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No Oscar nom for David Coverdale's song??

posted 9 years ago by gonza-peralta
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"Last note of freedom", great song that plays over the ending credits, kind of built around the main theme. https://youtu.be/pXwuk9au49c

[–] Fluke_Skywalker 8 years ago

It is a great song. funny thing is, though it does references Days of Thunder "Days of thunder see me shine", reading/listening to the lyrics, it seems to evoke... the civil rights movement? Pay special attention to the lyrics in bold.

Here I am, burnin' man
Singing the song of my open soul
Will time pass me?
All my dreams, a heaven knows

I don't wanna be cheated
I can't go on in a world where love is beaten

Rise up burnin' man
See, is the white taken man?
Days of thunder see me shine
All my dreams turn out fine

I know the suffering will end, my friend
When the last note of freedom is rung throughout the land
I know the hateful will burn
When the last note of freedom is heard throughout the land

I know the fear of dying
Heard it from a meltdown blast
I know that Lord have mercy
It soon will pass

I know it, I don't wanna be cheated
I can't go on in a world where love is beaten
Where love is defeated

I know the suffering will end, my friend
When the last note of freedom is rung throughout the land
I know the hateful will burn
When the last note of freedom is heard throughout the land

I know the fear of dying
Heard it from a meltdown blast
I know that Lord have mercy
It soon will pass

We need love
We gotta want it so bad
We need it now
So run to it fast

I know it, and the world will be cheated
I can't go on in a world where love is defeated
I know it, I don't wanna be cheated
I can't go on in a world where love is defeated

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, where love is defeated
Can't go on in a world where love's defeated
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
The last note of freedom

All that stuff about freedom, suffering and love being defeated. I dunno, maybe I'm reading it wrong, but that's what I take from it. And stuck right smack dab in the middle of a movie about NASCAR a (then particularly) Southern-based sport where Confederate flags are often seen flapping in the breeze in and around where fans tailgate .

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