Road Trip Music

Imagine it's summer, or spring, or hey, even fall. If you were going to take the *ideal* road trip, what sort of music would you compile and take with you? What kind of music would you want to blast with the top down? If you're like me, and don't have the kind of car with a top that comes down (you poor bastard, lol), what kind of music would you wanna blast with the windows down?

My list (probably going to be wildly varied and very weird):

Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard (Simon & Garfunkel)

Take It Easy (The Eagles)

Mr. Blue Sky (Electric Light Orchestra--thank you jackbutter...)

Good Times, Bad Times (Led Zeppelin)

Black Dog (Led Zeppelin)

Misty Mountain Hop (Led Zeppelin)

Over The Hills And Far Away (Led Zeppelin)

D'yer Mak'er (Led Zeppelin)

The Ocean (Led Zeppelin)

Custard Pie (Led Zeppelin)

Houses Of The Holy (Led Zeppelin)

Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix)

Trampled Underfoot (Led Zeppelin)

The Wanton Song (Led Zeppelin)

Black Country Woman (Led Zeppelin)

Sick Again (Led Zeppelin)

And & $ % #@!...I'd list more Zep songs if I actually owned the Presence, In Through The Out Door and Coda albums.

Anyway, that's my list. So far. 😛

my brother and I used to have a collection of "TRAIL MIX" songs... Including songs by Greatful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Billy Joel, and some othe people...

I'm still thinking.. I keep coming back to National Lampoon's Holiday Road, by Lindsay Buckingham. (I'd start with that one anyway.. as he backs out of driveway... )

lol... classic...

lol, take your time Espernaut...

I forgot to mention, that my list is also *in order*. marsinvirgomarsinvirgomarsinvirgo 🙂

that's great.
i like it list.
but i see u like classic rock.
southren rock as people say
i would have to say that u need though a good country music in there too.
and maybe a really good entergatic classical music.

Alright, I will oblige:

Good Country Music: "Witchy Woman", by the Eagles.

I will get back to you on "entergatic classical music" when you tell me what entergatic means. lol. I'm sure it's either supposed to say, "energetic" or "intergalactic", but I can't respond until sure. 😛

Another good southern rock/country song: "Sweet Home Alabama", by Lynnard Skynnard, or however you spell it.

lynyrd skynyrd... all y's, it's the coolest name.

lol, I overdosed on 'n's. It is very cool.

Too bad, what happened to that band.

Yeah... it's sad... They still play, but it's not the same with all different members...

No, it isn't.

Are they all different? I didn't know *all* of them were different.

I changed my mind, about my country song. I love "Witchy Woman", but it's not one of their more country-ish songs. Instead I'm going with "Lying Eyes". However, that song depresses me to a level that can barely be expressed in the English language. Usually songs don't affect me so much, but I really...really hate the idea of the lovers, and then she's cheating...stupid cookiemonster...lol..."heading for the cheating side of town"....ugh

But, it's a good song.

Uhm.. , < psst > .. Eagles ain't country.. by a mile. Sorry, somebody had to tell ya, you all.. ya'll. Country is .. "Bocephus".. Hank Williams Jr. and all that crewe.

uhm... < psst >...I beg to differ.

*puts on boxing gloves*

I've heard the Eagles referred to as "country" many a time.

Suppose "country" is all in the eye (ear?) of the beholder?

Some people refer to Elvis as "gospel", while other (cooler and smarter) people refer to Elvis as "roots rock".

Let's have a fight. 🙂

The one point I will concede is that the Eagles are not *merely* "country". They are probably best described as Southern Rock.

I have given this some thought, and I have decided that "Sweet Home Alabama" is by far the best "country" song of all time.

And I don't even like country really...

lol... Eagles are not country... Neither is Sweet Home Alabama... Country is music that makes me want to shoot myself. Those songs I like.

I think I heard Eagles music qualified as Southern California rock and lynyrd skynyrd is Southern Rock... hmmmm.... You want to get more of a country influence I would go for the Greatful Dead... They have Blue Grass roots...

Although yeah, Lying Eyes does sound rather country... There's something about that song that bothers me... That could be it.

I think everybody has differing opinions around here about what country can be. Interesting. Nobody's really right or wrong, though. Just differing perspectives.

lol yeah, because there are so many different types...

Yes, and so many different perspectives...

