Art & Inspiration Songs that mention a car or engine by name

And the album cover was a Chrysler motor !

 

Stray Cats
1. Hot Rod Gang - 49 Merc
2. Rev it up & go - 39 Ford

 

Ordinary Average Guy [Joe Walsh]

My friend's got a Chrysler
I've got a Dodge

 

"Sittin in my 40 just havin a cup
When the big Impala comes drivin up"
Don't know the name of that song [Came to me on a copied CD] but it goes on to describe the 40 with 3 carbs and he wins the drag race with the "big Impala".

 

"Gee Baby, ain't I Good to You" - Billie Holliday


"Little Red Barchetta" - RUSH

 

Adrian Belew mentioned the '52 Studebaker Starlight Coupe from Kerouac, he also mentioned an old blue Oldsmobile in a song about the passing of the train age. Can't forget this - the Dead Milkmen did a great song called Bitchin Camaro, and one called No One Can Go Camping in a Nitro Burning Funny Car.

 

Geronimo's Cadillac, Mary McCaslin and Jim Ringer. Saw them at McCabes, 1/2 century ago when I was young:


Volkswagen Thing (9 seconds flat when you've got the Power), Asylum Street Spankers:

 

that boy could play .R I P

 

Mary Lou by Ronnie Hawkins
“ I’ve got a 55 Ford and a 2 dollar bill”............

 

One of my favorite's, Slave to the square wave, Texan,Thugs & Rock'N'Roll. "Chrome Hemi"

 

It's "little Forty Ford" by Leon Smith

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My Bloody Yugo - The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group

"...you know James Dean he had a Porsche
and a Mini had T-Rex
..but who will drive my Yugo when I die?"

 

Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt

"Santa baby, a '54 convertible too convertible too, light blue
I'll wait up for you, dear..."

 

Cowgenhauser - Hot Rod Hucksters
Drag Song - Hot Rod Hucksters

Lots of car references... because we were a bunch of hot rodders in a band...

 

Jeepster - T.Rex

 

Chevrolet Van - The Nude Party

 

The Hentchmen

Four-Eyed Buick
LeSabre Radar
Red Hot Car
My Catalina
Chicks & Cars
Hot Rod Millie

and on an on...

 

Love Shack by the B-52’s

“Got me a Chrysler it’s as big as a whale”


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Nanci Griffith - Ford Econoline

 

Originally by Eddie Cochran and later kicked up a notch by these guys.


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Not real old, but...



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Here's an oldie.
Doesn't mention the engine, but I'll post it anyway. Kinda fun.



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F'ed-up Ford



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Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Sedan Delivery

 

A bit of a stretch...

The Vespa Song - Maurice Chevalier

 

2 for 1..
Cadillac in a Model A - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

 

No specific cars mentioned... but Ralph Nader is... and Pete Shelley really hates fast cars...

Buzzcocks

 

Lots of references in...
Tillman Franks - Hot Rod Shotgun Boogie