The Factory Five telephone hold playlist

[AJ Roadster NJ]

Last week I had to call FFR to order a replacement headlamp. Which, although off topic, is proof once more that one should not attempt to install headlamps at 2:00 a.m. after several barleypops.

Anyway, I was on hold for a bit, and as usual got some really great tunes to listen to. They're always car related. There was one a while ago, maybe a year, where the lyrics were just "bucket seats, bucket seats" and it sounded like a punkish band, but I've searched high and low and can't find it on iTunes.

SO, my question is...who gets the enviable task of creating the list? And is there any chance you'd post a list of the ones you remember here on this thread? When I make my build video, I want "bucket seats" to be part of it.

Thanks ladies and germs, and KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!! :cool:

AJ

[Mustang Man]

Stickshifts and Safety Belts by Cake perhaps?

[Mad Dog]

Hi AJ,

Glad you're enjoying the songs we play for our on hold music. I created the playlist and we're playing it on my iPod. I'll try and grab it in a few minutes (figure out another option for some on hold music temporarily) and post the list of all the songs we play. It's around 40 songs I think.

[Mad Dog]

Here you go guys...the Factory Five On Hold Playlist:

https://www.factoryfive.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/carsongs.jpg

If you have any other songs that are clean in terms of language (pretty sure these songs are fairly clean, but haven't listened to the in a bit), post them to this thread and I'll add them. Already downloading the rest of that Cake album. I had the track Race Car Ya-Yas off of that album, amongst other Cake records, but not the whole thing.

Still not sure which track you are looking for, but it has to be one of those. Hope this list helps you find it.

[Gumball]

It's cool to see the full list - I think I've heard most of those over the last couple of years (usually when holding to place a parts order - that reminds me; gotta call about that oil cooler I've been wanting to order). I always have to smile, though, when I hear "One Piece at a Time" by Johnny Cash. That one just seems to fit the FFR constructor.

Here are a few additional suggestions for your list:

Hey Little Cobra - Rip Chords (yeah... I know, I know....)

Runnin' Down a Dream - Tom Petty

Good Directions - Billy Currington

[Mad Dog]

Thanks for the suggestions...we decided, after recent events, to not include the Rip Chords song. Good tune though, but we opted to not include it for reasons we all know.

[AJ Roadster NJ]

Thanks Mad Dog!!

[WAYNES WORLD]

Makes me want to call FF and have them put me on hold so I can hear these great songs!
Wayne

[PhyrraM]

This thread alone proves that FFR is one of the Great American Companies (tm).

Anyone who considers and edits the hold musics gets 3 big thumbs up in my book.

[OCCPete]

Here the ones on my road songs playlist that you don't have:

Radar Love - Golden Earring

Shut Down - Beach Boys

Little Old Lady from Pasadena - Jan & Dean

All I Wanted Was a Car - Brad Paisley

Chrome - Trace Adkins

Drive - Alan Jackson

Every Mile a Memory - Dierks Bentley

Mr. Policeman - Brad Paisley

Riding with Private Malone - David Ball

Roll With Me - Montgomery Gentry

Running on Empty - Jackson Browne

Seven Bridges Road - Eagles

Take it Easy - Eagles

Silver Thunderbird - Marc Cohn

The Talkin' Song Repair Blues - Alan Jackson

Theme from the Dukes of Hazzard - Waylon Jennings

There Ain't Nothin' Wrong with the Radio - Aaron Tippin

Those Feat Will Steer You Wrong Sometimes - Little Feat

Pete

[Gumball]

Huge +1 on "Drive" by Alan Jackson and "Every Mile a Memory" by Dierks Bently - how could I forget those!!!

[BTTFMK3]

The Top Gear boys compiled this top 5 a few years ago . . .

Greatest Driving Song of All Time:

Rankings:
1.(WINNER) Queen - "Don't Stop Me Now"
2.Golden Earring - "Radar Love"
3.Meat Loaf - "Bat out of Hell"
4.Steppenwolf - "Born to Be Wild"
5.Deep Purple - "Highway Star"

[Mad Dog]

Sweet...iTunes store here I come...after 5 o'clock that is. Thanks for the suggestions guys. We've been talking about refreshing the playlist a little.

