Post a song that mentions a car or truck brand

[mix]

Stephen Malkmus, Jenny & the Ess Dog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEanHqTHIyA&feature=related

[Ptah]

1. Dizzy Gillespie - Swing Low Sweet Cadillac

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK8Cp3azW-I

[Aristus]

2. "Ballroom Of Romance" by Chris De Burgh. BMW 635 (735 in the live version.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h49TMsIWVU

[Blue_In_AK]

3. Every Beachboys song?

Fun, fun, fun 'til her daddy took the T-Bird away.

[Doc_Technical]

4. Eagles- Take it easy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsJrNPBaQ5M

[hobbit709]

5. The Janitor Drives A cadillac

Papa John Creach

[JBoy]

6. Everclear - Volvo Driving Soccer Mom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK_XWH7Ryd4

[JCMach1]

7. Bitchin' Camaro- The Dead Milkmen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4MGZ7ixU_U

[musette_sf]

76. + 1

[auntAgonist]

8. Convoy: CW McCall trucks, trucks , trucks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWO_AIh8drk

[muffin1]

9. Rush

Red Barchetta

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAvQSkK8Z8U

:hide:

[MorningGlow]

10. Commander Cody - Hot Rod Lincoln

Yeah, I know others did it before, but CC's version is the most famous. :D

[Richardo]

23. The best version, I agree

First song that come to mind, too. :headbang:

[pokerfan]

36. Pat Travers recorded a pretty good version

though Commander Cody is still the best.

[muffin1]

11. Sammy Johns

Chevy Van

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiEIToOWr64&feature=related

God, I'm old.

[flying rabbit]

12. American pie

took my Chevy to the levy...

[pepperbear]

27. rock n roll heart-clapton

[AllenVanAllen]

13. Ford Mustang by

Mike Patton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syyhnV-xfVU

[BurtWorm]

75. I prefer the original

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT6U57QkUe8&feature=related

On s’ fait des langues
En Ford Mustang
Et bang !
On embrasse
Les platanes
« Mus » à gauche
« Tang » à droite
Et à gauche, à droite

Un essuie-glace
Un paquet d’ Kool
Un badge
Avec inscrit d’ssus
Keep cool
Une barre de
Chocolat
Un Coca-Cola

On s’ fait des langues
En Ford Mustang
Et bang !
On embrasse
Les platanes
« Mus » à gauche
« Tang » à droite
Et à gauche, à droite

Une bouteille
De fluide Make-up
Un flash
Un browning
Et un pick-up
Un recueil
D’Edgard Poe
Un briquet Zippo

On s’ fait des langues
En Ford Mustang
Et bang !
On embrasse
Les platanes
« Mus » à gauche
« Tang » à droite
Et à gauche, à droite

Un numéro
De Superman
Un écrou de chez
Paco
Rabanne
Une photo
D’ Marilyn
Un tube d’aspirine

On s’ fait des langues
En Ford Mustang
Et bang !
On embrasse
Les platanes
« Mus » à gauche
« Tang » à droite
Et à gauche, à droite

[muffin1]

14. Doesn't mention a brand,

but since I adore Beth Orton...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ35dnfYKrQ

[OhioChick]

15. Prince - Little Red Corvette

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml2U1yLiiXA

THE BLACK CROWES - CHEVROLET

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYOnkpKK3rg

[Incitatus]

16. One Piece at a Time - Johnny Cash

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1-zzJnKtDg

[MiddleFingerMom]

17. David Lindley (with Jackson Browne)...

.
..."Mercury Blues".
.
Boy, did these guys get OLD!!!
.
.
.
.
Unlike, um... you know... me.
.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFj0fARgdSo
.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

56. damn!

you beat me to it! :)

[Tikki]

18. Nadine....Chuck Berry...

"I saw her from the corner when she turned and doubled back
And started walkin' toward a coffee colored Cadillac
I was pushin' through the crowd to get to where she's at
And I was campaign shouting like a southern diplomat...
Nadine, honey is that you....?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHEd5P39Yoo


Tikki

[unpossibles]

19. Taj Mahal - Chevrolet

Janis - Mercedes Benz

[bluesbassman]

61. Also Robben Ford and Derek Trucks do great covers of this Ed and Lonnie Young tune.

Here's Robben's version. Smooth.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yteAXbfg65E

Derek having a go. Hands down the best slide player of his generation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clkrASgM8Rc

Here's Taj's version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdHTNAxNfZI

Only thing I could find performed by Ed and Lonnie. Fife and drum.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIaPkunqSWs

[The Magistrate]

20. Cadillacs, Sir, Are Pretty Popular....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6wKV2TKanI

[NoPasaran]

42. Nice car to drive, after a war

Or so says Bob Dylan

[mix]

45. great song

[pokerfan]

21. Mustang Sally – Wilson Pickett

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfuHgzu1Cjg

[JanMichael]

22. Chevy Van

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiEIToOWr64

[Iggo]

38. "I said 'Get some sleep and dream of Rock & Roll.' "

Great (sappy) song.

