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[OT]: Best road trip songs?



Next time you are driving down a deserted country road at night, try turning off
the headlights and listening to Bela Lagosi's Dead by Bauhaus...

Christian Els wrote:

> On crisp fall evenings or lonely pre-dawn mornings out in god's country with
> the windows down and the speedo buried, not much sounds better than
> Morphine.
>
> In hectic city traffic, during the transit stage to the next piece of twisty
> deserted road, you need a good wailing angry femme like Liz Phair or Juliana
> Hatfield to renew your zest for life.
>
> Lazy Sunday morning drives are best accompanied by mellow alt country acts
> like Uncle Tupelo, the Old 97's or Sun Volt.
>
> A good Wagnerian opus provides a vibrant accompaniment to big ugly
> thunderstorms out on the plains.
>
> Gravel roading demands country music, pure and simple. The strongest FM
> signal is almost always best for this, unless you get too close to a 'major
> market' that has a national syndicate affiliate instead of Jeb and Luke's
> radio station.
>
> There are probably more and better ideas, keep 'em coming...
>
> Christian Els
> Columbia, MO
> '87 Scirocco 16V, sold.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Night Shadow" <soltwede@privateI.com>
> To: "The Hitman" <vwscir88@hotmail.com>
> Cc: <abatzis2@hotmail.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Thursday, 15 August, 2002 15:48
> Subject: Re: [OT]: Best road trip songs?
>
> >
> > Highway Star...another good song, its on the Dazed And Confused sound
> > track, which rocks....I also dig the whole Tom Petty Greatest Hits album
> > for roadtrips.
> >
> > Eric
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, The Hitman wrote:
> >
> > > what about the good ole "slow ride" by foghat(?), "502" by megadeth,
> "kick
> > > start my heart" by motley crue, "panama" by van halen, or "interstate
> > > lovesong" by stone temple pilots. i have a ton more but don't really no
> the
> > > song names.
> > >   hit
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: "Michael Abatzis" <abatzis2@hotmail.com>
> > > >To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > >Subject: [OT]: Best road trip songs?
> > > >Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 20:06:28 +0000
> > > >
> > > >I decided i need a good road trip cd. also need ideas for what should
> be on
> > > >said cd.  obviously need to have a driving/road trip theme.  i've had
> tons
> > > >of ideas that i never write down and then forget. so off the top of my
> > > >head:
> > > >
> > > >holiday road (from vacation; probably more good ones from that movie,
> cant
> > > >think of em though)
> > > >radar love-golden earring?
> > > >moving right along-the muppets
> > > >satan is my motor-cake ("going the distance" also?)
> > > >runnin on empty-jackson browne
> > > >going to california-zepplin
> > > >going back to cali-ll cool j
> > > >viva las vegas-elvis
> > > >ny, ny?-sinatra-starting to get too many place names here...
> > > >road trippin'-rhcp
> > > >born to be wild-maybe more from easy rider?
> > > >road to nowhere-talking heads
> > > >turn the page-seger
> > > >on the road again-yuck, but i guess you'd have to include it...
> > > >
> > > >that's about it for me. not a bad start though.
> > > >-michael
> > > >
> > > >
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> > >
> > > So Sayeth The Hitman
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> > --
> > Eric
> > Northglenn, CO
> >
> > 76 Honda CB400F Super Sport (400cc, 4 cyl, OHC 8v, 10k RPM redline *grin*)
> > 80 Scirocco (FOR SALE $500)
> > 81 Scirocco S (2.0 16v swap and complete restoration in holding pattern)
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