Bicycle Songs
Mar 02, 2007 · 06:08 PM · permalink
I’ve been thinking about that bicycle movie list posted a while ago. There’s this Japanese movie called Messengers (メッセンジジャス) that I’ve wanted to see. It kinda sounds like the movie Quicksilver if Kevin Bacon was a woman…and Japanese (actually that’s a disturbing image). Anyways, I’ve always been into music more than movies, so invite people to submit their favourite bicycle songs. Rules: it’s gotta be pretty obvious that the song is referring to bicycles, not motorcycles. so I here’s my own list of bicycle songs to start the ball rolling:
The Trucks- Big Afros (self-titled) “My two favorite things in life: big Afros and riding bikes with you.”
Orbit- Bicycle Song (Libido Speedway) “What a pretty bicycle she said, I want one just like that…”
Lily Allen-LDN (Alright, Still) “Riding thru the city on my bike all day ‘cause the filth took away my license”
They Might Be Giants- Narrow Your Eyes (Apollo 18) “I get on my bike, ride down our block, ride thru the rows, thru the green lights, but when I think of all your advice, I narrow my eyes…”
Tori Amos- Pretty Good Year (Under The Pink) “Tears on the sleeve of a man, don’t wanna be a boy today. Heard the eternal footman bought himself a bike to race”
The Smiths- This Charming Man (originally 7” single) “Punctured bicycle on a hillside desolate, will Nature make a man of me yet?”
Deerhoof - Midnight Bicycle Mystery
Damien Jurado - Bicycle
Mum - Slow Bicycle
Lightning Bolt - Bizarro Bike
Clouddead - Bike, pts 1 and 2
Pink Floyd-“Bike”
The Wallflowers - “Angel on my Bike”
Ghoti Hook - “My Bike”
Luka Bloom - “The Acoustic Motorbike”
Queen - “Bicycle Race”
Leo Kottke - “Busted Bicycle”
Queen: Fat Bottom Girls
GET ON YOUR BIKES AND RIDE!
The Pixies - Tony’s Theme
… He’s got the oil on his chain, for a ride in the rain No baloney Ride around on my bicycle like a pony I’m waving hi, hi, hi, hi, hi … I am Tony, super bicycle Tony, I’m racing Spitfire turn and pop a wheelie, burn and evil chasing I’m waving bye, bye, bye, bye, bye I got a card in my spokes …
A few moew from Down Under!!!! The Pushbike Song - The Mixtures (Australia) Bicycle, Part One and Two (22 wheels of Joy)- Luminous Flesh Giants (Australia) Biker Like an Icon - Paul McCartney
The Decemberists - Apology Song. A great tune about having a borrowed bike get stolen on your watch.
Kraftwerk - Tour De France. A classic!!!
Abdominal - Pedal Pusher
For any of those bike music savy out there, I’m trying to figure out an artist of a bike song I’ve heard a few times. I think the title is “Street Fighter”, and there’s a lyric about “Two wheels and legs of steel” or something. Help me out!
Jones,
I don’t know about Street Fighter, but I just remembered Bjork singing about riding her bicycle in that Sugarcubes song; Motocrash!
They Might Be Giants have a couple more bike influenced songs, “Dirt Bike” and “South Carolina” by John Linnell of TMBG
and I don’t know if they’ve got a specific song, but Flight of the Conchords have a bike in many of their scenes, including a funny scene with a tandem.
Streetlight Serenade (To No One) by the Bouncing Souls. Great song about why he loves his bike.
I have a bike song stuck in my head but I have not been able to find the name of the song the lyrics have been stuck in my head for a while now and they go ‘pedal on, pedal on, pedal on for miles…get on my bike and pedal on, pedal on pedal on for miles” Its rhythmic and the imagery is nice talking about the scenery and the rain but I can only remember the chorus. Any suggestions as to who it might be, or what the name of the song is.
Heidi: the song you’re looking for is Luka Bloom’s Acoustic Motorbike
To Jones M - The “Street Fighter” song is by a band called The New Kings. See http://www.myspace.com/newkings.
Jason “Are you ridin’ or hidin’?”
U-lock Justice by R.A.M.B.O.
Bicycle, Bicycle, You Are My Bicycle by Be Your Own Pet
East Side Mags by The Bouncing Souls
Bikes and Bridges by Defiance, Ohio
BLF by Thrashin’ in the Streets
Bike Thief by Freezepop
Those last two songs are about stealing bikes, which is totally lame…but the songs are kinda fun.
“Cross country Atom and his package bicycle tour” is an awesome homage to bicycle touring. All one minute and 51 seconds of it: “Raise your head; raise your head; raise your head; it’s a long day coming!”
Bike Ride to the Moon The Dukes of Stratosphear (XTC)
My White Bicycle Tomorrow (nazareth did a cover)
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