songs with the sound of a revving engine

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used rhythmically if possible

close to the edit - art of noise
get on the motorcycle - petey pablo
motorslug - wiseblood

― bulbs (bulbs), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:37 (twenty-one years ago)

minutemen - d's car jam/anxious mofo

― Ian John50n (orion), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Manic Mechanic - ZZ Top

― Austin (Austin), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Shangri-La's, "Leader of the Pack"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:39 (twenty-one years ago)

your gonna get yours - public enemy

― bulbs (bulbs), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:39 (twenty-one years ago)

JJ Burnel has some song on the "Euroman Cometh" LP that has a motorbike going in the background right the way through. Can't remember the name of the track though...

― KeithW (kmw), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:42 (twenty-one years ago)

"Jesus Built My Hotrod" by Ministry

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Someone Who Cares - Foetus

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:52 (twenty-one years ago)

"4-0-9"
beach boys

― cainebus, Monday, 24 January 2005 21:57 (twenty-one years ago)

"Travelling Without Moving" by Jamiroquai

― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Montrose "Bad Motor Scooter" (gtr approximation)
Olivia Newton John "Driving Music"

― dave q (listerine), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:59 (twenty-one years ago)

didjits cover of "foxy lady"

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Kiss - Detroit Rock City

― darin (darin), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Scott Foust of Swill Radio label and bands such as Pickle Factory, Idea Fire Company, etc., has a band called the Motor of History with Adris Hoyos of Harry Pussy on drums. I THINK that the whole concept of the band is to have him make motor-like sounds on the guitar. There's a track on Foust's The Fighting Sensualist retrospective.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Giant Sand on Chore of Enchantment use a starting engine rythmically - I think it is on "Satellite"...

― Garibaldianne (Garibaldianne), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Mott the Hoople - "Drive-In Sister"

― nickn (nickn), Monday, 24 January 2005 23:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Montrose@!!@

proof that Roth-era Van Halen (i.e. the beginning of "Hot for Teacher") was just ripping off Sammy Hagar? i have never heard the song q mentions though

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 24 January 2005 23:59 (twenty-one years ago)

that montrose song is totally totally awesome.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 00:00 (twenty-one years ago)

The one in Kelis - Mafia is totally heartstopping.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 00:01 (twenty-one years ago)

the whole Montrose album is amazing. I can never decide if "Bad Motor Scooter" or "Space Station #5" is my favorite.

Motley Crue - "Girls Girls Girls"

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 00:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Revolting Cocks, "Stainless Steel Providers"

― pdf (Phil Freeman), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 00:12 (twenty-one years ago)

"Everybody Wants You" by Billy Squier, maybe one of the best examples of this.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 00:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Madness - 'Driving In My Car'. Actually it's more a turning of the ignition, I suppose.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 00:18 (twenty-one years ago)

heart of saturday night - tom waits

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 00:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Little Red Lights - Todd Rundgren
Dirt Track Date - SCOTS

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 00:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Primus - Jerry Was a Race Car Driver

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 03:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Einsturzende Neubauten - "Fiat Lux"

The intro to "Bad Motor Scooter" is done with a slide and it sounds like a car shifting gears. "Hot for Teacher" intro is the double kick drums sounds like a 73 Chevy Nova with glass packs. Both are pretty wicked.

There is some similarity to Roth era Van Halen and those first two Montross records. "Rock Candy" would not sound at all out of place on an early Van Halen album.

― Earl Nash (earlnash), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 03:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Disco Inferno's 'Scattered Showers' has truck engines starting in tune with the music.

Kraftwerk's 'Autobahn'

Einsturzende Neubauten have also been using a jet engine fairly recently.

We attempted to use a lawn edger motor for one of my bands, but we couldn't get the bastard started.

― Sasha (sgh), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 06:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Big Stick "Drag Racing"

― zappi (joni), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 07:08 (twenty-one years ago)

the jacksons "harley" 2300 jackson st

― she, Tuesday, 25 January 2005 08:34 (twenty-one years ago)

We attempted to use a lawn edger motor for one of my bands, but we couldn't get the bastard started.

haha what was the tune?

