I was wondering- What is your favorite music for the road?

 

The Ramones, The Strokes, Roy Orbison, Elvis, Weezer, some AFI, Tiger Army and various other music but these are my main road trip tunes.

 

I grew up in the Detroit area, so Motown in general is always a hit with me, but here are some particulars besides Motown, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band, and rock:

Smokey Robinson- Cruisin' Together
Springsteen- Racing in the streets
Mighty Mighty Bosstones- Jackknife to a Swan album.
The Clash, Jack Johnson, Paul Simon's "Graceland", The Reverend Horton Heat, Weezer.

I have a lot of hip hop, but nothing that sticks out to me as a road trip song.

I sound old, i'm only 22 I swear

 

Stay'in Alive - BeeGees
Takin" Care of Business - BTO
Fight for Your Right to Party - Beastie Boys
Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody
Policy of Truth - Depeche Mode
Enjoy the Silence - Depeche Mode
Drivin' My Life Away - Eddie Rabbit
How'Bout You - Eric Church
I'm Walkin' - Fats Domino
Paradise City - G&R
MMMBop - Hanson
Rock 'n Roll All Nite - Kiss
Rockstar - Nickelback
Start Me Up - Rolling Stones
I Can't Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar
Rock You Like a Hurricane - Scorpions
Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
867-5309 / Jenny - Tommy Tutone
Panama - Van Halen
Ah! Leah! - Donnie Iris
Bang a Gong - T. Rex
Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice
Miami Vice Theme - Jam Hammer
Little Deuce Coupe - Beach Boys
After Midnight - Patsy Kline (My mom is a huge fan, stuck with me after car trips as a kid)
Ventura Highway - America
We Didn't Start the Fire - Billy Joel
Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
Twice as Hard - Black Crows
Peace of Mind - Boston
All Right Now - Free
Sweet Child O' Mine - G&R
All My Friends Say - Luke Bryan
3AM - Matchbox20

added later

 

Outstanding list!
Add: Radar Love - Golden Earring

 

Tom Petty- Wildflowers
Prodigy
Nine Inch Nails
System of a Down
Louie Devito
ZZ Top
Led Zeppelin

 

Start with MC5, and go from there.

(Talk about timing -- I just went through this)

 

The Crystal Method (Makes me feel like I'm in Need for Speed video game)

 

My taste in music changes daily with my moods and weather, so I would carry different cd's for different occasions every time I left the house.
But as of week ago I installed a MINI OEM IPod connector and now I have an 80gb IPod that has over several thousand songs on it with room for more than I can ever imagine having.
So as far as my favorite driving music goes, it is a little bit of everything.

• A-Ha
• Aerosmith
• Alan Jackson
• Apollo Four Fourty
• April Wine
• Asia
• BTO
• The Barefoot Man
• Barenaked Ladies
• Blur
• The Cardigans
• Deep Blue Something

Oh well you get my drift...

 

I thought I was the only one thats heard of Donnie Iris.
I'll add these others as favorites from Donnie Iris - My Girl, GLORIA, Love is like a rock.

 

Roll With the Changes - REO Speedwagon
Let It Roll - Little Feat
Code of the Road - Nils Lofgren
The Road Goes On Forever - Joe Ely
What Is Hip? - Tower of Power
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Age has a huge factor in my list, I'm 32. Most of my list is Mini Cooper S driving mix only. Can't listen to MMMBop in the MiniVan...just doesn't work. :D

Radar Love...one I forgot. A few others I forgot

Little Deuce Coupe - Beach Boys
After Midnight - Patsy Kline (My mom is a huge fan, stuck with me after car trips as a kid)
Ventura Highway - America
We Didn't Start the Fire - Billy Joel
Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
Twice as Hard - Black Crows
Peace of Mind - Boston
All Right Now - Free
Sweet Child O' Mine - G&R
All My Friends Say - Luke Bryan
3AM - Matchbox20

 

Take It Off - The Donnas
Chick Magnet - mxpx
Finding Out True Love is Blind - Louis XIV
Honey White - Morphine
I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys
Misery Business - Paramore
Rehab - Amy Winehouse
Sugar, We're Going Down - Fall Out Boy
Shut Up and Drive - Rihanna
Bandages - Hot Hot Heat
The entire AC/DC Live CD

 

Paul Oakenfold - Ready Steady Go
Long Road to Ruin - Foo Fighters
For Those About to Rock - AC/DC
Back in the Saddle - Aerosmith
Jerry was a Race Car Driver - Primus
Cochise - Audioslave
Killin in the Name Of - Rage Against the Machine
Sure Shot - Beastie Boys
Do You Right - 311
Happy Jack - The Who
Cantaloop - Us3
Eruption/You Really Got Me - Van Halen
Elevation - U2
Wicked Garden - Stone Temple Pilots
Crazy - Seal
Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones
Go with the Flow - Queens of the Stone Age
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Smack my Bltch Up - Prodigy
Ladies and Gentlmen - Saliva
On the Run - Pink Floyd
Communication Breakdown - Led Zeppelin
Name of the Game - Crystal Method (anything by them actually!!)
Song2 - Blur
My Own Summer (Shove It) - Deftones
What's My Name - DMX
Roadhouse Blues - The Doors
Open Road Song - Eve6
El Distoro de Melodica - Everclear
Weapon of Choice - Fatboy Slim

I should probably stop cause I could do this all day!!

