I put together an iTunes playlist a few years ago with the theme being cars/motorcycles. The playlist had to fit on one CD because I was on the road a lot and couldn't stand listening to California radio stations unless I could pick up the Phil Hendrie Show, but I digress. Freed from that constraint, I welcome suggestions for more great songs about cars/bikes. We'll save road trip songs for another thread.

"Rusty Old American Dream," David Wilcox
"Tuck & Roll Dream," Mike Elwood & Beth Galiger
"Hot Rod Lincoln," Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
"409," Beach Boys
"Daddy Had a Buick," Robert Earl Keen
"Voodoo Cadillac," Southern Culture on the Skids
"Galaxy 500," The Reverend Horton Heat
"Great Big Oldsmobile," McKay Brothers
"Last of the V-8s," Slaid Cleaves
"Hey Little Minivan," Austin Lounge Lizards
"Mercedes Benz," Janis Joplin
"Ode to My Car," Adam Sandler
"Crazy 'Bout an Automobile," Ry Cooder
"Ragged Old Truck," Billy Joe Shaver
"N.S.U," Cream
"Pontiac," Lyle Lovett
"Red Chevrolet," Jimmie Dale Gilmore
"The Car Hank Died In," Austin Lounge Lizards
"Rusted Chevrolet," Tim Steele
"Eye of the Hurricane," David Wilcox
"Born to be Wild," Steppenwolf
"1952 Vincent Black Lightning," Richard Thompson
"Little Honda," Beach Boys
"Fun, Fun, Fun," Beach Boys

455 Rocket - Kathy Mattea

or how's about FUNKY MOPED by Jasper Carrott? (Let ME Know If You've never heard it and i'll send you an MP3)

Richard Thompson "MGB-GT"

Lush's "500 (Shake Baby Shake)" which is about the Fiat 500 -- Foe

Can't forget The Motorcycle (Significance of the Pickle) Song by Arlo Guthrie.

Hey Photobitstream (dang long moniker to type), you should do a compilation cd when finished, and offer it up here or at least to the 3 comp box.

JD

"Going the Distance" by Cake. My kids go wild for that song, and there's no better song I've heard to put the pedal to the floorboards to :cool:

Would Johnny Cash's "One Piece at a Time" count? -- Foe

Would Johnny Cash's "One Piece at a Time" count? -- Foe

As embarrassing as it is to admit, I am not familiar with the tune. Could you hum a few bars? Or at least give us the refrain? :dunno:

Lowrider by War. Great road trip song.

Steve Miller Band - Mercury Blues
I'm going to buy me a Mercury and cccrrrruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuiiiiiiisssseee down the road. :smoke:

"Corvair", Jim White

Bad Motor Scooter by Montrose.

Like Kam said Cakes going this distance is a bitchin tune.

Cobra by Jan & Dean or is it Shut em Down

"Cadillac Ranch" by Springsteen. And how, oh how could we forget-shame on us-"Little Red Corvette" by The Artiste formerly Known as Roger Healey Half-Nelson,or whatever they're calling that overblown poppinjay this week...-Sandy G.

Red Barchetta- Rush
Crazy 'bout a Mercury- Allen Jackson
Slick Black Cadillac- Quiet Riot (On tour again, coming soon to a bar near you!)

Please don't forget:

"Motorcycle Mama" by Sailcat

(y'all know what a sailcat is?)

Please don't forget:

"Motorcycle Mama" by Sailcat

(y'all know what a sailcat is?)

I used to have that album!

Sailcat (n): A cat that didn't make it across the road.

I'll bet Motorcycle - Tico (aka Paul Simon) & The Triumphs from '62 didn't make it on to iTunes ...

As embarrassing as it is to admit, I am not familiar with the tune. Could you hum a few bars? Or at least give us the refrain? :dunno:
There's a free preview clip at http://www.mainstreetmusic.com/cgi-bin/msmusic/LA0000846567.html & lyrics & chords at http://www.lyricsxp.com/lyrics/o/one_piece_at_a_time_johnny_cash.html (not affiliated, etc.) -- Foe

Cars Are Cars, Paul Simon

Sailcat (n): A cat that didn't make it across the road.

