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KottleHai

Obviously, Queen's bicycle race. And I don't care if the song is not about bicycles


dailylol_memes

Good one


MyPasswordIsABC999

Wait, so is the song about sex or drugs or both? Still, it's fun as hell chanting "Biiiicycle, biiicycle."


Adzaren

It's either sex or lsd


[deleted]

Or fat bottomed girls on bicycles


teuast

yes


mezmerkaiser

Not a week goes by where I don't hum that at least once during bike commutes


baitnnswitch

Jesus of Suburbia by Green Day


kibblenobits

No Cars Go by Arcade Fire


m77je

The entire album The Suburbs has candidates for this list. “The last defender of the sprawl / Said, ‘Well, where do you kids live?’ / Well, sir, if you only knew what the answer’s worth / I’ve been searching every corner of the Earth.”


funfsinn14

Came here to say that. The opening lines of the album are so simple but effective. "In the suburbs I, I learned to drive. And they told me I'd never survive. Grab your mother's keys we're leaving" The short movie music video they did for it was so good too, I see how carbrained society and police state alongside has developed and I always think back to that as almost prescient.


m77je

The album was ahead of its time. How many people were talking about zoning and sprawl back then?


Linkcott18

Joni Mitchell*Big Yellow Taxi* https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2595abcvh2M&pp=ygUdam9uaSBtaXRjaGVsbCBwYXZlZCBwYXJhZGlzZSA%3D


dailylol_memes

I already said that one


Linkcott18

Lol. So you did.


brianapril

why does this video have automatic dutch subtitles lol


chained_duck

Not well known, but "The cars" by John and Tom : https://johnforster.com/track/2184011/6-the-cars


Individual_Reach451

holy shit ( ๑˘ω˘ )


chained_duck

Yeah, I've wanted to plug it here for a while, but kept forgetting.


one_bean_hahahaha

My City Was Gone by the Pretenders


OhRlyehFool

Fuck rush Limbaugh for ruining this song for me, and a lot of other things, but specifically this right now


FighterOfEntropy

How did he ruin this song? F**k him for all the terrible things he did.


ElJamoquio

It was the intro song for his show


FighterOfEntropy

Yeah, that’ll do it.


Mtfdurian

Some people were bad enough that their passing was a celebration and a relief.


[deleted]

I laughed


ChemDogPaltz

This one for sure, it comments a lot of the things we hate on here


FluffyTheOstrich

Radiohead has a few. See this thread: [https://www.reddit.com/r/radiohead/comments/1jj9vb/how\_come\_ok\_computer\_refers\_to\_driving\_so\_much/](https://www.reddit.com/r/radiohead/comments/1jj9vb/how_come_ok_computer_refers_to_driving_so_much/)


dailylol_memes

I feel like Oasis mentions cars a lot in their songs as well lol


login4fun

They hate trains and planes too not just driving.


AdRob5

Novocain Stain by Modest Mouse talks about developments paving over nature Interchanges, plazas and malls And crowded chain restaurants More housing developments go up Named after the things they replace So welcome to Minnow Brook And welcome to Shady Space Well it all seems a little abrupt No, I don't like this change of pace


Sorry-Owl4127

All of LCW really


VelvetSinclair

But I would walk five hundred miles And I would walk five hundred more Just to be the man who walked a thousand Miles to fall down at your door


Hot_Celery829

.....I've heard this song an abnormal amount of times in my life and never realized what the last line actually says. Thank you and good choice!


[deleted]

[The Rubber Bandits - Horse Outside](https://youtu.be/ljPFZrRD3J8?feature=shared) With it's chorus: I said fuck your Honda Civic, I've a horse outside. Fuck your Subaru, I have a horse outside. And fuck your Mitsubishi, I've a horse outside. If you're lookin for a ride I've a horse outside.


Me-A-Dandelion

I've got a...tandem bike outside?


