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Best "travelling" songs.
What are your favourite songs that are about or remind you of travelling ?
What songs really bring back memories of freedom, fun and the romance about being on the road ? I love a band called "The John Butler Trio". They can really make me think im somewhere else. This one for example. YouTube - John Butler Trio - Zebra (Taratata Fr3) I really urge you to look through his other songs on there. Hes a fantastic guitarist and a total hippy too :D |
Thanks very much fot that. It's powerful stuff.
Definitely Ted's Top Tip |
The list is so long....
We saw Alabama 3 a few years ago at a small club in Birmingham UK. In their words, they play 'sweetprettycountryacidhousemusicallnightlong'. YouTube - Alabama 3 Too sick to pray The Very Reverend Dr D Wayne Love of the The First Presleyterian Church Of Elvis The Divine (UK) is someone to behold!! |
Oh yes! the John Butler Trio are amazing indeed! I live in Suffolk and the love of my life is at uni in Swansea,the track "Words" by the Doves always reminds me of one sad and rainy sunday riding back from Swansea........
Anything by Clutch or Wolfmother are perfect if you're in a hurry! |
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I can think of a few, this reminds me of my time in the middle east - moby runon This one reminds me of Ras Al Had in Oman, at a critical moment on a windsurfing trip! - We're not gonna make it ... Dan... :eek3: |
talking heads
talking heads-we're on a road to nowhere. :mchappy:
but sadly sometimes its chris rea-road to hell :devil: |
This one gets the blood flowing and clears the head first thing in the morning .
YouTube - Golden earring - Twilight zone OK I 'm am old fart but Cezar has got to be one of the best drummers int'world . |
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Wide Open Road, by the The Triffids is a classic travel song.
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Ccr!!!
CCR will help with the numb bum:thumbup1:
Orrin |
Keep these coming.
I might compile an "Overlander's Overtures CD" :) |
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Bob Seger - Roll Me Away
Maybe its just because I saw Bob Seger play at the Bay City Rollair Rink like 38 years ago - or because I know where you'll be 12 hours out of Mackinaw City. |
Cake - I will survive
Makes me grin each time I hear it |
Dodger, thanks for mentioning Twilight Zone! The early days of MTV.... I'm stuck in Bogota and this brings back such great memories. Really brightened my day.
Of course, there's Sammy Hagar's, I can't drive 55.... Lorraine |
I'm too young to remember this one -
YouTube - Canned Heat - On the Road Again |
One of my all time favourites:thumbup1:
YouTube - SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND-FAITH HEALER Trophymick |
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I sang [to myself] Turn the Page by Bob Seagar and the Silver Bullet Band all thew way to California and back home,last centiury.1977
Willie Nelson's On the Road Again is not bad either. |
oldies but goodies
G·day all music, and in general, lovers.:wub:
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young had obviously experienced, that when You·re on the road, far away from your loved ones....:crying: "love the one You·re with" :drool:makes everything easier! :yes: Jolly good travelsong and exellent advice.:clap: Love .... Dan:tongue_smilie: |
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I think you true vocation was to be either a sooth sayer, sage or perhaps an old indian chief. Carry on :) |
perhaps I am cliche, perhaps it's because it's been a travelling song in our family for decades, perhaps it's because I just saw Willie a few weeks ago:
YouTube - Willie Nelson - On The Road Again - ACL 2006 "On the Road Again." VI |
Not sure if this is this is a travelling song, but I enjoy listening to it as I'm counting down to departure.
Barenaked Ladies - Pinch Me YouTube - Barenaked Ladies - Pinch Me Jeff |
Allman Bros
YouTube - Allman Brothers - Jessica [I try to forget about the new bloody awful Top Gear program ] |
Roll Me Away-Bob Seger,in fact,almost anything from Seger
Running Down A Dream-Tom Petty Truckin'-Greatful Dead Running On Empty-Jackson Brown Sweet Little Rock and Roller-Steve Earle Unknown Legend-Neil Young Rose Of Cimarron-Poco Wheels In The Sky-Journey Highway Star-Deep Purple Roadhouse Blues-The Doors |
Rock on Tommy!!!!!
My list includes among lots more...
Best of Chris Isaak Eagles Cat Stevens Buena vista Social Club Bob Dylan |
GoldWing song
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J.J. Cale - Call Me the Breeze.