You are correct, sir... now rendered into a Frisbee-like form.

I'll bet Motorcycle - Tico (aka Paul Simon) & The Triumphs from '62 didn't make it on to iTunes ...

Are you referring to the song that starts "Well I travel round on a red motorcycle/Yeah today after school I'm a motorcycle fool/Drivin' with me baby don'tchya know I'm real cool/Goin' yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah motorcycle."

Have it my collection. Thanks for the reminder. :D Also found Moby Grape's "Motorcycle Irene."

Steve Miller Band - Mercury Blues
I'm going to buy me a Mercury and cccrrrruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuiiiiiiisssseee down the road. :smoke:
:thmbsp: Great song!


Add Sammy Hagar's "I Can't Drive 55".

Carl

Here's 'nuther one-"Terraplane Blues" by Foghat, off their "Fool For the City" album, 1976 -Sandy G.

Highway Star-Deep Purple
Space Truckin-Deep Purple, a highway in space.
Mercury Blues- Dave Edmunds
Judas Priest- Painkiller, starts with a motorcycle
Cars-Gary Numan
Autobaun-Kraftwerk
Roll on Down the Highway-BTO
Let it Ride-BTO
Four Wheel Drive-BTO

From a more recent age, Borrow Your Girl from Bobby Bare Jr's Young Criminal Starvation League's At The End Of Your Leash

"Highway Song" by Blackfoot. WIMZ in Knoxville plays it a fair amount.-Sandy G.

Are you referring to the song that starts "Well I travel round on a red motorcycle/Yeah today after school I'm a motorcycle fool/Drivin' with me baby don'tchya know I'm real cool/Goin' yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah motorcycle."

Have it my collection. Thanks for the reminder. ...

That's it ...

"Paradise by the Dashboard Lights" - Meatloaf

Happens in a car doesn't it? :naughty: Gotta be one of the best sing-a-long songs ever, if you know all the words! :thmbsp: :thmbsp:

Black Cars - Gino Vanelli

Because they look better in the shade.

Shut Down was the Beach Boys, not Jan & Dean.
Mercedez Benz -Janis Joplin
King of the Road - Roger Miller (?)
Mustang Sally - [whoever the hell did the original version... was it Wilson Pickett?]
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
Little Deuce Coupe - Beach Boys again
Stick Shifts and Safety Belts - Cake
Drive My Car - Beatles
Maybelline - Chuck Berry
No Particular Place to Go - "

One or more of those has prolly already been said, it's hard to remember now that the list is starting to get kinna long...

"Trans-Am" by Sammy Hagar, (I eat Z-28)

"Rev on the Redline" Foreigner

Fast cars by The Buzzcoks
Brand new cadillac by The Clash
Motorcycle emptiness by The Manic Street Preachers
Road Runner by The Sex Pistols

"Road Runner" was by The Modern Lovers, the Sex Pistols did a cover.
"Motorcycle" by Love & Rockets -- Foe

nobody said Radar Love?

Didn't the Beach Boys release an entire album of car songs incl little deuce coup, 409 etc?

Some others that I don't think have been mentioned
Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic
Feeder - Buck Rogers
Cake - Race Car Ya-Ya's
Area 7 - Nobody Likes A Bogan
Beach Boys - I Get Around (prob already mentioned)
Beach Boys - Shut Down

Chris

I was gonna mention "Radar Love". About the best thing to come out of that baleful summer of '74.-Sandy G.

Truckin' ~ Grateful Dead
Going Up The Country ~ Canned Heat
Going Down ~ Jeff Beck
Easy Rider ~ Elvin Bishop

-dave

Donovan- Riding In My Car-The car car song, Catch The Wind LP.

Guys, we're getting away from songs about cars/bikes into songs about being on the road. Nothing wrong with that, but it's a different playlist.

FOGHAT-Chevolet
CANNED HEAT- Harlet Davidson Blues :smoke:

Arlo Guthrie.........

I don't want a pickle,
Just want to ride on my motor cicle (short i there)
And I don't want to die,
Just wanna ride my moto ci (long i and hold it......) cull.

