Favorite Car or Cruising Songs [Archive]

Prunepicker

05-06-2010, 10:49 AM

This ought to be fun. What were your favorite songs about cars?
What songs did you like to listen to when your were cruisin' the strip?

Car songs
Little Deuce Coupe - Beach Boys
409 - Beach Boys
Dead Man's Curve - Jan & Dean

For cruising
In the Summertime - Mongo Jerry
Anything by Chicago

sam greenroyd

05-06-2010, 11:06 AM

Anything Mitch Ryder did was pretty good cruising music.

CarltonsKeeper

05-06-2010, 11:12 AM

Hot Rod Lincoln Commander Cody & The Lost Planet Airmen

Transfusion Nervous Norvous

SS 396 Paul Revere & The Raiders

Beep Beep The Playmates

Drag City Jan and Dean

Little GTO Ronnie & The Daytona's

Prunepicker

05-06-2010, 11:23 AM

Anything Mitch Ryder did was pretty good cruising music.
Mitch Ryder was a fave. Jenny Take a Ride! Sock it to Me!

mugofbeer

05-06-2010, 12:03 PM

"Damn, This Traffic Jam!" - James Taylor (LOL)

RealJimbo

05-06-2010, 12:51 PM

Summer in the City - Lovin' Spoonfull

papaOU

05-06-2010, 05:16 PM

Summer in the City - Lovin' Spoonfull

Hot Rod Lincoln Commander Cody & The Lost Planet Airmen
Transfusion Nervous Norvous

Any Steppenwolf, CSN&Y,

Borrowed the first two from CarltonsKeeper.

gen70

05-06-2010, 05:20 PM

Just about anything by the Allman Bros..

skyrick

05-06-2010, 07:14 PM

Radar Love - Focus

Autobahn - Kraftwerk

Layla, the entire album, especially "Key to the Highway"

ditto Gen70's Allman Bros, especially "Live at Fillmore East"

Truckin' - Grateful Dead

almost anything by the Ventures from the '60s.

Like a Rollin' Stone - Dylan. When I play this on the CD I'm always singin' along at top volume...not a pretty sight. "and he says, "would you like to make a deeee-ullllllll!?"

gen70

05-06-2010, 07:45 PM

RedDirt717

05-06-2010, 08:07 PM

Anything by Tom Petty

Anything by Mumford and Sons

Taddy Porter - King Louie (Oklahoma band about to make it big, check'em out)

Dave Matthews - Ants Marching

Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower

Billy Brag and Wilco - Way over Yonder in the Minor Key

Counting Crows - Hangin Around

Boston - Peace of Mind

CCR - Down on the Corner

Dire Straights - Sultan of Swing

U2 - beautiful day

I've driven either a BMW or a Chevy Blazer my entire life but this next year I'm going to buy a project El Camino convertible to fix up and throw in a decent sound system. I'm pretty excited about this.

Ezrablum

05-06-2010, 08:33 PM

Ah to cruise around in a '62 Chevy Corvair.

http://www.buyoldcars.com/images/1962_chevy_corvair/62_Chevy_Corvair_100_1737.JPG

And yeah, Jan and Dean is GREAT cruising music. I love it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YWzN1A-G9g

papaOU

05-07-2010, 12:07 AM

City of Tiny Lights Frank Zappa.

Yo' Momma Frank Zappa

Any Dead tune......

SoonerQueen

05-07-2010, 12:21 AM

1. Ventura Highway
2. Born to be Wild

Prunepicker

05-07-2010, 12:37 AM

Radar Love - Focus

Wasn't that by Golden Ear Ring?

skyrick

05-07-2010, 06:26 AM

City of Tiny Lights Frank Zappa.

Yo' Momma Frank Zappa

Any Dead tune......

Zappa's Hot Rats was in heavy rotation on cassette in my '71 GTX! Rory Gallagher too.

skyrick

05-07-2010, 06:28 AM

Wasn't that by Golden Ear Ring?

Good catch! I was thinking of Radar Love and Hocus Pocus by Focus in the same flashback!

osu cowboy

05-07-2010, 09:59 AM

Anything by Creedence for me.

Generals64

05-07-2010, 11:28 AM

Generals64

05-07-2010, 11:30 AM

Personally, I liked all of the "Doo Wop" music......And then I skipped the rest and went to Country....Merle Haggard to Zac Brown Band......George Jones to Alabama.....

