Recently we asked Globe Drive readers to tell us what they listen to in the car, and Peter Cheney explored the play list of his life behind the wheel in The best road songs of all time.
Many of your favourite songs and artists were at the top of the charts in the days before CDs, iPods, Satellite radio and the Internet. Just pop a mixed tape into the cassette deck and put the pedal to the metal.
According to this completely unscientific survey, the 1970s and 1980s were the golden years of music, although current Canadian singer Sam Roberts made a few lists, as did Lady Gaga and Arcade Fire. The No. 1 song was Radar Love, released in 1973 by Dutch band Golden Earring, was miles ahead of the No. 2 pick from Tom Petty.
When picking your favourite artists, it was classic rock all the way. Led Zeppelin came out on top, followed by followed by Golden Earring, Bruce Springsteen and the Tragically Hip, the top Canadian band.
More than 200 Globe and Mail readers sent in their picks for road music. Their responses are listed below. Don't agree? Add your favourites by clicking on the comments field on this story.
Top 5 Artists
1. Led Zeppelin 2. Golden Earring 3. The Who 4. Bruce Springsteen 5. Tragically Hip
Top 5 Songs
1. Radar Love (Golden Earring) 2. Runnin' Down a Dream (Tom Petty) 3. Running back to Saskatoon (The Guess Who) 4. Hot Rod Lincoln 5. Born To Run (Bruce Springsteen)
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zzDon
Thunder Road ... Bruce Springsteen
Summer of 69..... Bryan Adams
Carey.........Joni Mitchell
Runnin' Down a Dream.... From full moon Fever, the band name escapes me
Hot Rod Lincoln .....Either version
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2modify
What is Hip ? .. Tower of Power
Moon Dance .. Van Morrison
Rock and Roll.. Led Zeppelin
Mean Street Blues .. Johnny Winter
Cross Roads .. Eric Clapton
Anything by CSN&Y
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Hali83
I realize these probably aren't the top 5 driving songs of "all - time" but if I were heading out on a road trip this summer these are 5 songs that I would like to hear along the way:
1. Fans - Kings of Leon
Perfect tune to kick off a good road trip.
2. Runnin' Down a Dream - Tom Petty
Just a great driving song.
3. Hotel Yorba - White Stripes
Throw this on once you hit the dirt road on the way to the cottage.
4. Hard Road - Sam Roberts
First time I heard this song I was 19 years old making the drive to Montreal from Halifax with a van full of buddies. No one said a word until it was over then the first roadpop was cracked.
5. The Past - Matt Mays
This one's for the way home.
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SSaunders4
Runnin' Down a Dream - Tom Petty
Time to Pretend - MGMT
Beautiful Day - U2
Blow at High Dough - Tragically Hip
Synchronicity II - Police
Little Foothills Heaven - Corb Lund (only for driving in Alberta)
Intervention - Arcade Fire
The Uprising - Muse
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Grunter Grimm
Steve Miller Band Greatest Hits 1974 - 1978
The whole album for a long drive.
Best sing - along from this album: Take the Money and Run
Autobahn - Kraftwerk
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JIMC19
1. Born to Run - - Bruce Springsteen
2. London Calling - - Clash
3. Celebration Day - - Led Zeppelin
4. Running Back to Saskatoon (Live from Winnipeg) - - Guess Who
5. Bobcaygeon - - Tragically Hip
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Innisfree
A family favourite is an old CBC radio recording of Billy Bishop Goes to war. A great combination of music and humour by Eric Peterson and John Grey that makes the miles fly by....
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psbishop
Cleaning Windows - Van Morrison
Running Back to Saskatoon - The Guess Who
Magic Bus - The Who
10 th Avenue Freeze Out - The Boss
Jack and Dianne - John Cougar
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D_Knight
MileStones - Miles Davis. Album, Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
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Bill MacLean
China Grove - Doobie Brothers
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynard (sp?) Skinner
Paperback Writer - Beatles
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin
for starters....
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RodneyM
Props to D_Knight for citing Miles Davis' two best albums...great stuff.
Personally however, I like loud and catchy when it comes to driving: Ramones, Clash, Slade, Scissor Sisters, T. Rex, early Roxy Music.
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mac - 727
The whole cd of Enigma - MCMXC a.D.
Magic Bus - The Who
Runnin' Down a Dream - Tom Petty
Radar Love - Golden Earring
Clap For The Wolfman - Burton Cummings
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CKS
A lot of people have mentioned great ones, so I won't repeat them.
One I've always liked for night driving is "Halcyon + On + On" by Orbital. 9 minutes of electronic perfection - - and I'm not even a fan of electronica.
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columbiaboy
Watching the River Flow - Dylan
Happy - Rolling Stones
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
Come Fly with Me = Sinatra
Anything by Stephan Grappelli and Oscar Peterson
Honourable mention to;
Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen - Kids can sing along and tempo keeps increasing.
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johnnybee
Livingston Saturday Night - Jimmy Buffett
Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf
Paradise by the Dashboard Light - Meat Loaf
Workin' on the Highway - Bruce Springsteen
and for Can - Con:
Carefree Highway - Gordon Lightfoot
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John Frodo
Supertramp Crime of the Century - complete album repeat
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Amorak
"99 Miles from LA" sung by Art Garfunkel (and also the Johnny Mathis version - amazing.)
"Route 66" sung by Nat King Cole
"Life is a Highway" by Tom Cochrane
Anything from the 60's Van Morrison
"Dis is Da Drum" by Herbie Hancock, all of it, every note and drum beat.
Buckwheat Zydeco on a hot day.
"Rainy Night in Georgia" on the road on a rainy night anywhere.
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BonneyLass
War, Stevie Rae Vaughan, Etta James, Aretha, and I am just getting started.
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blindboyhowl1
Unchained - Van Halen
Radar Love
Born to Run
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Hark1965
I tried not to duplicate any songs already submitted, but it's hard to leave "Saskatoon" off the list. Also tried to stay in a Canadian theme as most of my road trips are in our great country! And yes, I'm a Westerner!
"Rock of Ages" - Def Leppard
"Running Back to Saskatoon" - The Guess Who
"Roll on Down the Highway" - BTO
"Alberta Bound" - Gordon Lightfoot
"At the Hundredth Meridian" - The Tragically Hip
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Bruin4
1 - Planet Clare - B52s
2 - Hungry Heart - Springsteen
3 - 99 Luft Ballons - Nina
4 - Smooth - Santana w/ Rob Thomas
5 - Somewhere down the crazy river - Robbie Robertson
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N_Van_Man
Paul McCartney and Wings - Jet
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
Eagles - Take it Easy
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Free Fallin' (Jerry McGuire)
Supertramp - Fools Overature
Child of the 70's; what can I say? Not every driving song needs to be a "top down" upbeat number. There's the long drive home in the rain after a breakup too. That's what the Supertramp is for.
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jacqueslours
Memphis in the Meantime
Drive South both John Hiatt
500 Miles Proclaimers
Maybelline Hoyt Axton's version
II B.S. Charles Mingus
The last one is urban driving, with the windshield wipers beating out the rhythm.
