Ford related songs

[Graeme / New Zealand]

Heard a song the other day called "Something Else". Had heard it before but never listened to the lyrics. Very clever song makes a reference to the guy trying to get the girl but couldn't because he didn't have a car. Saved his "dough " in the end, got a "41 Ford not a 59" ( because that's all he could afford) and finally got the girl. I had to google to find out who did this great piece of music then I read about the guy that sung and wrote it.... the late Eddie Cochran (who I had heard of but had not taken much notice of and I recognized some of his other songs too). Great song. it's a shame Cochran didn't live to reach his full potential. Now this is probably "old hat" to a lot of the older Barners, but although I was a child of the late fifties, I only became "musically aware" around the era of "acid rock" and flower power. Keith Richards, Sid Vicious ( S*x Pistols) and Motorhead among others have all covered Cochrans song so great songs endure across the generations.

What other songs from days gone by are there out there that make reference to cars especially old Fords? Can we list them and the artists?



GB

[Lanny]

Originally Posted by Graeme / New Zealand

Heard a song the other day called "Something Else". Had heard it before but never listened to the lyrics. Very clever song makes a reference to the guy trying to get the girl but couldn't because he didn't have a car. Saved his "dough " in the end, got a "41 Ford not a 59" ( because that's all he could afford) and finally got the girl. I had to google to find out who did this great piece of music then I read about the guy that sung and wrote it.... the late Eddie Cochran (who I had heard of but had not taken much notice of and I recognized some of his other songs too). Great song. it's a shame Cochran didn't live to reach his full potential. Now this is probably "old hat" to a lot of the older Barners, but although I was a child of the late fifties, I only became "musically aware" around the era of "acid rock" and flower power. Keith Richards, Sid Vicious ( S*x Pistols) and Motorhead among others have all covered Cochrans song so great songs endure across the generations.

What other songs from days gone by are there out there that make reference to cars especially old Fords? Can we list them and the artists?



GB

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Here's a hunert of 'em.......some are about Fords

1. Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody/Charlie Ryan/Johnny Bond/Bill Kirchen
2. Rocket 88 - Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats
3. Little Deuce Coupe - Beach Boys
4. G.T.O. - Ronny and the Daytonas
5. Hey Little Cobra - Rip Chords
6. 409 - Beach Boys
7. One Piece At A Time - Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Three
8. Low Rider - War
9. Beep Beep - Playmates YOUTUBE video listed below
10. Pink Cadillac - Bruce Springsteen
11. Maybellene - Chuck Berry
12. Little Red Corvette - Prince
13. Shut Down - Beach Boys
14. Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett/Sir Mack Rice
15. Fun Fun Fun - Beach Boys
16. The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena) - Jan & Dean
17. Dead Man's Curve - Jan & Dean
18. Racing In The Street - Bruce Springsteen
19. Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas/Alan Jackson/Steve Miller Band
20. 455 Rocket - Kathy Mattea
21. Hot Rod Race - Arkie Shibley/Ramblin' Jimmy Dolan
22. Greased Lightnin' - John Travolta "Grease" Soundtrack
23. Drag City - Jan & Dean
24. Ol '55 - Eagles
25. In My Merry Oldsmobile - Billy Murray
26. Lord Mr. Ford - Jerry Reed...... YOUTUBE VIDEO BELOW
27. See The U.S.A. In Your Chevrolet - Dinah Shore
28. Last Kiss - J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers
29. Drive My Car - Beatles
30. Look At That Cadillac - Stray Cats
31. My Hooptie - Sir Mix-a-Lot
32. Long May You Run - Neil Young
33. Cadillac Ranch - Bruce Springsteen
34. No Money Down - Chuck Berry
35. Cadillac Red - Judds
36. You Can't Catch Me - Chuck Berry
37. Be Thankful For What You Got - William DeVaughn
38. Jaguar And The Thunderbird - Chuck Berry
39. Mercedes Benz - Janis Joplin
40. Whose Cadillac Is That - War
41. No Particular Place To Go - Chuck Berry
42. Tell Laura I Love Her - Ray Peterson
43. I'm In Love With My Car - Queen
44. Ride On Josephine - George Thorogood/Bo Diddley
45. Red Barchetta - Rush
46. Roll On Down The Highway - B.T.O.
47. Ain't Nothing Wrong With The Radio - Aaron Tippen
48. Radar Love - Golden Earring
49. Old Betsy Goes Boing, Boing, Boing - Hummers
50. (Seven Little Girls) Sitting In The Back Seat - Paul Evans
51. Car Wash - Rose Royce
52. Fireball Rolled A Seven - Dave Dudley
53. The Ballad Of Thunder Road - Robert Mitchum
54. You're Not Safe In A Japanese Car - John Goldsmith
55. Long White Cadillac - Dwight Yoakam
56. Rollin' In My Rolls - Moon Martin
57. The One I Loved Back Then - George Jones
58. Highway Star - Deep Purple
59. Goin' Mobile - The Who
60. Terraplane Blues - Robert Johnson
61. '49 Mercury Blues - Brian Setzer Orchestra
62. Cars - Gary Numan
63. Race With The Devil - Gene Vincent
64. Hot Rod Man - Tex Rubinowitz
65. Still Cruisin' - Beach Boys
66. Let It Roll - Little Feat
67. Hot Rod Gang - Stray Cats
68. Rockin' Down The Highway - Doobie Brothers
69. Transfusion - Nervous Norvus
70. Fishtail Blues - Wynonie Harris
71. Crown Victoria Custom '51 - Jerry Lee Lewis
72. Voodoo Cadillac - Southern Culture on the Skids
73. V-8 Ford (Going To Your Funeral) - Buddy Moss
74. Pontiac Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
75. White Cadillac - The Band
76. Vehicle - Ides of March
77. Dear Dad - Chuck Berry
78. Built For Speed - Stray Cats
79. I Gotta New Car - Big Boy Groves
80. Buick 59 - Medallions
81. Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache - Bob Luman/Warren Smith
82. Jeepster - T-Rex
83. Rapid Roy - Jim Croce
84. Rev On The Red Line - Foreigner
85. Cadillac Jack - Andre Williams
86. Panama - Van Halen
87. Makin' Thunderbirds - Bob Seger
88. Deuce And A Quarter - All The Kings Men
89. Cars With The Boom - L'Trimm
90. "T" Model Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
91. My Old Car - Lee Dorsey
92. Black And White Thunderbird - Delicates
93. Don't Worry Baby - Beach Boys
94. Drive It Home - Little Caesar
95. Black Sunshine - White Zombie
96. SS 396 - Paul Revere and the Raiders
97. Car Crazy Cutie - Beach Boys
98. Motoring - Martha and the Vandellas
99. Little Rivi-Airhead - Junior Brown
100. Rusty


