# Greatest Car Song not On The Car Talk CDs **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [April 8, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greatest-car-song-not-on-the-car-talk-cds/47162 "2010-04-08T18:10:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Isaac\_Cashman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a9a28c/32.png) [@Isaac\_Cashman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Isaac_Cashman)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greatest-car-song-not-on-the-car-talk-cds/47162/1 "2010-04-08T18:10:43Z")
Let Me Start With “Beep! Beep!” The Playmates "(Hey, Hey, Hey, I’m) On The Road Again \* and (The Ballad o) “Thunder Road” Robert Mitchum ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greatest-car-song-not-on-the-car-talk-cds/47162/2 "2010-04-08T19:52:21Z")
I don’t remember who the artist was, but I used to hear a song with the following lyrics in the chorus: > damn this traffic jam > how I hate to be late > hurts my motor to go so slow > by time I get home my supper be cold > damn this traffic jam Does anyone know the name of the song or the artist? ---
**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greatest-car-song-not-on-the-car-talk-cds/47162/3 "2010-04-08T20:00:22Z")
It’s a James Taylor song: Traffic Jam ---
**Author:** ![Seraph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Seraph](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Seraph)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greatest-car-song-not-on-the-car-talk-cds/47162/4 "2010-04-08T20:02:13Z")
“Traffic Jam” by James Taylor? > **[JT (album)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JT_(album))** > > JT is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor, and his first album for Columbia Records. Released in June 1977, two hit singles were spawned from the album: "Handy Man", a Jimmy Jones cover, which peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and also topped the Adult Contemporary chart. "Your Smiling Face", the other big hit, peaked at #20. The record also contains other Taylor classics such as "Secret O' Life" and "Terra Nova", with the participation of Taylor's then-wi... ---
**Author:** ![DfromSD](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/dfromsd/32/1669_2.png) [@DfromSD](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DfromSD)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greatest-car-song-not-on-the-car-talk-cds/47162/5 "2010-04-08T20:14:51Z")
“One Piece at a Time by Johnny Cash”. (Don’t know if it’s on the CD’s or not) more recently “Radar Love” by Golden Earring ---
**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greatest-car-song-not-on-the-car-talk-cds/47162/6 "2010-04-08T20:25:19Z")
Yes. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V020XgCqHFo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V020XgCqHFo) ---
**Author:** ![meaneyedcatz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/meaneyedcatz/32/692_2.png) [@meaneyedcatz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/meaneyedcatz)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 4:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greatest-car-song-not-on-the-car-talk-cds/47162/7 "2010-04-09T04:20:40Z")
One piece at a time , johnny cash Dear dad , chuck berry / great song, it is a kid who berates his current car telling his dad it is a pile of junk and he wants a Cadillac. the last line goes “dearly your beloved son Henry Jr. Ford”. Jaguar and Thunderbird , chuck berry No money down , chuck berry Come on , chuck berry Six days on the road , dave dudley I’m a truck , dave dudley Eight more miles to louisville , grandpa jones - also grandpa jones and willie nelson certain songs by C.W. McCall like Convoy. He does others but you have to able to man up and stomach his music. hot rod lincoln , commander cody the motorcycle song/i dont want a pickle , arlo guthrie my chevette , audio adrenaline mercury blues , canned heat the girl on the billboard , del reeves east bound and down , jerry reed chicken truck , john anderson broke down south of dallas , jr brown highway patrol , jr brown i like traffic lights , monty python rt 66 , nat king cole dirty world , traveling wilburys a bunch of truck driving songs which elude me now. Thats all I can think of now and some of these are not entirely car songs but cars are part of the song. ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greatest-car-song-not-on-the-car-talk-cds/47162/8 "2010-04-09T15:43:39Z")
> the motorcycle song/i dont want a pickle , arlo guthrie Even Arlo Guthrie hates that song. ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greatest-car-song-not-on-the-car-talk-cds/47162/9 "2010-04-09T15:47:56Z")
That’s it! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greatest-car-song-not-on-the-car-talk-cds/47162/10 "2010-04-09T17:05:37Z")
Without knowing if it’s on the CD or not, what about “Hot Rod Lincoln”, done by a number of people over the years. I tend to agree with Arlo Guthrie if he hates the motorcycle song. That thing is horrid. ---
**Author:** ![rwee2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@rwee2000](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rwee2000)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greatest-car-song-not-on-the-car-talk-cds/47162/11 "2010-04-09T18:31:23Z")
Pinkard & Bowden - Blue Hairs Driving in My Lane ---