 

Thanks for reminding me about MC5. They're great!

Recommended Iggy Pop

 

A great list going so far. I think we have the beginning of a "Greatest Road Trip Hits" CD set. I do have a few additions:

CD- "The Joshua Tree" by U2
Song- "Everyday Is A Winding Road" by Sheryl Crow (A mountain driving must have)

 

Windfall - Son Volt
The Way - Fastball
7th Avenue - Big Rude Jake
Diamonds on my Windshield - Tom Waits
Let's Live it Up - Brian Setzer Orchestra
Belleville Rendez-Vous - Ben Charest

every road trip starts with one of the above...

 

Violent Femmes self-titled album. Blister in the Sun!

 

+1 I agree, none of my road trips are complete without that song!

Some other road trip favs of mine are:

Get Up (I feel like being a sex machine) - James Brown
Such Great Heights - Postal Service

 

Excerpts from our hastily assembled, 98 song drive home after delivery playlist:

Free Fallin' - Tom Petty
All Right Now - Free
Born to Run - -Bruce Springsteen
Heartbreaker - Pat Benatar
You're So Square - Buddy Holly
This Time It's Real - Tower of Power
Maria - Blondie
Got My Mind Set On You- George Harrison
Panama - Van Halen
Cowboys to Girls - The Intruders
Got to Get You into My Life - Earth, Wind, and Fire version
Back in Black - AC/DC
Me & Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
Barracuda - Heart
Everything's Coming Our Way - Santana
Three Good Reasons - Dwight Yoakum
Drive My Car - The Beatles
Piece of My Heart - Erma Franklin
Ventura Highway - America
Crush With Eyeliner - R.E.M.
Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band
She's Got Everything - The Kinks
Luz Verde - Luis Miguel
I've Been Everywhere - Johnny Cash
My Best Friend's Girl - The Cars
Wild Night - Van Morrison
Sugar Magnolia - The Grateful Dead
Beast of Burden - The Rolling Stones
The Thanks I Get - Wilco
No Hay Perdon - Go Betty Go
Crazy - Aerosmith
Don't Stop Me Now - Queen

PLUS: The entire Foo Fighters Catalog

 

Highway Star - Deep Purple
The Road Goes On Forever - Joe Ely
The Road is My Middle Name - Bonnie Raitt

 

i love it. everyone is showing their age.

 

1989 Free Fallin' - Tom Petty
1970 All Right Now - Free
1975 Born to Run - -Bruce Springsteen
1979 Heartbreaker - Pat Benatar
1958 You're So Square - Buddy Holly
1973 This Time It's Real - Tower of Power
1999 Maria - Blondie
1988 Got My Mind Set On You- George Harrison
1983 Panama - Van Halen
1968 Cowboys to Girls - The Intruders
1977 Got to Get You into My Life - Earth, Wind, and Fire version
1980 Back in Black - AC/DC
1971 Me & Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
1977 Barracuda - Heart
1971 Everything's Coming Our Way - Santana
2005 Three Good Reasons - Dwight Yoakum
1965 Drive My Car - The Beatles
1967 Piece of My Heart - Erma Franklin
1972 Ventura Highway - America
1994 Crush With Eyeliner - R.E.M.
1982 Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band
1972 She's Got Everything - The Kinks
1993 Luz Verde - Luis Miguel
1996 I've Been Everywhere - Johnny Cash
1978 My Best Friend's Girl - The Cars
1971 Wild Night - Van Morrison
1970 Sugar Magnolia - The Grateful Dead
1978 Beast of Burden - The Rolling Stones
2007 The Thanks I Get - Wilco
2005 No Hay Perdon - Go Betty Go
1994 Crazy - Aerosmith
1979 Don't Stop Me Now - Queen

PLUS: 1995 - 2008 The entire Foo Fighters Catalog

I was born in 1971. Gee, I had good taste in music when I was a baby.

Of course, the only reason I sat here and researched all this is because my aging body can barely move after a long week and a runaround Friday and Saturday.

I don't know if you are a young whippersnapper or a crotchety old man, 356mikel, but whatever the case...

HEY YOU KIDS! GET OUT OF MY YARD!

 

I created a special "driving" playlist. To many to name, here are a few...

Mother - Danzig
Prophecy - Remy Zero
Stayed awake all night - Krokus
Anything - Danzig
Song 2 - Blur
Flight of Icarus - Iron Maiden
Candy Everybody Wants - 10,000 maniacs
Only a Lad - Oingo Boingo
The Kill - 30 Seconds to Mars
Say Hello 2 Heaven - Temple of the Dog
Alive - P.O.D.

 

Anything by Pink Floyd. Anything.