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  • STORYTELLING AT IT'S BEST!.. | FIRST TIME HEARING Commander Cody - Hot Rod Lincoln REACTION
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  • @RobRager
    @RobRager 2 года назад +164

    That’s Commander Cody And The Lost Planet Airmen
    ETA: Was originally a rockabilly song from the mid 50’s . Commander Cody version is very early 70’s

    • @DavidGarcia-kw4sf
      @DavidGarcia-kw4sf 2 года назад +7

      There are people even today still doing rockabilly quite well. Fun stuff.

    • @louiseasmith1336
      @louiseasmith1336 2 года назад +4

      @@DavidGarcia-kw4sf Dwight Yokum!

    • @craigreid7178
      @craigreid7178 2 года назад +4

      Johnny Bond did the first version I ever heard.

    • @theman4884
      @theman4884 2 года назад +1

      This song is actually a sequel to the song "Hot Rod Race" by Arkie Shibley which would be another great song for them to review. Note the opening line "Have heard the story of the hot rod race where the Ford and Mercury were setting the pace. That story's true I'm here to say 'cause I was driving that Model A".

    • @MyPancho1
      @MyPancho1 2 года назад

      I saw Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen perform this in Austin in 1972 or 1973.. Great!

  • @PickleBoot_Arts
    @PickleBoot_Arts 2 года назад +216

    A couple great story songs: Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant" (very long) and Gordon Lightfoot's "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald."

    • @lohearth3160
      @lohearth3160 2 года назад +3

      Couldn't' agree more.

    • @johnboydTx
      @johnboydTx 2 года назад +15

      Perfect for thanksgiving!!!!!! 😋👍✌

    • @AnitaLife27
      @AnitaLife27 2 года назад +19

      Yes! Especially since thanksgiving is coming up, they have to do Alice’s Restaurant.

    • @jimk2099
      @jimk2099 2 года назад +14

      @@AnitaLife27 Absolutely, my Thanksgiving is not complete without a listen of Alice's Restaurant.

    • @mikepowell9572
      @mikepowell9572 2 года назад +13

      radio station here only plays alice's resteraunt once a year at noon on thanksgiving off a vinyl record

  • @michaelevans1193
    @michaelevans1193 2 года назад +102

    Well, Amber met her goal when she screamed “Yes” at the beginning of the song…she made me smile! One of my favorite songs of all time.

    • @reginablankenship3706
      @reginablankenship3706 2 года назад +6

      Her yelling out in the beginning was the best😂😂😂😂😂

  • @teddtarr
    @teddtarr 2 года назад +176

    "Little Nash Rambler" by the Playmates is probably the most humorous of the old car tunes. It progresses from a very slow pace to a very fast one, as a Caddy driver relates his annoyance/frustration at not being able to lose a Nash Rambler that was tailing him while repeatedly honking it's horn. The final line is guaranteed for a an old-fashioned horse 🐎 laugh.

    • @arkiemisfit
      @arkiemisfit 2 года назад +14

      Beep beep, beep beep, his horn went beep beep beep 😂🤣

    • @phogandivephogandive3885
      @phogandivephogandive3885 2 года назад +4

      The title is Beep Beep. ruclips.net/video/ayTJtVzHOLs/видео.html

    • @garyr8739
      @garyr8739 2 года назад +4

      You beat me to it. I was going to recomment the same one. Funny as hell.

    • @Knightveil
      @Knightveil 2 года назад +2

      @@phogandivephogandive3885 Yup. Parents had it on a 45 that I played to death as a kid.

    • @shawnj1966
      @shawnj1966 2 года назад +4

      Lord Mr. Ford, by Jerry Reed is a great, funny song about cars LOL

  • @vanessamikawa7970
    @vanessamikawa7970 2 года назад +78

    Here’s a cool one to try: stray cats song stray cat strut. It’s a genre called rockabilly and I don’t think you guys have heard any yet. Love ya

    • @Kashmir.820
      @Kashmir.820 2 года назад +3

      Great choice…. I second that one!! Stray Cat Strut is def a fun song!!!

    • @steveweller3899
      @steveweller3899 2 года назад +5

      @Vanessa Mikawa, The Stray Cats are an excellent suggestion! "Stray Cat Strut", " Rock This Town" and "Look At That Cadillac" exemplify Rockabilly without a doubt, and I hope Jay and Amber can make room for them soon! But then there's Carl Perkins, who did the original version of Blue Suede Shoes" a year before Elvis Presley covered it and made it a smash hit..."Be Bop A Lula"by Gene Vincent is good too. I'd throw in "Pink
      Cadillac" by Bruce Springsteen just for giggles & grins...
      Thanks for reminding me of the band and the genre☺
      S.W.

    • @judithweiss6727
      @judithweiss6727 2 года назад

      also Robert Gordon - underrated rockabilly singer

  • @elainemarsh5170
    @elainemarsh5170 2 года назад +122

    You like storytelling? Try Harper Valley PTA. And for banjo, there is absolutely no beating Flatt and Scruggs, Foggy Mountain Breakdown.

    • @Lensmaster1
      @Lensmaster1 2 года назад +4

      I second both those suggestions

    • @MsKrystal57
      @MsKrystal57 2 года назад +5

      Harper Valley PTA is fun!

    • @bugvswindshield
      @bugvswindshield 2 года назад +2

      yep, thats my timer ringtone lol :)

    • @CindyBear38
      @CindyBear38 2 года назад +4

      Harper Valley PTA was written by Country legend Tom T. Hall, the storyteller, almost all of his songs are story songs

    • @chrisblair5937
      @chrisblair5937 2 года назад

      Ain't nobody trying to hear no Jeannie C Riley or any Flatt & Scruggs, that's trailer park music

  • @bruparr1
    @bruparr1 2 года назад +52

    Bill Kirchen was the amazing guitarist of this band. You should listen to his 8 minute live version where he mimics the guitar styles of every great guitarist. RIP Commander.