(Punctuation, Iggo. Punctuation.)

[hippywife]

24. Rocket 455 by Kathy Mattea

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQZV6q00sUc


:hi:

[pokerfan]

25. Little Deuce Coupe by The Beach Boys

While it doesn't refer to Ford by name, a 'Deuce Coupe' is a 1932 Model B Coupe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1LiKpv-VfE

[flying rabbit]

30. Blinded by the light - Springsteen

Also mentions the 'Deuce'
Although I prefer this version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2-GqYkwjTM

[pokerfan]

33. I thought that was about a feminine hygiene product

Not really, but it's a popular misheard lyric.

(I prefer the Manfred Mann version too.)

[flying rabbit]

34. I have yet to meet anyone

that hasn't taken the time to figure out what is being sung, that doesn't sing along to the wrapping of the douche :rofl:

[nytemare]

26. When God Fearin' Women get the Blues - Martina McBride

I'm not too partial to country music, but this song is kinda cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq1CuhcDj8Y

[Touchdown]

28. Blondie... You eat Cadillacs, Lincolns too. Mercury and Subaru!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHCdS7O248g&feature=fvst

[Touchdown]

29. How about an album?

[fishwax]

31. Dylan's Brownsville Girl

I can still see the day that you came to me on the painted desert
In your busted down Ford and your platform heels

[fishwax]

32. btw -- thanks for reminding me of that song

I haven't listened to it in a while. Great song. Your picture even got the "ancient plates" part :toast:

[mix]

41. The lyrics are sad and funny, great melody.

Jennifer dates a man in a 60s cover band
He's the Ess-dog, or Sean if you wish
She's 18, he's 31
She's a rich girl, he's the son
Of a Coca-Cola middle man

Kiss when they listen
To "Brothers in Arms"
And if there's something wrong with this
They don't see the harm
In joining their forces and singing along

See those rings on her toes check that frisbee in his Volvo
It's a Volvo with ancient plates
They've got a dog she named Trey
A retriever with a frayed bandana around his neck

Trey has a window into their relationship
The baby talk voices
And the post class-a nasal drip
But it all seems to function
At least in her dog's mind

Let me out of here
Let me out of here
You got to let me out of here
You got to let me out of here
Let me out of here
Out of here
Out of here, out of here
Let me out of here I'll hit the ground running

Jennifer left for school up in boulder
And the Ess-dog came to visit when he could
But the strain was too much
They could not make up for distance
And the distance between their years

Neither one listens
To "Brothers in Arms"
The Ess-dog waits tables
And he sold his guitar
Jenny pledged kappa and she started pre-law
And off came those awful toe rings
Off came those awful toe rings

:toast:

[pokerfan]

35. Little GTO - Ronnie & The Daytonas

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

"Three deuces and a four-speed and a 389." Translation: Here, 'three deuces' refers to the 3 carburetor "tri-power" option:

[quickesst]

37. "Beep Beep" by the Playmates.....

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 must've wanted to pass me up
As he kept on tooting his horn. Beep! Beep!
I'll show him that a Cadillac
Is not a car to scorn.
Beep beep. Beep! Beep! Beep beep. Beep! Beep!
His horn went beep beep beep. Beep! Beep!

Hilarious song and worth listening to for a laugh. Classic. Thanks.
quickesst

[abq e streeter]

39. I got a '69 Chevy with a 396, Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor...

...I blew that Camaro off my back, and drove that little girl away.

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

[abq e streeter]

40. Robert Johnson: Terraplane Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It-tJ8DOjIk

[Texasgal]

43. Bitchin' Camaro

By the Dead Milkmen:

BITCHIN CAMARO, BITCHIN CAMARO
I ran over my neighbors
BITCHIN CAMARAO, BITCHIN CAMARO
Now it's in all the papers.
My folks bought me a BITCHIN CAMARO with no insurance to match;
So if you happen to run me down, please don't leave a scratch.
I ran over some old lady one night at the county fair;
And I didn't get arrested, because my dad's the mayor.
BITCHIN CAMARO, BITCHIN CAMARO
Doughnuts on your lawn
BITCHIN CAMARO, BITCHIN CAMARO
Tony Orlando and Dawn
When I drive past the kids, they all spit and cuss,
Because I've got a BITCHIN CAMARO and they have to ride the bus.
So you'd better get out of my way, when I run through your yard;
Because I've got a BITCHIN CAMARO;
And an Exxon credit card.
BITCHIN CAMARO, BITCHIN CAMARO
Hey, man where ya headed?
BITCHIN CAMARO, BITCHIN CAMARO
I drive on unleaded.

