What are some of your favorite "Driving" songs, that is, songs that specifically mention driving. One of my current favorites is Big Foot, by Chickenfoot:
Don't you worry, it's gonna be allright
I'm in a hurry, gonna drive all night
I'll be there in the morning, you can bet your ass
I got both hands on the wheel, and my big foot on the gas
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A couple other favorites of mine include "Drive" by Incubus and "I Can't Drive 55" by Sammy Hagar.
RADAR LOVE, Golden Earing :bigass: :clap:
I played "I Can't Drive 55" the first time I drove on the Intercounty Connector in Maryland. Seemed appropriate.
Some others that come to mind:
–Back when I was in law school, I was heading back down for the spring semester one year and as I turned onto I-95 in Springfield, VA, I turned on the radio just in time for the opening chords of "Highway to Hell" to come on. Seldom have I heard a more appropriate driving song for a particular occasion. Technically it doesn't really "mention" driving per se, but I figure it's close enough.
–"Motorway" by the Kinks.
–"Wreck on the Highway" by Springsteen (final song on the River album). Also, if sitting in a car at the end of a date counts as close enough to driving for this poll, "I'm Goin' Down" by Springsteen (off the Born in the USA album); I've always loved the lyric "You let out one of your bored sighs."
–"Drive" by the Gaslight Anthem. These guys are easily my favorite new band of the last few years. I highly recommend all their music.
No mention of Steppenwolf's "Born to be wild" or Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody"? ;)
Quote from: 1995hoo on December 13, 2011, 09:22:16 AM
–"Motorway" by the Kinks.
Would it be lazy to just say "Driving", by the Kinks....
Quote from: tchafe1978 on December 12, 2011, 11:59:14 PM
What are some of your favorite "Driving" songs, that is, songs that specifically mention driving. One of my current favorites is Big Foot, by Chickenfoot:
Don't you worry, it's gonna be allright
I'm in a hurry, gonna drive all night
I'll be there in the morning, you can bet your ass
I got both hands on the wheel, and my big foot on the gas
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A couple other favorites of mine include "Drive" by Incubus and "I Can't Drive 55" by Sammy Hagar.
Driving Song bt Widespead Panic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekvnAT3YQuw
Quote from: Mr_Northside on December 13, 2011, 01:10:18 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on December 13, 2011, 09:22:16 AM
–"Motorway" by the Kinks.
Would it be lazy to just say "Driving", by the Kinks....
Well, the song is named "Motorway."
I love the lyrics, too. "You've never seen loos like motorway loos, thousands of people passing through. It's enough to put you off of that motorway food."
Lake Shore Drive.
Enjoy the images as well. :sombrero:
"Convoy" is perfect if you're a trucker. ;)
Quote from: allniter89 on December 13, 2011, 12:22:18 AM
RADAR LOVE, Golden Earing :bigass: :clap:
Of course. It's a highway song classic. I love it too.
Also,
Long Time by Boston.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreplay/Long_Time
http://grooveshark.com/s/Foreplay+Long+Time/4cxKjI?src=5
Most obvious choice should be Kraftwerk's Autobahn.
Personal favorite of mine would be Departure from REM's New Adventures in Hi-Fi.
Outlaws - Green Grass and High Tides
Outlaws - Ghost Riders in the Sky
Blackfoot - Highway Song
REO Speedwagon - Back on the Road Again
REO Speedwagon - Roll with the Changes
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Triumph - Fight the Good Fight
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Boston - Foreplay/Long Time
Sammy Hagar - I Can't Drive 55
Quote from: ftballfan on December 20, 2011, 03:51:01 PM
Outlaws - Green Grass and High Tides
Outlaws - Ghost Riders in the Sky
Blackfoot - Highway Song
REO Speedwagon - Back on the Road Again
REO Speedwagon - Roll with the Changes
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Triumph - Fight the Good Fight
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Boston - Foreplay/Long Time
Sammy Hagar - I Can't Drive 55
Wow ftballfan, imho you have excellent taste in music!!
Most of your list was recorded/popular music before you were even born, did your parents or grandparents turn you onto this great music? I'd be interested in how you discovered this music, I mean the Outlaws are pretty far from main stream music and for someone your age to appreciate their great music is awesome!
A few more of my favs
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Deep Purple - Burn
Carlos Santana - Everything he plays
Bachman Turner Overdrive - Lets Roll (Down the Highway)
Grateful Dead - Truckin
Jackson Brown - Loadout/Stay
I can still recall the 1st time I heard BoRhap in 1976, it was 3a.m. and I was delivering newspapers by car when a Philadelphia FM station began the 3 o'clock hour playing BoRhap without ANY introduction at all, IT WAS AWESOME, I couldnt even drive the car, I pulled off and enjoyed it and spent the rest of the nite searching for another station to play it again. Freddy Mercury at his best imo!
Quote from: ftballfan on December 20, 2011, 03:51:01 PM
Outlaws - Green Grass and High Tides
Outlaws - Ghost Riders in the Sky
Blackfoot - Highway Song
REO Speedwagon - Back on the Road Again
REO Speedwagon - Roll with the Changes
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Triumph - Fight the Good Fight
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Boston - Foreplay/Long Time
Sammy Hagar - I Can't Drive 55
Green Grass and High Tides is a most excellent tune, as is Roll With the Changes.
I applaud your taste in music.
I have too many favorite 'driving' songs to list. Many of them go with certain places; I listen to more 1970s Elton John than anything else while driving in Pennsylvania, for instance.
I have to watch what I listen to as well if driving a car that doesn't have cruise control. Blackfoot - Train, Train as well as The Doors - L.A. Woman will have me doing triple-digits if I'm not careful. The worst part of that? I start wondering "hey, why are all these people going
so slow all of a sudden?" :D
Quote from: US-43|72 on December 21, 2011, 12:59:30 AM
I have to watch what I listen to as well if driving a car that doesn't have cruise control. Blackfoot - Train, Train as well as The Doors - L.A. Woman will have me doing triple-digits if I'm not careful.
I think I once did 82mph through the East LA Interchange when that Doors song came on.
(82 isn't objectively that fast, but there's a 35 curve in there on 5 southbound!)
Quote from: Stephane Dumas on December 13, 2011, 08:13:28 PM
"Convoy" is perfect if you're a trucker. ;)
Actually?
NO!! Drivers I've spoken with over the years
despise this idiotic film!
Quote from: allniter89 on December 22, 2011, 01:05:32 AM
Quote from: Stephane Dumas on December 13, 2011, 08:13:28 PM
"Convoy" is perfect if you're a trucker. ;)
Actually? NO!! Drivers I've spoken with over the years despise this idiotic film!
The film's idiotic. The song is a bit fun.
Quote from: Brandon on December 22, 2011, 07:03:24 AM
Quote from: allniter89 on December 22, 2011, 01:05:32 AM
Quote from: Stephane Dumas on December 13, 2011, 08:13:28 PM
"Convoy" is perfect if you're a trucker. ;)
Actually? NO!! Drivers I've spoken with over the years despise this idiotic film!
The film's idiotic. The song is a bit fun.
My bad. The thread topic is "driving songs" NOT "driving movies".
Agreed, "Convoy" is a fun driving song.
This will be a longish list. A lot of these are also "Stormchasing" songs for me. Going thru my library.
