Autoshite (Christmas) Album of Shite

6,395 · November 23, 2012

Can't see this in any of the older topics and I'm thoroughly surprised at such. I may even have to write into the Times.

Anyways, while trundling up and down the A90 all day in my nice* new shiney shiney bus shite, my mind wandered to some of the seriously rubbish car based music I've been listening to recently and I've hit on the idea of doing a Shitemas Compilation of some sorts. All I need is some further suggestions to pad out the collection to create a standard 12 - 15 track CD of pure audio horribleness for trundling about in the autobrick.

To get the ball rolling, I'll pitch my suggestions:

Most of the Volvo Album (I am Rolling) but I'd restrain it to the absolute worst of the lot;

- A Reason To Cheer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdpHaCvgs2A

- Superstition (Is Bad Ignition) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l9GpIwg7Oc

- Some People Get All The Breaks -

- I Am Rolling -

- My Sevenforty Car -

The Maestro & Montego Owners Club

- Winging My Way To a Wonderful Day - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYVg_6g2XyU

Ray Stevens

- Theme From Cannonball Run -

Surely there must be some other audio crud out there worthy of the same shite status as the above to make a great* album of anthems for this site.

32,998 · November 23, 2012

Grey Cortina by The Tom Robinson Band http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECS3-wwID1I

"Wish i had a grey Cortina, Whiplash Aerial, Racing trim"

6,395 · November 23, 2012

Marvellous suggestion trig. Consider it short listed.

....and of course you can't mention Tom Robinson without at least having a gander at:

2,4,6,8 Motorway -

3,550 · November 23, 2012

How about the fabulous "Hillman Avenger" by the late, great Tim Hart?

http://www.colin99.co.uk/extras/avenger.mp3

32,998 · November 23, 2012

There's also the Autoshite theme tune. Austin Ambassador Y reg by John Shuttleworth.

8,942 · November 23, 2012

How about this Yokel bus song???

4,796 · November 23, 2012

Can I suggest Tehcnopop by The Buggles?

Some mention of Motorways and driving, it's very much of it's time too. I could imagine it blasting out of the tapedeck on a new Sierra...

Also, 740 Car off the Volvo album is atrociously bad.

3,550 · November 23, 2012

Can I suggest Tehcnopop by The Buggles?

Some mention of Motorways and driving, it's very much of it's time too. I could imagine it blasting out of the tapedeck on a new Sierra...

The "Very Different Version" of "Johnny On The Monorail" by said group would work well, too, although it's not really a car song

53,768 · November 24, 2012

If only I still had the means to make a mix tape...

Jasper Carrott - http://youtu.be/am6T-MvsQzw

Flanders & Swann -

Siouxsie & The Banshees - http://youtu.be/kHkr4pb8Hcc

Grace Jones -

Feeder -

Bryan Ferry - http://youtu.be/ci9jA_4O3GI

Talking Heads - http://youtu.be/I1wg1DNHbNU

The Clash -

Joan Jett -

(blame Tank Girl for this choice:

)

17,873 · November 24, 2012

Sevenforty Car should not feature on any album ever, it is fucking woeful. I'd even say "I am Rolling" and "Some people get all the breaks" would more than suffice. The 960 or 850 T5 songs would fit much better as well as being less offensive on the ears... the 960 one is actually pretty damn good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1-hnTfGvyY

I can't think of any other reasonable tracks just now except perhaps this, which has been brining out the child in me for most of this past week.

2,087 · November 24, 2012

This is terrible, but appropriate.

12,816 · November 24, 2012

Brian May. Think twin cam Sierra. Think Scorpio. Think this nonsense:

17,873 · November 24, 2012

This is terrible, but appropriate.

That's just reminded me of this...

and

Brian May. Think twin cam Sierra. Think Scorpio. Think this nonsense:

Should surely be this version?

5,019 · November 24, 2012

For fellow Range Rover owners:

8 Miles a Gallon - Commonwealth

November 24, 2012

Autoshite anthem ???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dayDe-OBINI

And there's more !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v4PyWZDeRI

No pics on this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq_LQr1OfpE

17,873 · November 25, 2012

Bit rapey?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-kW1lzbfmw&feature=endscreen&NR=1

4.5k · November 25, 2012

One for the heavy haulers on here?

November 26, 2012

My suggestion for the Autoshite theme song:

Can't forget Gary Numan:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldyx3KHOFXw

Happy Chrimbo Grandma!:

"Nasty big black things":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jxGnP536AU

"But they're not black, grandma, they're white! And they're British!"

O-U-T spells out...

3,801 · November 26, 2012

a few years ago (well in the 80s) i think Alexis Sayle did ' Please MoT my Cortina' to the tune of Don't cry for me Argentina...............but this could be a figment of my imagination as i can't find it on youtube. Anyone else remember it?

5,019 · November 27, 2012

^

November 28, 2012

"More car for your money":

'Ee can't half play the bongos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LMq9uzYz_E

Funky Ford Cortina:

Alexei Sayle feat. The Nice Little Earners:

8,942 · November 28, 2012

And the first car shown in that Cortina clip is flippin Triggers! That's gonna end up being nearly as famous as the Life On Mars Mk3 before long. It is a crackin car tho

12,191 · November 28, 2012

Love on the leatherette

6,395 · December 2, 2012

Right apologies for my absense on this one. Bloody work doing 6548 hour shifts with 28736512340 runs to Aberdeen a day but I thought I'd bump it back up and post my thoughts.

After listening to the suggestions I've put together the compilation. 16 tracks so it's just over what I would call an album of 15 tracks but seeing as some of the songs are a bit short, well....I'll let that extra track slip in. Also, even I'll admit it's rather Volvo heavy however I think the amount of Audioshite they've come away with over the years justifies it.

Criticism is welcome and I'm still open to edits before I actually go ahead and make a CD / mix tape out of it so here goes...

Ray Stevens - Cannonball

Tom Robinson - Grey Cortina

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n77yEvuFDsg

Tim Hart - Hillman Avenger

http://www.colin99.co.uk/extras/avenger.mp3

Volvo - 960 Theme song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1-hnTfGvyY

Paul Shanklin - In A Yugo

Brian May - Driven By You

Volvo - Some People get all the breaks

Richie Kavanagh - I've Had All Kinds Of Motor Cars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dayDe-OBINI

Seamus Moore - The Bedford Van

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-kW1lzbfmw

Adam Sandler - Piece of Shit Car

Volvo - I Am rolling

Alexei Sayle - 'Ullo John, Got a New Motor?

Montego Owners - Winging My Way (Well that's what I like to call it)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYVg_6g2XyU

Gary Numan - Cars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldyx3KHOFXw

Volvo - Superstition

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l9GpIwg7Oc

The Lambrettas - Cortina Mk2

4.5k · December 2, 2012

Ugh. That Bedford van song is well creepy.

27,998 · December 2, 2012

Marvellous suggestion trig. Consider it short listed.

....and of course you can't mention Tom Robinson without at least having a gander at:
2,4,6,8 Motorway -

Somewhere I've got a Renault "Making Tracks" promo CD with that on. It was given away from dealers if you went and showed any interest at all in their cars.

I'd have thought a better cover version for Renault would have been "2, 4, 6, 8, Motorway Hard Shoulder".

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