(Phoenix to Boxing Gloves from 0 to 60 in .5 seconds..) wow!
Ok, I'd thought to say the Eagles were Southern Rock, but that hadn't sounded right to my ears either. S.R. (to us down heyah..) Is.. Skynard, Greg Allman/Ramblin' Man, etc. I heard Morgan's California Rock definition, and have to admit it sounds alot closer to what I'd call it.
Your points that Elvis "sang" some gospel and other bands can do more than one genre .. cleared that up for me as well. (I like Bad Company btw.. and no idea "what" they are.)

i think it does matter on the generes. but u can have cross over ablumbs and songs and stuff or just simple the artist them sleves.I think it's really good if someone can sing many different generes i.e. Willie Nelson.
Elivis sang co, rock, gosepel. I mean u have to look an entire carrer not one ablum.
sweet home song i love, but i wish ky. had a song like that. but i have to say i love that song very much it makes me think of home.

hello?

"Hey Hey What Can I Do" ~ Led Zeppelin

Wanna tell you about the girl I love
My she looks so fine
She's the only one that I been dreamin' of
Maybe someday she will be all mine
I wanna tell her that I love her so
I thrill with her every touch
I need to tell her she's the only one I really love

I got a woman, wanna ball all day
I got a woman, she won't be true, no
I got a woman, stay drunk all the time
I said I got a little woman and she won't be true

Sunday morning when we go down to church
See the menfolk standin' in line
I said they come to pray to the Lord
With my little girl, looks so fine
In the evening when the sun is sinkin' low
Everybody's with the one they love
I walk the town, Keep a-searchin' all around
Lookin' for my street corner girl

I got a woman, wanna ball all day
I got a woman, she won't be true, no no
I got a woman, stay drunk all the time
I said I got a little woman and she won't be true

In the bars, with the men who play guitars
Singin', drinkin' and rememberin' the times
My little lover does a midnight shift
She followed around all the time
I guess there's just one thing a-left for me to do
Gonna pack my bags and move on my way
Cause I got a worried mind
Sharin' what I thought was mine
Gonna leave her where the guitars play

I got a woman, she won't be true, no no
I got a woman, wanna ball all day
I got a woman, stay drunk all the time
I got a little woman and she won't be true

(Hey hey what can I do)

I said she won't be true

(Hey Hey, What can I say?)

Hey hey, what can I do
I got a woman, she won't be true
Lord, hear what I say
I got a woman, wanna ball all day

yes, the famoust ball song about sex not about a dance. oh the many puns.

lol 🙂

Another great potential road trip song, fun to blast really loud, etc:

I Got A Name - Jim Croce

Like the pine trees lining the winding road
I've got a name, I've got a name
Like the singin' bird and the croakin' toad
I've got a name, I've got a name
And I carry it with me like my daddy did
But I'm livin' the dream that he kept hid

Movin' me down the highway, rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

Like the North wind whistlin' down the sky
I've got a song, I've got a song
Like the whippoorwill and the babies' cry
I've got a song, I've got a song
And I carry it with me and I sing it loud
If it gets me nowhere, I go there proud

Movin' me down the highway, rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

And I'm gonna go there free...
Like the fool I am and I'll always be
I've got a dream, I've got a dream
They can change their minds but they can't change me
I've got a dream, I've got a dream
And I know I can share it if you want me to
If you're goin' my way, I'll go with you

Movin' me down the highway, rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by
Movin' me down the highway, rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

Carolina In My Mind - James Taylor

In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina
Can't you see the sunshine
Can't you just feel the moonshine
Ain't it just like a friend of mine
To hit me from behind
Yes I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind

Karen she's a silver sun
You best walk her way and watch it shinin'
Watch her watch the mornin' come
A silver tear appearing now I'm cryin'
Ain't I goin' to Carolina in my mind

There ain't no doubt in no ones mind
That loves the finest thing around
Whisper something soft and kind
And hey babe the sky's on fire, I'm Dyin'
Ain't I goin' to Carolina in my mind

In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina
Can't you see the sunshine
Can't you just feel the moonshine
Maybe just like a friend of mine
It hit me from behind
Yes I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind

Dark and silent late last night
I think I might have heard the highway calling
Geese in flight and dogs that bite
Signs that might be omens say I going, going
I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind

With a holy host of others standing 'round me
Still I'm on the dark side of the moon
And it seems like it goes on like this forever
You must forgive me
If I'm up and gone to Carolina in my mind

In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina
Can't you see the sunshine
Can't you just feel the moonshine
Maybe just like a friend of mine
It hit me from behind
Yes I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind