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The song poked fun at the trials and tribulations of the average young car owner of the 1910s, especially when he wanted to get down to some serious "sparking" with his female passenger. [citation needed] The song also inspired a 1920 silent comedy, "Get Out And Get Under", starring Harold Lloyd and directed by Hal Roach for Pathe Films. [4]
Come Josephine In My Flying Machine is a popular song with music by Fred Fisher and lyrics by Alfred Bryan. [1] First published in 1910, the composition was originally recorded by Blanche Ring and was, for a time, her signature song. [2] Ada Jones and Billy Murray recorded a duet in November 1910, which was released the following year.
"In My Merry Oldsmobile" is a popular song from 1905, with music by Gus Edwards and lyrics by Vincent P. Bryan. The song's chorus is one of the most enduring automobile-oriented songs. The verses, which are slightly suggestive (by 1905 standards) tell of a couple who court and fall in love during a trip with
The unofficial start of summer brings to mind riding with the windows down and good tunes on the radio.
Before Memorial Day, the Free Press offered a 24-song summer driving playlist. That prompted a number of reader suggestions, so here's Round 2.
Tesla is one of the newer car brands out there, with its first car, the Roadster, arriving in 2008. Since then with the Model S, X, and now 3, it's become enough of a pop icon to be mentioned in ...
A car song is a song with lyrics or musical themes pertaining to car travel. Though the earliest forms appeared in the 1900s, car songs emerged in full during the 1950s as part of rock and roll and car culture, but achieved their peak popularity in the West Coast of the United States during the 1960s with the emergence of hot rod rock as an outgrowth of the surf music scene.
The song's lyrics describe racing a souped-up "air-mobile" down the New Jersey Turnpike, then unfolding its wings and taking off. [2] At the time, the Aerocar designed and built by Molt Taylor was nearing Civil Aviation Authority approval for mass production as a flying car with detachable folding wings.