Part 1 A-F by artist
AC/DC (1) - Thunderstruck
Aerosmith (1) - Living On The Edge
Alice Cooper (1) - School's Out
Amanda Marshall (1) - Birmingham
Audio Adrenaline (3) - Big House, Let Love, DC 10
Avril Lavinge (1) - Nobody's Home
Beastie Boys (1) - Sabotage
Beatles (1) - Get Back
Billy Joel (3) - We Didn't Start The Fire, Downeaster Alexa, River of Dreams
Bob Seger (4) - Turn The Page, Hollywood Nights, Main Street, Against The Wind
Bon Jovi (9) - Living On A Prayer, Runaway, It's My Life, Blaze of Glory, Have A Nice Day, Welcome To Wherever You Are, Who Says You Can't Go Home, Lost Highway, Summertime
Bruce Hornsby (1) - Mandolin Rain
Bruce Springsteen (7) - Radio Nowhere, Your Hometown, The River, Atlantic City, Nebraska, Streets of Philadelphia, Murder Incorporated
Bryan Adams () - Run To You, The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You, Heat of the Night, Summer of 69
The Cars (2) - Drive, Moving In Stereo
Chris Isaak (1) - Wicked Game
Christina Aguilera (2) - Keeps Getting Better, Genie 2.0
Coldplay (7) - Politik, In My Place, Clocks, Talk, Speed of Sound, Low, Yellow
Counting Crows (3) - Raining In Baltimore, Goodnight Elizabeth, Round Here
David Gilmour (formerly of Pink Floyd) (1) - Take A Breath
Depeche Mode (7) - Precious, Policy of Truth, Stripped, World in My Eyes, It's No Good, Halo, Waiting For The Night
Dire Straits/Mark Knopfler (4) - Sailing to Philadelphia, Telegraph Road, Sultans of Swing, So Far Away
Don Henley (2) - Boys of Summer, Garden of Allah
Don McLean (1) - American Pie
Doors (1) - Riders on the Storm
Duran Duran (2) - Come Undone, Ordinary World
Eagles (3) - Hotel California, Take It Easy, Desperado
Echoing Green (2) - Ambler, Oxygen
Elton John (1) - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Enigma (1) - Return to Innocence
Eric Clapton (2) - Layla (original version), After Midnight (Color of Money version)
Evanescence (1) - Bring Me To Life
Foo Fighters (1) - Learning to Fly
Part 2 G-M
Garbage (3) - I'm Only Happy When It Rains, Special, Breaking Up The Girl
Garth Brooks (1) - Thunder Rolled
Genesis (6) - Tonight Tonight Tonight, Home By The Sea (Part 1 & 2), Land of Confusion, No Son Of Mine, Congo, Carpet Crawlers (1999 version)
George Michael (1) - Father Figure
Gin Blossoms (6) - Follow You Down, Hey Jealousy, Until I Fall Away, Found Out About You, Just South of Nowhere, Lost Horizons
Goo Goo Dolls (3) - Here Is Gone, Slide, Black Balloon
Gordon Lightfoot (2) - Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald, Carefree Highway
Green Day (2) - Holiday, Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Gwen Stefani (1) - What You Waiting For?
Hootie and the Blowfish (3) - Hannah Jane, I'm Goin Home, Time
INXS (2) - Devil Inside, Not Enough Time
Jars of Clay (5) - Dig, Crazy Times, Goodbye Goodnight, Grace, Frail
Jewel (1) - Standing Still
Jimi Hendrix (1) - All Along The Watchtower
John Mellencamp (20) - Human Wheels, Jackie Brown (Rough Harvest version), Minutes To Memories, Small Town, Pink Houses, Ghost Towns, Our Country, Freedom's Road, Rural Route, Just Another Day, Longest Days, If I Die Sudden, Don't Need This Body, Jena, Mean, County Fair, For The Children, This May Not Be The End Of The World, Circlin Around The Moon, Rain On The Scarecrow
John Fogerty/CCR (5) - Lodi, Born On The Bayou, Who'll Stop The Rain, Lookin Out My Back Door, Deja Vu
John Lennon (1) - Watchin The Wheels
Kansas (1) - Dust In The Wind
KT Tunstall (2) - Little Favours, Funnyman
Lenny Kravitz (2) - Are Going To Go My Way?, Fly Away
Linkin Park (5) - Runaway, In The End, Breaking The Habit, Numb, What I've Done
Lisa Marie Presley (3) - SOB, Lights Out, Indifferent
Lynyrd Skynyrd (2) - Tuesday's Gone, Simple Man
Madonna (5) - Die Another Day, Ray Of Light, Hung Up, Jump, Don't Tell Me
Matchbox 20 (11) - 3 AM, Push, Kody, Long Day, Back 2 Good, Bent, Unwell, If You're Gone, Rest Stop, Bright Lights, You Won't Be Mine
Melissa Etheridge (9) - I'm The Only One, Breathe, Tuesday Morning, Come To My Window, Silent Legacy, All American Girl, Nowhere to Go, Refugee, You Can Sleep While I Drive
Mike and the Mechanics (1) - Silent Running
Moby (2) - Southside, We Are All Made Of Stars
Part 3 N-S
Natalie Imbruglia (1) - Torn
Natalie Merchant (1) - San Andreas Fault
Neil Young (2) - Rockin In The Free World, Hey Hey My My (Into the Black)
Nickelback ( 8 ) - Photograph, Feeling Way Too Damn Good, Far Away, Savin Me, If Everyone Cared, How You Remind Me, Good Times Gone, Too Bad
No Doubt (4) - Hey Baby, It's My Life, Simple Kind of Life, Hella Good
Oasis (1) - Wonderwall
Paul Simon (1) - Graceland
Paula Abdul (1) - Vibeology
Pearl Jam (1) - Even Flow
Peter Schilling (1) - Major Tom
Phil Collins (5) - In The Air Tonight, Lorenzo, I Wish It Would Rain, Both Sides Of The Story, Can't Turn Back The Years
Pink (5) - Feel Good Time, Long Way To Happy, Runaway, So What, Don't Let Me Get Me
Pink Floyd (9) - Time, Brain Damage/Eclipse, Hey You, High Hopes, Keep Talking, Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part 1-7, Wish You Were Here, One Slip, Comfortably Numb
Police (2) - Synchronicity II, Wrapped Around Your Finger
Pretenders (1) - Back To Ohio
Pure Prairie League (1) - Aime
REM (4) - End Of The World, The Great Beyond, All The Way To Reno, Everybody Hurts
Red Hot Chilli Peppers (4) - Californication, Scar Tissue, By The Way, Otherside, Danni California
REO Speedwagon (2) - Ridin The Storm Out, Take It On The Run
Richard Marx (2) - Hazard, Children Of The Night
Rod Stewart (4) - Forever Young, Downtown Train, Young Turks, Broken Arrow
Santana (1) - Smooth
Sarah McLachlan (2) - Building A Mystery, Possession
Savage Garden (2) - To The Moon and Back, I Want You
Shakira (1) - Whenever Wherever
Sheryl Crow (11) - My Favorite Mistake, There Goes The Neighborhood, Anything But Down, Crash and Burn, Weather Channel, Run Baby Run, Soak Up The Sun, No One Said It Would Be Easy, Leaving Las Vegas, If It Makes You Happy, Steve McQueen
Shiny Toy Guns (6) - When Did This Storm Begin, Ghost Town, Frozen Oceans, Rainy Monday, Major Tom, We Are Pilots
Sixpence None The Richer (3) - Angeltread, Love Salvation and The Fear of Death, Drifting
Smash Mouth (2) - Waste, Walking On The Sun
Smashing Pumpkins (2) - Disarm, Bullet With Butterfly Wings
The Smiths (1) - How Soon Is Now?
Snow Patrol () - Chasing Cars
Soggy Bottom Boys (1) - Man Of Constant Sorrow
Soundtracks (various) (4) - Bang Bang (Kill Bill 1-Nancy Sinatra), Battle Without Honor or Humanity (Kill Bill 1-Tomoyasu Hotei), Goodnight Moon (Kill Bill 2-Shivaree), Malaguena Salerosa (Kill Bill 2-Chingon)
Spice Girls (1) - Say You'll Be There
Steve Miller Band (3) - Take The Money and Run, Rock N Me, The Joker
Sting (2) - If I Ever Lose My Faith In You, Desert Rose
Stone Temple Pilots (1) - Interstate Love Song
Suzanne Vega (1) - Blood Makes Noise
Part 4 T-Z
TATU (2) - All About Us, Perfect Enemy
Tears For Fears (2) - Shout, Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Tom Petty (10) - Into The Great Wide open, Savin Grace, Flirting With Time, Refugee, Here Comes My Girl, Running Down A Dream, Free Fallin, Mary Jane's Last Dance, Learning To Fly, King's Highway
Toto (1) - Africa
Trace Adkins (4) - Swing, Songs About Me, Chrome, Ladies Love Country Boys
Tracy Chapman (1) - Fast Car
Train (1) - Cab
U2 (20) - Zoo Station, Ultra Violet, Bad, I Will Follow, The Unforgettable Fire, Beautiful Day, Electrical Storm, Gone, The Hands That Built America, Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me, Lady With The Spinning Head, City of Blinding Lights, All Because of You, Bullet The Blue Sky, In God's Country, Still Haven't Found What I Am Looking For, Vertigo, New Year's Day, Where The Streets Have No Name, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
Van Halen (3) - Top Of The World, Right Now, Dreams
Various Mix CDs (5) - Lightning Crashes (Live), The Freshman (Verve Pipe), Runaway Train (Soul Asylum), All The Things I Have Done (Killers), Green Onions (Booker T and the MGs)
Wallflowers (2) - 6th Ave Heartache, One Headlight
The Who (4) - Baba O'Riley, Won't Get Fooled Again, Who Are You?, Eminence Front
Willie Nelson (1) - On The Road Again
ZZ Top (2) - La Grange, Tush
At the risk of nit-picking, 'Tuesday's Gone' is by The Band, not Lynard Skynard (unless there is a version I'm not aware of). :sombrero:
Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on December 27, 2011, 08:24:17 PM
At the risk of nit-picking, 'Tuesday's Gone' is by The Band, not Lynard Skynard (unless there is a version I'm not aware of). :sombrero:
at the risk of falling victim to troll bait ... the only versions I've ever heard are Skynyrd, and Metallica et al (I forget who the guest artists are on the Garage Inc. track, but Jerry Cantrell comes to mind, perhaps even accurately)
Trucker's Atlas, by Modest Mouse:
I drew lines and I crossed roads
I crossed the lines of all the great state roads.
Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on December 27, 2011, 08:24:17 PM
At the risk of nit-picking, 'Tuesday's Gone' is by The Band, not Lynard Skynard (unless there is a version I'm not aware of). :sombrero:
Methinks you have that backwards.
Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on December 27, 2011, 08:24:17 PM
At the risk of nit-picking, 'Tuesday's Gone' is by The Band, not Lynard Skynard (unless there is a version I'm not aware of). :sombrero:
I know The Band did Tuesday Morning but the version I have is Lynyrd Skynyrd and i think is a better version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvWADo6KPzA
A couple I did forget to put in are "Life Is A Highway" by Tom Cochrane and "Lunatic Fringe" by Red Rider.
Tuesday's Gone was most definitely done by Lynyrd Skynyrd originally
Quote from: signalman on December 28, 2011, 04:08:18 PM
Tuesday's Gone was most definitely done by Lynyrd Skynyrd originally
I was wrong and I stand corrected.
I'm actually more curious about The Band doing a version of the song..... I've never heard it.
Quote from: Mr_Northside on December 29, 2011, 02:24:46 PM
I'm actually more curious about The Band doing a version of the song..... I've never heard it.
Figment of my imagination evidently.
The popular covers for Tuesday's Gone according to wiki, are by Metallica, Hank Williams Jr. and Phish.
Also a bit of another related subject to this one with Tuesday's Gone in particular is the wiki list of "Post 9/11 Songs Banned By Clear Channel".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_deemed_inappropriate_by_Clear_Channel_following_the_September_11,_2001_attacks
Here are some of the songs that were on this list:
7 AC/DC songs including "Dirty Deeds", "Hells Bells", Shoot to Thrill", "TNT" and Highway to Hell"
Alice In Chains "Rooster"
Alien Ant Farm "Smooth Criminal" (but not Michael Jackson's original version)
Louis Armstrong "What A Beautiful World"
Bangles "Walk Like Egyptian"
Barenaked Ladies "Falling For The First Time"
Beastie Boys "Sabotage"
4 Beatles songs inc "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" and "Ticket to Ride"
Pat Benatar "Love Is A Battlefield" and "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"
2 Black Sabbath songs
Blood Sweat And Tears "When I Die"
Blue Oyster Cult "Burning For You" (surprising "Don't Fear The Reaper" was ok by them judging from the list)
Boston "Smokin"
Jackson Browne "Doctor My Eyes"
Buddy Holly "That'll Be The Day"
Clash "Rock The Casbah"
Phil Collins "In The Air Tonight"
Bobby Darin "Mack The Knife"
Neil Diamond "America"
Doors "The End"
Drifters "On Broadway"
Bob Dylan "Knocking on Heaven's Door" (along with Guns N Roses cover)
Foo Fighters "Learn To Fly"
Fuel "Bad Day"
The Gap Band "You Dropped A Bomb On Me"
Norman Greenbaum "Spirit In The Sky"
Jimi Hendrix "Hey Joe"
Jan and Dean "Dead Man's Curve"
Billy Joel "Only The Good Die Young"
3 Elton John songs "Daniel", Bennie and the Jets" and "Rocket Man" (but neither the Elton or Phil Collins version of
"Burn Down The Mission"
Kansas "Dust In The Wind"
Carole King "I Feel The Earth Move"
Lenny Kravitz "Fly Away"
Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heaven"
John Lennon "Imagine"
Jerry Lee Lewis "Great Balls of Fire"
Lynyrd Skynyrd "Tuesday's Gone"
2 Martha and the Vandellas songs "Nowhere To Run To" and "Dancing In The Street" (inc the Van Halen but not the
Bowie/Jaggar version)
Dave Matthews Band "Crash Into Me"
Paul McCartney/Wings "Live and Let Die"
Don McLean "American Pie" (not the Madonna cover though)
2 Megadeath songs inc "Sweating Bullets"
2 John Mellencamp songs "Crumblin Down" and "Paper In Fire"
4 Metallica songs inc "Enter Sandman" and "Seek and Destroy"
Steve Miller Band "Jet Airliner"
Alanis Morisette "Ironic"
Nena "99 Luft Ballons" (both the English and German version)
Oingo Boingo "Dead Man's Party"
John Parr "St Elmo's Fire"
2 Peter Paul and Mary songs "Leaving On A Jetplane" and "Blowing In The Wind"
Tom Petty "Free Falling"
2 Pink Floyd songs "Mother" and "Run Like Hell"
Pretenders "My City Was Gone"
All Rage Against The Machine songs
2 Red Hot Chili Peppers inc "Under The Bridge"
REM "It's The End Of The World As We Know It"
Rolling Stones "Ruby Tuesday" (but not "Sympathy For The Devil")
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels "Devil With A Blue Dress On"
Santana "Evil Ways"
Simon & Garfunkel "Bridge Over Troubled Waters"
Frank Sinatra "New York New York"
2 Slipknot songs
Smashing Pumpkins "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
3 Soundgarden songs inc "Black Hole Sun"
3 Bruce Springsteen songs inc "I'm On Fire"
Steam "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"
2 Cat Stevens songs inc "Morning Has Broken"
Sugar Ray "Fly"
Surfaris "Wipe Out"
Talking Heads "Burning Down The House"
James Taylor "Fire and Rain"
Third Eye Blind "Jumper"
U2 "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
Van Halen "Jump"
Zagel and Evans "In The Year 2525"
Zombies "She's Not There"
Talk about being over-sensitive. Did these people even read the lyrics to some of these songs? And a freaking instrumental song (Wipe Out) is on this.
You're talking about radio and music execs. They seldom listen to the music they're producing. :pan:
Wow, I don't even know what to say to all that. Some of my favorite songs are on there, too.
As far as for driving goes, I like to have some good keyboards accompany me when I'm driving, especially in the evening. A lot of 1980s synth stuff comes to mind.
I find Radiohead's "Paranoid Android" to be a fitting song on a road with unavoidable small towns that usually have speed traps. It has a slow section that lasts about as long as it takes drive through one of said towns, then picks back up again.
Here is a great b side song for driving. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mruJCXI4vow
Gin Blossoms - Just South of Nowhere
I have a 30-hour playlist of songs that I think are good for road trips, but not many of them are about our mention driving. Still,a few come to mind:
30,000 Pounds Of Bananas, by Harry Chapin
The Biggest Ball Of Twine In Minnesota, by Weird Al (though not a parody of the above, it sounds eerily similar)
Truck Drivin' Song, again by Weird Al
Turn The Page, by Bob Seger
The Load Out / Stay, by Jackson Browne
Hotel California, The Eagles
I also like 80's synth stuff, some of which has already been mentioned. Themes of life's journey and self discovery go well with road trips, too.
"Red Barchetta" by Rush.
Another one of my favorite driving songs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrLdKYRBOEE
Sailing to Philadelphia by Mark Knopfler & James Taylor.
We could mention also John Denver's "Country Roads" ;)
Since I lived on both ends of the Mother Road...Route 66!
Although I consider Nat King Cole's recording the standard here, I also love hearing John Mayer's version of the song from the Cars soundtrack.
living near US41, my favorite driving song is probably Ramblin Man by the Allman Brothers Band....surprised know ones mentioned it
"Fire On High" by Electric Light Orchestra
http://grooveshark.com/s/Fire+On+High/2NcZel?src=5
You might want to skip to 1:30.