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Immature1
Open Road Song - Eve6
Convoy - C.W. McCall
I'm In Love With My Car - Queen
Six Days On The Road - Steve Earle
Eastbound And Down - The Road Hammers
Motorcycle Driver & Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing - Joe Satriani
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Juder
Singles (commute)
Whippin' - Pearl Jam
Blinded by the Light - Mannfred Mann
Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots
Suite - Judy Blue Eyes - CSN
Run To the Hills - Iron Maiden
Albums (Road trip)
Traveling Wilburys - Vol 1
The Wall - Pink Floyd
The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking - Roger Waters
Bluegrass of any type
The Blues Brothers - Soundtrack
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What's wrong with my real name
Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams
Radar Love - Golden Earring
Running Back to Saskatoon (live) - Guess Who
Crocodile Rock - Elton John
Clock Strikes 10 (live) - Cheap Trick
Runnin' Down a Dream, Steve Miller, Twist and Shout etc are all worth too
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Maitland Cat
Running on Empty - Jackson Browne
Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears
More Than A Feeling - Boston
He's So Vain - Carly Simon
American Pie - Don McLean
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rusurger
Born to Run - The Boss
Lido Shuffle - Boz Scaggs
The Night Pat Murphy Died - Great Big Sea
Home For a Rest - Spirit of The West
Running on Empty - Jackson Browne
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
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BossFanVan
Racing In The Streets - Bruce Springsteen
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
New Year's Day - U2
Going Mobile - The Who
Gloria - Them
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Danielle Boudreau
My top five songs about cars, driving, or getting somewhere.
Ramble On - Led Zeppelin
Where Have All The Good People Gone? - Sam Roberts
Natural Disaster - Joel Plaskett
Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Jopin
Jesus Built My Hotrod - Ministry
(Watch your speed when listening to the last one)
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Xllently Xcuted
1. B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad) - Outkast
Be careful, the pace of the infectious beat may lead you to a speeding ticket.
2. Wonderlust King - Gogol Bordello
These gypsy rockers will have you bouncing around in the drivers seat, or any seat for that matter.
3. Black Tongue - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
There's just something about the tone of this song.
4. Turn The Page - Metallica
This remake of Bob Seger's original gives it the right feel for fast driving.
5. Ruff Ryder's Anthem (Remix) - DMX
One of my favorite songs, driving or not driving.
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brantford
You Shook me - AC/DC
Cadillac ranch - Springsteen
White Hot=Tom Cochrane
Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Blitzkreig Bop - Ramones
I believe Springsteen is responsible for more traffic tickets than Commodante Fantino
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Darren McGee
I can't keep it to just five ...
Can't Get There From Here - R.E.M.
Middle of the Road - The Pretenders
Damn Right I've Got The Blues - Buddy Guy
Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights) - Pat Travers Band
This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide - The Kings
Out Of Work Musician - The Monks
Let It Rock - Kevin Rudolf
Light Up The Sky - Yellowcard
Cobrastyle - Teddybears STHLM
C'mon C'mon - The Von Bondies
Walkie Talkie Man - Steriogram
You're All I've Got Tonight - The Cars
Four Wheel Drive - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - George Thorogood
Johnny B. Goode - Peter Tosh version
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FrankMorgan
1 - Heart's Greatest Hits
2 - David Allan Coe's 17 Greatest Hits
3 - Bob Seeger's Greatest Hits
4 - Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
5 - Quadrophenia - The Who
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Grunter Grimm
Drive My Car - The Beatles
The Roots of Coincidence - Pat Metheny
Risingson - Massive Attack
Season of the Witch - Al Kooper, Stephen Stills
I'm Not in Love - 10cc
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Bark
1. I'd love to change the world - Ten Years After
2. Witchy Woman - Eagles
3. What's Up - 4Non Blondes
4. Are you ready - Pacific Gas & Electric
5. Driver's Seat - Sniff' n The Tears
It just doesn't get better than this!
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secretdragonfly
In no particular order:
Highway to Hell - AC/DC
Hush - Deep Purple
Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf
She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult
I'm in love with my car - Queen
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Kenji - Barber
1) Voodoo Chile - Hendrix
2) Cold Shot - SRV
3) Side of the Road - Blue Rodeo
4) Back in Black - AC/DC
5) Running Back to Saskatoon - Guess Who
Love many more but these will help me cover many miles
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Snowlander
Long highway drives - Its my life - Bon Jovi
Any drive - I feel love - Donna Summers
Urban Saturday night drives - Bad Romance - Lady Ga Ga
For Mountain drives - Gabriel's Oboe - Ennio Morricone (The Mission)
Coastal drives - Guided by wire - Neko Case
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TJ2
Dire Straits.............Money for Nothing.
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LYLE LYLE CROCODILE
1. leonard cohen
2. lady ga ga
3. leonard cohen
4. lady ga ga
5. leonard cohen
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Stealthiest
"Freeway Jam" Jeff Beck
"Goin' Mobile" The Who
"Judy Blue Eyes" CSN Yowzie!
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darrinl
Driver's Seat, by "Sniff'n the Tears.
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DaveLove Oakville
We're talking about summer, Friday afternoon, windows down (or top down) driving along a two - lane highway, singing along as you get closer and closer to the cottage and the cold beer waiting there for you.
Eagles - Peaceful Easy Feeling
Let It Ride - BTO
Blue Rodeo - 5 Days In May
Highwaymen - The Road Goes On Forever
Chilliwack - Fly At Night
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Cam from Mississauga
How about these 5:
Beatles - Drive My Car
Allman Brothers - Jessica
Arcade Fire - Wake Up
Michelle Shocked - Come a Long Way
Po Girl - 9 Hours to Go
Honourable mention
Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
Neil Diamond - I Am I Said
Blue Rodeo - Lost Together
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Sononmyface
Stairway to Heaven......Led Zeppelin
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kraft@werk
GO! - Tones on Tails
Where's your head at? - Basement Jaxx
Moscow - Future Sound of London
I Predict a Riot - Kaiser Cheifs
Aerodynamik - Kraftwerk
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taylormade3815
My favorite five road trip bands:
1. Tragically Hip
2. The Cars
3. Trooper
4. April Wine
5. Harlequin
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David Basskin
There are too many songs to name, but I have one ritual that I faithfully observe: whenever I'm in L.A., the first thing I *must* do once I've driven my rental car off the lot is to play "Babylon Sisters" by Steely Dan. An L.A. trip without that song, right at the start, would be inconceivable. And, yes, sometimes I play it while I actually "Drive west on Sunset to the sea ..."
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Gabriel Allon
Rain - The Cult
I Like to Rock - April Wine
Cadillac Ranch - Springsteen
No Sleep Til Brooklyn - Beastie Boys
Living in America - James Brown
- Not Recommended without Radar Detector :)
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ohboy1951
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Highway 61 Revisted - Bob Dylan
Paradise by the Dashboard Lights - Meat Loaf
Born to be Wild - Steppenwolf
I forgot a great one and probably 10 others
Reelin' in the Years - Steely Dan
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Name Witheld
Hour 1: Guitar Town (Steve Earle)
"...Love to hear the steel belts hummin' on the asphalt" "smoking into Texas with the hammer down, gonna rock a little copper from the guitar town"
Hour 2: The Wheel in the Sky (Journey)
Hour 3: Southbound (The Allman Brothers)
Hour 4: The Other Kind (Steve Earle)
"Nowadays I got me two good wheels / and I seek refuge in aluminum and steel. Gets me out ther for a little while / and the years fall away with every mile. I'm back out on the road again...
