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What do think is one of the best car related rock tunes made?  A tune that gets you pumped.

Here's just one.  Lately can't seem to get enough of Highway Star by Deep Purple

"I can't drive 55"   --  Sammy Hagar

Yes, definately "Highway Star" by Deep Purple. That's my first choice for road trips.

Another great one is "Born to Be Wild" by Steppenwolf.

73,

Bruce

Car 54 Where Are You?

Radar Love

Riders On The Storm

Autobann



KLC




convoy

Yeah, Riders on the Storm is a good tune. LA Woman is up there too.

Rapid Roy (That Stock Car Boy) by Jim Croce  8)

AC/DC - Highway To Hell
Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell
Primus - Jerry Was A Race Car Driver
Charlie Daniels - Hot Rod Lincoln

I also listen to Techno-Trance music allot while driving. I find that it helps with my focus on driving and less on the idiots I have to share the road with. Because it keeps my Road Rage level down when said idiots cut me off or otherwise drive stupid.

Roadrunner The Modern Lovers


One two three four five six
Roadrunner, roadrunner
Going faster miles an hour
Gonna drive past the Stop 'n' Shop
With the radio on

I'm in love with Massachusetts
And the neon when it's cold outside
And the highway when it's late at night
Got the radio on
I'm like the roadrunner


Alright
I'm in love with modern moonlight
128 when it's dark outside
I'm in love with Massachusetts
I'm in love with the radio on
It helps me from being alone late at night
It helps me from being lonely late at night
I don't feel so bad now in the car
Don't feel so alone, got the radio on
Like the roadrunner
That's right


Said welcome to the spirit of 1956
Patient in the bushes next to '57
The highway is your girlfriend as you go by quick
Suburban trees, suburban speed
And it smells like heaven(thunder)
And I say roadrunner once
Roadrunner twice
I'm in love with rock & roll and I'll be out all night
Roadrunner
That's right


Well now
Roadrunner, roadrunner
Going faster miles an hour
Gonna drive to the Stop 'n' Shop
With the radio on at night
And me in love with modern moonlight
Me in love with modern rock & roll
Modern girls and modern rock & roll
Don't feel so alone, got the radio on
Like the roadrunner
O.K., now you sing Modern Lovers


(Radio On!)
I got the AM
(Radio On!)
Got the car, got the AM
(Radio On!)
Got the AM sound, got the
(Radio On!)
Got the rockin' modern neon sound
(Radio On!)
I got the car from Massachusetts, got the
(Radio On!)
I got the power of Massachusetts when it's late at night
(Radio On!)
I got the modern sounds of modern Massachusetts
I've got the world, got the turnpike, got the
I've got the, got the power of the AM
Got the, late at night, (?), rock & roll late at night
The factories and the auto signs got the power of modern sounds
Alright


Right, bye bye!

Pride and Joy, SRV

Terraplane Blues (as in Hudson Terraplane)- Robert Johnson

Hot Rod Lincoln (the origional from about 1949)- i forget the guy's name

Taxi Wardance- Count Basie 1938

Maybelene- Chuck Berry

Rocket 88 by Ike Turner--possibly the first rock and roll song--before Tina even!!

HR Lincoln was re-done by Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen but I can't remember the guy who did the original.

Of course if yer into Goat Ropin music (sometimes called country) U cud listen to Dave Dudley--6 days on the road

Now for you sissy bikers there's Leader of the Pack.

Since I am a racing type person... I would have to go with.....

409 ;D The BeachBoys

Barracuda :o Heart

Ol' 55 8) The Eagles

Richard

Hot Rod Lincoln (the origional from about 1949)- i forget the guy's name

Hot Rod Lincoln originally by Charlie Ryan 1955

Little Deuce Coup   Beach Boys
409   Beach Boys
GTO    Ronnie & the Daytonas
Little Old Lady From Pasadena    Jan & Dean
Dead Mans Curve   Jan & Dean
Shut Down    Beach Boys
She'll have fun fun fun till her daddy takes the T Bird Away   Beach Boys

and the Little Nash Rambler song   don't remember the artist.