    • @judithweiss6727
      @judithweiss6727 2 года назад +1

      that one is soooo good

    • @paulsander5433
      @paulsander5433 2 года назад +2

      Bill is still writing and touring! He's also a founder of the Americana genre of music.

    • @mitchellbaxter6314
      @mitchellbaxter6314 Год назад

      Bill is local to DC. I saw him at a biker/dive bar in Annandale, Virginia he used to play every week in the 1990's.

  • @wandacable3739
    @wandacable3739 2 года назад +23

    Hot Rod Lincoln came out in 1971! It was actually Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen on this song! Gotta love that band name! Thanks for reacting to it!😁

    • @rickwagner666
      @rickwagner666 6 месяцев назад

      Sorry not true this was and is a Charlie Ryan song . I knew the man and sat in the legend

  • @caseymoe816
    @caseymoe816 2 года назад +288

    Yes, you did “A Boy Named Sue,” but similar to “Hot Rod Lincoln” you must check out Johnny Cash’s “One Piece At A Time.” Excellent work yet again!🤙🔥

    • @christinegreen3974
      @christinegreen3974 2 года назад +5

      Yes! This is what I thought of Cash's song when I saw this video.

    • @vickilloyd7472
      @vickilloyd7472 2 года назад +6

      I am a Johnny Cash nut. Know every song. One piece at a time would be absolutely perfect after hearing this song.

    • @joiedevivre2005
      @joiedevivre2005 2 года назад +3

      I just suggested the same. :)

    • @debjorgo
      @debjorgo 2 года назад +6

      It made me think of Chuck Berry's You Can't Catch Me.

    • @shawnhenry4100
      @shawnhenry4100 2 года назад +5

      Absolutely he must play Another great song Is please Mr. Custer

  • @davidrobinson3716
    @davidrobinson3716 2 года назад +64

    Chuck Berry's "Maybellene" is also about a car race and is a lot like this song.

    • @erikstrohl286
      @erikstrohl286 2 года назад +1

      Foghat does a good cover of it

    • @joannevincent2035
      @joannevincent2035 2 года назад +3

      Chuck Berry's "You Can't Catch Me" is way cool - also covered by The Blues Project in the 60s.

    • @jackies5481
      @jackies5481 2 года назад +1

      David - Unlike Maybellene, you are being true there! You know Jay and Amber would love that one!

    • @9284vr
      @9284vr 2 года назад +2

      @@joannevincent2035...Amen to that...I love Chuck Berry's You Can't Catch Me-it should be played more often and the video of his performing it back in the 50's...check youtube or Google the 1956 movie Rock Rock Rock! in which Chuck did that song as well as Maybelline and Roll Over Beethoven.

    • @9284vr
      @9284vr 2 года назад +2

      @David Robinson...Linked below are two more great car songs by Chuck but my fave is "You Can't Catch Me" as indicated by another reply here to your comment from Joanne Vincent:
      ruclips.net/video/l1nJC4CXsok/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/kNQTbqzZaHc/видео.html

  • @wayneshapka6622
    @wayneshapka6622 2 года назад +28

    Charlie Daniel’s “Uneasy Rider” is a story song, and Kathy Mattel’s “455 Rocket” is a good car story song.

    • @marknorwood7521
      @marknorwood7521 Год назад +1

      Yeah, "Uneasy Rider" is funny as hell!!👍

    • @roberthickman2907
      @roberthickman2907 11 месяцев назад +1

      Don't forget uneasy Rider 1988.

    • @Pcytripper
      @Pcytripper 9 месяцев назад

      As an Oldsmobile fan, 455 Rocket is one of my favorite songs!

  • @user-rj6ii2hg8d
    @user-rj6ii2hg8d Месяц назад +1

    I wish I knew you guys - Y'all seem like a LOT of fun. Keep it up!

  • @twisted2291
    @twisted2291 2 года назад +94

    This song was originally released by Charlie Ryan, in 1955. Commander Cody covered it in 1971.

    • @Mattdirk59
      @Mattdirk59 2 года назад +4

      ...and Asleep At The Wheel in 1988😉👍

    • @mikeperry7838
      @mikeperry7838 2 года назад +2

      Best version for me is Jim Varney.

    • @ptournas
      @ptournas 2 года назад

      Yes it was, but it didn't hit the charts until his second version of it was released in 1960. I was twelve years old and loved the song at the time. I loved it when Commander Cody covered it 12 Years later and did such a great version of it.

    • @rockinronist
      @rockinronist 2 года назад

      @@ptournas The second version by Ryan is actually a follow up song to Hot Rod Lincoln called Hot Rod Hades. It has different lyrics and it's about the Lincoln crashing.

    • @richdiddens4059
      @richdiddens4059 2 года назад

      This song is said to be an adaptation of George Wilson's 1950 song Hot Rod Race.

  • @clarkholton461
    @clarkholton461 2 года назад +88

    Another story song: Gordon Lightfoot "The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".

    • @MS-ro9dm
      @MS-ro9dm 2 года назад +6

      Or The Great Canadian Railroad Trilogy.

    • @avidrdr5640
      @avidrdr5640 2 года назад +4

      Based on a real tragedy.

    • @christinec1928
      @christinec1928 2 года назад +2

      @@MS-ro9dm Yes!