Hour 5: Racing in the Street (Bruce Springsteen)
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Peter3
Jeez, just 5? Let's go with the stuff that really dates me and isn't totally obvious:
1. Summertime - Big Brother and the Holding Company
2. Return of the Grevious Angel - Gram Parsons
3. White Line - Willie P. Bennett
4. Radar Love - Golden Earring (okay, maybe a little obvious, but I associate it with road trips and joyously irresponsible behaviour I'll never do again on this journey through this vale of tears)
5. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor as performed by Virgil Fox (to make up for picking Radar Love)
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R_Nock
YYZ - Rush
Working Man - Rush
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Foreplay/Longtime - Boston
Little Bones - The Tragically Hip
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DS303
Roadhouse Blues & Riders on the Storm - The Doors
6 Days on the Road & Panama Red - Flying Burrito Bros
Summertime Blues - Blue Cheer
Anything by Sly and the Family Stone
Anything by Kate Bush
These are all driving through the Rockies songs.
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tim from wpg
1. Taj Mahal's version of "6 Days on the Road"
2. "Loan me a Dime" by Boz Scaggs
3. "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road" by Lucinda Williams
4. "Last Night it Snowed" by the Ass Ponies
5. "Running on Empty" by Jackson Browne
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frangipani1
Wanna Take You HIGHER - - Sly and the Family Stone.
My daughter and I blew the speakers in the van on that one.
Zeppelin
the sound track for the movie HAIR
Simon & Garfunkel
Early Beatles
ABBA
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frangipani1
Journey
Dio
Ozzie
Deliverance by Bubba Sparxx (don't judge me)
Rolling Stones, obviously
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pietr84
Highway To Hell
The Immigrant Song
It's A Long Way To The Top
If You Wanna Rock 'n Roll,
Brighton Rock,
Anything by Timbuk3 (to calm me down again).
And no, I don't like slowcoaches on narrow roads.
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Stirling Union
Numero uno of all time is Cadillac Ranch by Bruce Springsteen.
Followed by Little Red Corvette by Prince
Daddy took my T Bird away by the Van Morrison and
of course, One piece at a time by Jonny Cash
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C.W. Summerhill
Stirling Union suggests: "Daddy took my T Bird away" by the Van Morrison.
A good choice but the above is actually a line from the classic Van Morrison' tune, "Fun, Fun, Fun". In fact, any of the Beach Boys up - tempo classics qualifies for this list.
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J Hebert
I have a Part Time Merchandiser and have to travel about 650 km (7 hours) round trip every couple of weeks to set up merchandising displays. Suffice to say, I've developed an intricate playlist on my iPod.
Now choosing songs for driving is difficult because it does depend on the time of day and mood that the driver is in. In most cases I prefer rather generic rock as it has provided some of the great driving tunes. In fact, I would argue that most generic rock bands are writing music for three different audiences: people out driving, people out drinking, and guys trying to get with girls at a bar/in their car. So technically the third applies to the first two.
Here are my top 5 rock songs for driving, in no particular order:
1. Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride.
So many people like "Born to be Wild" here but Magic Carpet Ride is the true driving song. It even has the stoner solo that repeats for such a long time that, if you were stoned, you'd think that either days or only seconds had gone by.
2. Boston - More than a Feeling
This has a great combination of softer and moderately louder instruments played throughout. It is also one of the greatest songs to air drum along with.
3. The Who - Baba O'Reilly
Commonly mistakenly titled "Teenage Wasteland", this song, much like More than a Feeling, features a great and memorable intro, some good air drumming parts, and is a tune that everyone loves to scream to their steering wheels.
4. Neil Young featuring Pearl Jam - Downtown
I choose the version with Pearl Jam because they bring some good rock sounds to the song. Just a great tune to drive to.
5. Tragically Hip - Locked in the Trunk of a Car
This could be interchangeable with New Orleans is Sinking or Little Bones but I prefer Locked.
Other favourites:
Eddie Vedder/Pearl Jam - Drifting
Nickelback - Animals
Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown
Soul Decision - Faded
AC/DC - If you want Blood (empire records introduced me to this song. "What's wrong with Today, today?"
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BJLF
As much as I like pop/rock, here are a few others for your consideration:
1. Diggin' A Hole - BIG SUGAR
This song reminds me of driving in Saskatchewan on a hot summer day with the top down.
2. Tin Pan Alley - Stevie Ray Vaughan
3. Corner Pocket - Count Basie
4. Give to me the Life I Love - from Songs of Travel by Ralph Vaughan Williams
5. Nimrod - from Elgar's Enigma Variations
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Beckett24
Sausalito Summer Night - Diesel (cheesy but fun)
Trickle Down - The Hip
I Will Follow - U2
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Albin
I associate music with particular occasions, though my favourite ordinary driving around town music tends to be John Mayall's "The Turning Point." As for indelible musical occasions, I think my favourite was getting off the Alaska ferry at Prince Rupert end of summer 1971, and catching a ride to Prince George in the back of a van with big windows, a great sound system and a lot of smoke, that being Santana's "Abraxis."
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Wackado
A good mixed CD of...
Anything by The Van Morrison, Jan & Dean, 3 Dog Night with a dash of CCR.
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Stepdal
L.A. Woman - The Doors
Riders on the Storm - The Doors (best to listen to when it's raining)
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Montgomery C. Burns
1. Ramblin' Man by The Allman Brothers Band
2. Even Flow by Pearl Jam
3. Five Days in May by Blue Rodeo
4. Take it Easy by The Eagles
5. The Chain by Fleetwood Mac
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kcramone
thought I had posted but here it goes...albums that'll move.
Dead Boys - Young Loud an Snotty (Sonic Reducer)
Johnny Thunders - After the Dolls (Born to Lose)
Social Distortion
Willy (Mink) DeVille - (Coup de Gras - le Chat Bleu)
AND OF COURSE...
RAMONES
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hilltop3
1 Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin
2 Smoke on the Water Deep Purple
3 Drive my Car Beatles
4 Riders on the Storm The Doors
5 The Wall Pink Floyd (Long Trip)
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The Emperor's Paparazzi
I don't know about songs for any particular highway, but for a Sunday afternoon, it's Gerry Rafferty
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Holden McGroyne
One Headlight by the Wallflowers
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jofacilitator
The whole album Graceland by Paul Simon is so joyous that it we play it every trip.
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dkmilo
I agree with #3 of Peter Cheney: Radar Love - Golden Earring.
It takes you through the dawn after you drove all night.
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Joey Bloggins
Legs - ZZTop
Hotel California - Eagles
Bad Case of Loving You - Moon Martin
I get around - Van Morrison
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
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Dr. G
Lotta great songs here, though some of them don't really meet my definition of roadiness. I also think that for a great road song you need a big dollop of nostalgia. With those criteria in mind, here are my picks, not in any particular order:
1. Patsy Cline, "Wayward Wind"
2. Willy Nelson, "On the Road Again"
2. Bob Dylan, "It Ain't Me Babe"
3. Steve Goodman, "City of New Orleans"
4. Gord Lightfoot, "Early Morning Rain"
Plus:
For counterpoint, Marianne Faithful's "Ballad of Lucy Jordan"
Plus:
Not so roady (except implicitly), but to my mind the archetypal Canadian song - - Ian and Sylvia's "Summer Wages"
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MichaelS1
No music is really conducive to rolling in a car except for hardcore rap music. Rock just does not flow with the rhythm and tempo of driving at all, the beat is out of sync with the sounds and actions of the engine, transmission, steering wheel, and gear shifter.