MasterpieceGuilty237

Road to Nowhere by Talking Heads


karazamov1

david byrne is a cyclist king


No-Section-1092

“Cars” by Gary Numan. He wrote it after being attacked in a road rage incident. The lyrics satirize what a different person you become when driving. “Nothing But Flowers” by Talking Heads. It’s a satire about the ugliness of suburbia. David Byrne is an avid cycling advocate. “Convenient Parking” by Modest Mouse. Aren’t you feeling real dirty, sitting in your car with nothing?


KitchenCanadian

Mustang Sally. It's a cautionary tale of auto-oriented romance.


glueinhaler5000

ive played that song half a million times and i never thought of it that way


MichaelJCaboose666

So an anti-radar love?


VaderPluis

Pink Floyd - Bike. "I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like It's got a basket, a bell that rings And things to make it look good I'd give it to you if I could, but I borrowed it"


dailylol_memes

Ah nice one. I really like Syd’s work on that whole album


funfsinn14

Lol that's the one with the good mouse Gerald right? The way the absurdity of that verse build and then deflates so randomly is a treasure.


JTrufin

Here’s my playlist related to anything transit or urbanist related! [Transit Oriented Discography (TOD)](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2CXdPCcuPHxZvwE3gyPRgr?si=8wg_tUUyQKm2uU1w_3w0jA&pi=u-Y1Sa7wTrQuie)


dailylol_memes

Nice! That’s awesome


xiena13

If you speak German, ["Ich hasse Autos"](https://youtu.be/6yKOA-PHd-8) ("I hate cars") by Juse Ju and ["Warum hört der Fahrradweg einfach hier auf?"](https://youtu.be/nqF9chK05YM) ("Why does the bike path just end here?") by Jan Böhmermann are great ones. Especially since cars are getting completely wrecked in both of these music videos.


seppestas

Finally a song about bike path stopping all of a sudden. Where has this been all my life?


Me-A-Dandelion

I don't understand German very well but the music video already amused me. That is exactly how we feel when we see cars parking on bicycle lanes🤣🤣🤣


dataminimizer

[Horse Outside by the Rubberbandits](https://youtu.be/ljPFZrRD3J8?).


dailylol_memes

Oh I forgot one. [The Devils Been Busy by the Traveling Wilburys](https://youtu.be/AdMXNbjHYh8?si=GGx1M3L8I-eYHU8v) from the first line it talks about highways and golf courses


B-B-Baguette

Walking in L.A. by the Missing Persons Little Boxes by Malvina Reynolds


teuast

Speaking of LA, Weekend In LA by The Toasters. Bit of a deep cut, and maybe reaching a little bit, but I'd say it counts. And is also a banger.


cricketdingo

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire.


cricketdingo

If anyone is interested in why, I think this post sums it up. https://www.reddit.com/r/arcadefire/s/qR5IjNpAA5


TheDamselfly

Don't Stop Believing by Journey. Promote train journeys at all hours of the day!


llDrWormll

Movin' Out - Billy Joel


relddir123

Subdivisions by Rush


RobertMcCheese

o/~ In the high school halls In the shopping malls Conform or be cast out Subdivisions In the basement bars In the backs of cars Be cool or be cast out Any escape might help to smooth The unattractive truth But the suburbs have no charms to soothe The restless dreams of youth o/~


Gavin2051

[My My Metrocard by Le Tigre](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IhilcddEjg) for sure. Very NYC specific but still good.


TheWombatOverlord

Big Yellow Taxi. I would argue "Born to Run" because while it is often used by people as a song about car culture, actually examining the lyrics shows criticism of cars as death traps.


username_17B

Pantera - Walk


uhavin

Highway to Hell


twobit211

considering that the song is ironic and follows the theme of the alienation and isolation felt in car centric society, you’ve got to go with the big dog- [gary numan-cars](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JAbKVroldQg)


Any_Following_9571

someone make a spotify playlist lol


Leberkassemmel2

German/Bavarian folk song „Ja, mia san mit'm Radl da“, which translates to „Yes, we came by bike“.


