Aug 14
Music To Drive By
Retriever asks for recommendations of good driving tunes to keep her and her co-drivers awake and happy.
Here’s the list I posted for her:
Charlie Mingus – Moanin’
Something fast light and airy from one of the elli’s (Locatelli, Corelli, Torelli, et al)
Grateful Dead – Deep Elem Blues
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Pump Boys & Dinettes – Vacation
Mormon Tabernacle Choir – The United States Marines Hymn
Mormon Tabernacle Choir – Hallelujah Chorus (despite bad video and spelling, it’s pretty good audio)
The Beach Boys – Barbara Ann
Earl Scruggs & Steve Martin – Foggy Mountain Breakdown - be careful… this one tends to encourage speeding!
Another one that triggers lead foot syndrome is the Ventures’ Wipeout.
John Philip Sousa – Stars & Stripes Forever
Janis Joplin – Brand New Key (I’m not sure what the title is… I got a brand new pair of roller skates, you got a brand new key… ) SEE comments – by Melanie, not Joplin.
Warren Zevon – Werewolves of London
Marty Robbins – Ghost Riders in the Sky
Roger Miller – King of the Road
and… as an afterthought for 55 mph driving: Massenet’s Meditation from Thais.
What’s your favorite driving music?
August 15th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
I prepped a long comment, w/links, last night, then hit send and cyberspace apparently swallowed it up. It’s fun to see your list: fun to see Deep Elem Blues, Circle Be Unbroken by Nitty Gritty, and Werewolves of London.
August 21st, 2010 at 8:52 pm
I saw that you’ve linked to my blog on your blogroll. Thanks and I’ve added you to my blogroll as well.
August 22nd, 2010 at 4:32 pm
gcotharn – I am sad that cyberspace abused you so. It has a way of doing that to (or often in my case, FOR) one.
GM Roper – Thank you! We may not always be on the same page, but the pages are at least in the same book and often quite close together.
August 26th, 2010 at 5:58 am
It’s not Janis, BTW. Melanie did that.
Fun list, though
August 26th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
AVI – maybe that’s why I had such a hard time finding it on youtube!