Good song for traveling is Travelin Man by Bob Seger. Incedentley, he has one from the same album Beautiful Loser that is part of a medley he did on his first live album with that cover's title song. Plus the mention of US 19 in the song Nutbush City Limits, when in fact it is TN 19 that is the highway through Nutbush, TN.
Most of Bob Segers songs are great for the road.
MeatLoafs Bat out of Hell album's title track is a good road song.
Love Drive by the Scorpions fits well when traveling.
This has been in my head for the entire weekend. Rest Stop by Matchbox 20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O73cQCRATbA
Enjoy.
How about Supertramp's "Fool's Overture"?
LOTS of great stuff in the above posts, quite a bit of which is in my iPod.
:nod:
I love ELO's stuff for driving, especially Turn to Stone, Sweet Talkin' Woman and Livin' Thing.
I am also surpised that nobody has mentioned Billy Idol. A lot of his stuff is tailor-made for rural interstate highway driving, tunes such as Rebel Yell, Dancing With Myself, To Be A Lover, etc.
More on my roadtrip iPod playlists for my various moods:
-A-Ha -Take On Me
-Brian Adams - Summer of 69
-Air - Sexy Boy
-Art of Noise - Paranoimia
-Prince - The Most Beautiful Girl in the World, Raspberry Beret, U Got the Look
-Bee Gees - Fanny (Be Tender With My Love), Massachusetts
-Charles and Eddy - Would I Lie To You
-Ojays - I Love Music, Love Train
-Cure - Why Can't I Be You (especially the 8 minute extended version), Close To Me
-Natalie Cole - Our Love
-Chic - Le Freak, Dance Dance Dance
-Evonne Elliman - If I Can't Have You
-Exile - Kiss You All Over
-John Fogerty - The Old Man Down the Road
-Foreigner - (lots!)
-Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax
-Ace Frehley - New York Groove
-Crystal Gayle - Sound of Good Bye
-Hall and Oates - Family Man, Method of Modern Love
-Tom T. Hall - Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine
-Heavy D and the Boyz - Now That We've Found Love
-Hooters - All You Zombies, And We Danced
-Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing
-Hues Corp. - Rock the Boat
-INXS - Need You Tonight
-Jefferson Airplane/Starship - Count On Me, Miracles, Runaway, Sara (and others0
-Elton John - Philadelphia Freedom (and a few others)
-KC and the Sunshine Band - Please Don't Go, Keep It Coming Love
-Julian Lennon - Valotte
-Level 42 - Lessons in Love, Something About You
-Limahl - Never Ending Story
-Lipps Inc. - Funkytown (Also the Pseudo Echo version)
-Living In a Box - Living In a Box
-Kenny Loggins - I'm Alright
-Love and Rockets - So Alive
-Nick Lowe - Half a Boy, Half a Man
-LTD - Back In Love Again
-Lobo - Me And You And A Dog Named 'Boo' (REAL roadtrip stuff!!! :clap: ), I'd Love You to Want Me, Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend
-Main Ingredient - Everybiody Plays the Fool
-Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch - Good Vibrations
-Van McCoy - The Hustle
-George McCrae - Rock Your Baby
-Michael McDonald - Sweet Freedom
-Men Without Hats - Pop Goes the World, Safety Dance
-MFSB - The Sound of Philadeplhia
-Ministry - Revenge
-Georgio Moroder - The Chase
-Mr Mister - Broken WIngs, Is It Love, Kyrie
-Nazereth - Love Hurts
-New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle, True Faith
-Aldo Nova - See the Light, Fantasy
-Billy Ocean - Loverboy, Caribbean Queen
-Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster (also the Red Hot Chili Peppers' version)
-Ce Ce Penniston - Finally
-Pet SHop Boys - It's A Sin, West End Girls, Jealousy
-Tom Petty - Running Down a Dream
-Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall
-Robert Plant - Heaven Knows, Helen of Troy
-Player - Baby Come Back
-Pseudo Echo - A Beat For You, Listening, Living In A Dream
-Psychedelic Furs - Heartbrak Beat
-Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street, Home And Dry, Right Down the Line[/i]
-Raydio - Jack and Jill
-The Re-Fkex - The Politics of Dancing
-Jerry Reed - Amos Moses, Eastbound and Down
-Rose Royce - I Want To Get Next To You
-Diana Ross - Touch Me in the Morning
-Roxette - Joyride
-Kevin Rudolf - Let It Rock
-Selena - I Could Fall In Love
-Charlie Sexton - Beats So Lonely
-Shield E - A Love Bizarre
-Souixsie and the Banshees - Peekaboo
-Nina Sky - Move Ya Body
-Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
-Sparks - Music That You Can Dance To
-Spinners - (lots)
-Bruce Springsteen - (lots, especially Dancing in the Dark)
-Donna Summer - Love to Love You Baby, Hot Stuff, I Feel Love (and others)
-Supertramp - Dreamer
-Talk Talk - It's My Life
-Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere, And She Was
-Tony! Toni! Toné! - It Feels Good
-U2 - (lots, especially Pride)
-Wa Wa Nee - Sugar Free
-Joe Walsh - (lots)
-Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight, Dance Hall Days, To Livbe And Die In LA
-War - Summer, Low Riderp
-ZZ Tp - (lots)
-3 Dog Night (lots, espoecially Out In the Country)
-4 Tops - (lots)
-10CC - I'm Not In Love
-009 Sound System - (lots)
Lot's 'o stuff and a eclectic mix, indeed, plus a lot more that isn't listed.
:spin:
Mike
Most any AC/DC song makes for a good rhythm for driving on the highways. I also like disco/techno for the way their beats help set my internal clock.
Rick
This one has a sentimental connection to me and being on the road for some reason. I can still remember where I was (US 31, Johnson Co. IN) the first time I heard it. I guess it's not half bad to drive to, even if it is a bit short.
In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream
At night we ride through the mansions of glory in suicide machines
Sprung from cages out on highway 9,
Chrome wheeled, fuel injected,and steppin' out over the line
I'm surprised this wasn't mentioned yet, considering the number of people here from New Jersey. I love this song, and I love The Boss. (Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run)
On a road trip, I love listening to music inspired by the places that I'm driving through. For instance, Billy Joel's Allentown (and the whole Nylon Curtain album, really) when I'm driving through...Allentown!
Oh, and my absolute favorite Billy Joel song lyric...
Who needs a house out in Hackensack - is that all you get for your money?
Billy Joel - Movin Out (Anthony's Song)
When I drove in California back in 08, I naturally listened to "California music" by The Beach Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and The Eagles.
I really want to drive on Highway 61 to listen to some Bob Dylan as well as some Robert Johnson and Elvis!
I'm adding Peter Gabriel's Solsbury Hill to my list.
Anything by Pink Floyd (the original British one). My favorite music band, and it really is it's own genre.
Happy Roadgeeking,
NYYPhil777 ;-)
Rush - Red Barchetta (already mentioned, I know) (geesh, just about anything by Rush can be a great driving song if you're afflicted in the manner I am)
Robert Plant - Big Log
Scorpions - Coming Home
And now changing directions in a huge way...
Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley - Roll On Big Mama
Quote from: NYYPhil777 on July 31, 2012, 12:33:19 AM
Pink Floyd (the original British one).
yes, definitely avoid the Latvian death metal band by the same name. their "Careful with that axe, Eugene" is ... very different.
Any and every Zeppelin album and song, especially Physical Graffiti
Well let's see:
Eminem- Bad Guy
Drake- Forever
Kanye West- Go Hard
Kendrick Lamar- Bitch Don't Kill my Vibe
Pink Floyd- Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd- Money
White Snake- Here I Go Again
Freddie Gibbs- Bout It Bout It
Ice Cube- You Know How We Do It
Incubus- Pardon Me
C.W. McCall- Convoy
The Highwaymen- Highwaymen
Schoolboy Q- Collard Greens
Stonebank- Eagle Eyes
The Game- Where I'm From
KDrew- Circles
M83- Midnight City
Literally so much more I can't remember.
Bob Seger's Roll Me Away is one for sure as it is about exploring roads on a two wheeler. Even though your car is a four wheeler, the impact of the song is great for any driving on any highway.
