even though he cheats on them and expects them to cheat on him too.
Means to an end are a hot car, a cowboy suit, a little black book and knowing all the “hot places” in town. The protagonist is well aware that his behavior should not please everyone, but that does not concern him. He will never let himself get down, but will remain free and unbound. And that's why you should make room and let the pretty girls come to him.
Cover versions
Live Fast. Love hard. The Young became an evergreen and interpreted not only by Faron Young, but also by Eddie Cochran , BR5-49 , Nick Lowe and other artists.
literature
Author Diane Diekman used the first two parts of the song title for her 2007 Faron Young biography Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story .
Web links
- Lyrics in LyricWiki
Individual evidence
- ↑ The song reached top spot in the C&W Jockey Charts, in the Juke Box Charts the title was at number 2 and in the best seller charts at number 3. Whitburn, Joel: The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country hits. 1944 - 2006. 2nd edition. New York, NY: Billboard Books, 2006, p. 404
- ↑ Joe Allison in the Hall of Fame for the Nashville Songwriters Foundation
- ^ Quote in the IMDb
- ↑ Live interpretation by Faron Young
- ^ Interpretation by Eddie Cochran
- ^ Interpretation of BR5-49
- ↑ Others: Videos , List
- ↑ Faron-Young biography by Diane Diekman