Road trip songs

[RagingInMiami]

This is not a copy cat, but a thread inspired by the "road songs" thread.
Three months ago, when I moved back from Arizona to Miami, I conducted a three-and-a-half week road trip that took me from Phoenix to Vegas, L.A., San Diego, Austin, New Orleans and through a hurricane-ravaged Florida back to my hometown.
I am a classic rock fan, but I found myself listening to a lot of Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Sr. and Willie Nelson.
My question is, what would you be listening to on a cross-country road trip?

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. 500 miles.

If you miss the train I'm on,
You will know that I am gone,
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
A hundred miles, a hundred miles,
A hundred miles, a hundred miles,
you can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

Lord, I'm one, Lord, I'm two, Lord,
I'm three, Lord, I'm four, Lord,
I'm five hundred miles a way from home.
Away from home, away from home,
Away from home, away from home,
Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home.
Not a shirt on my back,
Not a penny to my name.
Lord, I can't go back home this-a way.
This-a way, this-a way,
This-a way, this-a way,
Lord, I can't go back home this-a way.

If you miss the train I'm on,
You will know that I am gone,
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
A hundred miles, a hundred miles,
A hundred miles, a hundred miles,
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

[No Mandate Here.]

2. A family tradition says we start every trip with a UB40 tape

played rather loudly. This started when the kids were pretty small.

Now we go with Bob Marley, instead. Then...

Spirit (all four albums)
Grateful Dead bootlegs
Little Feat...

and any non commercial community or college radio stations we can find.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

3. Lots of Red Hot Chili Peppers...

<== The Violent Femmes
Tons of Sinatra
old Bee Gees (ballads, not disco)

[RagingInMiami]

5. I love Sinatra

I listened to a lot him during the road trip.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

7. Oddly, he's the one I have the most difficult time burning out on.

I will play an artist to death for weeks... and then not pick it up again for months. Not Frankie.

[RagingInMiami]

12. I agree

He's a classic. Funny thing is, I didn't appreciate him until he died. I was living in New Mexico and I would wake up every morning with the alarm radio to the morning news. On that particular morning, they didn't start off with the usual talk like they always did.
They started playing "It was a very good year", in which he starts off singing "when I was 17."
I was in the subconscious mentality between sleep and wakefulness and I became hooked. I went out that day and bought a few of his CDs.

[seafey]

4. Stuff passengers don't know the words to...

I do much better if I put Modest Mouse or Radiohead in so I don't have certain family members crooning out of tune to annoying oldies!

Of course if it's just me and my six year old, I put in Woodie Guthrie (songs for mother and child or something like that?) or U2 or whatever my child likes.

[HEyHEY]

6. There's soooo many

Bascially all of "More hot rocks"

Anything by gordon Lightfoot

Curious by Sandbox

Dancing with myself by billie idol

[Gnaeus]

8. I think I would listen to

the stooges

[thoughtanarchist]

9. Smashmouth & They Might Be giants

every road trip these disks end up with us...

[meganmonkey]

10. No sleep 'til Brooklyn

It started on a very specific road trip.

Generally, any decent quality Grateful Dead shows can keep me driving for 12 hours.

[mrbassman03]

18. Any GD shows in particular?

Looking to build a collection of live material...

[bbernardini]

11. Devo's "Greatest Hits" album...

A friend and I basically spent one summer in high school with this cassette on endless loop.

[NightTrain]

13. Some of my favorite "cruisin' down the freeway" songs....

409 - The Beach Boys
THE BALLAD OF THUNDER ROAD - Robert Mitchum
BUICK '59 - The Medallions
CRUISIN' - Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps*
DEAR DAD - Chuck Berry
DRAG CITY - Jan & Dean
DRAGGIN' - Curtis Gordon
18 MILES FROM MEMPHIS - The Stray Cats
G.T.O. - Ronny & The Daytonas
GO-GO G.T.O. - Carol & Cheryl
GREASED LIGHTNIN' - John Travolta (from the "Grease" soundtrack)
HEY LITTLE COBRA - The Rip Chords
HOT ROD LINCOLN - Johnny Bond
HOT ROD MAN - Tex Rubinowitz
I GET AROUND - The Beach Boys
I GOTTA NEW CAR - Big Boy Groves
LAST CHANCE TO TURN AROUND (a/k/a "Last Exit To Brooklyn") - Gene Pitney
LOVE SHACK - The B-52s
LOW RIDER - War
MAYBELLENE - Chuck Berry
MISERLOU - Dick Dale & The Del-Tones
MUSTANG SALLY - Wilson Pickett
NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO - Chuck Berry
ON THE ROAD AGAIN - Willie Nelson
ONE PIECE AT A TIME - Johnny Cash
PINK THUNDERBIRD - Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps
PNTIAC BLUES - Sonny Boy Williamson
RADAR LOVE - Golden Earring
RAMBLIN' MAN - The Allman Brothers Band
RIDE ON JOSEPHINE - George Thorogood
ROAD RUNNER - Bo Diddley
ROCKIN' DOWN THE HIGHWAY - The Doobie Brothers
ROLL ME AWAY - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
ROUTE 66 - Nat "King" Cole
ROUTE 66 THEME - Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra
RUNNING ON EMPTY - Jackson Browne
SHUT DOWN - The Beach Boys
SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD - Dave Dudley
TRANFSUION - Nervous Norvus