Alot of these are on YOUTUBE, if you do a serch.
Here's #26 about Mr. Ford click on it below.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaDQG8GOcbc



And Here's #9 BEEP BEEP click on it below


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enqNl7tdLR4







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[Elmo Rodge]

For the record (pun intended) #24 Old 55 was a Tom Waits song, covered by the Eagles. While we're up we don't want to forget Mose Allison's "V8 Ford Blues". Wayno

[Tudortomnz]

David Lindley's version of Mercury Blues is a killer ; see on youtube.

[Elmo Rodge]

#73 is probably the V8 Ford blues I was talking about. Wayno

[Graeme / New Zealand]

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Originally Posted by Elmo Rodge

For the record (pun intended) #24 Old 55 was a Tom Waits song, covered by the Eagles. While we're up we don't want to forget Mose Allison's "V8 Ford Blues". Wayno

Well I never knew that and I'm a great Eagles fan. Also their "Take it Easy". The line "there a girl my Lord in a flat bed ( I've always thought it should be 'flat head' ) Ford slowing down to take a look at me".

GB

[Alaska Jim]

Loretta Lynn's Lincoln---Josh Turner

[FordCustom]

Originally Posted by Elmo Rodge

For the record (pun intended) #24 Old 55 was a Tom Waits song, covered by the Eagles.

Heck yeah.. Somebody who knows what's up! Tom Waits is the man!

For the modern end of the spectrum... Watch out if language offends you don't click!! Nothing worse than most car guys engage in though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL0w-aOkF_k

Better language in this one, I 'm pretty sure..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDT2YnmrcSM

[Pete]

Li'l Ol' Model A. Buzz Martin.

[Bassman/NZ]

Hank Williams... You Got The Money Honey, I Got The Time. I got a hotrod Ford and a two dollar bill.....

[Ken/Alabama]

Originally Posted by Bassman/NZ

Hank Williams... You Got The Money Honey, I Got The Time. I got a hotrod Ford and a two dollar bill.....

That would be, If you Got The Money Ive Got The Time by Lefty Frizzell and Hey Good Lookin by Hank Williams. In 1934 when Hank was attending school in Greenville Alabama he sang a song on stage that had a line in it that said," I had an old goat ,she ate tin cans, when the little ones came along they were Ford Sedans".

[Walt Dupont--Me.]

Allan Jackson had one about a Merc, Caint remember the name. Walt

[Kube]

Originally Posted by Walt Dupont--Me.

Allan Jackson had one about a Merc, Caint remember the name. Walt

Great song... "Mercury Blues".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T3MgIRUwj0

[Fe26]

And Meatloaf could see Paradise in the dashboard lights...

[raceron1120]

Tom T. Hall - Coot Marseille Blues, ". . .and if they got Fords up in Heaven sir, I sure hope you're drivin' one . . ."

You Tube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmTVFsg9-40

[raceron1120]

Patsy Cline "I Love You Honey" (aka Little Red Coupe) - makes vague reference to an early TBird.

YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj8MQukK4Lo

[raceron1120]

Don Walser and his '51 "Hot Rod Mercury". This is a cool video!

YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNAP64BdvQA

[raceron1120]

Asleep at the Wheel, I really like the way they do "Hot Rod Lincoln"

YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUNX5vIdfFM

[hotrodsteve]

Good book on the topic- Rockin' down the Highway-The cars and people that made rock roll, author Paul Grushkin, available on Amazon

[raceron1120]

Hank Williams Sr: "Hey Good Lookin' "
YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUNX5vIdfFM