If I had a Ferrari for the weekend, and was desperately in need of some tunes while driving it, I would have the following five songs for sure:
1. Rich Ni**a - 50 cent
2. Fame - DMX (best in a 500bhp foreign car doing 300+ km/h with the top down after midnight on a steamy summer night)
3. Picture Me Rollin' - Tupac
4. Wipe me down - Lil Boosie (best in a candy coloured domestic car with 22 inch rims)
5. Stuntin' Like My Daddy - Birdman ft. Lil Wayne (again best doing 300+ km/h in a half - million dollar car)
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tschrecker
In no particular order:
Golden Earring's Radar Love
Neville Brothers' Yellow Moon
Anything by Barbara Dennerlein on the Hammond B3
Sibelius' "Karelia Suite"
Charlie Haden and Kenny Barron's "Night and the City" album (for those late, brooding nights when 160 km/h seems like a crawl)
... although Dr. G has a point about "Wayward Wind" and "Lucy Jordan"
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mikev3
soul sacrifice...Santana..from Woodstock Live
6 days on the road...Dave Dudley
Hot Rod Lincoln...the original
watch tower...Hendicks
anything by Joplin and the holding company.
Ya I'm that old!
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Ilya_Kuryakin
I Left my Heart in San Francisco - Tony Bennett
Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin
Get Together - The Youngbloods
San Francisco - Scott Mckenzie
Faster Drivin !
Give me love Cerrone
Block rockin beats Chemical Brothers
Dyer Maker Led Zeppelin
Kung Fu fighting Carl Douglas
Black Dog Led Zeppelin
Highway Star Deep Purple (Machine Head)
Roundabout Yes
China Grove Doobie Brothers
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Stephen777
1. CSNY - So Far
2. Any five or more songs by the Ramones (but not played in a row)
3. River deep mountain high (Erasure and Turner, no Celine)
4. Clash - London Calling
5. Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (need to loudly sing along )
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Pearl Nance
Paradise by the Dashboard Light - Meatloaf
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
Out on the Weekend - Neil Young
Carefree Highway - Gordon Lightfoot
New World Symphony - Dvorak
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Merkin
1. Radar Love
2. Highway to Hell
3. Rock and Roll Led Zeppelin
4. Burnadet
5. Roundabout
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MRichards
Highway Star - Deep Purple
Space Trucking - Deep Purple (actually, the entire Machine Head album!)
Rock and Roll - Led Zeppelin
Radar Love - Golden Earring
Going Mobile - The Who
Roadhouse Blues - The Doors
Detroit Rock City - Kiss
China Grove - Doobie Brothers
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owl905
Summertime Blues (The Who, Live at Leeds)
Fun, Fun, Fun (The Van Morrison with Status Quo, 2004)
Hot Rod Heart (John Foggerty, Premonition)
Back in the USSR (The Beatles, The White Album)
Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones, Hot Rocks)
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bacteriophage
That Hypnotizin' Boogie - David Wilcox
Good Times - INXS & Jimmie Barnes
I Gotta Woman - Toots and the Maytals
There's Gonna Be Some Rockin - AC/DC
Man's Gotta be a Stone - Colin James
and if the road's too long
Get What You Deserve - Derek Trucks Band
One Way Out - Allman Brothers
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Jordon
Lots of excellent selections, however
Number one with a bullet*
Willin Little Feat
Feet Don't Fail Me Now Little Feat
Pipeline Stevie Ray Vaughn
Three Little Birds Bob Marley
If Music could talk The Clash
Try them on for size see which one fits
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Troyboy1971
Tom Sawyer - Rush
Blue Collar - BTO
Heavy Music - Bob Seger
In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry
Moonlight Feels Right - Starbuck
Andre Gagnon - WOW!
Eighteen - Alice Cooper
*Had To Add a few Cancon tunes in that list
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cityprole
The soundtrack from "The Harder They Come" - driving, pulsing roots raggae
Anything by the Pogues
Glenn Glould - Goldberg Variations (the early one)
Ricky Lee Jones - "Danny's Allstar Joint"
John Fogerty - Centerfield
Oh, and I forgot one of my classics - Copperhead Road - Steve Earle..Magic!
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mb3
A family favourite is an old CBC radio recording of Billy Bishop Goes to war. A great combination of music and humour by Eric Peterson and John Grey that makes the miles fly by....
I find it hilarious that this post received 5 thumbs down (as of my reading it)...even in something as innocuous as personal taste and preference, some people appear to want to politicize things....get a life folks
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child of the north
Love highway driving to 'Animals' by Pink Floyd, although almost everything Floyd does is great to listen to whether driving or not.
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Medich
Gloria - Patti Smith
Girls Talk - Dave Edmunds
Nothing But a Heartache - The Flirtations
You - Candlebox
In The End - Linkin Park
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Elmo Lincoln
I Can't Explain - The Who
My Generation - The Who
I Can See for Miles - The Who
Magic Bus - The Who
5:15 - The Who
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OKnow
Fun Fun Fun - the Van Morrison
Brian Wilson taps into the essence of the road.
Highway To Hell - AC/DC
Because that's usually where I'm off to.
Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf
Captures the road spirit of 'anything can happen'.
Statesboro Blues - Allman Brothers Live Fillmore E.
The song's rolling movement jibes with car motion.
I Wanna Be Sedated - the Ramones
Fun music and a fun car ride - that's livin'!
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DRG - rant
Always missing from the list, but my favourite:
Driver's Seat by Sniff and the Teardrops
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buck61
1. Drive, She Said - Stan Ridgeway
2. Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo
3. Shopping for Blood - Franz Ferdinand
4. Magic Bus - The Who
5. Radar Love - Golden Earring
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Andanotherthing
On the Road Again, Canned Heat (Please no Willie Nelson! Please! no!)
Bonnie Raitt singing Home
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Wendy Middleton
I was just driving to Corner Brook, Newfoundland on the weekend when "China Grove" by the Doobie Brothers came up on my iPod. Great road song.
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FD2
Golden Earring - Radar Love
The Beatles - Ticket to Ride
Led Zeppelin - Rock and Roll
Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
Creedence Cleawater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
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Jerome - 17
Take it Easy - The Eagles
It paints such a vivid picture ...
You May Be Right (I May Be Crazy) - Billy Joel
Rode my motorcycle in the rain ...
What Does It Take (to Win Your Love)
Jr. Walker & the All Stars
Unbelievable sax solo ...
Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce
reminds me of a trip to Florida with my young wife in '75
Movin' On - Hank Snow
Ok, I guess my age is showing ...
Honourable mention to "I've Been Everywhere"
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31cub31
Golden Earring: Twilight Zone
Doucet: Mama Let Him Play (Some Rock and Roll)
David Bowie: China Girl
Deep Purple: Highway Star
Mike and the Mechanics: All I Need Is A Miracle
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Cypher46
Ramble - Link Wray
O Carol - Chuck Berry
When the Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin
Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits
Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones
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QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKL
The Doors - Mr. Mojo risin
Tom Petty - Runnin' Down a Dream
Cars - Best Friend's girlfriend
Eric Clapton - pick one, any one - heck all of them!