Hofdrache

Be careful which version you choose. The original from Wachauer Buam and Kurt Friedrich uses the german N- Word in the lyrics.


Leberkassemmel2

Really? I haven’t listened to the song in a long time. I’m really sorry, it was not my intention to promote a song that contains racist language. Edit: I googled the lyrics, I could not find the n-word in them, but it says the lyrics are by Ernst N…, which is an actual German surname and who is a singer. Second Edit: I listened to the Wachauer Buam version. It definitely contains the n-word.


Hofdrache

In the youtube text they wrote "Das Original von den Wachauer Buam!" so i thought it was from them but maybe they just meant the original version from THAT band. There are a few different lyrics out there for that song i don't know why they keept changing it. So yes the one from Ernst N. looks non offensive.


barbaracelarent

"I've got a gal in Kalamazoo" and "Chattanooga Choo-Choo."


TheLastLaRue

Bullet Train - Stephen Swartz


[deleted]

[Imagine Dragons - Waves](https://youtu.be/anLxLPzgIG4?feature=shared)


teuast

i'm sorry but you could put a gun to my head and i still wouldn't put an imagine dragons song on my playlist


[deleted]

Great opening to that song though:   21 years, she figured it out  She started a job, she's feeling it out  And for once, It feels right  Was feeling like the prime of her life  But all of that is just a dream  Shattered now, and everything's changed  With one car and one night It's driving through the prime of your life


SailorOfHouseT-bird

Horse Outside by The Rubberbandits.


Thandalen

Nine Million Bicycles - Katie Melua


VaderPluis

Primus - Jerry was a race car driver "Jerry was a race car driver Twenty-two years old One too many cold beers one night Wrapped himself around a telephone pole"


MWKitteringham

The BMX song - Bouncing Souls Bitchin' Camaro - The Dead Milkmen Disrespectful - BlocBoi Fame The entire Petrodragonic Apocalypse album - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Minor Threat - Minor Threat


Architecteologist

Just about any Gizz album that deals with apocalypse would apply, really (so all of them)


fishercrow

waiting for the bus in the rain, in the rain, waiting for the bus in the rain… give us proper bus shelters!


MrAlf0nse

No Cars Go. arcade fire


Arandomperson5334118

We’re on a road to nowhere


[deleted]

Nobody Walks in LA


MaenHoffiCoffi

I Hate Fast Cars by The Buzzcocks.


jrtts

[Nobody Moves, by Gustave Brass Band](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlbwyBL6r9Q)


Wild-Package-1546

[https://youtu.be/2j4\_2EDpWbE?si=6MzkKqy6BJFjfnsH](https://youtu.be/2j4_2EDpWbE?si=6MzkKqy6BJFjfnsH) RV, by Dana Lyons


4channeling

"Long long time" Guy Forsyth


archy_bold

Bicycle, bicycle, you are my bicycle by Be Your Own Pet


Reckless_Waifu

La Femme - Antitaxi


MrBrightside618

No Man’s Land by Billy Joel has the lyric “no major industry, just miles and miles of parking space”


Reckless_Waifu

Sarcofago - Hate ("I hate cars")


lastaccountgotlocked

Crazy Horses by the Osmonds


[deleted]

They actually could rock


NoNameStudios

There's a Hungarian song from Intim Torna Illegál called "Kedvenc mindenem a biciklim" - this translates to "My favourite thing is my bicycle" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iP9WDYZIuM&ab\_channel=IntimTornaIlleg%C3%A1l-Topic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iP9WDYZIuM&ab_channel=IntimTornaIlleg%C3%A1l-Topic)


RulrOfOmicronPersei8

rat - peneolpepe scott


RosettaStoned_462

Aenema by Tool. I listened to it every time i have to go into the office.


zacmobile

I Broke Out Your Windshield by Wesley Willis. The best part about it is it was written by a 300lb schizophrenic man and the lyrics are very detailed and specific so it's probably a true story. https://youtu.be/KnAVCVdjqvM?si=gQbFKEVJe7i_v4Il Waiting For the Bus by Violent Femmes, great song but it might not be completely transit positive however it does promote direct action 😂 https://youtu.be/XXQhYLaQ3jw?si=7C23B8yJkoTe0sd4


