# CD suggestions for road music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 28, 2005, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-suggestions-for-road-music/287024 "2005-01-28T00:42:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-suggestions-for-road-music/287024/1 "2005-01-28T00:42:20Z")
Someone I work with (a software engineer former hippie) is selling his house, and is going to quit / retire from his job and drive around the country in his motor home with his wife. I want to get him a going-away gift. I thought a CD with songs on it like “Going Mobile” would be fun. Do you know of any such compilations? He has a good sense of humor. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-suggestions-for-road-music/287024/2 "2005-01-28T02:31:49Z")
Why not just make your own? Here are a few suggestions: Hit The Road Jack - Ray Charles The Road Goes On Forever (and the party never ends) - Robert Earl Keen Jr. God Bless Our Mobile Home - Steve Goodman Your Trailer Or Mine? - Honky Tonk Confidential ---
**Author:** ![jweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jweb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jweb)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-suggestions-for-road-music/287024/3 "2005-01-28T03:08:13Z")
On the Road Again – Willie Nelson (for a guy with a good sense of humor, see if you can find the Alvin and The Chipmunks version) Turn the Page – Bob Seger I’m Leavin’ Now – Johnny Cash ---
**Author:** ![Ocean\_City\_Maryland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@Ocean\_City\_Maryland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ocean_City_Maryland)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-suggestions-for-road-music/287024/4 "2005-01-28T03:35:34Z")
[Harley-Davidson Cycles: Road Songs](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002TUC/002-1851708-7876062?v=glance#product-details) ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-suggestions-for-road-music/287024/5 "2005-01-28T03:41:47Z")
[http://www.artofthemix.org/FindAMix/GetContents.asp?strMixID=66435](http://www.artofthemix.org/FindAMix/GetContents.asp?strMixID=66435) Here’s a link to a road-trip mix I made. It’s good to listen to when you’re on the road, even though not every song explicitly talks about travel. The Jimmy Buffett track in particular is a classic. Hijack: I grew up just across the Delaware line from **Ocean City, Maryland** - the town, not the user. ---
**Author:** ![Ocean\_City\_Maryland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@Ocean\_City\_Maryland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ocean_City_Maryland)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-suggestions-for-road-music/287024/6 "2005-01-28T03:54:06Z")
> [@Jurph](#): > > Hijack: I grew up just across the Delaware line from **Ocean City, Maryland** - the town, not the user. Betheny Beach, huh? Nice little town. George Thurgood country. 😉 I take the kids up to Betheny when I want to get away from the crowds. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-suggestions-for-road-music/287024/7 "2005-01-28T04:25:25Z")
Um, what sort of music would this guy like? “Roadrunner” – The Modern Lovers “Roads Girdle the Globe” – XTC “Like a Rolling Stone,” “From a Buick 6,” and “Highway 61 Revisited” – Bob Dylan “Nowhere Man,” “Daytripper” – The Beatles “Reckless Driver” – Timbuk 3 “Travelling Man” – The Woodentops “Heaven is a Truck,” “Roll With the Wind” – Pavement “Driving” – The Kinks “Runaround” – Blues Traveller “Drive” – The Cars and most of David Bowie’s Lodger LP, come to think about it… ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/5daacb/32.png) [@Old\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Goat)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-suggestions-for-road-music/287024/8 "2005-01-28T05:11:29Z")
Time to wander - Mary McCaslin 😃 Other possibilities: Diamonds on my Windshield - Tom Waits Shiver me timbers - Tom Waits Ol '55 - Tom Waits Your good thing is about to end - Bonnie Raitt 😃 My opening farewell - Bonnie Raitt Drift away - Dobie Gray Can’t find my way home - Blind Faith Do what you like - Blind Faith You better move on - Arthur Alexander 😃 Born to run - Springsteen Darlington County - Springsteen State Trooper - Springsteen When you see a chance - Steve Winwood I shall be released - Joan Baez Restless farewell - Joan Baez ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-suggestions-for-road-music/287024/9 "2005-01-28T20:02:36Z")
Drive South - John Hiatt Tennessee Plates - also John Hiatt ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-suggestions-for-road-music/287024/10 "2005-01-28T20:37:44Z")
“Travelling Band” – Creedence Clearwater Revival ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-suggestions-for-road-music/287024/11 "2005-01-28T21:46:57Z")
[Rig Rock Deluxe](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE4721FD946AE7E20D29E0049DCBA74FD29D951FB8818295E5C92BB345C91017FEF5BF98C81B0E577BC66ADFF2EA1160BD9CFE65CFEDF765D40&sql=10:sad3vwvya9xkv) is a good place to start… at the very least it contains the essential road song, **Looking At The World Through A Windshield** , as performed by Son Volt. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-suggestions-for-road-music/287024/12 "2005-01-28T22:25:40Z")
Promised Land - Grateful Dead Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody. Anything by Van Morrison. I also like dub reggae while on the highway. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-suggestions-for-road-music/287024/13 "2005-01-29T01:03:00Z")
Keep Yourself Alive - Queen ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-suggestions-for-road-music/287024/14 "2005-01-29T03:37:11Z")
I’m going to one-up the “Roadrunner” suggestion by replacing it with the Sex Pistols’ cover. Also, “Autobahn” by Kraftwerk. And anything by the Clash. ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-suggestions-for-road-music/287024/15 "2005-01-29T20:04:18Z")
“Endless Grey Ribbon,” Nick Lowe “18 Wheels and a Crowbar,” BR5-49 “Mercury Blues,” David Lindley ---
**Author:** ![SpartanDC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@SpartanDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpartanDC)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-suggestions-for-road-music/287024/16 "2005-01-29T20:26:10Z")
I don’t know how many of my suggestions are appropriate for driving an RV, but when I drive a car, here are some songs I like to hear: “America” - Simon & Garfunkel “Crazy Train” - Ozzy Osbourne 😃 Just about all of Van Halen’s first album, along with “Panama.” Suggestions so far are all very much in the “classic rocK” genre, but a couple more recent songs I really like driving to: “Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)” - Arcade Fire “Southside” - Moby “Sabotage” and “Looking Down The Barrel of a Gun” - Beastie Boys