"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
We came across the West sea
We didn't have much idea
Of the kind of climate waiting
We used our hands for guidance
Like the children of a preacher
Like a dry tree seeking water or a daughter
Nice 'n' sleazy
Nice 'n' sleazy does it
Nice 'n' sleazy, nice 'n' sleazy
Does it, does it, does it every time
Nice 'n' sleazy, nice 'n' sleazy
Does it, does it, does it every time
Nice 'n' sleazy does it
Nice 'n' sleazy, nice 'n' sleazy
Does it, does it, does it every time
Nice 'n' sleazy, nice 'n' sleazy
Does it, does it, does it every time
Nice 'n' sleazy does it
An angel came from outside
Had no halo had no father
With a coat of many colors
He spoke of brothers many
Wine and women song a plenty
He began to write a chapter in history
Nice 'n' sleazy
Nice 'n' sleazy does it
Nice 'n' sleazy does it
Nice 'n' sleazy does it, does it every time
We didn't have much idea
Of the kind of climate waiting
We used our hands for guidance
Like the children of a preacher
Like a dry tree seeking water or a daughter
Nice 'n' sleazy
Nice 'n' sleazy does it
Nice 'n' sleazy, nice 'n' sleazy
Does it, does it, does it every time
Nice 'n' sleazy, nice 'n' sleazy
Does it, does it, does it every time
Nice 'n' sleazy does it
Nice 'n' sleazy, nice 'n' sleazy
Does it, does it, does it every time
Nice 'n' sleazy, nice 'n' sleazy
Does it, does it, does it every time
Nice 'n' sleazy does it
An angel came from outside
Had no halo had no father
With a coat of many colors
He spoke of brothers many
Wine and women song a plenty
He began to write a chapter in history
Nice 'n' sleazy
Nice 'n' sleazy does it
Nice 'n' sleazy does it
Nice 'n' sleazy does it, does it every time
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I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
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I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
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Page
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There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.
While Hell's Angels do not wear "halos", they do wear "colours", tend to call each other "brother", are usually surrounded by "wine and women, song a plenty", and refer to their individual club as a "chapter".
A simple play on words. I hope this removes any doubt as to what this song is actually about.
@Karnenyen 100% from the start its about the Hell's Angels, We came across the west sea, is the origins of the HA and this will likely explaining Suzies saloons origins and the Amsterdam chapter's origins, the sea to the west.
For me this song is about a Conquista of America. First verse would refer to conquistadors and colonizers going through Atlantic Ocean not knowing what exactly is waiting for them up there. Second verse is Native Americans' point of view - as we know, at first they believed that white people are Gods, because (unfortunately) it was thought so in some mythology or stuff, hence "angel with no halo". You can notice that this verse is written in some kind of Pidgin English - that's the kind of language a Native American could use. Notice "coats of many colours", "wine", "brothers many" (the last one could be about evangelists?). And Nice 'n' Sleazy itself? Hmm - maybe it's about Europeans using Indiands naivety to their own advantage and buying their land with a bunch of colourful beads? That could be, huh?
@rzelu > might be. This was my impression as well.
@rzelu Actually the song is about the viking invasions of England and France, but not only, it speaks of other things as well.
@rzelu The second verse (at least) is about when the band met the Amsterdam chapter of the Hells Angels. I know this because my dear friend, Maz Harris, Hells Angels, Kent England told me. <br /> Apparently, it was a momentous meeting, with firearms, quality coke and everything else that is associated with the hell raisers.
The performance at Battersea Park :-)
The nubiles were great but does anyone know what the hell Hugh Cornwall was on when he wrote this one! Verse One seems to be pillaging Saxons and Vikings whereas Verse Two seems to refer to a cool liberal antichrist, preaching the merits of booze and birds!! Nice n Sleazy does it for me every time.
This song covers various aspects of the stranglers european tour, the "angels came from outside" line refers to the hells angels who frequented their gigs.
This song is surprisingly funny if you don't know the inside meaning. I honestly thought this was Cronwell's effort to make a virtually undecipherable song to confuse the sh*&%$t out of everyone. When I learned it had meaning I was kinda disapointed, but can someone enlighten me and explain how "Nice and Sleazy" can refer to a performance at Battersea Park? cuz I keep thinking of his preference in sexual encounters after the show.
Yeah explain to me how this is about Battersea Park "bratt" i'm looking at you here.
Battersea Park - 1978 I think. A live and fairly infamous performance with several strippers (mostly female, but male too) on stage. Was considered pretty risque and un-pc at the time so god knows what they've think of it now. You should be able to pick up a copy of it somewhere.
its a really parochial song, like Josie Wales, or his grandfather speaking through him. Its weatherbeaten and harsh, but it makes me laugh. If you have to be your brothers asshole for a season than this is just the kind of manly brougue you want to be wanting to hum over and over
I saw the clip at battersea park, Nice 'n Sleazy is wicked, the strippers were very good looking especially the tall brunette one.
word at the time was that it was to do with the euro tour when the guys were invited to the HA Amsterdam club house