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Topic: Mixed Tape

I was at the local used book/music store looking for new cassettes for my 85 GMC and was excited to see Bat Out of Hell II from Meatloaf.  While I mostly wanted it for "I Would Do Anything for Love", I saw the following track #2 was titled "Life is a Lemon and I want my Money Back."  This was very ironic because "I Would Do Anything for Love" is the unofficial theme song of our team which is preparing a Chevy LUV for the upcoming Topeka race.

In my musical travels I have also come across:
Lemon to a Knife Fight - The Wombats
Ode to My Car - Adam Sandler
Bitchin' Camaro - The Dead Milkmen
Long May You Run - Stills and Young
Galaxy 500 and Five-0 Ford - Reverend Horton Heat

I am working on a lemony fresh playlist/mixed tape. What are your favorite songs that have a high percentage of lyrics with "lemon" or generally crap car focused? 

Trying to stay away from the cliche driving songs (life is highway, little red corvette, lowrider, etc...)

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Re: Mixed Tape

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8jIb_wqYIg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RvXOQHLJRs

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Re: Mixed Tape

The Distance by Cake

Demon Speeding by Rob Zombie

Also look at the Crapcan Play List thread
https://forums.24hoursoflemons.com/view … p?id=22593

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Psychostick Two Ton Paperweight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0ZMauqib7Q

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"Horizon" and "Car Full of Pain" by Arrogant Worms

"Classified" by C.W. McCall

"Sausalito Summernight" by Diesel

Fourteen time loser. You'd think I'd know better by now.

6 Reply by fleming95 (edited by fleming95 2019-06-27 05:15 PM)

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Not so crap car or Lemons focused but:

"Highway 1", Foxboro Hot Tubs

"I'm on a midnight death trip
I'm on a mission from god
A stolen car and a death wish
To hell on Highway 1..."

Came to mind running the 24 at Buttonwillow overnight, although 'four on the floor, 100 miles an hour' wasn't ever remotely reached....

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Re: Mixed Tape

Maverick74 wrote:

"Horizon" and "Car Full of Pain" by Arrogant Worms

"Classified" by C.W. McCall

"Sausalito Summernight" by Diesel


The thing about "Classified" that always bugged me: so he left whatever vehicle he was driving in Bob's yard and tore off down to the Conoco station in the '57 GMC?

"You better get On outta here..."

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Re: Mixed Tape

The Beach Boys have a few songs. Little Deuce Coupe and Fun, Fun, Fun are the first couple that come to mind.

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Re: Mixed Tape

Probably definitely not good for non-aggro driving but

Drowning Pool - Bodies

The angry Guy Fieri looking dude keeps going on about "somethings got to give"
Always makes me think about shitty car racing or the few hours after a green flag as the aggro drivers weed themselves out (hopefully without taking out too much of the rest of the field).

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Re: Mixed Tape

Firebelly wrote:

Also look at the Crapcan Play List thread
https://forums.24hoursoflemons.com/view … p?id=22593

Looked through both threads and did not see Riding' in my Car by NRBQ. Doubles as a break-up song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT1sFXDmT8o

Fast Car by Tracy Chapman seems to have been overlooked, too. However, this song will also lull you to sleep. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwrHwZyFN7M

Lastly, should anything by The Cars be considered for the mixed tape?

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Re: Mixed Tape

Wind in my hair –
Shifting and drifting –
Mechanical music
Adrenalin surge –

Well-weathered leather
Hot metal and oil
The scented country air
Sunlight on chrome
The blur of the landscape
Every nerve aware

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAvQSkK8Z8U

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Re: Mixed Tape

Howz about:

"Go Little Camaro Go", by the Ramones, covered by Tim Armstrong and Friends:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eirtkC-xy98

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Re: Mixed Tape

When I was racing, I made Phil a mixtape as a bribe. Keeping in mind it was for Phil (so there's some weird shit on there), here is the whole track list:


SIDE A
"My Hooptie" - Sir Mix-A-Lot
"Waitin' for a Train" - Beck
"D's Car Jam/Anxious MoFo" - Minutemen
"Sweet Willy Rollbar" - Melvins
"Rodeo in Joliet" - The Jesus Lizard
"Trust Your Mechanic" - Dead Kennedys
"Ulcer Breakout" - Butthole Surfers
"Race Car Ya-Yas" - Cake
"Third Gear Scratch" - Shiner
"The Good Humor Mustard Gas Truck" - Murilee Arraiac
"Everything Falls Apart" - Husker Du
"Corvette Bummer" - Beck
"It's Gonna Be a Long Night" - Ween
"4,738 Regrets" - Trans Am
"The Race is On Again" - Yo La Tengo
"BMW Man" - Local H

SIDE B
"Rubber Car" - Enon
"Bump" - Mucca Pazza
"Everything Crash" - The Ethiopians
"Spoke" - Shellac
"Motor City Melanoma" - Murilee Arraiac
"Knucklehead" - The Bar-Kays
"Behave Yourself" - Booker T. & the MGs
"Yakety Axe" - Chet Atkins
"Super-Charger Heaven" - White Zombie
"Go To Bruises" - U.S. Maple
"Motion Sickness" - Eleventh Dream Day
"One More Mile" - Muddy Waters
"Sometimes Our Dreams Float Like Anchors" - William Elliott Whitmore
"The Easy Winners" - Scott Joplin

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Re: Mixed Tape

Weird Al, "Stop Draggin my Car Around".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe7-9iaZss4

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Patty Shukla..... Vroom Goes the Red race car

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Rapid Roy (the stock car boy)

"She's a brick house" 57th out of 121 and 5th in Class C, There Goes the Neighborhood 2013
"PA Posse" 21st out of 96 and 2nd in Class C, Capitol Offense 2013.
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Re: Mixed Tape

Discovered another Cake song:  Satan is my Motor.

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Re: Mixed Tape

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-34Fdtg1dI

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Re: Mixed Tape

Sammy Hagar "I can't drive 55"

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Re: Mixed Tape

jethrojet wrote:

Sammy Hagar "I can't drive 55"

Especially not with how empty the roads are.

There is a tunnel somewhere in AZ that I may or may not have a tradition of driving 100 mph in.

May have done it at 9 am on a Monday. That's not usual.

The 460 in the F250 appreciates the 2.06 regular unleaded, too. 

All things considered, the benefits of this situation aren't worth the trade offs. Hope all are doing well!

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Re: Mixed Tape

I'll just leave this right here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGZTiCPVdVQ

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Re: Mixed Tape

Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen doing "Hot Rod Lincoln"

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Re: Mixed Tape

peridotracing wrote:

Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen doing "Hot Rod Lincoln"

I like the Pat Travers version

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Re: Mixed Tape

First record I ever bought.

Little GTO by Ronnie and the Daytonas - "turn it on, wind it up, blow it out" (or rather blow it up?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c-bGVt3Pp8


And...

Race used by our fastest driver (cranked on the external speakers) - probably worth 2 sec a lap.

Fuel by 'Tallica

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1cjHbXdU0s

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