Pajiba

These are the songs that make me drive faster than fast.

"Radar Love" - Golden Earring

"Pure Rock Fury" - Clutch

"Get Away" - Rocktopus

"Monkey Wrench" - Foo Fighters

"The Good, the Bad, and the Skinnee" - 2 Skinnee J's

"Bring the Pain" & "M-E-T-H-O-D Man" - Meth, and Wu-Tang(technically) respectively

(1) "Radar Love", Golden Earring. Driving home from college on the weekends, traveling from the outskirts of Atlanta to the heart of south GA, I never failed to find this song playing on a trip down...not once.



(2) "Flight of Icarus", Iron Maiden. Play it loud or don't play it at all.



(3) "Born to Run", Bruce Springsteen. 'nuff said.



(4) "Bohemian Rhapsody", Queen. An epic song for any epic trip. And I dare anyone to resist the headbanding urge.



(5) "Yellow Ledbetter", Pearl Jam. For the quiet reflection portion of driving through no-man's-land...no need to sing along, because you can't understand a flippin' word in the first place.

Dustin, I believe Rochester counts as civilization and it's only an hour and a half from Ithaca (although, really, who would want to go there if you don't have to?).

1. The Beatles - Got to Get You Into My Life
2. Led Zeppelin - That's the Way
3. Fugazi - Waiting Room
4. Bad Religion - Fu@k Armegeddon...This is Hell
5. The Guess Who - Clap for the Wolfman

bonus track: Louis Prima - Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody

Great diversion! It was really hard to pick only 5, but here they are.

1. Ben Folds Five "Underground"
2. A- Ha "Take On Me"
3. David Bowie "Life On Mars"
4. Minus the Bear "Absintha Party at the Fly Honey Warehouse"
5. Zox "Carolyn"

1. Shine On--Van Halen
Just seems appropriate for sunny day driving.

2. Carry On, My Wayward Son--Kansas
Perfect for a hilly drive and a breezy day.

3. Uneasy Rider--Charlie Daniels
Flashbacks to my father and a 1986 Corolla with a brown tartan interior.

4. William Tell Overture-Rossini
Very useful for those mornings you need to get your ass in gear and to the office early.

5. Bohemian Rhapsody-Queen
Sing this one with your windows rolled down, and count how many stoplight neighbors start mouthing the lyrics next to you.

I concur with "Black Cadillacs."

I usually listen to albums (and since I live in the god damn middle of nowhere, there's usually plenty of time to listen to several).

"Wincing the Night Away" by The Shins (of course)
"Ben Folds Five" by Ben Folds Five
"Speakerboxx/The Love Below" by Outkast
Anything by Cake or Rufus Wainwright, because most of my friends hate both of them, but I love them.

Wow...totally missed that whole "don't insert paragraph breaks" note until it was far too late.

1) Get Up by Sleater-Kinney. I don't know, but somehow this really is fun music to listen to in my car.
2) Layla by Eric Clapton. Just imagine a slow mo police chase to the end of the song, which though it never happened is just perfect.
3) Ticket to Ride by The Beatles. It's a fun song that reminds me of driving in one way.
4) 1979 by The Smashing Pumpkins. This song reminds me of being young and remembering the past. I could hear this one late at night when everyone is sleepy.
5) Living on a Prayer by Bon Jovi. C'mon, who wouldn't want to scream along to this one?

1."Take the Money and Run", Steve Miller Band-My best friend in high school had Steve Miller's greatest hits in constant rotation in her car's tape deck. (Yeah, that's right. Tape deck.) I have fond memories of bopping along on a Friday night warbling "Ooooh, take the money and run. Ooh, Ooh, Ooh."

2."Professor Booty", Beastie Boys-In college I drove a gold 87 Volvo sedan I christened Chinquita. On sunny afternoons, I loved to cruise around the sleepy little 'burg blasting "Check You Head" from my mackin' ride.

3."Stop", Jane's Addiction-Another greatest hit from my ChinquitaMobile days.

4."Atom Bomb", Fluke- One of the very first commercials for the New Beetle featured this song, and whenever I played it in my silver SpaceMobile, I think she got a little extra boost. Reverse engineered from UFO's indeed.

5."Burn", Nine Inch Nails- I was listening to this song while driving through an insane summer storm, so intense I could barely see the twisty backcountry road in front of me. Lightening struck a huge old tree on the side of the road, setting fire to it. That was some shit right there.

Bonus track: "House of Wolves", My Chemical Romance- Since I bought it over a year ago, "The Black Parade" has occupied space three on my CD changer. It's also one of my son's favorite songs. Even back when he was a wee infant, he'd grin like a doofus for MCR.

1. Boston - More Than a Feeling - I think its all about the clapping.

2. The Who - Baba O' Riley - greatest rock song ever. period.

3. Guns N' Roses - November Rain - the interlude...the piano, the chanting, the face-peeling guitar. If that wasnt made for highway driving I dont know what is.

4. The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go - I defy you make it through this whole song without car-dancing.

5. and of course I must agree on the Don't Stop Believin'. That dates back to family road trips with my three sisters all singing in the backseat at the top of our lungs to a worn out cassette. Good stuff.

I have a bunch, but more interesting is the one song I WILL NOT sing in a car by myself: American Girl, by Tom Petty. Between Silence of the Lambs, getting my car sideswiped when I was singing it by myself, and a friend falling and hurting herself while singing it alone, I'm convinced it's bad luck to sing this song alone if you're female.

"Through the Fire and Flames" - DragonForce. I don't care how lame it is but that song makes the drive fucking epic, man!

"My Maria" - Brooks and Dunn. I just love this song. Something about just causes me to screech out Maria, when I know that no self-respecting bass (not a baritone) should ever attempt that upper registry. 'Tis horrible, but I love the song.

"(Don't Fear) The Reaper" - Blue Oyster Cult. I wanna be like Romeo and Juliet. I just gotta have this song.

"Cowboys from Hell" - Pantera. It's fucking Pantera, need I say more?

"My Favorite Game" - The Cardigans. This one dates back to my love and joy in the Gran Turismo 2 experience. The freeway never looked so beautiful listening to this song.

Pissboy-oh how I love that song. And same here, we're all discussing this diversion at work and laughing about how there should be a minimum of like, 100 we can list.

Living on a Prayer!! Good one Kolby.

I just remembered a song from our San Francisco road trip-California Dreamin, the Mommas and the Pappas. LOVE.

Ooh! And one that makes me look like the biggest asshole, and yes I have this on CD...Poor Unfortunate Souls, from The Little Mermaid.

Oooh...yeah, Cady...ditto on anything by Cake. It helps that you don't have to sing for real :)

PissBoy...that bit may be my favorite part. I can't help belting it out and making robotic head gestures at the same time. I'm pretty sure the people around me think I'm spasming.

If I have the time, I also pop in any number of female singers as well, and try to sing those...but I won't embarrass myself further by naming them.

D'oh... Double post. My bad.

My picks are rather random since I don't have a list of songs off the top of my head.

Dashboard - Modest Mouse, but also anything off of Good News For People Who Love Bad News

Paranoid Android - Radiohead. This song reminds me a lot of Bohemian Rhapsody in its concept.

Odelay (the whole album) - Beck, while driving through the Arizona desert on the way to the Grand Canyon, with the sun setting in the distance.

Just about anything by the Beastie Boys.

The effort of limiting it to five would send smoke from my ears, so I'll just quickly drop a few favorites -- the first Ben Folds Five album is made for being in motion. So is Son Volt's Trace -- the first track, "Windfall," is maybe the most appropriate highway song ever written ("may the wind take your troubles away / may the wind take your troubles away/ both feet on the floor, two hand on the wheel / may the wind take your troubles away"), but it might be too quiet for Dustin's requirements. Go with "Route" instead, then -- it rocks, and also has great driving lyrics.

Oh, OK, here are five that are highway appropriate, musically and lyrically:

"Melissa" -- Allman Brothers
"Go Your Own Way" -- Fleetwood Mac
"Bobby Jean" -- Bruce Springsteen
"Midnight Train to Georgia" -- Gladys Knight & the Pips
"Escape From New York" -- Chris Mills

Octothorp...heeeee. That's quite paranoid of you :)

My and my younger brother driving home from my dad's on Christmas Eve: We Didn't Start the Fire. We were having a contest to see who knew the most words (I won, suck it Andy).

If I'm with my friend Dawnie we inevitably sing What's Going On by the Four Non Blondes...we both hate this tune but it reminds us of each other, there isn't a week that goes by without one of use texting the lyrics.

Ok, I CAN'T look at the comments, because I'm so easily swayed. SO, here are my only-me song choices:

1. "What's Going On" by Four Non Blondes. I don't care who you are, this is just a rocking song that I can't help singing at the tippy top of my lungs.

2. "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen. I will sit in the car longer than necessary just to hear the entirety of this song.

3. "As Heaven Is Wide" by Garbage, from their debut album. BEST. ANGRY. SONG. EVER.

4. "Traveling Without Moving" by Jamiroquai. Sex on a CD.

5. "Back to Black" by Amy Crackhouse. Sung by a crackhead; still worth buying the album.

God, I want a road trip.

Had to come out of lurking for this one.

1. Thunderkiss '65 - White Zombie (is that the name??) I swear I'll had the spedometer pegged if I don't watch it.
2. Possum Kingdom - Toadies
3. Strawberry Wine - Deana Carter
4. Loser - Beck
5. Piano Man - Billy Joel

Bonus: Anything by Prince from 1999 or Purple Rain. Know every word to every song.

Any song on Trace by Son Volt

1. Sausalito Summer Nights, Diesel. FAV road trip song of all time!
2. Steal My Sunshine, LEN. On a HOT day, perfect.
3. Fat Bottom Girls, Queen. Easy to get a speeding ticket though.
4. Halcyon, Chicane. Fastest way to get to Camp Homo (I am so I can say that)
5. Reelin' in the Years, Steely Dan. Preferably in a convertible.

Could go on, and on....

Oh, you wouldn't believe the air EVERYTHING I do in my car (or, at least, when I had a car) when on the long drive somewhere. So this'll be very fun! ...and now I all of a sudden cannot think of a single song.....okay.

1. The Darkness - "I believe In A Thing Called Love" Squeeling in the high pitched whine is pretty much unbeatable in the car. Plus, three, count 'em, THREE guitar solos!

2. Kelly Clarkson - "Since U Been Gone" Come on, it fucking ROCKS. That's all.

3. Smashing Pumpkins - "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" - That chorus! Hot damn, that's an awsome AND bodacious chorus!

4. Quiet Riot - "Cum On Feel The Noise" This is the best song to sing directly at other people on the road. My sister and I did that once, and the people in the other cars were cracking up (Yes, there were two of us, so what?)

5. Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody" The ultimate sing-a-long to do by yourself...especially when you can't really sing.

Jesus Christ you people have some shitty taste in music.

First of all, Journey sucks. Everything by Journey sucks and always has. Journey is the second-shittiest band to come out of the 80s. No arguments; I don't want to hear it. I was THERE. (The first, of course, is Bon Jovi. Gaaaah.)

For Christmas, I received $100 in credit on iTunes. I am having a hard time spending $100 on iTunes because I already own pretty much everything I ever want to hear more than once. I figured I might get some good leads from this Comment Diversion...

...but I've been sitting here sampling titles off you people's lists, and I have to tell you: Jesus Christ you people gots some shitty taste.

"Radar Love" is good, yeah. "Possum Kingdom" is the shit for sure. But overall you people are making me weep over here.

Go find "Flirtin' With Disaster" by Blackfoot and go for a drive. Then go clean out your goddamn CD racks.

Christ. I once made a 287 song playlist for just this purpose. You want FIVE? Are you fucking kidding? Fuck it, you can have six.

Born In '69 - Rocket from the Crypt

Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution - AC/DC

Keep The Car Running - Arcade Fire

Let's Go - Tonedeff

Mississippi Breaks - Mule

The Reflecting God - Marilyn Manson

This is a fun one!!

1. American Girl by Tom Petty
2. Shoulder to the Wheel by Saves the Day
3. 25 Cent Giraffes by Lifetime
4. Party, My House, Be There by MxPX (the above three remind me of the summer of my freshmen yr of college when responsibility was not a word in my vocabulary)
5. In the Morning by Built to Spill
Such Great Heights by the Postal Service
6. American Music by the Violent Femmes

Taper Jean Girl-Kings of Leon
Ventura Highway-America
Immigrant Song-Led Zeppelin
Walk Like an Egyptian-The Bangles
Possum Kingdom-Toadies

3. "As Heaven Is Wide" by Garbage, from their debut album. BEST. ANGRY. SONG. EVER.

Damnit, boo...that was one of my unnamed female songs I secretly sing when by myself.

Forgot one from my senior year of high school...

La Vie Boheme from the Original Broadway Soundtrack of Rent. How could I forget that one??

Heavy Metal - Hagar.

Diary of a Madman - Ozzy

For Whom The Bell Tolls - Metallica

Powerslave - Iron Maiden

War Pigs - Sabbath

Reading through all of the comments made me think of a few more. 5 really isn't enough...

The Roots -- The Seed 2.0
Bruce Springsteen -- Rosalita

Octothorp...i think Petty may be cursed! I can't listen to 'You Wreck Me'. I was in 2 car accidents in 1 year when i was 17. That song was playing. Never again.

wow, the universe sure is literal, ain't it Pissy??

Julie,
I was the girl with short hair driving a Honda Civic. Remember? I had a look of abject terror and sheer disbelief my face. Wave to me next time!

Oh, this brings back so many memories of driving around with friends because there was NOTHING TO DO in Utah at night. This was, of course, before gas was $3,000,000,000 a gallon.

1. Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen - I know it's been mentioned a bunch, but it's really a classic.

2. What's Going On by 4 Non Blondes - This will forever remind me of driving back from Durango with my friend Arrakis. We played this song three times in a row and belted it at the top of our lungs. It was awesome

3. Take off Your Clothes by Morning Wood - it's just fun. And they looks you get! Especially if you sing it to the car next to you at a red light :)

4. Kiss Off by Violent Femmes - great angry music!

5. I can't pick just one song to end with. When I'm driving just by myself I usually will rock out to the Dresden Dolls or some old songbook-era stuff.

1. "Tom Sawyer" - Rush
2. "Red Barchetta" - Rush
(Hey, I like to airdrum and Rush is great for that.)
3. "Bullet the Blue Sky" - U2
4. "Take it Easy" - The Eagles
5. "Jackson" - Johnny Cash

I'm not as old as this list makes me look. I think I have to say that on every afternoon comment diversion.

Damn, I forgot one:

Ben Folds - Bitches Ain't Shit (Dr Dre cover)

God, that song is all kinds of fun.

"Man...fuck that bitch." Gets me every single time...

And now my coworkers are looking at me strange, since I've tuned up most of these on my ipod...and rocking out silently while sitting at your cubicle seems to be something not oft-seen in these parts...thanks, guys...thanks a lot...

boo, Garbage is my #3 greatest band of all time. I am not ashamed to say I have every last one of their albums. Now if only I could see them in concert, I could die happy.

I had a Montell Jordan sesh (This is How We Do it, anyone?) Monday afternoon. Tripping it back from New Orleans to St. Louis is usually not so bad, but I needed a pick me up about halfway through Mississippi. Bonus points for dancing.

Theresa, you goddess you. I play "Stars" on the jukebox and get a slew of people asking who it is. Great pick.

And I just remembered one I would pick instead of War Pigs. "Queen of the Reich", Queensryche. It's the musical analogy to the last meal, since you can't help flooring the pedal, having a metal-induced seizure, and dying in a ball of fire as you hit that high note on the chorus. Ka-boom.

Gasp!! I can't believe NO ONE has listed In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins. Whomever doesn't do airdrums leading into the chorus from the 3rd verse is a lying bag of monkey spunk.

1) Float On - Modest Mouse
2) Rebellion - Arcade Fire
3) I want to break free - Queen
4) Possum Kingdom - Toadies (DO YOU WANNA DIE?!)
5) Against all odds - Phil Collins

U2 - Mysterious Ways
Garbage - Push It
Bloc Party - Banquet
Pearl Jam - Even Flow
Cranberries - Zombie
Roxette - The Look and Dangerous
Heart - Alone
Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy
Police - Roxanne
Sleater-Kinney - Entertain and Step Aside
Ryan Adams - Starting to Hurt
Muse - Plug In Baby
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Kiss Kiss
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence

and...

Whitney Houston - How Will I Know :)

Cris...Theresa...

"That's some real conversation for your ass"

and

"...some motherfucking chiiiiiiiiiiin checkin"

Tis the shit.

1. "C'mon C'mon" - Von Bondies.
2. "Paradise City" - Guns 'n' Roses.
3. "Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes" - Marilyn Manson.
4. "Chi" - Korn
5. "Ante Up" - M.O.P.

Two years ago I drove from Toronto to Los Angeles in a '92 Plymouth Sundance with my best friend and our boyfriends. Thats 8000km - or 5000 miles for you yanks:) - of music to fill. These were our favorites, in no particular order:
1) One Way Out - Allman Brothers Band (for that bus scene in Almost Famous)
2) Crossroads - Eric Clapton
3) 100th Meridian - The Tragically Hip (a MUST when driving through the prairies)
4) Ramble On - Zeppelin ("now its time for me to gooooo, the autumn moon lights my wayyyy")
5) Alive - Pearl Jam
And a bonus track - Take it Easy, The Eagles - reminds me of road trips with my Dad when I was little.

1. "Who wouldn't want to be me?" - Keith Urban ...the perfect song to sing along with with the windows down.

2. "Faith" by George Michael

3. "Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off" - Panic at the Disco

4. "Callin' Baton Rouge" - Garth Brooks...its my Nashville roots.

5. "Take me home tonight" - Eddie Money... reminds me of going to the bar in college

Honorable Mention to: "Escape" by Enrique Iglesias and "Don't Stop Believin'"
*Great comment diversion Pajiba!

Smokin: I've had Rumors on repeat for the last 2 days, and I have indeed spent much of this week's commute performing some wicked air guitar to Chains, as well as my favorite Gold Dust Woman

Erin, many blessings go to you for mentioning Minus the Bear and their best sing-along song.

Myself, I have a 35-minute commute everyday due to the lack of a certain bridge in Minneapolis, so I have fun rocking out for 70 minutes a day. I kinda love it even though I'm killing the atmosphere. But I can't narrow it down to all-time, so here's the current hits I put on repeat:

1) "Oh Be One" Oh No! Oh My!
2) "The Con" Tegan and Sara
3) "Modern Lover" Coco B's
4) "All My Friends" LCD Soundsystem
5) "That's How You Know" Amy Adams

That's right, from Enchanted. Deal with it. That one's especially good to sing in the car with your girlfriend to piss off your single friends.

jeem: I love Tank!, but I reeealy want Real Folk Blues I just can't afford the set in comes with. *pout*

1. American Pie-the loooong version-Don McLean
2. Kyrie Eleison-Mr. Mister
3. Poison-Alice Cooper
4. Drift Away-Dobie Gray
5. Horse with No Name-America

Laugh if you must, but they all keep me going on those long trips.

Julie,
it was only about 3 months ago that I finally learned that the lyrics were, "just like the white-winged dove." Not "the ONE winged dove" as I had been singing for 27 years prior.

How about a misheard lyric diversion Dustin?

Tom Sawyer-Rush
Eggman-Beastie Boys
Cazzo Di Ferro-The Lemonheads
Flood-Sebadoh
Honk if you're lonely-Silver Jews
Blue Orchid-White Stripes

PISSBOY:

I'm going to see Clutch in two weeks. I am FIRED UP!

don't mock:

Open Road Song: Eve 6

Wannabe: Spice Girls

More than a Feelin': Boston

Freebird: Lynard Skynard

Fat Bottom Girls: Queen

1. "Radar Love" - Golden Earring
2. "Fat Bottomed Girls" - Queen
3. "Highway to Hell" - AC/DC
4. "I Love Rock 'n Roll" - Joan Jett
5. "Dust in the Wind" - Kansas

And a bonus track:

6. "On the Turning Away" - Pink Floyd (can't help it; I love to sing along with it)

I'm cheating and putting extras because I don't know which ones to cut:

Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson. It reminds me of 7th grade basketball summer camp (because our coach played it EVERY DAY during drills). I can't help it. Blame her.

Cecilia - Simon and Garfunkle

Feel Me Flow - Naughty By Nature

Nowhere Fast - Incubus

Salsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel

Stranded - Plumb

Intro - DMX

Fun diversion. Props to the poster who suggested Clap For The Wolfman--classic!

1. Packt Like Sardines in a Crushed Tin Box - Radiohead (nothing to do with the fact that I drive a wee subcompact; just like to get caught up in the loud repetitiveness)
2. Roll On Down The Highway - BTO
3. Dead End - Sam Roberts
4. The Murder Mystery - Velvet Underground

and for quiet nighttime drives in the country,

5. You Are The Everything - REM

[er, apologies if I didn't catch my typos in time and double-posted, as I suspect I did...]

Oh, shit!

I forgot Tears for Fears - Head Over Heels

I fucking love the intro to that song.

Five? Seriously? I have separate playlists for which direction I'm driving. The following selections are from the list I use when I'm making the eight-hour trip home after a visit to the parental units...

1. Bat Out of Hell by Meatloaf. I memorized the lyrics to this just so I could scream it as I'm escaping from family gatherings.

2. Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen. Cannot listen to this in town though, because I can't do under 75 with it on the radio

3. Smooth by Santana. Perfect for when I need to get the muscles a bit loose five hours into the trip. I've actually timed the playlist so this comes on at a rest stop and I can crank it in the parking lot. I rarely end up dancing alone.

4. Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel. Usually hits about the time I near the "Dear God, just how long is Illinois, anyway?" mark.

5. Harmony Constant by Michael Nesmith. Actually, this song is on almost all my playlists, so it really isn't a road song. I just like singing it.

tt_marie...good call, that's a fantastic song.

Now I want to add Simple Minds-Don't You Forget About Me. Judd Nelson in all his glory!

TK: Yes, I know it's harsh.

'Bamapink: It probably is smug; I won't argue.

I wouldn't have posted anything at all, would have just stayed out of this and let y'all have your fun; but I just couldn't stand teh flaccid sad bad taste any more--I was provoked.

I've read the subsequent submissions, too.

And Jesus Christ you people etc.

Oh, and Cake. Cannot drive long distances without a large helping of Cake.

Out of weirdness, I can't play "End of the Movie", because that's the song I want played at my funeral.

Can't do RATM's "Kick Out The Jams" either, because that's the song I was listening to when I got into a wicked, wicked bad biking accident involving me, high-speed, a four door sedan and a Stop sign obscured by a tree branch. To this day, I can't listen to that song while biking or in a vehicle. Again, weird...