**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greatest-car-song-not-on-the-car-talk-cds/47162/12 "2010-04-10T00:51:38Z")
“Rusty Chevrolet” da yoopers Its on utube ---
**Author:** ![waterboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/waterboy/32/764_2.png) [@waterboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/waterboy)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greatest-car-song-not-on-the-car-talk-cds/47162/13 "2010-04-10T01:05:54Z")
Can’t find the mpeg, New Riders of the Purple Sage WELL THIS LIFE IS ONE BIG AUTOMOBILE FIFTEEN DAYS UNDER THE HOOD SOMETIMES IT?S HARD TO BELIEVE IT?S REAL FIFTEEN DAYS UNDER THE HOOD WELL I?M WAY DOWN HERE WITH MY FEET IN THE AIR I GOT GREASE AND OIL ALL IN MY HAIR IT?S GETTING SO BAD, I?M STARTING TO SWEAR FIFTEEN DAYS UNDER THE HOOD WELL I?M AWFUL HUNGRY I WISH I HAD SOME BEANS FIFTEEN DAYS UNDER THE HOOD I SPENT ALL BUT A DOLLAR ON VALVOLINE FIFTEEN DAYS UNDER THE HOOD I?M LUCKY I SAVED A BUCK TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT TOO BAD I?LL SPEND IT LATER ON WHEEL BEARING GREASE A COP JUST TOLD ME TO GET MY CAR OFF THE STREET, FIFTEEN DAYS UNDER THE HOOD WELL I WENT DOWNSTAIRS I PUT ON MY GOOD PANTS TO GO TO THE JUNKYARD FOR A VACUUM ADVANCE I WAS JUST CLIMBIN? INTO THIS SHIRT WHEN I REMEMBERED I COULDN?T GO BECAUSE MY CAR DON?T WORK LET ME TELL YOU FRIENDS WHAT?S WRONG WITH ME FIFTEEN DAYS UNDER THE HOOD I JUST DROPPED THE CRANK SHAFT ON MY KNEE FIFTEEN DAYS UNDER THE HOOD I GOT WATER IN MY OIL AND THE LONDON FLU BURNT VALVES, VAPOR LOCK, WORN BRAKE SHOES I GOT THOSE DEAD-BATTERY-BROKEN-FAN-BELT BLUES FIFTEEN DAYS UNDER THE HOOD WELL I?M TRYING TO GET THIS ACCELERATOR CABLE FREE FIFTEEN DAYS UNDER THE HOOD ANDY GRANATELLI?S ON THE RADIO FOR S.T.P. FIFTEEN DAYS UNDER THE HOOD I?M LOOKING FOR THE FLASHLIGHT FOR THE TIMING CHAIN I JUST SKINNED MY KNUCKLES AND I?M IN GREAT PAIN IT?S AWFUL COLD AND IT?S STARTING TO RAIN FIFTEEN DAYS UNDER THE HOOD ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greatest-car-song-not-on-the-car-talk-cds/47162/14 "2010-04-10T01:06:56Z")
And this one. [http://cms.clevver.com/music/video/138979/little-feat-let-it-roll.html](http://cms.clevver.com/music/video/138979/little-feat-let-it-roll.html) Tester ---
**Author:** ![waterboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/waterboy/32/764_2.png) [@waterboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/waterboy)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greatest-car-song-not-on-the-car-talk-cds/47162/15 "2010-04-10T01:33:10Z")
That Rocks, yes littlefeat is cool, I did not expect that, but enjoyed, thanks ---
**Author:** ![meaneyedcatz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/meaneyedcatz/32/692_2.png) [@meaneyedcatz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/meaneyedcatz)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greatest-car-song-not-on-the-car-talk-cds/47162/16 "2010-04-10T01:49:53Z")
Even Arlo Guthrie hates that song…On the live version he even states that he cannot believe he makes money from such a dumb song. ---
**Author:** ![hd72mm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9fc29f/32.png) [@hd72mm](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hd72mm)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 9:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greatest-car-song-not-on-the-car-talk-cds/47162/17 "2010-04-10T09:36:57Z")
I am in love with my car by Queen, vocals by Rodger Taylor ---
**Author:** ![azimuth361](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@azimuth361](https://community.cartalk.com/u/azimuth361)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 11:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greatest-car-song-not-on-the-car-talk-cds/47162/18 "2010-04-10T11:38:06Z")
Oh, so so many. ‘Ride’ by Joe Satriani ’Highway Star’ by Deep Purple ’I Speed at Night’ by Dio ’I Can’t Drive 55’, ‘Halfway to Memphis’ and ‘Ride Sally Ride’ by Sammy Hagar ’Bad Motor Scooter’ by Montrose ’She Loves My Automobile’ by ZZ Top ’Copperhead Road’ I think that’s by the Georgia Satellites, but I’m not sure. ‘Radar Love’ by Golden Earring ’Crosstown Traffic’ by Jimi Hendrix And who could exclude, ‘Born to be Wild’ by Steppenwolf? ---
**Author:** ![rocketman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@rocketman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rocketman)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greatest-car-song-not-on-the-car-talk-cds/47162/19 "2010-04-10T14:33:23Z")
“Long May You Run”- Neil Young ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greatest-car-song-not-on-the-car-talk-cds/47162/20 "2010-04-10T15:47:31Z")
You might consider checking out YouTube for an OK guy called Watermelon Slim (Bill Homans). Vietnam vet, jack of all trades (including watermelon picker), now retired long haul trucker, and the guy is an outstanding musician and singer. He’s primarly a blues singer but recently relased a country CD dedicated to Dave Dudley and due to his former occupation has a number of truck driving songs on all of his CDs. (I’ve got all of them and it’s great stuff.) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greatest-car-song-not-on-the-car-talk-cds/47162.md?page=2)