As a young boy in Ozanam Home for Boys outside of Kansas City, Mo., we traveled to California in a Nash Rambler, eventually hooking up with Route 66. While the times were not the best in my life that bit of nostalgia is brought to life with this song and "I'm Going To Kansas City" since I am from Chicago.
Great memories are brought back by this tune including remembering how much new cars cost in the 1960's. The pictured Rambler could be had for less than $2000. Even Corvettes ran about $4500. And yeah I recall gas prices being 30 to 35 cents a gallon when I was young.
I first heard this song in a college dorm party. They used it as a drinking song and everyone drank whenever they said "beep beep." It was certainly entertaining to watch as the song sped up. Everyone definitely had a lot of fun!
Oh geez, this was a favorite when I was a kid, since my aunt had a Cadillac. We used to sing it all the time, I'm so glad it's here so I can share the memory with my kids!
I remember hearing this in the 60's . didn't hear it again until I was listening to a Dr. Demento radio show late one night several years back . Great song !
We would play this song at the skating rink and tell the kids, "the faster the song goes, the faster you can go". When the kids got older, they would bring their own kids in and ask, "Do you guys still play Beep Beep?" This song will never die.
This is one of my most favorite songs from the era. I just love the way the song gets faster to go along with what is said in the song. I especially loved the last line. "Hey, buddy. How do you get this thing out of second gear?"
dad owned a 68 Rambler took those road dips well! On the way to our grammas house, my mom took the freeway. We always watched the semi-trucks wanting them to blow their horns. Well, they got an idea besides just blowing horns. Four of them truckers boxed us in 'bout 30' around and all blew horns... what a memory of life. My dad also ordered "Forty Funky Hits" record set, my siblings and I would pace the floor listening to this song. Gaining speed. Thanks for posting this.
Love this! My sister and I used to listen this on our "Funky Favorites" record along with Snoopy and the Red Baron. My aunt's brother had a Rambler with a worked over Ford 289 and toploader 4 speed. This song makes me think of that sleeper every time I hear it. I haven't heard this in over 20 years. Thanks!
I love this clip! I had a Nash Rambler in my rental fleet. 1961. It also had a push button transmission. I use to r RentAWreck in Northern California. My little Rambler was a great car. Paul GREAT JOB!!!
When I heard the last part of this song, I can't believe it took me until adulthood, to look up the lyrics and find out what the end was. The guy was saying, "Hey buddy, how can I get this car out of second gear?"!
Great vid!! & the car brings back memories, too. We had a 61 4-door with the OHV engine & auto tranny ( which btw was DEFINITELY a Borg Warner), also power steering & Posi diff. Me& my brothers used to drive it in High school (late 60's & early 70's) I had a 62 Classic wagon in about 71.
When this song came out, we happened to have a (little) Nash Rambler station wagon. I remember being very proud that our car was on the radio. But my dad never drove faster than 20 m.p.h., so I could not relate well to the idea of our car ever going that fast. But that's okay. It was fun.
Paul, thanks for posting this. Comments are all interesting, but my purpose was completely different. My Dad was a total Cadillac fan, I vaguely remember him buying one every two years or so. I am talking some 4 decades ago, before he passed away when I was 12 years old. Anyway, for some reason this song came in to mind as one of my Dad's favorites. After all this time, I see why!
Funny song. Always laughed when it was played on the radio. Hated the Rambler car though. My dad brought a brand new Rambler Classic in 1961 and that piece of crap spent more time in the shop than with us. Always were put in old junky loaners. He gave up our 1951 Chrysler New Yorker, which ran just fine for that rotten Rambler.
Mom's red '68 had the 3 on the tree, too, and it was a great car, too. Mom had that car from 1972-75. A Cadillac pulled out in front of her one time and she t-boned it (she got it fixed) - I parodied this song when that happened! "For a Rambler to hit a Caddy would be a big disgrace!" ;-) I later had a '64 Classic 770, but it was automatic. Mom also had a '59 American and a '60 Cross Country wagon. To this day, I call Cadillacs "Rambler chasers".
