Whats your favorite Hotrod song?

have you seen the pic of it on the back of the album? My god that is one slick chevy.. love it!! And if anyone reading this has a chance to see his solo band live do it!! It will be one of the best shows you have ever been to i guarantee it..

By the way i'm really glad someone resurrected this thread.. i was actually thinking of starting the exact same thing when i got off work.. so i log on when i get off and Viola! there it is.. It's so hard to pin it down to a couple songs though isn't it?

 

..Crosstown Traffic..
Mr Jimi Hendrix...

 

I bought some knobs that go to 11 off of the auction site to use for my iPod controls.

 

"Little Cobra", by the Ripchords I believe...."Took my Cobra down to the track, hitched to the back of my Cadillac....."

 

"Hey buddy, how do I get this thing out of second gear".

for me,
Dead mans Curve.

 

Stick shift ,,,,,by the duels

 

Cher, striesan, and celine deion make me wanna pound some metal.

 

Of course, what if you need that extra push over the cliff? The rest all stop at 10 - there's nowhere to go.

 

"TRANS AM" Sammy Haggar, nobody mentioned.
"15 Days" under the hood, has the greatest line "I been down there so long, my ankles are tanned!"
Did you know Tom Waits "Ol '55" was a Buick Super? Fooled ya!
"Mighty Big Car" was a song I recorded off the Big Myke's Big Guitar Show, but I don't know who did it.
They don't call me 409 Bob for nothing, but I would rather hear my 409 uncorked going through the gears than the song 409. Actually you wouldn't be hearing much anything for a couple of days!
great lists, folks!
409 Bob

 

I just had to Post this...Zoom in to read Bumpersticker!

 

Hill Country Hot Rod Man by Junior Brown

 

Country Style Car Songsare Cool-here,s a few more:
Speed by Montgomery Gentry
Fix ,er Up Someday by Alan Jackson
Daddy Drive by Alan Jackson (Great Video!)

 

White Zombie-Dragula!

 

YA! what a Phenomenal Site, THX but, I didnt see Ridin in my Van by Lou Christie. Now to find some of those albums-why did I find this thread?

 

Mercury Blues - By David Lindley or Kentucky Head Hunters

 

Don't care for this guy personally , but he does have that blue collar vision:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0t7FJiwkc4

 

Has anyone mentioned Hawkwind's 'Death Trap' ?

In the back of my neck I can feel a strange sensation
Feels like I'm heading for the crisis of all creation
Only those with 'death wish' understand my situation
Feels like Jesus Christ heading for the stations of the cross,
In my death trap, death trap
Running in my death trap, death trap
Chicken running in my death trap, death trap
Heading for the crossroads of fiery crucifixion
Lighting up the night sky with bitterness distinction
While I hold the wheel of fate, smell of burning friction
I feel like a hero heading for extinction
It's the shell of steel or plastic
Monkey on elastic, going up and down
Crank shaft cracking up
Oil pressure going down
Brake drums blowing out
Tyres on fire now
Differential seize up, unbalanced camshaft
Worn out pistons rings,
Brake fade, brake fade
Hydraulic leak out, radiator overheat
Monkey on elastic, going up and down
Shell of steel or plastic, turning round
Shell of steel or plastic
Monkey on elastic, going up and down

 

Went back and re-read the original post. Must have bumped my head
Corrected response:

Shut Down - The Beach Boys

 

Here's an oddball for ya -

Remember "Upholstery" from the Phantom of the Paradise soundtrack, circa 1973......

These lyrics are just too cool:

Upholstery
Carburetors man, that's what life is all about
That's what life is all about
That’s what life is all about
That's what life is all about
That’s what life is all about

I was not myself last night
Lost a fight, my woody barely running
By a dude I should have beat
And on the street a blow like that is stunning

I finally lost control
And tore my tuck-n-roll
Upholstery - Where my baby sits up close to me
That's supposed to be what our life is all about
Upholstery where my baby sits up close to me
That's supposed to be what our life is all about

Of all life's mysteries the greatest one I've seen
My short runs better when it's clean

I was not myself last night
Ran a light without my registration
Where the cops were bound to see
And you know me already on probation
I wound up on parole
I tore my tuck-n-roll
Upholstery - Where my baby sits up close to me
That's supposed to be what our life is all about
Upholstery where my baby sits up close to me
That's supposed to be what our life is all about

 

Roger Miller- King of the Road
Ray Stevens- Daddy's Oldsmobile
Molley Hatchet-Ragtop Deluxe
Jeff Beck- Hotrod Honeymoon
Eddie Rabbitt- Driving my Life away
Bob Segar- Making Thunderbirds
Billie Jo Spears- 57 Chevorlet
Albert King- Cadillac Assembly line
David Dudley- Six days on the road
Da Yoopers- Rusty Chevorlet
Mark cohn- Silver thunderbird
John Hiatt- she runs hot
Rolling stones- the girl with the far away eyes (talks about driving)
Kinks- A gallon of Gas
Cars- Here in my Car
Gary Newman- Cars
Woodie Guthrie- Riding in my car
George Jones- The Corvette song
Bix Beiderbecke- in my merry oldsmobile
David Ball- Riding with Private Malone

 

Don't know if it qualifies, but I vote for Hank Williams' "Hey, Good Lookin'", the line in the song that says,
"I got a hot rod Ford and a two dollar bill,
And I know a spot right over the hill,
There's soda pop and a dancin' spree,
So if you wanna have fun, come along with me..."

 

Rev Horton Heat "400 Bucks" because it has a direct link to my car!

 

Hot rod lincoln by commander cody and his lost airmen.

I'm building a model a with a bbf 460 from a 68 lincoln. Kind of fits. But i'm young and was actually building the car before i ever heard of the song.

 

He was also in The Spencer Davis Group. Did the vocals on I'm A Man, Gimme Some Lovin', Keep on Runnin' and others when he was 15 years old. Spencer Davis was one of his schoolteachers.

 

Did you know the car really exists? It is a Model A with a Lincoln V-12 and belongs to the writer of the song.

 

Did anyone mention Southern Culture on the Skids (SCOTS)? How about their song Fried Chicken and Gasoline?

 

Afternoon Delight by the Starland Vocal Band.

 

Rocket 88.

 

"Hot Rod Lincoln" - original version by Charlie Ryan - any subsequent covers just ain't right.

"StickShift" - I think the original version was NOT by "The Duals"

"Big Impala and the little 40 Ford" - this may have been a NW only song - can't remember artist - but it hit the airwaves (albeit briefly) in about 1959/1960. Lot's of NW Bands at the time - could have been any of them.

"Marylou" (she took the keys to my Cadillac car...jumped in my Caddy and she drove afar"

dj