[abq e streeter]

44. Tom Waits-Nighthawk Postcards-( spoken word performance on Soundstage)

and the piss yellow gypsy cabs
stacked up in the taxi zones waitin' like pinball machines
to be ticking off a joy ride to a magical place
waitin' in line like 'truckers welcome' diners
with dirt lots full of
Peterbilts, Kenworths, Jimmy's and the like


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlljovD_7Sc

[Brother Buzz]

46. "Those Were the Days" by Charles Stouse and Lee Adams

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znrjbo9QRLk

Boy the way Glen Miller played
Songs that made the hit parade.
Guys like us we had it made,
Those were the days.

And you knew who you were then,
Girls were girls and men were men,
Mister we could use a man
Like Herbert Hoover again.

Didn't need no welfare state,
Everybody pulled his weight.
Gee our old LaSalle ran great.
Those were the days.

[madmom]

47. Can't believe nobody said American Pie.. drove my Chevy to the levy.......

oops sorry , my bad, just saw it was mentioned:blush:

[catzies]

48. DELTA 88 DELTA 88 NIGHTMARE!.....by X

[blogslut]

49. My very favorite Springsteen song

Racing in the Street

I got a sixty-nine Chevy with a 396
Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor
She's waiting tonight down in the parking lot
Outside the Seven-Eleven store...

[The Magistrate]

50. That Is a Good 'Un, Ma'am

[abq e streeter]

51. Posted this one a couple of hours ago, but you are forgiven due to your impeccable musical taste

:fistbump:


click above and enjoy a magnificent black and white video of it from The Captitol theater in Passaic New Jersey in Sept. 1978

[blogslut]

52. Ha!

I just watched it without seeing your link. I've got the album version and I've never seen him live. So I thought I'd check out a live version and it was amazing.

I apologize for not seeing your post.

It might be the finest, most "American" song ever written. I've seen grown men stand in a circle singing the words to it as it played on the stereo - that just doesn't happen with men, ever. Although, I admit, beer was involved.

[abq e streeter]

60. No apology needed whatsoever. It is a magnificent song, isn't it?

I have that entire concert that I posted the version of Racing... from on a bootleg 3 record set ( i.e. vinyl). I couldn't begin to estimate how many times I've listened to it...About a year ago, I discovered this "Bruchee" guy on you tube had the whole show on film, so after 30 years years of listening to this concert, I finally got to see it. An incredible show ... If you didn't watch this or any other of the stuff from that show, I can't recommend it enough. Even by E Street Band standards, they were really "on" that night.Probably playing a small theater in New Jersey had something to do with it. I hope you get to see them before they finally get too old ( and that's gotta be coming fairly soon, although Bruce says they aren't done yet). I first saw them in 1975, and most recently a year ago (in Denver... Bruce has played here in Albuquerque solo, but to my knowledge, the E Street Band has never played a show in New Mexico so always have to go to Denver or Phoenix). I also saw them in Chicago just a couple of weeks before that N.J. show. Anyway, I was stunned at how good they still are, and Racing in the Street may have been THE highlight of last year's Denver show ( with Johnny 99, Youngstown and American Land all close runners up). My friend who had never seen them ,despite being a fan ( and an incredibly accomplished blues and jazz singer herself) just kept repeating "I'm blown away, I'm just fuckin' blown away " all the way back to the hotel afterward. And during Racing in the Street, the look on her face was one of pretty much just plain awe.And this is a woman who ,as I said, is an accomplished , well-known ( locally anyway) singer who has seen a hell of a lot of great artists and performances. So.....didn't mean to "call you out" or whatever by noting I'd just posted it ( the "you're forgiven" was just supposed to be funny), but wanted you to notice my post so you could see the video. :toast:


P.S. as an allegedly grown man,who used to put away his share ,and then some, of beer.... yes , enough of it will make us do all sorts of weird shit, including apparently, standing in a circle singing along with Bruce...
P.S. # 2: I always thought Glory Days was somewhat of a lightweight in the greater Springsteen pantheon of songs , but he ended the Denver show with it, and it is a good, fun little party song to end a show with...someone posted it on you tube so here's Bruce in Denver, April of last year:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KkiuSkOgUY

[Kat45]

53. Bruce's "Pink Cadillac"

Can't forget that one.

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

66. What about Cadillac Ranch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ_X1KfdHEQ

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

54. David Lindley- Mercury Blues

this video smokes.......... in a good way :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAbbgSKUZB4

[Tikki]

74. Here's the composer's version...K. C. Douglas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_dDASnX_k0


Tikki

[Kat45]

55. "The Blonde in the Blue T-bird"

Walter Egan

[Kat45]

57. The Beach Boys "Fun, Fun, Fun"

"til her daddy takes the t-bird away"

[NNadir]

58. Dylan's "From a Buick 6"

[bluesbassman]

59. Galaxy 500 - Reverend Horton Heat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a-oclENv4g

[av8rdave]

77. What a great band...and a great song

Thanks for posting!