Question: Do you guys find the volume of the on-hold music too loud? I know each track might be mastered differently creating some volume change, and I've tried a few things to help try and turn the volume down, but curious if anyone else has found it to be too loud.

[Gumball]

Volume's been fine. I can't wait to hear the new playlist - guess I'll have to wait a few days before ordering that oil cooler kit.

[Rscocca]

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Question: Do you guys find the volume of the on-hold music too loud? I know each track might be mastered differently creating some volume change, and I've tried a few things to help try and turn the volume down, but curious if anyone else has found it to be too loud.

Turn it up--were all deaf, have you heard these cars lately. :)

[AJ Roadster NJ]

Mad Dog -- for guidance on the sound level, always rely on the first three words you hear on "Sweet Home Alabama" :cool:

[Joe]

For travelling/cruising songs...

Thousand Miles from Nowhere - Dwight Yoakam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLprAUar11U

is on my list..

I just ignore the lyrics "I've got heartaches in my pocket" part of the song..

Re: the volume, CRANK IT UP! :)

[LuckyWinner]

"Where ever I may Roam" -Metalica (my favorite driving song)
"Built for Speed" -Stray Cats (cant believe you dont have this one)

[Mad Dog]

Alright, I had a few of the suggestions already in my library and downloaded the rest. I'm going to give them a quick listen and will update the iPod with the new playlist soon. It's going to contain all the tracks posted above too so it's a pretty good playlist.

Glad to read the volume is acceptable. I'd love to crank it up but because we have had a few reports of it being loud, I think we'll leave it as is.

[Mad Dog]

Hi everyone,

I've listened to all the recommendations and added most of them. So, here's the updated playlist. I'll add a link to a larger image of the list. Just did screen grabs off of the list in iTunes.

http://www.factoryfive.com/images/ffforum/carsongs_small.jpg
Click here to see a larger version of the image. (http://www.factoryfive.com/images/ffforum/carsongs_large.jpg)

If you have more tracks in mind, post them and I'll look into adding them to the list.

[oldguy668]

I kinow I'm betraying my age, but the "Ballad of Thunder Road" by Robert Mitchum belongs on any car nut list. You'll probably need a 78 RPM player to listen to it.

[Mad Dog]

Joe,

I'm on it. A digital copy has to be out there somewhere.

[Gumball]

Dave,

Check out "Switchblade 327" by Brian Setzer (post-Stray Cats days; sometime in the last '90s). I totally forgot about this one and came across it on a CD while on a roadtrip this past weekend.

[Mustang Man]

What's a 78rpm player?


KIDDING!!!

Believe it or not I still have a collection of vinyl and my Kenwood direct drive table. It's sad when I've had my kid's friends in the house and ask what it was!

Mark

[Mad Dog]

Pretty sure this has been posted before, but it's still amazing. This guys vinyl collection is unbelievable. And friends think my DVD collection is a lot (approaching 1,400), but I know they won't hold the value that some of these records have.


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[Gumball]

In light of the recent car movie thread, I thought I'd bring back this old thread regarding FFR's car-song hold music playlist.

What are your favorite car / roadtrip songs?????

[Big Blocker]

Dave,

Go here --> http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/download.php (pick the top file) if you need software to "normalize volume" on the playlist - re-codes all MP3 files to play at same volume - I used it for On-Hold music in telephone systems I used to babysit in Vegas casinos . . .

Doc

[cnutting]

Wait... a Boston car company that doesn't have Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers - Roadrunner? That's like the official Massachusetts song...

