Tunes for a road trip...
 

Road Trip! I'm off on a road trip this weekend and need some swanky tunes for the trip.

I'll start with "On the road again" and end with "Radar Love", those two are traditional for road trip cd's.... but what should I put in the middle?

To qualify a song MUST have at least a tenuous link to travel. Roads, trains, planes, etc... and this is a casino trip so songs about gambling (as long as they are not by Kenny Rogers) would qualify also.

Extra points for songs by skivvy punk bands I've never heard of, I'm travleing with my brother and that's the kind of thing he's into.. :rolleyes:

May I suggest CW McCall's Convoy, and Wolf Creek Pass?

"Life Is A Highway" - Tom Cochrane
"A Sorta Fairytale" - Tori Amos

Fun topic!

Baba O'Riley by The Who. Only because the noises used in that song always remind me of slot machines.

That works. From the Who, I'll also add "I can see for Miles"

Drive - The Cars

Jessica - The Allman Brothers
Everyday is a Winding Road - Sheryl Crow
Route 66 - I forget who
King of the Road - Rufus Wainwright
Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkel
Suite Judy Blue Eyes - CSNY
Travellin' Thru - Dolly
Runaway - Janet Jackson
I've Been Everywhere - Johnny Cash

Jet Airliner - Steve Miller

Don't forget "Magic Bus"

Just a ride by Jem
Running down a dream by Tom Petty

Im shocked no one has said it

"Viva Las Vegas" by damn near anyone (although ZZ Tops version is my particular favorite)

I'm Gonna Be (500 miles) - The Proclaimers
These Boots were made for Walkin - Nancy Sinatra (and ONLY Nancy)
Movin' Right Along - The Muppets

Of course! Hell with Elvis, zz top, Springsteen, Billy Swan, King junior, etc... you could just about fill a cd with various versions of just that song.

The Dead Kennedys' version of Viva Las Vegas fits your punk description, though :)

Another good road tune - King of the Road by Roger Miller

The Cars Soundtrack has some fun tunes on it.

Little Red Corvette - Prince
Freeway of Love
Hot Rod Lincoln
Mercury Blues
Guitars, Cadallics etc etc - Dwight Yoakam

In God's Country - U2 (The Joshua Tree)
Where the Streets Have No Name - U2 (The Joshua Tree)
Beautiful Day - U2 (All That You Can't...)
Walk On - U2 (All That You Can't...)

Within a Mile of Home - Flogging Molly

Give that man a toaster!

Roam ~ B52s
Philadelphia Freedom ~ Elton John
Midnight Train to Georgia ~ Gladys Knight
I Drove All Night ~ Cyndi Lauper
Sweet Home Alabama ~ Lynyrd
American Girl ~ Tom Petty

gah, if this keeps going you're all gonna cost me a fortune @ iTunes

"oh yeah...forgot bout that one" *click*
"oooh, I love that song!" *click*

Do you know the way to San Jose - Dionne Warwick
Driving My Life Away - Eddie Rabbit

Oh and

Beep Beep - the Playmates (my Dad had every Goofy Greats/Funky Favorites KTel ablums ever made)

By the time I get to Phoenix - Glen Campbell

Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk
Driving - Pearl Harbor and the Explosions
Pink Cadillac - Brice Springstein
Cars - Gray Neuman
Rockin' Down the Highway - Doobie Brothers
Los Angeles - X
Talking Heads - Take me To THe River
Traveling Light - Tindersticks
Holiday in Cambodia - Dead Kennedys

Bitchin Camero - Dead Milkmen

Autobahn - Kraftwerk
Warm Leatherette - The Normal
Road Runner - Sid Vicious version from the Great Rock & Roll Swindle
Riding on the Metro - Berlin
Bahnhof Zoo - Nina Hagen
Ford Mustang - Serge Gainsburg & Jane Birkin
My Baby Takes the Morning Train - Sheena Easton
Cities - Talking Heads
I'm on the Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads

Boat of Car - TMBG
Road Movie to Berlin - TMBG

Tenuous link (involve "going" but no vehicle)
Devil went down to Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band (No imposters!)
Cowtown - TMBG (guess which band's been getting heavy rotation in the Prudence household lately!)
The KKK Took My Baby Away - Ramones

Guilty pleasures I'll never admit to owning:
Talk Dirty to Me - Poison
Come Sail Away - Styx

Oh, and "The Wheels on the Bus" by any number of artists...

As much as I love TMBG, and although this fits the theme, I wouldn't put it on a road-trip mix. You'll drive too slowly.

It's for when you get off the freeway and have trouble adjusting to arterial speed! (Velocitization, my driver's ed teacher said...)

I can't believe these haven't been mentioned yet:

Last Train to Clarksville - The Monkees
Drive My Car - The Beatles
Little Deuce Coupe - The Beach Boys

Oh! Just thought of this one.

Destination: Anywhere (I love the version from The Commitments soundtrack)

GREAT song!

Here's one probably no one here knows -
Frank - The W's

Not really about a road trip per se, as much as running people over.

So...if you are planning on running anyone over, this works.

Yes, it would work perfectly for that!

"The World of Tomorrow" from the Magic Skyway is great for frantic highway driving.

I'm forgetting the song, but the lyrics are...

"from Phoenix Arizona all the way to Tacoma, Philadelphia, Atlanta, LA..."

But my "road trip" songs are chosen because they sound good on the Road. Like "Ooh La La" by the Ditty Bops, and "If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out," by Cat Stevens.

Steve Miller - Rock'n Me

She was faster than I was.