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Favorite Songs About Cars

Posted on 6/20/12 at 1:09 pm
Posted by Mister Completely
Marital Bliss
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Posted on 6/20/12 at 1:09 pm
What are the best songs about cars? My votes would go to:

Van Halen - Panama
Gary Numan - Cars
The Boss - Pink Cadillac
Tom Waits - Ol' 55 (Sarah McLachlan did a damn strong cover of this one too)

What are other good ones?
Posted by Kingwood Tiger
Katy, TX
Member since Jul 2005
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Posted on 6/20/12 at 1:18 pm to
Hot Rod Lincoln - Asleep at the Wheel version
One Piece at a Time - Johnny Cash
Maybellene - Chuck Berry
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
Low Rider - WAR
Posted by uglycasanova7
Member since Feb 2011
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Posted on 6/20/12 at 1:19 pm to
Posted by BrockLanders
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Posted on 6/20/12 at 1:24 pm to

Mott The Hoople - Drivin' Sister

Joe Satriani - Can't Slow Down

Queen - I'm In Love With My Car
Posted by Lakebound
Member since Nov 2004
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Posted on 6/20/12 at 1:36 pm to
Posted by White Shadeaux
In the nicest parts of hell
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Posted on 6/20/12 at 1:39 pm to
Panama?
Posted by BrockLanders
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Posted on 6/20/12 at 1:44 pm to
quote:

Panama?


Yeah, I think the car sits still in that song!
Posted by When in Rome
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Posted on 6/20/12 at 1:45 pm to
quote:

One Piece at a Time - Johnny Cash
Maybellene - Chuck Berry
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
Low Rider - WAR
Excellent

I would like to add:

Slow Ride by Foghat
Rockin' Down the Highway by the Doobie Brothers

Ahh pressed submit too soon! Will add more in a bit
This post was edited on 6/20/12 at 1:47 pm
Posted by The Seaward
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2006
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Posted on 6/20/12 at 1:50 pm to
Built to Spill- Car
Posted by TexasTiger1185
New Orleans
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Posted on 6/20/12 at 1:57 pm to
Check out the oil

Not a big rap fan overall, but this song was
Posted by When in Rome
Telegraph Road
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Posted on 6/20/12 at 1:58 pm to
Also Fun, Fun, Fun by the Beach boys!

Truckin' by the Grateful Dead

Ride My Car by the Beatles

That Cadillac song from

Grease Lightning

One Piece at a Time is by far my favorite car song, though.
Posted by Govt Tide
Member since Nov 2009
9113 posts
Posted on 6/20/12 at 2:01 pm to
Prince - Little Red Corvette (well let's just say that the "car" being sung about is a G rated metaphor for an X rated subject. )
Posted by uglycasanova7
Member since Feb 2011
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Posted on 6/20/12 at 2:04 pm to
Can't forget Magic Bus by The Who
Posted by Mister Completely
Marital Bliss
Member since Nov 2007
3039 posts
Posted on 6/20/12 at 2:05 pm to
Yea "Panama" was about a car...

quote:

The song was written about a car.[1] According to David Lee Roth this was because critics accused him of writing about nothing more than partying, sex, and cars, but Roth realized that he had yet to write a song about cars.[citation needed] In an interview with Howard Stern, Roth explained the meaning behind the trademark song. Although the song features some suggestive lyrics, it is about a car that Roth saw race in Las Vegas; its name was "Panama Express", hence the title of the song.
Posted by When in Rome
Telegraph Road
Member since Jan 2011
35543 posts
Posted on 6/20/12 at 2:10 pm to
The whole Riding With the King album by Sric Clapton and BB King is excellent...that's kind of car-related, right?
Posted by beezylsu
Member since Jan 2011
2922 posts
Posted on 6/20/12 at 2:15 pm to
Meatloaf-Paradise by the Dashboard Light

Enough car metaphors to qualify AND I love this song!
Posted by kage
ATL
Member since Feb 2010
4068 posts
Posted on 6/20/12 at 2:21 pm to
Cake's got a couple good ones

The Distance - LINK
Stickshifts and Safety Belts - LINK

These two aren't specifically about cars, but close enough...

Wheels - LINK
Too Much Carbon Monoxide - LINK
Posted by LSUballs
RayVegas LA
Member since Feb 2008
37754 posts
Posted on 6/20/12 at 2:23 pm to
Nothing captures the essence of a poor black girl's struggles with living in da ghetto with a drunk dad and a momma what done off and left her like Tracy Chapman's Umm Got a Fast Car.
Posted by uglycasanova7
Member since Feb 2011
1284 posts
Posted on 6/20/12 at 2:34 pm to
Modest Mouse - Every Penny Fed Car
Posted by Les Cajones
Kentwood
Member since Dec 2007
998 posts
Posted on 6/20/12 at 2:56 pm to
I'm sorry, but if I never hear Mustang Sally again, it will be too soon.
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