Cars.com Top Ten Car Songs-- Part 1

From the July 24th Chicago Tribune Auto Mart section.

While looking for ads for a 2010 Ford Mustang (well, thinking about one anyway), I came across this article by Amanda Wegrzn "Top 10 car songs."

"Ever since radios started popping up in cars, music and car culture have been inextricably (Big Word!) linked, and everyone has a strong opinion about both. Feeling a bit nostalgic during the summer cruising season, we thought we'd play tribute to the top 10 classic songs written about cars."

No mention was made about how they arrived at this list, and I've never heard of three of them, and I consider myself somewhat of a car song nut and have made about ten cassette tapes with favorites.

Here is Cars.com's list and their comments:

10. RED BARCHETTA-- RUSH-- Lots of reckless driving mentioned but with new regulations about fuel efficiency, pollution and what-not "it's a scary future for any sports-car nut...."

9. I CAN'T DRIVE 55-- SAMMY HAGAR-- "Some musicians use their talent to rail against political injustice, war and poverty" but not Sammy Hagar.

8. BITCHIN' CAMARO-- DEAD MILKMEN-- Includes a two-minute dialog about going to the shore and watching a Doors cover band. "...we dare you to listen to the song and not want to do doughnuts on your neighbor's lawn." (Hey, you can do it on mine if you run over those lousy Japanese beetles.)

I'd never heard of #10 or #8. Reckon I'll have to go to You Tube and listen to these two songs.

Driving and Tunes Just Kinda Go Together. --RoadDog