Top Ten Driving Songs

[Blind_Skwerl]

Judas Priest - Turbo Lover. How could I have forgotten that one?

[Pfamily]

Hey Bekki!

Notorious channel surfer here...

How can I pick but 10 songs when I have many hundreds of satellite radio channels, "old style" radio stations, and CDs to choose from?

Answer? I don't.

Listen...surf...listen...surf...listen, listen, listen...surf...etc.

[Aesop]

Imperial March http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQBmT...eature=related
Ride of the Valkyries http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aKAH_t0aXA
Ode to Joy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4mvX...eature=related
O Fortuna http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTz3wP2tu3c


Try them... just watch the speed limit... 350 dollar tickets suck


Aesop

[sirdanile]

Highway song: blackfoot


ITs a highway sooooong! sing it on and on....

[VonBek]

Used to have this as a pair of cassettes (remember those?). Picking ten out of this should get you somewhere...

Disc: 1

1. Against the Wind - Bob Seger, Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
2. Fire on the Mountain - The Marshall Tucker Band
3. Let It Roll - Little Feat
4. Call Me the Breeze - Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. Statesboro Blues - The Allman Brothers Band
6. Green Grass & High Tides - Outlaws
7. Ridin' the Storm Out - REO Speedwagon
8. Bad Company - Bad Company
9. Wild Child - W.A.S.P.
10. Hot Blooded - Foreigner
11. 30 Days in the Hole - Humble Pie
12. That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd
13. Devil Went Down to Georgia - The Charlie Daniels Band
14. Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf
15. Ballad of Easy Rider - The Byrds

Disc: 2

1. Radar Love - Golden Earring (tho I agree Twilight Zone tops it.)
2. All Right Now - Free
3. Highway 49 - George Thorogood
4. I Can't Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar
5. Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent
6. Hair of the Dog - Nazareth
7. Once Bitten Twice Shy - Great White
8. Sign of the Gypsy Queen - April Wine
9. Sacred Ground - Craig Chaquico
10. Ride the Tiger - Jefferson Starship
11. On the Road Again - Canned Heat
12. Weight - The Band
13. Rockin' Down the Highway
14. Ride Ride Ride - Foghat
15. Highway Lady - UFO

[lord_of_rage]

"Black and Blue" Brand New Sin
"The Endless Fall" Mercenary
"Ride" Testament
"DNR" Testament
"Element" Vision Of Disorder
"Stick Figure" Byzantine
"Death Certificate" Carcass
"Face Of My Innocence" Arsis
"Skull and Bones" Overkill
"The Human Race" Beyond Fear
"Deathampetamine" Exodus
"Tales from The Hardside" Biohazard
"I voyager" Nevermore
"Failed Creation" Devine Heresy
"Nothing Is Erased" Evergrey
"milque Toast" Helmet
"Greenface" Iced Earth
"Timeless Winter" Into Eternity
"Acid Words" Nevermore

Ill stop there but might add more later. Warning some of this stuff is not for the faint of heart.

[geoffhanna]

I couldn't get to 10 without adding fillers (or at least thinking, which I am avoiding at the moment). These are all legitimately excellent songs that make my playlist on their own merits. And also happen to be driving songs

• Interstate Love Song (STP)
• Car Song (Elastica)
• Bad Motorscooter (Montrose)
• Drive You Home (Garbage)
• Highway Song (Blackfoot)
• Ready To Go (Republica)
• Star Cycle (Jeff Beck)

And the entire album The Cars (The Cars)
.

[Ghirmeshk]

"turnstile" Hot Water Music - Ghirmeshk is right about this!
"art is hard" Cursive
"it's Salem, just go" The Punching Contest
"new drink for the old drunk" Crooked Fingers
"brainy" The National
"Alice" Tom Waits
"all things cloven" Strikeforce Diablo
"sometimes the line walks you" Murder by Death
"fox confessor brings the flood" Neko Case
"nice new outfit" Fugazi

Nice list!!!!!!!!

