Car songs

[Michael Jones]

Bored and sorting through the MP3s, creating a car song playlist. What would you put on such a list? I've got about 50 so far...they're...well... I don't have 80% of what you would, since my music tastes are a bit eclectic (read: screwed up.) Just switched from Fred Eaglesmith to Ministry. Such segues cause are known in the state of California to cause epileptic fits in laboratory animals.

So, make some requests, I'll publish what I have sometime later with some recommendations.

[Michael Jones]

Bored and sorting through the MP3s, creating a car song playlist. What would you put on such a list? I've got about 50 so far...they're...well... I don't have 80% of what you would, since my music tastes are a bit eclectic (read: screwed up.) Just switched from Fred Eaglesmith to Ministry. Such segues cause are known in the state of California to cause epileptic fits in laboratory animals.

So, make some requests, I'll publish what I have sometime later with some recommendations.

[Richard Lewis]

Some car related tunes.

Cake - Going the distance
Metallica - Fuel
Gavin Rossdale - Adrenaline
Ministy - Jesus built my hotrod
Rob Zombie - Dragula
The Presidents of the USA - Lil' Dune Buggy
The Cardigans - Gran Turismo

Some of these work better than others, but anyway...

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[formula_geek]

Without a doubt:

Cake - Stickshifts and Safetybelts
Cake - Race Car Ya-Yas
and that one song by Sugar Ray, can't think of the name...

Almost forgot, THE car song:

Waylon Jennings - Dukes of Hazzard Theme Song

[stscxr]

Dead Milkmen -- Bitchin' Camaro

[Michael Jones]

Biased from attending the show last night here, but Fred Eaglesmith does numerous car songs, including 105, Pontiac, Lucille, Georgia Overdrive, Mighty Big Car, Alternator, and a few others I'm forgetting...and one on fencing cars that I hadn't heard before...

Americana roots/country/folk/bluegrass music done by Canadians. Gotta love it. The band does about 250 shows a year, starting to hop the pond too, confused the hell out of the Dutch a while back. Worthwhile show if they're in your area.

[loose_nut]

Freewheel burning - Judas Priest

and of course... the theme to Knight Rider

[Sleeque]

How can you overlook all those SoCal car songs from the 60s. There was a whole genre of them, The Beach Boys, Jan and Dean etc, titles that come to mind are
Little old lady from Pasadena
Lil Deuce Coupe
Go Little Cobra (?)
Little GTO
Dead Mans Curve
Daddy took the TBird away
etc and etc,
Plus the original hot car song
Maybelline by Chuck Berry where the song tells of the old flathead Ford getting into detonation in the heat and is blown away by a Cadillac. The rain starts and the flathead cools....
"Cadillac lookin' like a ton of lead, a hundred and ten, half a mile ahead.
Cadillac lookin' like it's standin' still
when I caught Maybelline at the top of the hill".

Hey you students might not understand, but us old fogies do =]

Slan Leat
Sleeque

[Julie Kaye]

How could anyone forget "Lowrider?" A classic that must be included. Another one might be "Fun, Fun, Fun" by the Beach Boys. I'm glad someone started a list of car songs... I've actually been looking to put one together so that we can all listen to it at the shop when we work on the Formula car. Keep the songs coming!

*Julie*

[Argus Tuft]

What about Mark Knopflers "Nazareth Speedway" on the 'Sailing to Philadelphia' album, a tale of a drivers year in the Indy car series.

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy !

[cheezoto(OU-FSAE)]

geeze how could you guys forget

Judas Priest- Turbo lover

not that i really like the song, i just like turbos http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

University of Oklahoma
FSAE Vice President
FSAE Engine Systems Leader

[Frank]

primus

jerry was a racecar driver

[Andy K]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by formula_geek:

...and that one song by Sugar Ray, can't think of the name...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>You mean "RPM" by Sugar Ray http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Andris Kanins
McGill Racing Team - Body Design

[Philip CinqMars]

Geez I'm lame. I gotta go with one of two Meatloaf songs... More motorcycle themed than car: Bat out of Hell.

and then the story of my life..

All rev'd up and no place to go.

[Garbo]

what about DJ Keoki, Speed Racer, the x-rated version, of course.

Actually, one of my buddies got a PR package from BMW a while back and it came with a CD of tunes written and recorded for beemer. Guaranteed to increase your speed by 10km/h at least, intended or not!

g

[Michael Jones]

DJ Keoki...definitely a classic. I'm going to have to compile all these things soon. K-Tel made-for-TV compilation, I'm thinking. http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

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[phonyMcRingRing]

There's a song I've heard that starts off with someone taking off in a straight line in a pretty sweet car, and goes into a jamiroquai(sp?) sounding song. (maybe it is jamiroquai) Anyone heard it before?

Mmmmmmm... 52 slices of american cheese. - Homer

[jonesy112]

what about motley crue's kickstart my heart, or van halen hot for teacher ( only a car song because of the sweet ass drum intro)

Michael Jones
michaej@clemson.edu
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[Garbo]

Jamiroquai, 'Travelling without moving'.... we concluded it was a Ferrari F40.. that sweet gated metal on metal noise during shifts... and the available-only-from-ferrari exhaust note... You only need the first 5 seconds again and again and again... sooooo sweet!

[Patrick W. Crane]

What about Dispatch?

"drive" and "Headlights"

Also a great live band

[karter]

commander codey and his lost planet airmen, hot rod lincoln

[gug]

ive been forced to take my ministry cd out of the car. it was either going to make me loose my license or write off my car!
but if you have a cruiser, something like this:
http://www.chrysler.gil.com.au/vg_val1.jpg
(the white one), then some elvis can go a long way.

- if it isnt coming, you need a bigger tool.

[Daves]

Silage - My Car Makes Me Sin

[woollymoof]

Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody

Cheers,

Kirk Veitch
Swinburne University of Technology

[Lhotus]

To be honest, I am shocked and appaled...23 replys and not one of you have mentioned "Highway Wonderland" by Sammy Hagar. Oh well, there are plenty of songs on this thread to make a pretty good cd.

[Big Daddy]

What about AC/DC Highway to HELL

Great song to Kick back fly down some backroads.

[Jarrod]

its a bit of a change, but Adam Brand - Dirt track cowboys. Australian country and western style song about sprintcar racing

[Jsukey]

Queen "I'm in love with my car", can't leave that one off the list!

J

[RhettFar]

How about most anything by THE CARS? Or I know this is lame but the sound track from F&F or 2F2F.

This could make one sweet cd with all the suggestions so far!!

Rhett
Try to go faster!!

[roadrunner]

I`m almost certain that the car on the beginning of jamiroquai`s travelling without moving is a Lambo Diablo with paddle shift, but i could be wrong.

Good funky bass for the road.

I personnaly like any song that is designed specifically to make you drive faster wether its actually about a car or not.
But if it has to be about a car then why not have, little red corvette by prince, and its good to f**k too!!!!!!

Word to ya moms but i came to drop bombs!!!!!

[Scott Wordley]

My new favorite car song of all time:

Fast Car by Dillinja

Will record it to CD and bring it to the Oz comp after party.

Regards,

Scott Wordley

http://www-personal.monash.edu.au/~fsae

[steve d.]

Hot Rod Lincoln, it been mentioned??
ANY Jerry Reed Truckin' song. (he did the songs for/starred in Smokey and the Bandit)

hmmm.

thinking.

sjd

[Disco]

Here is some real driving songs:

Low Rider - ZZ Top
Radar Love - Golden Earring
Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf

[Michael Jones]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by steve d.:
Hot Rod Lincoln, it been mentioned??
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Should have been. But Reverend Horton Heat's derivative version, Five O Ford, is much more fun.

