Best Music to Drive By

N/A ^ | 07-28-05 | DaiHuy

[DaiHuy]

I was just sitting here thinking about a 1500 mile drive I have to make, and contemplating burning a couple CDS for the drive. I found some music that would make it more interesting but not enough. So here is the question.

If you were going to drive from Phoenix to Indy, you were in a sports car, what music would you want to have on your cd?

[Auntbee]

No. Maybe I'll do that this weekend. On Saturday night my guy and I usually listen to music all night long. Might have to throw that in. Thanks.

[GOP_Proud]

Canon in D...............Pachelbel
Air for G................Bach
Adagio for Strings.......Barber
Meditation From Thais....Massenet
Violin Concerto in D.....Mendohlson
The Soldier's Return.....from God's and Generals
Pathetique...............Beethoven
Hector the Hero..........Skinner......Denver Brass does it best
William Tell Overture....Rossini
1812 Overture............Tchaikovsky
Fanfare for the Common Man...Copeland
Emperor's Waltz....Strauss
Flight of the Valkyries..Wagner
Ein Klein Nachtmuzik.....Mozart

to name a few...

now where did that orch dork thread go?

[cardinal4]

My favorite Floyd tune rarely gets airplay

Mine, either! Its One of These Days, on "Meddle" from '71..

[Shaun_MD]

I have seen it and you are right, it's breathtaking. Wish I owned it but I can't find it anywhere.

[PaulaB]

Do it...turn the lights off and turn it up..on a comfortable spot on the sofa....its therapeutic I tell ya..

[PaulaB]

I'm going to see if I can find it online..if I do I'll freepmail ya :)

[MadelineZapeezda]

Crank up the volume, lower the windows, let your hair blow in the wind and listen to Jon Secada's Just Another Day (Without you)...........too sexy!

[cloud8]

1. Claude Bolling Trio, Suite for flute and jazz piano
2. Aretha, Live at the Fillmore West
3. Stones, Beggar's Banquet

Happy motoring!

[billygoatgruff]

I always take Best of Jimi Hendrix. Van Morrison, Jim Morrison (Doors) and just for laughs: some Slim Whitman just in case I have to go thru Roswell N.M. and encounters some space aliens. Never can be too prepared you know!

Further down in New Mexico you might pull out some Freddy Fender or Los Lobos.

[Shaun_MD]

That would be awesome! Thanks :)

[peacebaby]

Soundtracks: Big Chill, Forrest Gump, Garden State, Charley's Angels #2, Oceans 12, wild at Heart

CDs: Dire Straights, Van Morrison, Bonnie Raite, Santana

Last stretch of the highway: Techno!

[ClearBlueSky]

Soundtrack to " The Empire Strikes Back", Van Halen's -" Dreams", " High Enough"-Damn Yankees and Josh Groban and Celine Dion when you want to relax.

[Originalist]

I'm a big fan of Metallica's "Master of Puppets" album for driving.

[peacebaby]

ah, stevie ray! Hard to drive while bumping and grinding!

[PaulaB]

LOL.....

[wordsofearnest]

"Texas Cookin" bump

[SupplySider]

Stepping out of my favorite sixties music for a moment, a couple of different suggestions:

Live in Chicago, by Luther Allison. Absolutely scorching (and musical) electric blues guitar.

Bleed Like Me, by Garbage. Their recent album, very creative and great for high volume while driving.

[billygoatgruff]

Some times it is good to have a little Lyle Lovett and some Robert Earl Keene Jr., just to get through the day!

[tortoise]

One CD of Dance and Trance music. Set fo indefinate repeat.

I burn my own mixes from an endless supply of tracks and have several CD volumes. Load them into the CD changer sequentially and you have several hours of perfect material sans the crappy filler that take up space on many electronica sets you can buy on CD. Though a couple commercial sets (e.g. Armin Van Buuren's stuff) are pretty nice...

[PaulaB]