Rocking Out Together On The Road:
Looking for some great songs for your road-trip or scenic drive?
Check out Volvo's recommendations:
http://www.olympsoft.com/volvo/2008072101.html- website died
Alternate link:
http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2008/07/mamma-mia-volvos-summer-road-trip-songs.html
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“Born to Run” Bruce Springsteen*
“S.O.S.” ABBA
“Ramble On” Led Zeppelin
“Me and Bobby McGee” Janis Joplin*
“Dancing Queen” ABBA
“Jackson” Johnny and June Carter Cash
“Take a Chance on Me” ABBA
“Paradise by the Dashboard Light” Meatloaf
“Stuck in the Middle With You” Stealer’s Wheel*
“Mamma Mia” ABBA
“Born to Be Wild” Steppenwolf
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“Highway to Hell” AC/DC*
“Low Rider” War
“Running on Empty” Jackson Browne
“Southbound” Allman Brothers
“Waterloo” ABBA
“Highway 61 Blues” Bob Dylan
“Little Deuce Coupe” The Beach Boys
“Knowing Me, Knowing You” ABBA
“Drive My Car” The Beatles*
“On the Road Again” Willie Nelson
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Music (From Sweden with Lov)
Stream music from Sweden's up-and-coming talents on the Volvo website
http://www.volvocars.com/intl/top/community/music/pages/default.aspx
Swedesplease
A music blog devoted entirely to Swedish indie pop, electronica, and twee
(Music featured on the blog appears with permission)
http://www.swedesplease.net/
An advertising campaign once proclaimed:
Print available for purchase:
http://www.chevymall.com/Framed-Songs-About-Volvos-Cruise-Print/productinfo/CCL8141/
Item description quote:
"Each year Chevrolet commissions its ad agency Campbell Ewald to develop
a series of billboards to be displayed in the Detroit area in
celebration of the Woodward Dream Cruise weekend in August.
This ... image [is] from the 2002 Cruise Weekend."
Quote from "Little Red Corvette by Prince" Song Facts:
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1770
In
2001, Chevrolet put up billboards with a picture of a red 1963 Corvette Sting
Ray that said, "They don't write songs about Volvos." In 2003,
Chevrolet used this in a commercial that aired for the first time during the
Grammys. The ad showed old footage of The Beach Boys performing "My
409" followed by Don McLean singing "American Pie"
("drove my Chevy to the levee"), and then Prince performing this
*(Little Red Corvette). The camera then goes outside the club to show Chevy's
latest model.
Chevy Television Commercial:
http://www.fiftiesfinestv.info/songsabout.html- website died
Alternate link: Stay tuned! The above mentioned commercial (in the orange stripe) has yet to be uploaded to You Tube...
In the meantime, here are some vintage commercials introducing the 1963 Sting Ray:
1963 Chevrolet Sting Ray Commercial (Introduction) |
1963 Chevrolet String Ray Commercial (Engineering) |
Corvette & Chevy Songs:
http://members.home.nl/walfred/Corvette%20Songs.htm- website died
Alternate link:
http://members.upc.nl/w.smulders63/Chevy%20and%20corvette%20songs.html
 Ad-campaign fact-checkers take note:
The Medallions- '59 Volvo
http://www.uncamarvy.com/Medallions/medallions.html
Everclear- Volvo Driving Soccer Mom
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2641
Wikipedia: "Volvo Driving Soccer Mom:"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_Driving_Soccer_Mom
Everclear Website:
http://www.everclearonline.com/
Marian Call- The Volvo Song
http://www.mariancall.com/
Greg Spence Wolf- Rusty Volvo
http://www.gregspencewolf.com/
Lisa Stewart- Old Green Volvo (You Are Not Your Car)
Lisa Stewart, Australia:
http://www.streetcafe.info/
Song lyrics (Danish):
http://www.gugalyrics.com/ROGER-AND-OVER-VOLVO-B18-LYRICS/29604/
Translated lyrics (by Google Translate):
Volvo B18 - 210
(Jan Kolling, Mads Frederiksen / Jan Kolling)
We saw each other the first time at the beginning of the seventy
You were four, I was seven - had much to sku 'learned
Took a little walk in you, it was the back 'seat
To see what you really ku '- we gave it full gas
She is my Volvo B18 - 210
Two side mirrors and the teak on the 'back
160 kilometers - from the straight path
My Volvo B18 - uhhhhh I love you
We grew 'up, both you and me
Train trip to Saksild beach - you run 'the long road
And when we rolled 'back, we did a look over
idea down to Oddervej - filled 'for 110
She is my Volvo B18 - 210 ...
I have gi'et you many gifts
You deserve each and every one
Makeup for your undercarriage - my little øjesten
We will go hand in hand, from now until forever
I say it here, I've said it before ...
