Roadding Music

[Larbearfl]

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

[Larbearfl]

Another 10 Ten:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaGyPYTKTH4

[Larbearfl]

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.

[Larbearfl]

One more before I must go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXzta9lRA3c&feature=related

[D-Dey65]

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.

[agentsteel53]

lots of speed metal.  "Road Gunner" by Razor comes to mind 

[Scott5114]

I'm rather partial to Paul McCartney's "Helen Wheels", which is a song about driving his car around the UK motorway network.

[Tarkus]

Three words: The Mars Volta.

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

[Alex]

When flaroadgeek and I go roadding, we usually just leave it on Sirius/XM Channel 84 - Chill...

[deathtopumpkins]

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.

[cu2010]

Usually hard rock, of both the classic and modern variety.  Usually really loud, too.

Nothing beats driving fast to loud rock music.

[hbelkins]

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.

[agentsteel53]

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!

[mightyace]

 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

[SSOWorld]

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.

[ctsignguy]

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

[leifvanderwall]

None of you guys have mentioned Radar Love by Golden Earring. Thank you.

[corco]

When I'm driving through the rural west on two lane roads, in sort of a leisurely driving atmosphere, Chuck Pyle 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.

[Ian]

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.

[Scott5114]

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.

[bugo]

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.

[bugo]

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.

[allniter89]

Highway Starr by Deep Purple and most other Deep Purple tunes! 

[RoadWarrior56]

Try "I Drove All Night", the original version by Roy Orbison!

[Chris]

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.