Car tunes

Harold O. · Oct 29, 2011

As mentioned in another thread, the Canogahana Players will be meeting "on the other side of the wall" from a group of Hot Wheels collectors in two weeks. They will be able to hear us playing, so I figured we should honor them with some car tunes.

We already have Little Deuce Coup, Mustang Sally, Lookin' Back To See, and Long May You Run. What other car tune suggestions work well on the uke?

KamakOzzie · Oct 29, 2011

Little GTO
Dead Man's Curve
Little Old Lady From Pasadina

Brad Bordessa · Oct 29, 2011

Hawaiian Car
Holoholo Ka'a

coriandre · Oct 29, 2011

Mercury blues !

Lori · Oct 29, 2011

Fun Fun Fun (till her daddy took her T-bird away). Better distance that one from Little Deuce Coupe 'cause they are similar.
–Lori

Harold O. · Oct 29, 2011

I just found this version of GTO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STO7c6cRRkE

These folks should be on the lookout for the fun police.

ricdoug · Oct 29, 2011

Beach Boys - My 409
I can't drive 55
Stray Cats - Hotrod Gang
Golden Earring - Radar Love
Foghat - Slow Ride
Canned Heat - On the Road Again
Alice Cooper - Under My Wheels
Beatles - Baby You Can Drive My Car

gyosh · Oct 29, 2011

Sammy Hagar - Trans Am
Prince - Little Red Corvette
The Play Mates - Little Nash Rambler (Beep, Beep)
Foreigner - Rev On The Red Line
Springsteen - Pink Cadillac
Meatloaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Lights

Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee

mds725 · Oct 29, 2011

If you want a Hawaiian song, Model T is a really good one.

mds725 · Oct 29, 2011

Here's a link to a Web page where you can look for songs that have been played on NPR's Car Talk. If you look far back enough, you may be able to find more car songs than you'll need.

http://www.cartalk.com/ct/searchMusic.jsp

Ukulele JJ · Oct 29, 2011

These are more "road" songs than "car" songs, but maybe they'll work...

Life is a Highway
Drive South
Running on Empty
Take it Easy (perhaps changing the lyrics to be "don't let the sound of your Hot Wheels make you crazy")
Ramble On
Highway Patrol
On the Road Again (Willie Nelson or Canned Heat)
On the Road

That last one is, IMNSHO, among the best road songs ever written. Crank this up during the first mile of your next road trip and see if you don't agree:

JJ

mik55 · Oct 30, 2011

Oh Lord ...

mangorockfish · Oct 30, 2011

The quintisencial (SP) car song and it's easy too. Mabeline.

Harold O. · Oct 30, 2011

I looked around for a song about the Galaxie 500, since I have a nice '66 two door.

Reverend Horton Heat came up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb_juTPQJUc but that's not a very good song for the ukulele.

jackwhale · Oct 30, 2011

and there's always a bit of rockabilly--Hot Rod Lincoln by Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen.

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