What mode of transportation inspires the best songs?

taterguy

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Wed Sep-12-07 05:01 PM
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Poll question: What mode of transportation inspires the best songs?

Curious if the results of this poll will equal my opinion. Feel free to mention songs that justify the way you voted.

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Fire Walk With Me

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Wed Sep-12-07 05:02 PM
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1. Prolly walkin' down the street.

Has anyone tallied the number of times that line has appeared in song?

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MrCoffee

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Wed Sep-12-07 05:09 PM
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2. City of New Orleans is the best song about a mode of transportation ever written

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taterguy

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Thu Sep-13-07 05:13 AM
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3. Kick for more votes

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bunkerbuster1

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Thu Sep-13-07 06:30 AM
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4. "Bus" deserves a vote

if only for Paul Simon's "America."

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Pool Hall Ace

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Thu Sep-13-07 11:31 AM
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14. and for "Magic Bus"

The first thing that popped into my mind.

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Crazy Dave

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Thu Sep-13-07 06:36 AM
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5. Rockets?

Elton John's "Rocket Man" was the first song to pop into my head.

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taterguy

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Thu Sep-13-07 06:39 AM
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6. Rocket in my pocket is a popular song lyric

But I don't think it's about transportation

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Crazy Dave

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Thu Sep-13-07 06:46 AM
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9. But...

In the past it was a great inspiration to use transportation. Late night, 2 am, the phone rings, ex girlfriend says she's "drunk, horny and lonely" and I used the fastest means of transportation to get there and help her with her crisis.

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Rabrrrrrr

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Thu Sep-13-07 06:43 AM
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7. The space folding of the Spacing Guild.

I don't a single musical artist who hasn't done a song on that.

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Rabrrrrrr

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Thu Sep-13-07 06:44 AM
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8. While "Oh, the humanity!" is technically a cry of terror and not a song per se, I still vote for

hydrogen filled balloons.

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taterguy

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Thu Sep-13-07 06:46 AM
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10. Oh you music snob you

Mentioning The Blimp from Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica

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jobycom

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Thu Sep-13-07 11:43 AM
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16. Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dPAUMF0_uA

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Deja Q

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Thu Sep-13-07 06:49 AM
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11. 'Convoy'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaammaHevT0

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The2ndWheel

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Thu Sep-13-07 02:07 PM
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18. This contest is over!

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MissMillie

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Thu Sep-13-07 07:40 AM
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12. Thunder Road - Springsteen

I rest my case.

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blondeatlast

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Thu Sep-13-07 11:22 AM
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13. If it weren't for "Route 66" (which I've traveled about 66% of), I'd say trains.

But I've never heard a bad version of that song and I absolutely love it.

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jobycom

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Thu Sep-13-07 11:39 AM
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15. Trains are cool, but cars are personal, private, and the perfect embodiment

of individuality and freedom that most songs are written about. Fast Cars, Route 66, Hot Rod Lincoln, Litte Red Corvette... Cars can symbolize everything from rebellion to sexuality to escape to love (Tracy Chapman's "Fast Cars" uses all four themes--some of the greatest lyrics ever written).

Trains can't do that. Trains are romantic and echo our nation's history so beautifully, but in the end, they are impersonal. They are a means to get us somewhere else. Cars can do that, but they ae also an extension of ourselves. They are our very hearts and souls--like music itself.

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rug

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Thu Sep-13-07 12:59 PM
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17. There has never been a successful song involving stilts.

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