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08 Mar 00 - 02:10 PM (#191962) Subject: Fast Cars Songs From: GUEST,Dustyfog@webtv.net Hi I am looking for Songs dealing with fast cars ,Racing, dragging , Running moonshine or Running from the law If you can Help lease send them to Me Any songs or singers will help Thanx |
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08 Mar 00 - 02:25 PM (#191971) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: Gary T Ronnie & the Daytonas: Spring Little Cobra, Little GTO Various artists: Hot Rod Lincoln Jan & Dean: Dead Man's Curved Beach Boys: 409, Shut Down Robert Mitchum: Thunder Road I'm sure there's a jillion more, but that should do for a start |
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08 Mar 00 - 02:31 PM (#191977) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: Fortunato Race with the Devil, Gene Vincent |
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08 Mar 00 - 02:59 PM (#191991) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: Mbo Pat of from Mullingar, if it's not TOO un-PC! --Mbo |
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08 Mar 00 - 04:09 PM (#192020) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: Metchosin Vincent Black Lightning by Richard Thompson, about a motorcycle not a car, but he was running from the law. |
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08 Mar 00 - 05:19 PM (#192054) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: Sorcha Whast is the quote "90 miles an hour down a dead end-street"from? |
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08 Mar 00 - 07:33 PM (#192129) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: Mbo That's "Small Town Saturday Night" by Hal Ketchum, ain't it? --Mbo |
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08 Mar 00 - 08:54 PM (#192203) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: Lonesome EJ Hurricane by David Wilcox. Little Deuce Coupe by the Beach Boys. |
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08 Mar 00 - 09:15 PM (#192227) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: Amos Maybelllllline! by the King of Fast his own self! |
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09 Mar 00 - 01:15 AM (#192330) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: ddw Chuck Berry did several that would fit — Mabeline (SP?), The Jaguar and the Thunderbird and a couple of others that won't come to mind right now. They're all on the 3-CD set that's on the market right now.
The Terror of Highway 101 One of the funniest fast-car songs of all times is Ray Stevens's "The Day I Taught Charlene McKenzie How To Drive." cheers, david |
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09 Mar 00 - 02:16 AM (#192346) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: Stewie A minor classic of the genre is David Lindley's version of K.C. Douglas' 'Mercury Blues' on his El Rayo-X album, and Terry Allen's 'Wolfman of Del Rio' on his 'Lubbock on Everything' album is not without its charm - or relevance in this context. --Stewie. |
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09 Mar 00 - 06:25 AM (#192369) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: GUEST,jofield, à Paris "90 miles an hour..., etc." is from a song of that title by the late, great Hank Snow. George Hamilton IV had a cute little tune on the flip side of "Rose and a Baby Ruth" called "If You Don't Know, I Ain't Gonna Tell You", all about a young man getting wise, getting into the moonshine business, and (naturally) getting all the chicks. James. |
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09 Mar 00 - 08:00 AM (#192393) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: Mbo OH MAN! You folks gotta hear Kathy Mattea do "455 Rocket." Yeah! What a great song...awesome blues harp and acoustic dobro in that one! "I heard the angles singin', and it sounded like the Beach Boys...and the cop asked me 'Ma'am, just what'd you have IN that thing?'" Classic! --Mbo |
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09 Mar 00 - 08:21 AM (#192400) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: GUEST,Passing Stranger How about "Tell Laura I Love Her" or "From a Buick 6" |
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09 Mar 00 - 08:23 AM (#192402) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: Mbo Oh, you gotta do the George Jones classic "The One I Love Back Then". Ahhh...when I hear it I feel like I'm 5 years old again... --Mbo |
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09 Mar 00 - 08:38 AM (#192412) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: Grab Check out pretty much any Meatloaf album! Not exactly folk, but some are feasible acoustically. The Beach Boys "Fun fun fun till her daddy takes her T-Bird away" (anyone know of a parody of that BTW? sounds like a tune dying for a piss-take).And of course, there's the classic "Convoy". |
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09 Mar 00 - 08:40 AM (#192415) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: Mbo Yes! I love "Convoy"! Oops the song above should be "The One I Loved Back Then." --Mbo |
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09 Mar 00 - 08:46 AM (#192417) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: Mbo Here's the lyrics to 455 Rocket. And "The One I Loved Back Then" also know as The Corvette Song. Enjoy! --Mbo |
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09 Mar 00 - 11:39 AM (#192487) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: Bert 'his horn went beep.....' |
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09 Mar 00 - 12:53 PM (#192536) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: Gary T Bert, I think the title of that one is "Beep Beep". And perhaps the grand-daddy of them all is "Hot Rod Race", to which "Hot Rod Lincoln" was an answer song. |
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09 Mar 00 - 01:53 PM (#192574) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: annamill If you don't mine RnR, there is an album called "Road Songs" produced Harley Davidson (yes as in motorcycles). It has many great fast car songs. You'll probably have to order it in a Harley Davidson dealership though. Always a big hit a my RnR parties. I lead a double life. Love, annap |
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09 Mar 00 - 03:14 PM (#192616) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: Mooh Didn't read all of the above...how about Highway Star (Deep Purple), that Golden Earring song ("Got my eyes on the road..."), Hot Rod Lincoln, several Chuck Berry songs, Commander Cody's "Truckin'" or "Everyone's Doin' It Now" or whatever its called. |
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09 Mar 00 - 04:17 PM (#192636) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: jeffp And who could forget "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena?" |
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09 Mar 00 - 04:28 PM (#192642) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: annamill Mooh, that Golden Erring song is called "Radar Love" and is on Harley Davidson's Road Songs album ;-) Love, annap |
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09 Mar 00 - 06:40 PM (#192686) Subject: Lyr Add: Fast Car^^ From: Charlie Baum Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
You got a fast car
Anyplace is better
You got a fast car
You see my old man's got a problem
You got a fast car
I remember we were driving, driving in your car
You got a fast car
You got a fast car
You got a fast car |
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09 Mar 00 - 07:06 PM (#192706) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: GUEST,chainlighting@webtv.net How about Runnin Moonshine by Ron Wiggins |
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09 Mar 00 - 08:47 PM (#192768) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: Mooh annap...Radar Love, right, thanks. Did you ever ride around in some chum's car listening to that on an 8-track? Hey ho away we go...but that's another pre-car tune... |
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09 Mar 00 - 08:54 PM (#192769) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: Mary in Kentucky "Greased Lightning" from Grease. |
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09 Mar 00 - 09:02 PM (#192775) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: GUEST,The Beanster I can't believe you guys mentioned "Beep Beep!" I think it was The Playmates, right? (Was that the same band as Gary Lewis & The Playmates, I wonder...?) What a funny song! The Nash Rambler... lolol Didn't mean to get off the subject. The only songs I can think of are "Leader of the Pack," of course and Prince's "Little Red Corvette," although that may not be about a car... |
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09 Mar 00 - 10:45 PM (#192832) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: GUEST,ddw Yeah, Beanster — I never thought Corvettes were cars either....;-) david |
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09 Mar 00 - 11:07 PM (#192845) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: MarkS Dead Mans Curve - Jan and Dean. It's kind of definitive when thinking about fast cars. BTW - I'll keep this thread in mind soon. It's almost time for my '68 GTO to come out of hibernation. |
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10 Mar 00 - 12:56 AM (#192901) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: GUEST,The Beanster ddw, Is you messin' wit me?? lol What I meant was--and I was trying to be tactful--(!)--the title of that song refers to...a certain body part, not a car... |
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10 Mar 00 - 01:07 AM (#192910) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: ddw Oh. Really? |
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10 Mar 00 - 01:10 AM (#192912) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: ddw Back to the thread: A couple nobody's mentioned are Chuck Berry's "You Can't Catch Me" and Robert Johnson's "Terraplane Blues." The two are pretty similar, now that I think about it. david |
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10 Mar 00 - 01:21 AM (#192916) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: GUEST,The Beanster ddw, I think you IS messin' wit me! There ought to be a symbol on the keyboard that denotes when a sarcastic remark is being made, don't you think? :) |
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10 Mar 00 - 09:59 AM (#193000) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: Mbo What about Queen's "I'm in Love With My Car"? "Told my girl I'd have to forget her, rather buy me a new carburettor..." Classic! And for maybe a differend approach, try Jeff Carson's "The Car." --Mbo |
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10 Mar 00 - 11:00 AM (#193038) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: GUEST,Jim Dixon Tom and Ray Magliozzi (a.k.a. "Click and Clack, The Tappet Brothers"), the "Car Talk" guys on NPR, maintain a truly impressive list of the car-related songs they've played on their radio program. You can access it at http://cartalk.cars.com/Radio/Music/ |
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11 Mar 00 - 10:54 AM (#193427) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: reggie miles Hey, I've got one no one's mentioned yet, "Diesel Smoke And Dangerous Curves" by Billy Strange. This is one I've been meanin' to add to my list of favorite songs I love to perform. It's about an out of control truck going too fast down a steep grade because the driver fell asleep at the wheel from being up too long the night before entertaining some dangerous curves. I've got it on a 78 rpm around here somewhere. It was damaged, cracked and broken but nevertheless a fine example of speeding down the road.