Zeppelin - House of the Holy - the whole thing
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Allan Beveridge
Too many to pick from regardless of what your tastes are. And isn't it great that we have MP3 players so you can bring the whole collection along with you!
Where to start! Some of my favourties are:
Freeway Jam - Jeff Beck
Money for Nothing - Dire Straits
The Torture Never Stops - Frank Zappa
Thick as a Brick - Genesis
Voodoo Chile - Jimi Hendrix
Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent
Roundabout - Yes
When The Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin
If we are driving faster:)
Vicarious - Tool
Bad Motor Scooter - Montrose
if it's a quiet, peaceful drive I would say
Electric Rendezvous - Al Dimeola
Song of the Wind - Santana
Deacon Blues - Steely Dan
River of Tears - Eric Clapton
Thanks to everyone for sharing - I enjoyed reading everyone's thoughts on what they'd listen too.
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surfsup
Short fast drives are one thing - but as a prairie boy I'm more attuned to albums. So....
1) Springsteen - especially if you throw the bottles out the window
2) Dylan - white boy broken up blues
3) Miles Davis - God is on the horn
4) Elvis Costello - Driving alone - listen carefully to the Cole Porter of our screwed up times
5) Neil Young - What the hell is that wake up songs
6) Thelonius Monk - How did he think of that
7) Sly Stone - Coffee isn't doing it any more
8) Janis Joplin - Whoooo girl
9) Van Morrison - Astral Weeks with a woman, the rest for cynical days
10) The Rolling Stones - Always
3 days to the coast - 500 songs - add 50 singles - Sinatra bar songs, Sade love songs, piano pieces, maybe Fleetwood Mac "Black Magic Woman" just to break the rhythm, shuffle and drive.
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Mambo Bananapatch
Little Bones - - Tragically Hip
Don't Wake Daddy - - Tragically Hip
Girl's Got Rhythm - - AC/DC
Black Napkins - - Frank Zappa
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Not the Alliance
New Sensations - Lou Reed
Free Ride - Edgar Winter Group
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Time Loves a Hero - Little Feat
Of course a lot depends on when and where you're driving...
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nonpartisan mh
Tailspin - Jayhawks
Drivin' - Wailin Jennies
Sky Blue Sky - Wilco
Elevation - U2
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
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A. Commenter
I'm In Love With My Car - Queen
Can't Stop Lovin' You - Van Halen
The Love - Sammy Hagar
The Untouchable One - Tom Cochrane
Red Rain - Peter Gabriel
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stsman
Neil Young - No hidden Path
John Prine - Saddle in the rain
King Crimson - Moonchild/The Dream
Steve Earl - The Rain Came Down Live
Led Zeppelin - Going to California
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Alberto Bayo
Radar Love...Golden Earring
Autobahn.....Kraftwerk
Dick Dale....Ghostriders in the Sky
Allman Brothers...Midnight Rider
Jeff Beck....Freeway Jam
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DivaDirect
A Beautiful Morning (Rascals)
Soak Up the Sun (Sheryl Crow)
Perfect Day (Hoku)
Beautiful Day (U2)
Good Vibrations (Van Morrison)
Alright (Shiloh)
Sing A Song (Earth, Wind & Fire)
Beautiful (Christina Aguilera)
Walking on Sunshine (Aly & AJ)
Up Where We Belong (Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes)
Top of the World (Carpenters)
Simply The Best (Tina Turner)
It's A Miracle (Barry Manilow)
Shine (Tiffany Giardina)
Route 66 (The Four Freshmen (or Nat King Cole):
Theme from Route 66 (Nelson Riddle)
Up Around The Bend, Travelin' Band (CCR)
Grazing In The Grass (Hugh Masekela
Metal Firecracker (Lucinda Williams)
Jackson (Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood)
Everyday is a Winding Road (Sheryl Crow)
Baby Driver (Simon & Garfunkel)
Graceland (Paul Simon)
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loupotato
Copperhead Road, Steve Earle
Mercury Blues, David Lindley
Planet Claire, B52s
Electricity, Spiritulized
and of course the best road song of all time:
Radar Love, Golden Earring
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timbch
Album:
Radiohead - The Bends...as a previous person wrote, perfect for that late night vibe.
Green Day - American Idiot...long album that needs to be listened to in the order that it was designed, perfect for long journey, possibly best album ever...
Songs:
STP - Interstate Love Song
Offspring - Self - Esteem, at max volume
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goneskiing
Some great picks here, but I looked through most of them and, as far as I can tell, no one picked:
On the Road Again - Canned Heat
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Maxter
Red Barchetta - Rush
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Jo Slade
Call Me The Breeze - JJ Cale
Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody
End Of The Line - Traveling Wilburys
City of New Orleans - Willie Nelson
Highway Songs - Gordon Lightfoot
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8ndr
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
Never Let Me Down Again - Depeche Mode
Little Bones - Tragically Hip
Desire - U2
Love Beautiful Day but as a running song
Canol Road - Stan Rogers (when a road trip goes really bad)
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paddy oreilly
Mustang Sally - Wilson or Committments
Beds are Burning - Midnight Oil
Voodoo Thing - Colin James
Memphis in the Meantime - John Hiatt
Runnin Down a Dream - Tom Petty
Keep the Car Running - Arcade Fire
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BNMKT
"Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody"
If you like this you'll love
Rapid Roy the Stock Car Boy by Jim Croce
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J Alan Andrew
Beethoven's Ninth
Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto
Grieg's Piano Concerto
a potpourri of opera arias
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
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AnneC2
Just came back to say goodbye by Colin James!
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Just Might Be
Radar Love - Golden Earring
Magic Bus - The Who Live at Leeds
Melting Pot - Mellencamp
They Are So Tough - Mellencamp
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All Politicians are Crooks
Paradise by the Dashboard Lights. by Mr. M. Loaf
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Mal Content
1. Canadian Railroad trilogy - perfect for driving through the Rockies
2. Ride the Wind the Youngbloods - summertime across the Prairies
3. Four Strong Winds - Ian and Sylvia - for around the Lakehead
4. Un Candien Errant - Ian and Sylvia - for anywhere east of the Ont./ Que. border
5. I've Been Everywhere - Hank Snow - a natural?!
6. Livin' in the Country - Leo Kottke - if you poking around south western Ontario.
These are some of the songs I've enjoyed on my half dozen or so trips between B.C. and eastern Canada since 1964. I was often travelling alone and most of these were listened to on 4/8 track or cassette.
Am looking forward to doing the trip with my trusty iPod.
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Al Maki
Miles Davis "A Tribute to Jack Johnson"
Brahm's Symphonies
Gillian Welch's "Hell Among the Yearlings" album
"Feats Don't Fail Me Now"
Suzie LeBlanc singing anything
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DRG - rant
Certainly in the top ten: Driver's Seat by Sniff and the Tears. With the title and main chorus being 'Driver's Seat', and a great beat, how could it not be?
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rodionsturmoil
Daft Punk "Alive 2007" - the entire album. The songs run into one another. Great for driving or doing any other monotonous task.
