POP SONG REVIEW: "Fast Car" by Luke Combs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8X4TwZ5oiA
It's the hot new pop song everyone's talking about: "Fast Car." Yes, that "Fast Car."share
It is easier to top the charts these days. Less people are buying albums. Fair enough.
But nostalgia has always sold well.
Just looked up the 1988 charts & the Beach Boys were making a comeback with Kokomo. Tiffany made a name for herself with a Tommy James song. Steve Winwood was biting off Holland-Dozier-Holland. There's a mashup of Baby I Love Your Way & Freebird. Neil Diamond got a reggae makeover.
I'd even argue that Michael Jackson was still riding a wave of goodwill from his Jackson 5 days. Bad still would've sold, regardless. The appeal just wouldn't have been so broad.