;)

[Just puttering]

Back in 08 I compiled a list of all the Top Gear Driving Songs CDs I could find online. If someone wants to build a driving song play list.... maybe this will help
Top Gear Vol.1 1994
Top Gear Vol.2 95 1995
Top Gear Vol.2: on the Road Again (1996)
Top Gear Vol.3: the Rock Ballads 1996
Top Gear The Greatest Driving Album This Year! (2003)
Top Gear [Box set] 2005
Top Gear - Seriously Cool Driving Music (2007)
Top Gear Anthems 1998
Top Gear Anthems 2007
Top Gear Anthems 2008 Seriously Hot Driving Music
101 Driving Songs [Box set]
The Very Best of Drive Time: 40 Driving Classics and Feel Good Anthems
Top Gear Classics - Baroque Busters 1995
Top Gear Turbo Classics

4Hero Les Fleur
Ace How Long
Air Supply All Out Of Love
Al Stewart Year Of The cat
Alabama 3 Woke Up This Morning
Allman Brothers Jessica
Alphabeat Fascination
America Ventura Highway
Aphex Twin Windowlicker
Aqualung Strange And Beautiful
Argent Hold Your Head Up
Athlete El Salvador
Avril Lavigne Complicated
Babybird You're Gorgeous
Bad Company (1) Can't Get Enough
Badly Drawn Boy You Were Right
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman Adagio for Strings, Op.11
Bangles Manic Monday
Beethoven. Symphony No 5
Ben's Brother Let Me Out
Berlioz. Symphonie Fantastique (March to the Scaffold)
Billy Idol Hot In The City
Billy Idol Rebel Yell
Billy Idol White Wedding
Bizet. L'Arlesienne Suite
Black (1) Wonderful Life
Black Sabbath Paranoid
Blondie Call Me
Blondie Atomic
Blondie One Way Or Another
Blue Oyster Cult Don't Fear The Reaper
Blur Song 2
BodyRockers I Like The Way
Bonnet, Graham Night Games
Bonobo Kota
Boston More Than A Feeling
Bowie, David Song For Bob Dylan
Brooks, Meredith *****
Bruce Hornsby And The Range The Way It Is
Bryan Ferry Let's Stick Together
Buffalo Springfield For What It's Worth
Buzzcocks Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)?
Canned Heat Long Way From L.A.
Canned Heat On The Road Again
Cardigans My Favourite Game
Carlisle, Belinda In Too Deep
Carlisle, Belinda We Want The Same Thing
Carnes, Kim Bette Davis Eyes
Cars Drive
Chad Kroeger feat. Josey Scott Hero
Charlatans (1) North Country Boy
Cheap Trick Flame
Cheap Trick I Want You To Want Me
Cher If I Could Turn Back Time
Cher One By One
Cher Walking In Memphis
Cherry Ghost People Help The People
Chicago I \x{2019}m A Man
Chris Rea Road To Hell
Chris Spedding Motor Bikin'
Christopher Cross Ride Like The Wind
Chumbawamba Tubthumping
Clarkesville Secret File
Climax Blues Band Couldn't Get It Right
Cocker, Joe Simple Things
Cocker, Joe Talking Back To The Night
Cockney Rejects I'm Not A Fool
Coldplay Clocks
Coldplay Yellow
Coldplay Speed Of Sound
Coldplay Talk
Collapsed Lung Eat My Goal
Collins, Edwyn Girl Like You
Connells 74 75
Cooper, Alice Poison
Crash Test Dummies Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Cream, The Hoxtons Sunshine Of Your Love
Crowded House Instinct
Crowded House Weather With You
Chris Rea Road To Hell
Chris Rea Stainsby Girls
Cry Of Love Peace Pipe
Cutting Crew (I Just) Died In Your Arms
Cyndi Lauper I Drove All Night
Dandy Warhols Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth
Danny Wilson Mary's Prayer
David Bowie Ashes To Ashes
David Bowie Suffragette City
David Bowie Panic In Detroit
David Bowie Queen *****
David Holmes Gritty Shaker
Deacon Blue Dignity
Deacon Blue When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)
Deadly Avenger We Took Pelham
Deep Blue Something Breakfast At Tiffany's
Deep Purple Burn
Deep Purple Highway Star
Deep Purple Hush
Depeche Mode Enjoy The Silence
Dire Straits Money For Nothing
Dire Straits So Far Away
DJ Shadow You Can't Go Home Again
Don McLean American Pie (Full Length Version)
Doves Pounding
Dr Feelgood Back In The Night
Duncan Browne Journey
Duran Duran The Chauffeur (Blue Silver)
Dusted If You Go Down To The Woods
E.L.O. Sweet Talkin' Woman
Eddie & The Hot Rods Do Anything You Wanna Do
Eddie Cochran Summertime Blues
Electric Light Orchestra Mr Blue Sky
Elgar. Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 (Land of Hope and Glory)
Elton John Pinball Wizard
Elvis Vs Jxl A Little Less Conversation
Embrace Nature’s Law
Embrace (1) All You Good Good People
Europe (1) Final Countdown
Eurythmics There Must Be An Angel
Eurythmics When Tomorrow Comes
Everything But The Girl I Don't Want To Talk About It
Fabulous Thunderbirds Tuff Enuff
Fatboy Slim Right Here, Right Now
Fatboy Slim Rockafeller Skank
Fats Domino Ain't That A Shame
Feeder Buck Rogers
Feeder Just The Way I'm Feeling
Ferry, Bryan & Roxy Music Virginia Plain
First Class Beach Baby
Fleetwood Mac Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)
Fleetwood Mac Seven Wonders
Focus House Of The King (Saxondale Theme Music)
Frampton, Peter Show Me The Way
Frampton, Peter You
Franz Ferdinand Take Me Out
Free (1) All Right Now
Free (1) Come Together In The Morning
Free (1) My Brother Jake
Free (1) Wishing Well
Fun Lovin' Criminals Scooby Snacks

