Driving tunes
January 23rd, 2009, 04:24 PM
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Driving tunes
So I'm sitting here playing tunes off Jango for the kids to dance to, and running across some killer tunes to drive to. Maybe It's just me and what I do for a living, but I'm thinking I'm not alone having a few that just kind of give that mental imagery of a bulivard cruise, backroad barnstorming, or maybe a kamakasi run down the big road where the zipperline becomes nearly solid. 
Ted Nugent stranglehold
satriani ride
styx blue collar man
great white rock me
A slew of others come to mind. My question is simply this.
What is your favorite driving tune, The one that would probably get you busted when your not paying attention to your driving
. You know the one that makes you
when you hear it, or the hammer starts to drop...You know the one. So spill...What's your fave?
Ted Nugent stranglehold
satriani ride
styx blue collar man
great white rock me
A slew of others come to mind. My question is simply this.
What is your favorite driving tune, The one that would probably get you busted when your not paying attention to your driving
. You know the one that makes you when you hear it, or the hammer starts to drop...You know the one. So spill...What's your fave?
January 23rd, 2009, 05:25 PM
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SP.) I think
January 23rd, 2009, 06:45 PM
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Tom Cochrane. One of the many excellent Canadian artists who helped make MTV before it went to sh*t.
I like to drive to:
Foghat "Drivin' Wheel"
BOC "E.T.I." and "Buck's Boogie"
ANY Little Feat (Hoy Hoy!)
Kiss "Detroit Rock City"
Most Judas Priest
and of all things Gordon Lightfoot (another Canadien artiste par excellence!)
January 24th, 2009, 02:06 AM
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The number one all time song that makes my right foot turn to lead and the red mist form in my eyes is Highway Star by Deep Purple.
Nobody gonna' take my car gonna' race it to the ground.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgZSn...elated&search=
Nobody gonna' take my car gonna' race it to the ground.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgZSn...elated&search=
January 24th, 2009, 06:57 AM
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January 24th, 2009, 07:04 AM
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Chad, I was really thinking of starting a thread like this - thank you for reading my mind!
My absolute favorite driving song is Tom Petty's "Running Down a Dream".
Not only is the tempo and intruments great, but the lyrics have a big meaning to Lady and I.
"Running down a dream, that never would come to me... Working on a mystery, going wherever it leads, running down a dream..."
That was exactly what I did when i flew half way across the country to get the car I always wanted and drove her home on a short vacation trip.
That song always gets my right foot heavy. Had the radio worked, I would have been listening to that song on the way home from South Carolina!
Second favorite is Chris Isaak's "Gone Riding".
Those two songs were used in a video I made of the trip to get Lady
The Outlaw's "Green Grass and High Tides" has some wicked guitar performances and ranks third.
Others tops include, but surely not limited to:
George Thorogood - Highway 49
Kentucky Headhunters - Ragtop
Outlaws - Ghost Riders in the Sky
George Thorogood - You Can't Catch Me
Deep Purple - Highway Star
Little Feat - Let it Roll
Golden Earring - Radar Love
Kathy Mattea - 455 Rocket
Little Village - She Runs Hot for Me
Tom Petty - Love is a Long Road
Eric Clapton - Hold On
And a few hundred more!
My absolute favorite driving song is Tom Petty's "Running Down a Dream".
Not only is the tempo and intruments great, but the lyrics have a big meaning to Lady and I.
"Running down a dream, that never would come to me... Working on a mystery, going wherever it leads, running down a dream..."
That was exactly what I did when i flew half way across the country to get the car I always wanted and drove her home on a short vacation trip.
That song always gets my right foot heavy. Had the radio worked, I would have been listening to that song on the way home from South Carolina!
Second favorite is Chris Isaak's "Gone Riding".
Those two songs were used in a video I made of the trip to get Lady
The Outlaw's "Green Grass and High Tides" has some wicked guitar performances and ranks third.
Others tops include, but surely not limited to:
George Thorogood - Highway 49
Kentucky Headhunters - Ragtop
Outlaws - Ghost Riders in the Sky
George Thorogood - You Can't Catch Me
Deep Purple - Highway Star
Little Feat - Let it Roll
Golden Earring - Radar Love
Kathy Mattea - 455 Rocket
Little Village - She Runs Hot for Me
Tom Petty - Love is a Long Road
Eric Clapton - Hold On
And a few hundred more!
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January 24th, 2009, 07:14 AM
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Always liked ghost rider in the sky, but had no clue who did it, gotta love fuel! some good pics all around. May be I should start writing some of these down for a compilation cd for those all nighter, got to be there tomorrow am deals.
January 24th, 2009, 07:48 AM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsfw9CEQITA
My Granny called him "Gravel throat".
