What songs make you want to drive fast? What songs do you just have to include on a trip? I have many but here is one of my top 10:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHqUipinDyw
Another 10 Ten:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaGyPYTKTH4
Not thrilled with the video montage of this song, but its not just me. Read the comment on YouTube below the post regarding the song and roadding:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5ZnGTmeWLo
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Call it what what you want, but this is the best driving fast song ever made. When this came out, I'd go to this very curvy road. put this on and haul ass. It was an experience never to be forgotten.
One more before I must go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXzta9lRA3c&feature=related
I have quite a number of songs that I think are good for road trips. Among them, "Chalkdust Torture," by Phish, "Turn a Square" by The Shins, and for roads like I-95 in Georgia, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel and Ocean Parkway between Jones Beach and Robert Moses State Park, "Go Coastal," by Velocity Girl.
I also occasionally groove to "Speeding," by The Go-Go's and "Alone + Easy Target," by The Foo Fighters. In all honesty though, this is a short list.
lots of speed metal. "Road Gunner" by Razor comes to mind :)
I'm rather partial to Paul McCartney's "Helen Wheels", which is a song about driving his car around the UK motorway network.
Three words: The Mars Volta. :sombrero:
A few other ones that work well:
"The Gates of Delirium" by Yes - mostly for the middle section
"Hallogallo" and "Für Immer" by Neu!
"Spiders (Kidsmoke)" by Wilco
"My Mathematical Mind" by Spoon
"Noise Epic" by The Verve
"Flip-Book Oscilloscope" and "Bleach It Black" by Turing Machine
When flaroadgeek and I go roadding, we usually just leave it on Sirius/XM Channel 84 - Chill...
I typically listen to modern rock stations when one is in range (and often some much heavier stuff when going fast or otherwise getting pumped up), but often on scenic drives the radio goes off, and the windows down. Until I get stuck behind someone (or their car) smoking, anyway.
Usually hard rock, of both the classic and modern variety. Usually really loud, too.
Nothing beats driving fast to loud rock music. :D
You haven't lived until you have zipped down I-79 in West Virginia with Metallica (one of the live concerts from the last couple of tours) cranked.
Quote from: hbelkins on February 23, 2010, 11:23:42 PM
You haven't lived until you have zipped down I-79 in West Virginia with Metallica (one of the live concerts from the last couple of tours) cranked.
yep, and then you hit Virginia and get a speeding ticket 200 feet over the state line. Well, it was on I-81 but same basic problem!
I don't often listen to music on the road anymore. (My concentration isn't what it used to be.)
However, if I do, it's either
Pop Music from 60s, 70s and 80s
or
Contemporary Christian Music
I listen to upbeat electronica music nearly all the time - otherwise Pink Floyd, Massive Attack, Muse, etc. I have a nice 4-hour playlist on my iPod that I can plug directly into my car and skip though on the stereo controls.
i made a jazz CD that i listen to on long road trips...dont know who is on it as the original master open reel tape i made it off of (was made in the late 70s by a fellow student at a campus A/V media job), but it is good cruising music
None of you guys have mentioned Radar Love by Golden Earring. Thank you.
When I'm driving through the rural west on two lane roads, in sort of a leisurely driving atmosphere, Chuck Pyle (http://www.chuckpyle.com/index.html) is the gold standard for me, with the occasional foray to John Denver, Ian Tyson, Gordon Lightfoot, some of Elton John or other folk/cowboy artists.
When in the city where the atmosphere is more aggressive I'm all about classic rock, particularly of the GnR/AC DC variety.
When I'm bored of either of those I'll go to regular country. I forgot my iPod when I drove to Tulsa, so I listened to a LOT of country, as that was generally what was on the radio.
On that note- when I'm driving through a new area, especially rural areas, I like to listen to local radio. It's a neat way to figure out what people care about in individual localities that you sometimes can't see when you're just driving down the road. The commercials for local businesses are generally hilarious too (or in I think it was Tahoka Texas, there was actually a PSA of sorts from the local police department because some kid's iPod was stolen out of their locker, suspect Hispanic, $75 reward for information leading to the arrest of that lowlife thief (this was roughly the actual wording)). On Sunday mornings in rural areas I enjoy listening to local churches that have live sermons on the radio- on Sunday I listened to the minister of the Cottonwood Baptist Church in Cottonwood, Texas give a live sermon on the merits of Baptism, which was interesting to say the least. I've also listened to these driving back across Kansas and Nebraska from Kansas City, and find the regional differences to be interesting and worth exploring, even if I'm not religious.
When in the car, I like listening to anything with a good beat. I am more into modern and classic rock, but sometimes I like listening to anything that sounds good to me on the radio.
Local radio is fun for the reasons you mentioned: the local ads give each media market a certain flavor. Especially when they give their location by two cross streets you've never heard of!
