Red Barchetta
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| "Red Barchetta" | ||
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| Song by Rush | ||
| from the album 'Moving Pictures' | ||
| Released | February 28, 1981 | |
| Genre | Progressive Rock | |
| Length | 6:06 | |
| Label | Mercury Records | |
| Producer(s) | Rush & Terry Brown | |
| 'Moving Pictures' track listing | ||
| "Tom Sawyer" (1) |
"Red Barchetta" (2) |
"YYZ" (3) |
"Red Barchetta" is a song by the progressive rock band Rush off of their album Moving Pictures.
The song describes a dystopian future in which modern sports cars are prohibited by "the motor law". The narrator of the song has restored one of these illicit vehicles (the red barchetta), and keeps it hidden on his uncle's farm. During one of his weekly drives, two "alloy air cars," race the narrator, who eludes them by driving across a one-lane bridge that is too narrow for the "giants." The song ends with the narrator returning to the farm, "to dream with [his] uncle at the fireside."
The song was inspired by the futuristic short story "A Nice Morning Drive", written by Richard Foster and published in the November, 1973 issue of the magazine Road and Track. The story describes a similar future in which increasingly-stringent safety regulations have forced cars to evolve into massive "Modern Safety Vehicles" (MSVs), capable of withstanding a 50-mile-per-hour impacts without injury to the driver. Consequently, drivers of MSVs have become less safety-conscious and more aggressive, and "bouncing" (intentionally ramming) the older, smaller cars is a common sport among some.
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