Great job on the video. I just bought a 61 Rambler Classic with a 6 cyl. engine and 3 on the tree. It was owned by some old guy in Colorado and only has 57K original miles on it. He had it repainted in 2002 and it looks and runs great. There's still a few of them out there but you have to look a little harder every year....
What fun to find this song! I logged on to "Radio Caroline" on the net and requested this song. They had it, but lyrics were instead of "Nash Rambler" was "Bubble Car"... instead of "Cadillac" was "limousine"
i had a 66 station wagon,3 on the tree, and the shifting fingers would hang, had to get out and jiggle them, sometimes at lights..lol and my older brother had the classic sedan, when he came back from viet nam, when i left for the navy he canabalized (sp) everything he could off mine, and left the 'hulk' on someones side street. my dad got notices to come to the impound and get it, for 3 yrs afterwards.. they WERE great cars though.
Nicely done mate. My dad played this to me when I was a kid in Iceland and I didn't speak a word of English. That was 45 years ago. I am now in Australia. This is the first time I have heard it since way back then. You brought back a nice memory. Plus, I hope that is your car. She's a beaut. Cheers, Magnus
I don't think they changed the design on these for some time. I can remember my sisters first car was a 1965 red and white Rambler and it looked almost just like this car. It was a 6 cyl with an automatic trans. It was actually kind of fast for what it was, I remember we got it up to 90 once
"Beep Beep" is a novelty song by The Playmates. It describes an apparent competition between the drivers of a Cadillac and a Nash Rambler on the road, leading to a surprise revelation as to why the Rambler is racing the Cadillac. The song is an example of accelerando, in which the tempo of the song gradually increases throughout the song..........Eddie
At my school when I was about 9, we had a songbook we'd sing from that had this song, and it was always my favourite. With Nash unheard of in Australia and me being the class car-nut, I had offered to show the class what they were. It was well before the interweb and I had to look them up at a library. I drew (ok, traced) a picture and copied some basic specs to read out to the class....to a mass yawn : ( Thanks for posting, time to show my kids ; )
I used to have one just about like that one (except mine was a 4-door). The Nash Rambler was almost exactly the same car right down to the flathead 6 with the carb mounted to the head, and a piece of conduit for the exhaust manifold. Fairly sturdy, really simple little car.
All time This what favorites is all about Remember its release and its words I had the tempo a little off but this song is great Thank you ! Tom in Utica
my first car a 60 rambler my 2 car 61 rambler ( that one i put over 100,000 miles on it) with no repairs and it had that many when i bought it. also have owned 2 gremlins and 2 rebels (68 n 69) and 2 javelins also 68 and 69. good fuel mileage and fun to drive. i still have the 69 javelin. was offered$ 25,000 for it last year. only payed $300 for it. great cars
Thanks for posting this, Paul... Brings back great memories... I believe the original title of this song on the 45 rpm record we bought was, "Beep Beep..." { - ;
The Playmates released this song in April 1959. I've owned at least 3 copies of the 45-rpm record that I literally played to death in my childhood back in the 1970s.
I am the current owner of this car. I just came across this video scrolling through videos for the song. Still looks the same except for the addition of wide white wall tires. It definitely draws a lot of attention when we take it out.
Actually....I have always like this particular body style. Can you imagine how much fun it would have been, back then, to go into a Rambler dealership and buy one of these NEW?
here is some history for ya'll. My family left Ont Canada, mom, dad, 4 brothers and myself and we drove all the way to Garden Grove in a 1966 Nash Rambler. And if you ever saw one you would laugh. BTW how many car buffs out there have ever seen a Rambler Truck. Yes they did make them and we acdtually had one while my father was alive LOLOLOLOL
It's a very good video, recognizable under either title, but thank you for posting the artists. I wish more people would show the artist when they post videos.
