We Have Made It To The Boxer 4

"Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire" (arch-duke-maxyenko)
12/23/2013 at 12:22 • Filed to: Beatoffnik

The old saying goes, "All roads lead to Rome." Well then, if all roads lead to Rome, your going to need something to listen to on your journey there. I'm not going to give a history lesson on the Roman roads today(I'll do it only after Orlove writes part 2), but I am going to give you the ability to vote to see which song is crowned The Greatest Driving Song................................................................................. . In The World.

Right then, on to the songs.

First up, we have "Black Betty" by Ram Jam

Going against it is Led Zeppelin's "Rock And Roll"

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And on the other side of the bracket is another Led Zeppelin classic, "Immigrant Song"

Facing off is Golden Earring- "Radar Love"

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You have until Midnight est Friday 27th, 2013

DISCUSSION (43)

Mattbob > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/23/2013 at 07:53

aww yeah... first to vote. But this also means I am one of the sad few who are up for work. But this is a blow off day and the last day of the year.

Ram.... Jam.... hahahaha

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Mattbob
12/23/2013 at 07:55

I'm here at work. Not really working. But at work. CREAM

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Mattbob
12/23/2013 at 07:56

I feel your pain. *fistbump.

Mattbob > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/23/2013 at 07:56

same here. Dolla dolla bills

thebigbossyboss > Mattbob
12/23/2013 at 07:56

I am also at work. I've been here since 6:45.

Mattbob > thebigbossyboss
12/23/2013 at 07:58

woof. I would have been at work at 7, but I woke up late. No fucks will be given today though. I also totally kicked business casual to the curb. Jeans and a sweater today. Aww yeah.

thebigbossyboss > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/23/2013 at 07:59

Lets face it guys, top gear was right Radar love is the best driving song.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > thebigbossyboss
12/23/2013 at 08:01

Or is it?

thebigbossyboss > Mattbob
12/23/2013 at 08:05

We usually wear formal dress clothes, but it's jeans a T shirt today for me. 1/10th of the staff is here. My boss is gone, and the office manager is gone. I will see one coworker whom I am in charge of today, and one supervisor who isn't my super. His workers are gone, so I am running both mine and his depts today.

I doz what I wantz!!

Mattbob > thebigbossyboss
12/23/2013 at 08:08

Nice! My entire job is engineering support for a group that isn't here. I have a bit of research to do, but nothing that can't be completely blown off.

thebigbossyboss > Mattbob
12/23/2013 at 08:17

Haha exactly. I got a bunch of work to do, but a lot of it is mindless today so youtube will be watched while doing it. There will be many Oppo breaks.

GhostZ > thebigbossyboss
12/23/2013 at 08:22

It will be a close one, but if it was a 4-way poll, Radar love is leading by 1 vote currently.

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/23/2013 at 08:55

Can the next configuration be the Ducati V-twin?

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Goshen, formerly Darkcode
12/23/2013 at 08:59

I thought Ducati called it the L-Twin?

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/23/2013 at 09:01

It technically is an L-twin due to the way the block is placed in the frame. However it's generally known as the V-twin.

Dusty Ventures > Mattbob
12/23/2013 at 09:11

I'm at work as well. Rocking the full monkey suit and portable noose. Also my day started with helping put a 300 pound man in a casket, so there's that.

I'm working tomorrow too...

Dusty Ventures > GhostZ
12/23/2013 at 09:14

To me that's skewed though, I think from a "driving song" perspective Immigrant Song is the weakest of the four, whereas Rock & Roll and Black Betty are both fairly equally matched. To me at least

Dusty Ventures > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/23/2013 at 09:24

I'd like to make an "honorable mention" shout out to Spiderbait for making the music video for their cover of Black Betty super jalop, even though at the same time it was required to be tied into the mediocre Seth Green movie "Without A Paddle"

Jeff-God-of-Biscuits > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/23/2013 at 10:20

It could be worse, you could be working too!

thebigbossyboss > Dusty Ventures
12/23/2013 at 10:27

I agree. Songs were eliminated earlier that were better driving songs than the immigrant song.

EL_ULY > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/23/2013 at 12:29

Black Betty Amba lamps !

lol :]

cazzyodo > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/23/2013 at 12:33

I lost interest as soon as Runnin' Down a Dream fell out...

