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Satellite Train – “James Dean”

“James Dean” by Satellite Train is the aural equivalent of a leather jacket- coolly understated, utterly retro, and sure to leave you with the sense of slow-motion gusts of wind in your hair. It’s more than a song; it’s a paean to the rebellion mythos – that unattainable ideal of living fast and never dying out. With electric riffs that glimmer like chrome in the light of streetlights and lyrics that dance with immortality, this song doesn’t grieve over Dean – it revels in the mayhem he left behind. There’s a filmic allure here, the kind that compels you to drive down a deserted highway at sunset, windows rolled down, pursuing a sensation that no longer exists. Satellite Train records the restless pain of youth and celebrity and makes it something you can dance to. Nostalgic? Yeah. Melancholic? To some extent. But above all, it’s pure, unadulterated swagger – rock ‘n’ roll distilled into three minutes.