Convoy! LOL i cant remember who sang it. also the theme song from Smokey and the Bandit :D

Convoy! LOL i cant remember who sang it. also the theme song from Smokey and the Bandit :D

I think that would be C.B. Mcall.

I don't think anyone mentioned Cars by Gary Numan.

A couple of folks have mentioned Arlo's Motorcycle Song I think that it is probably the best.

Hey what about that Disco band in the 70's doing Drivers Seat. Disco STILL sucks!!

Some of these are not strictly about cars & bikes, sorry...

It was "Driver's Seat" by "Sniff 'N' The Tears"

Take the Long Way Home - Supertramp - 1979
The Road - Jackson Browne - 1977
Runnin' on Empty - Jackson Browne - 1977
Arrested for Driving While Blind - ZZ Top - 1976
Life in the Fast Lane - The Eagles - 1976
Chevy Van - Sammy Johns - 1975
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen - 1975
30,000 Pounds of Bananas - Harry Chapin - 1974
Ol' 55 - The Eagles - 1974
James Dean - The Eagles - 1974
Waitin' for the Bus - ZZ Top - 1973
Screaming Night Hog - Steppenwolf (I think its about a motorcycle)
Helen Wheels - Paul McCartney - 1973
Workin' at the Car Wash Blues - Jim Croce - 1973
Radar Love - Golden Earring - 1973 (as mentioned above)
Uneasy Rider - Charlie Daniels Band - 1973
Ventura Highway - America - 1973
Dead Skunk - Loudon Wainwright III - 1972
Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy) - Jim Croce - 1972
Taxi - Harry Chapin - 1972
Rockin' Down the Highway - The Doobie Brothers - 1972
Sweet Hitch-Hiker - Creedence Clearwater Revival - 1972
Goin' Mobile - The Who - 1971
My Wife - The Who - 1971
Back Seat of My Car - Paul McCartney - 1971
Vehicle - Ides of March - 1971
Casey Jones - The Grateful Dead (kind of a traveling song) - 1970
Roadhouse Blues - The Doors - 1970 (close enough)
Midnight Rider - The Allman Brothers - 1970
Crosstown Traffic - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - 1968
Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell - 1968
By the Time I Get to Phoenix - Glen Campbell - 1968
Politician - Cream - 1968
On the Road Again - Canned Heat - 1968
Expressway to Your Heart - The Soul Survivors - 1967
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett - 1966 (as mentioned above)
The Beach Boys 1963 album, "Little Deuce Coupe", was mostly about cars per allmusic.com

Clash - Brand New Cadillac
Blasters - Long White cadillac
Wynn Stewart - Long Black Limousine
ZZ Top - She Loves My Automobile :smoke:
Merle Haggard - Movin' On
Red Sovine - Little Joe
Willis Brothers - Alcohol & #2 Diesel & Diesel Drivin' Donut Dunkin' Dan
Dave Dudley - Two Six Packs Away
Johnny Dollar - Big Wheels Sing for Me :thmbsp:
Dick Curless - Drag 'Em off the Interstate, Sock it to EM J.P Blues
Jerry Reed - East Bound & Down (the "Smokey and the Bandit" tune you guys were referring to..)
Red Simpson - Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves

Convoy! LOL i cant remember who sang it. also the theme song from Smokey and the Bandit :D

"So I hit the gate doing 98 and said let them truckers roll. 10-4!"

Forgot this one.

Didn't the Beach Boys release an entire album of car songs incl little deuce coup, 409 etc?...Chris

Yup. Got it on cassette!

I put together an iTunes playlist a few years ago with the theme being cars/motorcycles. The playlist had to fit on one CD because I was on the road a lot and couldn't stand listening to California radio stations unless I could pick up the Phil Hendrie Show, but I digress. Freed from that constraint, I welcome suggestions for more great songs about cars/bikes. We'll save road trip songs for another thread.

