Does anybody know the song that goes "We got a great big Convoy truckin' through the night, Come on and join our Convoy ain't she a beautiful sight, Convoy, Convoy, Convoy..."? I have no idea what it's called but I love it and want to crank it up in my '73 GS someday. Oh yeah, almost forgot... :beer :beer :beer :beer :beer :beer :beer :beer :beer :beer :beer :beer :beer :beer :beer
Thanks Tim, it was kind of a joke though, I actually had the 45 when I was a kid...not that I should be admitting that on a public forum probably!
There were two versions of this song, the original version was the base for the movie. How many times does this happen, ? It's always a song from a movie, not a movie from a song.... :laugh: I have both versions in MP3 format, so if your inbox is big enough, I can mail them to anybody that's interested in them. Also the song "Around the world with the Rubber Duck" and "Rubber Duck is coming to town" is in my collection :TU:
Gerry, Does your song start with: Was the dark of the moon, on the sixth of June In a Kenworth, pullin' logs Cabover Pete with a reefer on And a Jimmy haulin' hogs We 'as headin' fer bear on I-One-Oh 'Bout a mile outta Shaky-Town I sez Pig-Pen, this here's the Rubber Duck An' I'm about to put the hammer on down Or with: Arizona, noon, on the seventh of June When they highballed over the pass Bulldog Mack with a can on back And a Jaguar haulin' ass He's ten on the floor, stroke an' bore Seatcover's startin' ta gain Now beaver, you a-truckin' with the Rubber Duck An' I'm about ta pull the plug on your drain The first is the original song, the other one is the movie sound track.
Hey, I used to have the lunch box. I never carried it.....I was in Junior high and my mom bought it for me.... How many embarrassing things did your mom buy you that you always found a way not to use.....? I bet that lunch box in unused condition would bring some good ebay money.....
Check if that lunch box is still around, maybe hidden in the attic or some place else ? I never knew there was a Convoy lunchbox. A few years ago I was running a Convoy website, still have a lot of Convoy stuff like movie posters in 12 different languages, the original model kit (still in the box with the plastic intact) of the Mack RS700L Rubber Duck truck with 1:1 size hoodornament, and loads more.....
Long gone I know that lunch box was sold in a yard sale 20 years ago. It more than likely had model car parts in it when it was sold too. I used it to store some of my wheels, tires, and engines for models..... I was a car collector in my teens also :Brow: Hey Mike, I wouldn't worry about admitting that.....At least you didn't say you had the "Lunch box" John
Atten: Erik (BadBoatTail) I wouldn't mind having a copy of the movie version soundtrack of 'Convoy', when you have time. Thanks! Reid barebonesgarage@earthlink.net
Guys, this was a joke, it was a parody of the many postings by Anthony. I really didn't mean to get you guys so excited and, I must say, never dreamed there were so many Convoy fans out there. IT WAS SARCASM! I asked the name of a song that was repeated, obviously, in the song a million times. I thought I picked a song that was dumb enough that it would be obvious I was goofing around. Did you know C.W. McCall wasn't really C.W. McCall at all? And he definitely was not a trucker either, nor a country singer until that crazy song made him famous. I think he had one album due to that song and a follow-up that was a flop, or something to that effect. Oh yeah, and by the way, the movie version of the song sucked compared to the record, as a matter of fact, the movie sucked pretty bad too!
Not when you're a 15 year old boy, dreaming of becoming a trucker one day..... :bglasses: And nowadays this movie is pure cult :TU: The story is weak, the acting is lousy and they cut out the part of the guy showing his behind to the reporter on the flatbed truck on the DVD version.......... But still: I love that flick :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: PS : I could teach you a thing or 8486768787900977988383134 about C.W. McCall, since you don't really know a lot about him
Well, I beg to differ. I may not know a lot about C.W. Mc Call, but I must say I really don't think that's something I would be real proud of and announce to the world even if I did. I do know what it was like when I was about eight years old and thought the movie was cool, this alone should tell you something. I never really "aspired" to be a trucker, and am pretty glad for that as well. You see, the movie did suck, lots of movies that sucked became cult classics (Rocky Horror, Vanishing Point, Two-Lane Blacktop, Harold and Maude, etc.). Maybe in the Netherlands illusions of what is cool in America are a little distorted but believe me, Convoy is not one of them. This is not to say that I didn't think all that stuff was cool too way back when, but again, I was 8 years old and wearing a Peterbilt hat and probably building my "Smokey the Convoy Chaser" Dart Sport model by MPC or perhaps my "Force 440" '77 2-door Monaco police car model (by MPC as well), definitely not cool either but hey, I was eight, and later it all led to things that are cool, and that's what's important. Again I'll reiterate, this thread was started as a JOKE!
Trucker songs. Dig it. Mojo has a great one called "UFOs, Big Rigs, and Barbeque" I was squishing armadillos out on interstate 10 heading down to Houston once again when something came shootin down across the sky all covered with fur with one big eye So I stomped on mt brakes, let my baby unwind and had me a close encounter of the diesel kind when the spaceman spoke it sounded sorta funny, like a yankee banker with a whole lotta money. You know what he told me? He said "UFOs are big rigs, and they come from outer space stopping off at the truck stop Earth, lookin for some food to eat can't get no beany-weenies, out past the Great Unknown UFOs are big rigs far from home" Well that boy said he was lookin for some barbeque, so I took him down to Dreamland Barbeque in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. You know what we got? We got: Ribs, white bread and ice cold beer! He was eatin so hard they didn't even stare! (that boy was hungry, too!) Said that waitress reminded him of someone who was far, far away then took another white pill for another long day.... there's more but I'm sick of typing now