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J - Mitty
1. Roll me Away - Bob Seger
2. This Afternoon - Nickelback
3. In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins
4. Flamenco - Tragically Hip
5. My Maria - Brooks & Dunn
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MEANMACHINE
Midnight Oil - Beds are burning
Black Sabbath - into the void
Ronnie james Dio - Holy diver
Whitesnake - Once bitten twice shy
Dr. hook - Cover of the rolling stone
Foreigner - Juke box hero
Grand funk railroad - Feeling alright
Jefferson starship - Jane
Poison - Unskinny bop
Supertramp - Give a little bit
Warrant - Uncle tom's cabin
Aldo nova - Fantasy
Black Sabbath - Heaven and hell
Deep purple - Highway star
Rolling Stones - Queen of the Nile
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Doug in North Van
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
Reno Bound - Southern Pacific
One Precious Love - Prairie Oyster
Little GTO - Ronnie & the Daytonas
Little Old Lady From Pasadena - Jan and Dean
... oh there are just so many. They don't have to be about cars, they just have to be loud with a strong beat and simple sing - a - long chorus (Barbara Ann, Canadian Sunrise ... on and on)
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Mike Snider, Globetech editor
So hard to pick 5
Thunder Road - Springsteen
Running on Empty - Jackson Browne
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Roadhouse Blues - The Doors
Don't Bring me Down - ELO
But if it were 10 I'd also include:
Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen
Highway Star - Deep Purple
American Pie - Don McLean
Baba O'Reilly - The Who
Your Love - Outfield
Honourable Mentions:
I Want your Love - Transvision Vamp
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH1Rs6LSvBs&feature=related)
Love Missile F1 qq - Sigue Sigue Sputnik
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkCJBwUYbGE
Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ88oTITMoM)
I'll Be Your Man - Black Keys
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZJLi0f0ZIA)
I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTAjCXQh_NQ&feature=related)
Heh, just kidding about the last one.
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John Spray
1) Bad to the Bone - Geo. Thorogood
2) Lied der Panzergrenadier (Choral)
3) L.A. Woman - The Doors
4) Dead Man's Curve
5) Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones
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GloriaR
Take it to the Limit - Eagles
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Fluvial Sediment
Actually, when I'm on a long road trip I play playlists of my favourite artists. There are many good songs, too many to choose.
My favorite albums:
Uncommon Ritual - Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Mike Marshall
Hymns of the 49th Parallel - k.d. lang
Underground Whispers - Alex DePue and Miguel De Hoyos
Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet - Abigail Washburn, Bela Fleck, Casey Driessen, Ben Sollee
Wildflowers - Tom Petty
But if I absolutely have to pick five songs or not get my picks tallied, here's the first five that come into my head:
Wildflowers - Tom Petty
Won't Back Down - Tom Petty
Uncommon Ritual - Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer,Mike Marshall
Black Magic Woman - as played by Alex DePue and Miguel De Hoyos
Piece of My Heart - Janis Joplin
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ohjoni
2 Weeks - Grizzly Bear
Trouble Child - Joni Mitchell
I Am Leaving - Blue Roses
Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) - Bob Dylan
Home - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes
I'm a horrible drive and would much rather be the passenger...this are the songs for looking out the front passenger window to.
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M Poland
Misty Mountain Hop - Led Zeppelin
Summer Wages - Ian Tyson
In the Early Morning Rain - Gord Lightfoot
Taking It Easy - the Eagles
Land of Shining Mountains - Ian Tyson
Honourable mentions: Radar Love; Born to Run; most anything by Van the Man; Black Dog; Night Flight by Nazareth; Annie Lennox's voice on anything; It's only Rock'n'Roll; The Wheel's Got Stuck by Corb Lund; Blue Rodeo; Margot Timmins' voice [oh, God]
and a day without Mozart is like a day without sunshine ....
Lord, you guys, so many excellent songs, so little road ...
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Elephant Rampage
Running Free - Iron Maiden
Welcome to the Jungle - Guns n Roses
Bad Habit - Offspring
Battery - Metallica
U Can't C Me - 2Pac
One Week - Barenaked Ladies
The Evil That Men Do - Iron Maiden
Overkill - Motorhead
No Brakes - Offspring
The Wash - Snoop Dog
B EZ - Capone N' Noriega
Paradise City - GNR
Nah Mean - Nas and Damian Marley
Heartbreaker - Zeppelin
Bullet with Butterfly Wings - Smashing Pumpkins
Everlong - Foo Fighters
Right Now - Van Halen
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youngbb
Runnin' Down a Dream - Tom Petty
Kings Highway - Tom Petty
Learning to Fly - Tom Petty
Leap of Faith - Springsteen
Roll Me Away - Bob Seger
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Hate the Nanny State
Don't know who wrote it but
"I don't care if it rains or freezes,
Long as I got my plastic Jesus,
Sittin' on the dashboard of my car"
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allengg
Bought the Trac for its 6 CD 400 watt stereo:
Drive to Mexico, listen to Jimmy Buffets
Why don we get drunk and screw.
right after:
Roxette's Joyride
and American Pie
Where is my 56 T-Bird ????
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ProudHamiltonian
La Grange - ZZ Top
East Down and Bound - Jerry Reed
Mas Tequila - Sammy Hagar
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Matilda the Hun
1. Red Barchetta - Rush. Still the reason I buy red cars with a manual transmission, even if what I've got now is a Honda Fit (snerk.)
2. Keep the Car Running - Arcade Fire. Infectiously exuberant
3. The whole of REM's Reckoning album. A favourite for road trips my last year of university.
4. Temptation - New Order. Just a song I can drive to.
5. Spirit of Radio - Rush. My traditional "hitting the 401" song for road trips.
Talking Heads' Road to Nowhere, B52s' Roam, a number of complete albums by Delerium, and a lot more Rush and New Order are also on my list.
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JtheM
Robert Plant - Big Log
Molly Hachet - Flirtin with Disaster
The Who - Goin Mobile
Pat Travers - Crash and Burn
Thomas Dolby - Armageddon off of Gate to the Minds Eye
Theres a lot of good Jazz to drive to as well. Just about all of Pat Methenys' Offramp album will do.
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kadynwoo
Golden Earring - Radar Love
Deep Purple - Highway Star
David Lindley - Mercury Blues
The Demics - New York City
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life
54 - 40 - Baby Ran
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
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Art Vandelay
Drivin' on 9 - The Breeders
Further Again - Staggered Crossing
A Car That Sped - Gene
Can't Get There From Here - REM
Driving South - The Stone Roses
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J. Henry
1) Blues Brothers Peter Gunn Theme
2) Booker T & the MGs Green Onions
3) Commander Cody Hot Rod Lincoln
4) Bruce Springsteen Cadillac Ranch
5) Allman Brothers Jessica
Bonus Tracks
6) The Doors Roadhouse Blues
7) John Hiatt Cadillac with Tennessee Plates
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JDAnderson
Try the soundtrack from Run Lola, Run.
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Bimmerluv
JUMP BACK.....TOUCH MYSELF.......HEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHH!!!....GOOD GOD!!
RIP James Brown
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pixelator
Most memorable moment for me in the car?
Driving along a quiet Southern Ontario road in the late 80s, in the middle of a torrential summer storm, and emanating from the car radio was The Doors' Riders On The Storm.
Classic. Haunting. Memorable.
