Great Road Trip Songs
June 22nd 2007 04:24
I love to take road trips and drive with the windows rolled down and the moon roof open...especially in beautiful weather like today blaring my favorite music. When I travel, I like to put together iPod groupings that fit the theme or motif of my travels. I adore these "musical pilgrimages. During my last last trip through the South I put together some of my Southern Fried favorites: Allman Brothers, Little Feat, Kings of Leon, Skynrd, SRV, James Gang, Ryan Adams, Slobberbone, The Band, Drive by Truckers, Black Crowes, The Outlaws, ... just to name a few.
Rolling Stone Magazine weighs in on their list of best road trip songs
1. “Immigrant Song,” Led Zeppelin
2. “Born To Run,” Bruce Springsteen
3. “Highway to Hell,” AC/DC
4. “Runnin’ Down a Dream,” Tom Petty
5. “Truckin’,” Grateful Dead
6. “Ol’ 55,” Tom Waits
7. “Radar Love,” Golden Earring
8. “Tush,” ZZ Top
9. “The Passenger,” Iggy Pop
10. “Wanted Dead or Alive”, Bon Jovi
11. “Passenger Side,” Wilco
12. “Turn the Page,” Bob Seger
13. “No Particular Place to Go,” Chuck Berry
14. “Going Back to Cali,” LL Cool J
15. “Born to be Wild,” Steppenwolf
16. “Running On Empty,” Jackson Browne
17. “Take It Easy,” Eagles
18. “Award Tour,” Tribe Called Quest
19. “Taking the Long Way,” Dixie Chicks
20. “Roadrunner,” Modern Lovers
21. “Rearviewmirror,” Pearl Jam
22. “Gravity Rides Everything,” Modest Mouse
23. “No Sleep Till Brooklyn,” Beastie Boys
24. “Pink Houses,” John Mellencamp
25. “Travelin’ Band,” Creedence Clearwater Revival
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Rolling Stone Magazine weighs in on their list of best road trip songs
1. “Immigrant Song,” Led Zeppelin
2. “Born To Run,” Bruce Springsteen
3. “Highway to Hell,” AC/DC
4. “Runnin’ Down a Dream,” Tom Petty
5. “Truckin’,” Grateful Dead
6. “Ol’ 55,” Tom Waits
7. “Radar Love,” Golden Earring
8. “Tush,” ZZ Top
9. “The Passenger,” Iggy Pop
10. “Wanted Dead or Alive”, Bon Jovi
11. “Passenger Side,” Wilco
12. “Turn the Page,” Bob Seger
13. “No Particular Place to Go,” Chuck Berry
14. “Going Back to Cali,” LL Cool J
15. “Born to be Wild,” Steppenwolf
16. “Running On Empty,” Jackson Browne
17. “Take It Easy,” Eagles
18. “Award Tour,” Tribe Called Quest
19. “Taking the Long Way,” Dixie Chicks
20. “Roadrunner,” Modern Lovers
21. “Rearviewmirror,” Pearl Jam
22. “Gravity Rides Everything,” Modest Mouse
24. “Pink Houses,” John Mellencamp
25. “Travelin’ Band,” Creedence Clearwater Revival
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Comment by David
I'd pick Jackson Browne's 'Loadout' before 'Running on Empty' (and since 'Stay' runs into it? Add 'Stay' as well). And the fact that it's written about and for roadies? Road trips are so long. I at least want to start them in a calm mood, and the Loadout does it for me.
David ...
Comment by Nickoftime's Sanity Corner
what a great list! Have all these songs and play them with regularity...
Take care,
Nick
Comment by Miswanderlust
Killer Beats
Ramble On
Hipnotherapy
Do you miss road trips? US ain't that far :0)
Comment by Miswanderlust
Killer Beats
Ramble On
Hipnotherapy
Me too... great tunes!
Mis
Comment by Lilla
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Enviro Warrior
Dream Herald
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I've gotta go with the RS list. Wow : so many of my favourites even when I'm not on the road, only on pushbike *lol*
Lilla ...
Comment by Miswanderlust
Killer Beats
Ramble On
Hipnotherapy
Pushbike songs..... hahahaha
Comment by Ash
Australian Traveller
Flashes of memories
Tom Petty - Freefalling
Counting Crows - Mr Jones
Def Leppard - Do you wanna get rocked?
Nirvana - Teen Spirit
Anything by Alanis Morrisette and Cheryl Crowe
and Bon Jovi and some of Bryan Addams stuff
I`ll stop now
Great post Mis you got me boppin'
ash
Comment by Miswanderlust
Killer Beats
Ramble On
Hipnotherapy
HAHAHAHA
ah Old People songs
Tom Petty - Freefalling
Counting Crows - Mr Jones
Def Leppard - Do you wanna get rocked?
Nirvana - Teen Spirit
Anything by Alanis Morrisette and Cheryl Crowe
and Bon Jovi and some of Bryan Addams stuff
Such good taste in music friend!
Mis
Comment by Lilla
From The Home Front
Enviro Warrior
Dream Herald
Esoteric Bookshop
Not Nickleback (as my daughter found out on the last trip to Grandads *lol*)...
This mornign I was thinking about my next trip to visit my aging ole' Dad - about six hours away by road. It seems that stuff that epitomises the open spaces of Australia still appeals years on.
Aussie stuff I'm not sure you'll know, but I'm sure you'd like them...
The River, by Shane Howard
Spirit of Place by Goanna
and I love Shaun Mullins as his songs are so pictorial. Little stories of lives as they appear and disappear... I get lost in his lyrics and the time passes faster.
I like pink Floyd too ...well Roger Waters album : The Pros and COns of HItchiking, v. funny.
After all that yahooing – in between - I like some chill music too, particularly a two-piece duo from Germany in an album recently released, called Vargo. Can't recommend it enough to you for chilling and 'Getting Back to Serenity. (Actual title of a song there). Great for long traffic jams...
My other favourite is called Celtic Dreamtime. It's a project that amalgamates the harp with the Didgeridoo…absolutely magical… feel like I'm flying along with the elementals...through the mist, on Prancer, on Dasher, Vixen Prancer... etc etc *lol*
going now to mop the floors...
Lilla ...
Comment by Miswanderlust
Killer Beats
Ramble On
Hipnotherapy
Not Nickleback (as my daughter found out on the last trip to Grandads *lol*)...
I agree...I can't stand Nickleback...wow whose grandma am I?
The River, by Shane Howard
Went to the band's website. They seem pretty mellow. Great for lazy day listening
and I love Shaun Mullins as his songs are so pictorial. Little stories of lives as they appear and disappear... I get lost in his lyrics and the time passes faster.
Couldn't agree with you more
I like pink Floyd too ...well Roger Waters album : The Pros and COns of HItchiking, v. funny.
Oh you know we are "sisters in Pink!"
I like some chill music too, particularly a two-piece duo from Germany in an album recently released, called Vargo. ...
I am familiar with their Music Terrorism stuff not the chilling out collection. I will have to check it out!
My other favourite is called Celtic Dreamtime.
I love afro celtic music and latin music for chilling myself.
Thanks for taking time out from mopping to stop by
(hahahaha)
Mis