    • @tilemonkee5510
      @tilemonkee5510 2 года назад

      Funny...I could listen to that when I have trouble sleeping!XD

    • @MS-ro9dm
      @MS-ro9dm 2 года назад +1

      @@christinec1928 : Certainly one of his best but people don't seem to know it.

  • @TexasRose50
    @TexasRose50 2 года назад +1

    Oh wow, it’s been many years since I’ve heard that song! Thanks!!

  • @williamstreet4304
    @williamstreet4304 2 года назад +1

    It wasn't a Lincoln. But, it was a Ford. My dad never knew most of the trouble I had. But he did have to answer to a constable and a judge once each. It was 15 years later when he asked me how fast that Mustang was. I told him the truth. Many of us from the muscle car years can relate to this song. But 110 wasn't the number then.

  • @Pauba1946
    @Pauba1946 2 года назад +76

    Amber and Jay, I hope you never lose your Joy when you hear music.

  • @davewildermuth7519
    @davewildermuth7519 2 года назад +73

    Next stops:
    CW McCall, "Convoy"
    Jerry Reed, "East Bound and Down"
    Buck Owens, "Streets of Bakersfield"

    • @smspirate
      @smspirate 2 года назад +2

      CW!

    • @SkankyYank
      @SkankyYank 2 года назад +3

      Amos Otis ... When you're hot you're hot ... Sha got the gold mine, I got the shaft

    • @theman4884
      @theman4884 2 года назад +1

      HOT ROD RACE by Arkie Shibley

    • @theman4884
      @theman4884 2 года назад +2

      Maybelline - Chuck Berry

    • @lesliejames6870
      @lesliejames6870 2 года назад +1

      When my son was growing up he and my dad use to listen to Jerry Reed in the car when they drove around together. Both loved his story telling songs so much! Today my son is 33 years old and my dad just passed away 1 month ago at the age of 97. My son to this day knows evey word of all Jerry Reed' s music...music is so great and will never let you down to bring you back to a certain time and place in your life...

  • @kellykonoske91
    @kellykonoske91 2 года назад

    " Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen" A classic! Love it guys! Todd the retired trucker.

  • @cojaysea
    @cojaysea Год назад +1

    Oh how I loved that band they were so good ! What a deep rabbit hole your getting in to . They have so many fun songs they were able to combine country and blues and boogie woogie with comical lyrics .

  • @doplinger1
    @doplinger1 2 года назад +61

    Johnny Cash has another “story telling” song you’d enjoy - “One Piece at a Time”.

    • @cassandracampbell3424
      @cassandracampbell3424 2 года назад

      Colorado Kook-Aid!

    • @theman4884
      @theman4884 2 года назад +1

      One Piece at a Time is great. I think they already did Boy Named Sue.
      I would also suggest:
      My Wife Thinks You're Dead - Junior Brown Not quite a story song but still awesome.

    • @jasonremy1627
      @jasonremy1627 2 года назад +1

      "psychobilly Cadillac..."

  • @lisal6121
    @lisal6121 2 года назад +101

    Another classic of radio gold. This song came on the radio, I immediately turn up the volume, open the window so I could feel the air blow my hair, and rest my elbow on the door while bouncing my hand to the beat. So much FUN!

    • @melissaward6311
      @melissaward6311 2 года назад +2

      When radio was so perfectly fun. Oh ,I must admit I have always had a heavy foot. And certain songs just made you drive some faster. Im ashamed to say I totaled 5 really nice cars. I did finally learn my lesson. Lol. My poor parents.

    • @odiebryer2144
      @odiebryer2144 2 года назад +1

      Me, too! Love this one along with others like Dead Man's Curve, etc! Loved all these! And, I, too, had a little trouble with the lead-foot syndrome! Learned finally but not until I had paid the local government lots on speeding tickets! Never hurt anybody but my pocketbook! But I finally did learn. But, boy, did I love to drive 🚗🤔😕! 🚗

    • @paulcourtney6844
      @paulcourtney6844 2 года назад +2

      Anyone remember Nervous Norvus’ “Transfusion”? That was around 1956.

    • @rebeccawyse5562
      @rebeccawyse5562 2 года назад

      Lol yep

    • @shawnk7832
      @shawnk7832 2 года назад

      And pedal to the metal!!!! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @vamartha
    @vamartha 2 года назад +12

    This song was fun, always knew every word and sang along at the top of my voice! Please add Alice's Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie on your calendar for Thanksgiving and allow it a few more minutes than usual! It is a classic and oh boy it is a ever a story!

  • @debbiedebster5806
    @debbiedebster5806 2 года назад

    My dad always played guitar & sang this lol Anytime the news was on & a car accident was shown? He'd sing this lol
    How fun to hear the ACTUAL song!😃

  • @sirslice
    @sirslice 2 года назад +59

    The proper name of the band is "Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen". The song is a cover but their version was a hit (in 1972). Commander Cody recently passed away (Sept. 29).

    • @Snarge22
      @Snarge22 2 года назад +6

      Thanks for the info. I've always liked those car songs. This is one of the best.
      I have a play list I titled rat rods and surf boards.
      RIP Commander Cody!

    • @coachhannah2403
      @coachhannah2403 2 года назад +2

      George Frayne (sp?)

    • @donaldk.macbaird5248
      @donaldk.macbaird5248 2 года назад +1

      The original was by Charlie Ryan and the Timberlines back in 1955

    • @theman4884
      @theman4884 2 года назад +1

      @@coachhannah2403 The lead guitarist of the Lost Planet Airmen is/was Bill Kirchen who is still touring and does an excellent version of this song. He is one of the all time great guitar players. Check out his "long" version of this song.

