# Car Brands Models in Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 19, 2007, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-brands-models-in-songs/412348 "2007-07-19T03:26:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-brands-models-in-songs/412348/41 "2007-07-19T14:47:34Z")
**Crocodile Rock** , Elton John and Bernie Taupin — “…dreaming of my Chevy…” ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-brands-models-in-songs/412348/42 "2007-07-19T14:51:19Z")
Vernon Green & the Medallions, of “pompitus of love” fame, recorded “Buick '59,” “Coupe de Ville Baby,” and “'59 Volvo.” Elvis Costello: “My neighbor’s revving up his Vauxhall Viva” (The Beat) Mothers of Invention: “Just have your fun, you old son-of-a-gun, and drive home in your Lincoln.” (Bow-Tie Daddy) “And I crashed in my Nash/We can crash in my Nash” (The Air) “Primer _mi carucha_, Chevy '39, going to El Monte Legion Stadium” (Dog Breath) ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-brands-models-in-songs/412348/43 "2007-07-19T14:59:55Z")
Sammy Hagar - Trans Am ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-brands-models-in-songs/412348/44 "2007-07-19T15:54:49Z")
Hmm… Most that I immediately thought of are already here. Carrie had suggested we go for a ride in her new two door BMW coop. -Poe- eleven long-haired friends of Jesus in a chartreusse microbus (VW) -Convoy- Little Honda -Beach Boys- (I know, not technically a car. Honorable mention?) Cadillac -Johnny Cash, One Piece at a Time- ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-brands-models-in-songs/412348/45 "2007-07-19T15:59:17Z")
Lets Get This Party Started by Pink mentions Mercedes. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-brands-models-in-songs/412348/46 "2007-07-19T16:07:26Z")
Check out [this box from Rhino](http://www.amazon.com/Rods-Custom-Classics-Various-Artists/dp/samples/B00000I5M0/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/102-1126368-4084108?ie=UTF8&qid=1184859904&sr=1-1#disc_1), practically every track mentions a car (or truck) make or model. Omitting ones previously listed, unless incorrect: “Hotrod Gang” - '49 Merc “See the U.S.A. in your Chevrolet” “Mr. Highway Man (Cadillac Daddy)” “Hey Little Cobra” “Ride On Josephine” - Hot Rod Ford with Thunderbird wings “Rocket ‘88’” “Cadillac Assembly Line” “I Want a Lavender Cadillac” “Bring My Cadillac Back” “I Gotta New Car” - Cadillac “Dear Dad” - Ford & Cadillac “Little Forty Ford” “'41 Ford” “'64 Ford” “Go Li’l Camero Go” “Road Runner” “Black & White Thunderbird” “Pink Thunderbird” “'54 Corvette” “Sting Ray” “Hopped-Up-Mustang” “Wild, Wild Mustang” "V-8 Ford Blues “Pontiac Blues” “Go Go G.T.O.” “Bite Bite Barracuda” “Ford V-8” “Six Days on the Road” - Jimmy & White ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-brands-models-in-songs/412348/47 "2007-07-19T16:45:46Z")
**"When You Close Your Eyes" - Night Ranger** \* We learned about love In the back of a Chevrolet Well, it felt so good to be young Feels like yesterday \* ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-brands-models-in-songs/412348/48 "2007-07-19T16:47:11Z")
White Zombie - Black Sunshine (intro voiced by Iggy Pop): “gripping the wheel his knuckles went white with desire The wheels of his Mustang exploding on the highway like a slug from a .45 True death: 400 horsepower of maximum performance piercing the night This is black sunshine.” ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-brands-models-in-songs/412348/49 "2007-07-19T18:29:41Z")
“I bult a fire in the back seat of an old Tucker” _I Pulled on Trouble’s Braids_ Tom Waits. (Come on, you _know_ that if there was a song which mentioned one, I’d know about it. :D) On his _Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking_ album Roger Waters mentions a green Lamborghini. In _Winners and Losers_ Iggy Pop sings about a Mercedes. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-brands-models-in-songs/412348/50 "2007-07-19T18:42:16Z")
Keeping The Faith by Billy Joel “I thought I was the Duke of Earl When I made it with a red-haired girl in the Chevrolet.” ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-brands-models-in-songs/412348/51 "2007-07-19T18:44:17Z")
I believe Teena Marie had “Mercedes Boy”. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-brands-models-in-songs/412348/52 "2007-07-19T18:54:07Z")
Rover was killed by a Pontiac, And it was done with such grace and artistry That the witnesses awarded the driver Both ears and the tail. -Tom Lehrer, _In Old Mexico_ ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-brands-models-in-songs/412348/53 "2007-07-19T19:01:33Z")
Thought of one more. Don Henley - The Boys of Summer “Out on the road today I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac.” ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-brands-models-in-songs/412348/54 "2007-07-19T19:34:58Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] Elvis Costello: “My neighbor’s revving up his Vauxhall Viva” (The Beat) [/QUOTE] Which reminds me of Billy Bragg’s “From a Vauxhall Velox”: _She said, Do these seats fold down I said, If you pull that handle…_ ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-brands-models-in-songs/412348/55 "2007-07-19T19:37:24Z")
[QUOTE=neutron star] [Saw Doctors - Red Cortina](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL_rI__ylBU) [/QUOTE] I’ll call your Red Cortina and raise you a [Grey Cortina](http://www.tomrobinson.com/trb/songs.htm). ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-brands-models-in-songs/412348/56 "2007-07-19T19:51:18Z")
There was a [superbowl commercial](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoApXpIymdE) this year that had people singing about their Chevys (Chevies?) I think that the only ones that haven’t been mentioned in the thread are: “Save a horse, ride a cowboy” and “The Jet Set” ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-brands-models-in-songs/412348/57 "2007-07-19T20:18:45Z")
“The Cadillac, it pulled into the graveyard.”: Television, Marquee Moon “My baby drove up in a brand new Cadillac”: The Clash, Barand New Cadillac ---
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Eagles: “It’s a girl, my lord, in a Flat bed Ford.” “Ol’ 55” ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-brands-models-in-songs/412348/59 "2007-07-19T21:02:19Z")
**Slick Black Cadillac** – Quiet Riot ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-brands-models-in-songs/412348/60 "2007-07-19T22:23:51Z")
[QUOTE=Nava] I realize there’s no way most people here have heard these, but hey, a couple from Spain: _Qué difícil es hacer el amor en un Simca 1000_, by Los Inhumanos (Making Love in a Simca 1000 is Real Complicated). The title is probably true, too: those things are like boxy cousins of the VW Bug and as the lyrics say you can’t push back the backs of the seats. _Cadillac Solitario_, by Loquillo y los Trogoditas. One of their signature songs, “Lonely Cadillac” aka “L.A.” has been a fixture in Spanish radio for over _gasp_ 20 years now. [/QUOTE] I’ll see your spanish groups and raise you an argentinian (alas, no song titles but [¿does the name of the group “Fabulosos Cadillacs” count?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabulosos_Cadillacs) ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-brands-models-in-songs/412348.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-brands-models-in-songs/412348.md?page=4)