"Rusty Old American Dream," David Wilcox
"Tuck & Roll Dream," Mike Elwood & Beth Galiger
"Hot Rod Lincoln," Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
"409," Beach Boys
"Daddy Had a Buick," Robert Earl Keen
"Voodoo Cadillac," Southern Culture on the Skids
"Galaxy 500," The Reverend Horton Heat
"Great Big Oldsmobile," McKay Brothers
"Last of the V-8s," Slaid Cleaves
"Hey Little Minivan," Austin Lounge Lizards
"Mercedes Benz," Janis Joplin
"Ode to My Car," Adam Sandler
"Crazy 'Bout an Automobile," Ry Cooder
"Ragged Old Truck," Billy Joe Shaver
"N.S.U," Cream
"Pontiac," Lyle Lovett
"Red Chevrolet," Jimmie Dale Gilmore
"The Car Hank Died In," Austin Lounge Lizards
"Rusted Chevrolet," Tim Steele
"Eye of the Hurricane," David Wilcox
"Born to be Wild," Steppenwolf
"1952 Vincent Black Lightning," Richard Thompson
"Little Honda," Beach Boys
"Fun, Fun, Fun," Beach Boys


What a great post! I'd have to agree that "455" by Kathy Mattea would be a great addition. One of the best car songs ever, and by a girl, no less! One I didn't see (you're right, this thread got waaay off track!) is one I remember my dad playing: "The Terror of Highway 101". "He wore black denim trousers and motorcycle boots, and a black leather jacket with an eagle on the back...he had a hopped-up cycle (pronounced "sickle") that took off like a gun, that foooooooool was the terror of highway 101".

I'm amazed at how many I've never heard, or at least I just don't remember.

Put me on the list for a copy of the cd! :D

Clay

A Gallon of Gas - The Kinks
Tennesee Plates - John Hiatt
She Loves My Automobile - ZZ Top
The Wreck of the Barbie Ferrari - John Hiatt
The Wheels on the Bus - Various Artists

Lots of great suggestions here. I've even found stuff in my collection that I had forgotten about. Just ran across "Whose Cadillac is That?" by War on my hard drive searching for Long White Cadillac. Keep 'em coming.

This playlist is now almost two hours long, without acquiring the suggestions I don't have in my collection. Won't fit on a CD unless you have iTunes and use the AAC encoded files and the Apple Lossless files. Then there is that pesky matter of copyright law.

How about "Pink Cadillac"? Done by Natalie Cole or The Boss, take your pick.

Has anyone mentioned Queen's "I'm in Love with My Car"?

A couple more from the CB craze-era- "18 Wheels and a Dozen Roses"-Kathy Mattea, "White Knight" & "Kentucky Moonrunner" by Cledus Maggard & the Citizen's Band. Cledus...gotta LUV that name...-Sandy G.

...Then there is that pesky matter of copyright law.

Dang. Keep forgettin' about that. :worried:

How about "The Ballad of Thunder Road" or the song about the little Nash Rambler.."beep, beep, his horn went beep beep beep"?

Tina Turner "Pink Cadillac"

the song about the little Nash Rambler.."beep, beep, his horn went beep beep beep"?"Beep Beep" by The Playmates. Dr. Demento used to play that one (back when I could get his show) -- Foe

A couple of dubious ones-I don't even really know the names-but I SWEAR I've heard 'em-"Have You Heard The Word of the Lord/Jesus might be comin' in a '49 Ford.".and..."I Don't Care if it Rains 'n' Freezes, long as I got my Plastic Jesus, settin' on the Dashboard of my car....He don't Slip, He don't Slide, His little feets is Magnetised,Settin' on the dashboard of my car..."-Sandy G.

Don't know the first, but the second is in the film "Cool Hand Luke" sung by the title character -- Foe

A couple of dubious ones-I don't even really know the names-but I SWEAR I've heard 'em-"Have You Heard The Word of the Lord/Jesus might be comin' in a '49 Ford."

At the risk or derailing my own thread, everyone knows Jesus drove a Honda. It says right there in the book of Acts that Jesus and the Apostles traveled in one Accord.

Road Runner - Bo Diddley and the Pretty Things cover

Little Honda - the Queers cover

Guys, we're getting away from songs about cars/bikes into songs about being on the road. Nothing wrong with that, but it's a different playlist.

