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So what do people like listening to while driving. I find there's a certain mood that makes certain songs/albums really stand out when driving. Hard to explain.

Right before I left on a bitchin' trip to Cape Town, I was browsing the M. Ward thread and saw Solace and Ryan and a few others mentioning going for a drive with Post War, which inspired me to bring a copy along for the trip. Just needed to say thanks. I think I finally understood all the hullabaloo about this album.

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Tops.

If there's already a thread for this then you can all bite my ass.

Check out Swervedriver's first two albums. Best driving music ever.

My all-time favorite driving into the city CD:

Lately, the Steve Taylor discography on CDRs recently and kindly given to me by Complain, has been popped into my CD player in the car quite often.

Live Grateful Dead Shows for those long road trips

I've got a ton of these. They're called 'cruisin tunes', by the way.

top of the list, no exceptions. a staple since high school. Punk is good fun with friends in the car, especially.

I drove a lot to these last summer:



a good midnight country drive record

Neil young is good road music.

Fu Manchu - King of the Road

If the Driving Music Museum ever gets off the ground, the first three inductees will be Dylan, Springsteen and Son Volt.




















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The Clean - Vehicle.


I'm not kidding.

mogwai, godspeed you black emperor, explosions in the sky, tristeza... notice a pattern? that's some of my favorite driving music.

Yup. Live music comprises an awful lot of my driving tunes.

Plus these...

Obviously...

So many disappointing selections. I want something to liven up the experience, not boring tunes that heighten the tedium of driving.

If you want to get somewhere dangerously fast:

Second on the Ryan Adam's "Cold Roses", I played that constantly when I drove from Chicago to South Carolina.

Well put, but only up through "Corrosion". Thereafter, it's pretty much running on neutral through the gates of Hell. (not to say it's a bad ride )

I forgot to mention "Spiders(Kidsmoke)" by Wilco. And of course, "Autobahn".

the Vulgar Boatmen - You And Your Sister

if only for the neverending "Drive Somewhere"

please find better albums for driving at night (HINT: it's impossible)

Maybe I'm just biased due to the album cover.

Who's Next is surely the best. What better driving song is there than "Going Mobile?"

Swervedriver

Kyuss - Blues For The Red Sun

Good choice! ^^^^ though I prefer Sky Valley.





Yes!

I like upbeat music to keep me entertained on the long boring drive through the barren texan countryside. Something I can sing along to and do my pseudo-car-dance. My personal favorites right now are Voxtrot, and The Body The Blood The Machine.
Once I get tired and lulled by the road, though, I usually go for The Microphones or Godspeed or YLT.

Best song to drive to at night: Junior Boys - FM

They Might Be Giants--Apollo 18
The Waterboys -- Fisherman's Blues
Cake -- Prolonging The Magic
Faith No More -- Angeldust

Verve - Urban Hymns
GBV - anything

I second and third M83 and Yo la Tengo for the night driving... also anything by Radiohead (especially OK Computer-era b-sides)

Is there an album of nothing but covers of "Radar Love"?

Anything by Big Black, the Ramones, Godflesh, Hawkwind, too much old punk & double kick drums. Thank Goddess Traffic School makes all the Speeding Ticket points on my Drivers License go away...

Quoted for immortality.

There are a few. Any Son Volt record is about as good as it gets for a road trip - especially Trace, Straightaways and Okemah. The new one is shapping up to be another Son Volt road classic.

For highway driving, it's gotta be that kraut:

Careful. You might end up like M. Night Shamalyn's character in "Signs".