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Mr. Green Jeans
The song that makes we want to crank up the volume (and the gas pedal) every time I hear it while driving down the highway is Dire Straits - Walk of Life. I'm sure if they played that song 30 time a day, I'd have multiple speeding tickets.
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Mel from Eckville
This is a perfect example of how most music critics assume everyone shares their preference for disco, new wave and punk.
Here's my alternative list, which will be ignored because I don't have the social networking skills to have Cheney's job:
1) Spirit of Radio - Rush
2) Black Masquerade - Rainbow
3) 1348 - Royal Hunt
4) Another Day - Dream Theater
5) The Kinslayer - Nightwish
6) I Speed at Night - Dio
7) Kingdom of a Heart - Sonata Arctica
8) Play Minstrel Play - Blackmore's Night
9) Stranger in a Strange Land - Iron Maiden
10) Out in the Cold - Judas Priest
Who are these guys? Exactly. The narrative of rock criticism is dominated by fans of Elvis Costello, Supertramp, Color Me Badd and Lou Reed.
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wayuphere
Willie Nelson singing "On the Road Again" is the first song I crank out as I pull out of the driveway for the 600 km of gravel road I travel, south to civilization, over each month or so.
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RexCandle
That line about "I'm a business, man; not a businessman" Is Jay - Z. But I'll forgive you... Not really though. Otherwise mediocre article. But hey, everyone has their own tastes. Just yours are laden with the tripe of what your parents said are classics.
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2smallcats
1. Ventura Highway - America
2. Atomic - Blondie
3. #9 Dream - John Lennon
4. Start Me Up - Rolling Stones
5. Get into the Groove/Holiday - Madonna (I am an 80s child!)
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Pifco
The hum of tires.
The wind flowing through open windows on a sunny, warm day.
A positive weather forecast, if and when I turn on the radio.
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sst
Fireball and highway star by Purple and stranglehold by the Nug!!!!!!!
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Darren McGee
Can't Get There From Here - R.E.M.
Middle of the Road - The Pretenders
Damn Right I've Got The Blues - Buddy Guy
Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights) - Pat Travers Band
This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide - The Kings
Out Of Work Musician - The Monks
Let It Rock - Kevin Rudolf
Light Up The Sky - Yellowcard
Cobrastyle - Teddybears STHLM
C'mon C'mon - The Von Bondies
Walkie Talkie Man - Steriogram
You're All I've Got Tonight - The Cars
Four Wheel Drive - Bachman - Turner Overdrive
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - George Thorogood
Johnny B. Goode - Peter Tosh version
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Coasting West
pcheney re your trans - Canada trip, when traveling west after the prairies consider the more scenic and adventurous Crows Nest Highway instead of the mundane and gotta get there fast Hwy 1/Coquihalla route. Also most flatlanders ride the brakes through the mountains and by the time they reach the coast it's time for a brake job. Remember the gears are your friend.
A trip across the country wont always be pedal to the metal so here is an all Canadian lineup of songs for the more reflective kilometres.
St. Lawrence - David Usher
Lotta Love To Give - Daniel Lanois
Sundown - Elwood (Gordon Lightfoot cover)
This Flight Tonight - Sara Craig (Joni Mitchell cover)
Everybody Wants To Be Like You - Snow
Subdivisions - Rush
Grace, Too - Tragically Hip
Long May You Run - Neil Young
Carrie - Joni Mitchell
Blue Collar - BTO
Running Back to Saskatoon - The Guess Who
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Jimbo5
Nice! I've still got that Spice Girls poster up in my bedroom. They'll have to bury it with me.
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Ranger Gord
East Bound and Down - Jerry Reed
Radar Love - Golden Earring
Foggy Mountain Breakdown - Flatt & Scruggs
Heads Carolina, Tails California - Jo Dee Messina
Take It Easy; Already Gone, All Night Long - The Eagles
Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
Baby Ride Easy - Carlene Carter
Eighteen Wheels - Norton Buffalo
La Grange - ZZ Top
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rara
Drove to Hunsville listening to the Sound of Music soundtrack once (bit of a long story as to why I had it in the first place). I highly recommend it when you're driving by yourself!
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Ste11a
Nothing beats a good road trip!
Here's a mix of some old school picks...
The Beatles - - Places I Remember, So Happy Together, I Want to Hold Your Hand
AC/DC - - Shook Me All Night Long, Highway to Hell, Back in Black
Bon Jovi - - Shot Through the Heart, Runaway, Living On a Prayer
Michael Jackson - - Billy Jean, Beat It
Elvis - - Suspicious Minds, Heartbreak Hotel, Hound Dog, Jailhouse Rock, Always on My Mind, Can't Help Falling in Love...
Kenny Loggins - - Highway to the Danger Zone
Bryan Adams - - Summer of '69
Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs - - Stay
Everly Brothers - - All I Have To Do Is Dream
Eddie Cochran - - Summertime Blues
Kansas - - Dust in the Wind
Neil Young - - Heart of Gold, Long May You Run
Journey - - Just Died in Your Arms Tonight, Don't Stop Believin'
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Allan Ross
Sausalito Summer Nights by Diesel - always at the top of my list for driving songs.
Northwest Passage by Stan Rogers - no long distance drive in Canada should be without it.
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Demanding Better
Don't know how to narrow it down to 5 -
I'm gonna just stop at the G's:
America - Ventura Highway
Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem
Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music
BTO - Let it Ride, Roll On Down The Highway, You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
Blues Brothers - Peter Gunn Theme
Bob Seger - Old Time Rock and Roll
Boney M - Rasputin
Bruce Springsteen - Cover Me, Dancing in the Dark
Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode
Deep Purple - Highway Star, Smoke on the Water
Derek & the Dominoes - Layla
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running
Eagles - The Long Run
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
Golden Earring - Radar Love, Twilight Zone
Grateful Dead - Truckin', Touch of Grey
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Windyshores
I have fond memories of my husband and I, stereoless at one point, driving down the road and singing/inventing as needed the lyrics to 'American Woman'. Over and over, always new ; - )
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JOE_M
Definitely not fahr'n fahr'n fahr'n auf der Autobahn
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Crimson The Red
Running On Empty...looking at road Rushing under my wheels... oh ya.
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Centurion_J
God Bless the CRTC!
Gary and Dave.. Could You Ever Love Me Again
Anne Murray - Talk it over in the Morning
Edward Bear - Fly Across the Sea
Stampeders - Carry Me
Skylark - Wildflower
LightHouse - One Fine Morning
Gino Vannelli - Wheels of Life
Saga - Wind Him Up
Oscar Peterson - Night Train
Stompin Tom - Big Joe Mufferaw
Happy Travels
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Rene Roy
Always The Sun - The Stranglers
Counterpoint - Delphic
Oblivion - Wintersleep
Sara - Fleetwood Mac
Open Up - Leftfield
Born Slippy - Underworld
Running On Empty - Jackson Browne
Ventura Highway - America
Take It Easy - The Eagles
Last American Exit - The Tragically Hip
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Able Bodied Man
FREEWAY JAM by Jeff Beck cranked
T O T H E T O P in my Dad's Dodge van.
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Frankie goes to Shanghai
BBE 7 Days and One Week ......while driving home after a rave and coming down off E.
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Essieme
Great suggestions..
