Racing through the city, windows down ...

[alwaysamy]

In an effort to improve my mood, I want to make a playlist of excellent songs to crank in the car, up to eleven, windows down.

So far, I have:

"Crazy," Seal
"Feeling That Way," Journey
"Highway to Hell," AC/DC

... and that's about it. Thoughts? Suggestions? What do you crank in the car?

Comments

[sophiap.livejournal.com]

"Thunderstruck," AC/DC
"Blitzkreig Bob," Ramones
"Learn to Fly," The Foo Fighters
"Bodhisattva," Steely Dan
"Want it All Back," Kanno Yoko

[sarameg.livejournal.com]

Crazy - Gnarles Barkly
Just a Ride & 24 -JEM
Home- Marc Broussard
Son's Gonna Rise- Citizen Cope

disclaimer: all my walking vigorously songs, may not translate to wild drives

[ex-fashioni.livejournal.com]

"Message in a Bottle"- The Police
"Hazy Shade of Winter"- The Bangles
"Long Time"- Boston
"Cinema/Leave It"- YES
"Dreams"- Van Halen
"Tank!"- Yoko Kanno/The Seatbelts
"Revolution"- The Beatles
"It's the End of the World as We Know It"- R.E.M.
"Otherside"- The Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Evenflow"- Pearl Jam
"Paradox"- Kansas
"She's a Beauty"- The Tubes
"Pinball Wizard"- The Who
"Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting"- Elton John
"Numb/Encore"- Linkin Park/Jay-Z

Signed,
I can keep going, given the opportunity

[maidengurl.livejournal.com]

"Go Away" Godsmack
"One Step Closer" Linkin Park
"Bodies" Drowning Pool
"Dragula" Rob Zombie
"A Certain Shade of Green" Incubus

[forodwaith.livejournal.com]

"Suffragette City", Bowie
"Money City Maniacs", Sloan

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

Meat Loaf, "Bat out of Hell", The Cars, "You Might Think", Blondie, "I'm Gonna Love You Too".

Oh, and the 1812 Overture.

[paksenarrion2.livejournal.com]

Don't Fear The Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult
Pretty much anything off of 1984 by Van Halen
Eye of the Tiger by Survivor
Paradise by the Dashboard Light by MeatLoaf

[zmayhem.livejournal.com]

"I Have Come Out To Play," "Rooming House on Venice Beach," "Dancin' Late At Night," and "I Love Hot Nights," all by Jonathan Richman
"Gin-Soaked Boy," The Divine Comedy
"Back on the Chain Gang," The Pretenders
"Still," Alanis Morissette
"How Soon Is Now?" and "Cemetery Gates," The Smiths, but especially "How Soon Is Now?" If there's any sound in all of music history that more perfectly fits the rageful, heartsore, furiously hungry sensation of driving too fast, pursuing or flying from something you can hardly name, than the opening bit of genius by Johnny Mar, I have never heard it.

[sarameg.livejournal.com]

Hold On- another KT Tunstall

[hecubot.livejournal.com]

No Guns 'N Roses?

"Paradise City"
"Welcome to the Jungle"

second on "Thunderstruck" - AC/DC

Though it's slower, it's fun to sing along with "Bad Company."

[sail-aweigh.livejournal.com]

Anything by ZZ Top, Van Halen, Bruce Springsteen, John Cougar Mellencamp, Jimmy Buffet (I'm dating myself here, aren't I?)

[stephl.livejournal.com]

Old Violent Femmes -- from the album with "Kiss Off" and "Blister in the Sun."

It was excellent to blast when I was 15, and 23 years (egad!) later, it still is.

[gingerk.livejournal.com]

Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild" is the ultimate roll down the windows and crank up the volume song.

Also:
"Listen to the Radio," "Ford Econoline" - Nanci Griffith
"The Road Goes on Forever (And the Party Never Ends)" - Robert Earle Keen
"Wall of Death" - Richard Thompson
"Graceland" - Paul Simon
"Copperhead Road" - Steve Earle
"Willin'" - Linda Ronstadt