# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/41 "2000-08-02T15:28:03Z")
Short trips - a Jimmy Buffet album. Long trips - a Doobie Brothers album. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/42 "2000-08-02T17:32:28Z")
Shucks, I was hoping to name Bob Seeger first but No chance really. Jackson Browne - The fuse Yello - The race Yello - Oh yeah White bird - It’s a beautiful day ( I’ll bet no-one remembers that) From the CD - Leftism by Left field Afro-left Black flute rest of the CD is good too you must try it out - it was made for driving. Night in my veins - Pretenders Don’t go - Hothouse flowers Most of Steely Dan and the Donald Fagan solo albums Baba o Reilly - The Who Lots of Santana stuff. I think I’ve picked up a few tips on these music threads so keep 'em coming. ---
**Author:** ![Outrider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9d8465/32.png) [@Outrider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Outrider)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/43 "2000-08-02T17:43:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by casdave \* > \*\* From the CD - Leftism by Left field > Afro-left > Black flute > rest of the CD is good too you must try it out - it was made for driving. \*\* Made for driving? Hmm…more like made for the club floor. It is a great album though. Perfect example of techno done with intelligence and soul rather than a cheap throbbing beat (though those are good too) 🙂 -Outrider ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/44 "2000-08-03T05:57:31Z")
I like driving to dance music it suits riding a bike well,(mini disc player) but I thought that Prodigy might be a bit OTTT. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/45 "2000-08-03T06:00:31Z")
Anything by **The Fabulous Thunderbirds** should keep you rollin’ down the highway just fine. ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/46 "2000-08-03T06:02:14Z")
For long drives: Beastie Boys - _No Sleep Til Brooklyn_ and Less Than Jake - _Five State Drive_ A lot of the other ones I was thinking of have already been named in the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/47 "2000-08-03T18:09:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by casdave \* > **White bird - It’s a beautiful day ( I’ll bet no-one remembers that)** Have the vinyl, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![INTERPRETER](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dbc845/32.png) [@INTERPRETER](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/INTERPRETER)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/48 "2000-08-03T20:05:00Z")
DON’T FEAR THE REAPER - BLUE OYSTER CULT - MELLOWED OUT, DRIVING FULL BLAST DOWN THE HIGHWAY WITH YOUR EARS STUCK TO THE SPEAKERS - MMM-MMM! PATIO LANTERNS - KIM MITCHELL - Cute little song that your girlfriend will dig. Time to ease off on the gas pedal and put your arm around her. MEADOWS - JOE WALSH - Coasting on a nice sunny day, alone at the wheel, grooving to the music and schlepping at the words! THE ONLY THING THAT LOOKS GOOD ON ME IS YOU - BRYAN ADAMS - Yeah! Raunchy - floor it and move those hips! DREAMER - SUPERTRAMP - Whoooa! Whooa! Ahhhhhh! Mmmmmm! By the way - any Grateful Dead tape traders out there? ---
**Author:** ![jesuslynch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jesuslynch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesuslynch)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/49 "2000-08-03T20:48:01Z")
**Red Barchetta** - Rush **Girl’s Got Rhythm** - AC/DC **Flirting With Disaster** - Molly Hatchet **Gator Country** - Molly Hatchet ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/50 "2000-08-03T21:52:36Z")
Metallica’s self titled album. Stone Temple Pilot’s Core. Nine Inch Nail’s Pretty Hate Machine. ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/51 "2000-08-04T05:30:01Z")
“Maybeline” by Chuck Berry “Beep Beep” “I Can’t Drive 55” by Sammy Hagar, I believe “Just the Good Old Boys”–_The Dukes of Hazzard_ theme song. Beastie Boys’ “Hello Nasty” CD works as well. ---
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/52 "2000-08-04T06:04:13Z")
…yeah, **“Born to be Wild”** by Steppenwolf, definitely. **"Call Me"** -Blondie (anyone remember Julian K. (Richard Gere)tooling down the freeway in his Mercedes convertible in “American Gigolo?”) **"Legend"** -Poco **"Long Train Runnin’"** -Doobie Bros. …and when it’s raining and I’m driving down PCH: **"Atlantic City"** -Bruce Springsteen, **“Wasted Time”** -the Eagles, **“The Last Goodbye”** -Poco (again!) and about a bazillion others…this could be a whole 'nother topic: **driving in the rain songs** (?) ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/53 "2000-08-04T06:16:07Z")
[embarrassing nostalgia] These are all really daggy, but just thinking about them brings back memories of about twelve years ago when my cousin and I would go out driving on summer nights, buying pizza and sitting looking out on the ocean: Judas Priest - Turbo Lover AC/DC - Rock and Roll Aint Noise Pollution Iron Maiden - Aces High Deep Purple - Speed King Rush - Subdivisions Queensryche - Queen of the Reich. [/embarrassing nostalgia] HenrySpencer. ---
**Author:** ![Zoing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecccb3/32.png) [@Zoing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoing)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/54 "2000-08-04T06:21:26Z")
Tin Star’s “Head” is awesome. For melancholy driving, I suggest Tonic - the whole CD Lemon Parade. That’s all I can think of at the moment–except that Queen is fun to sing along to at the top of your lungs. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/55 "2000-08-04T20:05:42Z")
Radar Love - Golden Earring (of course.) I Can’t Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar Goin’ Up the Country - Canned Heat Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top Sweet Home Alabama - Lynnyrd Skynnyrd (I always do when they say “Turn it up!!”) Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry ---
**Author:** ![beermonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@beermonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beermonster)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2000, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/56 "2000-08-05T02:02:19Z")
Ones that get me singing along (very badly) whilst attempting to break the land speed record without the police noticing… Whole lotta Rosie - AC/DC City of Tiny Lights - Frank Zappa Melt - Siouxsie and the Banshees Rocking the Casbah - the Clash Buzzbomb - Dead Kennedys and, of course, the old standbys Radar Love and Highway Star. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2000, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/57 "2000-08-05T17:16:24Z")
I just got the Left Field CD Rhythm and stealth . OK so it took me long enough but track 2 Phat Planet strikes me as a good driving song. You might have heard it on the ‘white horses surfing’ Guinness ad. So I drive to club music, why not. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/58 "2000-08-06T05:29:30Z")
For a more recent song, try “Diggin’ Your Scene”, by Smashmouth. But Steely Dan’s good too (a strange choice for someone who hasn’t even had their license for a year, I’m sure…) ---
**Author:** ![Cy\_Coe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4da419/32.png) [@Cy\_Coe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cy_Coe)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/59 "2000-08-06T05:56:08Z")
I’m going to have to recommend Orgy’s remake of Blue Monday. Aside from that, Mission Impossible theme song, anyone? Almost the whole Rammstein (sp?) cd Sensucht (sp, once more) Ride of the Valkries? C’mon! I can’t remember the name, but it was about a 7 minute long techno sounding song on Emerson Lake and Palmer’s Brain Salad Surgery album. Faithless-God is a DJ (edit) And just for the sake of unbelievablyfreakin’goodrecords: The Eels - Daisies of the Galaxy. If nothing else, listen to Mr. E’s Beautiful Blues. Hell, buy all 3 Eels albums. ---
**Author:** ![DrBadass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/53a042/32.png) [@DrBadass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrBadass)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679/60 "2000-08-06T09:05:29Z")
I doubt anybody remembers this song, but remember that Transformers show? They made a movie out of it (voices of Judd Nelson, Robert Stack, Leonard Nimoy, Eric Idle), and the soundtrack was like a whole 80’s metal medley. Some band named Lion (never heard of them myself) did a remake of the Transformers theme song, and it ROCKS. A must for anybody who liked the show, but it is also a really good driving tune. I will try to find a hyperlink on the web for the MP3, since as you can imagine the Transformers have a pretty strong following on the web. More than meets the eye. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-driving-tunes/27679.md?page=4)