S01 E94
Girls in Cars? Boys in Cars? Nonbinary people in cars? Nongendered People in Cars? Animals in Cars! Animals driving cars! Absurd. Lets stop, now. Please. PC gone mad! Slightly fluffy skin bags in cars!
Everybody loves a car, don’t they? They’ve have been a feature in rock’n’roll since rock’n’roll was wearing bobby socks. (Apparently, Bobbysocks were a 1980s Norwegian band that entered Eurovision.)
This week, Andrew and Sam take this week as their opportunity to explore, this week, the many-varied roll of the car in the modern Western rock and/or roll tradition. This week. And, boy do they do it! You gotta get your ears in this shit. Wowee. They conclude by discussing the unique perspective of Grace Jones channelling a parking space – she is objectifying the car whilst turning herself into an object. Wrap your head around that, academics.
Andrew and Sam also discover the joy of internet comments. Sam wants the Internet to be turned off, as he sends these show notes in an email. If he posted them to Andrew, they’d take about 3 weeks to arrive.
Love.
Riffs of the week
Dr Sam’s Riff
- Dan Deacon – Sat By A Tree (0.10)
Andrew’s Riff
- Rad Pitt – I went to Bristol and saw Macaulay Culkin on a boat once (1:20)
Dr Sam’s track choices
- Kaonashi – I hate the Sound of Car Keys (1.06)
- Madness – I Like Driving in My Car (opening)
- Velvets – My Baby’s Car Crazy (0.06)
- The Dead Milkmen – Bitchin’ Camaro (1.43)
Andrew’s track choices
- The Bluetones – Autophillia (1:17)
- Suede – Breakdown (4:35)
- Deep Purple – Speed King (1:47)
- Grace Jones – Pull up to my bumper (2:15)
Listen to Rad Pitt – https://radpittradpitt.bandcamp.com/album/hymns-for-the-hopeful
Email us – beatmotel@lawsie.com
Noteable tracks we didn’t choose
- Chop Suey by System of a Down
- I’m in love with my car – Queen
- All songs by Fu Manchu
- Little Red Corvette – Prince
- No particular place to go – Chuck Berry
- Maybelline – Chuck Berry
- Baby you can drive my car – The Beatles
