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Wednesday Coffee Break: Motorcycles

Posted at 8:58 AM on March 31, 2010 by Steve Seel (31 Comments)
Filed under: 9:30 Coffee Break

(updated below)

It's 75 degrees. No rain forecasted until the weekend. Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines - your motorcycle engines.

Let's put together a 9:30 Coffee Break set today featuring songs about motorcycles, or which mention them in their lyrics.

Update: We played:

1) The Shangri-Las, "Leader of the Pack"
2) The Hopefuls, "Motobike"
3) Neil Young, "Motorcycle Mama"
4) Yo La Tengo, "Speeding Motorcycle"
5) Steppenwolf, "Born To Be Wild"

Comments (31)

Motobike - Hopefuls

Posted by Mike in St Paul | March 31, 2010 9:05 AM

"The Leader of the Pack" by the Shangri-Las

"Born to Be Wild" by Steppenwolf

Thanks for the motorcycle coffee break this morning. I am signed up for the Basic Rider Course on April 15, and I hope to get my motorcycle license that weekend. I'm itching to ride.

Posted by Cathryn | March 31, 2010 9:07 AM

The leader of the pack, vroom vroom!

Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive... on a steel horse I ride. Do it for Emilio!

Posted by Chris | March 31, 2010 9:08 AM

The Motorcycle Song - Arlo guthrie
Gold Motorcycle - Pigeon John

Posted by Christian | March 31, 2010 9:08 AM

the motorcycle song - arlo guthrie
Gold motorcycle - pigeon John

Posted by Christian | March 31, 2010 9:08 AM

"Leader Of The Pack" - The Shangri-Las

Posted by IndyR | March 31, 2010 9:09 AM

Leader of the Pack

Vroom vroom.

Posted by Sean | March 31, 2010 9:10 AM

For sure, The Leader of the Pack!

Posted by Adam O | March 31, 2010 9:10 AM

Neil Young - Unknown Legend ("...She rides a Harley Davidson...")

Posted by Shaun | March 31, 2010 9:10 AM

Johnny Cash-Ballad Of Little Fauss And Big Halsy

Arlo Guthrie-Motorcycle Song

Yo La Tango- Little Honda (beach boys cover)

Bruce Springsteen-Born to Run, "At night we ride through mansions of glory on suicide machines"

Posted by jeff | March 31, 2010 9:11 AM

"Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen. Strap your hands cross my engines, indeed.

Posted by cal | March 31, 2010 9:11 AM

Motorcycle Song - Arlo Guthrie
Unknown Legend - Neil Young

Posted by jason | March 31, 2010 9:11 AM

Motorpsycho Nightmare- Bob Dylan :-)

Posted by J. Wagner | March 31, 2010 9:11 AM

Ape Hanger - Ass Ponys
Speeding Motorcycle - Daniel Johnston

Posted by wellst | March 31, 2010 9:11 AM

THE LEADER OF THE PACK! VROOM VROOM VROOM VROOM!

Posted by Dani | March 31, 2010 9:12 AM

Unknown Legend - Neil Young

My Boyfriend's Back - Chiffons

Posted by Jamie | March 31, 2010 9:12 AM

"Little Honda"- The Beach Boys. This is a family road trip favorite.

Posted by Justin | March 31, 2010 9:13 AM

Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls

"Friday night and I need a fight
My motorcycle and a switchblade knife" LOL

Plus you get the added sounds of a motorcycle.

Posted by Eric | March 31, 2010 9:13 AM

The Leader of the Pack - Shangri La's

On a Nice Day - Persephone's Bees, has a sound effect at the start...or at the end.

Arlo Guthrie - The Motorcycle Song, "I don't want to eat a pickle...I just wanna ride my motorcycle"

I'll even nominate as a visual entry, the cover art for Meatloaf's "Bat out of Hell" album.

Posted by loran | March 31, 2010 9:13 AM

"The Motorcycle Song" by Arlo Guthrie
"Leader of the Laundromat" by The Detergents
(much preferred to Leader of the Pack)

Posted by Mike C | March 31, 2010 9:14 AM

Steve Earle - The Other Kind

Posted by Allyson | March 31, 2010 9:14 AM

The best motorcycle song ever is Richard Thompson's "1952 Vincent Black Lightning"
Love and Rockets' "Motorcycle would be great too!

Posted by Craig | March 31, 2010 9:16 AM

Born to run--the boss
speeding motorcycle--yo la tengo

and could you please do a bicycle coffee break so you can play "bicycle" by queen? what better morning music?!

Posted by beth | March 31, 2010 9:17 AM

I would like to second the vote for 1952 Vincent Black Lightning by Richard Thompson.

Posted by Cynthia | March 31, 2010 9:19 AM

"Harley Davidson" - Serge Gainsbourg

Posted by IndyR | March 31, 2010 9:22 AM

Turn the Page - Bob Seger

Always makes me think my time out on the open road


Posted by Tony | March 31, 2010 9:23 AM

Richard Thompson "1952 Vincent Black Lightning"

I third, that.

Suicide "Ghost Rider"

Johnny Cash "Ballad of Little Fauss and Big Halsey"

Brigitte Bardot "Harley Davidson"

Richard Hawley "The Motorcycle Song"

Posted by Krista | March 31, 2010 9:23 AM

Will have to add my vote to Leader of the Pack (look out! look out! look out!)
FOX by Millencolin - you think it's about a lady, but it's really about his love for his bike :)

Posted by joy Z | March 31, 2010 9:28 AM

It's the wrong kind of bike, but it could work.

"Bicycle Race" - Queen

Posted by Mike | March 31, 2010 9:30 AM

Mi Moto (my bike) by MENUDO (ricky Martin's first band).

Posted by Ramon | March 31, 2010 9:30 AM

Motorcycles ... great!! But can you do us riders a big favor? Please remind everyone that the bikes are back on the streets - time to pay a little extra attention, and watch for motorcycles and bicycles.

PLEASE DON'T TEXT WHILE DRIVING!, and try to eliminate those in-car distractions that could so easily lead to the death of my fellow bikers.

Posted by Wheels | March 31, 2010 9:32 AM

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