True, but since we are ... how about "Diesel on my tail?" Favorite line: "Can this compact take the impact?"

An' that one from '80-81, "Sausalito Summerlight" by a band named Diesel. The OTHER Golden Earring hit from '83, "Twilight Zone", has always been a GREAT driving song, IMHO. -Sandy G.

[QUOTE=Justen]How about "The Ballad of Thunder Road" ?

Yeah - from the '59? movie "Thunder Road", kinda' "sung" by one of my favorite actors of all time, Robert Mitchum.

Any one mention, "Get your kicks on Route 66"?

By?

Ron.

Pink Cadillac by Bruce Springsteen. Originally released on 45, and is on the Tracks 4 CD compilation.

On the topic of Jesus and cars, how about:

Jesus Built My Hotrod - Ministry

She caught the caty - blues brothers
I'm bad, I'm nationwide - zz top
roll me away - bob seger

spacegrass - clutch
panema - van halen

Here is a cover for your comp that I ran across ...

not sure if its been covered yet....but

Deep Purple's...Highway Star is a good one.

She caught the caty - blues brothers
I'm bad, I'm nationwide - zz top
roll me away - bob seger

"Roll Me Away" by Seger ... one of my very favorite songs. Ever.

(as I resurrect an ancient thread ...)

Queen ~ I'm In Love With My Car

Slick Black Cadillac- Quiet Riot
Black Sunshine-White Zombie
Born to Run- The Boss

Looked thru the whole thread and didnt find the first song that came to mind when I read the title.
I cant believe it.
Has no one heard or remember?

Foreigner -Rev on the red line

"She's wearin new colors and looking pretty good, she's got four hundred horses up under the hood. Theres no need to panic, its under control, We're aerodynamic and ready to roll"




..

"Wheels of Steel" and "Motorcycle Man", both from the English metal band Saxon.

"Hell Bent For Leather" and "Desert Plains"..both great motorcycle songs from Judas Priest.

"Trashed" from Black Sabbath.

Heres 2 songs.

I can't drive 55 by sammy hagar

The Iroc-Z song by the High School scene.

Long White Cadillac~ The Blasters

Mem Shannon/ S.U.V.
Kathy Mattea/ 455 Rocket (wish this was on vinyl)
The Beach Boys/ Little Honda
Ronny & The Daytonas/ G.T.O.
Paul Revere & The Raiders/ SS 396 (Chevrolet dealer giveaway 45 single)
Paul Revere & The Raiders/ G.T.O. Judge Breakaway
Paul Revere & The Raiders/ Corvair Baby (Chevrolet dealer giveaway 45 single)
Charlie Ryan/ Hot Rod Lincoln (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen covered this)
Jimmy Liggins & The Honeydrippers/ Cadillac 8
Ike Turner & His Kings Of Rhythm/ Rocket 88
Jan & Dean/ Dead Man's Curve
Alan Jackson/ Mercury Blues
Robert Mitchum/ Ballad Of Thunder Road

Jeff Beck ~ Big Block ~ The Guitar Shop Album ~ Coolest album cover too!

Also on the album: Stand On It ~ Sling Shot

Mott The Hoople: "I’m a Cadillac/El Camino Dolo Roso" (Ralphs) - From the album Mott (1973)

"highway star" Deep Purple

Rockin' down the highway and Road Angel - Doobie Brothers

MGB/GT - Richard Thompson

Pass You By (Flat Black Ford) - Gillian Welch/Dave Rawlings

The Chattanooga City Limits Sign - Johnny Cash

"Trans-Am" by Sammy Hagar, (I eat Z-28)


Aaaah - you beat me to it!


Sammy can write some great motor tunes!!!!!:yes:

I know this song was mentioned 4 years ago in thread, but since it was just revived, I thought the ’79 classic Driver’s Seat (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRa8EZ6DQPY&feature=related) by Sniff 'n' the Tears was deserving of a reprisal also. Fitting since it was reissued in ’91 and the video I linked to was mixed with original video and footage from a performance last October.