"Drivin' that truck down a mountain road,
Then there's Rusty Draper's 1956 recording with the Halloran Singers of "Pink Cadillac", I regularly perform this rockabilly hit.
"It's got four carbuerators and a hydramatic drive and I'm tearin' down Main at a hundred and five." |
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11 Mar 00 - 04:17 PM (#193527) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: Margaret V Gillian Welch's "Pass You By" on her album "Revival." Very cool. Margaret |
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11 Mar 00 - 04:32 PM (#193531) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: TheOldMole Jim and Jesse have a great version of Thunder Road (Mitchum's, not Springsteen's). |
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29 Oct 04 - 11:53 AM (#1310609) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: GUEST,Eddie O'Hara I agree Mbo! 455 Rocket sung by Kathy Matea, I think is a classic. The video clip of the song was nothing short of sensational! I saw it about three or four years ago on CMT. The best car video clip that I've seen. I wish it would come on the CMC channel, again! |
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29 Oct 04 - 04:25 PM (#1310880) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: Bob Hitchcock How about Chuck Berry "You Can't Catch Me" great song which was also covered by the Rolling Stones, another car song is "Crazy 'bout an Automobile" which I heard from Ry Cooder. I can't believe Fortunato forgot about "Hot Rod Man" by his old buddy Tex Rubinowitz and the Bad Boys, and a rip off of that song "Hot Rod Gang by the Stray Cats. Bob. |
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29 Oct 04 - 08:39 PM (#1311069) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: The Fooles Troupe There is a good video clip of the song 'Addicted to Bass' - the original version - which was about a couple of ladies in a fast car, who take off with the loot from a bank heist. I've recently seen a new clip which is quite different. The song is not in itself about fast cars. |
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29 Oct 04 - 08:54 PM (#1311079) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: GUEST,Barrie Roberts Didn't Oscar Brand do an album in the 60s called 'Songs For Sports Car Lovers'? |
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29 Oct 04 - 09:07 PM (#1311084) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: beardedbruce several sets of songs here... |
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29 Oct 04 - 09:58 PM (#1311111) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: beardedbruce This does not appear to be in Digitrad, so... Nash Rambler song Beep beep beep beep His horn went beep beep beep While riding in my Cadillac What to my surprise A little Nash Rambler was following me About one third my size The guy musta wanted to pass me up As he kept on tooting his horn Ill show him that a Cadillac is not a car to scorn Beep beep beep beep His horn went beep beep beep I pushed my foot down to the floor To give the guy the shake But the little Nash Rambler stayed right behind He still had on his brake He musta thought his car had more guts As he kept on tooting his horn Ill show him that a Cadillac is not a car to scorn Beep beep beep beep His horn went beep beep beep My car went into passing gear And we took off with gust Soon we were going ninety Musta left him in the dust When I peeked in the mirror of my car I couldnt believe my eyes The little Nash Rambler was right behind Youd think that guy could fly Beep beep beep beep His horn went beep beep beep Now we were doing a hundred and ten This certainly was a race For a Rambler to pass a Caddy Would be a big disgrace The guy musta wanted to pass me up As he kept on tooting his horn Ill show him that a Cadillac is not a car to scorn Beep beep beep beep His horn went beep beep beep Now were going a hundred twenty As fast as I can go The Rambler pulled along side of me As if we were going slow The fella rolled down his window And yelled for me to hear Hey buddy how do I get this car outa second gear? |
