Chevrolet Sings of Safe Driving and You (1966)
I love this album. It’s one of those LPs that’s so bad, it’s good. Eight folk songs that have lyrics straight out of a drivers education manual. If this was made today, it would have to be rapped by Snoop Dogg in order to get little Jimmy’s attention. Plus there’d have to be a song about having a @#$%ing stereo with huge sub-woofers that can rattle windows three blocks away. Also noticeably missing is a song about driving while texting. How did Chevy not see these trends coming 40 years later?
Track three on side 2 is a real winner. It’s a song about centrifugal force and friction. Not something you hear every day. While there’s no vocal credits on the album, this one sure sounds like Carly Simon.
Tracks:
Side One
- 01_01 – An Exciting Thing (Driving a Car)
- 01_02 – Grown-up Baby (Driving Psychology)
- 01_03 – Cities and Towns (Driving in City and Heavy Traffic)
- 01_04 – Nowhere Fast (Observance and Enforcement)
Side Two
I think the first five songs are the exact same except for the lyrics. Which is great because I like them all! I’ve seen a few of these kind of records on other blogs and they are all great. http://jukeboxmafia.blogspot.com/2009/07/1966-plymouth-barracuda-radio-spots.html
Come on brother, drop out of school already! Seriously, what’s more important records or life? Pshaw!
I have this album – unfortunately mine has a small chunk taken out of it affecting track 1 on both sides. But it’s still quite the gem. I also have quite a few more vinyl oddities, checked your blog to see if any more of the ones I own were up there, not yet.
I actually have another album from Chevy called “Building a Better Way to See the U.S.A. Music”. Apparently its the theme music from their 1972 announcement meeting. Should be a gem.
It’s definitely Carly. Thanks for posting this.