CarltonsKeeper

05-07-2010, 11:53 AM

Personally, I liked all of the "Doo Wop" music......And then I skipped the rest and went to Country....Merle Haggard to Zac Brown Band......George Jones to Alabama.....
How about Wiley & Gene (Wiley Walker & Gene Sullivan) singing "When my Blue Moon turns to Gold Again" OR Ernest Tubb singing "Too Old to cut the Mustard Anymore" I can see you cruising to those tunes............LOL

FRISKY

05-07-2010, 12:10 PM

Ghost Riders in the Sky - Vaughn Monroe
Heavy Metal - Don Henley
Riders On The Storm - Doors
Walk, Don't Run - Ventures
American Pie - Don McLean
Surfin' Bird - Trashmen
Ballroom Blitz - Sweet
Steppenwolf - all...
Mrs. Robinson _ Simon and Garfunkle
Chevy Van - Sammy Johns
Can't Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar
Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
Time Warp - Rocky Horror Picture Show
Lunatic Fringe - Red Rider
Groovin' - Rascals
We Are the Champions - Queen
Downtown - Petula Clark
Uncle Albert, Admiral Halsey - Paul McCartney and Wings
Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
Paradise By the Dashboard Lights - Meatloaf
Classical Gas - Mason Williams
La Bamba - Los Lobos
Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins
Me and Bobby Mcgee - Janis Joplin
Popcorn - Hot Butter
Radar Love - Golden Earring
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
Running Down A Dream - Tom Petty
Saturday Nights Alright For Fighting - Elton John
Life In The Fast Lane - Eagles
Going Up The Country - Canned Heat
Rapture - Blondie
Revolution - Beatles
Kokomo - Beach Boys
Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
City Of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie
Journey to the Center of the Mind - Amboy Dukes
Aquarius - 5th Dimension
A horse With No Name - America

papaOU

05-07-2010, 01:31 PM

Gee. Nobody listens to Yoko Ono?

gen70

05-07-2010, 01:48 PM

Wild Thing - The Troggs

OKCisOK4me

05-07-2010, 03:13 PM

This thread reminds me of "American Graffiti"....lol

RealJimbo

05-07-2010, 03:16 PM

Prunepicker

05-07-2010, 03:17 PM

Gee. Nobody listens to Yoko Ono?
Intentionally once.
Accidentally henceforth.

RealJimbo

05-07-2010, 03:30 PM

Intentionally once.
Accidentally henceforth.

I second that emotion...

papaOU

05-07-2010, 05:15 PM

I second that emotion...

"Why, why, why, why...............

That song was on a jukebox at the pool hall on SW 29th. I would play it on occasion just to watch the reaction of the people there.....

old okie

05-07-2010, 10:02 PM

FRISKY

05-07-2010, 11:22 PM

I left out a few:
Hot Rod Race - Arkie Shibley and his Mountain Dew Boys
Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen
Who Do You Love - Chuck Berry
Wipeout - Surfaris
Telstar - Tornados
Thunder Road - Robert Mitchum
Pipeline - Ventures
Dick Dale - all...

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papaOU

05-07-2010, 11:22 PM

Ditto, except remove Mrs. Robinson & Revolution and add Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple), House of the Rising Sun (Animals), & Dead Man's Curve (Jan & Dean), and you've got my playlist.

I agree with Mrs. Robinson, but how can you get rid of Revolution? I also agree with Smoke on the Water ( a song concerning Frank Zappa & The Mothers) and House of the Rising Sun, no way I would want Dead Man's Curve or any other Jan & Dean tune on the list

Tall Girl

05-07-2010, 11:27 PM

One of my favorite cars was my Black '88 Mercury Cougar - Although I am a redneck country girl, I also like Bob Segar's Shame on the Moon When I'm running around with my sisters, we play Willie's On the Road Again and I like Lukenbach Texas (been there twice) once with sisters. I learned how to drive in my dads '58 Pink Oldsmobile, and passed my drivers test in it.

FRISKY

05-07-2010, 11:31 PM

Ditto, except remove Mrs. Robinson & Revolution and add Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple), House of the Rising Sun (Animals), & Dead Man's Curve (Jan & Dean), and you've got my playlist.House of the Rising Sun should have been on my list!

Mrs. Robinson was on my list because I used to own several Alfa Romeos and liked the movie The Graduate.

Dead Man's Curve used to be on my list until I listened to it 11ty billion times (along with most of the "surfer" music). :LolLolLol

Several Deep Purple songs would also be on my list...

papaOU

05-08-2010, 02:18 AM

When in a certain state of mind:

Quicksilver Messenger Service
New Riders of the Purple Sage
10 Years After
Jethro Tull
Savoy Brown
Cream
Vanilla Fudge
Moody Blues
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Pacific Gas & Electric
Velvet Underground
The Band
Blind Faith
The Chambers Brothers

I did not list a single tune from any of these groups because any song by them is great! Except the Chambers Brothers whose song Time Has Come Today is a classic.