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01 Nov 04 - 05:49 AM (#1312891) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: Splott Man I thought "90 miles an hour down a dead end-street" was from a Dylan song. There's also MGB-GT by Richard Thompson "2 in the front, 2 in the back, 110 down the old Hog's Back" (which is a straight stretch on the A31 near Guildford) |
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01 Nov 04 - 09:02 AM (#1313007) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: muppitz Not exactly Folk, but "Ride like the wind", I think by Michael Morrison (Could be very wrong on that one!) Cos I've got such a long way to go To make it to the border of Mexico So I'll ride like the wind Ride like the wind muppitz x |
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03 Nov 04 - 08:18 PM (#1315839) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: HuwG Chuck in my Car I was drivin' in my automobile last night Turnin' up my radio to rock 'n roll loud You know the way it is sometimes when you stop at a red light And some dude wants to burn you up Now, I don't usually bother with guys like this But when he sneered at me I couldn't resist Sayin' "OK, pal, let 'er rip I've got Chuck in my car" CH I've got Chuck in my car I've got Chuck in my car I think you pushed your luck just a bit too far I've got Chuck in my car Well, he got away first in a cloud of burning rubber But he crashed his gears, so I took him in third I knew that I could hold him 'cause the road was real narrow So I turned up the music and flew like a bird I flashed by a sign by the side of the road That said "Dangerous bend, go slow" But all I could hear was the sound of my motor And Chuck saying "Go, go, go!" CH As I came around the bend he was right on my tail So I decided to do something rash I flashed him a victory sign and took a sharp left And all I recall was the crash And a cop standing there with a torch in my face By now Chuck was in no particular place But I ended up as a hospital case With Chuck in my car CH CH CH |
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04 Nov 04 - 12:39 AM (#1316046) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: GUEST Since several people have mentioned songs that were about trucks, rather than fast cars, I figured I'd throw in this one about a motorcycle (and a *typical?* rider): "He wore black denim trousers, and motorcycle boots, and a black leather jacket with an eagle on the back...that fool was 'The Terror of Highway 101'-- And a whole bunch of C.W. McCall songs about trucks, including his classic "Wolf Creek Pass," where the narrator and Earl are headed at horrendous speed down the hill with a load of frightened chickens, straight through a tunnel at the bottom of the hill. "I looked at Earl, and his eyes was wide, his teeth was clenched, and his leg was fried..." LOL Lin |
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04 Nov 04 - 12:40 AM (#1316047) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: GUEST,Lin in Kansas Dang it! That last one was me--my cookie's crumbled AGAIN...Sorry. Lin |
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04 Nov 04 - 09:14 AM (#1316338) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: GUEST Rocket Roy the stock car boy by Jim Croce Grey Cortina by Tom Robinson Dont Worry Baby - the Beach Boys Terraplane By R.Johnson |
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04 Nov 04 - 12:24 PM (#1316575) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: Steve-o A fabulous one from the great Phil Ochs called "My Kingdom For a Car" can be found on an album by Gene Parsons (himself great). |
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05 Nov 04 - 07:47 AM (#1317553) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: The Fooles Troupe Not Folk yet (wait a few more years!), but try "Baby Driver" |
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05 Nov 04 - 08:45 AM (#1317607) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: Splott Man I once stumbled upon a whole website dedicated to songs that mention Ford Mustangs You could try a search |
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05 Nov 04 - 09:39 AM (#1317638) Subject: RE: Help: Fast Cars Songs From: GUEST that should be Rapid roy |