Pacific Coast Highway

Album: Sister (1987)
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  • The Pacific Coast Highway is Route 1 in California. It runs up and down the coastline, providing a great view of the Pacific Ocean. Lead singer Kim Gordon sings this from the perspective of a guy who rapes a girl on the highway. >>>
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    Nathalie - Laguna, CA

Comments: 6

  • J-raff from Boston, MaYeah I don't know if you could call Thurston the "lead singer", even though he sings most of their songs. Kim also sings lead a lot, and Lee Ranaldo usually sings lead on at least one or two songs an album.
  • Kyle from Jefferson, MdI don't think ther is an official lead singer, I think that Kim and Thursston share that job.
    But Kims way hotter.
  • Maggie from San Francisco, CaI wrote a song of the same title and I didn't know it. Ooops...
  • Katie from Newport Beach, Cai live right by PCH.
  • Kat from Seattle, WaI don't know how you figure Thurston sings on this song. Maybe you're thinking about a different song.
  • Dee from Northfield, IlThurston Moore's the lead singer, not Kim Gordon. Both of them actually sing in this song.
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