Firefall - Mexico. Joe Satriani - One Big Rush ( it makes me go WFO) Led Zeppelin - Ramble On. Mana - Mariposa Traicionera. The Refreshments - Nada Robert Cray Band - Nothin' But a Woman. Robert Plant- 29 Palms. Slaid Cleaves - Breakfast in Hell. Wallflowers - 6th. Avenue Heartache. Why Store - Lack of Water. William Topley - The Ring. |
My two favorites:
Oldie: Get Your Motor Runnin by Steppenwolf (I may not have the title exactlty right). Best line = "Get your motor runnin, get out on the highway, lookin for adventure or whatever comes my way." Doesn't t that say it all! Recent: Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris, the title song from their All the Road Running album (song by the same name). Best line = "I'm your man for the roamin as long as there's roamin allowed." Mike Idaho www.rtwrider.net |
This one by the Eels
YouTube - God Damn Right ( its a beautiful day!)
Mr. E's Beautiful Blues The smokestack is spitting black soot into the sooty sky The load on the road brings a tear to the Indian's eye The Elephant won't forget what it's like inside his cage The Ringmaster's Telecaster sings on an empty stage un huh God damn right it's a beautiful day un huh God damn right it's a beautiful day un huh The girl with the curls and the sweet pink ribbon in her hair She's crawlin' out her window 'cause her daddy just don't care (Come on!) un huh God damn right it's a beautiful day un huh God damn right it's a beautiful day uh huh The clown with the frown driving down to the sidewalk fair Finger on the trigger let me tell you he's quite a scare uh huh God damn right it's a beautiful day uh huh God damn right it's a beautiful day uh huh The kids flip their lids when their heads hear that crazy sound Their neighbour digs the flavour still he's moving to another town (and I don't believe he's comin' back) God damn right it's a beautiful day uh huh God damn right it's a beautiful day uh huh And I don't know how you're taking all the shit you see Yeah, don't believe anyone but most of all dont believe in me only you God damn right it's a beautiful day uh huh(only you) God damn right it's a beautiful day uh huh God damn right it's a beautiful day uh huh God damn right it's a beautiful day uh huh |
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Midnight Rider by Allman Brothers
(this live version includes Warren Haynes of Gov't Mule) |
manic street emptiness
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Wow, cheers for the thread Ted, I missed this the first time around, now I'm enjoying the afternoon listening to all those great tunes :thumbup1:
here's a great tune and video six feet from the edge http://www.youtube.com/v/43zaqeFDTkk...</param><param |
[quote=britch;274343]Wow, cheers for the thread Ted, I missed this the first time around, now I'm enjoying the afternoon listening to all those great tunes :thumbup1:
here's a great tune and video six feet from the edge http://www.youtube.com/v/43zaqeFDTkk...ram[/quote] Great song but even better riding !! WHERE IS THAT ROAD ?????? And who's riding in that video ? :) |
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I have watched it many times, and feel the mood of the ride nicely matches the tune :thumbup1: especially near the end when the front lifts slightly as the music lifts:funmeteryes: |
The Road
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Movie music:
Torquay YouTube - The Fireballs - Torquay Vaquero by The Fireballs Close your eyes and imagine going down the road in Mexico. |
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Got to be this track YouTube - Heavyweight Champion of the World - Rev the lyrics just fit to how I feel now i'm on the road, i've listened to it everyday for the last four months and will continue to do so :clap:
Pete |
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Steve Earle - New York City
"cold, wet and hungry never did complain said he'd come a thousand miles through sleet and snow and rain He had a hundred stories 'bought the places that he'd been he'd hang around a little while then hit the road again" check it out! |
For me it would have to be "Always on my mind by the petshop boys"
I even made my own music video for it ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6f5yA2N_-8 For USA and Canadian viewers: http://vimeo.com/43297360 |
Two great driving songs that always make me go faster when travelling are by the old heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio!!
