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10-05-2010, 12:18 PM
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Songs about cars or driving
I'm putting together a CD for a friend who is getting a car
 I've found some lists of songs about cars/driving, but they tend to include every song ever known to man that has the word "drive" or "road" in it, regardless of whether it actually has anything to do with cars. So far, I have: Wheels of a Dream- from Ragtime Drive My Car- The Beatles Born to be Wild- Steppenwolf On the Road Again- Willie Nelson No Particular Place to Go- Chuck Berry Life is a Highway- Tom Cochrane Greased Lightning- from Grease I'm In Love With My Car- Queen Going Mobile- The Who there's one in particular my dad used to like and I can't remember any of the specific lyrics to look it up. It was something about everything being okay when you're in your car, your car being where you want to be most, something like that. I think it's from the seventies because my dad talked about liking it when he was a kid. I really don't know how popular it was. share your favorites, please! 
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#2
10-05-2010, 12:28 PM
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Kraftwerk, "Autobahn"
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#3
10-05-2010, 12:31 PM
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I'll let others fill in with songs like "Hot Rod Lincoln", "Little GTO", "Fun, Fun, Fun (Till her daddy takes her T-bird away)"
And submit "Running down a dream" by Tom Petty, where the singer is definitely driving his car along (cruise control, pedal down) and also a favorite for other band call-out lists ("Me and Del were singing, Little runaway" Quote:
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#5
10-05-2010, 12:48 PM
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Warm Leatherette by The Normals
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#7
10-05-2010, 12:58 PM
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There Ain't Nothin' Wrong with the Radio.
455 Rocket. Route 66. Mustang Sally. One Piece at a Time. Pass You By. ETA: Google songs about cars for more. Last edited by Gary T; 10-05-2010 at 12:59 PM.
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#9
10-05-2010, 01:02 PM
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Little Deuce Coupe - Beach Boys
409 - Beach Boys Hey Little Cobra - The Daytonas Pink Cadillac - Bruce Springsteen Cadillac Ranch - Bruce Springsteen Last edited by silenus; 10-05-2010 at 01:03 PM.
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#10
10-05-2010, 01:10 PM
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Rusty Old American Dream - David Wilcox
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#11
10-05-2010, 01:14 PM
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She Loves My Automobile - ZZ Top
Nationwide - ZZ Top Freeway Jam - Jeff Beck Motor City Madhouse - Ted Nugent Low Rider - War Ridin' High - Moxy Red Barchetta - Rush Mercury Blues - Stevie Guitar Miller Last edited by lieu; 10-05-2010 at 01:16 PM.
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#12
10-05-2010, 01:26 PM
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"Windfall" -- Son Volt
"Drivin'" -- the Kinks "Drive South" -- John Hiatt "Nothing But the Wheel" -- Peter Wolf "Little Red Corvette" -- Prince "Key to the Highway" -- Little Walter, Derek and the Dominos, etc. "Highway 49" -- Howlin' Wolf "Moonlight Drive" -- the Doors '(I Live For) Cars and Girls" -- the Dictators Last edited by cjepson; 10-05-2010 at 01:27 PM.
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#13
10-05-2010, 01:31 PM
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Faster - George Harrison
Dig Me, But Don't Bury Me - King Crimson Driving - The Kinks Marley Purt Drive - Bee Gees
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#14
10-05-2010, 02:29 PM
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Some good ones mentioned here so far, thanks! Last edited by SurrenderDorothy; 10-05-2010 at 02:30 PM.
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#15
10-05-2010, 02:31 PM
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The obvious place to start searching.
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"One never knows, do one?" Provider of quality fantasy and science fiction since 1982.
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#16
10-05-2010, 02:32 PM
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Stick Shift - The Duals
Cruisin' - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps Maybelline - Chuck Berry The Ballad of Thunder Road- Robert Mitchum SS 396 - Paul Revere & The Raiders Little Deuce Coupe - The Beach Boys Hot Rod - The Collins Kids Mr. Highway Man (Cadillac Daddy) - Howlin' Wolf Highway Patrol - Junior Brown Heavy Traffic Ahead - Bill Monroe Radar - Mr. Bear & His Bearcats Motorhead Baby - Johnny "Guitar" Watson Led Sled - Denny Freeman Rockin' Down the Highway - The Doobie Brothers Hot Rod Queen - Deke Dickerson & The Ecco-Fonics Hot Rod Lincoln - Johnny Bond Hot Rod Race - Ramblin' Jimmie Dolan Draggin' - Curtis Gordon Dragster - Johnny Fortune Race With the Devil - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps Devil in My Car - The B-52's Ride On Josephine - George Thorogood & The Destroyers Rocket "88" - Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats Whittier Blvd. - Thee Midniters Every Woman I Know - Billy "The Kid" Emerson Cadillac Assembly Line - Albert King Bring My Cadillac Back - Baker Knight & The Knightmares Pink Cadillac - Sammy Masters & His Rocking Rhythm Let's Go For a Ride - The Collegians On the Road Again - Canned Heat I Gotta New Car - Big Boy Groves & Band No Money Down - Chuck Berry Dear Dad - Dave Edmunds Little Forty Ford - Leon Smith '41 Ford - The Grand Prix '64 Ford - Phranc Stolen Car - The Green Hornets Go Lil' Camaro Go - The Ramones Road Runner - Bo Diddley Beep Beep - The Playmates Black & White Thunderbird - The Delicates Pink Thunderbird - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps '54 Corvette - The Customs/Gary Usher Sting Ray - The Routers Gas Money - Jan & Arnie Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett Automobiles - The Spaniels V-8 Ford Blues - Mose Allison Pontiac Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson G.T.O. - Ronny & The Daytonas Go Go G.T.O. - Carol & Cheryl Bite Bite Barracuda - Buddy Randell & The Knickerbockers Ford V-8 - Honey Boy Allen Four in the Floor - The Shutdowns Big Green Car - Jimmy Carroll Buick 59 - The Medallions Freeway - The Fugitives Two Lane Highway - Pure Prairie League Six Days on the Road - Dave Dudley Wheels - Flying Burrito Brothers
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#17
10-05-2010, 02:35 PM
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I Hate Fast Cars by the Buzzcocks.
