Pink Cadillac (song) "Nebraska" album, "Pink Cadillac" was not formally recorded by Springsteen until the sessions for his "Born in the U.S.A." album, in the spring of 1983. At the end of one session, when most of the crew had left the studio, Springsteen impulsively cut a basic track of him singing "Pink Cadillac" to his guitar accompaniment; this track was completed with the E Street Band the following morning. Although not included on the completed "Born in the U.S.A" album, being bumped from the track list that April in favor of "I'm Goin' Down", "Pink Cadillac" was released in 1984 as the
Cadillac Ranch (Bruce Springsteen song) to the protagonists of earlier Springsteen records, in this song he appears naive and vulnerable rather than bold and innocent. The song's title comes from Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, Texas. Cadillac Ranch is a sculpture showing ten Cadillac automobiles with their hoods buried in the ground. Springsteen used Cadillac Ranch as a metaphor for his theme; that these once elite cars are now expendable. Among the real life people namechecked in the song are Burt Reynolds, Junior Johnson and the deceased James Dean. However, in concert Springsteen can be flexible with the names used. For example, in 1985 concerts in