Nobody Gonna Take My Car: Songs About Vehicles

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Rusty Angels?

Zeitgeist?

[Zzzptm]

Rusty Angels?

Zeitgeist?

 

Tomorrow, I plan to post two songs related to World War II aviators. There are 4 I can think of, off the top of my head, so it'll be interesting if they get pipped before I post. But 3 are in English and the fourth is in Russian, so I'll be bowled over if that Russian one gets tapped before I get to it.

[Vyn]

Bicycle Race - Queen

The flip-side of the single release of "Fat Bottomed Girls". Will somebody please let the man ride his damn bike!?

[Charger]

For my 3rd pick is gonna be about a truck driver who is called the WHITE LINE FRANKENSTEIN

Alice Cooper has a few songs about the open road and such but went with this one because it's the most recent one and we tend to so often go waaaay back in time with our picks that we need some modern touch as well...and also because...well...this is a KICK ASS song!

[Zzzptm]

Here are two of my faves about planes.

Blue Oyster Cult - ME 262

And if you want the rest of the comic referenced in the video, here is the link: http://www.blueoystercult.com/Media/ME262e.html

My next one is from Aria, nicknamed "The Russian Iron Maiden" and this track makes that nickname quite clear:

Ария - Ангелы Неба / Aria "Angel of Heaven"

I think the video is from a Japanese anime, but it's cut to match wonderfully with the track. You don't need to speak Russian to know this is about flying a Yakolev into combat, guns a-blazin'! 

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Pick 4 - Going with a plane related song also.

Saxon - 747 (Strangers in the Night)

I could have gone with Wheels of Steel, but I felt another road song was overkill! Besides I think I marginally prefer this one.

[Zzzptm]

^ That's a great one, and yes I think it's better than Wheels of Steel.

[Charger]

Interesting...I prefer Wheels Of Steel by a quite a large margin actually. 

[Vyn]

I'm more of a Wheels of Steel guy, myself.

Relatedly, today's pick is Arlo Guthrie's version of The City of New Orleans.

[Charger]

For my 4th pick I'm gonna take it to the skies with DEEP PURPLE!

This is about man tired of all the shit that goes on in the world and he wants his piece and quiet and step away from all of the bs of the world and the way he does that is step into his little airplane and takes it to the open sky!

Always loved this one, a bit of a mellow tune with a fantastic vocal melody!

[Zzzptm]

Two great songs, mellow and fine. Both are big favorites of mine.

And now I start the Monday morning with ENGLISH MAN O'WAR by Saxon!!!

The song has a great feel for a huge warship, turning slowly but relentlessly. And then, the broadside with "And the cannons roar". Genius track and, yes, Saxon does it again with their brand of historical documentary. 

But because of the mellow in the previous two songs, I have to reach for a smooth track of my own choosing: "Be Thankful for What You Got" by William Devaughn, often mistakenly attributed as "Diamond in the Back" by Curtis Mayfield.

Smooooooooooooth and mellow and yeah, I got that gangsta lean...

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

I'll listen to those songs later but for now...

My 5th pick takes us below the seas!

The Sex Pistols - Submission

Is this about a submarine mission or being submissive? The lyrics tend to suggest the former . I did consider "Frigging in the Rigging" for a nautical feel, but I much prefer Submission from the 1977 album Never Mind the Bollocks.

[Vyn]

These guys had some solid metal but aside from a few tracks I could never get into them. I don't own anything they put out. Their album covers always struck me as cartoonish, which isn't unique to them, or even a bad thing in general, but unlike some bands Manowar seemed to take themselves too seriously.

Maybe that's why. But, looking into them now, they don't seem that way.

Anway, Powa Metal in your face, compliments of Manowar, with their ode to street light racers everywhere. Wheels of Fire from 1988:

[Charger]

My #5 comes from JUDAS PRIEST

There are plenty to choose from...Desert Plains, Turbo Lover and so on but I went with the one about a train...a BULLET TRAIN!

This is among my all time favourite Priest tunes and the sheer ferocity of the track is unmatch in their entire catalogue. The riffing is top notch, Tim's vocals are top notch...the whole song is top notch!

[Zzzptm]

^ Takes a page from Highway Star with the opening vocal, there.

I'm doing the Black Sabbath today.

Trashed. It's about wrecking one's car with intent.

I prefer the re-done version where the sound isn't all muddy and crap. So this one's the Gillan version. 

Next Black Sabbath vehicle song... TIME MACHINE!!!

I prefer the album version to the movie version, but then I found this live version from 1992 and went with it: