SubJeff on 12/4/2012 at 10:49
Added to driving list. Wonderful.
heywood on 12/4/2012 at 13:48
It's hard to top Eminence Front. I love that song. Who Are You isn't a bad driving song either.
A classic is Tom Cochrane's Life is a Highway.
Also try Modest Mouse - Trucker's Atlas, off the indie classic The Lonesome Crowded West.
For more spirited driving, I like:
Metallica - the black album, particularly Enter Sandman and Don't Tread on Me
Ministry - Jesus Built My Hot Rod
Oysterhead - Mr. Oysterhead
Infected Mushroom - the Vicious Delicious album
Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (among others)
Justice - Genisis & Let There be Light from Cross
Fatboy Slim - the whole You've Come a Long Way Baby album
Some other good driving songs that are on the more mellow side:
JJ Cale and Eric Claptop - Ride the River
Sheryl Crow - Every Day is a Winding Road
Shawn Colvin - Wichita Skyline
Talking Heads - lots of good ones: Lifetime Piling Up, Crosseyed and Painless, Popsicle, Burning Down the House, etc.
Phish - Contact, David Bowie
REM - South Central Rain, Rockville, Gardening at Night
Dave Matthews - Lie in Our Graves
Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
I also tend to listen to more oldies when in the car, and here's some I get into for driving:
The Clash - Clampdown, Rock the Casbah
Doors - Riders on the Storm
George Thorogood - Who do You Love
Eagles - Take it Easy
Golden Earring - Radar Love
REO Speedwagon - Time to Fly
Gentle Giant - Playing the Game
Allman Brothers - Jessica
Journey - Separate Ways
ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin
Zeppelin - Nobody's Fault But Mine
Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin
EDIT: I forgot to mention the Pretenders. I don't listen to them much except when driving but they have several songs which are among my road trip favorites: Don't Get Me Wrong, Brass in Pocket, Middle of the Road, Back on the Chain Gang, even My City Was Gone (though Rush has kind of spoiled that one).
Kuuso on 12/4/2012 at 14:16
Hokay,
driving music is an interesting subject that is surprisingly vast area of music. Since I live in Finland, it's a completely different thing to drive during the summer or the winter. Driving during the day and the night creates completely different settings as well. A considerable variable is also the lenght of drive - listening to whole albums is great, when you're driving! I have been the designated driver of our festival crew for all the years I've had license and I've driven to gigs around the country quite a lot on my own as well.
Day&Summer:FUNK! Forget metal and rock and all that shizzle, what you want during the summer is happy, ridiculous funk that makes the day shine even brighter. You can deduct the quality of music on how much your head bobs to it. The mellower tracks lend to themselves perfectly for slower cruising as well. Examples:
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This is the shit.
Winter&Night:I can honestly say that one of my most magical and lovely experiences has been driving long distances in the middle of the night in a snowstorm. Losing all sense of place and movement, because you can't see shit, is amazing. This also creates and ideal setting for something more profound:
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This just short of an hour worth of music composed of segments that flow seamlessly together. It is basically the best modern piece of classical music and lends itself amazingly to nightly drives. When it ends, you'll feel amazing.
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All kind of post-rock lends itself nicely for nightly drives, but Mono takes the cake for it's superb dynamic differences. It is easy to create a sense of foreboding apocalypse with this kind of stuff.
nickie on 13/4/2012 at 17:42
heywood's post put a smacker of a smile on my face. Such a long time since I've listened to JJ Cale, or Allman Brothers or Doobies or any of your mellow and oldies list. Not that long since the Pretenders. But you sent me scurrying to a box where I've got a load of tapes - I know I've got a tape player somewhere dammit. (Although I'm sure some of you don't know what tapes are. :))
I'm told I might be getting a car next week so with that thought in mind, I'm now doing some serious listening.
And sometimes I do like belting out an aria or two - with the windows closed, obviously.
heywood on 13/4/2012 at 23:29
Slow to start, but I like the rhythm. Thanks. This reminded me of another suggestion: My Disco - Cancer (album)
My Disco:
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Risquit on 20/4/2012 at 01:20
"Change Your Mind" by Neil Young off his Sleeps With Angels album (1994). 13 minutes long with just the right mix of instrumental interludes and Young's thoughts on addiction, perfect for after a day's work. Great song!
gigagooga on 19/7/2012 at 15:44
I just love to listen good music while driving (sometimes i even go for a spin just to listen music) and i've came up with quite good sets of music for difrent driving conditions.
all the music is basicly electronic.
-Highway, day
PrEmoEffect - Green Plums
Qemist - Speed Freak
Pendulum - Slam
F-777 - Viper 2
-Highway, night
DanceNation - Heavy rain
F-777 - Once More
MrMilkCarton - Deep blue
-City, day
F-777 - Viper
Dj Dela - Bleed
F-777 - New energy
-City, night
Skrillex - Rock'n'roll
DeadMau5 & Feed Me - Pixel cheese (skrillex remix)
AlBizzare - Rocking Style
-Dusty sand road, hot summer day
Awake - Extrasolar
Knifeparty - Ragevalley
Nk vs Ti - Amity
Dj Babokon - Take the Risk
Dj Triplestar - Summerbash
-Competitive situation with other driver?
Awake - Eternity
Dj Nate - Treat for Oscillators
Pendulum - Tarantula
Herve - Zombiedance
-chillout at parkinglot
Any of that "City, night"
-chillout alone (or with few friends) somewhere
MrMilkCarton - Discover
Etalo - Deep inside
Durn - Seasons
Soulero & F-777 - Last breath
Trancecrafter - Break free
-going to drive rally?
DaTweekaz - DNA (triplestar remix)
Gammer & Whizzkid - We Are the Vampires
Dougal & Gammer - Don't stop GO!
Infinite dimensions - Krater
ok, you should be fine with those, and remember, don't hesitate to turn volume to 100% ;D
