[axle bastard]

i'm realy into music, i play bass in a local band.
so the point is , i can think of a few tunes about cars, anybody know any good ones? what is your fave?
i am curious if anybody will list "jerry was a race car driver"

[chevelle girl]

can't think of any about cars but there are others that are good to listen to when your in the car

[hotrodit]

Hey i've got tons but only rock'n'roll & rockabilly, my fave is Charlie Ryon; Hot Rod Lincoln. I bought a CD from Gene Winfield last Hot Rod Reunion with about 30 different versions of that song by different artist's !!

[WayOutCat]

ahem.

-Red Barchetta by Rush (no, I'm not usually a rush fan) --an actual sci-fi hot rodding song!

-Switchblade 327 by Brian Setzer

uh... 409 by the beach boys?

yeah, I have to agree with Chevelle Girl. SO many great songs that go with driving but don't mention cars right out:

-Lucifer Sam by Pink Floyd

-Frenzy by Screamin' Ray Hawkins

-any fast bluegrass song

-any pre-1980 AC/DC song

-Atom Bomb by Fluke

-Danielle Dax's remake of the Beatles' 'Tomorrow Never Knows'

-So many techno songs I can't name them all

-Sweet Hitchhiker by CCR

-Eight Miles High by the Byrds

-Black Capricorn Day by Jamiroquai


um, I'll stop before I bore even more of you than I have already. I could go on for hours.

anyone else?

[oldcarguy85]

Anyting by the beach boys is great car music to me.

Jan and dean as well

Green Onions - Booker T. & the M.G.'s

[Halloweenking]

Cruising: Mama cats, BB-King, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, any good intramental including Beathoven, Bach etc. Boston, Nazereth, some songs from Metallica, guns & roses

Driving: Anything with Ozzy including Black Sabbath, AC/DC, ZZ-top, CCR, Ronnie James Dio, Creed, some songs from Metallica

Hard driving/Racing: Rob Zombie, Metallica, Godsmack, Skwee-G, etc etc etc

I could go on forever...thats just the recent stuff...

Faust

[78 monte]

Rainbow,Dio,Quiet Riot,Iron maiden,UFO,Deep Purple,Van Halen,Uriah Heep,Yngwie,Skynard,Outlaws,Heart,Pat Benetar,Frank Zappa?&(**&^
Sorry,can't think of any songs about cars.Play songs by "the cars" w/ my band,does that count??

[Croz]

How about "Low Rider"? Am I the only one that likes this song? If you don't like the original, Korn re-did it....

[Croz]

Oh, also "Asleep at the Wheel" by Blood Hound Gang is an awesome car song.

[hotrodit]

yeah, Green Onions & turn it up loud! also check out "Mo Onions" & "MG Party" by Booker T :p

Croz ,I listen to Gary Hoey's rendition of lowrider

[FASTFORD]

early rock & roll to the late 70`s. i like to be able to hear & understand the words!

[Madd Syntst]

Rocket 88, either the blues or country edition
Mercury Blues, Country rock or Steve Miller
Bucket-T, the Who
Thunder Road, Robt Mitchum
Take the Money and Run, Steve Miller
Cadillac, Stray Cats
Nantuckett Sleighride, Webb Wilder

Lately, I've been on a blues kick. Hound Dog Taylor, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Sonny Landreth, Eric Sardinas, Lazy Lester, soundtrack to "Desperado"
Like the others, I could go on fer evva

[WayOutCat]

oh man,
you guys have listed some really awesome tunes!

I had forgotten about UFO! 'Shoot Shoot' and 'Mother Mary' are some of the best driving songs ever created.

I definately second Green Onions too.

Outlaws' 'Hurry Sundown' -- yeah!

Halloween King, I agree about Beethoven.

Madd Syntst, thanks for mentioning the Who.

Here's a few more from my stack:

-'A Shot in the Dark' by Oranj Symphonette (Tom Waits band, who do awesome jazz)

-the music for 'Cowboy Bebop' by Yoko Kano

And let's not forget 'Built For Speed' by the Stray Cats. Any song that is about a fast car *and* a hot girl at the same time rules automatically, in my opinion. your milage may vary : )