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Looking for songs that are excellent for night driving
DoleyBob
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Hey guys, after playing GTA4 and having the Smashing Pumpkins "1979" pop on while I was cruising around Liberty City at night it got me thinking. I was wondering what a good list of songs is that evoke that same kind of night driving feeling that 1979 does.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B23-6G_cIEY
Fasten your Seatbelts is pretty good too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UINhE8L1yXg&feature=related
Eve 6's "Open Road Song" is great to speed to, as well.
But of course these are all based on personal preference. Music that people like to drive to is going to be quite unique to that person.
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He's most well-known for "Clubbed to Death", but his other stuff is pretty sweet too. If you can find the 2-disc version of Furious Angels, you get all the songs with and without vocals.
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Nothing like driving around at night to Guitar Man or I Bombed Korea or Mr. Mastadon Farm, or Symphony in C...or Opera Singer.
I basically love every single cake song ever, and they fit driving so well.
Evil - Interpol
PDA - Interpol
Wolf Like Me - TV On The Radio
Monkey Gone to Heaven - The Pixies
Letter to Memphis - The Pixies
Dramamine - Modest Mouse
Black Cadillacs - Modest Mouse
There is a Light - The Smiths
This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) - The Talking Heads
Cowboy Song - Thin Lizzy
Back To The House That Love Built - Tito & Tarantula
Breakdown - Tom Petty
Moonlight Mile - Rolling Stones
Sway - Rolling Stones
Ragoo - Kings of Leon
Lost in the Flood - Springsteen (live Hammersmith Odeon version)
And then it had other stuff like
Ain't Nobody - Chaka Khan
Eminence Front - The Who
Give Me Back My Man - The B52s
Other songs i can think of are
Quixoticelixer - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Lost in the Supermarket - The Clash
Break on Through - The Doors
We Gotta Get Out of This Place - The Animals
Tonight Tonight - Smashing Pumpkins
Really i would just cop Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Currently, I have a Death Cab for Cutie/ Iron and Wine/ Helio Sequence mix on my Zune, it makes for great driving.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfFnU0FUGno
Hopelessly, Endlessly - Muse
Time - The Start
The Conversation - The Start
The Nurse Who Loved Me - A Perfect Circle (cover)
A Stranger - A Perfect Circle
Wings for Marie - Tool
Angel - Massive Attack
Heavier Mellow
Change - Deftones
Passenger - Deftones
Underground - OneSideZero
Dissolved Girl - Massive Attack
Electric
Look up Amon Tobin for ambient/experimental electronic
Rev 20:20 - Puscifer (Renholder or Dry Martini mix; both are great)
Beat me to it. His track I'm Not Driving Anymore is excellent for, well, driving. Also, Massive Attack's Teardrop and virtually anything by Explosions in the Sky.
Club Foot - Kasabian
MFC - Pearl Jam
Do... Re... Mi... So... Fa.... Do... Re.... Do...
Forget it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIOW9fLT9eY
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Holy shit.
I read the title and thought "Man, Pendulum would be great."
I was lttp; just "discovered" Pendulum like 2 days ago.
I have Painkiller on a Freestylers album; for like a year never bothered to follow up on the "FEAT. PENDULUM"
Then iTunes suggested In Silico and damn, I love it. Grabbed Hold Your Colour about 20 hours after my first listen of In Silico; they're both great.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaXqU7hVVhI
My buddy Matt turned me onto this song last night when we were driving back from the midnight screening of Indy 4. When this song came on...we both just shut the fuck up and let it play. It's probably the most soothing song I've ever heard. Maybe it's just me, but all of my thoughts and problems float away when I listen to it. It's haunting, melodic, relaxing, and altogether strange in ways I can't describe.
"For a few seconds Oskar saw through Eli's eyes. And what he saw was...himself. Only much better, more handsome, stronger than what he thought of himself. Seen with love."
--John Ajvide Lindqvist, Let the Right One In (Page 446).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLBHu3oFXCw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAP_so6oCEc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh1QNZzlLVQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRL2B-zFX20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEccxPPwXmI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDquOFCKjRE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5m30SzhySE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPoI5gWhC6w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2mr2yY5F3c
This song is actually a love song to car, LOL!
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- Gary Busey
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I didn't even like the album that much until I heard it in a car a few times. It works quite well for some reason.
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=rUdhmv1fy6M
But after recommending Dougan I realized I hadn't listened to him for a while and have had the CDs playing the last couple nights here and man it's fantastic.
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Rob Dougan does the opening themes for the British airings of the three Law & Orders. I don't know why they replaced the opening themes, but I actually don't mind, because "There's Only Me" really suits the Law & Orders well. It's a great driving at night song.
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How did I forget to post this?
Anyways, this song is aces, although it's a tad bit too electric for a smooth night drive. Now if speed is your game, then step right on up.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZJAgS2chQMU
It's perfect for some mellow night driving.
After watching the movie a few years ago, I went on itunes and immediatly bought it.
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Girl on the Wing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9_ngO76bso
In all seriousness, I think it just comes down to personal taste. I, for example, like to listen to songs with minimal to no lyrics while driving at night (something that is not present in that radiohead song), but some of my buddies can't stand have to have tunes without the traditional buildup-->rift like 99% of songs out there. I like having a driving atmosphere rather than having my car blasting the radio.
Heck, that even applies to Pendulum: I love their HYC album to death, but when i'm going for a night drive just to drive it's out of the question aside from maybe three tracks, and the actual Hold Your Colour song is not one of them.
A really good night drive atmosphere song is entitled Out with a Whimper on an album simply called Ghosts. No lyrics, just some soft, mellow guitar rifts with a slow and steady buildup. Really calms you down and really lets you enjoy the drive.
Anberlin - Dance Dance Christa Paffgen
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Nah Billy Idol has some good tunes for driving but really only the big big megahits.
I'll suggest the whole Origin of Symmetry album by Muse. Yeah Muse and this album in particular almost always get mentioned on this board whenever the topic of music comes up, but this album is perfect for night driving in my opinion.