Last Ride

Album: 7 (2018)
Play Video

Songfacts®:

  • In the early afternoon of July 17, 1988 the German singer and Andy Warhol protégé Nico took a bicycle ride into her local town while on vacation on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza. She had a heart attack during her journey and hit her head as she fell. Nico was misdiagnosed in hospital as suffering from heat exposure and passed away the following day. This song is about her tragic death.
  • There she goes
    Under the sun
    Some question there


    The song functions as an inversion of The Velvet Underground & Nico album track "Femme Fatale." It starts with an inversion of that song's opening lyric "Here she comes."

Comments

Be the first to comment...

Editor's Picks

Tom Johnston from The Doobie Brothers

Tom Johnston from The Doobie BrothersSongwriter Interviews

The Doobies guitarist and lead singer, Tom wrote the classics "Listen To The Music," "Long Train Runnin'" and "China Grove."

In The Cards

In The CardsSong Writing

Songwriters have used cards and card games to make sense of heartache, togetherness, and even Gonorrhea.

Christopher Cross

Christopher CrossSongwriter Interviews

The man who created Yacht Rock with "Sailing" wrote one of his biggest hits while on acid.

Cheerleaders In Music Videos

Cheerleaders In Music VideosSong Writing

It started with a bouncy MTV classic. Nirvana and MCR made them scary, then Gwen, Avril and Madonna put on the pom poms.

Pete Anderson

Pete AndersonSongwriter Interviews

Pete produced Dwight Yoakam, Michelle Shocked, Meat Puppets, and a very memorable track for Roy Orbison.

Rush: Album by Album - A Conversation With Martin Popoff

Rush: Album by Album - A Conversation With Martin PopoffSong Writing

A talk with Martin Popoff about his latest book on Rush and how he assessed the thousands of albums he reviewed.