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Top 10 Car Tunes
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1) The Batman Theme
by Neal Hefti |
| Let's start the list with one of the most recognizable TV
theme songs ever, the theme from Batman. Who doesn't picture
themselves behind the wheel of the Batmobile when your hear Neal Hefti's
menacing theme? Atomic batteries to power! Turbines to speed!
There's not a MOMENT TO LOSE!!! |
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2) James Bond Theme
by John Barry Seven Orchestra |
| Another instantly recognizable theme that makes me want to
sneak around corners with my finger-gun pointed in the air. When I
hear this song, my Neon has pop-up machine guns, a smoke screen and an
ejection seat. |
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3) Dukes of Hazzard Theme
by Waylon Jennings |
| Just a Good Ole Boy by Waylon Jennings flashes me back to
sitting on the sofa with the family watching them Duke boys jumpin' ditches
while gettin' chased by ol' Rosco P. Coltrane (Coo Coo Coo). Other
songs you may want to include on your mix CD are The General Lee by Johnny
Cash and The Dukes Reunion Theme Song sung by John Schneider and Tom Wopat.
Man, I want my horn to play Dixie!!! Yeeeeee haaaawwwwwwwww! |
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4) East Bound & Down
by Jerry Reed |
| If you're running to the store to pick up a few cases of
Coors Beer for the barbecue, you can pretend you're bootlegging them back home
when you play this song from Smokey & The Bandit. Oh wait, you
forgot the Buffalo sauce? Then play West Bound & Down and go back and
get some. You can also slow things down on your CD with The Bandit.
Nah, who wants to slow things down? |
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5) Knight Rider Theme
by Don Peake |
| An ominous, mysterious song that makes you feel like trouble
is lurking ahead. Uh oh, there's a train ahead. What? Your
car is telling you to jump it? Well, hit turbo boost and jump that
sucker! The bad guys are getting away! |
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6) Life is a Highway
by Rascal Flatts |
| Originally recorded by Tom Cochran, Rascal Flatts
recorded their version for the Cars soundtrack. It's
difficult to hear the country version of this song and not imagine
Lightning McQueen and friends in Radiator Springs. Cars
ranks as one of the all-time great car movies, and the soundtrack is
worth picking up for that long road trip along Route 66. |
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7) Greased Lightnin'
by John Travolta |
| Why this car is automatic..... it's systematic..... it's
hyyyyyyydromatic... why it's GREASED LIGHTNIN'!!! I'm not even sure
what that means, exactly, but it sure sounds cool. Lots of car mumbo
jumbo and dirty words will make you want to put on a leather jacket and run
a comb through your hair before picking up that babe in a poodle skirt for a
night at the drive-in. |
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8) Speed Racer Theme |
| Here he comes, here comes Speed Racer! He's a demon on
wheels. He's a demon and he's gonna be chasin' after someone.
Play this song in your car's CD player and all of a sudden you're in the
powerful Mach 5. Trees? No problem. Whip out your buzz
saws. Road block? That's what your jacks are for! Run the
other racers off the road and watch them explode in a ball of flames.
NO WAIT! Never mind. It's a soccer mom in her mini-van. |
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9) Magnum P.I./
Rockford Files Themes
by Mike Post |
| TV theme song genius Mike Post should definitely be in the
credits of your mix CD. What's cooler than pretending to be a badass
P.I. behind the wheel of your badass Ferrari or Firebird Esprit chasing down
bad guys and saving the girl? At the moment, I can't think of
anything. Post is also responsible for themes from Tenspeed & Brown
Shoe, Hill Street Blues, The A-Team, Hardcastle & McCormick, Riptide and
NYPD Blue among others. |
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10) Foggy Mountain Breakdown
by Earl Scruggs |
| Smokey on your tail? How about them pesky revenuers?
Well, get that extra boost you need to outrun them with some BANJO MUSIC!!!
This song was featured in the film Bonnie & Clyde (and I'm sure
countless others). I prefer the version that features Steve Martin on
banjo. Yes, THAT Steve Martin. Dang cops. Fire up the
fiddle and let's go! |
Other songs that didn't quite make the Top 10 but should be
on your mix CD: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Dick Van Dyke, The Fall Guy Theme (Lee Majors
sings!), Cannonball by Ray Stevens, Back in Time by Huey Lewis, The Green Hornet Theme,
Starsky & Hutch Theme by Theodore Shapiro (almost made the Top 10),
C.Hi.P.s Theme, Herbie the Love Bug by Emeen Zarookian, Angela's
Theme (theme from Taxi), The Munsters Theme, Miami Vice
Theme, Speedway by Elvis Presley and Holiday Road by Lindsay
Buckingham from the Vacation soundtrack. Oh, and how about a little Green Onions
by Booker T and the MGs from the American Graffiti soundtrack? |
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