Planes, Trains and Automobiles

[The Crypt Keeper]

The Steam Engine is 10 minutes from arrival, so let's ponder on the side of the tracks and see how many songs we can name that have to do with some kind of transportation.

Train to Disaster ----- The Voice
The Great Train Robbery ------The Little Boy Blues
The Toonersville Trolley and Train For Tomorrow ------ Electric Prunes

[Ed Post-Mortem]

all deal at least loosely with trains...

Mystery Train - Elvis (Junior Parker)
Train From Kansas City - Shangri-Las
Big Black Train - Arlie Miller
Late For The Train - Buzzcocks
Blue Train - Johnny Cash
Orange Blossom Special - Johnny Cash (Ervin T. Rouse)
Number 9 Train - Dale Hawkins (can't think of who did the original/earlier version)
Lonesome Train - Johnny Burnette
Down Bound Train - Chuck Berry & Train To Satanville - Gin Gillet ... (both "Devil's Train" rearranged?)
Drug Train - The Cramps
Last Train To Liverpool - The Plommons (Last Train To Clarksville - The Monkeys)
The Memphis Train - Rufus Thomas
Roll Roll Train - Hasil Adkins
Train Round The Bend - Velvet Underground
When I Hear The Honkin' Diesel Train - Nervous Norvus
10:30 Train - Ugly Ducklings
My Baby's On The Train - Reverend Deadeye

+ about a million old blues tunes...

[Fritz]

Bassholes - She Came on the Bus

Jonathan Richmond - You're Crazy for Taking the Bus

The Who - Magic Bus

The Chargers - Taxi

Vince Taylor - Brand New Cadillac

Jackie Brenston - Rocket 88

Chuck Berry - Jaguar & Thunderbird

Tarheel Slim - No. 9 Train

Epsilons (feat. Ty Segall) - The Train

The Cynics - Blue Train Station

The Mojomatics - The Last Train

Johnny Burnette - Train Kept A-Rollin'

Paul Revere & the Raiders - Night Train (or is that one about the booze?)

[IDON MINE]

Ugh, that's fun!

I'm glad you come up with a lot of stuff for this, my brains slow today... Mike Kaiser played this a while ago on the Transportatin' episode of Radioblivion:

A-Bones: Rock the boat

 

[kopper]

Can't think of the titles now, but I've got a couple comps at home of '70s truck-drivin' anthems and songs about CB radios and whatnot. The Cowslingers also had an album like that.

[electrocute your cock]

Oblivians - Ride That Train

New York Dolls - Subway Train

Sammy Masters - Pink Cadillac

Hal Willis - My Pink Cadillac

Hoyt Stevens - 55 chevy

Baker Knight - Bring My Cadillac Back

 

there must be a thousand rockabilly songs about the cadillac alone!

 

[Dead Boy]

Mustang - Link Wray

Stingray - Link Wray

Double Decker Bus - Count Five, the Nomads

Night Of The Cadillacs - Generation X

Brand New Chevy - the Devil Dogs, the Muffs

SS 396 - the Untamed Youth

Son Of Mustang Ford - Swearvedriver

Last Train To Satansville - Swearvedriver

[kopper]

Is that Untamed Youth song actually the Paul Revere & the Raiders' original? Also, good call on "Double Decker Bus" and "Brand New Chevy"!

[Dead Boy]

Actually, I thought it may be a cover version, but I couldn't remember...  Yes, it's same tune, but I don't know if it's the original.

[Dead Boy]

Let's Build A Car - The Swell Maps

Car Crash - the Avengers

[IDON MINE]

Speaking of Untamed Youth... also in that Radioblivion episode:

Untamed youth - MACE HAS GOT A HOT ROD DART

 

A couple from the Demonics:

The Demonics - DUNE BUGGY GANG

The Demonics - 750-4

The Demonics - JESUS CHRYSLER SUPER STOCK

 

Cadillacs:

Figures of Light - BLACK CADILLAC

 

Has a plane car in it!

You can't catch me - CHUCK BERRY

[Alex]

Rudy Thacker & the Stringbusters - Black Train (on Lux & Ivy's Vol. 8).  One of my favorite rockabilly/country tunes ever.

[electrocute your cock]

Teengenerate - My GTO

The Mummies - Red Cobra #9