    • @coachhannah2403
      @coachhannah2403 2 года назад +1

      @@theman4884 - Yup. Big fan. Was filling in the info for sirslice.

  • @craiggallagher9110
    @craiggallagher9110 2 года назад +23

    One of my all time favorites uneasy rider by Charlie Daniels

    • @laurakali6522
      @laurakali6522 2 года назад +4

      The original version. And then they should listen to Alice’s Restaurant….

    • @larky368
      @larky368 2 года назад +2

      As a teenager I knew that song word for word. And even used the accent.

    • @craiggallagher9110
      @craiggallagher9110 2 года назад

      @@larky368 reached out and kicked ole green teeth right in the knee

  • @amandatheyahoo411
    @amandatheyahoo411 2 года назад +1

    I LOVE Commander Cody! I used to go see them play at a place called Fitzgerald's in a suburb just outside Chicago. Talk about a party! Good times! I like the song Lost In the Ozone and my fav is Riot in Cell Block #9. Can't forget Oh Mama Mama! I guess I really like them! :) Hot Rod Lincoln is a classic! AWESOME SONG PICK!!!!

  • @fleegerbriggs5694
    @fleegerbriggs5694 2 года назад +1

    Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen had many great songs. Fun and well played.

  • @donaldstewart8342
    @donaldstewart8342 2 года назад +12

    Hot Rod Lincoln" is a spoken song by Charlie Ryan, first released in 1955. It was written as an answer song to Arkie Shibley's ...HOT ROD RACE in1950

  • @mickeymayfield4192
    @mickeymayfield4192 2 года назад +90

    This one's fun next try Royal guardsmen snoopy vs the red barron

    • @williamperksjr9299
      @williamperksjr9299 2 года назад +4

      Don't forget The Return of the Red Baron and Snoopy's Christmas.

    • @rachelboyer9326
      @rachelboyer9326 2 года назад +3

      Oh, I love 💕 that song. It brings me back to my childhood.

    • @walterrutherford8321
      @walterrutherford8321 2 года назад +4

      How about Purple People Eater? 😉😆

  • @danielkesselring9172
    @danielkesselring9172 6 дней назад +1

    So bad ass.. 😎🇺🇸💪🏻

  • @davidmazon7516
    @davidmazon7516 2 года назад

    That song used to come out on the radio all the time . I would never hear these songs again if it wasn't for you guys.

  • @johnk.2508
    @johnk.2508 2 года назад +77

    I realize that this has nothing to do with this particular video, but you have mentioned that both of you are teachers. Being teachers, how on earth have you not reacted to one of the greatest songs about love and respect for a teacher, "To Sir With Love" by Lulu? Give it a go, you won't regret it.

    • @melodymcdonald2140
      @melodymcdonald2140 2 года назад +12

      Just a side note since Jay and Amber love the Bee Gees.... Lulu was married to Maurice Gibb for a short time...

    • @rickycoleman8841
      @rickycoleman8841 2 года назад +4

      Love that song.

    • @Mckatt2
      @Mckatt2 2 года назад +2

      @@melodymcdonald2140 That’s right I had forgotten that! Thanks for reminding me

    • @J_Gamble
      @J_Gamble 2 года назад +7

      Oh, good one. Yes, To Sir With Love, please! and make sure to get the full song, not the version from the opening credits.

    • @hopemorrison24
      @hopemorrison24 2 года назад +11

      The movie is so good, as are all movies with Sidney Poitier!

  • @debbiewashabaugh9891
    @debbiewashabaugh9891 2 года назад +42

    George Thorogood wrote such fun songs! You should listen to “Keep Your Hands To Yourself” and “Bad To The Bone”. Another song that’s like this one was sung by the actor Robert Mitchum “Thunder Road”. It’s about a moonshine runner trying to keep ahead of the sheriff.

    • @CapnFurry
      @CapnFurry 2 года назад +5

      George Thorogood didn't write "keep your hands to yourself" that was Georgia Sattelites.

    • @debbiewashabaugh9891
      @debbiewashabaugh9891 2 года назад

      @@CapnFurry oops!

    • @jowbloe3673
      @jowbloe3673 2 года назад +5

      "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer"

    • @cygnus53
      @cygnus53 2 года назад +1

      @@jowbloe3673 Yes, that one tells a story.

    • @anthonyrome7543
      @anthonyrome7543 2 года назад +2

      George Thorogood did NOT write this song. It was Charlie Ryan in 1955!

  • @Mercenaries3
    @Mercenaries3 2 года назад

    It was written in 1955 by Charlie Ryan and preformed by Charlie Ryan and the Livingston Brothers. Commander Cody did his version of this song in 1971.

  • @ranflee1
    @ranflee1 Год назад

    While camping one night my daughter was asking every one to name a song they like. Then she played it. As I sang word for word . She laughed and said I never knew my dad could rap.

  • @KimSimful
    @KimSimful 2 года назад +13

    Oh boy!! I love Commander Cody! Sadly, he just passed away. So many fun songs! Smoke, smoke , smoke that Cigarette!

    • @elainemarsh5170
      @elainemarsh5170 2 года назад +1

      I love the Asleep at the Wheel version of Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! That Cigarette!

    • @michaeldowson6988
      @michaeldowson6988 2 года назад +1

      Complimented with their cover of 'Roll Your Own', by Hoyt Axton.

    • @markadams3976
      @markadams3976 2 года назад +1

      @@elainemarsh5170 I love their version of Cherokee Boogie.

    • @jackies5481
      @jackies5481 2 года назад +2

      Have you ever heard the Phil Harris version of "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke that Cigarette"? I would suggest Phil Harris to the Rob Squad as I know they would love him but I don't know how many in their audience would be familiar with him.

