# Ridin' down the Highway (or Motorcycle songs) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 5, 2001, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridin-down-the-highway-or-motorcycle-songs/53256 "2001-02-05T21:23:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridin-down-the-highway-or-motorcycle-songs/53256/1 "2001-02-05T21:23:35Z")
I’m doing a motocycle trip this summer and I’m looking for songs dealing with motorcycles. The songs don’t have to be ALL about motocycles but I’m not looking for road songs. I’ve got a small list: **Iron Maiden** From Here to Eternity **Motorhead** Iron Horse/Born to Lose **Golden Earring** Going to the Run **Manowar** Return of the Warlord **Twisted Sister** Ride to Live, Live to Ride Also please put the album it comes off of so I know what to pick up. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridin-down-the-highway-or-motorcycle-songs/53256/2 "2001-02-05T22:33:53Z")
war of the superbikes, by the meatmen, man. “wanna bark a saga 'bout the night the bikes went wild, four husky gladiators suited up for a war self-styled, the ninja, interceptor and 1100 were primed to score, but me and my suzuki, we had so much more!!!” warning: if you are prone to being offended _at all_, stay far far away from the meatmen. sorry, eth, dont remember what album. ---
**Author:** ![Wildest\_Bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Wildest\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildest_Bill)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridin-down-the-highway-or-motorcycle-songs/53256/3 "2001-02-05T23:12:55Z")
Bad Motor Scooter - Montrose Motorcycle Man - Saxon (pretty hard to find) Born To Be Wild - The Cult(another versian that really rocks more than the first) Head Out to The Highway - Judas Priest Rambling Man - (i have no idea) Life in the Fast Lane- Eagles Can’t Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar Trans Am - Sammy Hagar Mustang Sally - (i have no idea) ---
**Author:** ![Grok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Grok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grok)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridin-down-the-highway-or-motorcycle-songs/53256/4 "2001-02-05T23:38:46Z")
Well this one’s pretty obvious: “The Motorcycle Song”, by Arlo Guthrie. It’s on his greatest hits. Probably a bit sillier than you had in mind though. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridin-down-the-highway-or-motorcycle-songs/53256/5 "2001-02-06T03:50:07Z")
Bob Seger, _Roll me away_, from **The Distance** or his 1994 **Greatest Hits**. I like Guthrie’s, too. ---
**Author:** ![pr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@pr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pr)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridin-down-the-highway-or-motorcycle-songs/53256/6 "2001-02-06T04:26:48Z")
Oh Yeah,tomndebb, “Roll Me Away” by Bob Seger. My favorite.My days were riding in northern Michigan,and the line -12 hours out of Mackinac City,stopped in a bar to have a brew- says it all to me. “Born to Be Wild” by Stephenwolf(sp?) is another great one as well as “Magic Carpet Ride”. Sang these at the top of my lungs on the road and never heard a thing, over the engine,the wind and my helmet. Good thing,I can’t sing a note. “Ramblin Man” posted by Wildest Bill, the version I know, and think is great, done by Bob Seger. Get Step’s greatest hits for the two .Get Bob Seger’s for those and I bet a few more. And if you’ve read every thread over the last two days, get “William Tell’s Overture” (Boston Pops) and cue it in for the on ramp to the Interstate and roll yourself away. ---
**Author:** ![JCThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dc4da7/32.png) [@JCThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JCThunder)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridin-down-the-highway-or-motorcycle-songs/53256/7 "2001-02-06T05:54:57Z")
Runnin’ Down a Dream - Tom Petty Roadhouse Blues - The Doors ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridin-down-the-highway-or-motorcycle-songs/53256/8 "2001-02-06T08:06:03Z")
I don’t know if there’s any proof that Pink Floyd’s “Bike” couldn’t be about motorcycles. It’d be a stretch, sure, but amidst all of these hard-driving songs you ought to have a change of pace, a pleasant little ditty written by a deeply disturbed individual. ---
**Author:** ![Krispy\_Original](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ec9cab/32.png) [@Krispy\_Original](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krispy_Original)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridin-down-the-highway-or-motorcycle-songs/53256/9 "2001-02-06T12:31:19Z")
Long Lonsome Highway by Michael Parks …theme song from the TV show “Then Came Bronson”