'Beneath You'
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
We should help Tim out by selecting the appropriate theme song. It should be something like how Bruckheimer uses The Who. You know, in case there's a franchise, like Drive: Europe. Or Drive: Catalina, where all the cars are those teeny golf carts.
Ah. Deja Vu.
Anyway: A Berklee faculty member lists his 50 favorite songs for the highway.
Personally I like: "Drive" REM
How about that big '05 hit (that's 1905), In My Merry Oldsmobile, the first song ever about a car. Or maybe Robert Johnson's Terraplane Blues - the first song to use a car as a sexual metaphor (or so I've read).
Free Love Freeway -- think of the crossover opportunities!
Technically, that's also a Springsteen song.
ETA: Pink Cadillac being also a Sprinsteen song. (Though not the same Pink Cadillac.) Possibly to be used for Drive: Julie Newmar Edition.
I was a bit confused about it at first too, Kristen, then discovered the differentness. I loved the video for Aretha's. But then, I kinda love Aretha.
Based on absolutely nothing, I think a bluesy-sounding theme would fit well. Something like Dr. Feelgood's version of "On The Road Again" would be a cool theme song.
Ooh, and then "B Movie Box Car Blues" for the train-centered spinoff! And "Deep Blue Sea" for the yachting version.
"Space Oddity" or "Rocket Man" for the space version.
Drive.... In.... Spaaaaaccceee
"Dig Myself a Hole" for the radio-friendly spelunking spin-off.
"Hot Rod Lincoln" for the prequel which takes place in the '50s.