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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsDo you have a favorite car song?
(I've asked this before, but it's been a while)
I was cruisin' in my Sting Ray
Late one night
When an XKE came up on the right
He pulled down the window of his shiny new Jag
And challenged me then & there to a drag
I said "You'e on buddy, my mill's runnin' fine
Let's come off the line now at Sunset & Vine
But I'll go you one better if you've got the nerve
Let's race all the way,
To Deadman's Curve"
taterguy
(29,582 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)greendog
(3,127 posts)DonnaM
(65 posts)by Golden Earring - could drive all night listening to that song
red dog 1
(27,807 posts)MH1
(17,600 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,057 posts)That and Highway Star
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)red dog 1
(27,807 posts)I love it!
panader0
(25,816 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,057 posts)I bought the album because of the song. Rest of the album, not so much
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)red dog 1
(27,807 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)And glad you like the penguins.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)When I had a shiny new Jag, I played these tunes all the time.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Anything by The Cars will do as well.
red dog 1
(27,807 posts)God, I love that cover!
Kingofalldems
(38,458 posts)Bertha Venation
(21,484 posts)I don't have a favorite song about cars, but this is my favorite song to sing & dance to in the car.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)?list=PL5xSJPGMq-b7nZdCqwBqAN8Sk0MfH-81B
struggle4progress
(118,289 posts)red dog 1
(27,807 posts)I love the original version by Charlie Ryan, and I love the Commander Cody version too.
amandabeech
(9,893 posts)The Commander's version was very popular in Ann Arbor when I was there in the '70s. It brings back memories of good times as well as lots of studying.
red dog 1
(27,807 posts)I absolutely love "Lost in the O-Zone Again"
amandabeech
(9,893 posts)In fact, I see many people these days lost in the ozone, but it's the ozone of their i-phone or android.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)femmocrat
(28,394 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,575 posts)I've seen him do it live and it was fantastic!
rurallib
(62,416 posts)Car Song:
edit to add lyrics:
Brrrm brm brm brm brm brm brm, brrrm b' brrrm,
Brrrm brm brm brm brm brm brrrm b' brrrm,
Brrrm brm brm brm brm brm brrrm b' brrrm.
Brrrm brm brm brm brm brm brrrm.
Take me riding in the car, car
Take me riding in the car, car
Take you riding in the car, car
I'll take you riding in my car
Click clack, open up the door, girls
Click clack, open up the door, boys
Front door, back door, clickety clack
Take you riding in my car.
Climb, climb, rattle on the front seat
Spree I spraddle on the backseat
Turn my key, step on my starter,
Take you riding in my car.
Engine it goes boom, boom
Engine it goes boom, boom
Front seat, backseat, boys and girls,
Take you riding in my car.
Trees and the houses walk along
Trees and the houses walk along
Truck and a car and a garbage can,
Take you riding in my car.
Ships and the little boats chug along
Ships and the little boats chug along
Boom buhbuh boom boom boom buh boom,
Take you riding in my car.
I'm a gonna send you home again
I'm a gonna send you home again
Boom, boom, buhbuh boom, rolling home,
Take you riding in my car.
I'm a gonna let You blow the horn
I'm a gonna let you blow the horn
A oorah, a oorah, a oogah, oogah,
I'll take you riding in my car.
red dog 1
(27,807 posts)Woody Guthrie is one of my heroes...(I've seen "Bound For Glory" at least 40 times)
Truly great lyrics!
Throd
(7,208 posts)MH1
(17,600 posts)Maybe I'm not as sophisticated as some of y'all, but really, Born to Run is hard to beat for some of us of a certain age, especially who lived certain years in NJ.
betsuni
(25,532 posts)B-52's
red dog 1
(27,807 posts)I love the B-52s
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)GGJohn
(9,951 posts)red dog 1
(27,807 posts)One of my all-time favorites!
GGJohn
(9,951 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)GGJohn
(9,951 posts)kairos12
(12,862 posts)red dog 1
(27,807 posts)Perhaps next time I ask this trivia "Q", I should make it a Poll?
Radar Love is a great car song!
catnhatnh
(8,976 posts)ArnoldLayne
(2,067 posts)pipi_k
(21,020 posts)Hot Rod Lincoln fan, but the Commander Cody version
Also...
ballardgirl
(145 posts)My first car was a 64 impala SS
red dog 1
(27,807 posts)Last edited Fri Feb 13, 2015, 04:03 PM - Edit history (1)
I had a 62 Impala with a 327 in it + a 4 speed
I drag raced it one time, and got beat badly by a 61 Chevy that had been "juiced-up"
(The race ended quickly when the CHP came out of nowhere & pulled us both over)
Later on, I had a 65 Chevelle SS with a 327 & a 4 speed....That was a great car!
