Baby, You Can Drive My...
On this day in 1973, the Netherlands held the very first Car Free Day. Highways were deserted and used only by bicyclists and roller skaters. Inspired by this idea, in 1996, Reykjavík (Iceland), Bath (Britain) and La Rochelle (France) each organized Car Free Days of their own.
Until we all give up our automobiles for bikes and skates, I'd like to hear your favorite songs about cars!
Until we all give up our automobiles for bikes and skates, I'd like to hear your favorite songs about cars!
posted by Mears at 12:03 AM
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Car by Built to Spill, I don't care if it's an obvious choice, it's a bloody brilliant song, and it's about cars!
Car Song - Elastica
"black hole" by She & Him
Drive Car Girl by Beat Happening
"Little red go cart" by "Throw that beat in the garbagecan!"
hummm...
violent Femmes - gimme the car
Arcade fire - No Cars Go
Adam and the Ants - Car Trouble
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeGgLwD8wdc
Prince - Little Red Corvette (go ahead...sing along..got it in your head didn't I!)
how about...
buzzcocks * fast cars
all girl summer fun band * car trouble
fishboy * race car
...or... motorcar by the apples in stereo?
Gary Neuman-Cars
The best
Angry Samoans - hot cars
... I think
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
ahhh....São Paulo heat is killing me....
(I blame the cars!!!)
(not a song name but....)
Here're some I've been listening to recently:
The Cave Weddings - Let's Drive
Sit N' Spin - Bucket T
Bobby Fuller Four - Phantom Dragster
Barbara Burnette - Hot Rod Grace
And how about some alternate transportation:
The Hot Toddies - Motorscooter
All Girl Summer Fun Band - "Car Trouble"
In the Backseat - Arcade Fire
The Jeep Song - Dresden Dolls
Voodoo Cadillac - Southern Culture on the Skids
Still Cruisin - The Beach Boys
Surf Wax America - Weezer (references cars, and though it is about surfing... i ride my skateboard everywhere... kinda the same thing)
"Daniel's Song" -The Finches
"Down South, 10 Hours, I-5" -All Girl Summer Fun Band
car bomb by negativland
Bill Kirchen's "Hot Rod Lincoln"
Proof is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMLTQaEYdoc&feature=related
and part two:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qTRw5WHkBY&feature=related
"Driving In My Car" by Madness is an appropriately machine sounding tune which is sort of clunky yet completely catchy (much like the car that's being described in the lyrics of the song). The video for the song is classic Madness (and a good copy of it is up on the YouTube).
And thinkin about it, Belle & Sebastian's "I Love My Car" (which isn't much about cars) would follow the Madness tune nicely (just in case someone's makin a mix tape). It kinda sounds like a tamed Madness tune (circa "The Rise and Fall") with a hint of chaos thrown in at the end via some full on Dixieland style horns.
angus, i agree... dont even need to follow the link, i've got that version. I was going to put that one also, but cars is such a broad subject matter... there are so many. Just look at how many songs the bands T Rex and The Beach Boys have alone. What about "Cars" by Gary Numan or "All I Want Is The Key To Her Ferrari" by Thomas Dolby... "Little Sleeper Car" by Jonathan Richman... uh... no, I should stop now.
I love this subject
oh... "Ole 55" by Tom Waits...also covered by James Iha of Smashing Pumpkins..."Ford Mustang" by Serge Gainsbourg which was covered by Mike Patton and also Mick Harvey (ex-Bad Seeds)
oh, man... sorry I will not post any more
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Woody Guthrie- Car Song
Violent Femmes- Gimme The Car
Gary Numan- Cars
Beatles- Drive My Car
funny i made a mix with a lot of these songs on there.
also included were
geggy tah "whoever you are"
prefab sprout "cars and girls"
I was just thinking about how much I like 'Used Cars' by Bruce Springsteen and thought of this thread.
"Crashing Cars" by Little Red Car Wreck is a favorite car song of mine. ("My car's got no engine brake, it's got no ignition. I start it with a butter knife and some wishing.")
year of driving languorously, lucksmiths
drive, Wedding Present
Drive Blind, Ride
Precision Auto, Superchunk
slash your tires, luna
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