You are my love
She is my Volvo B18 - 210 ...
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Roger and Over- Volvo B18 Song
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Song Lyrics (Swedish):
http://www.lyricsdownload.com/mora-nisse-volvo-142-lyrics.html
Translated Lyrics (by Google Translate):
Mora Nisse (aka Billy Opel, real name Erik Morrell)- Volvo 142
I went down to Stockholm and then I could see
Shiny Porsche and BMW
But I have a ride that is better still
It is a Volvo 142
And the car went out of hell
I blow on every BMW
Tires ruling spinner when I Gas on
With my Volvo 142 (wah)
The sun is shining on the blue sky
When I go away from the village
Run up in the 170, blowing on a Renault
With my blue 142
Running as far south
Until my engine is over
Putting up a tent and where should we live
I and my Volvo 142 (waah)
Well
Volvo, Volvo, aha-aha
Volvo, Volvo, aha-aha
Volvo, Volvo, aha-aha
Volvo, Volvo, aha-aha
I and my Volvo 142
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I Am Rolling - Volvo Car Corporation LP Album (1987)
Album information courtesy of VOC Member New Volvo:
http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showpost.php?p=538846&postcount=3
http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=77277 or http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/archive/index.php/t-77277.html
"Came out on tape and LP.
A Side:
1. A reason to cheer
2. Superstition is bad ignition
3. We don't want to lose you
4. Some people get all the brakes
5. My sevenforty car
6. Law of synergy
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B Side
1. I am Rolling
2. Just a click
3. Others
4. Jackpot
5. Our estate of mind
6. Tommorow
7. The spirit grows
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SOUNDTRACK INFORMATION
For the 60th Anniversary Volvo made a Cassette with the "I am rolling"
Words and Music by CE Mossberg, arranged and produced by Peter Wiberg
for the Volvo Car Corporation. (1987).
The singers are: Birgitta Sundström Zindulka & Bengt Sandblom
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A Reason to Cheer- I Am Rolling Track A-One (1987)
HQ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy4-GIbIv1o&fmt=18
Track 1 (on side A) from 12" vinyl disc
I am Rolling
Volvo Car Corporation
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Lyrics [edited for clarity]:
Sixty years since we gave birth to Jakob
That's the [a] reason to cheer
That's the [a] reason to celebrate
That we're in all the motion [auto-motion]
Sixty years and planning for a future
Where the skies remained clear
That's the [a] reason to contemplate
what we established today
This anniversary
We'll celebrate that we
Our stand is
[Are standing] strong and free
Around the world
And that the Volvo brand is looked upon as grand
in each and every land
And that our quality is that [there] for all to see
Assure our safety is our main priority
in everything we do and everywhere we go
So let the spirit grow
...to help us conquer the future too
Sixty years since our founding fathers
Wisely planned [that] our dreams
In the concept of everlasting
Quality and Safety
Sixty years since still our business follows
those original things
Now they are an important must
for our image and trust
This anniversary
We'll celebrate that we
Our stand is
[Are standing] strong and free
Around the world
And that the Volvo brand is looked upon as grand
in each and every land
And that our quality is that [there] for all to see
Assure our safety is our main priority
in everything we do and everywhere we go
So let the spirit grow
...to help us conquer the future too
This anniversary
We'll celebrate that we
Our stand is
[Are standing] strong and free
Around the world
And that the Volvo brand is looked upon as grand
in each and every land
And that our quality is that [there] for all to see
Assure our safety is our main priority
in everything we do and everywhere we go
So let the spirit grow
...to help us conquer the future
...to help us conquer the future
This anniversary
We'll celebrate that we
Our stand is
{Are standing] strong and free
Around the world
And that the Volvo brand is looked upon as grand
So let the spirit grow
...to help us conquer the future too
...to help us conquer the future too |
Lyrics [edited for clarity]:
Some people get all the breaks
Volvo's got just what it takes
Some people get all the breaks
Volvo's got just what it takes
Lookin' out for the [a] better way
...to safety on the road today
Searchin' hard for the [a] better deal
When you['re] safe behind the wheel
Road holdin', that's really rare
Drivin' pleasure beyond compare
Prestige, comfort and luxury
Only one that [want a] car to be
Some people get all the breaks
Volvo's got just what it takes
Some people get all the breaks
Volvo's got just what it takes
Anyone with
the [a] brand new car
Show expect: sit
[Sure expects it] to travel far
Anyone with the [a] second-hand
Gets the deal and feels just grand
For the one who never rest
Searchin' hard for the very best
Safety feature[s] that will never failed
Quality to the lot of fuel tank [last detail]
When you
feared of [feel like] changing brand
Go back, my dirty man!!