Ok, I read like the first 20 comments and then skipped ahead to post mine because I was already seeing some of my favorites on other people's posts, and I didn't want anyone esle's songs to influence my answers. In reading the posts, I felt like I was losing my individuality. Dawg, you listed my number one. Pookie, you beat me to my numbers 4 and 5, and Julie, you listed my honorable mention(Jesus of Suburbia) and my favorite song to have sex to(Kashmir), which I think would make an excellent diversion for the site one day: Sex songs. :-) So anywhere, here goes:

1. Pour Some Sugar On Me - Lef Leppard. This song has emotional significance as I recieved my first lap dance ever to it. Good times...So anyway, Any and all car trips alone must begin AND end with this song while I sing at the top of my lungs and do some semi-erotic, stripper inspired dance moves during the "I'm hot, sticky sweet, from my head to my feet. Yeah!" Part.

2. Bad Habit - The Offspring. What better song to listen to while cruising down 95 (especially through Maryland traffic, ugh! Do you people know what a fucking passing lane is?!?!?!?) than a song about road rage, which is heavy on the guitars and full of foul language? The whole song is about grabbing the gun out of your glove compartment and blowing the head off the asshole who just cut you off. It's like they're in my head.

3. One - Metallica. Just love the song. It rocks. Must be played as loud as stereo goes, side-view mirror rattling high!

4. M.E.T.H.O.D. MAN - Method Man. I have a soft spot for my dear Meth (the man, not the drug) and the rest of Wu Tang Clan. During the last year of my innocence, a new to the scene Wu Tang Clan did a tour of small clubs and actually did a gig at this little hole in wall in Lansdale, PA (ON TEEN NITE!!) about 20 mins from my house. This place was so small that you could litterally reach out and touch the Clan, which my bitch older sister spent plenty of time doing after the show, if you know what I mean. (she had a particularly close experience with Meth himself) But it was one of the best nights of my shitty little suburban teen life and I've felt a bond with Wu Tang, though not nearly as strong as my sister's(did I mention she's a total bitch?), that always makes me feel 16 again.

5. Bring the Pain - Method Man. Please see #4. In addition to that, how can you not love a song and a man so insightful that he utters the words "I've learned when you drink Absolute straight it burns, so much it gives my chest hairs a perm." Especially to a now less innicent teen who had discovered the joys of Absolute Jell-O shots, beer bongs, and keg stands. God, that motherfucker is poetic, and my sister said he was a good lay too. (that bitch!)

1. Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen-- The shouting, the dancing!

2. Gimme the Loot by Biggie Smalls (see how cool I am, using his non-corporate name?)-- The first rap song I ever memorized, all violent and with the two different characters.

3. Ain't No Fun by Snoop Dogg, Warren G, and Nate Dogg (Kurupt is dead to me)-- Hilariously over-the-top in its misogyny.

4. Just about any hit by Hootie and the Blowfish-- I've been to just two concerts, and this is one... 2 or 3 years ago, at that.

5. You Can Call Me Al by Paul Simon-- It gets me a-singin' like few others.

1.Wake me up Inside by Evanescence. This song got me a speeding ticket once, and I think the cop followed me for about two miles before I pulled over cuz I didn't hear the siren.
2. Just about anything by Counting Crows and/or Garrison Keillor's crew. Long drives have always seemed kind of melancholy, for some reason; in any case, you're not going to sustain head-bangin' energy for more than a few hours, anyway.
3. But if you want to try, you can't do much better than "Toxicity" by System of a Down. I once heard that song on a loop about 15 times in a row, and I don't think I'll ever get tired of it.
And I'm spent.

Impossible to pick five songs and not immediately think of tons more that deserve mention.

Foreigner - Jukebox Hero (he heard one guitar, just blew him away)
Old '97s - W. Tx Teardrops
Metallica - Master of Puppets (too obvious? fine, then Disposable Heroes)
Mest - Cadillac
Ozzy - Crazy Train

And I think Queen gets a lifetime achievement award for this diversion. Is there any Queen song that doesn't improve your trip?

1. AC/DC - Highway to Hell
2. Tom Cochrane - Life is a Highway
3. Queen - Hammer To Fall
4. Judas Priest - Diamonds and Rust
5. Airbourne - Heartbreaker

"EL SCORCHO"

goddam you half-japanese girl.

Erin--I have to take issue with "Take On Me." It literally makes my ears bleed and my pussy snap shut at the sound of the first synthesizer note. ARG. My fat little roommate in college lost her virginity to that song. She was 5' if she was lucky, he was about 6'7" and they did it in his VW Rabbit. She played the song every minute of every day and all I could think of was their awkward humping in that Rabbit.

So now, my friend, you can have that vision every time you hear it too!

You're welcome.

1. Here I go Again - Whitesnake (Seriously, how could more people not have this one)

2. Public Service Announcement - Jay-Z

3. Hold On - Wilson Philips (and no, not because of H & K - I had it first)

4. Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin

5. Rock Lobster - B-52's

Oh, and Dustin, "Don't Stop Believin" is definitely the best anthem of all time. Without a doubt, you just already had it.

Take it Easy ----While I was driving through Winslow, Arizona.....One year ago today.

Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi. I can feel the tires on the road right now.

Eagles, Billy Joel, Gypsy Kings and when you are tired of words, Ottmar Liebert.

And to whomever above because I can't find the damn comment again. Illinois is a loooonnng, fucking flat state. But not nearly as mind numbingly flat and boring as our neighbor, Indiana.

Lori--we should hang.

I love the Gipsy Kings and Ottmar Liebert.

BORN TO BE WILD....the ultimate driving song

Here they are in no particular order

Prince - Seven
AC/DC - Thunderstruck
Iron Maiden - Aces
Blue Oyster Cult - Godzilla
Rush - Tom Sawyer

Yes, Rush fan and yes I admit I'm lame and a child of the 80's, deal with it.

A lot of mine have been taken, which I suppose helps me narrow my list...

Hop a Plane - Tegan and Sara
Izzo (H.O.V.A) - Jay-Z
Get Me Bodied (remix) - Beyoncé
Come Together - The Beatles
Toxicity - System of a Down

Yeah, weird, I know.

1. "Fly Me Courageous" Drivin' n' Cryin'
2. "Cheap Motel" Southern Culture on the Skids
3. "Werewolves of London" Warren Zevon
4. "Watusi Rodeo" Guadalcanal Diary
5. "Been Caught Stealin'" Jane's Addiction

So, when do we get an iPod mix list built from today's comment diversion?

This'll date me some, but ...

"Radar Love," Golden Earring, perhaps the best driving song ever ("I been drivin' all night my hand's wet on the wheel, there's a voice in my head that drives my heel ...")

"Suffragette City," Bowie

"Fool for the City," Foghat

"Breakin' the Law," Judas Priest (for Beavis & Butt-Head)

"Highway to Hell," AC/DC

This is perfect timing, because my highway anthems are the only thing that got me through driving in a hideous snowstorm tonight.
1) "Tiny Dancer"- Elton John
2) "Bohemian Like You"- The Dandy Warhols
3) "Condemnation"- Depeche Mode (maybe a strange choice, but I feel calmer singing along to that song)
4) "Psycho Killer"- Talking Heads (I love singing in French, okay)
5) "Digital Love"- Daft Punk (a necessity when I feel a bout of road rage coming on)

you got your bands mixed up (it's by Molly Hatchet, not Blackfoot)

Aw, shit, you're right! Made a fool of myself.

I was probably thinking Blackfoot because of "Train, Train," another kickass driving song.

And that song reminds me of "La Grange" by ZZ Top, which is a killer driving song, which no one appears to have mentioned above.

...Get off my damn lawn!

not all on the same playlist, but just to show I could do better than Jerce, here's a random selection:

Fantaisie Impromptu no. 33 Chopin
Gimme A Little Sign- Brenton Wood
Try Me- James Brown
A Quick One While He's Away- the Who
the Piano has been drinking- Tom Waits
Slump- Outkast
Boss DJ- Bradley Nowell of Sublime
Buy Her Candy- Sleater-Kinney
Porcelain- Moby
Take Ecstasy With Me- !!!
the Bridge- the Knife
For Real- Okkervil River

also wholly approve of much of the other music-Johnny Cash on a rain soaked highway, screaming out "Andalusia" during Debaser, getting fucking pumped b/c Fortunate Son, Led Zep, Violent Femmes obscure stuff. there are some greaties up in there with all the baddies, Jerce. You're mostly right about ZZ, I give you that.

then my heart stopped:
listening to Cio Cio-San
Fall in love all over again.

Don't Stop Me Now- Queen

Any Way You Want It- Journey

Anything by Reel Big Fish

Come On Eileen- Dexy's Midnight Runners (or the Save Ferris version)

Defying Gravity- Wicked (yes, i'm straight)

Oh man....totally missed this cause I'm in a different time zone from usual...
Michael Jackson - Thriller
The Stooges - Loose
David Bowie - Suffragette City
Maria Callas - L'amour est un Oiseau rebelle (I know, I keep slipping her in here, but seriously. Some opera is very very cool to drive too. Except I tend to speed a little too much while listening to it.)
The Foundations - Build me up Buttercup

and having actually read through the comments, I gotta hell yeah jeem, CB had the best soundtrack ever. "spy" is also a very good one to drive too. and James - how could I forget Jukebox Hero? It's the musical equivalent of a really really great B movie.

rhubarb, should you be doing air guitar while DRIVING?

I'm sure I can't name any rock ballad or whatever that hasn't been mentioned ten times already, so I'll give you a song up with which I know NO ONE else will come: Descent Into Mystery, from the original score of Batman (w/ Michael Keaton), composed by Danny Elfman. It's the one that's played when Bats is driving back to the Batcave after rescuing Vicki Vale. I've got the CD, and trust me, if you hear that song while driving on an empty road at night, by the time it's over, you will be going at a truly dangerous speed. Best driving song ever (well, except for maybe Radar Love).

A second list, slightly more up to date:

"5-0 Ford," Rev. Horton Heat

"Radar Gun," Bottle Rockets

"UFOs, Big Rigs and Barbecue," Mojo Nixon

"Shut Up and Get on the Plane" and "Greenville to Baton Rouge," Drive-By Truckers

"Sedated," Ramones

Ooops, that's six. So sue me.

Jailbreak -- no it's not Molly Hatchet, cretin: it's the immortal Thin Lizzy featuring Phil Lynott. And no, you may not substitute The Boys are Back in Town.

What I Like About You -- the Romantics. BBBBBBBBBBBB-Hey! And don't swallow your harmonica.

Love Removal Machine -- the Cult. You don't know the lyrics, but the ones you sing make about as much sense as the ones Ian Astbury is singing. Soul Shaykah!

Sweet Emotion -- Aerosmith. You might talk me into "Walk this Way", but I doubt it. 'cuz the backstage boogie set yo pants on fy-yah. yes it did.

and because you're going to be in the car that long, from 1976, grab your Pajiba and rockit:

Detroit Rock City -- KISS.

Get up !
Everybody's gonna move their feet
Get down !
Everybody's gonna leave their seat

And sing it like a man -- not like some puberty-struck dweeb in his rusted out, primer-colored firebird. SING IT LIKE A MAN!

The rest of your lists bore me. Only 9 people list a Zeppelin song, and "Hey Hey What Can I do" is not one of them? Bob Seger is not found? Only 2 Steve Miller mentions? "Take it Easy" by the Eagles gets listed but somehow "Life in the Fast Lane" is not? And "she's so cold" is the Stones song you can come up with -- not "It's Only Rock 'n Roll"?

Who are you people? I'm the one who lives is the middle of the Bible Belt -- have you never actually Rawked out with your ... oh never mind.

1. The Doors - "Roadhouse Blues" Oh yes, it does rule. This has almost gotten me several speeding tickets.

2. The Offspring - "Bad Habit" For those days when you have the road rage.

3. Metallica pre-suck - "One" Excellent driving song.

4. Garbage - "Special" A personal favorite.

5. Tool - "Vicarious" or "AEnima"

Honorable mentions to: Toadies - "Possum Kingdom", Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody", and Pearl Jam - "Wishlist".

Seriously, this was really hard. I have a 45 minute commute each way and it requires good music.

In no discernible order...
1. Temptation The Tea Party
2. Purr Sonic Youth
3. Debaser Pixies
4. 1996 Marilyn Manson
5. Wicked Ice Cube
And Pookie thought I was just about the Hip Hop...

Garbage is AMAZING live! I have such a girl crush on Shirley!
ok onto the songs:
1. Radar Love - just have to have it
2. In your eyes - live 13 minute version
3. Too drunk to fuck - Dead Kennedys
4. Living Dead Girl - Rob Zombie
5. It takes 2 - Rob Base and Dj EZ Rock - cheezy but great for car dancing!

In no particular order...

Black Suits on Table Three by The Angel City Outcasts
- ACO is a very fast, very catchy Rock 'n' Roll band. This song is their fastest and catchiest.

Razors in the Night by The Ducky Boys
- Killer Blitz cover, and perfect for speeding out of a parking lot full of people.

Working for the Weekend by Loverboy
- Windows down, flying down the highway, of course you are gonna need a headband...

Ban the Tube Top by Reel Big Fish
- Have to scream this one at the top of my lungs whenever I can. Where better then while speeding.

Back to the Future Theme by Alan Silvestri
- If my calculations are correct, when this thing hits 88 miles per hour... You're gonna see some serious shit.

Extra difficulty....all foreign languageInterstate Anthems.

1. Le Meilleur des Mondes - Tété
If you aren't familiar, you are doing yourself a disservice! This guy is a bloody genius.

2. Nur Ein Wort - Wir Sind Helden
By far the most fun German pop band around. This song also has a great homage to Bob Dylan type video.

3. Chalifot - HaDag Nachash
Rad..political..with an awesome beat that you have to jump around to.

4. Dancehall Caballeros - Seeed
Wir sind Seeed und das ist unser gebiet...

5. 10 Zu 1 - Sportfreunde Stiller
Just about every song they've ever recorded is an Interstate Anthem. This song is so infectious non-german speakers are drawn to it.

Holy Shit, the Sponge joint "Plowed" was an inspired choice...

Flogging Molly - Tobacco Island. Perfect song to shout to.

Charlie Daniels Band - Devil Went Down to Georgia.
The guitars aren't awesome, but the fiddle is.

WuTang - Protect Ya Neck. "I smoke on the mic like Smokin' Joe Frazier..."

Dropkick Murphys - Boys on the Docks.
"Say, Hey, Johnny Boy, the Battle Call. United We Stand, Divided We Fall..."

Rancid - Brad Logan. Best Rancid song ever... and they have a shitload of good stuff.

Also, "Unsung" by Helmut and "Would" by Alice in Chains... and, of course, "Interstate Love Song" by STP.

-sc

Condescend to us and then "Flirtin' With Disaster" is the best you can do? It's a decent song and all, but it's a little overplayed.

Nice call on Helmet there Sociopathic Cabbage. I would dare say that every song on Meantime makes me an angry, ranting, fast driver.

"Alive" by Pearl Jam

"Foreplay/Long Time" by Boston

"Rock and Roll" by Led Zeppelin

"Stranglehold" by Ted Nugent

"Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who

bucdaddy: at least there is one other man posting in this thread, although I admit that Mick J's list has merit.

I'm listening, vab. Crowded House and many other songs on this list were on my mid 90's 8 hr road trip mixed tapes called "Winnie[peg] to Minnie[apolis], volumes 1-4.

Although I don't own a car these days, I found myself doing the elliptical-trainer-at-the-gym-equivalent of car dancing (trust me, it's not as easy as it sounds) to the following:

1. Where's Your Head At? - Basement Jaxx
2. Firestarter - The Prodigy
3. El Matador - Fabuloso Cadillacs
4. Hate to Say I Told You So - The Hives
5. Been Caught Stealin' - Jane's Addiction

1. Bush - "Machinehead" (for fast driving)
2. Stone Temple Pilots - "Interstate Love Song" (obviously)
3. Toad the Wet Sprocket - "Walk on the Ocean" (for introspective driving)
4. Allman Brothers Band - "Ramblin' Man" (for Southern driving)
5. Dave Matthews Band - "Stay" (not even my favorite DMB song, but it's great for driving on a beautiful day)

Becca - much love for Toad the Wet Sprocket.

If you're talking Dave Matthews Band, I'd vote for Ants Marching or Proudest Monkey. Or really anything before the albumn "Everyday" - which, in my opinion, is when DMB started to suck ass. Oh, actually, any song except for Satellite, which I hate more than almost any other song ever recorded, because my roommate freshman year of college played it on repeat for literally hours on end. GAH!

Fuck Fuck Fuck.
I shouldn't have looked at other lists.
A lot of my favourites have been mentioned.
And with dozens of mp3 cds for my car, it's hard to pick.But here are some others that haven't been mentioned:

1. Enter the Sandman - Metallica (Cliche? I don't care)
2.Birdhouse in your soul - They might be Giants (Good God I love this)
3 Inside & Out - Feist (one of the best covers ever.)
4. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John (This is my sister's & I car song. Even though we hate each other, we still sing this together.)
5. Hot Diggity Dog Ziggity Boom - Perry Como (Listen to it and you'll understand;))
6. The 200 year old Alcoholic - Makem & Clancy (Brings back some good kiddie memories & great for picking you up.)

- Honourable mentions to anything by Queen; Basement Jaxx; Prodigy and The Beautiful People- Marilyn Manson.
There are just to many.

Damn, this is addictive:

"Battleship Chains," Georgia Satellites

"Gotta Know the Rules," Social Distortion

"Catch Your Train," Scorpions

"Train Kept a-Rollin'," Aerosmith (live)

"Scentless Apprentice," Nirvana (live)

Great topic.

1. Bad Reputation - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
2. We're a Happy Family - Ramones
3. Honey Bucket - Melvins
4. Downpayment Blues - AC/DC
5. Tyler - Toadies

Nipsy - I don't know why, but it's bloody nice when someone acknowledges one's post, especially when that someone has such excellent taste in music.

All the songs I missed are making me sad. My God, do I EVAR need to drop by Amoeba Records.

My 5:
1. Mekong - The Refreshments
2. Steven's Last Night - Ben Folds Five
3. Take The Money and Run - Steve Miller Band
4. Gravel - Ani Difranco
5. Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin

Bonus: Father and Son - Cat Stevens

Dear Prudence - The Beatles
Sons and Daughters - The Decemberists
Rebellion (Lies)- The Arcade Fire
Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf
And If Venice is Sinking - Spirit of the West

I'm sure some of these are repeats, but I still have to add mine--

1. Proud Mary: Creedance Clearwater Revival- it just feels like a windows down kind of song.

2. Killer Queen: Queen- "to avoid complications, she never kept the same address," makes driving long distances feel right.

3. Domino: Van Morrison- to keep the happy going in traffic.

4. Only: Nine Inch Nails- for when there is no happy to be had in traffic.

5. Get Low: Crooklyn Clan- how can you hear that and NOT want to dance at the wheel?

Jerce: You're right, not including La Grange? We should all be flogged.
I also need to throw in:
Cocaine -Eric Clapton
Slow Ride -Foghat
Highway Star -Deep Purple

Now I feel the sudden need to watch Dazed and Confused!

This could probably just as easily pass as a favorite song list. Very hard, if not impossible to stop at 5, but if I must.

1) Radar Love - Golden Earing
2) Hero or Best of Me - Foo Fighters
3) Possum Kingdom - Toadies
4) Creep - Radiohead (trust me, turn it up LOUD)

For fun and nostalgia I would say
5) Sweater Song - Weezer (my buds drank to this song in a dive bar over and over until the bartender pulled the plug on the jukebox)

for pure fun and sing-a-long-ability
5) Little Black Backpack - i forget who does it, but it is fun to sing along to.

for old times sake, and a bit of melancholy
5) Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin

You Oughta Know how hard it is, going The Distance, to make a song list that takes Life On The Highway.

See that, I slipped 3 more in there. I am soooo clever.

Becca: Seriously, triple dog dare?! Just to attempt that would undoubtedly send me into cardiac arrest! The sheer physical and mental restraint necessary sending me into uncontrollable seizures. You're trying to kill me aren't you...

What the hell?! Damn double posting enter button...

A day late and a dolla short, as always...
And, no Motley Crue?? Really? REALLY?

1. "Live Wire" the Crue
I got my last speeding ticket because of this song

2. "Reptilia" the Strokes

3. "Wheelz of Steel" Oukast
One of the fattest beats ever

4. "One Big Holiday" My Morning Jacket
"Was it that man from California...saying all is gone be green??"

5. "The Rain Song" Led Zeppelin
A few years back some friends and I did a whirlwird trip through the Southwest..we were listing to "Houses of the Holy" whilst driving through the Navajo Nation during a thunderstorm. There was NO ONE around: no cars, no cows, no cell phone reception, no houses, no nothing, just flat road and sand and clouds. It was the most "middle of nowhere" I have ever been in my life. When this song came on, the Three Mesas that the Hopi Nation lives upon all of a sudden appeared on the horizon. I will never forget seeing these huge black rocks jutting out of the desert sands with those towering thunderclouds all around. It was absolutely stunning.

Late to the party and I don't have time to read the 225 previous posts so I'll suggest "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" by George Thorogood. I've nearly stomped through my floorboards to that joint.

What?

I can't believe this. 200+ comments, and NO ONE has mentioned the all-time car sing-along champs -

Beach Boys: damn near anything.
Little Old Lady From Pasadena.
T-bird.
Deuce Coupe.
Good Vibrations. Jeez, what with all the road rage here, someone load that up, crank down the windows, crank up the sound and let's all hit those harmonies together....

How about some Cheap Trick?

And only one mention of Kiss? Lick it up, suckas.
'Cause I like it loud.

I hear the love for Ride of the Valkyries.

Another dangerous sound? Soundtrack for Star Wars.
Wanna see a 14-yr-old Saturn roll back the years and take out the Death Star?

We'll just all have to go out for a drink after traffic court.....

Hot Rod Lincoln

1. "Waiting Room" Fugazi
2. "I Turned into a Martian" The Misfits
3. "Caps and Bottles" (original on Boys on the Docks EP) Dropkick Murphys
4. "Jellybelly" Smashing Pumpkins
5. "Sounds of Science" The Beastie Boys

1.) Jesus Built My Hotrod - Ministry
2.) Jesus of Suburbia - Green Day
3.) Sugar Kane - Sonic Youth
4.) The Offspring - Come Out and Play
5.) Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen

Ten Years Gone- Led Zeppelin. From the deliciously slow beginning to the incredible guitar riffs, this song is an effing masterpiece.
Panic in Detroit- David Bowie.
Fans- Kings of Leon.
Sweet Transvestite- RHPC. Oh, Tim.
Roses Are Free- Ween. Pseudo-Prince? Count me IN.
And an alternate:
A.M.180- Grandaddy. So much happiness packed into one song. Also: Zombies.