Driving Game (Part 60)
4If you’re new to the Driving Game, you can just look back at the start of it all here in Part 1 for the full rules.
Please consider the kind folks who maintain our cheat sheet and add your post in the format of “Artist Name - Song Name” followed by a link to the song on the next line. That way they all look the same and it’s easier on the Cheat Sheet team when it’s time to update that list.
Speaking of the Cheat Sheet… The full history of our game, with links to each of the past threads, can be found on the Driving Game Cheat Sheet. Use that to avoid getting vetoed by a duplicate.
Have fun!
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Picking up from my last play:
Aitch - 1989
/youtube David Bowie - 1984
Bee Gees - New York Mining Disaster 1941
Slutever - 1994
/youtube Kim Wilde 1969 (Here Come The Aliens)
@Kyeh That’s one snazzy getup!
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
Another surprising first-time band!
@ircon96 I’ve skipped a fair amount of pumpkins’ songs because I was sure someone else would have already posted them. Hard to believe this is really the first
@metaphore Ikr?? I figured it was a rare chance for this song, since we’re on a roll of “years in the title” posts. Smashing & pumpkins aren’t exactly frequent common denominators, either!
Bowling For Soup - 1985
Steel Panther - 1987
Jamala - 1944
Sadly prophetic winning entry by Ukraine in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. Slava Ukraini!
Bond - The 1812 (Live the Royal Albert Hall)
/youtube styx a.d. 1928/rockin’ the paradise
I know I already posted Rockin’ the Paradise, but when it loaded with the song I wanted, I figured I’d add it onto the title in case someone was tired of the numbers. I think we got all the paradise songs already, though.
@mossygreen
Tommy Shaw used to frequently play in a bowling alley nearby…
Zager and Evans - In the Year 2525
@steeltoesenator
DUPE
this was already played (by me) at the end of game 15. But the numbers theme continues, so no biggie…
/youtube gary numan the 1930’s rust
Proper. - Germany, 1991
John Oszajca - Back In 1999
Aerosmith - Back in the Saddle
/youtube Sam Hunt - Body Like A Back Road
Remo Drive - Hunting for Sport
R.E.M. - Drive
Sammy Hagar - I Can’t Drive 55
Cheat Sheet is now up to date thru game 59…
Alphawezen - Electricity Drive
/youtube Emerson Drive - Moments
This hit me hard when I first heard it, glad I got the chance to remember it
In This Moment - Just Drive
@metaphore Double!
Jay and the Americans - This Magic Moment
Afrika Bambatta - Planet Rock (Bass In The Planet Mix by DJ Magic Mike)
Michael Buble - Haven’t Met You Yet
/youtube Michael McDonald - I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near)
Mike + the Mechanics - Word of Mouth
Bush - Mouth
@ExtraMedium Yet ANOTHER surprising first-timer!
@ExtraMedium Oops, this was the SECOND post for them, i didn’t notice that the chest sheet had collapsed on me.
Bush - Glycerine
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
@chienfou I almost posted that one myself!
@chienfou @ircon96 Pretty surprised that it wasn’t posted long ago! (I’m one of the few who don’t like it, though.)
N.W.A. - 100 Miles And Runnin’
Van Halen - Runnin’ With The Devil
Paris - The Devil Made Me Do It
Beatles - Devil in Her Heart
Robin Trower - Shame the Devil
Robin Rogers - Color-Blind Angel
Love this song and the history it commemorates.
Gone much too soon. RIP Robin.
/youtube roxy music angel eyes
@mossygreen Huh, had no idea there was a video for this. It is the live-action equivalent of a purse I was given in 1980. To be precise, it’s the live-action equivalent of a pair of purses given to me and my sister in 1980 (one was pink, one was blue).
Jimi Hendrix - Angel
Dead by April - Angels Of Clarity
Angelfish - Suffocate Me
Lead singer was great but everything she sang after this album was garbage.
Sia - Breathe Me
Soundtrack to one of the greatest show endings of all time, Six Feet Under. I just happened to be finishing the series shortly after my husband died, and it was one of the shows we watched together. This song still guts me every time!
Manchester Orchestra - I Can Barely Breathe
Telepopmusik - Breathe
Kill Hannah - Don’t Breathe My Air
Sublime - Don’t Push
The Front Bottoms - Push-Ups
The Front - Sister Moon
Van Morrison - Moondance
@chienfou This was played in Game 45, but Yoda_daenerys spelled it wrong, so I’m thinking you get a pass…
@Kyeh
Well, yeah, I searched for both moondance and moon dance. Didn’t try that spelling! I assume Van doesn’t have a song about a mon(s)dance!
@Kyeh
gonna change it now that I know it’s been (“poorly”) done already.
@chienfou
Judging from some songs that exist there might be one but probably not by Van!
Replacement song for Moondance
Twisted Sister - We’re Not Gonna Take It.
Another group with a surprising “first mention” this late in the game.
/youtube lydia lunch tied and twist
Holy crap, I never realized how much this sounds like The Residents.
Tanita Tikaram - Twist in My Sobriety
Isley Brothers - Twist and Shout
Dire Straits - Twisting By The Pool
/youtube Chubby Checker - The Twist
Fats Domino - I’m Walking To New Orleans
(Connected 2 ways… The weight insults and the game pieces!)
@chienfou Chubby Checker got his name from Fats Domino!
https://www.inquirer.com/philly/entertainment/celebrities/fats-domino-chubby-checker-obit-american-bandstand-dick-clark-20171025.html
@Kyeh
Well, I’ll be damned!
…TIL
Fatboy Slim - Funk Soul Brother
Grand Funk Railroad - I’m Your Captain
/youtube Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk
Parliament Funkadelic- Give Up the Funk
Doobie Brothers - Give Me The Beat Boys (Drift Away)
@chienfou
Ok… never mind… turns out the Doobies never did this song and that was Dobie Gray… And has been already posted.
Drifters - Up on the Roof
@chienfou Way to bridge your own fail.
@ExtraMedium
Keepin’ it honest!
Mike Perkins - Rooftop
DJ Magic Mike - Magic Mike Cuts the Record
Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
ExtraMedium Yes, it’s me again, I can’t get this thread to load - can we have another?
/youtube brian eno energy fools the magician
Moving right along, we’re off to Part 61!