327 SS but automatic. I didn't know what I had and traded it on a Mazda RX-2. Now, that thing was fast and fun to red-line!
red dog 1
(27,807 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,464 posts)That's an odd intro for Chuck Berry, but he does show up eventually.
T.Rex is lip-synched. The audio is from "Electric Warrior."
red dog 1
(27,807 posts)I saw Chuck Berry live several times...The man sure does put on a show!
Speaking of Chuck Berry, a great but little known movie about Chess Records, Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Etta James, & Willie Dixon is called:' Cadillac Records"
It's a very good film.
It shows how Chuck Berry hated to stay at "colored hotels" and eat at "colored restaurants",
so while on tour in the South, he slept in his Cadillac & ate sandwiches he bought at delis.
pintobean
(18,101 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)red dog 1
(27,807 posts)I am, was, & always will be a Deadhead!
They were my favorite band back in the days of the old Fillmore Auditorium.
Jerry Garcia died way too young, IMO.
Thanks for the video post.
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)In part because it lasted exactly as long as my commute.
Jetboy
(792 posts)Black and White Thunderbird by the Delicates
red dog 1
(27,807 posts)Great song!
BootinUp
(47,156 posts)gets the blood pumping and power flowing.
kwassa
(23,340 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,440 posts)red dog 1
(27,807 posts)Thanks for posting the video.
benld74
(9,904 posts)Auggie
(31,172 posts)Brings back memories of the summer, swimming, and being a kid.
red dog 1
(27,807 posts)(With no help from Google, off the top of my head)
It's the little old lady from Pasadena
(Go granny, go granny, go granny, go)
She has a pretty little flower-bed of white gardenias
(Go granny, go granny, go granny, go)
But parked in the rikitty old garage
Is a brand new, shiny red super-stocked Dodge
She drives real fast and she drives real hard
She's the terror of Colorado Boulevard
It's the little old lady from Pasadena!
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)Ooo,,, she's like a smooth stretch of highway
Ooo... she's like a cool summer breeze
If my motor's runnin' right, we might lose control tonight
Got the shape I love to squeeze, looks that bring me to my knees
Oh please, let it roll tonight
From their 1988 album by the same name, their first after the death of Lowell George.
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BootinUp
(47,156 posts)We're Runnin a Little Bit Hot Tonight!
I just decided I need to order a Van Halen sticker for my Z CAR. Hell yes!
BootinUp
(47,156 posts)Skittles
(153,164 posts)Drifter
(4,751 posts)I can't believe this one didn't make it sooner.
Grantuspeace
(873 posts)Queen - I'm in Love With My Car:
red dog 1
(27,807 posts)I didn't know about that car song; and I'm a huge Queen fan (Crazy Little Thing Called Love)
PADemD
(4,482 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,601 posts)Wolf
Enthusiast
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Tach it up, tach it up
Buddy gonna shut you down
It happened on the strip where the road is wide
(Ooo, rev it up now)
Two cool shorts standin' side by side
(Ooo, rev it up now)
Yeah, my fuel injected Stingray and a four-thirteen
(Ooo, rev it up now)
A revin' up our engines and it sounds real mean
(Ooo, rev it up now)
Tach it up, tach it up
Buddy gonna shut you down
Declinin' numbers at an even rate
(Ooo, movin' out now)
At the count of one we both accelerate
(Ooo, movin' out now)
Ya my stingray is light and the slicks are startin' to spin
(Ooo, movin' out now)
But the my four-thirteen's really diggin' in
(Ooo, movin' out now)
Gotta be cool now
Power shift here we go
Superstock dodge is windin' out in low
But my fuel injected Stingray's really startin' to go
To get the traction I'm ridin' the clutch
My pressure plate's burnin,' that machine's too much
Pedal's to the floor, hear the dual quads drink
(Ooo, pump it up now)
And now the four-thirteen's lead is startin' to shrink
(Ooo, pump it up now)
He's hot with ram induction but it's understood
(Ooo, pump it up now)
I got a fuel injected engine sittin' under my hood
(Ooo, pump it up now)
Shut it off, shut it off
Buddy, now I shut you down
Shut it off, shut it off
Buddy, now I shut you down
Shut it off, shut it off
Buddy, now I shut you down
Shut it off, shut it off
Buddy, now I shut you down
Shut it off, shut it off
Buddy, now I shut you down
SONGWRITERS
WILSON, BRIAN/CHRISTIAN, ROGER VAL
red dog 1
(27,807 posts)I'd completely forgotten about that song.
(If reincarnation is real...I want to come back as one of the Beach Boys)