[Just puttering]

Garbage Stupid Girl
Gary Moore (1) Parisienne Walkways
Genesis (1) Turn It On Again
George Baker Selection Little Green Bag
George Thorogood & The Destroyers Bad To The Bone
Gerry Rafferty Baker Street
Glen Campbell By The Time I Get To Phoenix
Glen Campbell Wichita Lineman
Golden Earring Radar Love
Goldfrapp A&E
Good Charlotte The Anthem
Gorillaz DARE
Groove Armada Edge Hill
Guns n' Roses Live And Let Die/Knocking On Heavens Door
Hall & Oates I Can't Go For That
Handel. Messiah (Hallelujah Chorus)
Harry Imagination
Hawkins, Sophie B. Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover
Hawkwind Silver Machine
Holst. The Planets (Mars)
Hooters Satellite
Hot Chip Ready For The Floor
Hunter, Ian Once Bitten Twice Shy
Hybrid Finished Symphony
Iggy Pop Lust For Life
Iggy Pop Passenger
Ike & Tina Turner Nutbush City Limits
Inspiral Carpets This Is How It Feels
Isaak, Chris Wicked Game
It's Immaterial Driving Away From Home
J Soul Vibration
Jam Going Underground
Jamiroquai Little L
Jan & Dean Surf City
Jane Wiedlin Rush Hour
Jellyfish Baby's Coming Back
Joe Cocker You Can Leave Your Hat On
Joe Walsh Life's Been Good
Joe Walsh Rocky Mountain Way
John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)
John Waite Missing You
Journey Don't Stop Believin'
Kaiser Chiefs Everything Is Average Nowadays
Kasabian Club Foot
Keane Somewhere Only We Know
Kelly Osbourne Papa Don't Preach
Khachaturian. Sabre Dance
Killers (2) Somebody Told Me
Kings Of Leon On Call
Kings Of Leon The Bucket
Kinobe, Xan Grass Roots Horizon
Kravitz, Lenny Are You Gonna Go My Way
KT Tunstall Black Horse And The Cherry Tree
KT Tunstall Suddenly I See
Kula Shaker Hush
Lamb Angelica
La's There She Goes
Leftfield Release The Pressure
Lemon Jelly 64 Aka Go
Lennox, Annie No More I Love You's
Les Rythmes Digitales Jacques Your Body (Make Me Sweat)
Lewis, Huey & The News Power Of Love
Lightning Seeds Change
Lightning Seeds Life Of Riley
Lightning Seeds Lucky You
Lynyrd Skynyrd Freebird
Lynyrd Skynyrd Sweet Home Alabama
M People Search For The Hero
Manic Street Preachers Motorcycle Emptiness
Manic Street Preachers You Love Us
Manic Street Preachers You Stole The Sun From My Heart
Manic Street Preachers A Design For Life
Mansun Wide Open Space
Maria Wilson Chooza Looza
Mark Cohn Walking In Memphis
Mark Ronson feat. Lily Allen Oh My God
Martha & The Muffins Echo Beach
Massive Attack Be Thankful For What You've Got
Matt Monro On Days Like These (From The Italian Job)
Maximo Park Our Velocity
McAlmont & Butler Yes
Meat Loaf Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf Dead Ringer For Love
Meat Loaf I'll Do Anything For Love
Meat Loaf Rock 'n' Roll Dreams Come Through
Meat Loaf You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth
Meat Loaf Paradise By The Dashboard Light
Mike & The Mechanics Over My Shoulder
Mink De Ville Spanish Stroll
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels Jenny Take A Ride
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi
Moby We Are All Made Of Stars
Moby Extreme Ways
Mock Turtles Can You Dig It (fatboy slim remix )
Morrison, Van Brown Eyed Girl
Motorhead Ace Of Spades
Mott The Hoople Roll Away The Stone
