Ohh and one more...
He's going the distance... by Cake.
Ferg.

ZZ TOP...............Manic Mechanic, She Loves My Automobile, etc.

Man - I almost hate to post my Top 10 list
'cause I know I'll leave something out. (in alphabetical order)

Born to be Wild - Steppenwolf
Crawlin from the Wreckage - Dave Edmunds
409 - Beach Boys
Fun, Fun, Fun - Beach Boys
Get out of Denver - Bob Seger
Highway Star - Deep Purple
Last Kiss - Wayne Cochran or Pearl Jam
Radar Love - Golden Earring
Suffragette City - David Bowie
Tulsa Time - Danny Flowers

"Dixie Chicken" by Little Feat may not be a road song, but they did a song on their first album (yes those vinyl discs!) named "Willing" that was.

It went something like this...

"I've driven every kind of rig that's ever been made,
Driven the back roads so I wouldn't get weighed,
If you give me weed, whites, and wine.."

The old days,

Mike

Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Great tempo. Starts out nice and slow to get the engine warmed up, then kicks it up a little for some spirited driving. Great if you've got a route to match it.

Great list, VR! all classic car songs.

I was reminded of that song, Willin, as I drove through Tucumcari last November, also passed through Winslow, AZ, thinking of the song "Take It Easy". Didn't see the girl in the flatbed Ford, though

applescotty,


Great avatar... welcome to the board.


B

Thanks Brad. As soon as I can track down the CD that has pics of my car, I'll add some to the member's cars thread.
Scott

"Wait and Bleed" Slipknot
"Man in the Box" Alice in Chains
"Boney Maroni" Johnny Winter
"Beer Drinkers and Hell Rasiers" ZZ Top
"Squib Cakes" Tower of Power
"Green Grass and High Tides" Outlaws
"Gimme 3 steps" Lynyrd Skynyrd
"In the End" Linkin Park
"Pink Houses" John Cougar
"Texas Flood" Stevie Ray Vaughn
"One way Out" Allman Brothers (Eat a Peach)

Any of these a worthy of the top down and 400 mono watts.

Neal

OH.. Neal stumbled onto a few that I need on my list:

Man in the box (alice in chains)

and

In the end (linkin park)

So.. when do we start burning and trading CD's ??


B

I had to read all four pages of this thread to see if I had anything to add.

Runnin' Down a Dream - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Don't Come Around Here No More - Tom Petty
Ceremony - Joe Satriani
Summer Song - Joe Satriani
Nativity in Black - Black Sabbath
Psycho Man - Black Sabbath
The Rooster - Alice in Chains (song about his dad)

In particular I like songs that have you going 100 on the highway for no good reason except it feels good.

Jon, I've found myself going 100 to Tom Petty before... I like 'em all 'cept for the black sabbath ones, which I don't know. But it would seem you have good taste. I might have to check them out.

Someone else mentioned Meatloaf's paradise.. My ex was from Modesto, and I remeber driving around town with him listening to meatloaf while he told me the story of American Graffiti. Very cool...

Taste in music and cars, these are some of the important things we must pass on to future generations.

I think if we put together mix CD's and passed them out at our drives the number of "incidents" would go up

Ok,
I finally have my own account.

I didn't see Detroit Rock City yet.


My story is around "Trans-Am". We were caravaning down to the Street Machine West Coast nationals one year. My friend had a 71 Z28. I gave him my tape of Sammy. We had CB's going full blast between the 2 cars. All of a sudden I saw my tape almost go flying out the window. He stopped short of letting go. But let me know that he didn't appreciate the song much.

For those who don't know, one part of the song goes, "my Liscense is IEATZ28.

Anyway. Great list. Who has it on one sheet of paper?

DanD
Exteener

I forgot a couple

Toxicity System of a Down
Welcome to the Jungle Guns and Roses

Neal

Ok, you all asked for this...

I may forget a few and my tastes are all over the place one this one but here goes..