    • @KimSimful
      @KimSimful 2 года назад

      @@jackies5481 I have heard it. I’m sure not many remember him.

  • @stevenellers1939
    @stevenellers1939 2 года назад +35

    I saw Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin back in the 70s. Thanks for the memories. RIP Commander Cody.

    • @rogerdarby908
      @rogerdarby908 2 года назад +2

      Also saw them at AWHQ. What a great time. But so many great times during those days in Austin

    • @rogerdarby908
      @rogerdarby908 2 года назад +2

      Thanks for the memories. Fun, fun band. Thought of as a novelty band but had some great musicians. Bill Kirchen and Andy Stein come to mind

    • @orbuckeye896
      @orbuckeye896 2 года назад

      By any chance was it the show where the album was recorded. That albums in my playlist and I listen to it regularly when walking the dog.

    • @rogerdarby908
      @rogerdarby908 2 года назад

      @@orbuckeye896 I saw the Commander several times at the Dillo and quite honestly don't remember if any of them were being recorded. Funny (interesting, not funny) story, though. I moved from Austin to Salt Lake in 1976 (long story which I'd almost prefer to forget). Jim Franklin, the artist that did the cover and MC that introduced them on "Live From Deep In The Heart Of Texas" came to Utah in the late 70s to hang with ZZ Top in Moab, apparently they were building homes into a canyon down there and he and an old friend came and stayed with me for several days in SLC. I lived in a duplex and my neighbors had these two dogs that they kept chained in the backyard. Terrible way to treat a dog and they responded how just about anything would that was chained...they were angry. I warned Jim not to approach them because they were fine when you walked up to them, but would attack when you left. He said he had a "way" with dogs and paid no heed. And sure enough as he got up to leave them, one clamped onto his face and just about wouldn't let go. We had to take him to the emergency room for stitches. Definitely not funny.

  • @ronpotter9810
    @ronpotter9810 2 года назад

    This version of the song was from 1972. But it had been previously a hit for 2 other artists in 1960. So, it is old, but still popular 12 years later.

  • @dudeusmaximus6793
    @dudeusmaximus6793 2 года назад +1

    This song is for real. Grew up in a factory town on the Mississippi River in the 70's and 80's. Grandpa owned a junk years so also grew up around the muscle car culture. Lots of unbelievably hot souped up cars, lots of illegal racing, and lots of high speed. I've ridden in cars going 150 MPH and the the telephone poles do indeed look like a picket fence.

  • @chriso6719
    @chriso6719 2 года назад +3

    Never Heard of this before, had to go look it up.
    Wikipedia said he passed away a couple weeks ago (Sep 26) RIP

  • @KayeWhye
    @KayeWhye 2 года назад +20

    NEVER listen to this song while driving! 😂 Hate to see ya get a ticket. 😂

  • @johncwalina971
    @johncwalina971 Год назад

    Hi my is John i have never commented before my friend said 20 years before he was 50 said a bday party and commander d Cody that was in the late 80s in Detroit and it was a very good time a good time was had by all….also i would like to thank you for your time i went to the Motown review at the fox theatre in Detroit for 3 years in arow 66 67 68

  • @carlajenkins1990
    @carlajenkins1990 2 года назад

    When was this popular? My US history class did a beat-by-beat recitation of this in the spring of 1971. We loved this because it was so unlike anything else. My Dad said it was the style of 1948.

  • @stormy8207
    @stormy8207 2 года назад +28

    First for a change. Try a fun one called The Beep Beep song (The little Nash Rambler) by the Playmates. Always worth a laugh. Then there is The Little Old Lady from Pasadena by the Beach Boys :D

    • @d.j.starling3559
      @d.j.starling3559 2 года назад +3

      Little Old Lady From Pasadena was originally a Jan & Dean song. The Beach Boys covered it, but Jan Berry wrote the lyrics & it was for him & Dean. Great song either way.

    • @markuhlman3767
      @markuhlman3767 2 года назад +5

      Don't forget "hello muddah, hello faddah" by Allan Sherman...

    • @joelbusald6416
      @joelbusald6416 2 года назад +1

      Little old lady from Pasadena is Jan and Dean

    • @cassandracampbell3424
      @cassandracampbell3424 2 года назад +1

      Also Poison Ivy and Love Potion #9!

    • @joannevincent2035
      @joannevincent2035 2 года назад +1

      @@markuhlman3767 Yes, I love Allan Sherman! Also try "Sarah Jackman" and "Shake Hands With Your Uncle Max"

  • @mariannemabie9274
    @mariannemabie9274 2 года назад +39

    It has been a while- what a fun song. It was probably 30 or more years since I even thought about this one. It was a HIT !

  • @shaneluttrell532
    @shaneluttrell532 6 месяцев назад +1

    I discovered this group only a couple of weeks ago when I found a record of theirs. The cover to the album was amazing, so I picked it up, not knowing what to expect. But this was such a great group. Kudus again to you two for digging deep!

  • @kerrycronin3581
    @kerrycronin3581 Год назад

    I laughed right out loud with "Yeah". I have the headphones one while my husband is watching tv. He wanted to know what was so funny.

  • @janster3000
    @janster3000 2 года назад +51

    For more story style songs, you need to hear Amos Moses by Jerry Reed, Battle of New Orleans by Johnny Horton, Big John by Jimmy Dean and Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford.

