95. Cadillac (Bruce Springsteen, "Pink Cadillac"; Aretha Franklin, "Freeway Of Love")
― henry s, Thursday, 6 September 2007 20:10 (sixteen years ago) link
this thread will end when the rappers show up...
94. The Clash - "Brand New Cadillac"
― pft, Thursday, 6 September 2007 20:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Then...no rappers
how about if brands can only be listed once, going forward?...
― henry s, Thursday, 6 September 2007 20:12 (sixteen years ago) link
http://governmentnames.blogspot.com/2004/08/1995-acura-legend-notorious-b.html
― and what, Thursday, 6 September 2007 20:13 (sixteen years ago) link
93. Jaguar-the Who
― Bill Magill, Thursday, 6 September 2007 20:13 (sixteen years ago) link
92. Waiting on the Bus-ZZ Top ("Waiting on the Bus till I Cadillac")
― Bill Magill, Thursday, 6 September 2007 20:14 (sixteen years ago) link
91. "Life's Been Good" - Joe Walsh 90. "Jaguar and Tunderbird"- Chuck Berry
― outdoor_miner, Thursday, 6 September 2007 20:18 (sixteen years ago) link
89a. Honda - Tyvek 89b. Little Honda - Beach Boys
― Bob Standard, Thursday, 6 September 2007 20:37 (sixteen years ago) link
88. Leonard Cohen - "Democracy" ("It's coming from the silence on the dock of the back/The brave, the bold, the battered heart of Chevrolet")
― Eazy, Thursday, 6 September 2007 20:41 (sixteen years ago) link
dock of the bay
87. The Big Three Killed My Baby - White Stripes (car = Tucker)
― Bob Standard, Thursday, 6 September 2007 20:42 (sixteen years ago) link
86 - Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett 85 - White Cortina - Nun Attax
― sonofstan, Thursday, 6 September 2007 20:44 (sixteen years ago) link
pretty much all the good springsteen songs
― fritz, Thursday, 6 September 2007 20:45 (sixteen years ago) link
84. High Fashion - The Family ("I'm ridin' in back of a Rolls Royce limo custom-painted plaid!")
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 6 September 2007 20:45 (sixteen years ago) link
86. My Struggle - Black Lips ("got a Nissan Truck, it'll take me away")
― Bob Standard, Thursday, 6 September 2007 20:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Make that 83.
weird that it hasn't been mentioned yet:
82. Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz
― alex in mainhattan, Thursday, 6 September 2007 20:46 (sixteen years ago) link
"Corvette" is not a brand, FYI.
― musically, Thursday, 6 September 2007 20:47 (sixteen years ago) link
81. King Crimson - Neal & Jack & Me (mentions a Studebaker coupé, probably no brand neither but why be so strict)
― alex in mainhattan, Thursday, 6 September 2007 20:49 (sixteen years ago) link
80. Stray Cats - Look At That Cadillac
― Curt1s Stephens, Thursday, 6 September 2007 20:49 (sixteen years ago) link
(I was gonna say "Fun Fun Fun" and "Little Deuce Coupe" but those aren't brands are they?)
79. Bob Dylan--Romance In Durango (hehehe)
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 6 September 2007 20:50 (sixteen years ago) link
"pretty much all the good springsteen songs"
So he never mentions cars?
― Bill Magill, Thursday, 6 September 2007 20:55 (sixteen years ago) link
78. Maybelline - Chuck Berry (Cadillac & Ford)
― Bob Standard, Thursday, 6 September 2007 20:56 (sixteen years ago) link
77. Cool - The Time (I bought a '87 Cadillac Seville/Girl, I got a Mazeratti too)
Interesting side note: the song came out in '81. Where'd he get that '87 Caddie?
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 6 September 2007 20:57 (sixteen years ago) link
76. You're Gonna Get Yours - Public Enemy (Oldsmobile)
― sexyDancer, Thursday, 6 September 2007 21:00 (sixteen years ago) link
75. Welcome to the Machine - Pink Floyd (Jaguar)
― sexyDancer, Thursday, 6 September 2007 21:02 (sixteen years ago) link
First Springsteen mention that comes to mind is the "all-set Cobra Jet" in Open All Night. But that's just an engine. Probably in a late 60s Mustang(?), but he never actually says so. Born to Run is even less specific. You do get "skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets" in Thunder Road and "the bumper of a state trooper's Ford" in Darlington County. Buicks in My Hometown and Highway Patrolman, a Dodge in Jungleland, a Chevy in Racing In the Street.
