30DodgePanel Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 (edited) Probably one of the most underrated highway songs ever is Heartland by U2 "Sixty Six, the highway speaks"... Best version in my opinion. Shows how four Irishmen fell in love with our land Edited June 25, 2022 by 30DodgePanel (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Interesting thread, the trick as Bill pointed out is to find songs with the word Highway in the tittle, just in the lyrics takes a little thinking. I am not much of a Country guy but there has to be a ton of Country songs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfeil Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 20 hours ago, joe_padavano said: The original post says "highway in the lyrics" but all the answers have been "highway in the title". 😉 Highway Star - Deep Purple Roll on Down the Highway - BTO Rockin' Down the Highway - Doobie Brothers Now for songs with "highway" in the LYRICS, there's Born to be Wild by Steppenwolf Get your motor runnin'Head out on the highwayLooking for adventureIn whatever comes our way Ventura HWY is in the title and all throughout the lyrics. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfeil Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 (edited) No HWY but a lot of us we just call it the Road. And one of my favorite over the road songs. I had the CD on yesterday driving from Phoenix to home in Prescott. Up 17 and the big hill at 85. Rockin' Down the Highway (from Rockin' Down The Highway https://www.youtube.com › watch Edited June 25, 2022 by Pfeil (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Bonesteel Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 Jessie Collin Young/Youngbloods, "Pontiac Blues": Cruisin' out on the highway, Highway 49, She's layin' back in my arms and sayin' Baby this sure is fine, I found out what my baby likes She likes a whole lot of lovin in my straight 8 Pontiac She says "I like you daddy but I love your Pontiac. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pont35cpe Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 Hot Rod Lincoln, cruisin up Grapevine Hill(Hwy 5) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 Little Feat "Willing" ...I've driven the backroads so I wouldn't get weighed... And Blue Ridge PBS is showing the 45th anniversary performance of "Waiting for Columbus" in front of a full house at the Ryman Auditorium.😎 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cxgvd Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 Radar Love by Dutch band Gold Earing The little Ford Rambled Right Along, Billy Murray 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philip roitman Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 (edited) On 6/24/2022 at 8:06 PM, John348 said: Grateful Dead "Ripple" "there is a road, no simple highway, between the dawn and the dark of night" Ripple is a great song by the Dead and that is a classic line in the song. How about the Grateful Dead's "LA Fadeaway" with "Red light on the Highway, Big Green light on the Speedway". in the chorus. Edited June 26, 2022 by philip roitman (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ply33 Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 I am surprised that the Woody Guthrie song “This Land is Your Land” hasn’t been mentioned yet. Verse 2: As I went walking that ribbon of highway I saw above me that endless skyway Saw below me that golden valley This land was made for you and me 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 Convoy by C W McCall. I think he mentions the interstate, close to a highway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 On 6/24/2022 at 1:35 PM, TAKerry said: Highway Song. By Blackfoot or ..? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3macboys Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 Take it to the Limit by The Eagles - was just on the radio as I was backing down the laneway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
36 D2 Coupe Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Listen to Del Reeves do Girl on the Billboard. 😄 Keep on truckin'! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pont35cpe Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 "I`ve Been Everywhere" Hank Snow version Also "Dead Man`s Curve" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbking Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 (edited) On titles with the word "highway": Highway Blues Highway 80 Blues Lost Highway If we can substitute the word "road" for "highway", the title song to one of my favorite movies: The Ballad of Thunder Road. Will pass on the lyrics; my memory doesn't remember all of them, and too busy to crank up the turntable. And while the word "highway" is not mentioned; everyone knew the song referred to Highway 61: Chief and his G.T.O. Jon. Edited June 27, 2022 by carbking (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbking Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 I have a database of 1584 albums and singles relating to automobiles, motorcyles, and racing listed by: title, label, number, artist, and RPM which I would be happy to email to anyone wishing a copy. Just PM your email address, and desired format (microsoft access, microsoft excel, text, etc.). Jon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akstraw Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 "Santa Monica Freeway" in You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma by David Frizzell and Shelly West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Bond Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 Here are a few that are pretty obscure - from my collection of automobile related sheet music. I've got around 300 and many of them have "highway" in the lyrics - but you were probably not talking about some of this early stuff. Terry 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 On 6/26/2022 at 11:00 AM, ply33 said: I am surprised that the Woody Guthrie song “This Land is Your Land” hasn’t been mentioned yet. Verse 2: As I went walking that ribbon of highway I saw above me that endless skyway Saw below me that golden valley This land was made for you and me Considering all of the "lay ups" and then all of the tricky ones that should have been right up there with the lay ups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 Whats this one? "Shes the terror of Colorado Blvd". or something similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC38dls Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 (edited) The little old lady from Pasadena! Jan & Dean dave s Edited June 28, 2022 by SC38dls (see edit history) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28 Chrysler Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 Ramblin Man Almond Brothers Highway Man Loreena McKennit 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryLime Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 "On The Road To Mandalay" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalowed Bill Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 "Thunder Road" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Dead Skunk... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO87bXEWGys 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Gentle on My Mind Glen Campbell "Though the wheat fields and the coal mines and the junkyards And the highways come between us And some other woman's cryin' to her mother 'Cause she turned and I was gone" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 (edited) I got a name. Jim Croce Edited July 1, 2022 by Dandy Dave (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 (edited) On 6/28/2022 at 8:34 AM, JACK M said: Whats this one? "Shes the terror of Colorado Blvd". or something similar. You might be thinking of Highwayman with Waylon, Kris K., Willie and Johnny Cash "A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado" Another forgotten one is "Key to the Highway" by Led Zeppelin on Zepp III album. A little to obscure to enjoy on the road though. Save it for a 70's bar crawl However, Mark Knoplfers "Long Highway" is an epic listen on a cool desert night when it's just you and the road at 2 am. *John Denver Country Roads deserves a place in this thread* Edited July 1, 2022 by 30DodgePanel (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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