[crock]

Unsung - Helmet
Slip it in - Black Flag
Am I Evil - Metallica
Holy Wars - Megadeath
Bro Hymn - Pennywise
Backslider - Toadies
Pat Brown - the Vandals
Jerry was a Race Car Driver - Primus
Jesus built my Hot Rod - Ministry
My Own Summer - Deftones

[rest]

Driving fast songs:

Ministry - Jesus Built My Hotrod
Ministry - Hero
Ministry - Burning Inside
Lard - I Wanna Be a Drug Sniffing Dog
Pantera - ****ing Hostile
Bad Religion - Supersonic
System of a Down - Science
System of a Down - Vicinity of Obscenity
Fear Factory - H-K (Hunter-Killer)
Slipknot - Before I Forget

[sephiroth1084]

LA Woman - The Doors
Roadhouse Blues - The Doors
Break On Through - The Doors
Born to be Wild - Steppenwolf
Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
Highway Star - Deep Purple
Radar Love - Golden Earring
Life in the Fast Lane - The Eagles
Rock 'n' Roll - Led Zeppelin
Magic Bus - The Who

I definitely have trouble staying under 15 miles over the limit when listening to LA Woman, and nothing is quite as fun as belting out Werewolves while driving along the highway at night with the windows down.

[Thailand_Dan]

Funny how this post says a lot about the person. I drive a bike now (so no music while driving), but when I play poker, these are tunes I listen to. My List:

1. What these b*tches want from a N-word - DMX
2. Soul Survivor - Young Jeezy feat Akon
3. California Love - Dr. Dre & Tu-pak
4. So what - Ministry
5. Erase myself - Linkin Park
6. Virtual Insanity - Jarmoaquay (sp?)
7. Prison Sex - Tool
8. Picture me Rollin - 2Pac
9. Captain Cocktail - Cirrus
10. Bring your whole crew - DMX
Bonus Track - The Sweetest Girl - Wyclif Jean Feat Akon and Lil Wayne

[Bekki]

The thing I love about threads like this is the variety you see.
I have a very ecclectic taste, been all over the world, and learned
To love all kinds of music. And the variety of music I have seen
And heard here is amazing!

Kudos to all!

I am going to have alot of fun, listening to all of these
Outstanding suggestions!

[sephiroth1084]

Oh! Totally forgot:

Devil With the Blue Dress On - Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels
and
Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson

These are the kinda songs that I start dancing to in my seat, drumming on the steering wheel, singing out loud... Not really sure how I manage to continue driving while doing so, but I'm still here...

[Rav'n]

I drive 60-70k miles a year.... and half those songs posted put me to sleep....

Thin Lizzy, April Wine, Golden Earing, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani .... any and all 80's metal... ALL Good!!

But if I'm driving down a windy road.... the Song for me is

Eric Johnson Cliffs of Dovar

[KoboldKiller]

Another good one Crazy B!tch-Buckcherry

[cdbd3rd]

No time atm to be thorough, but a couple that come to mind right off:

Detroit Rock City - Kiss
Holier Than Thou - metallica
Black Sunshine - White Zombie
Thunder Kiss '65 - White Zombie
Dragula - Rob Zombie

...that's just my metal mood showing.
Could be anything from Devo, to Alan Jackson, to Megaherz screaming from my open windows.


And *I* am the master of my stereo when I'm driving.

[Lifeblood]

When I travel it is usually at night and will cover 1k-2k miles in a few days
I like the 80's rock
you know the songs that you can roll down the windows, turn on the heater and sing till your lungs hurt music

I can't believe someone has not said this one yet

Bat out of hell---Meat loaf

[trptim]

When I travel it is usually at night and will cover 1k-2k miles in a few days
I like the 80's rock
you know the songs that you can roll down the windows, turn on the heater and sing till your lungs hurt music

I can't believe someone has not said this on yet

Bat out of hell---Meat loaf

I have to admit, especially for late night driving, the whole Bat Out of Hell album keeps me awake and cranked.

Most of the ones I would have put have been listed
Golden Earring - either Twilight Zone or Radar Love
Rush - Tom Sawyer or Red Barchetta or The Spirit of Radio


Anything that I know like the back of my hand that has fast paced music (though this ends up being frustrating in rush hour)

actually, black betty was wrote by an alabama prisoner working on a chain gang. (im pretty sure it was alabama) the song was first made famous by ram jam, and since redone by any number of groups. spiderbait could have been one of them, im not sure.

http://www.secondhandsongs.com/song/4618

It has Leadbelly as the original back in 1939

[VonBek]

Bat out of hell---Meat loaf

In the early 80's Meat did a cover of Chuck Berry's "The Promised Land". It's a good addition to a list of driving songs.