[Go by popular demand]
When you wish to ride in style
Choose a car that is worth your while!
Some people get all the breaks
Volvo's got just what it takes
Some people get all the breaks
Volvo's got just what it takes [x3]
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Some People Get All the Breaks- I Am Rolling Track A-Four (1987)
HQ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIu0uVbRo_E&fmt=18
Track 4 (on side A) from 12" vinyl disc
I am Rolling
Volvo Car Corporation
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My SevenForty Car- I Am Rolling Track A-Five (1987)
HQ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRkZ5wW2NIc&fmt=18
Track 5 (on side A) from 12" vinyl disc
I am Rolling
Volvo Car Corporation
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Lyrics [edited for clarity]:
I love to watch a butterfly
against the summer sky
And the colors of the setting sun
were
[will] always make me sad
But if [of] all in different sights I love,
my favorite by far
Is watching you beside me
In my SevenForty car
I love the sound of ocean waves
The music of the sea
And marking words [mocking birds], and hummingbirds
Sound beautiful to me
But if [of] all in [the] different sounds I love,
my favorite by far
Is listenin' to a [you] whisper
In my SevenForty car
I love the smell of coffee
...and freshly toasted bread
And a [the] fragrance of a rose and [in] bloom
for run right to my head (no for)
But if [of] all in [the] different sense [scents] I love,
my favorite by far
The smell of your sweet perfume
In my SevenForty car
To feel
a [the] sandman take me on
to dream asleep, and then
a sparkling morning shower
Makes me feel alive again
But if [of] all the feelings I adore,
my favorite by far
Your head against my shoulder
In my SevenForty car
You had it on
on
[all of] my senses
See the
[Seem to] concentrate on you
What can I do to [but] swear to you
that all our sense [I say is] true
It makes me sad to realize
the
[that] deep inside, you are...
...in love
I know, but not with me
You loved [love] my SevenForty car
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Lyrics
You told me on the telephone
I didn't stand a chance alone
You said I was a fool even to try
You pictured me go down the drain
Never to hear my name again
You waited for the time when you could hear me cry
But, I was ready to give in and say good-bye
Now you can
Look at me!
Can't you see?
Full of life, I am rolling
Look at me!
Can't you see?
Who did you think you were fooling?
Look at me!
Can't you see?
Full of life, I am rolling
Look at me!
Can't you see?
Who did you think you were fooling?
I am strong
I am free
Its what happened to me
I chose to go another way
I found another game to play
I wanted to succeed all on my own
I chose to take a different aim
I found a way to stake my claim
You thought that very soon my day would be done
And now I want the world to see that I have won
So, I said
Look at me!
Can't you see?
Full of life, I am rolling
Look at me!
Can't you see?
Who did you think you were fooling? (x5)
I am strong
I am free
Guess what happened to me?
Look at me!
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I Am Rolling- I Am Rolling Track B-One (1987)
Track 1 (on side B) from 12" vinyl disc
I am Rolling
Volvo Car Corporation
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Streaming Volvo Songs
Songs Featured in Volvo Commercials
Koop- Koop Island Blues
New S80 launch commercial
2009: New Volvo S80 Launch Film
Koop on MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/koop
Koop on You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/KoopFilm
Music Super Circus- Running with Eliza
V50 DRIVe commercial
2009: The Gas Station (Swedish Ad: V50 DRIVe)
Full Music Circus- Running with Eliza song on You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM8J3oY1fNo
Salem- Its Only You Part II
XC60 From Sweden with Lov commercial
2008: Salem- Its only You Part II (XC60)
Salem on MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/salem
Melpo Mene- I Adore You
C70 commercial
2008: Melpo Mene- I Adore You (C70)
http://www.myspace.com/melpomenemusic
Melpo Mene Home Page:
http://www.melpomene.se/
Hello Saferide- I was Definitely Made for These Times
C30 commercial
2008: Hello Saferide - I was Definitely Made for These Times (C30)
http://www.hellosaferide.com/
Stephin Merritt- The Wheels on the Car
XC70 commercial
2007: Stephin Merritt- The Wheels on the Car (XC70)of The Magnetic Fields fame ) Home Page:
http://www.houseoftomorrow.com/
I Am Rolling (740 Commercial: Snow Race)
Translation of opening comments by You Tube user zenoobcake:
"Sometimes the most unexpected thing can happend, when that happends it can be good to have a good and safe car. Ask Brian, he knows!"
Comment by You Tube user MikeyRB77:
"This video was originally called "Oh, Brian!" If the end of the video was on here, you would see the punchline."
Shorter version of this commercial appears on Volvo Web Highlights page:
1988 740 commercial from Japan
Rawhide (740 Commercial: In the Wild)
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