  • @kimberlinibambini1988
    @kimberlinibambini1988 2 года назад +66

    I’d like to request “Spiders and Snakes” by Jim Stafford- please don’t let the name turn you off- funky little Southern sounding song with fun lyrics- Also “Fun,fun,fun by The Beach Boys- the black and white older video with them on stage- they got that swagger, especially the lead singer- it’s about a girl and her T-bird- (Thunderbird car) 💝💙✨👍

    • @kcw
      @kcw 2 года назад +3

      Jim Stafford is the man. He has some really great songs that are just a story put to music! Two of my favorites from him are "The Last Chant", "Swamp Witch", and a super fun one "16 Little Red Noses And A Horse That Sweats".

    • @flatebo1
      @flatebo1 2 года назад +7

      Or Wildwood Weed by Jim Stafford.

    • @BROU-bb2uc
      @BROU-bb2uc 2 года назад +3

      Do you remember Jim Stafford's tv show I do I know I'm OLD lol.

    • @shilohauraable
      @shilohauraable 2 года назад +2

      I remember Jim's tv show very well! Watched it every week! 😊 Best of all, we got to see him live in Branson, Missouri! Such an amazing performer! 💖

    • @jimirayo
      @jimirayo 2 года назад +3

      I have asked multiple reactors for Jim Stafford. Crickets. 😥

  • @827dusty
    @827dusty 2 года назад

    This is good ole 50s early Rock and Roll, with a bit of Rockabilly thrown in to it. Very nice.

  • @LaptopLarry330
    @LaptopLarry330 2 года назад

    This recording by Commander Cody, is a cover of a spoken song originally recorded by Charlie Ryan And The Livingston Brothers in 1955, on the Souvenir Records label.

  • @wayneboone9161
    @wayneboone9161 2 года назад +30

    Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen were regulars at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin Texas. I highly recommend that you look into the history of this venue. Everyone from Janis Joplin to Charlie Daniels played there. And most all the staff worked for free! Their only compensation was normally whatever Stew was cooking in the kitchen and free beer. There are so many amazing stories that came out of that place. And their list of performers is a veritable who's who of Rock & Roll, Soul, Folk, Country, and Blues.

  • @jim87vette
    @jim87vette 2 года назад +6

    I first heard this as a kid ( I'm 56). I had 45 record it was on. I got a pen and.paper and wrote down all the lyrics as I listened to it over and over. Good times. Thanks for playing.

  • @suzie4417
    @suzie4417 2 года назад +3

    Love your reaction💗 This song makes you wanna be on the highway playing this song real loud !!🎸☮️🎶😻

  • @carolwilliams2439
    @carolwilliams2439 2 года назад

    My Daddy said “son you’re gonna drive me to drinkin if you don’t stop drivin that hot
    rod
    Lincoln”
    I didn’t have to wait til the end. You never forget a great ending!!!

  • @michelemichele3375
    @michelemichele3375 2 года назад +27

    “PATCHES” - For the storytelling and hard tale sung soulfully by Clarence Carter.
    “TAXI” - another story by Harry Chapin.
    “NATURE BOY” - short tale sung (so smooth) by Nat King Cole. Thanks ✨🤪

    • @TracyfromNC
      @TracyfromNC 2 года назад +3

      Patches will make them cry all day.

    • @thomascanfield9165
      @thomascanfield9165 2 года назад

      Like your suggestions ! I learned there’s an interesting backstory of Nature Boy. Ever wonder about the unique style ? It was originally a Yiddish melody, and there was a lawsuit brought by the originator of it against this guy who added his lyrics onto it. Nat had no idea, he thought it was composed from scratch by the man who presented it to him after a show.

    • @dianetaylor841
      @dianetaylor841 2 года назад +2

      Taxi..... definitely!!

  • @rhiahlMT
    @rhiahlMT 2 года назад +12

    I'm in for Johnny Cash's "One Piece at a Time" and a story song, Jeanie C. Riley's "Harper Valley PTA"

  • @wilburross9709
    @wilburross9709 Год назад +1

    This version was released in the early 1970s, but it was wrote by Charlie Ryan in the 1950s, which is why it sounds like an older song. The best part is Charlie was singing about a car he really built and the way he really drove it! Little red Model A coupe w/ a Lincoln V-12 flathead!

  • @nellgwenn
    @nellgwenn 2 года назад

    The song Hot Rod Lincoln was first recorded by Charlie Ryan in 1955. Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen recorded this version in 1971. I would classify this song as a hybrid Bluegrass/Rock and Roll song

  • @hockemeyer1
    @hockemeyer1 2 года назад +76

    Red Sovine is probably the best of the story tellers. Start with "Teddy Bear" or "Phantom 309" or "Roses for Mama" or "Little Joe" Another humorous car song from the 50s is "Beep, Beep" by the Playmates

    • @MS-ro9dm
      @MS-ro9dm 2 года назад

      My Uncle had every 8 Track. Gene Tracy - Truck Stop too, but maybe we talk about those...lol

    • @geneholland1188
      @geneholland1188 2 года назад +1

      Oh Man! My Dad (God rest his soul) listened to Red Sovine. A fantastic storyteller but I can't listen to him without tearing up. Roses for Mama is a big one for me, then probably Phantom 409!

    • @smspirate
      @smspirate 2 года назад

      OMG... Yes! They will freak on those.

    • @laurabrevitz3944
      @laurabrevitz3944 2 года назад +3

      I love "Beep Beep." 😆

    • @howardwhite5131
      @howardwhite5131 2 года назад

      @@geneholland1188 "Little Rosa" by Red always tore me up

  • @charleyanne
    @charleyanne 2 года назад +28

    Not even 3 seconds in & Amber is yelling YES!!! I love your reactions when you hear something you really love!!!!