Mylo Drop The Pressure
Nat King Cole (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
New Order Regret
New Radicals You Get What You Give
Nickelback How You Remind Me
Nickelback Rockstar
Nightmares On Wax Les Nuits
Oasis Little By Little
Oasis Stop Crying Your Heart Out
Oasis The Hindu Times
Oasis Don't Look Back In Anger
Oasis Live Forever
Oasis (2) Champagne Supernova
Oasis (2) Roll With It
Ocean Colour Scene Day We Caught The Train
Orff. Carmina Burana (O Fortuna)
Patti Smith Group Because The Night
Paul McCartney Maybe I'm Amazed
Paul McCartney & Wings Live And Let Die
Paul McCartney & Wings Band On The Run
Paul McCartney & Wings Helen Wheels
Peter Gabriel Sledge Hammer
Peter, Bjorn & John feat. Victoria Bergsman Young Folks
PF Project & Ewan McGregor Choose Life
Phil Collins In The Air Tonight
Placebo (2) Nancy Boy
Placebo (2) Slave To The Wage
Plain White T's Hey There Delilah
Power Station (1) Some Like It Hot
Prefab Sprout Cars And Girls
Pretenders Brass In Pocket
Primal Scream Rocks
Primal Scream Vanishing Dub
Primal Scream Movin' On Up
Prince & The Revolution Purple Rain
Prodigy Firestarter
Profokiev. Romeo and Juliet (Dance of the Knights)
Psychedelic Furs Ghost In You
Queen Don't Stop Me Now
Queen I Want To Break Free
Queen Killer Queen
Queen Radio Ga Ga
R. Strauss. Also Sprach Zarathustra
Radar Love Golden Earring
Radiohead Creep
Radiohead Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Rainbow (1) I Surrender
Rainbow (1) Since You've Been Gone
Ram Jam Black Betty
Razorlight America
Razorlight Somewhere Else
Reed, Lou Walk On The Wild Side
Reef Good Feeling
Reef Place Your Hands
Republica Ready To Go
Reverend & The Makers Heavyweight Champion Of The World
Roachford Cuddly Toy
Rob D Clubbed To Death
Rob Dougan Furious Angels
Robert Palmer Addicted To Love
Robert Palmer Bad Case Of Lovin' You (Doctor Doctor)
Robert Palmer Johnny And Mary
Robert Palmer Simply Irresistable
Robert Plant Big Log
Robert Plant Twenty Nine Palms
Robertson, Robbie Somewhere Down The Crazy River
Robinson, Tom 2468 Motorway
Rod Stewart Maggie May
Ross, Ricky Radio On
Rossini. William Tell Overture
Roxette Joyride
Roxy Music Re
Roxy Music Virginia Plain
Roxy Music Love Is The Drug
Roy Orbison I Drove All Night
Saint Etienne He's On The Phone
Santana (1) Black Magic Woman
Scouting For Girls She's So Lovely
Sébastien Tellier La Ritournelle
Sheryl Crow Everyday Is A Winding Road
Simple Minds Alive And Kicking
Simple Minds She's A River
Skunk Anansie Weak
Smith, Patti Because The Night
Sniff 'n' The Tears Driver's Seat
Snow Patrol Run
Soul Asylum Runaway Train
Soul Survivors Expressway To Your Heart
Space (3) Ballad Of Tom Jones
Spin Doctors Little Miss Can't Be Wrong
Spin Doctors Two Princes
Squeeze Up The Junction
Starbuck Moonlight Feels Right
Starsailor Four To The Floor
Stealer's Wheel Stuck In The Middle With You
Steppenwolf Born To Be Wild
Stereo Mc'S Connected
Stereophonics Have A Nice Day
Stereophonics (1) Dakota
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
Stewart, Dave Heart Of Stone
Stiltskin Inside
Stone Roses Love Spreads
Stranglers Always The Sun
Stravinsky. The Firebird
Style Council Speak Like A Child