As you can tell, I have lived a very sheltered life..............

RedDirt717

05-08-2010, 03:40 AM

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An El Camino Convertible????never have I seen one of those.....

I guess I should have specified that I was going to make it a convertible.

I have a friend that did something similar and he said he'd help me iron out the process.

gen70

05-08-2010, 08:09 AM

I guess I should have specified that I was going to make it a convertible.

I have a friend that did something similar and he said he'd help me iron out the process. Please post a pic. when your done or even in the process. I love El Caminos.

Generals64

05-08-2010, 09:34 AM

Please post a pic. when your done or even in the process. I love El Caminos.

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I've had three El Caminos in my life...one was a1972 brand new off the showroom floor from ....Mr. Alan Merrill HIMSELF:......Then I had a '78 SS El Camino and it was a great truck....But, I had a 1980 El Camino with a factory four speed in it....hated to get rid of that truck...I bought a '63 Corvette Convertible....Oh well things you have to do in life....The Village Idiot's son installed a stereo in the Vette for me.....you could played Mozart in that car in felt cool....

papaOU

05-08-2010, 11:21 AM

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I've had three El Caminos in my life...one was a1972 brand new off the showroom floor from ....Mr. Alan Merrill HIMSELF:......Then I had a '78 SS El Camino and it was a great truck....But, I had a 1980 El Camino with a factory four speed in it....hated to get rid of that truck...I bought a '63 Corvette Convertible....Oh well things you have to do in life....The Village Idiot's son installed a stereo in the Vette for me.....you could played Mozart in that car in felt cool....

Mozart is cool..:tiphat:

Generals64

05-08-2010, 01:06 PM

Mozart is cool..:tiphat:
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++
Hate to post this but, Mozart and Bach are both "Cool"....I even liked John Phillip Sousa.....But, I enjoy listening to Scott Joplin's "Ragtime" Music. There's a new kid on the block (Blues Player)...Jason Green and he plays a "Diddlybo" which is a Cigar Box and a stick with three strings. A friend of mine built one of them and it's "Cool" and easy to play....Type in Diddlybo and read about it....

skyrick

05-08-2010, 02:41 PM

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++
Hate to post this but, Mozart and Bach are both "Cool"....I even liked John Phillip Sousa.....But, I enjoy listening to Scott Joplin's "Ragtime" Music. There's a new kid on the block (Blues Player)...Jason Green and he plays a "Diddlybo" which is a Cigar Box and a stick with three strings. A friend of mine built one of them and it's "Cool" and easy to play....Type in Diddlybo and read about it....

If you get a chance to see "It Might Get Loud", Jack White of the White Stripes builds a one string electric guitar in the first two minutes.

YouTube - Jack White makes a guitar (Scene from It Might Get Loud) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCFXeChXfcI)

Prunepicker

05-08-2010, 08:21 PM

I guess I should have specified that I was going to make it a convertible.

I have a friend that did something similar and he said he'd help me iron out
the process.
That'll be a sight to see! Keep us posted on the Cars and Trucks thread!

Prunepicker

05-08-2010, 08:23 PM

Mozart is cool..:tiphat:
Crusin' to the first and fourth movements of his Symphony 40 is very cool.

Generals64

05-10-2010, 01:59 PM

Prunepicker

05-10-2010, 02:16 PM

Now, staying close to topic as possible. What was your First Car? What
was your Favorite car (you ever had) and what was you "Dream Car when
you were younger"?
My first car was a '59 Peugeot 403. Loved it. 4 on the tree, reclining seats
(if you had a few hours to kill) and a sun roof. I was very much into art
and I decorated the interior with colored Flair felt tip pens I kept in the
glove box. It was very psychedelic.

The sound system was a 4 track player. Super Session with Mike Bloomfield
and Al Kooper was played ad infinitum. Does anyone else know the 8 other
4 tracks that were available? There may have been as many as 9.

My dream car was a Lamborghini Contessa Quadraportte.

Can't say that any car I've ever had was a favorite.

gen70

05-10-2010, 02:59 PM

I had the Four Tops, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles and I think it was The Cream on 4-track.

sam greenroyd

05-10-2010, 03:34 PM

I had the Four Tops, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles and I think it was The Cream on 4-track.

A lot of people didn't know there was a 4-track player, i remember Muntz stereo pac was real popular. had to keep them real clean

gen70

05-10-2010, 03:59 PM

I had a buddy who had a combo 4-8 track player, only one I ever saw.

