Since we're posting videos...

Smashing Pumpkins - Siva (My MINI's namesake)


Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight (30 string orchestra... gotta love it)


B52s - Love Shack (Since we have to have romance in the MINIs, why not...)


Weird Al - White and Nerdy (I love blasting this while motoring )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xEzGIuY7kw

 

You might want to try these out for driving:

Genesis - Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (or any earlier albums)
King Crimson - Red
King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black
Supergrass
Flaming Lips
Henry Cow
Naked City
Secret Chiefs 3
Samla Mammas Manna
Bo Hansson - Magicians Hat
Tomita - Snowflakes Are Dancing

 

if i'm in the mood for agressive hi speed driving, then nothing beats "Gone in 60 seconds" by the chemical brothers!

 

My iPod playlists for driving:
Wallflowers
Petty
The Killers
Jimmy Eat World
John Mayer
John Fogerty
Zepplin

 

My top 5 in the Mini:

Wild Wild Life - Talking Heads
Story of my Life - Social Distortion
Someday I Suppose - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
China Grove - The Doobie Brothers
Rockin in the Free World - Neil Young

 

Wow, I've got some new music to try for this coming weekends travels. YAY

Some of my favs that are in the car now:

Daft Punk - All of Discovery esp Veridis Quo, Aerodynamite off one of their other albums

QOTSA - Go With The Flow

Republica - Ready to Go

Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride (first song I listened to in the car)

Cake - Satan is My Motor

Chevelle - I Get It

Beastie Boys - Intergalactic

Elastica - Blue

Black Cherry - Strict Machine

Gorillaz - Dare

Gypsy Kings - Hotel California (from The Big Lebowski sndtk)

Korn - coming Undone

And soooo much more.

 

Any Who disc. Especially:

The Who: "Eminence Front" for cool night-time driving
The Who: "Baba O'Reilly", "Wont Get Fooled Again", "Who Are you", Whole Quadraphenia CD for zooming about town.
The Who: "Tommy" CD for road trip sing alongs
The Who: "Goin' Mobile" when starting a road trip
Roger Daltrey: "Free Me", "After the Fire"
Pete Townshend: Any disc
Old Genesis: Before Phil Collins went pop.
Jethro Tull
Kansas

[Can you tell I'm a big Who fan?]

 

White Zombie "Super Charger Heaven"

I like to play this one when I'm running from the cops...

 

Great selections.. but where's Sammy Hagar?? "I can't drive 55"

 

Nickelback - Animals; next contestant; saturday night
Disturbed - the game; liberate; criminal; psycho
Breaking Benjamin - breakdown; blow me away
Drowning Pool - Step up
Linkin Park - Faint; papercut
Foghat - slow ride
Rolling stones - start me up
ZZ Top - cheap sunglasses
War - low rider

 

Ok, I have been WAITING to share a new discovery with someone, and this seems like the perfect place.

Ready?

Girl Talk.

New album released in 2008, Feed The Animals. This is AMAZING MUSIC. Girl Talk, aka Greg Gillis, is a "mashup" DJ, sampling 30-40 modern pop songs per track, creating something entirely new. It really is a fresh sound, even if you don't listen to the radio/pop music (like me). This music does two things: 1) keeps you on your toes listening/trying to recognize the next sample, and 2) makes you want to DANCE. Check out the link above, you can download the album for free (name your price sort of thing, like Radiohead). It is SO GOOD.

 

Kanako Wada (JPOP)
Jazz

 

wow! wat a thread.
-guns n roses - sweet child of mine
-tom petty - free fallin
-hootie and the blowfish - only wanna be with you
-red hot chili peppers - desecration smile / universally speaking
-craig mack - flava in ya ear!
-REM - losing my religion

 

Motoring tunes (from the playlist on my iPhone).

All Summer Long - Kid Rock
Returner (yami no shuen) - Gackt
Paranoid Android - Radiohead
15 Step - Radiohead
Like This - The X-Ecutioners
Dive For You - Boom Boom Satellites
Ob La Di, Ob La Da - The Beatles
Revolution #1 - The Beatles
Living Dead Girl - Rob Zombie
Dragula - Rob Zombie (mix from The Matrix soundtrack)
Feel Good Inc - Gorillaz
Also includes the entire album "Dig Your Own Hole" by The Chemical Brothers

I really dig Boom Boom Satellites and it's one of Viola's favorite motoring tunes, so here's the link to the vid for "Dive For You" on youtube. If you've seen Appleseed, then this song should be familiar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQfL2wKF_I4

 

#1 I'm Blue -- 5678's
#2 Roadman -- Smashmouth

 

+1 for the Chili Peppers

One of the greatest bands of all time!!! Got all their albums loaded in the ipod.

8th row @ Bank Atlantic Center last January and suprisingly they did not play under the bridge. Thats ok they still rocked it!!!

 

I don't listen to music anymore the noise from the turbo sucking air into the engine is all I need.

 

You think thats sweet, you should hear the super charger through a CAI!!!
to add, I agree. Ive never listened to the radio so little in a car. nor do I use the AC unless its over 100!
I just love the sound this little car makes! Good Fun!

 

Hotel Song - Regina Spektor
Word Up! - Korn (cover)
Come on, Eileen - Dexi's Midnight Runners
Soul to Squeeze - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Hey! Hey! What Can I Do - Led Zepplin
H. - Tool
Fell In Love with a Girl - White Stripes
Boys of Summer - Don Henley
Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots
So Alive - Love & Rockets

There is so much more.

 

Wow,

Looks like a lot of "alternative" music is being listened to in MINIs. I would have never guessed, I would have thought that most owners rock out to... top 40 stuff...

Seriously though, I enjoy good spirited music, and many BPS... but...

There is nothing like listening to really slow music, whilst driving very fast:

Central Park West: John Coltrane
My Favorite Things: John Coltrane
Eyes of the World: Grateful Dead
HC Sunshine: Grateful Dead
Any Leonard Cohen
Any Tom Waits
Any Steely Dan (faster, but bada*ss)

Somehow, even when breaking the laws of physics, listening to some smooth, mellow jazz... slows down the world (and road) around you, and lets you drive like magic...

I dare anyone to try it and say otherwise...

 

Castanets-Alejandro Escovedo
Mojo Box- Southern Culture On The Skids

 

This thread is getting dangerous; I just spent two bottles worth of Hydro in iTunes.

 

You mean "Leave Home" by the Chemical Brothers?

 

no, gone in 60 seconds. with chemical bros. and chrystal method

 

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