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Brooke
09-26-2007, 05:26 PM
I saw this article today and thought it would make a good discussion:

http://top40.about.com/od/top10lists/tp/drivingsongs.htm

These are their pics for top 10 driving songs. What are yours?

1. Golden Earring-Radar Love-1974
2. Steelers Wheel-Stuck in the Middle With You-1973
3. The Cars-Let's Go-1979
4. Derek and the Dominos-Layla-1972
5. John Mellencamp-Authority Song-1984
6. Wall of Voodoo-Mexican Radio-1982
7. Billy Ocean-Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car-1988
8. Beatles-Drive My Car-1966
9. Beach Boys-Little Deuce Coupe-1963
10. Eagles-Take It Easy-1972

At least the Eagles got a pick! :D

Freypower
09-26-2007, 07:48 PM
I LOVE Mexican Radio!! If anyone has an MP3 of it can they email it to me? It's not on iTunes.

Stuck In The Middle With You is one of my all time favourite songs but I've never thought of it as a driving song. Interesting.

This will be totally off the top of my head:

1. Take It Easy
2. Walk Of Life - Dire Straits (well there's a surprise :roll: )
3. Start Me Up - Rolling Stones
4. Let's Go Crazy - Prince
5. Trampled Underfoot - Led Zeppelin (listen to the lyrics, which include 'I'm so glad I took a look inside your showroom door'...)
6. Highway Star - Deep Purple
7. I'm In Love With My Car - Queen
8. L.A. Woman - Doors
9. Why Aye Man - Mark Knopfler
10. Life In The Fast Lane

Brooke
09-26-2007, 08:42 PM
I have never heard of Mexican Radio! I will have to check them out.

I love Stuck in the Middle also, Fp!

Ok, I'll try my Top 10.

1. Take It Easy
2. Hotel California-can't forget about that "dark, desert highway"!
3. Movin On-Missouri
4. Radar Love-Golden Earring
5. Boys of Summer-Don Henley
6. Stuck in the Middle-Stealers Wheel
7. Stranglehold-Ted Nugent
8. In the Air Tonight-Phil Collins
9. Pink Houses-John Mellencamp
10. Life in the Fast Lane

Oh well, what if it is a little one sided! :D

EasyFeeling
09-27-2007, 04:13 AM
Cool topic. :D I will try to list my current Top 10.

Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me - KU (my all time favourite driving song forever)
Stuck In the Middle With You - KU (sorry :wink: )
Days Go By - KU
Faster Car - KU
Take It Easy - Eagles
Sweet Home Alabama - ??? :?
1973 - James Blunt
I'm Beggin' You - Supertramp
Holyanna - Toto
Last Train To London - ELO

DonFan
09-27-2007, 09:23 AM
Good topic, Brooke.

Here are my pics:

1. Eagles-Take It Easy
2. Eagles--Life in the Fast Lane
3. Eagles--Hotel California
4. Don Henley--Boys of Summer
5. Golden Earring-Radar Love
6. Derek and the Dominos-Layla
7. Springsteen--Pink Cadillac
8. Phil Collins--In the Air Tonight
9. Billy Ocean-Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car
10. Beatles-Drive My Car
11. Beach Boys-Little Deuce Coupe
12. Monkees--Pleasant Valley Sunday

I had to fudge a little a list 12.

My pics have to do with a hard driving beat as well as references to driving.

(I had NO IDEA who sang Radar Love. Golden Earring? Interesting.
BTW, Lynyrd Skynyrd sings Sweet Home Alabama.)

EasyFeeling
09-27-2007, 09:32 AM
BTW, Lynyrd Skynyrd sings Sweet Home Alabama.)

Thank you, DF. :)

DonFan
09-27-2007, 09:57 AM
You're welcome.
Since I am from Alabama, that is practically our state song! :wink:

Actually, our state song is a very old waltz called Stars Fell on Alabama, but I like Sweet Home Alabama better. :D

Brooke
09-27-2007, 11:38 AM
Cool topic. :D I will try to list my current Top 10.

Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me - KU (my all time favourite driving song forever)
Stuck In the Middle With You - KU (sorry :wink: )
Days Go By - KU
Faster Car - KU
Take It Easy - Eagles
Sweet Home Alabama - ??? :?
1973 - James Blunt
I'm Beggin' You - Supertramp
Holyanna - Toto
Last Train To London - ELO

OMG, EF, I forgot to put some KU in there! How could I? :doh: I like your picks and also, Where the Blacktop Ends. 8)

EasyFeeling
09-27-2007, 02:13 PM
Yes, how could you? :wink: I wondered I couldn't find any Keith songs in your list. :wink: Where The Blacktop Ends is great especially the version from the DVD when he's walking through the crowd. 8) Do you already know he will release another DVD by end of this year? :D

thelongrun
09-27-2007, 04:12 PM
This is easy (and fun):

THE LONG RUN
DOOBIE'S LONG TRAIN RUNNIN'
PF COMING BACK TO LIFE
DS BROTHERS IN ARMS
LRB LONESOME LOSER
MIDNIGHT FLYER
CSNY SUITE JUDY BLUE EYES
THE O'KANES´Highway 55 (Check that one :wink: )
THE O'KANES Tired Of The Runnin'
BREAD'S TRUCKIN'
***OUTLAW MAN, OUT OF CONTROL

glenneaglesfan
09-27-2007, 05:24 PM
TLR, I love that CSNY track, Judy Blue Eyes. I've only recently been introduced to it, and I agree with you, it's great to drive to.