Believe it or not, the man behind the Nash Rambler was none other than Mitt Romney's father George, who was the CEO of American Motors Corp. I had a '64 Rambler Classic 770 sedan, with an OHV 196 six-cylinder engine and an automatic trans. The shifter went PRN21L. If you put it in "2", the car started in 2nd gear, and if you put it in "1", the car started in 1st gear and went through all 3 gears.
I have a '63 rambler convert. I am in the middle of some restoration. Honestly this car that i have needs to be stripped to the frame and then rebuilt. But i think i can get away w/ rebuilding the engine and interior and then taking care of the paint. Amazingly my car still has the original paint from 63 on it and its still in pretty good shape.
Beep Beep is so awesome! I just learned it music class and i LOVE it my Dad had one in fact it was his first car i was suprised to learn that i am so ging to put this on my MP3
I had a '64 Classic 770 sedan in dark blue that I paid $100 for back in the mid-1990s. Unfortunately, the OHV 6-cylinder engine blew on me soon afterwards. Anyway, referring to the "second gear" line in the song, the automatic transmission shifter went as follows: P-R-N-2-1-L Apparently, it had the same shifting setup as the Ford-O-Matic found in the '65 Mustang. If you put it in "2", it started in 2nd gear. If you kept it in "1", you got all 3 gears.
I learned how to drive in a 1962 Rambler Classic with a 3 speed stick. My dad bought the car brand new before I was born. It's still in the family. This car in the video is not a Nash; It's a post Nash & Hudson era AMC Rambler. Ramblers tended to be very reliable.
As a young boy in Ozanam Home for Boys outside of Kansas City, Mo., we traveled to California in a Nash Rambler, eventually hooking up with Route 66. While the times were not the best in my life that bit of nostalgia is brought to life with this song and "I'm Going To Kansas City" since I am from Chicago.
My dad and I used to sing this together when I was a kid. He made me laugh until I cried. At 81, he died in 2007. I sure do miss him.
Thanks for sharing... I live and miss my best friend/Dad dearly...
This song is a true story. I drove a Nash Rambler to High School, and the same thing happened to me.
WONDERFUL TO HEAR THIS OLD GEM.
REMEMBER LISTENING TO THIS ON THE RADIO.
GREAT
Great memories are brought back by this tune including remembering how much new cars cost in the 1960's. The pictured Rambler could be had for less than $2000. Even Corvettes ran about $4500. And yeah I recall gas prices being 30 to 35 cents a gallon when I was young.
Rode from Long Island to California in one of these in 1965 (age 8). best road trip of my life. Still remember it well.
No 21st century mind could conceive of such a song. Cute, & I'm not embarrassed to say so!
I first heard this song in a college dorm party. They used it as a drinking song and everyone drank whenever they said "beep beep." It was certainly entertaining to watch as the song sped up. Everyone definitely had a lot of fun!
Oh geez, this was a favorite when I was a kid, since my aunt had a Cadillac. We used to sing it all the time, I'm so glad it's here so I can share the memory with my kids!
I remember hearing this in the 60's . didn't hear it again until I was listening to a Dr. Demento radio show late one night several years back . Great song !
Dr Demento... Great great great... I miss those days... Gonna look that up on YT
We would play this song at the skating rink and tell the kids, "the faster the song goes, the faster you can go". When the kids got older, they would bring their own kids in and ask, "Do you guys still play Beep Beep?" This song will never die.
This is one of my most favorite songs from the era. I just love the way the song gets faster to go along with what is said in the song. I especially loved the last line. "Hey, buddy. How do you get this thing out of second gear?"
dad owned a 68 Rambler took those road dips well! On the way to our grammas house, my mom took the freeway. We always watched the semi-trucks wanting them to blow their horns. Well, they got an idea besides just blowing horns. Four of them truckers boxed us in 'bout 30' around and all blew horns... what a memory of life. My dad also ordered "Forty Funky Hits" record set, my siblings and I would pace the floor listening to this song. Gaining speed. Thanks for posting this.
My dad had this on an album of oldies. When I was little, he would play it at 45RPM, and I would roll on the floor laughing. Good memories.
