I mentioned Iām in Love with my Car by Queen on my Growing up on 8 mm - #4 by brianlarsen thread this morning and @DavidP jokingly suggested a topic about car-themed songs you love.
Now there are going to be hundreds of these, so please donāt rush off and Google (other search engines are available) āsongs about carsā, or say āI know another oneā- but I do enjoy hearing what kind of music makes my friends tick.
You will be judged (in my mind )- but definitely not publicly humiliated
Iāll kick it off with what I used to think was Tom Waits when I first heard it, but is in fact the talented Robbie Robertsonās Somewhere down the Crazy River with Sam Llanasā (BoDeans) fab backing vocals Take a picture of this The fields are empty, abandoned '59 Chevy Laying in the back seat listening to Little Willie John Yeah, thatās when time stood still
ā¦ and then of course, Mr. Waits himself from the superb Swordfishtrombones album-
A Soldiers Things
āItās good transportationā¦but the brakes arenāt so hotā
āWell Iām a-standinā on a corner in Winslow Arizona,
And such a fine sight to see,
Thereās a girl my lord, in a flat-bed Ford,
Slowinā down to take a look at me.
My version here, itās still up after all this time. The Legal Eagles clearly donāt consider me a threat ! https://youtu.be/4gUyfpouWZA
My reply to Brian included a reference to Highway Star. My search on YT found a live version from 2013ā¦Purple with Morse and Airey to go with Paice, Glover and Gillan.
The second that springs to mind is Golden Earingās Radar Love.
I am rather partial to Somewhere Down The Crazy River.
Iām In Love With My Car comes from one of my favourite Queen albums - Sheer Heart Attack.
Driving With The Brakes On - magnificent song.
ā¦ unless you go and do it yourself!
Seriously, Gordon, thatās exactly the kind of big-headed/self-deprecating/humorous response that makes it worth starting this kind of thread.
Vibes. @TheMadman_tobyjenner Yes, you and @DavidP both reaching right back to the original rockers on this one. Great mindsā¦
I have a love-hate relationship with all things Mad They had some brilliant stuff, but were not averse to going down the over-silly-side on occasion. This is definitely one Golden Earing, now thereās a blast from the past. Must dig it out again Del Amitri- know the name, but canāt place their stuff. I had a listen to this and it sounded like a very well-crafted good song, but just didnāt move me @DarrellW ah yes, all the car songs at onceā¦ I thought you would have gone for fun fun fun by the Beach Boys first. The MLT cover- well someone was bound to mention that song, eh? I loved Gary Numanās Cars when it came out. I thought the sound was so different and, well, new (wavish anyway). Little Symbol manās song doesnāt float my boat, but undoubtedly a super-talented artist. Got to see him for free at a Dublin gig, cause they needed a doctor. Good job no one needed assistance @Richard_close2u Good to see you having time to relax a bit and join in trivia. Youāve been a busy man recently and have good taste. Will you be performing at the OM next month? Hope so
I shall leave you with a little more disturbing Murder by Deathās '52 Ford
Haha, Dave- youāve got Lincoln on the brain
Never heard/saw that before. Really enjoyed it. I know jack about cars, but it reminded me of the yellow hot rod on American Graffiti
That is the tune of A Boy named Sue, isnāt it?
Took me few hours and I used this post as an excercise for my brain trying remind myself any song about a car or cars.
First ones involving the word car were Fast Car by Tracey Champan which really doesnāt focus on a car, its just a feature of this song and not a theme I would say. Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol nothing to do with cars at all, it was just a thing that I believe mum of the frontman used to say to him when they were thinking about girls, so I scratched those two.
Finally got one that actually is about a car and itās this one:
Funny enough before I copied the link from YouTube searchbar was suggesting me a song of this title done by about 5 different artists! Lot of inspiration from Black Caddie
Edit. One more thing- text is actually really cool and I really dig this song, havenāt listened to it for a while so thanks Brian for this post
I got a mind full of aggravation
I can take it if I just relax
I say a prayer for the motivation
Keep me solid, so I stay on track
But thereās a monkey on my back
And it donāt know how to act
Got me climbinā up and down the walls
Now I gotta make a choice
Maybe then I can rejoice
'Cause Iām sick of all the same withdrawals
I got a mind full of inspiration
And I aināt livinā in the past no more
So feast your eyes
On the big, blue sky
And wave bye bye
From a long, black Cadillac
Haha, no such thing as ācheatingā Mari. I loved those songs as a teenager.
On the other hand you could have gone the full Monty and said Drive by the Cars
)- but definitely not publicly humiliated 
They had some brilliant stuff, but were not averse to going down the over-silly-side on occasion. This is definitely one 
I thought you would have gone for fun fun fun by the Beach Boys first. The MLT cover- well someone was bound to mention that song, eh? I loved Gary Numanās Cars when it came out. I thought the sound was so different and, well, new (wavish anyway). Little Symbol manās song doesnāt float my boat, but undoubtedly a super-talented artist. Got to see him for free at a Dublin gig, cause they needed a doctor. Good job no one needed assistance 
The Lincoln connection didnāt even cross my mind, but youāre right! And it does sound an awful lot like A Boy Named Sue, good shout there.