If I was in Michigan, I would even be most impacted as Seger does mention cities like Saginaw and others in it as, I imagine, it has to do with him being a native Michigander to sing the song.
One of my favorite driving songs is Tom Waits' Diamonds on My Windshield:
Well, these diamonds on my windshield
These tears from heaven
Well, I'm pullin' into town on the Interstate
I've got me a steel train in the rain
(later in the song)
Metropolitan area, interchanges and connections
Fly by nights from Riverside
Out of state plates - runnin' a little late
As the sailors jockey for the fast lane
It's the one-oh-one - don't miss it
It's rollin' hills and concrete fields
And the broken lines on your mind
Good trucking song "Prisoner of the Highway" Ronnie Milsap
Quote from: KG909 on February 15, 2015, 11:44:03 PM
Well let's see:
Eminem- Bad Guy
Drake- Forever
Kanye West- Go Hard
Kendrick Lamar- Bitch Don't Kill my Vibe
Pink Floyd- Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd- Money
White Snake- Here I Go Again
Freddie Gibbs- Bout It Bout It
Ice Cube- You Know How We Do It
Incubus- Pardon Me
C.W. McCall- Convoy
The Highwaymen- Highwaymen
Schoolboy Q- Collard Greens
Stonebank- Eagle Eyes
The Game- Where I'm From
KDrew- Circles
M83- Midnight City
Literally so much more I can't remember.
One of these things is not like the other. Personally, "Comfortably Numb" would have this effect on me:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fv6zZ2Al.jpg&hash=35ea5a2fcf9aa0d40f2466b0709248f145f95072)
About "Turn the Page", that song used to invariably play on my radio whenever I was driving east on I-80 away from Omaha towards Des Moines, as if I was literally living the song. Usually it was the Seger version, but sometimes it was the Metallica version.
As for "Highway to Hell", believe it or not, that song reminds me of my college canoeing trip. I went to NIU and we went on a trip down the Fox River, on a day there was atrocious rain. It let up for a little bit right when we got to the US 52 bridge, and then someone's stereo nearby just booms out "Highway to Hell". I never knew a river could be a highway to hell.
Quote from: spooky on February 17, 2015, 07:14:16 AM
Quote from: KG909 on February 15, 2015, 11:44:03 PM
Well let's see:
Eminem- Bad Guy
Drake- Forever
Kanye West- Go Hard
Kendrick Lamar- Bitch Don't Kill my Vibe
Pink Floyd- Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd- Money
White Snake- Here I Go Again
Freddie Gibbs- Bout It Bout It
Ice Cube- You Know How We Do It
Incubus- Pardon Me
C.W. McCall- Convoy
The Highwaymen- Highwaymen
Schoolboy Q- Collard Greens
Stonebank- Eagle Eyes
The Game- Where I'm From
KDrew- Circles
M83- Midnight City
Literally so much more I can't remember.
One of these things is not like the other. Personally, "Comfortably Numb" would have this effect on me:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fv6zZ2Al.jpg&hash=35ea5a2fcf9aa0d40f2466b0709248f145f95072)
I really don't know why I want to drive with it playing but I do. I guess I'm just crazy.
Back in the day, far away, living along a 9, The Breeders' "Drivin' On 9" (a cover of a song by Ed's Redeeming Qualities, with whom they shared Carrie Bradley) was a good summer day out in the asphalt and pollen for me.
Quote from: DandyDan on February 17, 2015, 08:51:40 AM
About "Turn the Page", that song used to invariably play on my radio whenever I was driving east on I-80 away from Omaha towards Des Moines, as if I was literally living the song. Usually it was the Seger version, but sometimes it was the Metallica version.
Seger's version was recent and popular when I was in high school. I hated it then and I hate Metallica's cover version.
QuoteI never knew a river could be a highway to hell.
I'll just leave this here.
A few I like that haven't been mentioned yet:
3 Dog Night's "Never Been to Spain": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1uSxhFcJn4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1uSxhFcJn4)
Deep Purple's "Hush": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1PNvopXjbg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1PNvopXjbg) and "Smoke on the Water": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUwEIt9ez7M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUwEIt9ez7M)
Supertramp's "Long Way Home": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfApBz4_XQk&list=RDHfApBz4_XQk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfApBz4_XQk&list=RDHfApBz4_XQk) (I hate this version, but it was all I could find. My apologies.) Ringo Star even did a better version than what I could find of Supertramp's Youtube selection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghW_GtQMWnk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghW_GtQMWnk)
Beastie Boys' "No Sleep til Brooklyn": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Y0cy-nvAg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Y0cy-nvAg)
Doobie Brothers' "Black Water": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km4-eKvv3EM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km4-eKvv3EM)
Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJWJE0x7T4Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJWJE0x7T4Q) (It's a toe-tappin song that mentions modes of transport in the 1st verse...it counts. :sombrero: )
Foghat's "Slow Ride": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcCNcgoyG_0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcCNcgoyG_0)
Zakiya Hooker's "Stones in My Passway": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xam2-SbLok8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xam2-SbLok8) (She is the daughter of blues legend John Lee Hooker)
Quote from: cjk374 on February 21, 2015, 12:49:49 AM
Foghat's "Slow Ride": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcCNcgoyG_0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcCNcgoyG_0)
Ya beat me to it-its where my internet handle (and license plate) came from :clap:
Quote from: slorydn1 on February 21, 2015, 03:00:17 AM
Quote from: cjk374 on February 21, 2015, 12:49:49 AM
Foghat's "Slow Ride": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcCNcgoyG_0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcCNcgoyG_0)
Ya beat me to it-its where my internet handle (and license plate) came from :clap:
"Drivin' Wheel" is a better driving song from Foghat. "Slow Ride" is, for the most part, too -- uh -- slow.
This song gives me a 'driving to the beach' vibe every time I hear it.
Quote from: Alex4897 on February 21, 2015, 10:25:43 PM
This song gives me a 'driving to the beach' vibe every time I hear it.
I'm going to have to agree because you were the one who introduced me to it. :D All of the Imagine Dragons songs off the album "Night Visions" remind me of my trip to Vermont in 2013. Everytime I'm up there, I usually blast that album.
Deadmau5 likes Minecraft.
Quote from: hobsini2 on December 28, 2011, 03:43:14 PM
A couple I did forget to put in are "Life Is A Highway" by Tom Cochrane and "Lunatic Fringe" by Red Rider.
I second "Life Is A Highway". I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned sooner.
Quote from: golden eagle on February 23, 2015, 12:49:10 AM
I second "Life Is A Highway". I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned sooner.
Ugh. I hate that song.
Quote from: hbelkins on February 23, 2015, 02:48:03 PM
Quote from: golden eagle on February 23, 2015, 12:49:10 AM
I second "Life Is A Highway". I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned sooner.
Ugh. I hate that song.
I like that song. It made the movie "Cars" even better, even if they used Raschal Flats instead of Tom Cochrane's version.
Has Freebird been mentioned in this thread yet? If so, the site's search function is terrible...
I can no longer think of "Free Bird" and driving without having The Devil's Rejects come immediately to mind.
Quote from: cjk374 on February 23, 2015, 08:42:41 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on February 23, 2015, 02:48:03 PM
Quote from: golden eagle on February 23, 2015, 12:49:10 AM
I second "Life Is A Highway". I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned sooner.
Ugh. I hate that song.
I like that song. It made the movie "Cars" even better, even if they used Raschal Flats instead of Tom Cochrane's version.
I'm not usually a fan of Rascal Flatts, but I feel like they actually improved Tom Cochrane's original.
And while we're talking of covers and the OP mentioned Chickenfoot, check out their cover of Deep Purple's Highway Star.
Ok, Ok, thought of a couple of more:
How many of us who got our licenses in the late 70's through mid 80's got busted by someone in another car for tapping out the drum line to "My Sharona" on the steering wheel/dashboard (GUILTY), :p
and who can forget the late night blasts up a freeway on-ramp to "Danger Zone", especially right after the movie "Top Gun" came out?
Oh and I got my first traffic ticket on Salem Drive in Schaumburg Il way back in the day and when the officer walked up to the window I was cranking some Sammy Hagar "I Can't Drive Fifty-Five". The officer looked at me and said "It's ok, you weren't doing 55.....however you were doing 37-in a 25. License and registration please." :eyebrow:
The first time a police officer approached me about something I did with a car, it was because I'd been making fast tight circles in my high school stadium parking lot. While making those maneuvers, I'd been blasting Styx "Come Sail Away". The girl in the car with me enjoyed it as much as I did. Officer didn't issue a ticket; he just lectured me about how I someone else was doing the same thing and wrapped his vehicle around one of the concrete light pole bases. Of course, I'd made it a point to remain aware of those during my maneuvers, but I wasn't gonna argue that point with the cop.
