Silver Thunderbird

Album: Marc Cohn (1991)
Charted: 63
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  • It remains to be seen if the Man Upstairs drives one, but Marc Cohn's Dad certainly did.

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Comments: 5

  • Joe Guzzardo from ChicagoSilver Thunderbird is one of my favorite tunes by Marc Cohn. I think it's time for a sequel, Golden Edsel.
  • Andy C from LondonMarc Cohn was born in Cleveland Ohio, South Park Boulevard and Winslow Road are streets in Shaker Heights. Cohn also mentions Shaker Lake in Perfect Love, which is located in Shaker Heights.
  • Cary from Walhalla, ScWhere is Winslow and South park Bl?
  • Volker from HamburgIn a song called "Listening to Levon", Marc Cohn sings "I was sitting with Mary in my dad's blue Valiant". Now wait a minute – was it a blue Valiant or a silver Thunderbird (or both)? Later in the song Cohn sings "I might have even lied about the car" and before playing "Listening to Levon" in a concert in Eddie's Attic, Decatur, GA, 7/9/14 he explained "… in this case I lied and I called it a blue Valiant".
  • Volker from HamburgBesides the cover version by Jo Dee Messina you can find cover versions of "Silver Thunderbird" by Charlie Barker, The Legal Tender Band and Slizzy Bob on Spotify.
    A really remarkable version is the one by The Duke's Men (from their 2011 album "What a Trip", also on Spotify), because it is performed a cappella. The Duke's Men of Yale are an all-male a cappella singing group at Yale University.
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