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January 24th, 2009, 09:07 AM
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January 24th, 2009, 09:33 AM
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On the hwy for me it "Highway Star" by Deep Purple. At 75 mph the the white lines on the road pass the car with the beat of the song. (Damn! I should have applied for a government grant before before making my study public ) The other driving song I like is "Summer of '69" by Brian Adams.
) The other driving song I like is "Summer of '69" by Brian Adams.
January 24th, 2009, 11:36 AM
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Never heard it yet! 
I am getting the hint that Little Feat is a good one.
This is one one reason i was wanting a thread like this, so i can find more songs to explore.
More of my favorites for riding to:
Journey - Wheel in the Sky
The Cult - Fire Woman
Rush - Between the Wheels
AC/DC - Thunderstruck
Guns n Roses - You could be Mine
Motley Crue - Wild Side
I am getting the hint that Little Feat is a good one.
This is one one reason i was wanting a thread like this, so i can find more songs to explore.
More of my favorites for riding to:
Journey - Wheel in the Sky
The Cult - Fire Woman
Rush - Between the Wheels
AC/DC - Thunderstruck
Guns n Roses - You could be Mine
Motley Crue - Wild Side
January 24th, 2009, 12:04 PM
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January 24th, 2009, 04:54 PM
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Hmm...
Let's add some Marshall Tucker Band and Allman Brothers to the mix. Shoot, there's all kinds of good driving tunes. Lately I've been digging a German import CD called "Hammond Heroes"- all 60s British R&B instrumentals, heavy on grinding Hammond B3 organ work.
Let's add some Marshall Tucker Band and Allman Brothers to the mix. Shoot, there's all kinds of good driving tunes. Lately I've been digging a German import CD called "Hammond Heroes"- all 60s British R&B instrumentals, heavy on grinding Hammond B3 organ work.
January 24th, 2009, 07:45 PM
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good choices..............
radar love is excellent, even in naked earing ( acoustic version)
marshall tucker good too,
jimi hendrix vodoo child,
Nantucket sleighride mountain ( also missisippi queen( if ya know what I mean))
black dog by zep!!
all along the watchtower hendrix or an excellent version by dave matthews
pink floyd darkside of the mood whole dang cd
southside johnny ( especially covers of sam and dave songs)
martha and the vandellas heat wave
booker t and the mg's shotgun....
whew...
marshall tucker good too,
jimi hendrix vodoo child,
Nantucket sleighride mountain ( also missisippi queen( if ya know what I mean))
black dog by zep!!
all along the watchtower hendrix or an excellent version by dave matthews
pink floyd darkside of the mood whole dang cd
southside johnny ( especially covers of sam and dave songs)
martha and the vandellas heat wave
booker t and the mg's shotgun....
whew...
January 24th, 2009, 08:09 PM
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A good song for parking is "My Daddy's Oldsmobile"...here, I'll sing some for you
My daddy bought this car before I was born.
Sure like the radio, I love the horn.
I love the great big shiny steerin' wheel,
Here in my daddy's Oldsmobile.
Four kids can sure fill up a big back seat.
They used to stop and get us something sweet.
Now Mamma says: "Let's pray for one good meal."
Here in my daddy's Oldsmobile.
Daddy says there's work in San Antone.
Two days of ridin', it ain't no big deal,
Here in my daddy's Oldsmobile.
Instrumental break.
Sure like the radio, I love the horn.
I love the great big shiny steerin' wheel,
Here in my daddy's Oldsmobile.
Here in my daddy's Oldsmobile.
is "My Daddy's Oldsmobile"...here, I'll sing some for you My daddy bought this car before I was born.
Sure like the radio, I love the horn.
I love the great big shiny steerin' wheel,
Here in my daddy's Oldsmobile.
Four kids can sure fill up a big back seat.
They used to stop and get us something sweet.
Now Mamma says: "Let's pray for one good meal."
Here in my daddy's Oldsmobile.
- Mama kisses us goodnight,
Daddy reads his paper in the dashboard light.
Crushes out his cigarette, says:
"Don't cry, honey, we ain't beat yet."
Daddy says there's work in San Antone.
Two days of ridin', it ain't no big deal,
Here in my daddy's Oldsmobile.
Instrumental break.
- Mama kisses us goodnight,
Daddy reads his paper in the dashboard light.
Crushes out his cigarette, says:
"Don't cry, honey, we ain't beat yet."
Sure like the radio, I love the horn.
I love the great big shiny steerin' wheel,
Here in my daddy's Oldsmobile.
Here in my daddy's Oldsmobile.
January 24th, 2009, 08:09 PM
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January 25th, 2009, 05:51 AM
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Chad, I was really thinking of starting a thread like this - thank you for reading my mind!
