I ended up getting lucky and heard this from the beginning to the end today. Freakin' sweet:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=eJJgM23gLh8

 

I'm getting older, but this playlist turns up more often than not:

California, Here I Come - Paul Martin
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Perfidia - The Ventures
Take on Me - a-ha
Sugar & Spice - The Searchers
Pipeline - The Ventures
Waterloo - ABBA
Next Door to an Angel - Neil Sedaka
Diana - Paul Anka
Glory of Love - Peter Cetera
Is This the Way to Amarillo? - Tony Christie
Take My Breath Away - Berlin
Walk, Don't Run - The Ventures
Spiderman - Michael Bublé
Everlasting Love - Michael Ball
Hawaii Five-O - The Ventures
Somebody to Love - Queen
You're the Best Friend - Queen
Friends Will Be Friends - Queen
I Was Born to Love You - Queen
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith
Jet - Paul McCartney & Wings
Handle With Care - The Traveling Wilburys
Hold On Tight - Electric Light Orchestra

Only those Brits among us will know Tony Christie and Michael Ball.

 

My iPod has 3 options currently:

1: The Black Mages. (If only I could find my actual CDs...)
2: Various Beat-heavy songs. (Mainly for when the windows are down)
3: Smashing Pumpkins. All albums. Almost always selected.

I've also been listening to some Henry Rollins recently, but it's probably going to swing back to SP within the next week or two. :D

 

First thing played in my new Mini in April will most likely be...
"Shout" by Tears for Fears
"Don't Go" by Yazoo (or Yaz here in the US)
"Born to Run" by Springsteen

Something celtic , and maybe
"Winterborn" by the goth band The Cruxshadows
(Great song... would have been perfect for the movie "300")

 

I found a great driving CD. The band is called M.I.A.. I already tend to speed already, like most with a mini owners. But when I listen to it I go way to fast.

 

Mostly Smashing Pumpkins & the Beatles. And B-52's Butterbean (which my MINI is named after). I've got the new Foo Fighters CD in my player now. Nice loud motoring music to wake up in the morning.

 

I did the Dane Cook CD tonight.

 

I cant get into it as a cruising song, but wow! thats tallent!

personally, I hardly listen to my radio. i like the sound of the supercharger throught the CAI, and the pbgrbllblp pop grbllblplb pop between gear shifts

 

Beatles, Kinks, Led Zeppelin (Rock 'n Roll, When the Levee Breaks!, Kashmir...I could go on...) Rolling Stones
At night I really love some jazz (Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Wes Montgomery, etc).
Big Band/swing and Singers & standards - Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Nat king cole...
Radiohead.
The Hives, The Vines...

 

I am a big fan of Celtic music so if you climb in your likely to hear The Chieftans, Riverdance or that sort of stuff. What ever I listen to has got to have a heavy beat or strong melody to overcome the MINI's normal decibel level.

 

I can't believe 5 pages of posts and nobody has voted for Radar Love by Golden Earring. Best. Driving Song. Ever.

A few other close contenders....

Green Onions by Booker T and the MGs
Last Days of May by Blue Oyster Cult (the live version)
Freeway Jam by Jeff Beck & Jan Hammer
Stranglehold by Ted Nugent
He's Calling by Frank Marino

You just can't help but press the gas pedal....

 

These guys are from my home state and they really rock.
The singer is loaded with Joplin and the guitars sing out.
Great new band.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQXbf1i24C8