[Dr Morbius]

62. Johnny Cash: One Piece at a Time

Edit: just noticed post 16 already mentioned this one. My bad.

[bluesbassman]

63. What Do You Want From Life - The Tubes

a new Matador, a new Mastodon,
a Maverick, a Mustang, a Montego,
a Merc Montclair, a Mark IV, a Meteor,
a Mercedes, an MG, or a Malibu,
a Mort Moriarty, a Maserati, a Mac truck,
a Mazda, a new Monza, or a moped,
a Winnebago--Hell, a herd of Winnebago's we're giving 'em away!

And if all that ain't good enough for you, how about a baby's arm holding an apple? :P


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZB7TGLKaf8

[Pool Hall Ace]

64. Kool and the Gang - Misled

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O8jsxj9Dqo

[AmandaRuth]

65. All the best - John Prine

One of my most favorite songs EVER.....and the very first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5H0qMGHNfs&feature=related

"Say you drive a Chevy Say you drive a Ford
You say you drive around the town till you just get bored"

[retread]

67. Mary Lou -- Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWkSP8s12iM

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

68. Love Shack!

I got me a car, it's as big as a whale
and we're headin' on down
To the Love Shack
I got me a Chrysler, it seats about 20
So hurry up and bring your jukebox money

[smoochpooch]

69. Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage

It wasn't very large,
There was just enough room to cram the drums
In the corner over by the Dodge,
It was a '54 with a mashed-up door

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX8415wWqU4

[book lady]

70. Dead Man's Curve - Jan and Dean

[LeftishBrit]

71. The Way We Lived Then, by Harvey Andrews

(1994, but as relevant today)

THE WAY WE LIVED THEN


Caviar on the table, Champagne in the glass
We laughed and we jeered at the poor working class
We drank to their ruin, we drank to their shame
We pissed on their problems, said they were to blame
Oh the way we lived then, the way we lived then,
The way we lived then.

Jason wore braces and slicked his hair down
Ben had the number of each deb in town
I was a member of every new club
And I used my gold card to pay every sub
For the way we lived then, the way we lived then,
The way we lived then.

chorus

Oh, the way we lived then,
Selling Deutschmark or Yen,
Never thinking of where did it come from
How long would it last us, or when
Would we all have to pay for this mad holiday
For the Porsche and the Rolls
That were our only goals
Me and Jason and Ben,
Oh, the way we lived then.


Jason met Sarah, a girl in P.R.
They had a white wedding all paid for by Pa
Borrowed a fortune to buy their first pad
It was two hundred K, but then prices were mad.
The way we lived then, the way we lived then,
The way we lived then.

Jason said, three years, we'll sell and move on
Then suddenly, terribly, Maggie was gone
Ben said don't worry she's schooled them all well
So we drank to the sending of Labour to hell
Oh, the way we lived then, the way we lived then,
The way we lived then.
CHORUS

Sarah got pregnant, then Jason got fired
Ben took a pay cut and I felt too tired
Burnt out at thirty and sacked on the day
The repo man took my red Roller away
Oh the way we lived then, the way we lived then,
The way we lived then.

CHORUS

Now there's bread on the table and beer in the glass
It's merely a set back and bad times will pass
Monopoly money means always pass go
And we'll surely pass you if you're going too slow
And we'll live it again, the way we lived then,
The way we lived then.


Yes, we'll live it again, selling Euro or Yen
Only this time we'll know where it comes from
We'll know how to keep it, and then
We'll make someone else pay for our mad holiday
For the Porsche and the Rolls that are our only goals
Me and Jason and Ben,
We'll live it again,
The way we lived then,
We'll live it again.

[Bluzmann57]

72. "Mercury Blues"

Numerous artists. But I'll say Steve Miller Band since they are likely the band most white suburban people have heard of. But the best version is by Roy Rogers and Norton Buffalo. No not the singing cowboy, but the fabulous slide guitar player.

[Bluzmann57]

73. Another one

"Big Black Cadillac Blues" by the one and only Sam "Lightnin" Hopkins. There are many songs about Cadillac's by some of the greatest artists this planet has ever produced because it was a status symbol within the African-American Blues community. I love Da Blues.

[MissMillie]

78. Steve Earle - Someday

'67 Chevy

[av8rdave]

79. Lake Charles - Lucinda Williams

We used to drive
Thru Lafayette and Baton Rouge
In a yellow Camino
Listening to Howling Wolf...

[Orsino]

80. There was a song way back when: "SS396"

Was it mainly a commercial jingle? My older brother had the 45.

[NoGOPZone]

81. In my merry Oldsmobile nt

[NoGOPZone]

82. Maybellene by Chuck Berry mentions Cadillac and Ford