Great lyrics: "Sooner or later, you're gonna listen to Ralph Nader".
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#18
10-05-2010, 03:10 PM
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#20
10-05-2010, 03:44 PM
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Two of my favorites!
"Drive" by The Cars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGVFK8VNGss "Driver's Seat" by Sniff 'n the Tears http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PykVUnlTqXE
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#21
10-05-2010, 03:59 PM
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#23
10-05-2010, 04:28 PM
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I don't think these have been mentioned yet:
"You Can't Catch Me" - Chuck Berry "Born to Run" - Bruce Springsteen (obvious) "One Piece at a Time" - Johnny Cash "Dead Man's Curve" - Jan & Dean "Gear Jammer" - George Thorogood (may not qualify since it's about a truck)
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#24
10-05-2010, 04:59 PM
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Heading Out to the Highway - Judas Priest
Terminus Eldorado - Ted Nugent Manic Mechanic - ZZ Top lieu wrote "Ridin' High - Moxy". Man, I have that album. I think this is the first time I've seen anybody else mention it.
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#25
10-05-2010, 05:31 PM
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Couple more
Jesus Built my Hotrod - Ministry Jerry was a Race Car Driver - Primus
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10-05-2010, 09:08 PM
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#30
10-05-2010, 09:21 PM
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I Drove All Night -- Roy Orbison
Stick Shifts and Safety Belts -- Cake
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#31
10-05-2010, 10:05 PM
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Lake Shore Drive- Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah
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10-05-2010, 10:18 PM
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#33
10-06-2010, 07:45 AM
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#34
10-06-2010, 07:48 AM
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"I Can't Drive 55" is a classic. It's awful, but it should be included.
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#36
10-06-2010, 10:19 AM
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502 - Megadeth
Driving fast makes me feel good, The speed of light trapped under my hood. Breaking laws, 'cause there's nothing to do. Driving the interstate, stopped for a 502 Hundreds of miles rolled off today. Signs lose their meaning, minutes tick away. Dirt roads to interstates, I must have drove them all. Cigarettes and burgers, caffeine and alcohol.
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#37
10-06-2010, 11:07 AM
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"Stolen Car" and "Long Ride Home," by Patty Griffin.
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#38
10-06-2010, 11:18 AM
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Drivin' -- Pearl Harbor and the Explosions
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#39
10-06-2010, 11:29 AM
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Detroit Rock City - Kiss. Okay, so it's about a car accident, but that counts, right?
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#41
10-06-2010, 11:57 AM
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#42
10-06-2010, 12:05 PM
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Heh. Reminds me of the time I read the Michael Crichton book Airframe on a trans-Atlantic flight and realized about four hours in why everyone was glaring at me.
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#43
10-06-2010, 03:28 PM
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From the 90s:
Geggy Tah "Whoever You Are" Catatonia "Road Rage" Cake Like "Lorraine's Car" Newer: Gomez "Airstream Driver" Chromatics "Night Drive" Hail Social "Get in the Car" Imogen Heap "Speeding Cars" Seasonally Appropriate: Royal Bangs "My Car is Haunted"
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#45
10-06-2010, 06:12 PM
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"Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)" by Jim Croce might fit nicely.
Do we want your friend to be wrapping the vechicle around a tree when she misses the curve due to excess speed, BTW? "Cause so far, it looks like we're trying to kill her dead. Born to be Wild by Steppenwolf, if no-one's mentioned it yet.
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#48
10-06-2010, 08:26 PM
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Survival Car - Fountains Of Wayne
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#49
10-06-2010, 09:08 PM
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Little Red Hat, from "110 in the Shade."
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#50
10-07-2010, 02:38 AM
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Dwight Yoakam - Guitars, Cadillacs and Hillbilly Music
Prefab Sprout - Cars and Girls Madness - Driving in My Car (don't think this hass been listed) XTC - River of Orchids - it's about the death of the car and motorways turning into 'rivers' of flowers. (Hi phungi!) MiM
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