Some of mine:
Graceland - Paul Simon
Vacation - The Go-go's
Go West - Pet Shop Boys
Lucinda Williams - Jackson (I've played her Car Wheels on a Gravel Road many times in the car)
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
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jason rohlig
The Cult - the whole Love album
Dire Straights - money for nothing
Flock of Seagulls - I ran
ZZ Top - everything from the 80's
Nirvana - the whole nevermind album
Rage Against the Machine - Everything
AC DC - Back to Black
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Petit Prince
Here are some highlights from my 2010 Road Trip playlist:
Terrifying - The Rolling Stones
Give a Little Bit - Supertramp
Mrs. Robinson; America - Simon & Garfunkel
38 Years Old - The Tragically Hip
Grey Street (Live) - Dave Matthews Band
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GK Cheese
If on Highway One California, 2,000 Light Years From Home by Mick and friends.
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GK Cheese
The Wanderer - Johnny Cash for night driving.
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kcramone
just about any song by any of these bands:
Dead Boys
Johnny Thunders
Social Distortion
Willy (Mink) DeVille
RAMONES
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egdusa
What? No Rush?
I always kinda liked '2112' when I was out and about in the desert.
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mcscotty
I always liked ZZ Top when I had a big bad V8. If your picking Rush songs it's gotta be Red Barchetta.
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GinsuGirl
I hate long drives, but did always enjoy listening to light electronica like Royksopp or Lemonjelly while winding through the Allegheny mountains (NY state, south of lake Erie) in the dark, the only car on the road.
For daytime trips, I like movie soundtracks. "Trainspotting" "24 Hour Party People" and "Grosse Pointe Blank" are good ones.
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Blue Noser1
Best Road Song .... Radar Love ..Golden Earring....
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mjf BC
Brahms Trio #1 (Rubinstein, Szeryng and Fournier) driving down the Icefields Parkway from Jasper to Banff a few years ago, late winter, snow and ice everywhere.
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The Duffer
Ramblin' Man - Allman Brothers
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dirtyduck
some good ones
1. L.A Woman - The Doors
2. Detroit Boogie - Savoy Browne
3. 100th Meridian - Tragically Hip
4. Radar Love - Golden Earring
and for slower speeds
1. 29 Palms - Robert Plant
2. Boys of Summer - Don Henley
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L_Bishop
I can't believe that "Life is a Highway" by Tom Cochrane has not been mentioned.
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Chocofiend
Where do I start?
When I'm bored on the 401 doing the 500 km drive between Montreal and cottage country, and need a blast of adrenaline: Led Zeppelin (anything), Stevie Wonder, Abba, the Sugar Cubes, the Pretenders, Blondie, Luscious Jackson. For something more acoustic or bluesy: Crash Vegas, Clapton/Nirvana/10,000 Maniacs Unplugged. For that perfect southern Ontario moment, coming round a long bend and up the hill on some random county road from Elora to Waterloo, just as the sun is setting, it's the swooning fiddle solo in the middle of The Breeder's Driving on 9. Perfection.
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GJD55
What about some Meatloaf?
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GDeveaux
2 suggestions:
Tom Cochrane's "Victory Day" album, in my mind, is much better than "Life is a Highway" and great driving music.
and, in a more specialized category, anything by Celine Dion would be suitable for driving off a cliff!
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JayD77
+1 Riders on the Storm and L.A. Woman
Bohemian Like You - The Dandy Warhols
Every Me and Every You - Placebo
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prrytm
How about "Another one bites the dust".
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OCNCTY
Mogwai's The Sun Smells Too Loud off of The Hawk is Howling gets my vote.
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Geomax
Your "business" line is not Kanye West. That is Jay-Z spittin fire on a Kanye track.
But full marks for effort, I am certain your son would be proud regardless.
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WakefieldT
LA Woman - The Doors is a good pick up the pace tune.
Far Away Eyes - The Rolling Stones is still my all - time late night driving tune.
So many others, pretty well the whole Who's Next album, lots of good Tom Petty drivin' tunes, Tragically Hip's New Orleans is sinking comes to mind as well as Rockpile, Pretenders, Jeff Beck,,, and for mellow days Morcheba, JJ Cale, Sheryl Crow...
Currently I have Robert Plant and Alison Krauss in the car.
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MRichards
Highway Star - Deep Purple
Space Trucking - Deep Purple (actually, the entire Machine Head album)
Rock and Roll - Led Zeppelin
Radar Love - Golden Earring
Going Mobile - The Who
China Grove - Doobie Brothers
Detroit Rock City - Kiss
Roadhouse Blues - The Doors
BahamaJoe
Here are some driving songs that work for me at least:
Radar Love - Golden Earring
I Feel Free - Cream
Statesborough Blues - Allman Bros.
Can't You Hear Me Knocking - Stones
Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody
Drive Safely People
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DRG - rant
Driver's Seat by Sniff and the Teardrops
The title says it all.
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Andanotherthing
Canned Heat!
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New World
There's so many good songs depending on my mood.
When I'm stuck in bumper to bumper traffic and I wanna keep myself pacified lest I get road raged, I crank up the Bob Marley. There's nothing more chilling on the road than having my sunroof open and blasting "Is this Love" or "Three Little Birds".
When the roads are open and I'm allowed a little more slack with regards to speed, I augment my passion for performance driving with a bit heavier music like "Sabotage - Beastie Boys" or Rage Against the Machine songs.
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Der Bingle
she's a brick house!
just runnin down the road tryin to loosen my load, I got seven women on my mind - four that want to own me, three that want to stone me, and one says she's a friend a of mine......
who hasn't been there?
or
Looking out at the road Rushing under my wheels
Looking back at the years gone by like so many summer fields
In sixty - five I was seventeen and running up one - o - one
I don't know where I'm running now, I'm just running on
Take it easy, take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own wheels
Drive you crazy
Lighten up while you still can
Don't even try to understand
Just find a place to make your stand
And take it easy
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sst
speedking - deep purple, lights out - ufo, slow ride - foghat,......
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A -
Wow, Mr. Cheney has great taste in music - pleasantly surprised by his "soul music" choices (I'm assuming he's a white dude).
I did a 14 hour drive (straight) from New Brunswick to Toronto. Listened to all of the music he mentioned plus Motown, Van Halen & great R&B/rap and rock tunes from the 70s - 90s. Nothing beats listening to music on the road :)
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J_Smith2
There's dozens of tracks I can think of as great driving songs but two stick out to me.
Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones
Panama - Van Halen
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dave ross
Sometimes it's whatever hits your mood when you're driving. I did a Toronto to Charlottetown and back jaunt with the kids that included Supremes, Pink Floyd, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Smiths and Elvis Costello.
Some fantastic highway cruising songs, to my mind, are:
David Bowie - I Took a Ride in a Gemini Space Craft
Little Feat - Dixie Chicken
Jane Siberry - The Sky is so Blue
Steve Miller - Living in the USA
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
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Der Bingle
Take it easy, take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own wheels
Drive you crazy
Lighten up while you still can
Don't even try to understand
Just find a place to make your stand
And take it easy
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BillR99
Scatterbrain by Jeff Beck. Its "Route 66" music for those who remember Route 66 which was the ultimate driving TV show.
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pixelator
Now that it has been released, I think I could take a long drive with Drake's new album for a first listen.
(This is probably the first mention of current music, rather than digging back to the 70s and 80s. It's not always good to live in the past.)