Many of my favorites were already mentioned/listed.
A few that weren't (yes, some are instrumentals):
Apache (original 1961 instrumental version by Jörgen Ingmann) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyXLJsO_ulw)
Time Won't Let Me (Outsiders) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yQERVphWhY)
Glassical Gas (Mason Williams) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEzyrpfrPEI)
Telstar (Tornados) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryrEPzsx1gQ)
Green Onions (Booker T and the M.G.s) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bpS-cOBK6Q)
2000 Light Years From Home (Rolling Stones) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSR5A--rSOs)
The Last Time (Rolling Stones) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ32lL4R970)
(Don't Fear) the Reaper (Blue Oyster Cult) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClQcUyhoxTg)
Burnin' For You (Blue Oyster Cult) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipqqEFoJPL4)
Driving My Life Away (Eddie Rabbitt) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tvEvBUG8mY)
On the Dark Side (John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWQ-6IAS1cc)
In the Dark (Billy Squier) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhbRlhQgj_Y)
Ride Like the Wind (Christopher Cross) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur8ftRFb2Ac)
Outer Limits (Michael Z. Gordon and the Marketts) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDz1m7ZMq3g)
Barracuda (Heart) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4nWy8pmIM4)
It Hurts To Be In Love (Gene Pitney) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlN-rKMwF8M)
Bumble Boogie (B Bumble & the Stingers) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jisNh8jP_g)
More (Kai Winding) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlM2KSbG2Yg)
Theme from Hawaii Five-O (Ventures) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhhlodvXvwI)
Note: need a black 60s/70s vintage full-size Mercury for this one. :)
TV version of Hawaii Five-O theme (Mort Stevens) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLgZpIXFWKE) from the original 1968 pilot episode Cocoon. I like this version a little better than the Ventures one.
Don't Tell Me You Love Me (Night Ranger) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3IFVQhTqq4)
You Can Still Rock in America (Night Ranger) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCpAaHyoNto)
Theme from Shaft (Issac Hayes) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFvRvSxsW-I)
Note: need a 70s-vintage land-yacht for this one. :sombrero:
She's a Little Runaway (Bon Jovi) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r47F6W7oewM)
Vehicle (The Ides Of March) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiLaNEFyCiM)
Maybe I missed them further up the thread:
Bon Jovi's "Lost Highway" and "We Weren't Born to Follow"
As a fan of electronic music, I have to say that I really enjoy listening to that type of music while driving. Some of my personal favorites include...
Speak of the Devil (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQSD41fEpg0) by Hermitude
Forever Lost (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dkig4HZpRA) by Pretty Lights
DTW to DIA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFeSwRQfAUo) by GRiZ
Netzwerk (Falls Like Rain) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T63MfO3BnrQ) by Klangkarussell
Untrue (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPHsToh4z3Y) by Tchami
Lost You (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJm7IPrBmLY) and White Satin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWC_WZ7gd6g) by Zeds Dead
This one ranks #1 for me. High You Are (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2m_WnXjqnM) by What So Not (Branchez remix).
Quote from: Ian on March 15, 2015, 11:05:34 PM
As a fan of electronic music, I have to say that I really enjoy listening to that type of music while driving. Some of my personal favorites include...
Speak of the Devil (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQSD41fEpg0) by Hermitude
Forever Lost (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dkig4HZpRA) by Pretty Lights
DTW to DIA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFeSwRQfAUo) by GRiZ
Netzwerk (Falls Like Rain) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T63MfO3BnrQ) by Klangkarussell
Untrue (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPHsToh4z3Y) by Tchami
Lost You (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJm7IPrBmLY) and White Satin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWC_WZ7gd6g) by Zeds Dead
This one ranks #1 for me. High You Are (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2m_WnXjqnM) by What So Not (Branchez remix).
http://youtu.be/glmBscKJ530 (http://youtu.be/glmBscKJ530)
I like liquid dnb for driving. It's calm, but it also keeps me awake due to the fast beat.
Here's an example of one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1-7oQpFbwg
The Heavy has a couple of songs I like while driving:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1QUZzeZoPQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVzvRsl4rEM
Quote from: cjk374 on April 05, 2015, 03:22:11 PM
The Heavy has a couple of songs I like while driving:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1QUZzeZoPQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVzvRsl4rEM
Both songs were in the shooter RPG Borderlands 2.
Quote from: KEK Inc. on April 05, 2015, 03:01:37 PM
I like liquid dnb for driving. It's calm, but it also keeps me awake due to the fast beat.
Here's an example of one.
(snipped Etherwood video)
Same here. Liquid is my favorite subgenre of dnb. Calibre, Logistics, Nu:Tone, High Contrast, Klute, and (even though he isn't necessarily liquid) Culture Shock are some of my favorite artists in no particular order.
I really like the liquicity year mixes maduk releases. It flows really well for long drives.
iPhone
Big fan of bluegrass here. Specifically:
Cluck Old Hen by Alison Krauss & Union Station (from the Live album)
We Hide & Seek by Alison Krauss & Union Station (from the Live album)
Can't Trust the Weatherman by Cadillac Sky
Heat of the Morning by Cherryhomes
Wolfcreek Pass by Chris Thile
Brothers of the Highway by Dailey & Vincent
1952 Vincent Black Lightning by Del McCoury Band
Ashville Turnaround by Del McCoury Band
My Love Will Not Change by Del McCoury Band
This World Oft Can Be by Della Mae
No More to Leave you Behind by The Infamous Stringdusters
40 West by The Infamous Stringdusters
Smoothie Song by Nickel Creek
Appalachian Joy by Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Road to Spencer by Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Nickle Tree Line by Ron Block
"Pennsylvania Turnpike, I Love You" by Dick Todd with The Appalachian Wildcats
Quote from: KEK Inc. on April 05, 2015, 09:05:45 PM
I really like the liquicity year mixes maduk releases. It flows really well for long drives.
Yeah, dnb mixes are good for that. I recommend the Green Mix of Andy C's Nightlife 6. There are also two other mixes (Red and Blue) that explore different styles of the genre.
There's a lot of Tom Petty that sounds awesome while driving.
"Runnin' Down a Dream" in particular.
AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" goes quite well with freeway velocities.
I love me some Foo Fighters, and some of their faster tunes like "DOA" or "The Pretender" are good on the road.
I like to queue up tracks from Darkside of the Moon when in traffic. Keeps the stress down when jackholes cut you off.
"Breathe.... Breathe in the air...."
I live on the road right now, so there are a lot of songs I associate with driving. I hear them on the radio; they come up on my media player; I associate songs with cities.
I've got my Salt Lake City songs, my Albuquerque songs, my Nashville songs, my Milwaukee songs, my Anchorage songs even though I was only there for two weeks.
Damn you Clear Channel! (I mean "I [f]Heart Radio"!)
I listened to Lee Hazelwood all the way across US 6 in Nevada. It was perfect.
I would enjoy listening to Dark Side Of The Moon straight through on a road trip. Particularly at night.
Many rock bands from the 70's and 80's go well, mine would be:
Kansas-Carry on Wayward Son, Play the Game Tonight, Point of Know Return, Fight Fire with Fire
Blue Oyster Cult-Don't Fear the Reaper, Extra Terrestrial Intelligence, Revenge of Vera Gemini, Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll, Then Came the Last Days of May, Divine Wind, Tenderloin, Morning Final, Deadline, Godzilla, Burnin' For You, and Veteran of the Psychic Wars
Ram Jam-Black Betty
Wild Cherry-Play That Funky Music
Rush-Anything from their 2112 and Fly By Night albums, and Red Barchetta
Aerosmith-Dream On
Pink Floyd-Anything from their Dark Side of the Moon album, Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2), Cymbaline, Shine on You Crazy Diamond, and Jugband Blues.
Boston-More than a Feeling, and Foreplay/Long Time.
