Top Ten Driving Songs

[glenneaglesfan]

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]

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]

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]

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]

You're welcome.
Since I am from Alabama, that is practically our state song!

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

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.

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]

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]

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]

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.

[tbs fanatic]

Everyone is making really interesting choices. I keep reading them and thinking - dang, why didn't I remember that one

[EasyFeeling]

Yep, you're right TBS.
Tainted Love... great song.