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Drivin' Tuneage

KeyScourgeKeyScourge __BANNED USERS regular
edited January 2009 in Debate and/or Discourse
My mate asked me if I could find him some cool drivin music since he just got his first car and he's as giddy around it as a school girl is around Robert Pattinson. Any ideas? Cause I've only got one so far:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=slXcHNHEOqg&feature=channel_page - BRMC - Aint' No Easy Way

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  • CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Amon Tobin. All his albums. All of them.

    Bonobo.

    Shit, I need new tunes too.

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  • WetsunWetsun Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Eve 6 - Open Road Song is fun.

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  • TK-42-1TK-42-1 Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    dj shadow - organ donor

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  • muninnmuninn Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Gallhammer- Endless Nauseous Days

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  • THEPAIN73THEPAIN73 Shiny. Real shiny.Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Anything Rush.

    Seriously.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Any of the Maximum Tune OSTs if you like hard trance/electronic music.

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  • KoolaidguyKoolaidguy Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Paradise city.

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  • GammarahGammarah Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    The album Midnite Vultures by Beck.

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  • JamesJames Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Basically anything classic.

    Queen makes good driving music.

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  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    There are albums dedicated to this sort of music - you might want to check the tracks on those for inspiration.

    What about the Cars soundtrack?

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  • Feels Good ManFeels Good Man Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Flirtin' with Disaster - Molly Hatchet


    Listen to this while speeding


    I also like the Batman Begins soundtrack so I can pretend I'm speeding up in my very own tumbler

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  • Monolithic_DomeMonolithic_Dome Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I've done some fairly extensive research on this subject, and I've identified three major schools of thought.

    Songs about cars and driving them: Always a popular option for driving, as they tend to get the blood pumping and get one excited about the act of driving. Since your buddy is a new driver, I'm thinking this is a good place to start.

    In addition to the ones listed in this thread already (Molly Hatchet, Eve 6, Queen esp. "I'm in love with my car"), I'd add:

    Doors - Roadhouse blues
    Primus - Jerry was a racecar driver
    Deep Purple - Highway Star
    Lynyrd Skynyrd - Call Me the Breeze

    Famous Sing-Along Songs: These are for folks who like to sing in their car. Often songs with easy-to-discern lyrics and epic themes. My girlfriend is a popular proponent of this philosophy, going so far as to say "If I don't know the lyrics, it's not a good road trip song." Popular choices include:

    Don McClean - American Pie
    Elton John - Tiny Dancer
    Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
    David Bowie - Rebel Rebel

    Whole Albums: For a lot of people, long drives are the only time they get to listen to music for extended periods, so they take the opportunity to explore albums which really should be taken "as a whole." Could be your favorite albums, albums that others have recommended, or "classics" that you ought to have heard by now. I'd recommend:

    Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
    The Clash - London Calling
    The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
    Daft Punk - Alive 2007
    Rancid - ...And out come the wolves

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  • InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Cake has some fun driving songs: going the distance, stickshifts and safetybelts, satan is my motor, long line of cars...

    I'm sure they have more, that's off the top of my head though.

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  • GammarahGammarah Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I second Cake, and some Megadeth is good for driving.

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  • GimGim a tall glass of water Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Golden Earring - Radar Love

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  • ViolentChemistryViolentChemistry __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    There are good driving songs about driving and good driving songs that aren't about anything like driving, and which is best depends what I'm doing. If I'm driving a long way on the highway I like to throw on Gorillaz or the Bebop soundtrack, something pleasant, with a good rhythm and upbeat to keep me awake but not so energetic that I feel compelled to speed too much.

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    edited January 2009
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  • SquirrelmobSquirrelmob Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Any rock song with a really good, fairly long instrumental.

    Green Grass and High Tides by Outlaws is great driving music (10-ish minute long song, great riffs)

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  • ReznikReznik Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I'm partial to MFC and Rearviewmirror by Pearl Jam

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  • Bob JoelBob Joel Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Songs for the Deaf.
    Queens of the stone age.

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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Needs moar Tom Petty.

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  • Page-Page- Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Either version of Arcade Fire's No Cars Go. A non-acoustic version of Radiohead's Killer Cars. Something from The Go! Team's first album. I think those would all work well enough.

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  • GafotoGafoto Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Everything by Ratatat. It's the soundtrack to your life.

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  • deowolfdeowolf is allowed to do that. Traffic.Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Lagrange by ZZTop.

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  • ScalfinScalfin __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    My big selection of albums (I still tend to buy CD's because much of my music is best as a set, I see them somewhere, they play in the car, and I can burn it to my comp and send it along to my family):
    Facing Future by Israel Kemekathisnameiswaytoolong
    Flor de Serena
    Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex OST
    Monty Python's Spamalot
    Young Frankenstein Original Cast Recording

    The Drowsy Chaperon is also quite entertaining, and one of the people involved with the show has released her own CD that is also very funny.

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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    deowolf wrote: »
    Lagrange by ZZTop.

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  • Limp mooseLimp moose Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Run to the hills - Iron maiden
    Running down a dream - Tom Petty
    Big city nights - Scorpions
    Here I go again on my own - White snake
    Radar love / Twilight zone - Golden earring
    Head out to the highway - Judas Priest
    Dreams - Van Halen

    Those belong on any driving album

    If you want you tube links so you can listen to the songs let me know.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Best song ever:
    Nocturnal Rites - Never Again

    I use it when I'm playing Burnout: Revenge too.

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  • PeregrineFalconPeregrineFalcon Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    There's a thread in H/A (I think) with someone asking for suggestions but I can't find it at the moment.

    My suggestion for a good album would be Pendulum - Hold Your Colour

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  • nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Thread needs more Depeche mode

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  • BamaBama Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    THEPAIN73 wrote: »
    Anything Rush.

    Seriously.
    Specifically, Red Barchetta.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    A lot of artists I would recommend have been mentioned.

    So I'll throw one out who probably hasn't been yet.

    Rob Dougan.

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  • tsmvengytsmvengy Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Who's Next by The Who is a good road-trip album to listen to.

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  • BamaBama Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    tsmvengy wrote: »
    Who's Next by The Who is a good road-trip album to listen to.
    About the only time I listen to Quadrophenia nowadays is on road trips, but that probably has more to do with it being so damn long than with it being particularly suited to driving.

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I love to drive to Ozma - Spending Time on the Borderline, or Rock and Roll: Part 3. Cowboy Bebop is pretty rockin' too.

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  • YallYall Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Limp moose wrote: »
    Run to the hills - Iron maiden
    Running down a dream - Tom Petty
    Big city nights - Scorpions
    Here I go again on my own - White snake
    Radar love / Twilight zone - Golden earring
    Head out to the highway - Judas Priest
    Dreams - Van Halen
    Those belong on any driving album

    If you want you tube links so you can listen to the songs let me know.

    Needs some Who and Zeppelin, but yeah (and a little more Maiden wouldn't hurt).

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  • Limp mooseLimp moose Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    More maiden Never hurts!

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    edited January 2009
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  • El WhitoEl Whito Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Good Time - Poison

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