# Premiere driving tunes **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 1, 2000, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679 "2000-08-01T07:15:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gatsby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@Gatsby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatsby)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/1 "2000-08-01T07:15:12Z")
What are they? I have three in mind, rather different genres. “Jessica” - Allman Brothers Band - My number one. A fierce instrumental that demands speeds approaching 3 digits in MPH. The soundtrack of my speeding tickets includes Jessica. “Radar Love” - Golden Earing - Number two. Although 85MPH and a good headbob is usually enough to get me through this one, it’s been known to get me going faster at times. “Running Down A Dream” - Tom Petty - Number three. Seemingly shallow on the surface, watch out for this one. Especially in the presence of a convertible top or sunroof. On a sunny day, in the right mood, in the right car, you can approach Jessica speeds without even noticing. Other nominations? ---
**Author:** ![chief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@chief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chief)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/2 "2000-08-01T07:36:58Z")
I always liked Highway Star by Deep Purple ---
**Author:** ![Gomez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d78d45/32.png) [@Gomez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gomez)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/3 "2000-08-01T09:27:16Z")
_ **Canned Heat - On the Road again.** _ ---
**Author:** ![bunnymom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@bunnymom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunnymom)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/4 "2000-08-01T09:37:49Z")
Good ones, all. One that makes me a leadfoot: Cliffs of Dover - Eric Johnson(I think) ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Vega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a9adbd/32.png) [@Lord\_Vega](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Vega)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/5 "2000-08-01T11:19:42Z")
Abacab. Nice, long, steady. V. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/6 "2000-08-01T11:56:18Z")
‘Radar Love’… Golden Earing ‘Highway Star’…Deep Purple 'Big Red Rocket of Love’and ‘5-0 Ford’…The Reverend Horton Heat ‘Gonna Raise Hell’ and ‘California Man’…Cheap Trick ‘Red Barchetta’…Rush ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/7 "2000-08-01T12:08:50Z")
So many… But I’ll give you my ultimate _ **Hot Summer Night Windows Down Boulevard Cruisin’ Song** _: **Don Henley** - _Boys of Summer_. I mean, honestly. It just doesn’t get any cooler than that scenario. ---
**Author:** ![Spiny\_Norman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Spiny\_Norman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiny_Norman)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/8 "2000-08-01T13:42:51Z")
One of the drawbacks of two-wheelers is that you have to provide your own entertainment. I like to sing “Hot Rod Lincoln” and of course, “Born to be wild” at the top of my lungs into my crash helmet. And of course, the Danish band Gasolin has written the ultimate driving song, “Derudaf”. S. Norman ---
**Author:** ![seriousart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@seriousart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seriousart)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/9 "2000-08-01T13:48:11Z")
Um, Born To Be WIld anyone? Also: Jesus Built My Hotrod- MInistry Jerry Was A Race Car Driver- Primus Dragula- Rob Zombie Going the Distance- Cake and while not a car tune per se, Surrender (live)-Cheap Trick always got my lead foot stompin’ ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/10 "2000-08-01T13:52:14Z")
Nice choices. I second the nomination of “Boys of Summer,” and add: Born to be Wild - how can anyone not have mentioned this one yet? St. Elmo’s Fire - My favorite “road” song ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/11 "2000-08-01T14:14:17Z")
Virtually any song by Stevie Ray Vaughn Virtually any song by Joe Satriani Um, most CDs in my collection I used to drive **a lot** when I was a sales rep. I had a 12 disc CD player in my truck and drove in some pretty remote areas. (probably the top song is “Radar Love” Golden Earring, but you already knew that) ---
**Author:** ![Tymp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Tymp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tymp)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/12 "2000-08-01T14:33:19Z")
“Furious Angels” – Robert Dougan “Spy Break” – Propellerheads “Dread” – Allison with One “Renaissance” – Hooverphonic “Believe” – Franka Potente Am I the only one who listens to music written in the past decade? ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/13 "2000-08-01T14:40:39Z")
Lake Shore Drive - Aliota Haynes & Jeremiah No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature - Guess Who Pleasant Valley Sunday - Monkees Funny thing you should bring this up - I had the opportunity this last weekend to go down to the city in a friend’s restored 66 Mustang Convertible with my SO - we heard the above on the radio - seemed like a perfect match… I hope he doesn’t sell that car anytime soon… ---
**Author:** ![Killerjoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/51bf81/32.png) [@Killerjoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Killerjoke)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/14 "2000-08-01T14:41:01Z")
Since I haven’t seen it mentioned, I will leave lurker mode to nominate ‘Going Mobile’ by The Who. As with the previously mentioned ‘Radar Love’, the pedal gets warm and snuggly with the metal, as it were. Unfortunately, I live in commuter hell and I have to slam on the brakes right after I floor it. There is nothing worse than screaming ‘…watch the po-lice and the tax man miss me, I’m MOBILE…’ while stuck in bumper to bumper traffic. ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/15 "2000-08-01T14:42:06Z")
I second “Radar Love,” and have to nominate Lenny Kravitz’ “Are You Gonna Go My Way” for more contemporary fare. * * * Yer pal, Satan \*I HAVE BEEN SMOKE-FREE FOR: Three months, three weeks, two days, 12 hours, 41 minutes and 42 seconds. 4581 cigarettes not smoked, saving $572.64. Life saved: 2 weeks, 1 day, 21 hours, 45 minutes. “Satan is not an unattractive person.”\*- **Drain Bead** (Thanks for the ringing endoresement, honey!) ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/16 "2000-08-01T14:53:47Z")
Ramblin’ Man - Allman Brothers Flirtin’ with Disaster - Molly Hatchet Gimme Three Steps - Lynyrd Skynyrd I’m not from the South, I’ve never spent much time in the South and I’m not particularly a huge fan of Southern Rock, but when it comes to driving, they just seem to fit the bill. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/17 "2000-08-01T15:19:43Z")
I second Tymp with Believe. Great movie, awesome soundtrack. Here are some more sweet road tunes. Civil War (Tripping in Boot Camp Mix) – Combine the German version of Full Metal Jacket with downright evil techno/industrial music courtesy of Funkervogt and Velvet Acid Christ and you have one of the best driving songs ever. When that song comes on, no one _ever_ passes me. Prokofiev’s 2nd Piano Concerto – This piece is downright barbarian. Words fail me. Get a recording with Bronfman playing. Led Zeppelin’s White Summer/Black Mountain Side – gorgeous guitars for those long drives through the country. Op Ivy’s Freeze Up – The only problem is that this song is too short. MR ---
**Author:** ![Tymp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Tymp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tymp)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/18 "2000-08-01T15:24:56Z")
I forgot the best. Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 ---
**Author:** ![seriousart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@seriousart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seriousart)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/19 "2000-08-01T15:36:51Z")
Tymp > [@](#): > > Am I the only one who listens to music written in the past decade? > [@](#): > > I forgot the best. > Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 Yeah, that came out when… '97, '98? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/20 "2000-08-01T15:37:05Z")
I second “Ramblin’ Man” and I would also like to add “Born to Run” and for those more introspective moments “Racing in the Street” By Bruce Springsteen. And I would add “Rockaway Beach”, cause you have to have the Ramones on here somewhere. Keith [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679.md?page=2)