Classic Car, Classic Rock - What's Your DRIVER Song?

[LarryS]

Ahh...KMET. My wifes pet name is Whooaa.

 

I had AC/DC's Highway to Hell cassette which was played almost continously for 6 months.

Edited October 24, 2013 by LarryS

[gr8glfr]

+1 on KMET. Little bit a heaven 94.7. I'll throw in Babba O'reilly by the Who. Goin mobile, Who. Jessica by the Allman Bros.

[conkitchen]

I picked up a refurbished Alpine 7307 with a dial and look forward to exercising numerous Grateful Dead tapes once it's installed.

If my speakers could handle it at the desired volume, the Massive Attack vs Mad Professor record No Protection would be another excellent option.

Early New Order, XTC, Curtis Mayfield, Yo La Tengo, Neil Young, Descendents' Milo Goes to College, I could go on and on. And I have 8 Maxells full of 70s stuff: AM gold, soul, yacht rock, etc. I especially enjoy these on road trips as it reminds me of when I was a kid on my first car trips.

 

Whilst on the topic of blasts from the past on tape etc... a few of my prior works in the music genre

 

so far most, if not all the songs listed above are nice!

Edited October 24, 2013 by conkitchen

[Lebowski]

The first 3 songs on my traveling classics playlist are...

1. London's buring by the Clash

2. Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon

3. Sorry somehow by Husker du

...but I like a lot of modern stuff too. Been listening to the new Superchunk and Neko Case albums lately, and awaiting a new album by the New Pornographers... Thank god for iPods because I can take so much more with me than when I was a kid...

[TobyB]

Old- DIre Straights Telegraph Road.

 

Not Ancient History- School of Seven Bells' Ghostory, Fever Ray, altj....

 

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[Mike Self]

I go back a bit further...Summer of 1963...I was 18, working a summer job.  Bought my first car (not a 2002, a Renault 4CV).  No radio.  After a month I found a guy parting a 4CV--bought his radio (manual tune, AM only Motorola w/ built in speaker) for $10, complete with antenna.  I was so excited to finally have a radio that halfway home I stopped in a supermarket parking lot, hooked up the radio with a jumper wire, set it on the passenger seat and poked the antenna out the passenger window.  Finally I could listen to WQAM and WINZ (the two top 40 stations in Miami/Ft Lauderdale) when I took my girlfriend out on a date.  Turned the radio on, waited for it to warm up (it had tubes!).  And on came Martha & the Vandellas singing Heat Wave.  Still have the car, the radio, the girl.  And still like Heat Wave.

 

mike

[jscaptura1]

Early 1985,  College freshman buys his first car from a Chemistry Prof. at Cornell University.  A 1970 BMW 1600!  Installed a Sanyo Digital cassette player, dropped in Red Barchetta by Rush, blasted around the original 6.6 mile road course in the Glen!  That is still my favorite drive in that car, same radio, same cassette!  Listening to that song today takes me back to:  The scented country air,  shifting & drifting, the one lane bridge (it is actually the old stone bridge, 2 lanes, but very tricky if you are going fast enough),  that song is the perfect mental picture of that drive.  If anyone is ever in the Glen, do yourself a favor, start on Franklin St., drop in Red Barchetta and follow the signs around the original course.  It is a drive you will never forget!

[justinevert]

Led Zep The Levy Will Break (Going to Chicago)

Stevie Ray Vaughn Voo Doo Child

Blind Faith Find MyWay Home

Many many others

Justin

[autobon7]

Doobie Bros--China Grove & Rockin Down the Highway

 

Modern........Suicidal Tendencies---Institutionalized

                    Faith No More-----Falling To Pieces

                    D.R.I.-----Beneath the Wheel

[AmazonGreen]

+1 Midnight Rider

[Guest_anonymous]

Where Eagles Dare- Iron Maiden

[achman]

Tom Petty- American Girl or Free Fallin'

[glemon]

Blue Oyster Cult-Don't Fear The Reaper

 

More modern, but certainly not new, lately I have been driving around listening the Counting Crows, I am the Rain King.

 

The 02 came with an Alpine AM/FM Cassette, I am sure it was da bomb in 1989 or so, I didn't even check it when I bought the car, but was pleasantly surprised when it all worked great and sounded pretty good.

[snowy]

Boston, 'More than a feeling'. Every riff known to man on that one song!

[bianchini]

stranglehold- Ted nugent

in the air tonight- phil collins

hells bells- AC/DC

feel like making love- bad company

satisfaction- rolling stones

 

I could keep going and going!