Oh the good old days

Piss Weak Mobile - WA1HLR
or PW Mobile Blues - S. Ickes WB3HUZ

 Listen Here  (http://www.amwindow.org/audio/htm/pwmobile.htm)

"Beep Beep" by The Playmates.

Little Deuce Coupe   I,m biased.

Top Gun Theme (When yuer talking real strappin)

AIJ's list on 4 wheels

Factoid:  The Original Hot Rod Lincoln was written and sung by Charlie Ryan in 1955.  He is also the guy that built the Hot Rod Lincoln.. It is a Model A Ford body on a shortened Lincoln Zephyr frame.  A Flathead V8 Lincoln fills up the engine compartment.. In the song, the grapevine hill he refers to is the Old switchback grade that comes up out of Lewiston Idaho.  There is a new road down into Lewiston since the 80's but the old grade is still open and every once in a while I drive it just for fun..The original Hot Rod Lincoln was on display at the Museum of Arts and Culture (MAC) in Spokane, WA last winter.  It isn't a show car but it was cool to see..They still drive it.  Cool song too.

Yes - - the Beach Boys for summer cruisin'

The top down on the California cruiser with the Beach Boys playing

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V-12.  The original  song went "Got 12 cylinders 'n' uses 'em all... got overdrive that just won't stall"

Ya know John, I thought so too but the web tells another story.

HOT ROD LINCOLN
(Charlie Ryan / W.S. Stevenson)

Commander Cody & The Lost Planet Airmen - 1972

Also recorded by: All; Asleep at the Wheel; Johnny Bond;
Blanche McCrary Boyd; Les Claypool; Larry Groce; Hit Crew;
Hot Rod Lincoln; Bill Kirchen; Kenny Price; Razorbacks;
Rollin' in the Hay; Charlie Ryan; Pat Travers; The Twangbangers.


My pappy said "Son, you're gonna drive me to drinkin',
if you don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln."

Have you heard the story of the hot rod race,
where the Fords 'n' Lincolns was settin' the pace?
That story is true, I'm here to say,
that I was drivin' that Model-A.

It's got a Lincoln motor and it's really souped up,
that Model-A body makes it look like a pup.
It's got eight cylinders and uses 'em all,
got overdrive, just won't stall.With a four-barrel carb and a dual exhaust,
with 4-11 gears you can really get lost.
Got safety tubes but I ain't scared,
the brakes are good, tires fair.

U.S.S Zydec Oldsmobile,   Jimmy Buffet
Low Rider, Those Darn Accordions
Layin' A Strip For The Higher-Self State Line, The Bad Plus

If you haven't heard Those Darn Accordions you're missing one of life's little treats.

If you musical brain has snoozed out on account of all those classic rock songs you've hear 10,000 times or the classical pieces you've heard too much too, wake it up with Bad Plus.

From the history of "Hot Rod Lincoln" page http://www.rockabillyhall.com/HotRodLncln1.html


I've heard this song MANY times and can vouch for the "twelve cylinders" line.

Intersting !

Would be nice to get to the manuscript !

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band did a great cover of Hot Rod Lincoln, done way better than than the Commander Cody version, IMO.

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Hot Rod Lincoln - Song Lyrics
My pappy said, 'Son, you're gonna drive me t' drinkin' ...
If you don't quit drivin' that - Hot ... Rod ... Lincoln!'

Well, you've heard the story of the hot rod race,
When the Ford and the Mercury were settin' the pace.
That story's true I'm here to say,
Cause I was a'drivin' that Model A.

It's got a Lincoln motor and it's really souped up;
That Model A body makes it look like a pup.
It's got 12 cylinders and uses them all;
And an overdrive that just won't stall.

It's got a 4-barrel carb and dual exhausts,
4:11 gears that really get lost -
Safety tubes and I'm not scared,
The brakes are good and the tires are fair.

We left San Pedro late one night;
The moon and the stars were shinin' bright.
We were drivin' up Grapevine Hill,
Passin' cars like they were standin' still.

Then, all of a sudden, in the wink of an eye,
a Cadillac sedan passed us by.
The remark was made, "That's the car for me."
But, by then, the taillights wuz all you could see.

Well, the fellers ribbed me for bein' behind,
So I started to make that Lincoln unwind.
Took my foot off the gas and, man alive,
I shoved it down into overdrive.

Well, I wound it up to 110;
Twisted the speedometer cable right off the end.
Had my foot glued right to the floor;
I said, "That's all there is - there ain't no more."

Now the fellas thought I'd lost all sense;
The telephone poles looked like a picket fence.
They said, "Slow down, I see spots."
The lines on the road just looked like dots.

Went around a corner and passed a truck;
I crossed my fingers just for luck -
The fenders clickin' the guard rail post;
The guy beside me was white as a ghost.

Smoke was rollin' outta the back
When I started to gain on that Cadillac
I knew I could catch him and hoped I could pass
But when I did I'd be short on gas.

There were flames comin' from out of the side;
You could feel the tension; man, what a ride.
I said, "Look out, boys, I've got a license to fly"
And the Cadillac pulled over and let me by.

All of a sudden a rod started knockin';
Down in the depths she started a rockin'.
I looked in the mirror and a red light was blinkin';
The cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln.

Well they arrested me and put me in jail.
I called my pop to make my bail.
He said, "Son, you're gonna drive me t' drinkin',
If you don't quit drivin' that - Hot ... Rod ... Lincoln!"
 


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To learn the story of the Hot Rod Lincoln, click here.

Music and lyrics copyright 1955, Charlie Ryan. All rights reserved
Page design copyright 1999 Joseph M. Sherlock. All Rights Reserved

Car songs and hot rods will always be close to my heart.

For modern car songs, I'll have to go with Sammy Hagar (I cant drive 55)

But for classics Mabelline is one of my all time favorites!!

"the heat went down, the motor cooled down, and thats when I heard that highway sound. Cadillac sittin like a ton o lead 110 a half a mile ahead"!!.......................................


Here is one for you car and old music buffs: Think about the song "Shut Down". What is very untypical about this one??

                                                              The Slab Bacon

one of the 'engins  utilizes standing waves  to increase air intake??

12-cylinder Lincoln engine in a '37 Zephyr..

I'm listening to the Commander Cody version as I type this and the lyrics say 8 cylinders.  Maybe the original lyrics said 12 cyl's

RE: "Shut Down" Untypical? A fast 413 in anything short of a shopping carriage.

When I lived in L.A. it was Pink Floyd Animals every Monday morning going up the 405 to the valley

Bah  >:(

"He's got his ram induction but it's understood
I got a fueljected engine sitting under my hood"

WHat's untypical is a Stingray shutting down a '62 or 63 413 super stock Dodge.  Never happened  ;)

What about Joe Walsh and

My Maserati does 185
I got a ticket, now I don't drive...

Joe Walsh - Life's been good

My Maserati does one-eighty-five
I lost my license, now I don't drive
I have a limo, ride in the back
I lock the doors in case I'm attacked

That is one of my faves..

The all time best driving music is open headers on a cold night with a good rich mixture.
The sound of I called header chink as you hear each exhaust valve shoot out a little fire.
I liked it best at mild load on the motor say a little hill and you give it just enough gas to open the power valve. I could only handle about a 1/2 hour of it before the brain started to buzz.

you just don't get that sound with a baby fart muffler on a rice burner...

