My #1 Blogson is missin' home something fierce.
He's got a video posted about a dad away from his family who misses them very much, and it got me to thinkin' about road songs. Not so much driving tunes, although the two are certainly closely related, but songs you associate with the road. I guess the main difference is that a driving song makes your heart beat faster and your foot get heavier; a road song, when you hear it, makes you long to be on the open road.
I already posted one of my favorites in comments, George Thorogood's "Six Days on the Road" - what's your favorite song for the road?
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Let's see:
18 Wheeler - Alabama
On the Road Again - Willie Nelson
America - Waylon Jennings
City of New Orleans - (covered by various artists)
Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
Whiskey in the Jar - Metallica (or a more traditional Celtic group)
The Four Seasons by Vivaldi
Easy Rider - Charlie Daniels
Take it Easy -the Eagles
Gear Jammer -George Thorogood
Running on Empty-Jackson Brown
I can't drive 55 -Sammy Hagar
Born to be Wild- Stepponwolf
but the ones I really have to be careful with is Hod Rod Linclon and
You Can't Catch Me -George Thorogood
Radar Love - Golden Earring
Heh. Tim, one of my very favorites is "East Bound & Down" by Jerry Reed, made famous in "Smokey & The Bandit"...
Jay_G, I was trying to limit the amount of country music in my list. There is just so much country music that lends itself to road trip music, it isn't even funny.
'Carefree Highway' - Gordon Lightfoot.
He was leaving Phoenix, heading north in his tour bus, and saw THAT exit sign.
A song about being on the road, written whilst being on the road.
Chuck Berry's Promised Land, even though no automobiles are mentioned.
The King's Highway from the Bubba Ho-Tep soundtrack.
18 Wheels and a Dozen Roses by Kathy Mattea
Six Days On the Road by Dave Dudley
+1 on Carefree Highway by Gordon Lightfoot
God's Gonna Cut You Down" by Johnny Cash is probably my favorite road song.
24 Hours At a Time - Marshal Tucker Band
Two More Bottles of Wine- Emmy Lou Harris
They Call Me The Breeze - Lynyrd Skynard
Thousand Miles From No Where - Dwight Youkum
Ramblin Man - Allman Brothers
Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads
The Passenger - Iggy Pop
Gerry
"Pink Cadillac" Radio cranked, top down. Oh Yeh!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From a guy who does 150-200 day on the road every year-
Turn the Page - Bob Seger
Take the Weather With You
(Either version - Buffett or Crowded House)
TBG
Agree with Tim - there are a million Country songs here.
So here's one from Queensrÿche (Another Rainy Night Without You).
Of course, that's music for all you young pups .... ;-)
Where do I start? It is a fine line between songs to drive to and songs to drive a lot faster to. Under the former I would list:
-Devil Went Down to Georgia by Charlie Daniels
-Kentucky Rain by Elvis
-The Ride by David Allan Coe
-Jungleland by Bruce Springsteen
-Church on Cumberland Road by Shanandoah
-No End to This Road by Restless Heart
-Against the Wind by Bob Seeger
-Highwayman by The Highwaymen
-Twilight Zone by Golden Earring
Songs that can get me a ticket are Radar Love by Golden Earring and Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen. Watch out if those songs come on my radio.
When I'm driving to NY to get on my boat, I've always got my playlist:
Rocket Man- Elton John
Gimme Shelter- The Rolling Stones
Pull Me Under- Dream Theatre
Wasted Years- Iron Maiden
The Mary Ellen Carter- Stan Rogers
The Hills of Connemara- Carbonleaf
And if I want to push triple digits, 'Painkiller' by Judas Priest.
Rush - Red Barchetta
Rush - Spirit of Radio
Come Monday
Fins
Highway Star
Radar Love
And when there's an open road, and I really want to work out all 8 of the War Machine's cylinders, I flip the ipod to George Thorogood's "Gear Jammer" and the miles just fly on by.
On the road again...
Cliffs of Dover - Eric Johnson
Symphony #9 in D minor - Beethoven
Vehicle - Ides of March
I'm partial to the soundtracks from the Halo video games, too.
ZZ Top - Arrested for Driving while Blind, I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
Warren Zevon - I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Tom Petty - Refugee
Rush - Fly by Night
Pouges - When the Ship Comes In
Molly Hatchet Bounty Hunter
Led Zeppelin Ramble On
Jimmy Buffett USS Zydecoldsmobile
Jerry Jeff Walker - Gettin' By
James McMurtry - Racing to the Red Light
and many others already mentioned.
CAPTCHA: Polizess
The polizess at the door, precioussss
Radar Love is sure bet for triple digits.
Hits out of Hell - Meatloaf the whole thing.
Pop Corn - Hot Butter
Beach Baby - First Class
Classical Gas - Mason Williams
Convoy - C. W. McCall
Wild Montana Skies - John Denver
Queen of the Silver Dollar - Dr. Hook's though Dolly's is great
Me & You & a Dog Named Boo - Lobo
Centerfield - John Fogerty
Rhythm of the Night - DeBarge
Why yes, I did learn to drive in the 70s. Why do you ask?
Sacred Ground by Craig Chaquico alsways makes me long for the road. Not a hard driving song, one for just being one with the road.
The "first rock and roll song" "Rocket 88" and "Highway Patrol" by
Junior Brown come to mind.
"Friend of the Devil" Grateful Dead
"Dixie Chicken","Oh, Atlanta" Little Feat
"Requiem" Mozart
"Jessica" Allman Brothers
"Green Grass and High Tides" The Outlaws
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