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Originally posted by jude111 jude111 wrote:

Originally posted by Braka Braka wrote:

And sticking with Hawkwind...

More broadly speaking, I think Hawkwind was influenced by the "motorik" beat originating with Neu! (see "Hallogallo") and used by other so-called Krautrock bands like Can and Kraftwerk (see "Autobahn"), and which was meant to emulate driving on a motorway.

There do seem to be more prog songs that are evocative of driving (often completely instrumental) than there are of prog songs about cars.


Here’s another good one, IMO (though it does start slow):


 





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Originally posted by Braka Braka wrote:

And sticking with Hawkwind...

More broadly speaking, I think Hawkwind was influenced by the "motorik" beat originating with Neu! (see "Hallogallo") and used by other so-called Krautrock bands like Can and Kraftwerk (see "Autobahn"), and which was meant to emulate driving on a motorway.
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I'm just seeing this thread now for some reason. A few examples that most on here probably know but what the heck:

Yes- White car
Rush - Red Barchetta
King Crimson - Neal and Jack and Me (mentions a 1952 Studebaker)
Gary Numan - In Cars (technically not really prog but close imo)
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 'A Motor-Bike in Afrika'

Not exactly a resounding endorsement of the biker life, but a Hammill song nonetheless.

Possibly add 'Sitting Targets', in a J.G. Ballardesque sort of way.


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Well the guy with the Kliban avatar mentioned 'Kerb Crawler', which was the obvious one I was thinking of, but on the subject of other Hawkwind tracks, I'd argue that 'Silver Machine' is essentially a car song (or a drug song; it seems to be much the same thing) - as is 'Orgone Accumulator' - a piece of technological hardware that gets you high - all three written by Calvert. Though it's worth noting that whereas 'Kerb Crawler' and 'Silver Machine' are communal highs, 'Orgone Accumulator' is 'a one-man isolator'.

And sticking with Hawkwind, why stick to cars as exciting modes of transport? Chuck in 'Magnu' and 'D-
Rider'.

Come to think of it, an awful lot of classic Hawkwind songs are about getting high by means of some machine/device/animal/drug/vegetable/gas/psychic ability/weapon/tupperware.

Oh, and I forgot 'Death Trap'
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Porcupine Tree - Heartattack in a Layby
Porcupine Tree - Open Car

I totaled my first car ('76 Porsche 914) in a 5-car accident (my fault) because I was trying to find just the right mix of bass & treble for Traffic's "Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" which I had just put into my cassette deck.  I didn't notice everyone else had stopped...

Every time I hear that raunchy saxophone, I'm reminded of how a 914 can literally disintegrate.

Edited to add: I had that car for 3 whole weeks.  When I reflect back on it all (which I try to do very infrequently), I'm amazed I made it out of my somewhat troubled youth more or less unscathed.


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Now that Elon Musk's red Tesla named Starman (after the Bowie song) is flying in space to a playlist of Bowie tunes (Starman, Space Oddity, Life on Mars), this topic seems as relevant as ever:)
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Red Barchetta is one of my favourite songs because I relate to it.

As the owner of a TVR Chimaera 4.5, it resonates. The eternal green agenda, the relentless crackdown on speed (even where it's safe) with endless speed bumps - I feel like that driver in the song. Persecuted. (And before you ask - I've got no speeding convictions at all, so I'm not a maniac).

The only problem is that my car is blue, not red.
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Originally posted by Rednight Rednight wrote:

And his drummer at the time was the guy from Druid (his name presently escapes me).

The late (very great) Cedric Sharpley.
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Hi,

Hmmmmm ... I'm a fan of the Grace Slick'est of them all ... getting stopped on 101 in California for going 120mph, and the cops decided to take a look at the engine of the car instead, and not give her a ticket.

She probably got one, and it was for $5. But who knows?

As for the kind of car ... I don't think it was an American car! Those can't go fast enough to even make a cover of an album, unless your name is Mr. Chevrolet!
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Originally posted by hellogoodbye hellogoodbye wrote:

All the albums in car.. board sleeves.

That's...a bit stiff... LOL
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All the albums in car.. board sleeves.
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Originally posted by jude111 jude111 wrote:

Are there many prog tracks about cars, driving, life in the fast lane, dark desert highways, highways to hell, Trans Ams, Maseratis, Cadillacs, James Dean, the open road, running on empty, trucking, crusing on a motorcyle, magic buses, crosstown traffic and freeway jams, racing down the street, making out in the backseat?...


Maybe it is tIme to extend this thread with any recent releases? Such as:
Big Big Train - Brooklands
or for that matter
Magic Bus (the song) by Magic Bus (the band)...

Distinctly non-Prog but many might have a soft spot for the 10 minute version of "Road to hell" by Chris Rea...
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The contemporary Norwegian avant-prog group Virus's first album Carheart appears to be a themed album around cars and... anthropomorphic dogs? The album booklet's full of bizarre artwork revolving around vintage 1970s cars being driven by dog-men, and things like that.


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Mike Keneally "The Car Song"
 
Todd Rundgren "Emperor Of The Highway"
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Though not prog per se, I find Dire Strait's 14-minute epic Telegraph Road very suitable for driving.
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And his drummer at the time was the guy from Druid (his name presently escapes me).
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Originally posted by Rednight Rednight wrote:

Not prog, but parts of Gary Numan's Tubeway Army (his best, but there are proggy instrumentals of his that appear elsewhere) really rev me up while on the highways, byways, and thoroughfares.

And of course his track "Cars," an utter classic. Wink
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