Roadding Music

[bugo]

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.

[exit322]

I listen to talk radio in the car (sports talk if available).

[njroadhorse]

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.

[Chris]

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.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

Blues Music.

[AZDude]

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.

[agentsteel53]

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))

[hm insulators]

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.

[Riverside Frwy]

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)

[D-Dey65]

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.

[hbelkins]

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.

[deathtopumpkins]

Justin Bieber:
One Time

Justin Bieber..... seriously!?

[Tarkus]

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.

-Alex (Tarkus)

[Riverside Frwy]

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.

[deathtopumpkins]

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.

-Alex (Tarkus)

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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.

[hm insulators]

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

[agentsteel53]

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!

[Larbearfl]

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

[D-Dey65]

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.

[Kacie Jane]

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.

[hbelkins]

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.

[Chris]

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...

[Kacie Jane]

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.

[bugo]

Pantera is good driving music.  The only problem is it makes you want to drive very fast.

[mightyace]

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.