Vehicles in Songs

[Stick Legs]

bristolracer said:

And the ultimate pistonheads track Autobahn by Kraftwerk has the sound of an engine starting at the beginning.

Stick Legs said:

Ralf Hutter's Volkswagen actually opens Kraftwerk's Autobahn.

Surely this is the ultimate 'vehicle in a song' as the car has a 'speaking part'.

[Halmyre]

droopsnoot said:

Have we had "Chelsea Monday" by Marillion yet? "Awaiting the prince in the white capri".

Genesis mention "Silver Clouds" in 'The Battle of Epping Forest'.

Neil Young mentions a "'48 Buick" in one song - that was his actual car, a 1948 Buick hearse. There's also a Neil Young song 'Trans Am'. but in that case it's a metaphor rather than a car reference.

[Cotty]

dandarez said:

Don't know about vehicles, but how many have the engine being started up?

How about F1 sounds all the way through?
Tekton Motor Corporation - Human Race Ignition
Sounds of F1 engines were recorded in December 1992 at McLaren testing session in Paul Ricard, France. Drivers were Michael Andretti and Mark Blundell.
Here is the album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yUOacdaYYM

[InitialDave]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljPFZrRD3J8

fk your Honda Civic, I've a horse outside...

[gazza285]

anonymous said:

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A great song, which is probably why it was posted on the first page...

[bigmowley]

The Weekend.
Love this song

I'm tryna put you in the worst mood, ah
P1 cleaner than your church shoes, ah
Milli point two just to hurt you, ah
All red Lamb’ just to tease you, ah
None of these toys on lease too, ah
Made your whole year in a week too, yah
Main bh out your league too, ah
Side bh out of your league too, ah

Cannot post anymore lyrics!

[TheInternet]

Most vehicle mentions, but is it a song?

[paulmakin]

late to this thread and going (i think) obscure - i expect Twig to get this, given the user name

"Cologne she'll wear
Silver and Americard
She'll drive a beetle car
And beat you down at cool Canasta"

[Pothole]

Bruce Springsteen - Cadillac Ranch

There she sits buddy just a gleamin' in the sun
There to greet a workin' man when his day is done
I'm gonna pack my pa, and I'm gonna pack my aunt
I'm gonna take 'em down to the Cadillac ranch
Eldorado fins, white walls and skirts;
Drives just like a little bit of heaven here on Earth
So when I die buddy throw my body in the back
Take me to the junkyard, in my Cadillac
Cadillac, Cadillac
Long and dark
Shiny and black
Open up them engines, let 'em roar
Tearin' up the highway like a big ol' dinosaur
James Dean in a Mercury '49
Junior Johnson's runnin' in the woods of Caroline
Even Burt Reynolds in a black Trans Am
I'm gonna meet 'em down at the Cadillac ranch
Cadillac, Cadillac
Long and dark
Shiny and black
Open up them engines, let 'em roar
Tearin' up the highway like a big ol' dinosaur

[Pothole]

Nanci Griffith - Ford Econoline

[Pothole]

Blaze Foley - Let Me Ride In Your Big Cadillac

[anonymous-user]

Ullo John! Gotta new motor ? - Alexis Sayle

[wibble cb]

Christine - The House of Love (think about it)

Going nowhere - Oasis

'm gonna get me a motor car
Maybe a Jaguar maybe a plane or a day of fame
I'm gonna be a millionaire so can you take me there
want to be wild 'cause my life's so tame
Here am I, going nowhere on a train
Here am I, growing older in the rain
Hey hey hey hey


sure someone has mentioned it - Cars - Gary Numan

Mustang Sally - Andrew Strong

[anonymous-user]

I know a heartache when I see one - Jennifer Warne

[anonymous-user]

Here I go again - Whitesnake
Fanfare for the Commer man - ELP
Commer chameleon - Culture Club
OK man - Wong Jinlun
Justified & Ancient - KLF ft Tammy Wynette
( ice cream van)
Irish Rover/ wild Rover - The Pogues
Countryman - Willie Nelson
Has Chitty Chitty Bang Bang been mentioned yet?

[sean ie3]

My Wife, Johnny's Morris Minor - Richie Kavanagh

[Penelope Stopit]

Anyone posted Steve Miller Band - Mercury Blues

[Sebastian Tombs]

NWA's F*** Tha Police features 'Me and Lorenzo rolling in the Benzo' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KLU472BEMQ
Silver Cloud by Pete Murray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3UvyovVDaE
Cortina Mk2 by the Lambrettas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJMibCQjKcc
The VW Golf starter motor sample that begins the Art of Noise's 'Close to the Edit' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sFK0-lcjGU
Aston Martin Music by Rick Ross https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a35rNEBNiO4
Race by Tiger features 'They went shopping for a Jag together' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot6Rly6ooho

[Penelope Stopit]

Madonna - Don't Cry For My Ford Cortina

[anarki]

Purple Lamborghini
By Skrillex & Rick Ross

Ain't no mercy, a-ain't no mercy
Got that purple Lamborghini, purple Lamborghini lurkin'
Ain't no mercy, a-ain't no mercy
Got that purple Lamborghini lurkin (Rozay!)