Music: 10 Detroit driving songs for Dream Cruise

With the annual Woodward Dream Cruise scheduled to run at full throttle Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, Detroit Metromix took a look at some of the driving-inspired songs that have come out of Detroit over the years.

This is, after all, the Motor City and nowhere else in the country should fuel-injected ditties of this magnitude be generated. The MC5 and The Detroit Wheels both used the motor-industry influence when choosing a band name, but we also found that there is no shortage of songs that delve into similar subject matter.

Aretha Franklin – “Freeway of Love”

Actually, this is less a song about driving and more a song about getting it on with Aretha, but the fact that the Queen of Soul used driving as a metaphor for some Franklin fornication must be celebrated. But guys, the line “So jump right in...Ain't no sin...Take a ride in my machine,” doesn’t work in Downtown bars.

Bobby Bare – “Detroit City”

The Ohio-born country music singer won a Grammy in 1963 for this song about wanting to get out of our beloved city and go back home. Well, thanks a bunch Bare. Still, they say no publicity is bad publicity and the fact that a Grammy-winning song was named after Detroit didn’t do us any harm. However, the line “I rode a freight train north to Detroit city, after all these years I've been wasting my time”, wouldn’t have made him many friends here.

Steve Earle – “Hillbilly Highway”

The country legend is known for writing very personal songs and this one, despite its amusing title, is no different. Earle is notorious in some quarters for being a rare commodity indeed -- a left-wing country artist, something that didn’t hurt his popularity in Michigan. But it was the line “Pretty soon the dirt road turned into blacktop, Detroit City bound” that cemented his legendary status here.

Alice Cooper – “Under My Wheels”

Leave it to Coop to pen an ode to running over your loved one. Of course, nowadays we all know that ol’ black eyes is a golf-playing Bible reader, but back in the ‘70s songs like these were causing a bit of a stir. We at MMX don’t condone aiming your car at your significant other; try relationship therapy first.

Bob Seger – “Travelin’ Man”

“Travelin’ Man” sees old Bob at his contemplative best as he sings of drifting from town to town as times get tough.

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Music: 10 Detroit driving songs for Dream Cruise

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The song “Lady in Red” was written in reference to (though not specifically about) Chris De Burgh’s first wife, Diane, and was released on the album “Into the Light”, reaching number one in the UK Singles Chart in July 1986, and peaking on the Billboard pop chart at number three in May 1987. On the British TV series “This Is Your Life”, De Burgh said that the song was inspired by the memory of when he first saw Diane, and how men so often cannot even remember what their wives were wearing when they first met. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Aishwarya Rai): born 1 November 1973) is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 1994. During her career, Rai has acted in over forty movies in Hindi, English, Tamil and Bengali. She is sometimes known simply as “Ash” or “Aish”. Often cited by the media as the most beautiful woman in the world, Rai made her movie debut in Mani Ratnam’s Tamil film Iruvar (1997) and had her first commercial success in the Tamil movie Jeans (1998). She came to the attention of Bollywood in the movie Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Her performance in the film won her the Filmfare Best Actress Award. In 2002 she appeared in Bhansali’s next project, Devdas (2002), for which she won her second Filmfare Best Actress Award. After a low phase in her career during 2003–2005, she

@likekinds If I had a better memory, I’d tell you where I found those pics’ of Aishwarya. I felt like I discovered gold when I found them! If I remember correctly, she has her own website..there are a lot of pics’ there. Chris De Burgh is a new discovery for me, too. I love the way he sings “Lady in Red”. Thanks for the nice comment…sorry I missed it.


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