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Michael Jones
Coordinator, Student Project Teams, College of Engineering

Cornell Racing
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[MoTeC]

Frank,
I did not think anyone else knew of Primus, well done. http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Mark McCoy/Donna Arbuckle

[Driver_chick]

For Australasia comp 2003???...
Chilli Peppers for like 16 hours one way and then the other. It was the only CD we had till we got to Goulbourn on the way home and discovered the radio had started to work again and we got a bit of Hunters And Collectors in before finding a fat boy slim CD.

What a trip. Thats the last time I wear a skirt, drink 3 litres of water, travel with certain farty bum peeps whilist driving for more than 2 hours.

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I didn't see it listed so I thought I might ad my favorite... Johnny Cash's "Hot rod lincoln"

[DJHache]

Y'all need to check out DJ Visage - Formula One, the single most awesome song ever in the history of everything

[Driver_chick]

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention... Don't EVER knock Elvis and Bob Marley/Dylan when in a confined space (ie; hired mini-bus) with Electrical guys!!!

"Niiiiiiiiiiiccccccceeee..."

[smciner1]

Quite a few songs mentioned so far that I like.

Dragula, Rob Zombie (fantastic!)
We gotta get out of this place, The Angels
Copper Head Road, Steve Earl

I'll think of a few more later.

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[Silsport]

Really cool car songs: I Speed at Night by DIO
and Highway Star by Deep Purple

[Jon @ Electromotive, Inc.]

Nash Rambler - Dr. Demento

http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Jon Rawlings
jwr9777 at ksu.edu
Kansas State University Formula Motorsports
Electronics Team Leader

[Matt Gignac]

Buck 65 - Wicked and Weird



Matt G
McGill Racing Team

[Sam Zimmerman]

Here are mine (some metioned, some not)

#10 - Route 66 - Asleep at the Wheel
#9 - No Go Showboat - Beach Boys
#8 - Dukes of Hazard Theme - Waylon Jennings
#7 - Little Duece Coupe - Beach Boys
#6 - I Can't Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar
#5 - The Ride - David Allen Coe
#4 - Dead Man's Curve - Jan and Dean
#3 - Ridin with Private Malone - David Ball
#2 - Hot Rod Race - Arkie Hibley
#1 - Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody

[Sam Zimmerman]

Oh, and any song about this car.

http://www.cars-on-line.com/2qdirectory/58impala5498-A.jpg

[shifterEric]

night rider... the best car song ever

[Trans Am]

Wow I guess I'm more of a rocker than techno fans but the CD would have to have:

Billy Squier - The Stroke
David Lee Roth - Yankee Rose
Dokken - In My Dreams
Drivin' & Cryin' - Fly Me Courageous
George Thorogood - I Drink Alone
Motley Crue - Too Young To Fall In Love
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
Sammy Hagar - Let Sally Drive
Van Halen - Panama
Van Halen - Hot for Teacher
ZZ Top - Gimmie All You Loving
White Lion - Radar Love (Cover)
AC/DC - Thunderstruck
Alice Cooper - Feed my Frankenstein
Bryan Adams - Run to You
Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine
Def Leppard - Lady Strange
Def Leppard - Mirror, Mirror
Krokus - Stay Awake All Night
Meatloaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Lights
and more...

but then again, i'd have to put them on 8-track since GM didn't put CD players in Trans Ams in '79.

[PatClarke]

The very first Rock 'n' roll song is supposed to be Ike Turner's (Before Tina) song "Rocket 88", said to be inspired by the Oldsmobile Rocket 88 engine of the time.
I have held off posting this until today, when the last Oldsmobile rolls off the production line. A once well known brandname consigned to history.
PDR

[Chase]

anyone said, turn the page -(either version works metallicrap or bob seger)
cant drive 55- van halen
iffy one truckin- the greatful dead
not really a road song but,
la grange- zztop is always good for driving
gasoline- audioslave is ok
one of my personal favorites:
black sunshine-white zombie
the intro to this one is great kinda...

[Sarsippius]

Just Ace, by Grinspoon

[Bob T]

Although they may not all go on the same CD here's 10 that need to be considered...