    • @charleyanne
      @charleyanne 2 года назад +1

      Could this be the beginning of rap???

  • @justtommy1346
    @justtommy1346 2 года назад +1

    Love this song. We play this around our house a lot.

  • @benjauron5873
    @benjauron5873 Год назад

    I live in the San Fernando Valley, and if you drive north from my house, as soon as you get past Magic Mountain, you're going up the Grapevine Hill mentioned in this song. I love driving it at night and listening to this song.

  • @rogerkelly7988
    @rogerkelly7988 2 года назад +21

    Going way back with this song hadn't heard in years great choice

  • @Ploutmos
    @Ploutmos 2 года назад +7

    Never heard this before, but he's rapping! 😊

  • @kathleenvaughn3630
    @kathleenvaughn3630 2 года назад

    My Mom always got a kick out this song as she loved driving Lincolns....and she was a little 4'10" in a HUGE Lincoln.....

  • @StevesFunhouse
    @StevesFunhouse 2 года назад +2

    One of my favorite songs. That's some awesome Boogie-woogie music, and Commander Cody (& His Lost Planet Airmen) did the best version I've ever heard.

  • @davidgoldstein1526
    @davidgoldstein1526 2 года назад +3

    Rap before there was rap. 😉😆 Now, you need to listen to Charlie Daniel's Band, 'Uneasy Rider.' 😊

  • @BillB23
    @BillB23 2 года назад +24

    Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen did a ton of kick-ass tunes. Many were weed-oriented, but they're all great music.

    • @SkankyYank
      @SkankyYank 2 года назад +2

      "Down to seeds and stems again blues"

    • @johnalbert6900
      @johnalbert6900 2 года назад +1

      Those boys loved their weed.

  • @jeanfrancis8121
    @jeanfrancis8121 2 года назад +1

    The image of him driving up Grapevine is so strong! I drove up it once, in early March, and my poor little car had to take a break part way up the hill.😢

  • @hepchaos
    @hepchaos 2 года назад

    This and "Beep Beep/Little Nash Rambler" were favorite songs of mine as a child of 6 or 7. I bet your girls would love them too.

  • @CrashCourseFarm
    @CrashCourseFarm 2 года назад +13

    This is an awesome song !!!

  • @wickedmirage
    @wickedmirage 2 года назад +14

    This is one of the 45's I used to listen to as a kid. My dad brought it home and it was mine after that. Been singing this song since I was 4 and still know every word. Your girls will love this. I did as a little girl but then my dad used to drag race back in the day, so I always saw my dad as the driver in my mind's eye when I'd hear/sing this. Thanks for loving this song as much as I do.

  • @sachaput
    @sachaput 2 года назад

    Saw them in the early '70s opening for Jefferson Airplane. Amazing outdoor concert in Eastern Connecticut. I loved this song.

  • @Mottleydude1
    @Mottleydude1 2 года назад

    Yea….I can relate to this song. I bought the Misses (that’s her on the left) a Lincoln MKZ with a twin turbo six cylinder and 400 HP and life hasn’t been the same since. So after her first ticket I posted a comment about it on Facebook with a link to this song.

  • @michaeldowson6988
    @michaeldowson6988 2 года назад +35

    This band is an old fave of mine. Originally from Michigan, they relocated to San Francisco. Other songs of theirs are 'Down to Seeds & Stems Again Blues', 'That's What I Like About The South', 'Boogie Man Boogie', 'House Of Blue Lights'...
    Have you reviewed 'Low Rider' by War yet?

    • @jackies5481
      @jackies5481 2 года назад +1

      I thought they did review 'Low Rider' so I searched. Rob did it alone before Amber joined in. I will say she would like it!

    • @theman4884
      @theman4884 2 года назад

      Asleep at the Wheel does a great version of House of Blue Lights. Who now that I think about it do a good Hot Rod Lincoln and Route 66.
      Another great similar band is The New Riders of the Purple Sage especially the song Panama Red.

    • @michaeldowson6988
      @michaeldowson6988 2 года назад

      @@theman4884 I remember The Purple Sage, Poco and The Marshall Tucker Band. Jerry Jeff Walker was the closest I got into out and out Country music. His one time band mate David Bromberg was great too.

    • @lesliejames6870
      @lesliejames6870 2 года назад

      Low Rider by WAR I agree is a must listen to!!!

  • @tonydagostino6158
    @tonydagostino6158 2 года назад +34

    "Son, you're gonna drive me to drinkin'." What a great song to boogie in the bar song. Not sure why your video thumbnail said "George Thorogood" when you listened to the Commander Cody version. Nonetheless if you haven't done any Thorogood yet, he needs to be on the list

    • @MS-ro9dm
      @MS-ro9dm 2 года назад +2

      Thorogood's Miss Luann......

    • @jackies5481
      @jackies5481 2 года назад +2

      George Thorogood wrote the song. In a way, you can tell. It just screams Thorogood to me!

    • @tonydagostino6158
      @tonydagostino6158 2 года назад +2

      @@jackies5481 As given by the band's now-defunct official site, "Hot Rod Lincoln" was originally written by Charlie Ryan. It was first recorded and released by Charlie Ryan and The Livingston Brothers in 1955.

    • @JohnMiller-zn9pf
      @JohnMiller-zn9pf 2 года назад +1

      Thorogood does a great cover of it, I think it was done for the Beverly Hillbillies movie in the 90's

    • @DJHolte
      @DJHolte 2 года назад +1

      @@jackies5481 Thorogood did not write this song. It was written by Charlie Ryan, who released his version in 1955. George Thorogood would've been 5 years old at that time, lol.