*Not the Smokey Robinson ballad! The Gene Vincent tune predates it by 20+ years.

[enigmatic]

14. 3 CD's....

"Trace"- Son Volt
"Miles From"- Richmond Fontaine
"Fully Completely"- The Tragically Hip

[Boswells_Johnson]

15. Small Town Talk, by Bobby Charles

is great.

Johhny Cash has so many! "Understand Your Man" would be a required song to have:)

[yellowdogintexas]

16. Steely Dan ... enough said.

No road trip is complete for me without my 4 disc Steely CD's

I also travel with:
Boz Scaggs
Doobie Brothers
CSNY 4 Way Street
Santana
Steppenwolf Gold
Steve Miller Band
Loggins and Messina "Best of Friends" (I wore out the LP, two cassette tapes and now have the CD )


I have other music that I switch out from time to time, but Steely is always with me on the road. This goes all the way back to when I had my first car with a cassette player in it. I wore out two sets of Steely tapes, then got the CD's (which were a wonderfuly surprise gift from my husband)

[Cats Against Frist]

17. Tennessee Ernie Ford "The Company Store"

is my road trip theme song -- but I've logged in a lot of time with the Grateful Dead, Phish, John Denver, Johnny Cash, Son Volt, MTV Party-to-Go Volume 6, The Tommy Soundtrack, The Partridge Family Album, Led Zeppelin BBC recordings and a whole gang of Pearl Jam. I was doing most of my road tripping from 1992 - 1998. Also, Bob Marley, Ronnie Milsap, and a country compilation, which includes the amazing, kick-ass song, "Rose Colored Glasses."

[Wapsie B]

19. Anything to get the blood pumping

like:

Def Leppard
AC/DC
Boston

Might have to put on some Sinatra sometime though.

[Modem Butterfly]

20. Dar Williams, Road Buddy

We passed the stores, passed the hotels, filled our car with gas and then,
We drove that night, I saw the moon, almost got us in an accident.
And then at the rest stop, when that woman tried to steal my wallet,
It felt like an adventure, well isn't that what you would call it?
Isn't that what you would call it?

You're my road buddy, but I'm lonely all the time.
I thought that we'd be joking, having long talks on late nights driving,
But you drive so bad I lost my patience,
So pass the chips and turn the station,
This is not a romance with the road.

From where the moss grows up the trees to where the dirt is rusty red,
I thought we'd find each story like a snakeskin or an arrowhead.
But we only stop at fast food places, they hate their jobs, I understand.
I try to act familiar but they're floating just above the land.
And we are floating...

You're my road buddy, but I'm lonely all the time.
I thought we'd show that friendship could be stronger than the crossroads devil,
But I thought I heard the toll man saying,
"I'll take that thing you got from praying,"
This is not a romance with the road.

And those cliffs are the same as in the magazines I have at home,
And the tall grass reminds me of the same dreams I had at home.
I thought life was a road so I wanted to begin it,
I said "My friend and I are going on a trip, so I can only stop a minute."

You go to the vending machines, I want to watch those kids with their mother,
Sipping on their juice boxes and smiling at each other.
And maybe that's their Dad on the phone, saying "Hey, Mom, you shouldn't wait,
Go ahead, have dinner cause we're running just a little late,
But we're on our way."

How 'bout it, road buddy, road buddy,
I heard about the box cars and the family of travellers,
But there's real estate signs in the cornfield stubble,
I know there's love, I bet there's trouble,
But you just can't span a lifetime from the road.
And there's something I've finally faced, I finally think I come from someplace.
But this is not a romance with the road.

[rug]

21. dead skunk in the middle of the road

stinkin; to high, high heaven

[vinnievin777]

22. Headed down the highway

by Preist

Vinnie Vin
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1932852344/qid=1086103239/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/104-7006802-5544745?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

http://www.vinnievin.com

[datasuspect]

23. red sovine/jerry reed

any good "truck driving" music.

[Renew Deal]

24. I would try ti listen to a little local radio

as well as what is considered Punk rock, alternative type stuff. I always try to catch the local radio because I'm curious about what people are saying.