Rocket 88 by Jackie Brenston, also nicely covered by Bernard Allison.
The first rock and roll song ever.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_88

Lots of good car songs. These lists always end up being a list of everything there is... so in that spirit:

Manic Mechanic - ZZ Top (Deguello)
Wheels - AC/DC (Black Ice)
D.W.I. - LeRoi Brothers (Forget About the Danger - Think of the Fun)

Daniel Johnston & Yo La Tengo "Speeding Motorcycle" (he recorded this over the phone)

Del Mc Coury Band-1952 Vincent Black Lightning-Bluegrass

Stray Dog-Drive My Chevrolet-Opened for Emerson, Lake & Palmer 1973

The best of all time = No Money Down Duane Allman

Wheels Husker Du
Taking a Ride Replacements
Slick Bob Mould
1959 Brian Setzer (just one of many)
Eliminator Dick Dale (also one of many)
Long Hot Ride Cowboy Mouth
Sweet Little 66 Steve Earle
Highball Switchblade
Dear Dad Chuck Berry
Ridin' in My Car NRBQ
Long White Caddilac Blasters
Red Cadillac and a Black Mustache Robert Gordon
Too Fast to Live Robert Gordon
Hot Rod Girl Brian Setzer
Hot Rod Man Tex Rubinowitz and the Bad Boys
Dirt Track Date and El Camino Southern Culture On The Skids
Suicide Doors and Five-0 Ford Rev Horton Heat
16 Days Under The Hood The Palladins (best version)
Nitro Burning Funny Car Dead Milkmen
Old Blue Car Peter Case
Rocket 88 James Cotton
Dynaflow Blues Johnny Shines.
Kickin Motor Scooter Roosevelt Sykes
My Little Sister Got A Motorbike Cavan Grogan
Teraplane Blues Foghat (cover)
Big Joe and the Phantom 309 Tom Waits (cover)
Crawling From the Wreckage Rockpile

Rev On the Red Line - Foreigner, Heads Games, 1979. :thmbsp::D

"Jump In My Car - Ted Mulray Gang"
Creepy and bad cover version also done by David "The Hoff" Hasslehoff

My fave would have to be the David Lindley version of "Mercury Blues". Steve Miller's is pretty good, too. The rest...especially the shitkicker versions, no way.

Commander Cody's "Hot Rod Lincoln" gets honorable mention, as does "One Piece At A Time" by Johnny Cash. I'll also add ZZ Top's "She Loves My Automobile" and the "Made In Japan" version of "Highway Star". Anyone who says "Mustang Sally" should be hung by their thumbs. :D

She caught the caty - blues brothers
I'm bad, I'm nationwide - zz top
roll me away - bob seger

Actually, She Caught The Katy is a train song. The "Katy" was the nickname for the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad.

A few more I don't think have been mentioned

Drag City - Jan & Dean
Little Old Lady From Pasadena - Jan & Dean
Hey Little Cobra - Rip Chords
Tell Laura I Love Her - Ray Peterson
Three Window Coupe - Terry & Bruce
Little Honda - Hondells
Leader Of The Pack - Shangri Las
Blue's Theme - David Allen and the Arrows
The Wild Angels - soundtrack theme
Schlock Rod - Jan & Dean
Roadhouse Blues - Doors
Bucket T - Who
Teen Angel - Mark Dinning
Last Kiss - J. Frank Wilson and the cavaliers
Little Red Corvette - Prince
Runnin' Down A Dream - Tom Petty
Turn The Page - Bob Seger
Freeway of Love - Aretha Franklin
Road Runner - Jr. Walker and the All Stars
Hot Rod USA - Gary Usher
Go Go GTO - Carol & Cheryl
Don't Drag No More - Susan Lynne
Big T - Revells
She Rides With Me - Paul Peterson

Sansui beat me to it:

HOT ROD LINCOLN!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMLTQaEYdoc&feature=PlayList&p=342E28B3909B521E&index=24&playnext=2&playnext_from=PL

How about Sonny Landreth's Zydacoldsmobile...!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfD8b98Zpa4


The Bill Kirchen version rocks!

(P.S.: I made the Sonny video!)

Rick

"Wheels of Fire" by Judas Priest from the Angel of Retribution album. My fave.