Suede the london suede
Super Furry Animals Golden Retriever
Supergrass Alright
Supergrass Richard III
T Rex Children Of The Revolution
T. Rex 20th Century Boy
Talk Talk It's My Life
Talking Heads Road To Nowhere
Tasmin Archer Sleeping Satellite
Tchaichovsky. 1812 Overture (Finale)
Tears For Fears Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Texas Halo
The Animals The House Of The Rising Sun
The Animals We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place
The Band The Weight
The Barracudas Summer Fun
The Beach Boys Fun Fun Fun
The Beach Boys I Get Around
The Beach Boys Little Deuce Coupe
The Blue Nile Headlights On The Parade
The Calling Wherever You Will Go
The Cardigans My Favourite Game
The Charlatans And If I Fall
The Clash Should I Stay Or Should I Go
The Clash Rock The Casbah
The Clovers Love Potion No. 9
The Coral In The Morning
The Cure Friday I'm In Love
The Dandy Warhols Bohemian Like You
The Doobie Brothers Long Train Runnin'
The Edgar Winter Group Free Ride
The Everly Brothers Wake Up Little Susie
The Feeling Fill My Little World
The Flaming Lips Fight Test
The Fratellis Chelsea Dagger
The Fray How To Save A Life
The Hives Hate To Say I Told You So
The Hives Main Offender
The Hoosiers Goodbye Mr A
The Jam Town Called Malice
The John Barry Seven & Orchestra The James Bond Theme
The Killers Believe Me Natalie
The Killers Somebody Told Me
The Killers Mr Brightside
The Knack My Sharona
The Kooks Always Where I Need To Be
The Lightning Seeds The Life Of Riley
The Mock Turtles Can You Dig It?
The Motors Airport
The Nashville Teens Tobacco Road
The Only Ones Another Girl, Another Planet
The Pigeon Detectives Take Her Back
The Polyphonic Spree Soldier Girl
The Proclaimers I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
The Proclaimers King Of The Road
The Raspberries Go All The Way
The Raveonettes That Great Love Sound
The Ruts Staring At The Rude Boys
The Sonics Have Love Will Travel
The Steve Miller Band The Joker
The Steve Miller Band Take The Money And Run
The Stranglers No More Heroes
The Supernaturals Smile
The Tom Robinson Band 2-4-6-8 Motorway
The Vapors Turning Japanese
The Vines Ride
The Wannadies You & Me Song
The Waterboys The Whole Of The Moon
The Zutons Valerie
Thin Lizzy Boys Are Back In Town
Thomas Newman Any Other Name
Tina Turner Golden Eye
Tina Turner We Don't Need Another Hero
Tina Turner Steamy Windows
Tom Baxter Better
Toploader Dancing In The Moonlight
Toto Africa
Travis Side
Travis Driftwood
Underworld Born Slippy
Underworld Oh
UNKLE Panic Attack
Ure, Midge If I Was
Van Halen Jump
Velvet Underground Venus In Furs
Verdi. Grand March
Verdi. Requiem (Dies Irae)
Vines (1) Ride
Wagner. Lohengrin
Wagner. Ride of the Valkyries
Wannadies You And Me Song
War Low Rider
Waterboys Whole Of The Moon
Weller, Paul Changing Man
We're So Pretty You're So Pretty
Wheatus Teenage Dirtbag
White Town Your Woman
Whitesnake Here I Go Again
Whitesnake Is This Love
Williams, Robbie Old Before I Die
Wilson Pickett Mustang Sally
XTC Sgt Rock (Is Going To Help Me)
XTC Senses Working Overtime
Yello Race
Yes Owner Of A Lonely Heart
ZZ Top Legs
ZZ Top Sharp Dressed Man
ZZ Top Gimme All Your Lovin'