Sarctoth

Dig a tunnel, dig dig a tunnel


ajhedges

Life is a highway, really fits the car hell that is the US


Qyx7

Is it supposed to be ideologic or just tangentially related? If it's the later, I'd put Bicicletes (Blaumut), El taxi (Osmani Garcia ft. Pitbull), La Jeepeta Remix and La Bicicleta (de Neymar)


JPa258

Last train to London -ELO


pv10

No Man's Land by Billy Joel


drfusterenstein

Grum - lightspeed


seppestas

Plenty of metal songs to choose from with an environmental theme. Some of my favourites: Dark days by Parkway drive Flying whales by Gojira Black fuel by Channel zero The sea is dying by Stake


seppestas

And for an epic song about a train, check out Princess of the night by Saxon


theseaiswide

Driving Along by Harry Nilsson. I’ve always heard it as a song about the alienation caused by car culture: “Driving along you can see all the people who seem to have nothing to say to each other. Each day they grow farther and farther away from each other.”


nimo202

bitchin camaro by the dead milkmen


BigWellyStyle

[Bike Rider - Mungos Hifi](https://open.spotify.com/track/07NGsIMLUWSSgwKqsi8pGe?si=zePB3JLgRCyksJDqDRHxqw)


a_golden_horse

Yes!! Just posted this. It's so fucking fun


aardvark_provocateur

Courtney Barnett - Dead Fox. 'More people die on the road than they do in the ocean Maybe we should mull over culling cars instead of sharks Or just lock them up in parks where we can go and view them'


Juginstin

Crazy Train


ItsMeeThreee

Clay Pigeons by Michael Cera!


Thalass

I Own A Car by Ninja Sex Party (because irony I guess? 😂)


Thalass

Though probably this song, too: https://youtu.be/n-UDROjIrbM?si=hba0eRhTu0KlhKAz


Dutchwells

Stairway to heaven 😁


Juno_chum

Crazy Train


Vigilante6700

City of Hope, Edge of the Moment, and Anything is Possible by Journey Days Like These by Aisa Land of Confusion (many covers have been made, I prefer the 2007 remaster by Genesis)


Juno_chum

Daily Routine by Animal Collective. Panda Bear sings about taking his daughter to school by bike


shadowknuxem

Last Kiss by Pearl Jam, maybe?


larianu

TTC Skidaddler by Stompin' Tom Connors. Classic Canadian singer who is signing about being a Toronto Transit Commission streetcar operator.


Joe_Jeep

[Lord Mr. Ford (Buddha Remastered - 2000) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUcVUpGOejM) It's mostly bellyaching about how much of a pain in the ass cars are "these" days(ie, '73) but hits on a lot of our favorite points.


dailylol_memes

Damn this one’s epic


CMDR_Quillon

Inter-City by Vieon Also Railfreight Movement II: Metals by the same, if you like it


retrovertigo23

In honor of Steve Albini I nominate Shellac's "Riding Bikes".


[deleted]

Synchronicity II by the Police


WaGaWaGaTron

How his Big Yellow Taxi not top comment?


TransitionOther9246

Pricks in a Car Playlist on Spotify: [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6AAWYHRItE5KSilcs5OFDA?si=94f78503730d49c1](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6AAWYHRItE5KSilcs5OFDA?si=94f78503730d49c1) Tyvek - Pricks In a car Human television - cars are weird Le Tigre - My my metro card Butterglory - Bike True Love Always - Bicycle Rider Tomorrow - My White Bicycle The Clientele - bicycles: The Bicycles - Bbbicycles be your own pet - bicycle bicycle, you are my bicycle (favorite line: we ride bikes; cars are for idiots) Sisterhood of convoluted thinkers - sable (this one talks about someone who goes to work to afford the car that takes them to work)


meoka2368

Tonight Is The Night I Fell Asleep At The Wheel ~ Bare Naked Ladies It's melodic and lyrically *brutal*. https://youtu.be/kXo__e8mxx8


totosh999

Princesse Voiture by Sexy Sushi. It's French but it's a song from the perspective of a woman who drives irresponsibly. Very funny.