― Bob Standard, Thursday, 6 September 2007 21:10 (sixteen years ago) link
74. Dodge Veg-O-Matic - Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
― sexyDancer, Thursday, 6 September 2007 21:12 (sixteen years ago) link
73. Night Drive - Model 500 (Porsche)
― sexyDancer, Thursday, 6 September 2007 21:13 (sixteen years ago) link
72. Simon Says - Pharoahe Monch (Lexus, "Range")
― Bob Standard, Thursday, 6 September 2007 21:16 (sixteen years ago) link
71. Fountains Of Wayne-- '92 Subaru 70. Blondie--Rapture "Cadillacs, Lincolns too.."
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 6 September 2007 21:19 (sixteen years ago) link
69. Peach N' Cream - 112 (Bentley)
― Bob Standard, Thursday, 6 September 2007 21:27 (sixteen years ago) link
68. "Dear Dad," Chuck Berry 67. "Be Thankful for What You Got," William DeVaughn 66. "The Lady is a Tramp," Frank Sinatra
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Thursday, 6 September 2007 21:55 (sixteen years ago) link
65. "Mercury Blues" Alan Jackson
― asthmatic american, Thursday, 6 September 2007 22:34 (sixteen years ago) link
64. "Guitars, Cadillacs" Dwight Yoakam
― asthmatic american, Thursday, 6 September 2007 22:37 (sixteen years ago) link
63 - Grey Cortina - Tom Robison Band (European cars are a lot harder to spot in song than US ones - and as for Japanese ones....)
― sonofstan, Thursday, 6 September 2007 22:52 (sixteen years ago) link
62. Grateful Dead "Sugar Magnolias" (Willys)
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 6 September 2007 23:16 (sixteen years ago) link
61 -Reconnez Cherie - Wreckless Eric (..all those nights in my Zodiac)
― sonofstan, Thursday, 6 September 2007 23:20 (sixteen years ago) link
60. A Number of Names - "Sharivari" ("cruising with his hot playmate in his porsche 928")
― glynsync, Thursday, 6 September 2007 23:26 (sixteen years ago) link
60. the who, "call me lightning" ("my xke is shining so brightly...") (xke is a kind of jaguar)
59. missy elliott - whatever the fuck song it is on under construction where she mentions her (lamborghini) murcielago
― Lawrence the Looter, Thursday, 6 September 2007 23:29 (sixteen years ago) link
58. Commander Cody - "Hot Rod Lincoln" 57. Don McLean - "American Pie" (Chevy)
― eligeorgia, Friday, 7 September 2007 03:48 (sixteen years ago) link
58. Johnny Cash - "One piece at a time" (Caddy) 59. Bob Seger - "Night Moves" (Chevy)
― that's not my post, Friday, 7 September 2007 03:54 (sixteen years ago) link
53. or so: "Sweet jane"- Velvet Underground ("Ridin' around in a Stutz Bearcat, Jim, those were different times...")
― outdoor_miner, Friday, 7 September 2007 05:59 (sixteen years ago) link
52. Oasis - "Supersonic" (Can I ride with you in your BMW)
― pft, Friday, 7 September 2007 06:51 (sixteen years ago) link
51. Kool and the Gang - "Misled" (She's as heavy/as a Chevy)
― Eazy, Friday, 7 September 2007 07:21 (sixteen years ago) link
50. http://www.bizarrerecords.com/galleries/country/WurzelsCombine.jpg
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 7 September 2007 08:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Richard Thompson, "MGB GT"
― Nubbelverbrennung, Friday, 7 September 2007 09:17 (sixteen years ago) link
48. Cactus-"Brother Bill" ("they found him in the backseat of an old abandoned Ford")
― Bill Magill, Friday, 7 September 2007 13:45 (sixteen years ago) link
47. Hot Chip - Playboy ("Drivin' in my Peugeot...")
― nate woolls, Friday, 7 September 2007 13:49 (sixteen years ago) link
46. Heatmiser - "Buick" 45. The Motels - "Into The Heartland" ("going to drive that Pontiac straight into the heartland")
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 7 September 2007 14:12 (sixteen years ago) link
44. Serge Gainsbourg - "Ford Mustang"
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 7 September 2007 14:14 (sixteen years ago) link
43. A.R.E. Weapons - Black Mercedes
― sexyDancer, Friday, 7 September 2007 14:19 (sixteen years ago) link
a panda car is not a brand of car, ffs. It is a black and white police vehicle.
― Oilyrags, Friday, 7 September 2007 14:22 (sixteen years ago) link
42. Calexico - "Ford Fairlane" 41. Bob Dylan - "From A Buick 6" 40. The Romancers - "She Took My Oldsmobile" 39. Bob Seger - "Makin' Thunderbirds" 38. Combustible Edison - "Cadillac" 37. Spirit - "Cadillac Cowboys" 36. Generation X - "Night Of The Cadillacs" 35. Tom Waits - "Eggs And Sausage (In A Cadillac With Susan Michelson)" 34. Pere Ubu - "Stolen Cadillac" 33. Tom Waits - "The Pontiac"
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 7 September 2007 14:22 (sixteen years ago) link
32. Boards Of Canada - "'84 Pontiac Dream" 31. Human League - "Toyota City"
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 7 September 2007 14:26 (sixteen years ago) link
30. ZZ Top-"Chevrolet"
― Bill Magill, Friday, 7 September 2007 14:31 (sixteen years ago) link
29. Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - "'91 Dodge Van" 28. Timbuk 3 - "'49 Plymouth" 27. Ramones - "Go Lil' Camaro Go" 26. Gene Vincent - "Pink Thunderbird"
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 7 September 2007 14:31 (sixteen years ago) link
25. Skee Lo, I Wish ("a '64 Impala") 24. Pavement, Passat Dream 23. Carter USM, Prince in a Pauper's Grave ("in Ford Capri orange, and Volkswagon yellow and gold") 22. Elton John, Made in England ("like a bluuuuuuee Cortina") 21. Lionel Ritchie, All Night Long ("party, macrame, Fiesta, forever")
ok scratch that last one :)