  • @jftowry
    @jftowry 2 года назад

    The full name of the band is Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. They crossed several genres: country rock, Texas rock, rockabilly, and others.

  • @bretkaiser7355
    @bretkaiser7355 2 года назад

    This my not be the most sophisticated song but it is a great way to introduce your children to music. Any second grader will love this. Thanks!

  • @donnalawrence4666
    @donnalawrence4666 2 года назад +37

    If you like this one you should try CW McCall “Convoy”. It’s a trucker song.

    • @shelby477
      @shelby477 2 года назад +3

      For some reason my brain went there also, along with Teddy Bear. Red Sovinei think.

    • @brianritchie8920
      @brianritchie8920 2 года назад +1

      It’s not as popular as convoy, but McCall’s “Wolf Creek Pass” would be another excellent choice

  • @barbaracline9064
    @barbaracline9064 2 года назад +36

    My daughter’s social studies was also a coach, and he sang all kinds of Eagles, America, et al songs during class. She could sing them with him.

  • @johnlincicum9146
    @johnlincicum9146 2 года назад +1

    One of the many novielty songs of the period. Tons of great story songs.
    Catching a trend of the early 70's, go for Ray Stevens The Streak, 1974.

  • @williamward446
    @williamward446 2 года назад

    Commander Cody (George Frayne's) passed a few weeks ago... Back in the late 60s, he taught music at my high school...

  • @samantharowan2956
    @samantharowan2956 2 года назад +9

    As much as you like banjo, you will love Dueling Banjos by Roy Clark and Buck Trent.

  • @donnabruton7947
    @donnabruton7947 2 года назад +13

    Do some “Asleep at The Wheel”. They do this song.

    • @kenqb5450
      @kenqb5450 2 года назад

      "Route 66" or "Miles and Miles of Texas"

  • @jollyrodgers7272
    @jollyrodgers7272 2 года назад

    This is an old classic Rockabilly song (Bill Haley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis). Rockabilly had a big revival in the 80's, starting in Britain in the 70's - check out Stray Cats (New York boys moved to London in 1980 and cashed in on the craze): Rock This Town, Be Bop A Lula, Stray Cat Strut, Sexy and 17 ...

  • @janabraam7963
    @janabraam7963 2 года назад

    This brings back high school memories. We used to race down the streets of Detroit late at night. Stupid. This version was released in 1971. Great reaction!

  • @deanhays6130
    @deanhays6130 2 года назад +7

    Excellent song, I was first introduced to this song in the late 70's when I was listening to my dad's 45's. A couple of people have mentioned Gordon Lightfoot the wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald. I would love to see you do this one. Also Arlo Guthrie's song, I don't want a pickle, I just want to ride my motorcycle. Keep up the great work.

  • @mledbetter
    @mledbetter 2 года назад +10

    "One Piece At A Time" by Johnny Cash is another great story song.

  • @rray848
    @rray848 2 года назад

    Bill Kerchen was the guitarist for Commander Cody... He has a version of this song out there that's 7-8 min long... At one point in the song he goes off on a tangent and starts playing in the style of a lot of famous guitarists. It really shows off his versatility. You might like to give it a listen to see how many of the people he imitates that you know.
    You might like Johnny Horton... he is a story teller "North to Alaska" or "Sink the Bismark" or "Battle of New Orleans" or "Springtime In Alaska"

  • @johnlong9534
    @johnlong9534 Год назад +1

    I still have this 45. George Frayne aka Commander Cody was a friend of Frank Zappa when they were in high school. He also had a song called Smoke, Smoke, Smoke. He passed away September 26, 2021. R. I. H.

  • @johnd8892
    @johnd8892 2 года назад +8

    First recorded in 1955 but took a new version in 60 to become popular. The 1971 version here surprised many with its big success in the era when old music were ignored as just being too old.
    Still a problem today with many only wanting hear the current fashion and so missing out on some great quality music discoveries.

    • @BC-ui9yt
      @BC-ui9yt Год назад

      Don't forget Hot Rod Race, which this song is a response to (or is it a sequel?)

  • @mamaasaiz
    @mamaasaiz 2 года назад +5

    Another fun (very different) Commander Cody tune is "Down To Seeds And Stems Again"

    • @lorrainemiller688
      @lorrainemiller688 2 года назад +1

      ... Lost in the Ozone Again, My Window Faces the South, and Riot in Cell Block Number Nine! Fair warning, keep an eye on the speedometer if you drive to Commander Cody tunes!

  • @markwilliams5606
    @markwilliams5606 2 года назад +1

    These guys are from Ann Arbor Michigan. Go Blue!

  • @miketrimm3914
    @miketrimm3914 2 года назад

    Commander Cody died about two weeks ago. 1971 was when they covered it, my senior year in High School.

  • @jangle4246
    @jangle4246 2 года назад +10

    Fast cars and rock & roll have gone together from the beginning - - e.g. “Cadillac Boogie" (1947) by Jimmy Liggins, "Rocket 88” (1951) by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats (= Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm) and Chuck Berry’s “Maybellene” (1955). Of course, one band that made cars their very signature, along with surfing, was the Beach Boys - e.g. “Little Deuce Coupe," “Don’t Worry Baby,” and others, in the 60s.

  • @bakercarl8518
    @bakercarl8518 2 года назад +3

    Loving it, expanding. Great song., Excellent request. Enjoy Amber.

  • @lynnerussell1440
    @lynnerussell1440 Год назад

    OMG I just listened to this today. Now this popped up on my feed. "I always feel like somebody's watching me."

  • @whiterabbit75
    @whiterabbit75 Год назад +1

    It's rockabilly. There's some real bangers in the genre.