Love this! My sister and I used to listen this on our "Funky Favorites" record along with Snoopy and the Red Baron. My aunt's brother had a Rambler with a worked over Ford 289 and toploader 4 speed. This song makes me think of that sleeper every time I hear it. I haven't heard this in over 20 years. Thanks!
I used to sing this song in school assembly when I was 7. Loved it then, and I love it just as much 20 years later! :-)
I love those silly songs and never get so tired of it...
"NOOO YOU CANT JUST KEEP UP WITH ME IN A NASH RAMBLER!!!!"
"haha horn go beep beep beep"
This song brings back so many happy memories from childhood...great posting
First time I ever heard this song.. put a big smile on my face... Great job
I had the 45-rpm record of this song in the early sixties, and loved it (I was about 12). :)
I have loved this song since I was a kid (age not disclosed, ha ha). Thanks for posting it and making it available.
First time hearing this song I think it's awesome . And a great testament to it's years. Thanks for putting it up!
Very good memorys from the oldies = this is a golden oldie
I never get tired of this song! Or Ramblers...
I love this clip! I had a Nash Rambler in my rental fleet. 1961. It also had a push button transmission. I use to r RentAWreck in Northern California. My little Rambler was a great car.
Paul GREAT JOB!!!
When I heard the last part of this song, I can't believe it took me until adulthood, to look up the lyrics and find out what the end was. The guy was saying, "Hey buddy, how can I get this car out of second gear?"!
Great vid!! & the car brings back memories, too. We had a 61 4-door with the OHV engine & auto tranny ( which btw was DEFINITELY a Borg Warner), also power steering & Posi diff. Me& my brothers used to drive it in High school (late 60's & early 70's) I had a 62 Classic wagon in about 71.
When this song came out, we happened to have a (little) Nash Rambler station wagon. I remember being very proud that our car was on the radio. But my dad never drove faster than 20 m.p.h., so I could not relate well to the idea of our car ever going that fast. But that's okay. It was fun.
We used to have a 1962 Rambler Classic, folks bought it new in '62 for Mom and I drove it until 1979.
Paul, thanks for posting this. Comments are all interesting, but my purpose was completely different. My Dad was a total Cadillac fan, I vaguely remember him buying one every two years or so. I am talking some 4 decades ago, before he passed away when I was 12 years old. Anyway, for some reason this song came in to mind as one of my Dad's favorites. After all this time, I see why!
Funny song. Always laughed when it was played on the radio. Hated the Rambler car though. My dad brought a brand new Rambler Classic in 1961 and that piece of crap spent more time in the shop than with us. Always were put in old junky loaners. He gave up our 1951 Chrysler New Yorker, which ran just fine for that rotten Rambler.
Mom's red '68 had the 3 on the tree, too, and it was a great car, too. Mom had that car from 1972-75.
A Cadillac pulled out in front of her one time and she t-boned it (she got it fixed) - I parodied this song when that happened!
"For a Rambler to hit a Caddy would be a big disgrace!" ;-)
I later had a '64 Classic 770, but it was automatic. Mom also had a '59 American and a '60 Cross Country wagon.
To this day, I call Cadillacs "Rambler chasers".
Great job on the video. I just bought a 61 Rambler Classic with a 6 cyl. engine and 3 on the tree. It was owned by some old guy in Colorado and only has 57K original miles on it. He had it repainted in 2002 and it looks and runs great. There's still a few of them out there but you have to look a little harder every year....
This is my ring tone for when my grandfather calls me
He drives a 1969 Rambler American :D
What fun to find this song! I logged on to "Radio Caroline" on the net and requested this song. They had it, but lyrics were instead of "Nash Rambler" was "Bubble Car"... instead of "Cadillac" was "limousine"
i had a 66 station wagon,3 on the tree, and the shifting fingers would hang, had to get out and jiggle them, sometimes at lights..lol and my older brother had the classic sedan, when he came back from viet nam, when i left for the navy he canabalized (sp) everything he could off mine, and left the 'hulk' on someones side street. my dad got notices to come to the impound and get it, for 3 yrs afterwards..
they WERE great cars though.