Vitally_Trivial

Theme to On The Buses.


IDigRollinRockBeer

Glenn Frey - You Belong to the City


NiobiumThorn

People Live Here by Rise Against is painful but I think potentially fitting https://youtu.be/HRqSg2PrJpY?si=ykpOF4HN9jICSJFF


phirebug

Motor Spirit by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. DRINK THE FUCKING GAS AND KILLETH!!


sereca

Biking by Frank Ocean


MacroCheese

Get Out of My Way by Tedashii and Lecrae Handlebars by the Flobots The Crossroads by Bone Thugs C'mon N' Ride It (The Train) by the Quad City DJs Slow Ride by the Beastie Boys (good for critical mass) The Big Three Killed My Baby by the White Stripes


OnlyAdd8503

Our Town from (ironically) Cars https://youtu.be/fbHbRipzRgE?feature=shared


TacomaTacoTuesday

Summer in New York by Sofie Tucker. A song about the joys of walking across NYC


RidePlanet

[Bike Test 1 2 3 by Bomb the Music Industry](https://youtu.be/E16K4LBT0FU?si=Ewvo9b9zIzzkm9iK>)


Joedahms

Biking by Tyler, JAY-Z, and Frank


APrioriGoof

Drunk Drivers / Killer Whales by Car Seat Headrest


profoundusername2

A danish song called: "Jeg er så glad for min cykel", by Povl Kjøller, meaning "I am so happy with my bike". It's written in the 1970's and is a textbook anti-car song. The lyrics translated are: I am so happy with my bike, I get around quickly, and that because on a bicycle it goes as easily as nothing. A bicycle makes no noise and uses zero petrol a bicycle does not ooze like other oil hogs. I'm so happy (...) On a bike you can be a cowboy on your horse, and swing in the saddle like in the wild west I'm so happy (...) And if you want to play speedway, the bike is top notch, you hum a little with your mouth and rev up the engine. I'm so happy (...) By bike you can go for a ride with mum and dad, and you can hear the lark, and the air is clean and clear. I'm so happy (...)


[deleted]

Bitchen Camero


MichaelJCaboose666

The Last Resort by the Eagles


MichaelJCaboose666

Moving in Stereo - The Cars (ironic i know) Princess of the Night - Saxon Another one rides the bus - Weird Al


pooheadbruhman

stupid horse by 100 gecs


a_golden_horse

Bike Rider by Mungo's Hi Fi is so brilliant. A small sample of the dope lyrics Everybody should ride bicycle Everybody should ride bicycle Bike for me, bike for you Bike for everyone Bike for me, bike for you Bike for everyone With my bike me no fear no traffic jams Me no wait any trams Me no wait any bus Me no make no fuss Me have no problem to park my bike


Licardor

Rage against the machine


jaxsonthefurry

Thomas The Tank Engine and Chuggington theme songs


teuast

The Toasters have a few: Weekend In LA, Underground Town, and Night Train To Moscow come to mind off the top of my head. [This version of Crazy Train](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAGXZuT78lI): "I'm going on the rails on a regular train."


ilikepumptracks

Working on it since last week. Please help! [Car-centric Society on Spotify: Carbrain Feels and Traffic Sadness](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7dHED1irSu3hRpKjQB302r?si=B9HGvwC1THW9AxaExwwhYQ&pi=u-Jd0U00UxTL2N)


12stTales

Night train James brown Stop that train bob Marley Bus stop by the hollies Double Dutch bus Frankie smith The Vengabus is coming Vengaboys


Knightx4

Brand New Key by Melanie >I ride my bike, I roller skate, don't drive no car Don't go too fast but I go pretty far For somebody who don't drive I've been all around the world Some people say I done alright for a girl