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David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/25/20 11:06 a.m.

And I was joking with Chris that it's tough to do an instrumental song about cars, but this is close.

 

ChrisTropea
ChrisTropea Associate Editor
6/25/20 11:27 a.m.

How about a 6 part series dedicated to the box Chevy?

 

barefootskater
barefootskater UltraDork
6/25/20 11:46 a.m.

4 pages deep and nobody mentioned The Cars? I mean, no songs about cars that I know of, but they already covered that. 
 

Also, Fuel, by Metallica. 

ChrisTropea
ChrisTropea Associate Editor
6/25/20 12:41 p.m.

In reply to Brett_Murphy (Forum Patrón) : How about the remix?

 

Nicole Suddard
Nicole Suddard GRM+ Memberand Marketing Coordinator
6/25/20 2:50 p.m.

A few just off the top of my head:

  • The Distance by Cake
  • Stickshifts and Safetybelts by Cake
  • Honestly I could do a whole list just of songs by Cake
  • Long Drive by Jason Mraz mentions a Chevy Nova
  • White Walls by Macklemore
  • Gold Trans Am by Kesha (Fair warning: she's not actually talking about her car)
  • Drift by Towkio

 

Brett_Murphy (Forum Patrón)
Brett_Murphy (Forum Patrón) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/25/20 2:51 p.m.
David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/25/20 4:01 p.m.

Have we mentioned at Priest yet?

 

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/25/20 4:04 p.m.

And did we do Highway Star yet?

 

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/25/20 4:14 p.m.

One more: The Jody Grind, a terrific band that sadly ended in tragedy. 

 

Jim Pettengill
Jim Pettengill HalfDork
6/25/20 7:19 p.m.

Well, golly. isn't anyone going to mention S&G's Baby Driver, or go to the formality of nominating Mustang Sally?

barefootskater
barefootskater UltraDork
6/25/20 7:56 p.m.

In reply to Nicole Suddard :

Wasn't Cake the group that did the one about a piston skirt and water jacket?

G_Body_Man (Forum Supporter)
G_Body_Man (Forum Supporter) UltraDork
6/25/20 9:13 p.m.
Javelin (Forum Supporter) said:

Ludacris' Act a Fool has possibly the best car line ever, "Did donuts last week and the street's still smoking".

 

From the intro to Southern Hospitality to his interlude about his Acura Legend, Ludacris is a car enthusiast through-and-through.

G_Body_Man (Forum Supporter)
G_Body_Man (Forum Supporter) UltraDork
6/25/20 9:23 p.m.

Frank Ocean - Acura Integurl (Vimeo link in case the embed doesn't work)

R56fanatic (Forum Supporter)
R56fanatic (Forum Supporter) New Reader
6/25/20 10:25 p.m.

OK it's about trucks, close enough

Junior Brown Broke Down South of Dallas

eastsideTim
eastsideTim PowerDork
6/26/20 3:05 p.m.

I see the Bottle Rockets have already been mentioned, but here’s another “beater car” song, Studebaker, by Warren Zevon.

 

 

And the remake, by Warren’s son:

 

 

slowbird
slowbird SuperDork
6/27/20 9:00 p.m.

If you want trucking or 4x4 songs, there's CW McCall:

Convoy

CJ5 with 4 wheel drive

Classified

 

 

Nicole Suddard
Nicole Suddard GRM+ Memberand Marketing Coordinator
6/30/20 9:44 a.m.

We made a playlist! If your song is missing, it may be because it wasn't available on Apple Music - but I was able to find most of them:

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/from-the-grm-forum-songs-about-cars/pl.u-6mo44aZtBmmN36

I will continue to update the playlist if people keep adding suggestions. Also: the playlist more or less follows the order in which songs were suggested, so putting it on shuffle may yield the best experience.

Enjoy!

pontiacstogo
pontiacstogo Reader
6/30/20 10:14 a.m.

Bruce Springsteen - Racing in the Street

https://youtu.be/ZOWIAXsfZus

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/30/20 10:37 a.m.

In reply to pontiacstogo :

And can't you call Born to Run also a car song?

 

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/30/20 4:36 p.m.
David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/30/20 4:46 p.m.
David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/30/20 4:52 p.m.
David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/30/20 5:20 p.m.

Driving songs are car songs, right?

 

Scrapbrass
Scrapbrass New Reader
6/30/20 10:58 p.m.

George Jones. The one I loved back then

Mazdax605
Mazdax605 PowerDork
7/1/20 9:01 a.m.
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