And you're right...something about being out in the sticks makes it so you can only pick up country music stations. When that happens, it's time for a CD (or just listening to the sounds of the road!) because I can't stand country apart from a few select artists.
Quote from: Master son on February 24, 2010, 05:37:22 AM
I listen to upbeat electronica music nearly all the time - otherwise Pink Floyd, Massive Attack, Muse, etc. I have a nice 4-hour playlist on my iPod that I can plug directly into my car and skip though on the stereo controls.
Massive Attack is indeed good night driving music.
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 24, 2010, 09:14:59 PM
And you're right...something about being out in the sticks makes it so you can only pick up country music stations. When that happens, it's time for a CD (or just listening to the sounds of the road!) because I can't stand country apart from a few select artists.
I don't like modern country at all. I like some old country, and some modern alt-country bands but I can't stomach the stuff they play on the radio.
Highway Starr by Deep Purple and most other Deep Purple tunes! :sombrero: :cool:
Try "I Drove All Night", the original version by Roy Orbison!
Country music is virtually unknown in Europe, but I like it if I'm in the mood for it, mostly country-rock like Mark Knopfler, Road Hammers, Paul Brandt but sometimes even Dwight Yoakam. road-themed country-rock in particular is great to listen to while driving.
Besides country, I like to listen to progressive rock/metal, bands like Dream Theater, Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, etc or regular rock like Guns 'n Roses, Toto (lesser known songs), ZZ Top, etc. I also like guitar-virtuosos like Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Chris Duarte and Jimi Hendrix.
Basically anything that's not top 40 music like R&B, rap, childish pop music or commercial rock.
Quote from: Chris on February 25, 2010, 07:43:16 AM
Besides country, I like to listen to progressive rock/metal, bands like Dream Theater, Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, etc or regular rock like Guns 'n Roses, Toto (lesser known songs), ZZ Top, etc. I also like guitar-virtuosos like Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Chris Duarte and Jimi Hendrix.
I just discovered Porcupine Tree about 2 years ago. They're nothing short of incredible. What's your favorite PT album? Mine is
In Absentia with
Deadwing a close second. I also love
Voyage 34 when I'm in the mood for it. What a band.
I listen to talk radio in the car (sports talk if available).
Nobody's mentioned Bruce Springsteen? Perhaps that's the Jersey in me... ;-)
Anyways, usually it's my iPod plugged in, which has everything from AC/DC to Brad Paisley to John Coltrane to The White Stripes. Any music is good driving music, except classical.
Quote from: bugo on February 25, 2010, 05:51:19 PM
I just discovered Porcupine Tree about 2 years ago. They're nothing short of incredible. What's your favorite PT album? Mine is In Absentia with Deadwing a close second. I also love Voyage 34 when I'm in the mood for it. What a band.
Those are great. I also like
The Sky Moves Sideways and their recent album
Fear of a Blank Planet.
Blues Music.
To me it would depend on the conditions. Generally I would listen to mainly New & Classic Eurodance. There are times at night were I will have the strong urge to listen to Psytrance. Or maybe while driving on a lonely two lane highway early in the morning or mid afternoon, listen to Trance.
Edit: I wanted to add that I seem to "notice" songs better while driving. Example, I could listen to a certian song for the first time in the house and not really care for it. But later I could be on a road trip and that same song would come on and I would instantly like it. Plus I would pay attention to the melody and lyrics, and many times it goes perfectly in sync with the scenery.
I also find myself listening to a lot of Ministry (anything from '83 With Sympathy to '92 Psalm 69, and also the 2007 Cover-Up album of covers - especially see Roadhouse Blues (Doors) and Black Betty (Ram Jam))
Quote from: Larbearfl on February 23, 2010, 06:31:43 AM
What songs make you want to drive fast? What songs do you just have to include on a trip? I have many but here is one of my top 10:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHqUipinDyw
Not really a road song, but those of you who have watched the "Living In America" video might get a kick out of this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjM8Qn5XmAE
There's a fraction of a second where this video shows a piece of an L.A. freeway. I think it's California 134.
Not all the songs I listen to(not nearly) but these are my favorite road songs....
Black Eyed Peas:
Boom Boom Pow
Ring-A-Ling
Pump it
Do what you Want
Gone Going
Dim Diddly
Don't Lie
Where is the love?
Whitney Houston:
Get it back
Fall Out Boy:
Sugar We're Going down
The Takes over, the breaks over
Bloc Party:
Helicopter
Fall of Troy:
FCPREMIX
Justin Bieber:
One Time
Luther Vandross:
Power of Love
Stop to Love
Eric Darius:
Just Getting Started - ENTIRE CD
Tiesto:
I will be Here(Wolfgang Gartner Remix.)