Earth, Wind and Fire-September, Fantasy, and Let's Groove
Alan Parsons Project-A Recurring Dream within a Dream, Hyper Gamma Spaces, Dr. Tarr and Professor Feather, You Lie Down with Dogs
Steely Dan-Anything from their Aja and Gaucho albums, along with Gaslighting Abbie
Bee Gees-Stayin' Alive, You Should Be Dancing, More than a Woman, Love so Right, Nights on Broadway, Tragedy, Don't Throw Away our Love, How Deep is your Love, and Night Fever
The Trammps-Disco Inferno, and Disco Party
Christopher Cross-Ride Like the Wind
England Dan & John Ford Coley-I'd Really Love to See You Tonight, and Love is the Answer.
AC/DC-TNT, Back in Black, Highway to Hell, Thunderstruck, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
I can't believe nobody mentioned 'Baker Street' by Gerry Rafferty...until now. It's in Grand Theft Auto's radio stations embedded in the game. I remember it from Coast-to-Coast AM bumpers when Art Bell hosted (now by George Noory). If I ever find a Baker Street near me, I wanna play it...but I don't drive, so if I was with my wife or parents or in a bus, listen to it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo6aKnRnBxM
Quote from: KG909 on February 15, 2015, 11:44:03 PM
Kendrick Lamar- Bitch Don't Kill my Vibe
Kendrick Lamar is a guy I can listen to for hours at a time while I'm driving. His song Cloud 10 is one that we all can relate to. "A freeway, a gas pedal, and a piece of mind."
Quote from: US 41 on June 01, 2015, 10:42:11 PM
Quote from: KG909 on February 15, 2015, 11:44:03 PM
Kendrick Lamar- Bitch Don't Kill my Vibe
Kendrick Lamar is a guy I can listen to for hours at a time while I'm driving. His song Cloud 10 is one that we all can relate to. "A freeway, a gas pedal, and a piece of mind."
I'll check that song out. I noticed he also referenced a freeway in another song: Collard Greens by Schoolboy Q, when he says "Pop my top on the [Interstate] 105". And a few days ago he was rapping on a traffic signal. Wouldn't it be great if he was actually a roadgeek?
Goin' Mobile (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToxymSLzJeM) by the Who
"Keep me movin' "
Blue Highway (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFJ_yuKClME) by Billy Idol
"Oh you know we're gonna ride
On a blue highway
Walk with electro glide
On a blue highway"
Four pages and no "Running on Empty?" Man, that's the very first song I thought of.
Ignore this post.
From the original post:
Quote from: tchafe1978 on December 12, 2011, 11:59:14 PM
What are some of your favorite "Driving" songs, that is, songs that specifically mention driving.
Quote from: Pete from Boston on February 02, 2016, 04:38:23 PM
From the original post:
Quote from: tchafe1978 on December 12, 2011, 11:59:14 PM
What are some of your favorite "Driving" songs, that is, songs that specifically mention driving.
Oh. Lol. Been a while since I read this thread.
McCartney "Back Seat of My Car"
Does "Roundabout" by Yes count?
The Erised - In My Car
That good ol' Southern song called "Country Road".
The Beach Boys would be offended that you did not include these five songs in the mix:
- I Get Around
- GTO
- 409
- Little Deuce Coupe
- Kokomo
Quote from: Henry on February 03, 2016, 10:19:36 AM
The Beach Boys would be offended that you did not include these five songs in the mix:
- I Get Around
- GTO
- 409
- Little Deuce Coupe
- Kokomo
There's no driving in "Kokomo"!
No love for one of my favorite driving songs, "Little Honda"?
Five pages and no one mentioned the most obvious from the Beatles' catalog: Drive My Car?
"Drive" by Alan Jackson, anyone?
Cracker's "I Ride My Bike" is a terrific road song (and yes, the second line of the refrain is "I drive my car to take me back to you").
Quote from: Pete from Boston on February 03, 2016, 10:40:44 AM
Quote from: Henry on February 03, 2016, 10:19:36 AM
The Beach Boys would be offended that you did not include these five songs in the mix:
- I Get Around
- GTO
- 409
- Little Deuce Coupe
- Kokomo
There's no driving in "Kokomo"!
No love for one of my favorite driving songs, "Little Honda"?
One can expect it to be, seeing that they sing "We'll get there fast, and then we'll take it slow".
Back to the subject: How about Sister Christian by Night Ranger?
Quote from: Henry on February 04, 2016, 10:15:43 AM
Quote from: Pete from Boston on February 03, 2016, 10:40:44 AM
Quote from: Henry on February 03, 2016, 10:19:36 AM
The Beach Boys would be offended that you did not include these five songs in the mix:
- I Get Around
- GTO
- 409
- Little Deuce Coupe
- Kokomo
There's no driving in "Kokomo"!
No love for one of my favorite driving songs, "Little Honda"?
One can expect it to be, seeing that they sing "We'll get there fast, and then we'll take it slow".
Back to the subject: How about Sister Christian by Night Ranger?
To be fair, the Kokomo in the song is a fictional island off the Florida Keys. You can't really "drive" to it.
Here's a playlist full of 'em. If you have Apple Music you should be able to view this and listen to any of the songs.
millennium beats (https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/millennium-beats/idpl.63f26b21527f417ead9409356e6d007f)
Use the search function and listen to either "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley, "Walk in the Park" by Beach House, or "All I Know" by Washed Out (the latter is one of my absolute favorites). I generally shuffle this entire playlist when working on redesigns for road signs over on Redesign this!
Quote from: The Nature Boy on February 04, 2016, 11:03:49 AM
Quote from: Henry on February 04, 2016, 10:15:43 AM
Quote from: Pete from Boston on February 03, 2016, 10:40:44 AM
Quote from: Henry on February 03, 2016, 10:19:36 AM
The Beach Boys would be offended that you did not include these five songs in the mix:
- I Get Around
- GTO
- 409
- Little Deuce Coupe
- Kokomo
There's no driving in "Kokomo"!
No love for one of my favorite driving songs, "Little Honda"?
One can expect it to be, seeing that they sing "We'll get there fast, and then we'll take it slow".
Back to the subject: How about Sister Christian by Night Ranger?
To be fair, the Kokomo in the song is a fictional island off the Florida Keys. You can't really "drive" to it.
I always wondered why they chose the name of a hapless small rust-belt city. Presumably it just sounded good, but it just evokes so much... unemployment, rather than paradise.
Quote from: wolfiefrick on February 04, 2016, 11:44:04 AM
Here's a playlist full of 'em. If you have Apple Music you should be able to view this and listen to any of the songs.
millennium beats (https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/millennium-beats/idpl.63f26b21527f417ead9409356e6d007f)
Use the search function and listen to either "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley, "Walk in the Park" by Beach House, or "All I Know" by Washed Out (the latter is one of my absolute favorites). I generally shuffle this entire playlist when working on redesigns for road signs over on Redesign this!
It's not my thread, and really, none of this matters, but have we jettisoned the topic of the thread (songs that mention driving)?
No mention of "I-95," by Fountains of Wayne? It's kind of soft for me to consider it a "driving song," but its chorus goes, "It's a nine-hour drive from me to you down on I-95"
And from the makers of "Stacy's Mom," no less.
One song I haven't seen posted yet is "Ventura Highway" by America
QuoteVentura Highway in the sunshine
Where the days are longer
The nights are stronger than moonshine
You're gonna go I know
'Cause the free wind is blowin' through your hair
And the days surround your daylight there
Seasons crying no despair
Alligator lizards in the air, in the air
The bolded lines remind me of driving on two-lane roads with the windows down. :) I've been doing that a lot lately for the "take-it-yourself route number challenge".
I had no idea what the "alligator lizards in the air" line meant into I recently looked it up. Apparently it's a reference to clouds.
OK -- one song everyone seems to have overlooked (or, more likely, never heard): "Hey Frederick", from the Jefferson Airplane "Volunteers" album (1969). Written/sung by Grace Slick, it showcases her laser-like vocals at their best -- not to mention one of Jorma Kaukonen's tastiest guitar riffs -- and even backed up with a guest appearance by the late great Nicky Hopkins on piano. Never was on a single -- or "best of" compilation -- but it really holds up! Subject was a comparison of street racing to "speed/meth" addiction.
Quote from: hobsini2 on December 27, 2011, 05:24:36 AM
Part 3 N-S
Pink Floyd (9) - Time, Hey You,, Wish You Were Here, Comfortably Numb
REM (4) - End Of The World, The Great Beyond
Smash Mouth (2) - Waste, Walking On The Sun
Omg I'm not the only one who loves "Waste" by Smash Mouth. Also, "Fallen Horses" is wonderful.
