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The Sandbox => MP3 songs for Review/Critique => Topic started by: Tex on June 06, 2026, 09:28:11 pm


Title: Re: Nashville, Tesla's and Saturday Nights
Post by: LAWHON on June 13, 2026, 08:26:59 am
Fun song.

But you should have mentioned that pick up trucks cost as much or more than Tesla's these days.
And they hold their value much better. ;D

Other than the Ford Lightning.  ;D
Title: Re: Nashville, Tesla's and Saturday Nights
Post by: Tex on June 12, 2026, 08:37:48 pm
A few weeks back Elvis rattled on in a post saying: Nashville does nothing but songs about pickup trucks and dirt roads, they need to move on, you don't have a truck you have a Tesla.
So I thought -- Nashville, Tesla's and Saturday nights -- instead of dirt roads and pickup trucks, not sure how this is gonna go over ???

Killa concept Tex...Anybody heard from ol Elvis at all?

Thanks Stoney,

I see him on JPF every now and then he's (bennash) there and on muse too he's (Frank Turner 12) there.
Title: Re: Nashville, Tesla's and Saturday Nights
Post by: Tex on June 12, 2026, 08:35:49 pm
There's a lot to like about this....lyric is so cool...you sure know how to paint

Steve

Thanks Steve, happy you took the time to listen.
Title: Re: Nashville, Tesla's and Saturday Nights
Post by: Stone Flowers on June 12, 2026, 06:39:50 am
A few weeks back Elvis rattled on in a post saying: Nashville does nothing but songs about pickup trucks and dirt roads, they need to move on, you don't have a truck you have a Tesla.
So I thought -- Nashville, Tesla's and Saturday nights -- instead of dirt roads and pickup trucks, not sure how this is gonna go over ???

Killa concept Tex...Anybody heard from ol Elvis at all?
Title: Re: Nashville, Tesla's and Saturday Nights
Post by: Stauld on June 11, 2026, 02:58:37 pm
There's a lot to like about this....lyric is so cool...you sure know how to paint

Steve
Title: Re: Nashville, Tesla's and Saturday Nights
Post by: John Voorpostel on June 11, 2026, 01:29:07 pm
LOL Cat Scratch Prius
Title: Re: Nashville, Tesla's and Saturday Nights
Post by: Tex on June 08, 2026, 09:26:08 am

I like the lyric. Cuts to the essentials. Good suno sounds as well, not always a given.
Bill

Thanks Bill for taking time to listen and reply back. :)

Suno seems to handle this kind of song really well. You mention Elvis - I won't say too much as I notice he isn't on the forum now - but I can hear a similarity between this and some of his Suno driven productions...and I do like the lyrics here! No problem with this track at all - it works. The I reckon it has a very commercial feel..not that I would know! :)

Thanks Chris... reckon I don't know a commercial feel is either :)

Lol yes...does work as a song and I want to see a Prius!

Thanks John,  now I got to come up with (Prius Fever) but I think it has to be a rock song :P
Title: Re: Nashville, Tesla's and Saturday Nights
Post by: John Voorpostel on June 07, 2026, 07:04:54 pm
Lol yes...does work as a song and I want to see a Prius!
Title: Re: Nashville, Tesla's and Saturday Nights
Post by: ChrisPrice on June 07, 2026, 05:58:03 pm
Suno seems to handle this kind of song really well. You mention Elvis - I won't say too much as I notice he isn't on the forum now - but I can hear a similarity between this and some of his Suno driven productions...and I do like the lyrics here! No problem with this track at all - it works. The I reckon it has a very commercial feel..not that I would know! :)
Title: Re: Nashville, Tesla's and Saturday Nights
Post by: billdraper on June 07, 2026, 03:02:59 pm
I like the lyric. Cuts to the essentials. Good suno sounds as well, not always a given.
Bill
Title: Nashville, Tesla's and Saturday Nights
Post by: Tex on June 06, 2026, 09:28:11 pm
A few weeks back Elvis rattled on in a post saying: Nashville does nothing but songs about pickup trucks and dirt roads, they need to move on, you don't have a truck you have a Tesla.
So I thought -- Nashville, Tesla's and Saturday nights -- instead of dirt roads and pickup trucks, not sure how this is gonna go over ???



https://suno.com/s/iilXv9QeLNVudN6G



Nashville, Tesla's and Saturday Nights

[Verse]
Neon sunset burnin' on the Cumberland sky
Larry Mayhan boots keepin' time to a Fender cry
Pickup trucks parked under electric lights
Old-school dreams in a brand new ride

She rolled up silent in a midnight blue Tesla
Lookin' like a dream from an old-town western
Said, "Boy, this town ain't what it used to be"
I laughed and said, "Yeah, that's alright with me"

[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause the world keeps on turnin'
And these tires keep on burnin'

[Chorus]
It's Nashville, Tesla's and Saturday nights
Whiskey on Broadway and neon shining bright
From honky-tonk hearts to red tail lights
We're making memories under Tennessee skies

A little bit of future, a little bit of past
We're chasing sunrise past Ryman lights
Just two hearts ridin' wherever life drives
In Nashville, Tesla's and Saturday nights

[Verse]
The jukebox played some Haggard and Cash
While downtown buzzed with digital flash
Vintage guitars and electric cars meet
Still singin' the same song to a different beat

She said, "Do you miss the way it used to be?"
I said, "Maybe some, but look around and see"
Every generation finds its own road home
Doesn't matter what you're drivin' if you're not alone

[Pre-Chorus]
The moon hangs over Music City
And tonight everything feels pretty

[Chorus]
It's Nashville, Tesla's and Saturday nights
Whiskey on Broadway and neon shining bright
From honky-tonk hearts to red tail lights
We're making memories under Tennessee skies

A little bit of future, a little bit of past
We're chasing sunrise past Ryman lights
Just two hearts ridin' wherever life drives
In Nashville, Tesla's and Saturday nights

[Bridge]
Grandpa tuned his radio to WSM every night
Now we're streaming songs under Broadway lights
But he'd still smile seeing me hold her hand
'Cause love's been the plan since this began

[Final Chorus]
It's Nashville, Tesla's and Saturday nights
Dreamers and believers underneath the lights
Old traditions ridin' side by side
Dancing together while the decades fly

A little bit of future, a little bit of past
Some things never change that fast
Like a country song and a firefly sky
In Nashville, Tesla's and Saturday nights

[Outro]
Yeah, Nashville, Tesla's and Saturday nights
That's how we're living, that's how we ride