Still voted...but the care is low :(

Gamecat235 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/23/2013 at 13:16

I voted... but I do not feel that any of the choices reflect my personal preferences.

Kinja'd!!!

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Gamecat235
12/23/2013 at 13:20

I am sorry that your choice was voted out early on.

Gamecat235 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/23/2013 at 13:21

Choice s . All of them.

But I have horrible taste in music which is shared by a very small subset of the population. Currently proven by my all day Placebo marathon today. =)

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Gamecat235
12/23/2013 at 13:23

Do you like MIA, One Direction, or Justin Can'tsayhisname?

Gamecat235 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/23/2013 at 13:28

I was intrigued by MIA when Galang came out. Nothing since then has been worthy of catching my attention. I won't even respond to the question of the other two. =)

7 years of tracking my listening habits can be summed up thusly:

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Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Gamecat235
12/23/2013 at 13:32

You taste isn't that bad then.

Gamecat235 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/23/2013 at 13:38

I could have kept cool points for leaving it at my top 10. But I wanted it to really show off that I had bad taste, and 11-20 kind of helps me there... depending on people's opinions of Madonna (love her), Duran Duran (lifelong fan, literally 30+ years) and Tori Amos (been listening since her first album, seen her live half a dozen times).

Had this gone much further you'd see Owl City, Alanis, Kylie Minogue and a whole host of others which might change your mind. =)

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Gamecat235
12/23/2013 at 13:46

Seeing as U2 is #3, I believe you. To me at least all U2 songs are the same. The Edge strums the guitar once and presses some pedals. Bono is repetitive.

PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/23/2013 at 13:55

Augh...
that was hard...
"Rock'n'Roll" is more me so it beats ram jam out, although "black betty" is a really good song!
and come on! "Radar love" takes the win, because it was mentioned in yesterday's regular car review, and I love listening to it on roadtrips! it's THE roadtrip driving song for me! "Immigrant song is amazing as well, but alas, I'm not letting 2 led zeppelin songs in my vote!

TwoFortified > cazzyodo
12/23/2013 at 18:33

This voting contest is confusing. I just started. Runnin' Down a Dream got a bad seed, getting put up against Radar Love, because that's a hard pick. That said, this is a contest for best DRIVING song, and if it were the Immigrant Song against RDaD, I'd vote Petty all the way.

Also, how the hell did Immigrant Song beat out Ace of Spades? I love Zep (I really do), but Immigrant Song doesn't seem like a driving song. Neither does Rock & Roll for that matter (although, as fun as "Don't Stop me Now" is, I'd probably have picked Rock & Roll)

...And, again...Black Betty beat Highway Star? The last round of this contest ended oddly.

thebigbossyboss > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/23/2013 at 20:07

vote often everyone!

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > thebigbossyboss
12/23/2013 at 20:09

Get people to vote, everyone!

Cross post the hell out of this.

oldirtybootz > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/23/2013 at 20:09

Let's go Black Betty!

JustWaitingForAMate > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/23/2013 at 20:13

I've always liked Spiderbait's version of Black Betty.

Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/23/2013 at 20:24

How the shit is Black Betty winning over Rock and Roll? Seriously! Black Betty is great and all but Rock and Roll is a BAZILLION times better for driving fast.

TSLA > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/23/2013 at 20:58

Kinja'd!!!

Non of those songs really stood out to me (and my superior musical tastes)...

desertdog5051 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/23/2013 at 21:01

Radar Love, Rock N Roll.

Kugelblitz > Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur
12/24/2013 at 12:37

R&R comes on the radio, deep breath, check for cops...

Jeremy Bloyd-Peshkin > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/25/2013 at 16:37

I get the feeling the final round is going to be very close.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Jeremy Bloyd-Peshkin
12/25/2013 at 22:07

As it should.

Squid > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/26/2013 at 21:50

Oppo has poor taste in driving music if black betty wins. But also if any of these other songs win. I'm not big on zep and I vehemently abhor black betty. I can't say i'm a fan of Radar Love either. . .

I spent 9 hours on the road last week listening to cradle of filth, skinny puppy, dimmu borgir, Immortal, mayhem and to round it all out with Haggard. . .

Oppo I am disappoint with your taste in music. . .