CarltonsKeeper

05-11-2010, 07:54 AM

My first car was a '59 Peugeot 403. Loved it. 4 on the tree, reclining seats
(if you had a few hours to kill) and a sun roof. I was very much into art
and I decorated the interior with colored Flair felt tip pens I kept in the
glove box. It was very psychedelic.

The sound system was a 4 track player. Super Session with Mike Bloomfield
and Al Kooper was played ad infinitum. Does anyone else know the 8 other
4 tracks that were available? There may have been as many as 9.

My dream car was a Lamborghini Contessa Quadraportte.

Can't say that any car I've ever had was a favorite.
Concerning question: Are you referring to brand name 4 track players or the artist who were on the tapes?

gen70

05-11-2010, 10:24 AM

Prunepicker

05-11-2010, 10:45 AM

Concerning question: Are you referring to brand name 4 track players or the
artist who were on the tapes?
The artists on 4 track. I was kidding.

RealJimbo

05-11-2010, 02:57 PM

I bought my 4-track player at that place on 10th & Penn.. Can't remember the name of the store or make of the player. I do remember they quit making 4-track players soon after.(kinda like the beta thing)

I bought an 8-track "jam" album in that store. It ws called "Spoonful of Blues" and every player from the '60s was on that tape. It was only released as an 8-track, never on vinyl, and I can't find any form of it now. It was great. That store had a juke box with a recording deck on it so that you could put together a mix tape from what was on the juke box.

osu cowboy

05-11-2010, 02:58 PM

RealJimbo

05-11-2010, 03:05 PM

Now, staying close to topic as possible. What was your First Car???what was your Favorite care (you ever had) and what was you "Dream Car when you were younger"???

#1. My 1st car was a 1951 Chevrolet Four door with Acme Cleaners on the sides.....Sheesh...$65.00 and all kinds of headaches.....

#2. My Favorite Car was a 1963 Impala (Dark blue) 2 dr. Hardtop...The car had a 327 motor with a 300 Horse.....drove that car all through the dating and then into marriage situation with my wife. She then drove it to Central State College....that's UCO to some of you now....wish I had never sold the car....

#3. My "dream Car was a 1962 Black Corvette Convertible.....Some day....

Now, how about you??????????????????

1. First car was an Olds Dynamic 88 - 1961 model. It was great.
2. Favorite car was a 1967 Pontiac LeMans. Little brother to a GTO with a 326, I put on a Carter AFB, lots of polished aluminum trim, a horn intake, custom pipes, chrome reversed rims, Dayton white letter tires from Hibdon's (down at the original on SE 29th), air shocks and air bags. It drove and handled like it was built for the track. I loved that car.
3. Dream car - 1965 Chevelle Malibu SS 396 - very limited production

CuatrodeMayo

05-11-2010, 03:38 PM

Scarface - No More Tears.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypmLeuWeNpc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypmLeuWeNpc

CarltonsKeeper

05-11-2010, 03:58 PM

The artists on 4 track. I was kidding.
I'm quick aren't I !!! LOL

CarltonsKeeper

05-11-2010, 04:00 PM

Prunepicker

05-11-2010, 04:11 PM

I bought an 8-track "jam" album in that store. It ws called "Spoonful of Blues"
and every player from the '60s was on that tape. It was only released as an
8-track, never on vinyl, and I can't find any form of it now. It was great.
That store had a juke box with a recording deck on it so that you could put
together a mix tape from what was on the juke box.
Is this it?
Spoonful Of Blues - Willie Dixon - CD - Buy.com (http://www.buy.com/prod/spoonful-of-blues/q/loc/109/203395277.html)

Prunepicker

05-11-2010, 04:12 PM

Bought a lot of 8 tracks there and a couple sets of speakers.
Hope someone can remember the name, I can't.
That would have been Stereo City and Tape Town. They were in the same
place.

papaOU

05-11-2010, 04:39 PM

That would have been Stereo City and Tape Town. They were in the same
place.

There is a car lot at SW 29th and Lee. When I was in high school they sold bootleg tapes at a good price. I bought a Plastic Ono Band tape. It was the first time I heard "Working Class Hero" by John Lennon.

The two cars I loved were a 1978 Olds Cutless Supreme convertible. 442 engine. It was perfect for PapaOU; Red with white top and interior.

Second was a 1973 Fiat X-19! Man that car would move and was a pretty good chick magnet as well. Loved it until engine problems timing belt broke and I had to send to Italy for engine parts. Shipping was more than the items bought.