Music to listen to for road trip

Taxt · #1 07-21-2009, 01:31 PM

Going to New York tomarrow and wanted some new music to listen to.

Any Suggestions? Ill take anything....but Green Day

Chipsonfire · #2 07-21-2009, 01:36 PM

Pendulum, if you're into techno/drum'n'bass stuff. Easy to listen to and very few vocals, if any, to worry about. Weird Al can be entertaining for a while as well. If you will need to stay awake, songs that you know and can sing along with.

SpamBot · #3 07-21-2009, 01:39 PM

Heiruspecs - "A Tiger Dancing" or "Heiruspecs"
.....but only if you like jam-rap.

Noonan768 · #4 07-21-2009, 02:22 PM

My 12 hour drives to NY are filled with the following albums:

Butch Walker - Letters
Jellyfish - Spilt Milk
Screamin Cheetah Wheelies - Magnolia
Marvelous 3 - Hey! Album
Ozzy - Diary or Blizzard
Burning Tree - Burning Tree
Black Crowes - By Your Side
Goo Goo Dolls - Hold Me Up
Tesla - Great Radio Controversy

Pilgrim · #5 07-21-2009, 02:30 PM

I just finished a 2000 mile round trip...listened to radio most of the way, playing "smorgasradio" with the signals available. You learn something about the area, the news and the weather. Consider this.

If you just can't STAND to be separated from your tunes, then George Thorogood, the Blues Brothers soundtracks (original and BB 2000) and 60's oldies will keep you awake.

Even better - get some old radio programs like The Shadow, Green Hornet and Sherlock Holmes and listen to them - much more fun than listening to music you've already heard 30 times. Those programs are available on CD and DVD on Ebay.

Jim Campbell · #6 07-21-2009, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Pilgrim

I just finished a 2000 mile round trip...listened to radio most of the way, playing "smorgasradio" with the signals available. You learn something about the area, the news and the weather. Consider this.

If you just can't STAND to be separated from your tunes, then George Thorogood, the Blues Brothers soundtracks (original and BB 2000) and 60's oldies will keep you awake.

Even better - get some old radio programs like The Shadow, Green Hornet and Sherlock Holmes and listen to them - much more fun than listening to music you've already heard 30 times. Those programs are available on CD and DVD on Ebay.

you'll be bored with any cd's you take in the first 200 miles......i have xm and there are some great programs......bob dylan's and tom petty's shows come to mind....they go to places you might not think of going,and its a great ride

Richland123 · #7 07-21-2009, 02:46 PM

Decemberadio

"DecembeRadio" & "Satisfied" CD's.

Great driving music

Noonan768 · #8 07-22-2009, 07:21 AM

Sirius/XM really do help. Great stations with no commercials. I used to take a bag of about 50 cds with me on the 1700 mile round trip. By the time I got to NY, I was sick of all of them or not interested at all. When XM first came out I jumped on it.. Paid way too much for my first receiver (which had to be hard wired into the car).. But I never regretted it.

Pilgrim · #9 07-22-2009, 01:29 PM

I don't carry CDs - I dump the music or old radio show onto an 8GB Sansa portable and play through the 1/8" aux input into my radio. No need to pay for satellite radio, easy to carry days of music and old time radio around.

Deluge Of Sound · #10 07-22-2009, 04:14 PM

Are you by yourself?

If you are, you're SOL, but if you've got other people traveling with you, just switch off who controls the tunes every hour-ish. Most of the time you get exposed to some really cool tunes you'd normally listen to.

warwick.hoy · #11 07-22-2009, 04:23 PM

Depending on how long your trip is,....I like live jambands on long trips

One Show is like 3 hours long and you can usually download good sound soundboard recordings from Nugs.net at $10.00 for mp3. Wouldn't take up too much space on an Ipod. I'd suggest audience bootlegs for free, but I'm too much of an audiophile for that.

Phish is a given, but Umphrey's McGee and String Cheese incident tend to be a little tighter musically and lyrically. Also Maybe Sound Tribe Sector 9.