Best all time driving/travel songs?

[gooseneck]

I'm making up a 32GB usb flash drive playlist to take with me on a long road journey and need some recommendations.

What do you think is the best all-time driving song? One that makes you want to steer the steering wheel from side to side in enjoyment. Something that makes you feel happy or wholesome or gives you a rush or makes you think "wow we live in a big massive world and theres thousands of kms between me and my wife and kids."

Or just plain makes a good tune.

Thanks in advance.

[Citroënbender]

Orange Blossom Special. Flat & Scruggs version, not Hansie’s shocker. Hellecasters if you must.

Foggy Mountain Breakdown, in the same vein.

[roKWiz]

Anything by the "Road Hammers" one I keep singing to myself up and down the freeway atm is "Wheels"

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

Orange Blossom Special. Flat & Scruggs version, not Hansie’s shocker. Hellecasters if you must.

Foggy Mountain Breakdown, in the same vein.

O B S, There is a 70's truckin version of that called "Big wheels on the Highway"

[Loonar]

"Burnin Hell", John Lee Hooker and Ben Harper off the "Best of Friends" album..sublime !!

[Crazy Dazz]

Doobie Brothers - Listen to the Music, Long Train Running, Jesus is just alright with me
Springsteen - Born to Run
The Animals - We gotta get outta this place
Fleetwood Mac - Go your On Way
Rolling Stones - Paint it Black
Steely Dan, Reel'n in the years
America - Horse with no name, Ventura Highway
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
Dixie Chicks - Landslide
Brush Arbor - Brush Arbor Meeting

[wodahs]

32Gb should fit a lot of songs
i ran 8Gb ones and never used all songs
oh and one thing that p!ssed me using them was it always seemed to start from the first song on the stick and youd have to keep skipping songs if you didnt want to listen to them and skipping a lot of songs can take a lot of time

[jaydee]

Radar Love, Highway to Hell and Drivers Seat

[5thFordWA]

Originally Posted by Crazy Dazz

Doobie Brothers - Listen to the Music, Long Train Running, Jesus is just alright with me
Springsteen - Born to Run
The Animals - We gotta get outta this place
Fleetwood Mac - Go your On Way
Rolling Stones - Paint it Black
Steely Dan, Reel'n in the years
America - Horse with no name, Ventura Highway
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
Dixie Chicks - Landslide
Brush Arbor - Brush Arbor Meeting

I go with all the above plus:

CCR - Proud Mary, Lookin' Out the Back Door, and every other CCR song!

Queen - all 3 compilation CDs.

I've got mine on a 16gb (not full) - just loaded every CD I had into the PC then onto the USB - over 40 CDs.
It's surprising how soon they repeat if you are in the car a lot.

Only drawback is I had to load the wife's CDs also, so lots of Rod Stewart crooning songs. I drew the line at her Christmas CDs!

Cheers.

[Citroënbender]

Don’t you hate it when Have I Told You Lately becomes an earworm?

[BENT_8]

Driving Wheels, Jimmy Barnes
Flame Trees, Chisel
Take it Easy, The Eagles

[GO FURTHER]

All great suggestions so far!

Some of mine I have in my "Driving songs" compilation I can recommend;

Queen - "Don't stop me now"

Jackson Brown - "Running on Empty"

Cold Play - "Viva La Vida"

Bruce Springsteen - "Dancing in the Dark"

Icehouse - "Electric Blue"

Dragon - "April Sun in Cuba"

Dire Straits - "Sultans of Swing"

The Traveling Wilburys - "End Of The Line"

Dobbie Brothers - "Listen to the Music"

Mental as Anything - "The Nips are getting bigger"

Daddy Cool - "Eagle Rock"

The Refreshments - "55 Ford" (Best song ever if you drive a Ford)

[roKWiz]

Lee Kenegan, "Wheels"
Dave Dudley "Six days on the road"
Jerry Reed "Eastbound and down"

ZZ Top "If only I cound flag her down"
ZZ Top "Sleeping Bag"
ZZ Top " Gotsa get paid"
ZZ Top "Gimme all your lovin"

Slim Dusty " Lights on the Hill"
Slim Dusty " Highway Fever"

Darius Rucker "Wagon Wheel"

Tim Mcgraw/Taylor Swift/Keith Urban "Highway don't care"
Tim Mcgraw "Keep on Truckin"

[Crazy Dazz]

Originally Posted by 5thFordWA

CCR - Proud Mary, Lookin' Out the Back Door, and every other CCR song!

Yep, I should have added that!

[Bushbasher]

Best ever driving music depends on where you are, where you're going and what mood you're in. I'll listen to anything from Pink to Frank Zappa depending on my mood but,



Where to start,,, so many choices...


I started to compile a list of songs but soon realized what to listen too was as much about when as it was about what.

So with that in mind, out on the road, when I'm not listening to podcasts, during the day it's usually live and loud. Aussie pub rock is a fave of mine so things like...


Cold Chisel - Swingshift - Barking Spiders Live

INXS - Live Baby Live
The Angels - Livewire
Midnight Oil- Oils on the Water (Goat Island)


Night time tends to be more mellow -



Pink Floyd- anything from 72 onwards
Black sorrows
JJ Cale
Dire Straits
Bondi Cigars
old blues


...the list goes on.

[Jastel]

First check your car will play a 32gb stick.

My FG2 and FGX wont...maybe its a USB brand thing??

I have a 16Gb one and drove from Cairns to Adelaide and back without a repeat but.

Mine plays from the last song played not starting at the beginning.

[wodahs]

Originally Posted by Jastel

First check your car will play a 32gb stick.

My FG2 and FGX wont...maybe its a USB brand thing??

i think its in the way you format the stick for use and the file attributes the songs are in

[Mulva]

Angels - Take a Long Line (live version from Liveline).

Acctually, the entire Angels Liveline double

[Jastel]

Just copied them as MP3's...the 16 worked the 32 didnt...

The Angels...

Screaming "No Way Get F..... F... Off" while driving in traffic...that gets you some funny looks. Best saved for the open highway.

[Citroënbender]

Try it in French to get under the radar;

Jamais
Va te
F**tre

[Mulva]

Originally Posted by Jastel

Screaming "No Way Get F..... F... Off" while driving in traffic...that gets you some funny looks. Best saved for the open highway.

This fat bald bloke gets looks at the lights just for singing No Doubt's "I'm just a girl"