I picked out these other songs from your list that I also love.
Other bands I like to use for roadtrip music include Barenaked Ladies, Supertramp, and Fountains of Wayne. FoW has lots of travel themes in their music. Recent additions to my roadtrip CD collection include Arctic Monkeys and Bleachers. There's a band called Hey Ocean that's absolutely magical for nature-themed and water-themed adventures. And I always love The Format and Ben Folds.
The Game - El Chapo Good while driving in Mexico
SchoolboyQ - Hands on the Wheel
Future / The Weeknd - Low Life
Max P - GANG
Chief Keef - Love Sosa
Rich Chigga - Dat $tick
$UICIDEBOY$ - DEAD BATTERIES
Danger Incorporated - Diamonds
Three Six Mafia - Stay Fly
Stone Temple Pilots - Creep
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
311 - Down
Big Sean - Toyota Music
D.R.A.M. - Broccoli (Earrape version)
$UICIDEBOY$ - MAGAZINE
$UICIDEBOY$ - RUNNIN THRU THE 7TH WITH MY WOADIES
Beck - Loser
Big Country - In a Big Country
Chief Keef - Superheroes ft A$AP Rocky
Yung Lean - Kyoto
Yung Lean - Yoshi City
[Iforgotlol] - Sweet Caroline
Reviving as a song has dropped recently that I can't stop listening to, especially when driving: Where are we going (Blood of the dead remix) by Kevin Sherwood.
Music video:
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Quote from: Brandon on December 22, 2011, 07:03:24 AM
Quote from: allniter89 on December 22, 2011, 01:05:32 AM
Quote from: Stephane Dumas on December 13, 2011, 08:13:28 PM
"Convoy" is perfect if you're a trucker. ;)
Actually? NO!! Drivers I've spoken with over the years despise this idiotic film!
The film's idiotic. The song is a bit fun.
And the version of the song in the film is totally different than the original song, which BTW became a Top 40 hit.
There are actually a few songs by The Shins that I think are good for driving, primarily from the albums "Oh Inverted World," and "Chutes Too Narrow," even though none of them are about driving. Practically every song on "Chutes Too Narrow" except "Those to Come" is good for the road. From "Oh Inverted World," "Weird Divide" and "Your Algebra" aren't as good for a road trip. But most songs range from decent enough to above average.
And I don't know why, but "Pressed in a Book" was really good for driving up I-95 through parts of South Carolina.
I'm really shocked and appalled that these songs were not mentioned, as they are go to songs for me on a long trek:
"Take It Easy", "Hotel California" & "Life In the Fast Lane"
"Born to Run" & "Thunder Road"
Some others I enjoy:
"I'm In Love with My Car"~Queen
"Cars"~Gary Numan
"Drive"~The Cars
"Thunderkiss '65"~White Zombie
Some songs not about driving, but are great for (my) road trips:
Any Pink Floyd (especially "Echoes", "Dogs", "Sheep", "Pigs (Three Different Ones)", "Insterstellar Overdrive", "Astronomy Domine")
Most Led Zeppelin (especially "Kashmir", "Ten Years Gone", "Carouselambra", "Battle of Evermore", "Stairway to Heaven")
"YYZ", "Red Barchetta", "Jacob's Ladder", "By-Tor and the Snow Dog", "La Villa Strangiato", "Xanadu" & "Subdivisions" by Rush
The entire OK Computer album by Radiohead.
"Knights of Cydonia", "Butterflies & Hurricanes", "Take A Bow" by Muse
Pretty much anything by Tool, especially from Aenima on.
"The Sky Moves Sideways" (both phases), "Moonloop", "Radioactive Toy", "Russia On Ice", "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here" (and most other songs) by Porcupine Tree
"Whipping Post" (Live at Fillmore East), "Jessica" by the Allman Brothers
"Tuesday's Gone" & "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Piano Man"
Anything from Metallica's first five albums.
Ah hell, it's a big list. I'll stop here.
The Tubes, "Driving All Night" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCEfh_ChUPg)
"Red Barchetta" is about driving though.
Young Turks- Rod Stewart
There's a section towards the close of the song where he says the lyrics "time is on your side."
I used to use this section as a mnemonic device to look for semis/other traffic in the mirrors. Really worked well on the section of I-70 at Mineola Hill.
Quote from: CapeCodder on June 24, 2021, 07:58:47 PM
Young Turks- Rod Stewart
There's a section towards the close of the song where he says the lyrics "time is on your side."
I used to use this section as a mnemonic device to look for semis/other traffic in the mirrors. Really worked well on the section of I-70 at Mineola Hill.
The song has since been sampled by The Weeknd in his "˜Blinding Lights'.
I believe I've mentioned "California 1" by Con Funk Shun on another thread before. I've never been to CA but I love the song.
https://youtu.be/GMlB0302S50
And then there's, ummm, this... a song I listened to a lot back in the 2000's by Memphis Bleek (who is from Brooklyn, not sure why he named himself that) called "I Get High". It's literally about getting weeded while driving down I-95 :-D NOTE: I don't actually condone doing this :cool:
https://youtu.be/ae8HPDzM-aw
For a while, I had a tradition of listening to Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer" as near as possible to the midpoint of a long trip, but I've fallen out of it.
Anything upbeat basically.
Quote from: tchafe1978 on December 12, 2011, 11:59:14 PM
What are some of your favorite "Driving" songs, that is, songs that specifically mention driving?
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on June 25, 2021, 01:37:28 AM
Anything upbeat basically.
What?
I am very surprised that no one has mentioned "Roadrunner" by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers up to this point.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_4PSw4dQrg
My little brother just helped me load my entire 3,000-plus CD collection onto/into the bluetooth software operations on my car and mobile phone. I set it to shuffle and I RIDE. I mostly prefer hard rock, metal, classic soul and blues, punk and deep classic rock. At last, I have a radio station on wheels. A combination of the free-form progressive rock stations of my 1970s youth, mixed with satellite-delivered early, circa 1986-87 Z-Rock, along with the old R&B formatted "X Stations" from below the border, circa 1966. Along with a bunch of newer metal through the current era. OG Geezer, indeed !!
I usually leave it on either The Beatles Channel or Classic Rewind on SirusXM.
Quote from: Flint1979 on June 25, 2021, 07:17:50 AM
I usually leave it on either The Beatles Channel or Classic Rewind on SirusXM.
Seconded for leaving it on Classic Rewind. Classic Vinyl too. On some occasions we will flip it to a different station such as E Street Radio, for example.
But we also have a hard drive plugged in so we don't have to rely on satellite all the time.
Quote from: kevinb1994 on June 25, 2021, 07:42:24 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on June 25, 2021, 07:17:50 AM
I usually leave it on either The Beatles Channel or Classic Rewind on SirusXM.
Seconded for leaving it on Classic Rewind. Classic Vinyl too. On some occasions we will flip it to a different station such as E Street Radio, for example.
But we also have a hard drive plugged in so we don't have to rely on satellite all the time.
Yeah I've been listening to Classic Vinyl at times too because if I've had too much of The Beatles I'll just go there and mix it up and they play The Beatles on Vinyl but not Rewind, just different eras for those two channels but same type of music of course. I also listen to Ozzy's Boneyard on channel 38. I've been trying to mix it up and listen to some more channels on there lately too.
Quote from: Flint1979 on June 25, 2021, 03:01:31 PM
Quote from: kevinb1994 on June 25, 2021, 07:42:24 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on June 25, 2021, 07:17:50 AM
I usually leave it on either The Beatles Channel or Classic Rewind on SirusXM.
Seconded for leaving it on Classic Rewind. Classic Vinyl too. On some occasions we will flip it to a different station such as E Street Radio, for example.
But we also have a hard drive plugged in so we don't have to rely on satellite all the time.
Yeah I've been listening to Classic Vinyl at times too because if I've had too much of The Beatles I'll just go there and mix it up and they play The Beatles on Vinyl but not Rewind, just different eras for those two channels but same type of music of course. I also listen to Ozzy's Boneyard on channel 38. I've been trying to mix it up and listen to some more channels on there lately too.
sirius xm 'first wave' is my jam. plus, i live in a canyon so unless you like the country station in cheyenne, its a much better option.