Category Archive: BS Daily Tune Up
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “American Pie” by Don Mclean (1971)
I can’t believe we haven’t run this song as a Daily Tune Up yet! We suck, cause this song rules. I mean how can you go wrong when your song talks about driving your Chevy to the levee....
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Paul Revere And The Raiders – Judge (1969)
Here’s one straight out of the Pontiac marketing department in 1969! We’ve featured several tunes by Paul Revere and the Raiders before, among them was SS396, their ode to the 1966...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Copperhead Road” by Steve Earle (1988)
According to Steve Earle, “Copperhead Road” was the World’s first blend of Heavy Metal and Bluegrass. I think it just kicks ass. The song is all about Shine, Horsepower, and Pot,...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Good Ol’ Boys” The Dukes Of Hazzard Theme Song – Waylon Jennings (1979)
The Dukes of Hazzard is one of the most iconic TV shows of my youth. I would lay on the floor as close to the TV as mom would allow and listen to Waylon belt out “Good Ol’ Boys”...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Highway Star” by Deep Purple (1972)
“Highway Star” is one of British rock group Deep Purple‘s most famous songs. The song is the opening track on the 1972 album Machine Head, and has one of the best road trip stories...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Big, Long Buick – Big Joe and the Dynaflows (1998)
I love good blues music and my definition of good blues music is blues music that involves cars. This is a tune by the awesomely named Big Joe and The Dynaflows where the lead singer (which we assume...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Hot Rod Ford – The Swingin’ Demons (Year Unknown)
Here’s a good Rockabilly jam from a band called The Swingin’ Demons singing about a hot rod Ford. It is good Friday music because hopefully you’ll be cruising your own hot rod or at...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Call Me The Breeze – Lynrd Skynrd (1974)
It’s a Skynrd kind of day in BangShift land today. We dug up this freaking awesome live concert footage of the band playing one of the great driving tunes of all time “Call Me The...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Bad Motor Scooter – Montrose (1973)
Ronnie Montrose and Sammy Hagar were the two most well known parts of the first version of the band Montrose that emerged in the early 1970s and became stadium hard rock gods by the time the decade...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Slick Black Cadillac” Quiet Riot 1979
With hits like “Metal Health”, aka “Bang Your Head”, and “Cum On Feel The Noize”, Quiet Riot became on of the iconic metal bands of the ’80s. In fact,...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Treat Your Mother Right – Mr. T (1984)
Look, we’re tired of posting songs about cars, songs about having fun with cars, songs with cars in the title, and song with car noises in them. Today it is time to talk about two things that...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane (1967)
White Rabbit is one of Jefferson Airplane’s most iconic songs, and is ranked as one of the top 500 rock songs of all time. Since it has Rabbit in the title, we thought it would be appropriate...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Shut Down (Live) – The Beach Boys (1964)
As I have written many times before, The Beach Boys are my favorite band. This live version of their classic street racing tale “Shut Down” is super good because it appears they are...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Racing In The Streets – Bruce Springsteen (1978)
This could be the most melancholy song about street racing ever recorded, but like most of Springsteen’s music it manages to strike the right chord with us. There have been a bunch of car...