― thagregman, Tuesday, 25 January 2005 08:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Virginia Plain - Roxy Music

― bham, Tuesday, 25 January 2005 10:10 (twenty-one years ago)

hoodlum priest .. beneath the pavement ep ..

one track made up of lots of movie samples and industrial noises all set against a sever motorbike rev sound. lovely.
whereas the final track has extended motorbike engine noise for 4 mins and little else .. not as listenable ..

― mark e (mark e), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 11:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Moby Grape, Motorcycle Irene
*Ohio Express, The Race (That Took Place)

*there's little else but the sound of revving engines in this track

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 11:52 (twenty-one years ago)

cant recall the full 12 minute version of the Race by Yello .. did that have engine noises - i seem to recall it did ..

― mark e (mark e), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 11:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Holger Czukay, Schaue vertrauensvoll in die Zukunft

... partly recorded on dictaphone at a Grand Prix meeting, but you knew that anyway

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 12:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Pussy Galore - Spin out

― Bidfurd, Tuesday, 25 January 2005 12:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Steppenwolf's Born to Be Wild on the Easy Rider soundtrack.

― maracas (maracas), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 12:27 (twenty-one years ago)

A good many of Jackyl's songs feature lead chainsaw. the most famous being "The Lumberjack", though the masterpiece is "Cut the Crap".

― Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 15:39 (twenty-one years ago)

KICK OUT THE JAMS - Tub Thumper

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 15:45 (twenty-one years ago)

DJ Shadow "Mashing On the Motorway"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 15:46 (twenty-one years ago)

The Tubes - "I Saw Her Standing There"

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 15:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Gary Glitter - "I'm The Leader Of The Gang"

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 15:51 (twenty-one years ago)

gah! we all forgot: The Doors - "L.A. Woman"

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 18:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Surprised no-one's mentioned Meat Loaf's "Bat Out Of Hell", with Todd Rundgren doing that exact same guitar-as-motorcycle thing as Montrose. And then there's Mungo Jerry. ("In The Summertime")

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 20:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Big Youth, "S.90 Skank"

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 20:20 (twenty-one years ago)

four months pass...

The Gap Band - "Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)"
Echo and the Bunnymen - "Rollercoaster" (although, as Mac said, the motorcycle sounds like a hairdryer)

― Ian Riese-Moraine's all but an ark-lark! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 2 June 2005 18:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Krafwerk were going crazy with the engine sounds live at the Hammerstein Ballroom last night

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Thursday, 2 June 2005 18:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Vitalic - "My Friend Dario"

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 2 June 2005 19:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Roxy Music - "Love is the Drug"

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 2 June 2005 19:06 (twenty-one years ago)

How could the thread get this far with no mention of...

Eddie Grant, "Electric Avenue"

― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Thursday, 2 June 2005 19:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Grace Jones - Pull Up to the Bumper

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Thursday, 2 June 2005 19:26 (twenty-one years ago)

queen - i'm in love with my car

― 6335, Thursday, 2 June 2005 19:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Looking through this list, I'm starting to think that "Songs with the Sound of a Revving Engine" might be my favorite microgenre ever.

― John Justen (johnjusten), Thursday, 2 June 2005 19:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Crazy Frog - Axel F!

― paul c (paul c), Thursday, 2 June 2005 19:33 (twenty-one years ago)

shit, beaten to it.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 2 June 2005 20:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Doesn't Brigitte Bardot's "Harley Davidson" start with one?

― django (django), Thursday, 2 June 2005 20:15 (twenty-one years ago)

wow overlooked:

Expressway to Your Heart - Soul Survivors

our oldies station usually cuts the beginning off but I'm pretty sure it's an engine

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Thursday, 2 June 2005 21:48 (twenty-one years ago)

"Scrambler" by The Sandals.

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 2 June 2005 22:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Speed Speed Ectasy by The Acid Angels (Douglas Hart from the Mary Chain's band) is, I think, full to the brim of revving motorcycles. However I haven't heard it for years and my memory may be faulty, anyone got it on mp3? (pretty please my pretties)

― holojames (holojames), Saturday, 11 June 2005 18:31 (twenty-one years ago)

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