Nicely done mate. My dad played this to me when I was a kid in Iceland and I didn't speak a word of English. That was 45 years ago. I am now in Australia. This is the first time I have heard it since way back then. You brought back a nice memory. Plus, I hope that is your car. She's a beaut. Cheers, Magnus
I don't think they changed the design on these for some time. I can remember my sisters first car was a 1965 red and white Rambler and it looked almost just like this car. It was a 6 cyl with an automatic trans. It was actually kind of fast for what it was, I remember we got it up to 90 once
I love this song!
Thanks - I always enjoyed this song, and that was a good enough excuse to chuckle for a couple minutes ;-)
That is a beautiful car. My dad sold American Motors and his dad had a little Nash Rambler.
"Beep Beep" is a novelty song by The Playmates. It describes an apparent competition between the drivers of a Cadillac and a Nash Rambler on the road, leading to a surprise revelation as to why the Rambler is racing the Cadillac.
The song is an example of accelerando, in which the tempo of the song gradually increases throughout the song..........Eddie
In addition to the accelerando, each verse of the song modulates a half step up into a different key, heightening the effect of the tempo increase.
Aww you gave away the ending.
This is my uncle's favorite song! I haven't heard it a looooong time, thanks for the video!
holy hell. i've been looking for this song for a week. it's been stuck in my head and driving me insane
Thanks, haven't heard this song in years.
aww man that takes me back to when i was a little kid, my parents had down in the basement they would play it when we had parties.
At my school when I was about 9, we had a songbook we'd sing from that had this song, and it was always my favourite. With Nash unheard of in Australia and me being the class car-nut, I had offered to show the class what they were. It was well before the interweb and I had to look them up at a library. I drew (ok, traced) a picture and copied some basic specs to read out to the class....to a mass yawn : (
Thanks for posting, time to show my kids ; )
I used to have one just about like that one (except mine was a 4-door). The Nash Rambler was almost exactly the same car right down to the flathead 6 with the carb mounted to the head, and a piece of conduit for the exhaust manifold. Fairly sturdy, really simple little car.
I've loved this song since the day I first heard it. And yes, some Ramblers could almost fly! And I remember buying gas for 15.9 cents a gallon.
Ramblers are great cars! I've had my '69 wagon for about 2 1/2 years now and I just love it!
I forgotten all about this one! It used to be on the radio a lot.
My aunt had a Rambler American like that,a red convertable. She traded it in on a 1965 Olds Cutlass.
Thanks for the memories. These were my Dad's favs. Mom drove the Lincoln Mark.
i remember getting drunk @14 to this song at a pool hall and the only teenager to know this song..thanks dad
All time This what favorites is all about Remember its release and its words I had the tempo a little off but this song is great Thank you !
Tom in Utica
my first car a 60 rambler my 2 car 61 rambler ( that one i put over 100,000 miles on it) with no repairs and it had that many when i bought it. also have owned 2 gremlins and 2 rebels (68 n 69) and 2 javelins also 68 and 69. good fuel mileage and fun to drive. i still have the 69 javelin. was offered$ 25,000 for it last year. only payed $300 for it. great cars
Thanks for posting this, Paul... Brings back great memories... I believe the original title of this song on the 45 rpm record we bought was, "Beep Beep..." { - ;
Wow; that song brings back memories of my childhood. Thanks!
Used to use a Rambler Americana for Speedway back in Australia. It had a Push Button Auto-transmission. Great car.
i love it i cant get it outta my head..... beep beep!!
The Playmates released this song in April 1959.
I've owned at least 3 copies of the 45-rpm record that I literally played to death in my childhood back in the 1970s.
I am the current owner of this car. I just came across this video scrolling through videos for the song. Still looks the same except for the addition of wide white wall tires. It definitely draws a lot of attention when we take it out.
Very cool! Did you own this car 14 years ago, when I put this vid together, too ?
