Road Music!

[ladycrim]

I'm re-burning my legendary-in-my-own-mind set of Road Music CDs in preparation for the driving portion of my trip to Toronto next month. (Whosers represent!) Does anyone have suggestions for good driving music? It can be from any genre; all I ask is that it have a decent beat for driving to (or riding to, since it's fapiece who's doing the actual

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[kshandra]

Another White Dash - Butterfly Boucher

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reZCHfmM0YI

[deirdremoon]

"Running Down a Dream" by Tom Petty
"Cold River" by A-Ha (might be hard to find)
"Behind the Wheel" by Depeche Mode (okay, it's a driving metaphor, at least)
Audioslave, can't remember the real title, the one that goes "I am not your rolling wheels, I am the highway"

[kshandra]

"Behind the Wheel" by Depeche Mode (okay, it's a driving metaphor, at least)

How 'bout their cover of "Route 66" instead?

[tarzxf]

Golden Earring -=- Radar Love
A-Ha -=- Take on me (car karaoke, too!)
JoCo -=- I feel fantastic
Stereo MCs -=- Step it Up & Connected
Queen -=- Don't Stop Me now
Dethklok -=- Thunderhouse (Theme from Metalocalypse)
TSO -=- Wizards in Winter
TMBG -=- Instanbul & Birdhouse in your soul
Allman Brothers -=- Jessica (aka theme to Top Gear, not much more in tune with cars/driving than that: ) )
Propellerheads -=- Damn near EVERYTHING, but namely: On her Majesty's Secret Service & Cominagetcha
Goldfrapp -=- Ooh La La
Oingo Boingo -=- Weird Science & Dead Man's Party

I can still go on, if you need more...

[ladycrim]

I do love me some Top Gear!

[shoutingboy]

I've already chimed in over on Facebook (with "Running Down a Dream" and "Run Run Run"), but because I'm a big ol' geek, I'll hit both venues.

How about the Allman Brothers' "Ramblin' Man"?

I can't stop, I ain't got no brakes

[shoutingboy]

Oh, and for great driving-as-the-nasty metaphor fun, don't forget Prince's "Delirious"!

[tsgeisel]

First off, I'll point out that there's "road music" and "driving music". Road music is anything you can sing along to, that makes you *want* to sing along - this will keep you awake better than any "driving music" which is generally music that makes you want to just drop the foot to the floor, and damn the consequences.

tarzxf got some of mine ("Radar Love" is perhaps the classic in the genre), but