Born on the other side, of the track
Gotta get outta here, I won't look back
Born on the other side, wild as a hurricane
Living in overdrive...

Wheels of fire, in my soul
Wheels of fire, wheels of fire - let 'em roll

Too fast to give a damn, stand my ground
No one or anything, can tie me down
Born on the other side, wild as a hurricane
Living in overdrive...

Wheels of fire, in my soul
Wheels of fire, wheels of fire - let 'em roll

Ride to live, live to ride
Wheels of fire, forever

[solo]

Born on the other side, wild as a hurricane
Living in overdrive...

Wheels of fire, in my soul
Wheels of fire, wheels of fire - let 'em roll

Wheels of fire
Wheels of fire

Slick Black cadillac by Quiet Riot. Kind of a funny song but I really like it :D

The Bill Kirchen version rocks!

(P.S.: I made the Sonny video!)

Rick

Amen on Kirchen
He played guitar on the Commanders version......but it still wasn't the first

Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps ~ Cruisin'

Rockabilly at it's Finest!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od8ca1_cwO0

Here's a few more, not quite cars, but still in the same sort of mode:
Convoy-C.W. McCall
Gimme 40 Acres-Willis Bros
Giddy-Up Go- Red Sovine
18 Wheels & a Dozen Roses- Kathy Mattea
Kentucky Moonrunner- Cledus Maggard
Eastbound & Down-Jerry Reed

Dead Mans Curve - Jan & Dean and "Nash the Slash".
Hey Good Lookin' - Hank Williams "I've got a hot rod Ford and a two dollar bill and I know a spot right over the hill".
Big Red Car - The Wiggles :tongue:

This Big Old Car - Cold Chisel

The Purple Petrol Eater - The Webb Brothers Very funny parody based on "The Purple People Eater"

Ram Rodding - Bruce Springsteen

My Old Car - Lee Dorsey

Down The Line - Buddy Holly

:music::music::banana:Amen on Kirchen
He played guitar on the Commanders version......but it still wasn't the first

Yeah, but I just dig that medley he whips out :banana:

Dig Me - King Crimson from the album, "Three Of A Perfect Pair".

Southern Culture on the Skids (mentioned), - Voodoo Cadillac
Richard Thompson -'52 Vincent
Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town
John Stewart - 18 Wheels

I'm thinkin' 8-volume box set...

Enjoy the music,
-Mark

Peter, Paul, and Mary... "Car Car"

Born To Be Wild
http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/s/steppenwolf/born_to_be_wild.html

Route 66
http://www.keno.org/stones_lyrics/route_66.htm

Gohan

"Iron Horse" from Motorhead.

rooster.

Tapehead47, great call on U.S.S. Zydecoldsmobile by Sonny Landreth, an amazing guitarist. I thought I would get to post that one!

Check out the Jimmy Buffett version from his cd "Far Side of the World" a really well recorded album with Sonny ripping it up on his track with Jimmy singing vocals. It trumps Sonny's own version. Sonny has been playing with JB the last few years and adds a tremendous amount of depth to his live shows. He also is the featured player on both the "Far Side.." and "License to Chill" cds. Sonny Landreth is a gifted guitarist who flies under the radar but is one of the best players in the country today.

Dave Edmunds: "Crawling from the Wreckage" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWtvyd1F5Mo

Arlo Guthry "Motorcycle Song" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g266Uwp6ZnI

"I'm In Love With My Car" - Queen

Motorcycle man by saxon

455 sd - Radio Birdman
Gasoline - Audioslave
The Key to Her Ferrari - Thomas Dolby

Chicks and Cars by Colin James comes to immediate mind(my wife once said during a vacation drive that if I didn't knock off my aggressive passing while this song was playing that she would fire the cd out the window like a frisbee), Turbo Lover-Judas Priest, both Twilight Zone and Radar Love by Golden Earring, I can't Drive 55 by Sammy Hagar and for reasons that I cannot explain(except that the beat gets my driving enthusiasm up), LA Woman.

If you were to ask my wife it would probably be Motorcycle Mama by Sailcat