@@pjdaoust I have owned it for about 5 years.
Where did you find these pictures? I do not very much history on the car.
Actually....I have always like this particular body style. Can you imagine how much fun it would have been, back then, to go into a Rambler dealership and buy one of these NEW?
Thanks for posting a great song and a better car!
my dad had me listen to this song at the woodward dream cruise it is hilarious.
Great song. Beep beep!
This song is titled Beep Beep it's by The Playmates Thanx for posting it
here is some history for ya'll. My family left Ont Canada, mom, dad, 4 brothers and myself and we drove all the way to Garden Grove in a 1966 Nash Rambler. And if you ever saw one you would laugh. BTW how many car buffs out there have ever seen a Rambler Truck. Yes they did make them and we acdtually had one while my father was alive LOLOLOLOL
I loved singing this when I was little :)
I always liked those cars.
It's a very good video, recognizable under either title, but thank you for posting the artists. I wish more people would show the artist when they post videos.
I'm only 32. I'm not old enough to even know this song exists. Still, it's absolutely amazing!
I have my own dance for this song, we always try to sing it. The song is just so fun!
This song is more than 50 years old. Lots of folks had clutches back then.
hehe Loved this one when I listened to this album when I was a kid.
I love this song!!! Thanks for the upload.
😎 beep beep
I had 2. A `63 green station wagon and a white`59 sedan.
Beep Beep is such a classic Novelty, Pop Rock song. Thank you for uploading.
Believe it or not, the man behind the Nash Rambler was none other than Mitt Romney's father George, who was the CEO of American Motors Corp. I had a '64 Rambler Classic 770 sedan, with an OHV 196 six-cylinder engine and an automatic trans. The shifter went PRN21L. If you put it in "2", the car started in 2nd gear, and if you put it in "1", the car started in 1st gear and went through all 3 gears.
I have a '63 rambler convert. I am in the middle of some restoration. Honestly this car that i have needs to be stripped to the frame and then rebuilt. But i think i can get away w/ rebuilding the engine and interior and then taking care of the paint. Amazingly my car still has the original paint from 63 on it and its still in pretty good shape.
A classic novelty song from late 50s - Annette sang it on The Mickey Mouse Club!
great and my favorite fast song
I LOVE THIS SONG ITS ****ing awsome
thanks =) =)
i died of laughter at the end of the song when it was my first time hearing this.
dude lol awesome video! i forgot about these little bathtubs
Awesome, just awesome!!!
Definitly a classic! Thanks for the post!
Beep Beep is so awesome! I just learned it music class and i LOVE it my Dad had one in fact it was his first car i was suprised to learn that i am so ging to put this on my MP3
I wish I still had my 62 Rambler Wagon now. LOL
The car I first learned to drive.
I had a '64 Classic 770 sedan in dark blue that I paid $100 for back in the mid-1990s. Unfortunately, the OHV 6-cylinder engine blew on me soon afterwards.
Anyway, referring to the "second gear" line in the song, the automatic transmission shifter went as follows:
P-R-N-2-1-L
Apparently, it had the same shifting setup as the Ford-O-Matic found in the '65 Mustang. If you put it in "2", it started in 2nd gear. If you kept it in "1", you got all 3 gears.
In high school in the 60s, a kid had a nash, with a bb chev in it. Crazy!
I learned how to drive in a 1962 Rambler Classic with a 3 speed stick. My dad bought the car brand new before I was born. It's still in the family. This car in the video is not a Nash; It's a post Nash & Hudson era AMC Rambler. Ramblers tended to be very reliable.
I like this song. I got it on my MP3.
The last AMC product to carry the Rambler name was the 1969 Rambler American.
My mom had a '68 Rambler American 440 wagon.
HA HA HA HAAAAA!!! That song is cute!
Jeeze, this takes me back!!!!
No doubt..thats the way i felt about my 65 Buick wagon.
Old song my mom loved.
I have that 45 rpm record. Friends who had a 60 station wagon sent me that disc :)