MarcM Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 http://www.songfacts.com/detail.lasso?id=2376 It's always the last place you look.... :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Neil has not owned a Barchetta. Neils owns a couple BMW bikes (motorcycles) and a couple years ago bought his dream car a BMW Z8 automobile. He has written a few books, most recently Ghostrider: Travels on the healing road (riding his red BMW R1100 GS) which I finished a couple months ago, and Traveling music (driving his Z8) which I am currently reading. Great author, I recommend them both highly. Neil always has had an affection for speed since youth, the poem that became Red Barchetta intrigued him tremendously, he put it in the future and referred to the past (hence "before the motor law") much like he did in 2112. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted November 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 According to the following Fiat website, the Fiat Barchetta was introduced in 1995. http://www.fiat.co.nz/future/future.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Owned an orange ' 96 Fiat Barcetta for a while... cute, but no guts (1.789 litre). Terribly light in the back end and slipped alot---hence, I USED to own one . Great little looker though ,and you won't run into too many others on the road. Wouldn't get another anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Since the album came out ~1981, it couldn' t be the Fiat version, which has been mentioned as having come out in 1995. As for which version of Ferrari... your guess is as good as anyones---maybe try a Rush fansite for details. :guitar: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmosis Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 Where's Sammy??? Maybe he doesn't like Rush Oh well her's the inevitable MUSICAL INTERLUDE My uncle has a country place, that no one knows about He says it used to be a farm, before the motor law And on sundays I elude the ?eyes? and hop the turbine freight To far outside the wire, where my white-haired uncle waits. Jump to the ground As the turbo slows to cross the borderline Run like the wind, As excitement shivers up and down my spine Down in his barn My uncle preserved for me, an old machine --- For fifty-odd years To keep it as new has been his dearest dream I strip away the old debris, that hides a shining car A brilliant red barchetta, from a better, vanished time I fire up the willing engine, responding with a roar Tires spitting gravel, I commit my weekly crime... Wind in my hair --- Shifting and drifting --- Mechanical music --- Adrenalin surge --- Well-weathered leather Hot metal and oil The scented country air Sunlight on chrome The blur of the landscape Every nerve aware Suddenly, ahead of me, across the mountainside A gleaming alloy air-car shoots towards me, two lanes wide I spin around with shrieking tires, to run the deadly race Go screaming through the valley as another joins the chase Drive like the wind Straining the limits of machine and man Laughing out loud With fear and hope, I?ve got a desperate plan At the one-lane bridge I leave the giants stranded At the riverside Race back to the farm To dream with my uncle At the fireside... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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