Nelly Furtado:
Promiscuous
Zebrahead:
Lobotomy for Dummies
Nearly every Beyonce song(except slow ones)
Quote from: leifvanderwall on February 24, 2010, 07:42:38 PM
None of you guys have mentioned Radar Love by Golden Earring.
Ehh, too much of a cliche. I prefer "I Can't Drive 55" by Sammy Hagar, but even
that's a cliche, and depending on which part of the country you're in, kind of dated. Some country music singer did a cover of that, but I can't find any info on it.
Quote from: D-Dey65 on March 03, 2010, 09:00:17 PM
Quote from: leifvanderwall on February 24, 2010, 07:42:38 PM
None of you guys have mentioned Radar Love by Golden Earring.
Ehh, too much of a cliche. I prefer "I Can't Drive 55" by Sammy Hagar, but even that's a cliche, and depending on which part of the country you're in, kind of dated. Some country music singer did a cover of that, but I can't find any info on it.
And Hagar himself did an update, "I Can't Drive 65," which was used in some NASCAR telecasts a few years back.
Quote from: deathtopumpkins on March 04, 2010, 12:49:27 AM
Quote from: Riverside Frwy on March 03, 2010, 08:23:25 PM
Justin Bieber:
One Time
Justin Bieber..... seriously!?
Well, in the next ten minutes or so when his voice starts creaking due to "natural changes", combined with the AutoTune and heavy ProToolage, he'll at least sound like a mutant cyborg version of Bob Dylan. That could be good for novelty if nothing else. :spin:
-Alex (Tarkus)
Quote from: deathtopumpkins on March 04, 2010, 12:49:27 AM
Quote from: Riverside Frwy on March 03, 2010, 08:23:25 PM
Justin Bieber:
One Time
Justin Bieber..... seriously!?
Don't hate, I don't like his voice that much, but the sound and beat of the song is great.
Quote from: Tarkus on March 04, 2010, 01:51:46 AM
Quote from: deathtopumpkins on March 04, 2010, 12:49:27 AM
Quote from: Riverside Frwy on March 03, 2010, 08:23:25 PM
Justin Bieber:
One Time
Justin Bieber..... seriously!?
Well, in the next ten minutes or so when his voice starts creaking due to "natural changes", combined with the AutoTune and heavy ProToolage, he'll at least sound like a mutant cyborg version of Bob Dylan. That could be good for novelty if nothing else. :spin:
-Alex (Tarkus)
:-D
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Riverside, I must admit that a few of his songs can occasionally be somewhat catchy, but I still can't stand the little kid.
Of course, any list of road songs must have "Get Your Kicks on Route 66."
Some other road and highway songs:
Non-heavy metal:
"On the Road Again," Willie Nelson
"Life is a Highway," Tom Cochrane (spelling?)
"Convoy" and "Wolf Creek Pass," CW McCall
"Roll on Eighteen Wheeler," Alabama
"(I'm a) Road Runner," Jr. Walker and the All Stars
"Rockin' Down the Highway," Doobie Brothers
"Back on the Road Again," REO Speedwagon (an obscure one, but I've always liked it)
"Freeway of Love," Aretha Franklin (not that great a song, but it does mention roads)
"Thunder Road," Bruce Springsteen
"End of the Road," Boys II Men
Heavy metal:
"Roll on Down the Highway," Bachman/Turner Overdrive (borderline heavy metal, as is
"Highway Song," Blackfoot)
Two separate songs called "Road Fever," one by Blackfoot, another by Foghat
"Eight Days on the Road," Foghat
"Headin' Out to the Highway," Judas Priest
"Ghost Rider," Rush
"Highway Star," Deep Purple
"On the Road," Motorhead (an early version of a song later called "Built for Speed").
"Highway to Hell," AC/DC
"Bad Motor Scooter," Montrose
"Long Road," Britny Fox
The aforementioned "I Can't Drive 55," Sammy Hagar
"Highway Lady," UFO
and what not to on the road: industrial, or anything else with samples.
quintessential example: Nuclear Assault's "No Time". Starts off regular, right? So regular that the sample at 1:11 sounds like your transmission dropped into the last ditch.
not the thing to be listening to with a car that you own with 238000 miles on it. Commence emergency braking session... now!
Since I drive between Orlando and Miami a few times a year...here is one for that trip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8bEf7fYncs&feature=related
I mentioned "Alone + Easy Target," by The Foo Fighters in an earlier post, but "Learn to Fly" works great on the road too.
Another one that I like is "Rental Car" by Beck.
"Nine-to-Fiver" by Ucada is good too.
Did I mention "Car Camping," by Chris Mars? Maybe I shouldn't because "Skipping School" is better for the road.
Quote from: njroadhorse on February 26, 2010, 10:20:26 AM
Nobody's mentioned Bruce Springsteen? Perhaps that's the Jersey in me... ;-)
I had the same thought when I was reading through the thread for the first time just now. For me it was the entire Born in the USA album. If I had to go with specific songs... probably No Surrender and the title track.