[Just puttering]

Not as much a driving song or on hold music but it should get an honorable mention --

The Playmates Beep Beep !

[Just puttering]

Well I started going through my mp3s and you cant skip -

Booker t and the mg's - green onions (also by Tom Petty or the blues brothers)

and just try to keep your foot off the gas with this playing (I know you cant hear it anyway with the car running!!)
Henry Mancini - Peter Gunn (also by Emerson Lake and Palmer or The Blues Brothers or if you want a little different --> Art Of Noise featuring Duane Eddie (Extended)

also, just because I ran into this one when looking up the others ...
brian setzer - James Bond Theme-Mission-Peter Gunn

[UnhipPopano]

I am amazed that White Wheeled Limousine by Bruce Hornsby is not on the list. But then it would be a letdown when FFR picks up in the middle of the song.

https://vimeo.com/19269241

[Mad Dog]

Hi everyone - will try to go through all of the suggestions on this list again and try to add some of the songs to the playlist. It hasn't been updated in years so probably wouldn't hurt to add a few new tracks. Thanks!

[42Bfast]

From the "Southern Rock" category some of us southern boys, (and ladies too) like an offering from Marshall Tucker, "24 hours at a time." As well as the Allman Brothers "Midnight Rider" and "Rambling Man"

[mburger]

How about RUSH - Red Barchetta?

[78cobra]

How about RUSH - Red Barchetta?

How about Sheryl Crow's "Steve McQueen"...??

[Mark Eaton]

You cannot leave out "Open All Night" from Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska album. That song gave meaning to my life when I was 20. Every red blooded american boy can relate !

[Papa]

I second "Red Barchetta" from Rush? Really cool car-guy song.

"Red Barchetta"


My uncle has a country place
That no one knows about
He says it used to be a farm
Before the Motor Law
And on Sundays I elude the eyes
And hop the Turbine Freight
To far outside the Wire
Where my white-haired uncle waits

Jump to the ground
As the Turbo slows to cross the borderline
Run like the wind
As excitement shivers up and down my spine
Down in his barn
My uncle preserved for me an old machine
For fifty odd years
To keep it as new has been his dearest dream

I strip away the old debris
That hides a shining car
A brilliant red Barchetta
From a better vanished time
I fire up the willing engine
Responding with a roar
Tires spitting gravel
I commit my weekly crime

Wind
In my hair
Shifting and drifting
Mechanical music
Adrenaline surge...

Well-weathered leather
Hot metal and oil
The scented country air
Sunlight on chrome
The blur of the landscape
Every nerve aware

Suddenly ahead of me
Across the mountainside
A gleaming alloy air car
Shoots towards me, two lanes wide
I spin around with shrieking tires
To run the deadly race
Go screaming through the valley
As another joins the chase

Drive like the wind
Straining the limits of machine and man
Laughing out loud with fear and hope
I've got a desperate plan
At the one-lane bridge
I leave the giants stranded at the riverside
Race back to the farm
To dream with my uncle at the fireside

[Al_C]

+1 on Red Barchetta. Anything Rush is worth including...

[mburger]

Since my MKII is red, I've been wanting a Red Barchetta plate. Closest I can come that's not taken in FL is BARCHTA. FL allows up to 7 characters for the standard plate.

[mburger]

+1 on Red Barchetta. Anything Rush is worth including...

While I would enjoy being on hold listening to Hemispheres, I think most wouldn't get it. :D But I agree!

[mburger]

I second "Red Barchetta" from Rush? Really cool car-guy song.

"Red Barchetta"


My uncle has a country place
That no one knows about...

Awesome