― ledge, Friday, 7 September 2007 14:34 (sixteen years ago) link
82. Janis; also, "...my friend's all drive Porsche's..."
20. The Kinks - C-A-D-I-L-L-A-C 19. Don Hendley - Boys of Summer (Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac) 18. Alice Cooper - I Like Girls (..driving in my Porsche and i'm headed to Grand Rapids) 17. Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant (VW) 16. Joe Walsh - "My Maseratti does 185..." 15. Jan & Dean - Little Old Lady from Pasadena (...brand new, shiny red Super Stock Dodge...) 14. Jan & Dean - Dead Man's Curve (...then I saw the Jag slide into the curve...) 13. Roger Waters - 4:33am (...She'd just seen my Green Lamborghini...) 12. T.Rex - Children of the Revolution (...I drive a Rolls Royce 'cos it's good for my voice...)
― christoff, Friday, 7 September 2007 14:50 (sixteen years ago) link
11. beck, "debra" 10. gucci crew II, "who's cadillac is that"
― andrew m., Friday, 7 September 2007 15:11 (sixteen years ago) link
9. cadillac don & j money, "peant butter jelly" (a 2-fer if you count cadillac don)
― andrew m., Friday, 7 September 2007 15:16 (sixteen years ago) link
8. B-52's - Love Shack (got me a Chrysler, it's as big as a whale) 7. Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland (barefoot girl sitting on the hood of a Dodge) 6. Thee Milkshakes - Jaguar
― zaxxon25, Friday, 7 September 2007 15:46 (sixteen years ago) link
5. "no money down" - chuck berry
As I was motorvatin' Back in town I saw a Cadillac sign Sayin' "No Money Down" So I eased on my brakes And I pulled in the drive Gunned my motor twice Then I walked inside Dealer came to me Said "Trade in you Ford And I'll put you in a car That'll eat up the road Just tell me what you want And then sign on that line And I'll have it brought down to you In a hour's time"
I'm gonna get me a car And I'll be headed on down the road Then I won't have to worry About that broken - down, ragged Ford
"Well Mister I want a yellow convertible Four - door de Ville With a Continental spare And a wide chrome wheel I want power steering And power brakes I want a powerful motor With a jet off - take I want air condition I want automatic heat And I want a full Murphy bed In my back seat I want short - wave radio I want TV and a phone You know I gotta talk to my baby When I'm ridin' alone"
Yes I'm gonna get that car And I'm gonna head on down the road Yeah, then I won't have to worry About that broken - down, ragged Ford
"I want four carburetors And two straight exhausts I'm burnin' aviation fuel No matter what that cost I want railroad air horns And a military spot And I want a five - year guarantee On everything I got I want ten - dollar deductible I want twenty dollar notes I want thirty thousand liability" That's all she wrote
I got me a car And I'm headed on down the road No money down I don't have to worry About that broken - down, ragged Ford
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 7 September 2007 16:36 (sixteen years ago) link
It looks like Caddys are the most rock and roll car. You wouldn't know that from the Granny driving the Seville going 5 mph I was stuck behind this morning.
― Bill Magill, Friday, 7 September 2007 17:56 (sixteen years ago) link
4. Steely Dan "Daddy Don't Live In That New York City No More" (Cadillac El Dorado)
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 7 September 2007 18:06 (sixteen years ago) link
3. Steely Dan "I Got the News" (Studebaker Lark)
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 7 September 2007 18:17 (sixteen years ago) link
I hate to name it as it's the worst song of all time, but:
2. American Life - Madonna "I drive my mini cooper, And I'm feeling super-dooper"
*cuts off typing fingers*
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 7 September 2007 18:44 (sixteen years ago) link
I was disappointed to find out that "Barchetta" was a classification, rather than a model or a make.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 7 September 2007 19:21 (sixteen years ago) link
That just leaves number one....
1. Ice Cube - Jackin' For Beats (Jack a fool for his beat and then I’m Audi)
― christoff, Friday, 7 September 2007 19:45 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.mitscher.de/records/2205/217.jpg
― Eazy, Friday, 7 September 2007 21:09 (sixteen years ago) link
1a. neil young, "who's driving my car now"
jeep, datsun
― andrew m., Friday, 7 September 2007 21:31 (sixteen years ago) link