:taz::rockon::hammer::punk::punk::punk::taz: 'Die Young' by Black Sabbath Black Sabbath-Die Young (lyrics in description) 1980 - YouTube "Gather the wind, though the wind won't help you fly at all Your back's to the wall Chain the sun, and it tears away and it breaks you as you run, You run, you run! Behind the smile, there's danger and a promise to be told: You'll never get old - ha! Life's fantasy - to be locked away and still to think you're free You're free, you're free! So live for today Tomorrow never comes" and 'I speed at night' by Dio Dio -I Speed At Night Live in Sofia BG 09.20.1998 - YouTube (album version is faster than this youtube clip) "My demons, they seem to disappear No vision, I only see to hear Protection, I never needed none Direction, just nowhere near the sun You've go some stairs to Heaven, you may be right I only know in my world, I hate the light I speed at night!" |
My two have already been mentioned.
'Born To Be Wild' by Steppenwolf. There comes a moment on any trip where you have ridden slowly, warming the bike up and letting the luggage settle, and then you start to pick up the pace and start proper riding. That's when those clangy guitar chords in the song's intro start to chime in my head, and I become Dennis Hopper. Later in the day, when the road is good and the speeds are higher, that's when Chris Spedding's 'Motorcyclin' starts to play inside the old helmet. Movin' on the Queen's Highway, movin' like a streak of lightnin' When you gotta go, go, gotta go motorbike ridin' Yes! |
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I'd also add "After the Rush Hour", from the Million Dead days. I am the small town linesman And you'll find me out here on the line. Searching ceaselessly to simply Find a place i can call mine. Every corner of this country Criss-crossed out with coloured lines. The city lies before me, Another city sprawling out behind. Since the Scramble ended, Since the West was won with wagon trails, It seems the Mazzini's paradisical Panopticon prevailed. My walkabouts no longet take me Beyond a choice of different gaols. Why should i have to choose a state When every one of them has failed? I am a frontiersman, Trapped in suburban England. And i promise not to overthrow the state If allowed to redraw the atlas before I emigrate. So I have sailed the seven seas alone, Trying to find a shore I can call home. But all i found are different flags, Double-speaking diplomats, and I do not have time for that. So I'll declare my own sovereign state, The borders based on the Bottoms of my boots, And i will open embassies Wherever the hell i please, And at assemblies You will see me sat But never on my knees. And I'd gladly leave your Metternich's alone as long as where I lay my head i can be my very own. I am the Winchester lineman. I am a frontiersman, Trapped in suburban England, But here I will not remain- I'll ride into the sunset, My horse waits on the plain, And I keep walking the line. |
Here's a new great one especially for women but inspiring for everyone. Road Running by Imelda May. [url=http://www.ImeldaMay.com]Imelda May
Get up, roll up Goin up in the world Goin round, yeah round Goin round in a whirl Gettin by I'm fly that's movin so fast Never stop. Cause I'm having a blast Never slow down dk dk down down dk dk down down dk dk down down Gettin high, gettin love Oh as good as a drug I got a great, great feelin I'm as snug as a bug I got no class No glass celing to break Never stop. Cause I'm on the make Never slow down dk dk down down dk dk down down dk dk down down I'm a road runner, I'm road running yeah I'm a road runner oh... I'm a road runner, I'm road running yeah I'm a road runner oh... B-B-B-Bye boo Yeah I'm lookin at you Don't tie yourself to your womanly dues You gotta run gotta run Gotta take what you can Never stop Oh make like a man Never slow down dk dk down down dk dk down down dk dk down down I'm a road runner, I'm road running yeah I'm a road runner oh... I'm a road runner, I'm road running yeah I'm a road runner oh... Not too late Never had a watch That old parlait Tick-tickedy-tock Have a go Joe or (it'll) blow in your face Never stop. Its a human race So Never slow down dk dk down down dk dk down down dk dk down down Never never slow down Never never slow down Never never never never... I'm a road runner, I'm road running yeah, I'm a road runner oh... I'm a road runner, I'm road running yeah, I'm a road runner oh... Never stop. |
Anything by the mighty Status Quo...
Though more recently... Smash Mouth - All Star ( there are some decent acoustic covers on youtube BTW ) + Anything by Little Green Cars or Lau... All time favourite has to be ''Soul Less'' by Turin Brakes... An uber rare B side to the single 'Feeling Oblivion'... Soul Less I need much more than my name on the door, A company car and abuse from the bored/board A favour for favours routine So i'm taking a stand, from standing in line I'm sick of the sickness, i'm serious this time I'm buring to break, free... But it's all right if your soul less... |
the 'drive' soundtrack is great driving/riding music. particularly
Kavinsky - Nightcall (Terminator video) - YouTube gypsy and the cat, time to wander - reminds me of riding through Laos Gypsy & The Cat - Time To Wander - YouTube daft punk - da funk- a great sond to pump. just gets better and better the more you listen to it Daft Punk - Da Funk - YouTube magic carpet ride -steppenwolf - its just a sweet song! Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride - YouTube |
I am really digging this thread! I have found a lot of songs I know and many other good ones that I'd never heard. Thanks!
Here is a post I did a while back on my Top 100 Motorcycle Tunes: Http://ineverfinishanyth.blogspot.co...oad-tunes.html |
It is maybe a little bit offtopic - but on a longterm trip i suggest to not only use Songs - during driving.
We sit 300 hours in our car, during our transafrica (2 months, 20k km) - and we loves to hear some audiobooks. Maybe this is to dangerous for biking - but for travelling by car - it was really nice! Just to hear music - is not enough for extended travelling :innocent: |
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good call surfy i managed a 18 hour straight drive on little sleep because of audio books. v for vendetta kept my mind active and me awake. didn't even get drowsy with the audio book playing :thumbup1: |
Dirty Three
This can be pretty good to listen to along a good road on an easy-going ride.
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Time to reignite this post.
Aerosmith/S. Tyler later sung by Guns and Roses "Mama Kin" It ain't easy, livin' like a gypsy. Tell ya, honey, how I feel. I've been dreaming, Floatin' down stream and Losin' touch with all that is real. Whole earth lover, keepin' under cover Never knowin' where ya been. You've been fadin', always out paradin. Keepin' touch with Mama Kin. Well you've always got your tail on the wag. Shootin' fire from your mouth just like a dragon. You act like a perpertual drag. You better check it out, Or someday soon you'll have to climb back on the wagon. It ain't easy, livin' like ya wanna, And it's so hard to find piece of mind. Yes it is. The way I see it, you've got to say shit. But don't forget to drop me a line. Said you're as bald as an egg at eighteen. And workin' for you dad is just a drag. He still stuffs your mouth with your dreams. You better check it out, Or someday soon you'll have to climb back on the wagon. Keepin' touch with Mama Kin. Tell her where you've gone and been. Livin' out your fantasy, Sleeping late and smoking tea. [repeat once] It ain't easy, livin' like ya wanna, And it's so hard to find piece of mind. Yes it is. The way I see it, you've got to say shit. But don't forget to drop me a line. Said you're as bald as an egg at eighteen. And workin' for you dad is just a drag. He still stuffs your mouth with your dreams. You better check it out, Or someday soon you'll have to climb back on the wagon. Keepin' touch with Mama Kin. Tell her where you've gone and been. Livin' out your fantasy, Sleeping late and smoking tea. [repeat once] |
Can' t beat a bit of Vaughn-Williams IMHO, although possibly now with the Guzzi I should find the Verdi, or the combine harvester song by the Worzels!
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Just about any song from Santiano, particularly Santiano, Frei Wie der Wind, Gott Muss ein Seeman sein, Tanz mit Mir (with Faun), and Es Gibt Nur Wasser. Then Divna Ljubojevic for when in traffic ( to keep from kicking the cars, LOL):D
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Anything by Erasure, Pet Shop Boys, Guns and Roses
Ummmmm showing my age :rofl: |
Missed this the first and second time round. much as i like most music as long as it's not banging my head and ear drums, there is only one piece for me that is so evocative by it's first chord, that it stops everything else I'm doing and brings a grin to my face.
Eagles- Take it easy. I've stood on a corner in Winslow on a warm summers day and this takes me back to the American west coast and esp riding from San Diego up to San luis Obispo on the ''1'' way back in 1985 on a clapped out panhead. Happy days. '' Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy'' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEzTdBJUHO8 |
to get me going in the morning: Rolling Stones-start me up
Tom Robinson Band - 2 4 6 8 Motorway James Bond theme tune arranged by John Barry some nights Fun tubthumping chumbawamba Maria Blondie sweet home Alabama The list goes on.... :mchappy: :funmeteryes: :mchappy: |
If it just needs a bike in it, this is a pretty good cover of an oldie...
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My all time favourite:
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Forgot The Pretenders and Blondie :D
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