100 songs that start with a car/train/plane/motorbike/etc. sound effect

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1. Autobahn

― underpants of the gods, Friday, 6 April 2007 10:55 (nineteen years ago)

2. Candle In The Wind 97

― Dom Passantino, Friday, 6 April 2007 11:06 (nineteen years ago)

3. Apeman

― zeus, Friday, 6 April 2007 11:34 (nineteen years ago)

4. Nadiya - Tout Ces Mots

― V, Friday, 6 April 2007 11:42 (nineteen years ago)

5. minutemen - "d's car jam/anxious mofo"

― spastic heritage, Friday, 6 April 2007 11:43 (nineteen years ago)

6. L.A. Woman

― underpants of the gods, Friday, 6 April 2007 11:48 (nineteen years ago)

7. Art of Noise - Close to the Edit
8. Madness - Driving in my Car

― ailsa, Friday, 6 April 2007 11:53 (nineteen years ago)

9. Beatles: Back In the USSR

― underpants of the gods, Friday, 6 April 2007 12:00 (nineteen years ago)

10. Depeche, "Stripped" (okay, piano and guitar at the *very* start for a sec, then a loop of a motorcycle plus the growl of a Porsche)

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 6 April 2007 12:27 (nineteen years ago)

Modest Mouse - "Pennyfed Car"

― Mark Rich@rdson, Friday, 6 April 2007 12:27 (nineteen years ago)

I forgot the most obvious one:

12. Bowie - Station To Station

― underpants of the gods, Friday, 6 April 2007 12:34 (nineteen years ago)

13. The Gap Band -- Burn Rubber

― negotiable, Friday, 6 April 2007 12:43 (nineteen years ago)

14. The Kinks - This Time Tomorrow

― negotiable, Friday, 6 April 2007 12:44 (nineteen years ago)

15. The Boxtops -- The Letter, i think

― negotiable, Friday, 6 April 2007 12:45 (nineteen years ago)

16. Saxon - "Motorcycle Man"

― NYCNative, Friday, 6 April 2007 12:46 (nineteen years ago)

17. Silver Apples - "You and I"
18. Stereolab - "Contact" (which I believe sampled the above's plane sound)

― city worker, Friday, 6 April 2007 13:30 (nineteen years ago)

19. montrose - bad motor scooter

(although I think this may have been a guitar imitating a scooter...it's been a while since I heard it)

― m the g, Friday, 6 April 2007 13:38 (nineteen years ago)

20. "The Lear Jet Song" - The Byrds
21. "Charlie Don't Surf" - The Clash
22. "Back in the USSR" - The Beatles

― christoff, Friday, 6 April 2007 15:07 (nineteen years ago)

23. Drivin Sister-Mott the Hoople

― Bill Magill, Friday, 6 April 2007 15:34 (nineteen years ago)

24. Rolling Stones -- Country Honk
25. New Lost City Ramblers -- Train 45
26. Roxy Music -- Love is the Drug

This must have been done before, right?

― negotiable, Friday, 6 April 2007 17:05 (nineteen years ago)

27. Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls

― NYCNative, Friday, 6 April 2007 17:11 (nineteen years ago)

28. Z Trip - 3rd Gear

― Jlahr, Friday, 6 April 2007 18:20 (nineteen years ago)

BILLY JOEL- "You May Be Right"

― MusicQuizKing, Friday, 6 April 2007 18:34 (nineteen years ago)

26. Manowar- "Wheels of Fire"

― MusicQuizKing, Friday, 6 April 2007 18:37 (nineteen years ago)

30. jamiroquai - travelling without moving

― rps, Friday, 6 April 2007 18:38 (nineteen years ago)

i hate myself

― rps, Friday, 6 April 2007 18:38 (nineteen years ago)

31. Davie Allan and the Arrows -- Blues' Theme

― Brad C., Friday, 6 April 2007 18:54 (nineteen years ago)

I was totally gonna start this thread today!!

32. Pebbles - "Mercedes Boy"

― Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 6 April 2007 19:09 (nineteen years ago)

33. DA FUNK

― negotiable, Friday, 6 April 2007 19:11 (nineteen years ago)

Burning Star Core - "Benjamin"

― Drooone, Friday, 6 April 2007 19:50 (nineteen years ago)

Gotta fix the numbering:

36. Love & Rockets: Kundalini Express

― MC, Friday, 6 April 2007 19:59 (nineteen years ago)

37. Busted - "Air Hostess"
38. Shigeru Umebayashi - 2046 Main Theme" (With Percussion, Train Remix)

― danzig, Friday, 6 April 2007 23:05 (nineteen years ago)

39. Tim "Love" Lee - Exit 747

― Jlahr, Saturday, 7 April 2007 00:24 (nineteen years ago)

40. Beach Boys - "Caroline No"

― Clay, Saturday, 7 April 2007 01:12 (nineteen years ago)

oh, START with. MODS PLEASE MAKE ME READ RIGHT.

― Clay, Saturday, 7 April 2007 01:12 (nineteen years ago)

41. Get Outta My Dreams (Get Into My Car) - Billy Ocean
42. Speed Demon - Michael Jackson

― Geir Hongro, Saturday, 7 April 2007 16:28 (nineteen years ago)

"Stripped" by Depeche Mode starts with the sound of a boat engine, does that count?

― Geir Hongro, Saturday, 7 April 2007 16:29 (nineteen years ago)

BILLY JOEL- "You May Be Right"

that one begins with the sound of breaking glass, which presumably references the album title and cover art, rather than anything about the motorcycle he rides through the rain in the song. therefore: disqualified.

― fact checking cuz, Saturday, 7 April 2007 18:04 (nineteen years ago)

43. Amon Tobin - "Esther's"

― MaGoGo, Saturday, 7 April 2007 18:45 (nineteen years ago)

44. Brigitte Bardot - "Harley Davidson"

― zeus, Saturday, 7 April 2007 20:03 (nineteen years ago)

46. Young and Sexy - The City You Live in is Ugly

― davie, Saturday, 7 April 2007 22:26 (nineteen years ago)

fuck i'm stupid.

― davie, Saturday, 7 April 2007 22:27 (nineteen years ago)

45. Public Enemy - "You're Gonna Get Yours"
44. Moby Grape - "Motorcycle Irene"

― Formerly Painful Dentistry, Saturday, 7 April 2007 23:17 (nineteen years ago)

shit. I mean, 47 and 48. I hate it when I forget how to count.

― Formerly Painful Dentistry, Saturday, 7 April 2007 23:18 (nineteen years ago)

49. Pink Floyd - In The Flesh

― wesley useche, Sunday, 8 April 2007 02:51 (nineteen years ago)

50. gallon drunk - rev up

― Zeno, Sunday, 8 April 2007 02:56 (nineteen years ago)

51. Detroit Cobras - YaYa (Lookin' for my Baby)

― I know, right?, Sunday, 8 April 2007 13:36 (nineteen years ago)

52. Queen- I'm in Love with My Car.

― kwhitehead, Sunday, 8 April 2007 19:36 (nineteen years ago)

four years pass...

53. The Volcanos - aviation high school
54. The Volcanos - finish line fever
55. The Volcanos - riverside run
56. The Apemen - tokonado
57. Phantom 409 - hot rod mama
58. Phantom Surfers - turn marshal (slot car sound)
59. The Eliminators - red hot scrambler: go!
60. Treble Spankers - red hot navigator
61. The Untamed Youth - mace has got a hot rod dart
62. The Surf Raiders - squad car
63. Jon & The Nightriders - XL-3
64. Jan & Dean / The Jalopy Five - drag city
65. Jan & Dean - i gotta drive
66. The Tigers - gee TO tiger
67. T-Bones - rail vette
68. T-Bones - torque rod
69. T-Bones - shut down
70. T-Bones - boss drag
71. T-Bones - white water whipe-out
72. T-Bones - high boy hauler
73. The Silencers - drag queen
74. The Shutdowns - beach buggy
75. The Rumblers - the hustler
76. Ruby Short & His Dragsters - drag strip dolls
77. Ruby Short & His Dragsters - dragster blues
78. Ruby Short & His Dragsters - bonneville beat
79. Ruby Short & His Dragsters - fluster buster
80. Ruby Short & His Dragsters - super torque
81. Ruby Short & His Dragsters - look out baby
82. Ruby Short & His Dragsters - crazy jag
83. The Ramblers - hangin one
84. The Quads - surfin' hearse
85. The Matadors - i gotta drive
86. Johnny Fortune - dragster
87. Jim Messina & His Jesters - noname dragster
88. Jim Messina & His Jesters - high voltage
89. The Hustlers - inertia
90. Gene Moles - twin pipes
91. Four Speeds - r.p.m.
92. The Fantastic 3 - dragster
93. The Eliminators - hill climb hilda
94. The Eliminators - the challenger
95. The De-Fenders - deuces wild
96. The De-Fenders - little deuce coupe
97. The De-Fenders - four banger
98. The Darts - hollywood drag
99. The Darts - alky burner
100. The Darts - detroit iron

― meisenfek, Friday, 22 July 2011 08:14 (fourteen years ago)

101. Pink Floyd - "Goodbye Blue Sky"

― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 22 July 2011 08:22 (fourteen years ago)

102. Oasis - D'You Know What I Mean

― B-Boy Bualadh Bos (ecuador_with_a_c), Friday, 22 July 2011 11:54 (fourteen years ago)

103. "Train from Kansas City," Shangri-Las (within the first two seconds, anyway)

― clemenza, Friday, 22 July 2011 12:05 (fourteen years ago)

104. I'm the Leader of the Gang (I am) Gary Glitter

― Mark G, Friday, 22 July 2011 12:14 (fourteen years ago)

105. Big pun 100%

― you've got male (jim in glasgow), Friday, 22 July 2011 12:29 (fourteen years ago)

106. Big Youth, "S.90 Skank"

― bentelec, Friday, 22 July 2011 21:49 (fourteen years ago)

107. Yello, "The Race"

― Gary Barlow syndrome (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 22 July 2011 21:53 (fourteen years ago)

eleven years pass...

it doesn’t *start* with it, but still:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvo2D-F_O08
Cleyton M • To a rolar no G

(also in Songs that reference/quote Michael Jackson)

― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 26 September 2022 20:18 (three years ago)

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