Car/Driving related
Ventura Highway - America
Run Like Hell - Pink Floyd
Red Barchetta - Rush
Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf
I Can't Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar
Pink Cadillac - Bruce Springstein & The E Street Band
Big Log - Robert Plant (Mellow Night Time, Cross Country Kind of Vibe)
Radar Love EP - Golden Earring
Cars - Gary Numan
Stranger in My Driver's Seat - John Gorka
Blinded by the Light - Manfred Mann & the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Prince - Little Red Corvette
Low Rider - War
Freedom Rider -Traffic
Black Cars - Gino Vanelli

Non-Car/Driving Related - Just Rockin'
Violent Femmes
White Stripes
Talking Heads
Sublime
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Louis Prima (& Keeley Smith)
Jethro Tull
Jane's Addiction
Iggy Pop (especially "Lust for Life")
Gorillaz
Elvis Costello


There's more if you want to be bored.

Get a CD player that supports MP3 formats and get 140 songs on one CD!

Be Good. Stay Dry.

- Joe

Ok, so how about "Drivers seat" from Sniff and the Tears?
Not my favorite, but defenatly a classic

cheers,

Jeroen

Southbound 35 by Pat Green

The whole Siamese Dream CD by Smashing Pumpkins
Territorial Pissings by Nirvana!

Geoff

"Crosstown Traffic" by JIMI

Another good driving song (not a car song)...

"You Could Be Mine"... by GnR

-Rusty

"Trust Your Mechanic" by the Dead Kennedys

snippet from the lyrics:

Trust your mechanic to mend your car
Bring it in to his garage
He tightens and loosens a few spare parts
One thing's fixed, another falls apart
And the rich eat you

Car Songs?.

Highway to Hell. AC/DC
The Truck Song. Lyle Lovett
West Texas Highway Lyle Lovett
Rev on the Redline Foreigner
Paradise by the Dashborad lights. Meat Loaf.
Steve McQueen Sheryl Crow
You never even called me by my name David Allen Coe.
You can leave your hat on. Tom Jones. (yes, Tom Jones)

Pat

There's one not mentioned yet... actually it is prolly a truck'n song.....
The Rodeo Song!
well it's 40 below & I don't give a fuck
got a heater in my truck
& I'm off to the Rodeoooo
Piss me off, fuckin jerk, get on my nerves....
bruce

El Paso - Marty Robbins

I don't know why, probably harks back to family vacations and me stuck in the "wayback" of the family station wagon.

Born to Run - The Boss.

Hey Jealousy by the Gin Blossoms

"Tomorrow we can drive around this town and let the cops chase us around ..."

echos, pink floyd (just before the acid USED to kick in), think "dreamy happy"

raw power, iggy and the stooges (after), think "oh no, please stop this. i'm not having fun".

diamond dogs, bowie, now this is just too strange.

kevin

you guys have have compiled quite an exstensive list.

on the radio last night

blue oyster cult.....the don't fear the reaper song was good.

i am into the stones pretty heavy. keith richards is the man.

i have every tom petty album and boxed set. heartbreakers and the wilburies are the best. tweeter and the monkey man cracks me up.

road music. john fuckin cougar or whatever his name is. george thourogood ( sp ) rocks.


first mind altering experience was rush 2112.

Keith Richards ROCKS!

Mine Offender is one of my all time favorite CD's.

Always had an affection for "little red Corvette" Not for the singer or the car. Just the hot chick who could dance her ass off and ended up taking me home for the night. Deep sigh and shit eating grin happening here.

To Brad and the rest of the Texan contingent...what about the true Texas love song...I love my Truck' by Lyle Lovett?? For driving music, give me the early Stones, any Motown and earily Led Zepplen. James Brown's Cold Sweat...OMG that is the one for a hot night at high speed. Afterwards, I like something soothing like Kate Webster, or Brenda Boyken's Smokin' Blues. Also, in the summer on a warm evening I need the Doors. Long live rock! Jim