Of course, "Born to Run" (
Sprung from cages on Highway 9...) would also be high on the list.
I used to like Springsteen, until I became keenly aware of his political views. Now he can bugger off as far as I am concerned.
It annoys me that some musicians or actors think their political point of view is more important than that of others just because they're famous...
I don't think it's so much that they think their point of view is more important. (At least in the case of Springsteen, certainly other celebrities might be more self-centered.) Everyone has the right to share their point of view and encourage others to fight for their cause or what have you, celebrities just have more opportunity -- they have the platform to do such expression.
Back on topic: Avril Lavigne's most recent album, particularly "Everything Back But You". If I'm ever threatening to fall asleep at the wheel, all I need to do is blast that song and start screaming (not singing) along and I'm back in the game.
Pantera is good driving music. The only problem is it makes you want to drive very fast.
Quote from: Kacie Jane on March 13, 2010, 08:40:01 PM
I don't think it's so much that they think their point of view is more important. (At least in the case of Springsteen, certainly other celebrities might be more self-centered.) Everyone has the right to share their point of view and encourage others to fight for their cause or what have you, celebrities just have more opportunity -- they have the platform to do such expression.
I agree there.
The most famous recent case that comes to mind since I live near and work in the capital of Country Music was the furor that erupted over the Dixie Chicks comments against George W. Bush. While I didn't agree with what they said, but I had no problem with them saying it.
What I found surprising from them was that they got mad that many of their fans who didn't agree with them dropped them and persuaded many radio station to take them off their playlist. Those fans were exercising the same freedom of speech rights that the Chicks used. This implied to me that they thought their speech
was more important than those of their fans (or former fans).
We have freedom of speech in this country - not freedom from consequences of your speech.
I think the reason they got mad is because of the nature of the reaction–we don't like what you're saying, so we're going to take away your platform and keep you from saying it!
Classic rock in general gets me in a good speeding mood.
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Bump.
I wasn't quite sure if this would be the appropriate thread:
The anthem for Lake Shore Drive :biggrin: :biggrin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhYIYb44wFs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhYIYb44wFs)
Quote from: ET21 on July 30, 2013, 10:22:45 AM
The anthem for Lake Shore Drive :biggrin: :biggrin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhYIYb44wFs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhYIYb44wFs)
Chicago-based artists are the best!
Quote from: Henry on July 30, 2013, 10:46:09 AM
Quote from: ET21 on July 30, 2013, 10:22:45 AM
The anthem for Lake Shore Drive :biggrin: :biggrin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhYIYb44wFs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhYIYb44wFs)
Chicago-based artists are the best!
Chicago is the best Chicago-based artist. Boston is the best Boston-based artist. Discuss.
Lynyrd Skynyrd is definitely better than Alabama.
this is not up for discussion.
Quote from: Grzrd on July 30, 2013, 08:56:26 AM
Thanks for sharing, but I'm surprised that no one pointed out the inaccurate cover art. An I-69 reassurance sign on a winding two-lane road. :crazy:
Of course, the song isn't really about an Interstate highway, or any kind of highway, anyway.
Quote from: Steve on July 30, 2013, 07:53:42 PM
Quote from: Henry on July 30, 2013, 10:46:09 AM
Quote from: ET21 on July 30, 2013, 10:22:45 AM
The anthem for Lake Shore Drive :biggrin: :biggrin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhYIYb44wFs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhYIYb44wFs)
Chicago-based artists are the best!
Chicago is the best Chicago-based artist. Boston is the best Boston-based artist. Discuss.
Dont' forget, Kansas is the best Kansas-based artist ;-)
Quote from: Steve on July 30, 2013, 07:53:42 PM
Quote from: Henry on July 30, 2013, 10:46:09 AM
Quote from: ET21 on July 30, 2013, 10:22:45 AM
The anthem for Lake Shore Drive :biggrin: :biggrin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhYIYb44wFs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhYIYb44wFs)
Chicago-based artists are the best!
Chicago is the best Chicago-based artist. Boston is the best Boston-based artist. Discuss.
For extra credit, discuss whether the Leningrad Cowboys can be considered "St. Petersburg's best band" since, aside from the city's problematic name change, they seem to spend a lot time singing about U.S. places like Alabama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKD7g56DNN0 and
Los Angeles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj0Ydm06aPw
Quote from: theline on July 30, 2013, 09:15:01 PM
Quote from: Grzrd on July 30, 2013, 08:56:26 AM
Thanks for sharing, but I'm surprised that no one pointed out the inaccurate cover art. An I-69 reassurance sign on a winding two-lane road. :crazy:
Of course, the song isn't really about an Interstate highway, or any kind of highway, anyway.
Why did my emoticons quit working? :-(