My absolute favorite driving song is Tom Petty's "Running Down a Dream".
Not only is the tempo and intruments great, but the lyrics have a big meaning to Lady and I.
"Running down a dream, that never would come to me... Working on a mystery, going wherever it leads, running down a dream..."
That was exactly what I did when i flew half way across the country to get the car I always wanted and drove her home on a short vacation trip.
That song always gets my right foot heavy. Had the radio worked, I would have been listening to that song on the way home from South Carolina!
Second favorite is Chris Isaak's "Gone Riding".
Those two songs were used in a video I made of the trip to get Lady
The Outlaw's "Green Grass and High Tides" has some wicked guitar performances and ranks third.
Others tops include, but surely not limited to:
George Thorogood - Highway 49
Kentucky Headhunters - Ragtop
Outlaws - Ghost Riders in the Sky
George Thorogood - You Can't Catch Me
Deep Purple - Highway Star
Little Feat - Let it Roll
Golden Earring - Radar Love
Kathy Mattea - 455 Rocket
Little Village - She Runs Hot for Me
Tom Petty - Love is a Long Road
Eric Clapton - Hold On
And a few hundred more!
My absolute favorite driving song is Tom Petty's "Running Down a Dream".
Not only is the tempo and intruments great, but the lyrics have a big meaning to Lady and I.
"Running down a dream, that never would come to me... Working on a mystery, going wherever it leads, running down a dream..."
That was exactly what I did when i flew half way across the country to get the car I always wanted and drove her home on a short vacation trip.
That song always gets my right foot heavy. Had the radio worked, I would have been listening to that song on the way home from South Carolina!
Second favorite is Chris Isaak's "Gone Riding".
Those two songs were used in a video I made of the trip to get Lady
The Outlaw's "Green Grass and High Tides" has some wicked guitar performances and ranks third.
Others tops include, but surely not limited to:
George Thorogood - Highway 49
Kentucky Headhunters - Ragtop
Outlaws - Ghost Riders in the Sky
George Thorogood - You Can't Catch Me
Deep Purple - Highway Star
Little Feat - Let it Roll
Golden Earring - Radar Love
Kathy Mattea - 455 Rocket
Little Village - She Runs Hot for Me
Tom Petty - Love is a Long Road
Eric Clapton - Hold On
And a few hundred more!
One day I might just run one down.
January 25th, 2009, 05:59 AM
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Thought of a couple more
L A Guns showdown off cocked and loaded
Saliva Always, Broken Sunday, or King of the stereo
I like saliva cause they hit it hard, in kind of an old school get down to basics way, I'm no music critic, so don't know the terms, but its kind of reminiscent of Of the way deep purple did it in highway star. Well I like it any way, and thought I'd share.
L A Guns showdown off cocked and loaded
Saliva Always, Broken Sunday, or King of the stereo
I like saliva cause they hit it hard, in kind of an old school get down to basics way, I'm no music critic, so don't know the terms, but its kind of reminiscent of Of the way deep purple did it in highway star. Well I like it any way, and thought I'd share.
January 25th, 2009, 07:58 AM
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Pure classics, in my book...
Along with
Sammy Hagar's Only one way to Rock
George Thorogood - Highway 49,
George Thorogood - You Can't Catch me,
Rush - Red Sector A,
AC/DC - For these about to Rock,
Outlaws - Hurry Sundown,
etc, etc......
I can go on forever with these...
January 25th, 2009, 08:51 AM
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OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH LAWDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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January 25th, 2009, 09:28 AM
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How do you guys keep your hands on the wheel when you are singing YMCA? I am going to say this thread has the potential to be one of the longest ever. Considering how many generations are represented here and how many songs are out there, this thing could go on forever. I have to include Jimmy Buffet's "Little Red Ragtop". It is not necessarily a great driving song but it is an appropriate song for my car. To my knowledge, it was never released as a single. Keep it going guys.
January 25th, 2009, 03:55 PM
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Took a ride down to Red Hill (Patrick Henry's last home near Brookneal VA) this afternoon and grabbed a box of cassettes going out the door, not knowing what might be in it.
The hour each way drive was made enjoyable by the Swimming Pool Q's, Widespread Panic and Counting Crows. Adam Duritz has one of the best voices in rock and roll, and Jeff Calder and the Q's are among the most literate of the Southern rockers.
Yup. Gregg Allman was right. This road could go on forever.
The hour each way drive was made enjoyable by the Swimming Pool Q's, Widespread Panic and Counting Crows. Adam Duritz has one of the best voices in rock and roll, and Jeff Calder and the Q's are among the most literate of the Southern rockers.
Yup. Gregg Allman was right. This road could go on forever.