Hot Rod Lincoln:

I like the version recorded by Bill Kirchen who I believe played guitar on the Commander Cody version.  He adds in a whole part where different musicians are passing him, folks like Jimi, Stevie, Albert King, Benny King, The King, The Boss and procedes to nail little snippits from their muisc as each one passes.  The strangest part is when he somehow fits the Sex Pistols in the middle of the song.  Good stuff,  a fellow ham turned me on to that one.  Ed

Oh I love the sound of open headers. Unfortunately they're frowned upon here in the burbs.. Yet for some reason the 'baby fart' mufflers seem to be exempt. Kids of yesteryear drove around in loud cars that took off like a rocket, kids today only make a lot of racket and can't outrun a push lawnmower!

Nothing like lying in bed and being rudely awakened by a pack of angry bees buzzing by your house. I'd prefer to be awakened by something that actually sounds like a racecar!

Blues Brothers Theme from Peter Gunn

Blues Brothers Sweet Home Chicago

Jimmy Buffet Concky Tonkin (best appreciated in a rented Hertz Mustang Ragtop in FL)

Eric Clapton doing Robert Johnston's Keys to the Highway

Standards others other have mentioned -

 Born to Be Wild
 Radar Love (best at half past four while shifting gears, driving into a   
                    new sunrise)
 Top Gun Theme
 With the Radio On

Judus Priest - Heading out to the highway

So I'm heading out to the highway
I got nothing to lose at all
I'm gonna do it my way
Take a chance before I fall
A chance before I fall!

Yep, it is very unusual in an old song for a chebbie (especially a fuelie vette) to lose a race!!  Stage 3 413 max wedge was pure hell fire and brimstone!!

                                                                              the Slab Bacon

I think it takes a 427 to beat a 413. 409 no chance. Mouse motor, yea maybe with a blower on top.
I think in its day the only thing that would take a 413 was the 392, maybe the Ford 427 y block. 

   And how about this..http://www.amwindow.org/audio/htm/pwmobile.htm

"Superstock Dodge burnin out on low, but my fuel injected Stingray's gettin ready to go"

375hp fuelie 327 was no slouch by any means, but in a heavy corvette body it was no match for a 425hp (rated ha ha ) stage 3 motor in a factory aluminum skinned super stock car of that day.
"Like takin a knife to a gunfight"!!

                                                         The Slab Bacon

Rock Lobster by the B52's. The "Down Down" part is good if you can get everyone in the car to slowly go below window level.

Mike WU2D

ah riding down the road in my 1960 Pontiac Catialina duals and a quad with 4 speed auto. Real goat roper special but I had a foxy lady and a reverb on the radio.

Iron Butterfly.................spring '69 a very good year

Graduate High School, Man walks on the moon....The Height of Gear head days.

  DOA by Bloodrock sounded good with reverb too......... ;D

Ed,
     You are really dating yourself by knowing that one.  ;D

(I may still have it on 8-track) ;D ;D

                                                             The Slab Bacon

Nuthin better than listening to the car radio in my hotrod '53 Chevy (around 1962-64) with a wild "stove bolt" Chevy 6 with a milled head, oversized valves, 3/4 cam and a 4 barrel with a home made ram intake manifold and split exhaust headers.  More HP than one would think possible from such a conglomeration!  What fun it was to go huntin' for Ford Flat Heads... to do war.   Several buddies...a car load....cruzin around town.....gas was about 30 cents or maybe less per gallon. Drove around all night with everyone chipping in a buck apiece. Listening to great AM stations like WLS, WOWO, CKLW, etc etc.  Great tunes like 409, Little Duece Coupe, Little Old Lady from Pasadena.  And...all those neat old DO WOPP songs.  And... those great US 30 Dragstrip Commercials:  "SUNDAY, SUNDAY...SUNDAY!!!! See those drag cars roar down the strip at THE US 30 Dragstrip.  FUN, Noise, and raw power!!! SUNDAY...SUNDAY...SUNDAY.  Only $5.00 Admission."

Ah yes, I'm showing my age...those were great times!

73, Jack, W9GT