Life in the Fast Lane - Eagles
Shimmer - Fuel
409 - Beach Boys
Fun Fun Fun - Beach Boys
Little Deuce Coupe - Beach Boys
Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody
I Can't Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi

And last but not least Low Rider

[J. Schmidt]

All good songs, but...

Silverchair-the whole darn album Frogstomp
Metallica-Master of Puppets
White Zombie-More Human than Human
Maynerd Ferguson-Caravan, MacArthur Park, or Malaguena

[bigfella]

goin' out west - tom waits
home & broken hearted - cold chisel
teenage love affair - cold chisel
black stick - the cruel sea
dirty degenerate boy - the beasts of bourbon

All good, solid, go-hard rockin tracks

[Big D]

Hayden - Dynamite Walls
Buck 65 - Wicked and Weird
Reverend Horton Heat - Fucked up Ford, Galaxie 500
Dr DRE ft. Snoop Dogg - Still DRE
Cypress Hill - Lowrider
Gob - Pinto
The white Stripes - the big three killed my baby
Chixdiggit - I drove the Coquihalla
Yo la Tengo - Little Honda
Neko Case - My '63
Powerman 5000 - Good times Roll
Presidents of the USA - Dune Buggy, Mach 5

that should be enough of a list for everyone to hate at least one of those. http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif My mix CD's got taken out of the van to Detroit, because they were way too awesome.

[J. Vinella]

Rush – Red Barchetta

"shifting and drifting"�

[Greg H]

The Living End - Roll On
Rob Zombie - Two Lane Blacktop
The Offspring - Bad Habit
Anything by Fu Manchu

[J. Vinella]

DJ Visage - Formula

Uses F1 sound effects to make the song.

[CMURacing - Prometheus]

has anyone pumped music into a driver's helmet to see if it helps with lap times? i suspect you could hit a good rhythm in endurance with the right playlist...

[J. Vinella]

I find that it helps playing GT4. I havent tried it in a race car.

[MD68TBird]

Highway Star by Deep Purple
Beep Beep by The Playmates
Heading out to the Highway by Judas Priest
The Wanderer by Dion
Slow Ride by Foghat
Ramblin Man by The Allman Brothers
Bitchin' Camaro by The Dead Milkmen
Ragtop Deluxe by Molly Hatchet
GTO by Ronny And The Daytonas
The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena)by Jan And Dean
Drag City by Jan And Dean
On The Road Again by Willie Nelson
Drive my Car by The Beatles
Mustang Sally by Wilson Pickett
Hot Man by Tex Rubinowitz
Hey Little Cobra by The Rip Chords
Hopped Up Mustang by Arlen Sanders

All by the Beach Boys: I Get Around, Little Deuce Coupe, Shut Down, Fun Fun Fun, This Car of Mine, 409, Custom Machine

Sorry if the Beach Boys stuff is too obvious, but there were some that had not yet been mentioned.

I personally prefer the Johnny Bond version of Hot Rod Lincoln.

There's dozens more, it really depends on the style of music you prefer. I tend to lean heavy to the mid-to-late 60's stuff.

[Chris Boyden]

Jimi Hendrix - Cross Town Traffic

"90 miles an hour girl, is the, speed I drive"

Awesome!

[kovacs]

methods of mayham - going too fast

best song to listen to to get you moving fast in a car!!!!

[DeBackere]

billy squire - the stroke .. in a smokey and the bandit style TA while wearing an REO speedwagon shirt

[murpia]

Different kind of 'car song'...

http://www.renaultf1.com/en/season/china/index.php?news=tcm:3-41651

Ian

[Kevin Hayward]

Heaven's in the Backseat of my Cadillac - Hot Chocolate

Guess you could replace the word Cadillac with Race Car

Cheers,

Kev

[ben]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by kovacs:

best song to listen to to get you moving fast in a car!!!! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Got to be Mashin' on the Motorway by DJ Shadow for me.

Ben

[Ppada]

I believe the best music in a car when you are driving as fast as you can is some relaxing classical or jazz music.