Just off my head - top ten driving tracks:

Take It Easy - Eagles
Running On Empty - Jackson Browne
Part Of Me, Part Of You - Glenn Frey
The Chain - Fleetwood Mac
Run To You - Bryan Adams
Boys Of Summer - Don Henley
Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
Rocky Mountain Way -- Joe Walsh
Dreamer - Supertramp
I'm So Excited - Pointer Sisters
Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel

Drat, that's eleven. Oh well!

tbs fanatic
09-27-2007, 05:38 PM
I can think of tunes but not their titles - dang it. Let's see -

In no particular order

La Grange - ZZTop
I'm Going Home - Ten Years After
Life in the Fast Lane - Eagles
Like the Way I Do - Melissa Etheridge
Lubbock or Leave It - the Dixie Chicks
Catch The Wind - Donovan (I know, a weird pick)
Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
On the Road Again - Canned Heat
Before He Cheats - Carrie Underwood
Bring Me To Life - Evanescence

There are others but I'll stop there. Mmmmm - that list is showing my age, me thinks. LOL

Freypower
09-27-2007, 07:32 PM
I'm interested to see slower songs like Brothers In Arms or In The Air Tonight as Driving Songs.

POMPOY - of COURSE. After that 'experience' I had with it that day how could I leave it out.

These are some Australian driving songs for my own benefit:

1. Down Under - Men At Work
2. Eagle Rock - Daddy Cool
3. Living In The 70s - Skyhooks
4. Summer Love - Sherbet
5. Anything by Midnight Oil but I guess Short Memory.
6. Long Way To The Top - AC/DC
7. April Sun In Cuba - Dragon
8. I Got You - Split Enz
9. World Where You Live - Crowded House
10. Reckless - Australian Crawl

Maleah
09-27-2007, 08:09 PM
1. Take It Easy
2. Life in the Fastlane
3. Boys of Summer
4. Days Go By - Keith Urban
5. I Can't Dance - Genesis (Phil Collins?)
6. Start the Car - Travis Tritt
7. Heartache Tonight
8. Home - Marc Broussard
9. Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams
10. Miss You - Rolling Stones

SweetHolly
09-27-2007, 09:13 PM
You're welcome.
Since I am from Alabama, that is practically our state song! :wink:

Actually, our state song is a very old waltz called Stars Fell on Alabama, but I like Sweet Home Alabama better. :D
Awesome Dana! What part of Alabama are you from? I was in Birmingham 4 years ago for the Amnesty International Conference with my AI group from college. I really enjoyed it and I loved Birmingham. I would love to go back to Birmingham and spend some time time there and explore the city. 8)

My dad saw Lynyrd Skynyrd not all that long ago at some free concert they were giving at some park in Chicago when he was in Chicago on a business trip and they did Sweet Home Alabama. I don't know what other songs they did though. :P

sodascouts
09-27-2007, 09:58 PM
These are great! Some I haven't seen listed yet - and like Dana I included some I just find fun to listen to in the car and don't necessarily mention cars or driving:

Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac
Already Gone - Eagles
Holiday Road - Lindsey Buckingham
Edge of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks
American Girl - Tom Petty
Where the Streets Have No Name - U2
St. Elmo's Fire - John Parr
The Power of Love - Huey Lewis
Tubthumping (I Get Knocked Down) - Chumbawumba
The Heat Is On / This Way to Happiness (tie) - Glenn Frey


Honorable Mention: Ol' 55 - Eagles (Yeah, it's slow, but it's worth it just for the line "the cars are all passin' me, the trucks are all flashin' me!")

P.S. GEF - I would've included half your list in mine if I wasn't trying to go for the "not mentioned before" angle!

sodascouts
09-27-2007, 09:59 PM
And 12 that didn't make the top 10! lol

California Girls - The Beach Boys
I Only Want to Be with You - The Bay City Rollers
Tell Her About It - Billy Joel
Good Clean Fun - The Monkees
Maniac - Michael Sembello
Old Time Rock'n'Roll - Bob Seger
Queen of the Night - Whitney Houston
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Take a Chance on Me - Abba
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham
Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves
You Can't Hurry Love - Phil Collins

SweetHolly
09-27-2007, 10:04 PM
You've got some great choices Nancy. I agree about the line in Ol' 55. Oh and Don't Stop just came on my iPod. I'm gonna work on my list here in a bit. 8)

tbs fanatic
09-28-2007, 10:49 AM
Everyone is making really interesting choices. I keep reading them and thinking - dang, why didn't I remember that one :D

EasyFeeling
09-28-2007, 04:02 PM
Yep, you're right TBS.
Tainted Love... great song. :D

DonFan
10-03-2007, 05:02 PM
SH, I just read your post on the last page--I am from Birmingham. I'm glad you enjoyed our city--I love it here!

Here are a couple more driving songs I need to include:

I Can't Drive 55--Sammy Hagar
Life is a Highway--Rascall Flatts
West Bound & Down--Jerry Reed (remember this one from the Smokey & the Bandit movie?)

tbs fanatic
10-04-2007, 09:13 AM
Oh yes, the Jerry Reed one - that's a great one.

Brooke
10-04-2007, 12:28 PM
I like those, too, DF! West Bound and Down reminds me of the one called Convoy. Remember that one?

And one I can't believe I forgot-Born to be Wild by Steppenwolf! :D

EasyFeeling
10-04-2007, 01:28 PM
I think I've never heard these songs but Steppenwolf. Or I've heard these and didn't know who it was. :roll:

I just wanted to add a song to my list: Listen To The Music by Doobie Brothers. Love this song as well as What A Fool Believes by Michael McDonald. :)

tbs fanatic
10-04-2007, 05:22 PM
I like those, too, DF! West Bound and Down reminds me of the one called Convoy. Remember that one?

And one I can't believe I forgot-Born to be Wild by Steppenwolf! :D

LOL - I was trying like crazy to remember the Steppenwolf one. It nearly drove me mad. Thanks Brooke :lol: