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Driving, riding, roads and of course cars themselves have all been immortalized by writers, composers and musicians around the world. Auto Tune is our way to spotlight a unique transportation song to celebrate these “ridden” gems along with the artists or composers who crafted them. Some you may know, many we’re sure you don’t.
The late ‘60s wasn’t exactly a blast for the Beach Boys. Their biggest rival, The Beatles, had released undoubtedly their best work and surpassed the group in both sales and critical approval. And if that weren’t enough there was the whole brother Brian issue. You all know the story, Brian Wilson, the leader of the band and resident musical genius, dabbled with LSD which ended up with a very bad trip that began in 1967 and has lasted pretty much to this day.
With Brian lightly contributing to the post-SMILE output, the rest of the band had to step up if they were going to continue as The Beach Boys. And they did. Mike Love revisited familiar ground with the hit “Do It Again”; Dennis Wilson – the original Beach Boy – created the achingly-beautiful “Forever”; And new band member Bruce Johnston wrote the sweet paean to his Orange Country youth in “Disney Girls.” But the youngest Wilson brother Carl also wrote several songs over this period. Teamed with band manager Jack Rieley, their first effort is the week’s Auto Tune.
I’ve always considered “Long Promised Road” a catchy, very hopeful song. Some have even described it as life affirming thanks to, especially, its chorus. Please take a listen to Carl Wilson’s beautiful contribution to the underrated album “Surf’s Up.”
We’re LIVE from the site of the biggest one-day automotive event in the world! Once again we’re back on the curb and ready to ogle the classics cruising up and down Michigan’s most famous avenue, Woodward. This year we’re welcoming a bevy of guests including Jim Hall, automotive analyst; Tricia Hecker, Head of Mopar Marketing; Scott Burgess, Motor Trend; Mark Trostle, Head of Dodge and SRT Design; and Mark Phelan, the Detroit Free Press auto critic with a unique look at vintage emergency vehicles.
Driving, riding, roads and of course cars themselves have all been immortalized by writers, composers and musicians around the world. Auto Tune is our way to spotlight a unique transportation song to celebrate these “ridden” gems along with the artists or composers who crafted them. Some you may know, many we’re sure you don’t.
If you don’t know the musician Stan Ridgway, just think Humphrey Bogart with a Fender Stratocaster. He was the frontman for the MTV-friendly ‘80s band Wall of Voodoo, but he went on his own to put out some of the most intriguing albums of the late 20th Century. His first, “The Big Heat” from 1986, could’ve been a soundtrack from one of those 1940s black and white Billy Wilder films if you didn’t know better. Moody and cinematic, he didn’t so much give us songs as he did visual stories mixed with music: not spoken word but legitimate songs that happened to act like small films.
On his second album a few years later, Mosquitos, he again took us into a world of characters and crime performed in a dark cohesive structure.
This week’s Auto Tune entitled “Goin’ Southbound” comes from Ridgway’s sophomore effort. Take a listen and see the kind of stories he creates.
Get ready for a special webcast THIS FRIDAY from the site of the biggest one-day automotive event in the world! Once again we’ll be back on the curb and ready to ogle the classics cruising up and down Michigan’s most famous avenue, Woodward. This year we’re welcoming a bevy of guests including Jim Hall, automotive analyst; Tricia Hecker, Head of Mopar Marketing; Scott Burgess, Motor Trend; Mark Trostle, Head of Dodge and SRT Design; and Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press auto critic with a unique look at vintage emergency vehicles.
LIVE Friday, August 14, 2015
4PM ET/20:00 GMT
Start sending your questions in now using Twitter! Just submit them with the hashtag #WoodwardLIVEDodgeMopar.
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