Silver Thunderbird is only one in a long tradition of songs about cars, or feature them prominently.  Here's a couple of my favorites:

HOT ROD LINCOLN

(version, 1972) Click the Lincoln for a SMOKIN' live version from Bill Kirchen (who inserts some surprise musical "guests"):

Or you may prefer Charlie Ryan's original (1955):

 - ALSO -

MERCURY BLUES

K. C. Douglas (1949) - Sample only:

Alan Jackson (1993):

NEXT!  

Elvis!  Cadillacs!  Jail!  This song has it all:

John Hiatt – Tennessee Plates

 

Saw John live at The Music Hall in Portsmouth, NH last week and this was one of the tunes he performed - it was a foot stomper all right.  He was on stage with Lyle Lovett as part of a series called Intimately Yours.

 Marc was part of that series last March - just he and Shane on stage - what a wonderful night that was! 

At the risk of making some (who shall remain nameless, unless they choose to publicly gag) gag - I'll put my two cents in for, wait for it, wait for it.....

Route 66 - As performed by Depeche Mode  (does this count as a car song?)

:)

Isn't that about make-up??

Thunder Road. Obviously.

Driving home for Christmas. Just to be a bit naughty!

The whole album, The 253, by Chris TT. The 253 is a london bus. Does that count? Seriously... cracking record. For instance "Tony Robinson, and his time team, found the Holy Grail in Somerset. Won an Emmy, Won the Nobel Prize, Channel 4 staff got a pay rise..."

JCB. I'm pushing it aren't I...

The James Taylor song, oft quoted by Mr C, the name of which I don't know, the whole tune I've never heard, but includes the lines "When I die I don't want no coffin, I've thought about it all too often, just strap me in, behind the wheel, and bury me in my automobile..." I often sing this along to the chorus of Silver Thunderbird. Try it. Great counterpoint.

xx
 

In fact, that's caused me to go seek out some more...

http://www.myspace.com/christtuk

"Poverty's bad, war is bad, racism's bad, well done have a biscuit..." from Preaching to the Converted. Genius.

Need to buy these albums.
 

"Damn, this traffic jam, how I hate to be late, hurts my motor to go so slow...."

JT - Traffic Jam - Nice one Ben.

Oh, and Sandy - Depeche Mode? DEPECHE MODE!?

benC:

The James Taylor song, oft quoted by Mr C, the name of which I don't know, the whole tune I've never heard, but includes the lines "When I die I don't want no coffin, I've thought about it all too often, just strap me in, behind the wheel, and bury me in my automobile..." I often sing this along to the chorus of Silver Thunderbird. Try it. Great counterpoint.

This is it, but I couldn't find a Youtube for it, unfortunately:

Artist: James Taylor
Title: Traffic Jam (Now THERE's a song I can relate to . . . )
Album: (Live)
Year: 1993

Damn this traffic jam, how I hate to be late, it hurts my motor to go so slow.
Damn this traffic jam, time I get home my supper'll be cold, damn this traffic jam.

Well I left my job about 5 o'clock, it took fifteen minutes go three blocks,
Just in time to stand in line with a freeway looking like a parking lot.
Damn this traffic jam, how I hate to be late, it hurts my motor to go so slow.
Damn this traffic jam, time I get home my supper'll be cold, damn this traffic jam.

Now I almost had a heart attack, looking in my rear view mirror,
I saw myself the next car back, looking in the rear view mirror,
about to have a heart attack, I said,
damn this traffic jam, how I hate to be late, it hurts my motor to go so slow.
Damn this traffic jam, time I get home my supper'll be cold, damn this traffic jam.

Now when I die I don't want no coffin, I thought about it all too often.
Just strap me in behind the wheel and bury me with my automobile.
Damn this traffic jam, how I hate to be late, it hurts my motor to go so slow.
Damn this traffic jam, time I get home my supper'll be cold, damn this traffic jam. Damn.

Now I used to think that I was cool running around on fossil fuel,
Until I saw what I was doing was driving down the road to ruin.

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shawncullen:

Oh, and Sandy - Depeche Mode? DEPECHE MODE!?

Hey, you-s, don't you be bashin' no Depeche Mode!  Them's fightin' words!  People are people, don'tcha know! 

I would warn people who want to hear a version of Traffic Jam to get the live version. Much much better than the recorded one. The same as JT's Sun on the Moon - a great live song which fails to work on record. In fact, do yourself a favour and buy JT's live album - has all the classics!

Depeche Mode?

Outside.

Now!

Sport Utilities Suck! by David Lindley...nice and loud, with the windows rolled down.

My ex, an audiophile, used that as a test song when he went speaker-shopping in audio stores and sure turned some heads.

Sandra:

Sport Utilities Suck! by David Lindley...nice and loud, with the windows rolled down.

A worthy subject for a song! 

Double-header today:

Trees - Red Car.  Not actually about cars but a commentary on the dawn of the nuclear age.

On this one there is an extremely noteworthy mention of a pickup truck in the last verse, which some of you out there may remember fondly:

David Allen Coe - You Never Even Called Me By My Name

From the experts in car songs . . .

The Beach Boys - FUN FUN FUN!