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| Ten Thousand Motels |
Editorial: Rock 'n' roll, driving don't mix
04/19/2007 07:15 PM CDT
San Antonio Express-News
From "Maybelline" to "Born to Run," rock 'n' roll songs have been powered by the car as metaphor.
But, then, neither Chuck Berry nor Bruce Springsteen is a driving safety instructor.
If they were, they might caution motorists to play anything but rock on their radios or CD players.
In an online poll sponsored by Electronic Arts and America Online Inc., about 2,000 voters have responded with their list of the songs that get them in the mood to drive aggressively, according to Reuters.
The video game makers sponsored the survey to mark the launch of their new racing game, "Burnout Dominator."
"Born to Run" made the list, and so did "Bat out of Hell" by Meatloaf and "Paradise City" by Guns N' Roses.
The moral of the survey may be, if you want listen to "Drive My Car," try not to do it while driving your car.
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| Saint Sway |
does any of this explain Joey? |
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| Nellcote |
The Burnout series of vid games is WICKED PISSA!!!
Thanks for the 411 TTM, I look forward to many hours
of driving at home with that new release.I'm sweating about this new release now as bad as a Cancun tourist....
http://www.ea.com/burnout/dominator/
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
quote:
Saint Sway wrote:
does any of this explain Joey?
Only Joey's bookie probably knows for sure. |
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| _Boomy_ |
Crank it up, TTM! |
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| tumbled |
I got pulled over for 20 mph over limit on the way to Giants stadium show listening to ABB full blast. I turned it up for the officer to answer his question did I know I was going ____ and told him where i was going and he was like, man I want to go too but I gotta work, are you giving me your ticket, and I am like, No freaking way dude.
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| pdog |
I've never been pulled over by the polce or hit anything while driving...
I listen to loud, fast, god awful music 99% of the time, while i'm driving... |
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| _Boomy_ |
Yeah! Yeah!
Crank it up at the Lights, PDOG. Blast the windows off! |
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| tumbled |
I got dui once but its only because my uncle died, he was in my ex-boyfriend's funeral home and he called me and told me and said something that pissed me off so I drove down there and the arsehole wouldn't open up the door so they booked me danno but I got off cuz of campaign contributions but that is ancient history now. no problems as of late. i don't drink and drive at all anymore. (yawn)
Think of me as the anti agent provocateur for being drunk.
the anti-drunk
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| _Boomy_ |
quote:
tumbled wrote:
i don't drink and drive at all anymore
You are much loved. Much loved. |
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| Saint Sway |
someone PLEASE tell the car adverstisers that "Rock 'n' roll & driving don't mix" |
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| _Boomy_ |
You can follow the road to the mountain
Or the track leading down to the beach
You can go where your life go left or go right
It's you in the driver's seat
But if the rain starts swamping your windscreen
And the lights don't piss through the night
And the truck's coming at you, just going to splash you
The highway's blinding bright
You're going out of your brain, out of your mind
You're so deranged, you're going blind
You're driving too fast
You went straight past the curve and you never go back
Driving too fast
The road was a blur and it all turned to black
Driving too fast
Hang on to the wheel, I think you're going to crash
You can see the freeway dividing
It's a pity you can't take 'em both
One leads to the valley or down some blind alley
The other runs down to the coast
Too many roads lead to nowhere
But how they twist and they turn
And a dead end and a dusty old strip mall
Where your tires are all shredded and burned
You're going out of your brain, out of your mind
Going insane, you're going blind... Yeah
You're driving too fast
You slip through the curve and your slam through the flat
Driving too fast
Now you never go back
Driving too fast
Yeah and it's all time to pass, yeah
You're driving too fast
Hang on for your life, I think you're going to crash
You're going out of your brain, out of your mind, yeah
You're so deranged, you're going blind
You're driving too fast
You went straight pass the turn, and you'll never go back
Driving too fast
You spin through the curve and you burn off the track
Driving too fast
You're running out of gas
Driving too fast
Hang on to the wheel, I think we're going to crash
Yeah
Driving too fast, Yeah...
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| Erik_Snow |
I've read a long essay written by some kind of professor, and the conclusion was that the most dangerous music you could listen to while driving was classical music, if you had knowledge/interest of that thing.
You were focusing on the music instead of driving, to a much greater extend, than rock-music.
Rock music could in fact sharpen your eye/ear-senses while driving, but not classical....it's a a music that steals your attention completely. |
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| Ronnie Richards |
FREELOVE FREEWAY
Pretty girl on the hood of a Cadilac, yeah....
She’s broken down on freeway nine.
I take a look and her engine’s started,
I leave her purring and I roll on by....bye bye
Chorus
Free love on the free love freeway,
The love is free and the freeway’s long...
I got some hot love on the hot-love freeway
I ain’t going home cos’ my baby’s gone
A little while later, see a senorita,
She’s caught a flat trying to make it home,
She says "Por favor, can you pump me up?"
I say "Muchos gracias, adios. Bye Bye."
Free love on the freelove freeway,
The love is free and the freeway’s long
I got some hot love on the hotlove highway,
Ain't going home ‘cause my baby's gone.
Little while later I see a cowboy crying,
"Hey buddy, what can I do?"
He says "I lived a good life, had about a thousand women."
I said "Why the tears?", he says "‘cause none of them was you."
Free love on the free love freeway,
where the love is free and the freeway is long...
I got some hot love on the hot-love freeway
I ain’t going home cos’ my baby’s gone |
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| _Boomy_ |
I need Rock N' Roll to get me drivin'. It's like my secondary fuel. |
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