Drude, Where's My Car?

Welcome back, Julian Cope, we've missed ya.

What better way to usher in the (school) holidays than an hour on the road with the Arch Drude behind the wheel? Woden help us.

You'll be hard pressed to find any of these songs on your typical service station driving rock compilation CD box set, nestled between the ice scrapers (in July!) and plastic-wrapped flapjacks with unfathomable toppings. More's the pity, if you ask me.

Unsurprisingly, quite a few from Julian's 1994 magnum opus Autogeddon but as you'll see, it's been a recurring theme in his songs for the past four decades.

Grab a pasty and a sick bag, hop in the passenger seat and don't forget to fasten your seat belt!

First Leg

1) Wreck My Car (Single Version) (1983)

2) Archdrude's Roadtrip (1994)

3) Adam & Eve Hit The Road (1995)

4) White Van (Vindhler) (Album Version): Brain Donor (2003)

5) Road Of Dreams (1995)

6) On The Road North (1990)

7) How Do I Understand My Motorman? (1996)

 

Second Leg

8) Autogeddon Blues (Album Version) (1994)

9) Highway Blues (1992)

10) Don't Drink And Drive (You Might Spill Some) (2017)

11) Kar-Ma-Kanik (Album Version) (1994)

12) Highway To The Sun (1995)

 

Last Leg

13) Drive, She Said (Album Version) (1991)

14) Alexei Sayle Driver Improvement Course (2009)

15) No Hard Shoulder To Cry On (Album Version) (1992)

16) s.t.a.r.c.a.r (Album Version) (1994)

 

1983: Sunshine Playroom EP: 1 

1991: Peggy Suicide: 13 

1992: Jehovahkill: 15

1994: Autogeddon: 2, 8, 11, 16

1995: 20 Mothers: 3, 5, 12

1996: I Come From Another Planet, Baby EP: 7

2000: Floored Genius 3: Julian Cope's Oddicon Of Lost Rarities & Versions 1978-98: 9

2003: Too Freud To Rock 'n' Roll, Too Jung To Die: 4

2009: The Unruly Imagination: 14

2017: Drunken Songs: 10

2021: Droolian's Mother (Copes Notes #2): 6

 

Drude, Where's My Car? (1:05:08) (KF) (Mega)