70's song DOA

[Born in 1957]

A friend of my sisters introduced her to this song in the early 70s. I recently came across it in an article, and remembered it. The song was done by a group called Bloodrock. One of the earlier posts stated that the lyric is "we were flying LOW." That post is correct. The musician who wrote the lyrics to the song had just taken a flying lesson, and his instructor went back up and got into an accident shortly after takeoff, and ultimately died on the way to the hospital. It was not a car accident. It was a small aircraft accident. There was a video done that reflected that the accident was an auto accident; however that is not the experience that led to the inspiration for writing this song. Bloodrock was into music that made statements for the time. I do believe, however, that this would really be a great song to play for an ad done by mothers against drunk driving (MADD), based on the video that incorrectly identified this as a drunk driver who died, and also responsible for another who was killed as a result of the accident. That would never happen, because it would be considered politically incorrect. One has to question, is it politically incorrect to make a strong statement to stop people from driving when they have been drinking, whether behind the wheel of a car, or piloting an aircraft, or a boat??

[Born in 1957]

A friend of my sisters introduced her to this song in the early 70s. I recently came across it in an article, and remembered it. The song was done by a group called Bloodrock. One of the earlier posts stated that the lyric is "we were flying LOW." That post is correct. The musician who wrote the lyrics to the song had just taken a flying lesson, and his instructor went back up and got into an accident shortly after takeoff, and ultimately died on the way to the hospital. It was not a car accident. It was a small aircraft accident. There was a video done that reflected that the accident was an auto accident; however that is not the experience that led to the inspiration for writing this song. Bloodrock was into music that made statements for the time. I do believe, however, that this would really be a great song to play for an ad done by mothers against drunk driving (MADD), based on the video that incorrectly identified this as a drunk driver who died, and also responsible for another who was killed as a result of the accident. That would never happen, because it would be considered politically incorrect. One has to question, is it politically incorrect to make a strong statement to stop people from driving when they have been drinking, whether behind the wheel of a car, or piloting an aircraft, or a boat??

[Dewey]

Yep.  We thought we were rebels listening to DOA (by Bloodrock '70) and Timothy (by the Buoys '70) from my friend's older brother's 45 collection.  Both were way creepy.  What was in the water in 1970?  Oh yeah, never mind.

[Thea211]

Jul 24, 2006 17:25:17 GMT -5 Donna said:

:oI remember............. we were flying low, and hit something in the air

I remember that song well. Unfortunately. My sister or brother had the 45. However, I’m pretty certain it was about a car wreck. People back then - maybe now? - would use the term flying low to mean really excessive speed.