 Music for driving, help me make playlists |
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 Jun 19 2008, 08:33 PM
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 living in your basement, eating your candy hearts  Group: Established Members Posts: 3,418 Joined: 23-February 04 From: cloud cuckoo land Member No.: 959 Gender: Female  |
I'm sure this topic has been done before but either way I think it's time for a new one! Anyway, I'm sick of browsing through random on my mp3 player while driving, so I was going to compile playlists. The thing is, I need suggestions for good driving music. I am sure the gurus of matazone have suggestions
-------------------- Being corrupted by candice since 2004
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Jun 19 2008, 09:59 PM
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 Take apart your head Group: Established Members Posts: 1,323 Joined: 17-January 05 From: Old Hampshire Member No.: 1,599 Gender: Male |
I don't drive, so this isn't quite what you asked but:
R.E.M. - Drive Funeral for a Friend - She Drove Me To Daytime Television Hell Is For Heroes - You Drove Me To It Thursday - Understanding In A Car Crash Gary Numan - Cars Circa Survive - Stop The F****' Car The All-American Rejects - Drive Away A Thorn For Every Heart* - Streetcar Jimmy Eat World - Night Drive Brand New - The No Seatbelt Song I should stop before I start going through all my CDs looking for relevant tracks. *I am yet to find a band with a more emo name -------------------- |
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Jun 19 2008, 10:44 PM
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 If my woman were a fire... Group: Established Members Posts: 3,328 Joined: 14-November 04 From: hole-in-the-ground, Texas Member No.: 1,473 Gender: Female |
I don't know if you love or hate nickelback (Actually, I can't stand most of their music)
but the song "Animals" by them is *amazing* to drive to.  Paticuarly if you like going fast. -------------------- Her dignity shone so bright like a light on a hill and she burned for me, no other man came near her flame. Bad country songs - the deafening twang of the rich white kid blues. You can own the strange, but the lights and glares will not make you real. |
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Jun 20 2008, 10:51 AM
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 Roger Rabbit, having hit the skids, is now busking for a living. Group: Moderators Posts: 8,645 Joined: 4-March 03 From: In front of the screen Member No.: 95 Gender: Male |
I've done a lot of research into this, seeing as I've done a lot of driving down the years, and I can safely say that you need to drive to something which is going to trigger your "Yes, I'm alert!" circuits. Which means no ballady stuff, no ambient and definitely no Sigur Rós (see random music thread).
If you want to be alert and on the ball you need something uptempo, either rock or dance music tends to fit the bill. Unfortunately most of this stuff also has a tendency to make your right foot a bit leaden, so you need to keep an eye open for those Gatso's. Any fast rock, such as the Foo's or their ilk will do, as will Status Quo - no, seriously, once it kicks into the synapses you suddenly find yourself being the target of the local traffic officer. If you want a list, then try some of these ones (in no particular order) which can do the job just nicely: Foo Fighters - Breakout / Monkeywrench / Stacked Actors Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm The Chameleons - Don't Fall Feeder - Just A Day The Black Crows - Hard To Handle Queens Of The Stone Age - You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire / No One Knows The Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love (this is essential listening for any Matazonian of old!) Dillinger Escape Plan - Pig Latin (as is this!) The Buzzcocks - Orgasm Addict / Ever Fallen In Love Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck My Kiss Ministry - Stigmata Queen - Don't Stop Me Now The Prodigy - Out Of Space Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name Of / Bombtrack Eels - Last Stop: This Town Klaxons - Gravity's Rainbow Pop Will Eat Itself - Beaver Patrol Faith No More - We Care A Lot / Introduce Yourself Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water Hüsker Dü - Crystal Wedding Present - Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now? The Jam - just get the greatest hits album, it's all good The Stranglers - No More Heroes The Killers - All These Things I've Done Blur - Song 2 The Wonder Stuff - Don't Let Me Down, Gently Muse - New Born Whitesnake - Fool For Your Lovin' The Clash - Rock The Casbah / London Calling Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky (seriously, trust me on this one) The Wombats - Moving To New York The Futureheads - Beggining Of The Twist Megadeth - Hangar 18 Pendulum - Slam Phil Lynott & Gary Moore - Out In The Fields Kasabian - Shoot The Runner Green Day - Basket Case Supergrass - Pumping On Your Stereo U2 - Vertigo / Elevation / New Year's Day The Hives - Missing Link INXS - Need You Tonight Ultraviolence - I Am Destructor (Mata did an anim to this song) Guns N Roses - Welcome To The Jungle Oasis - Cigarettes and Alcohol Machine Head - Davidian Meh, that'll do for now. And following Novander's path: Chris Rea - Road to Hell Ministry - Jesus Built My Hotrod Incubus - Drive -------------------- The author of this post is entirely fictional and is intended for entertainment purposes only. The views of the author are not necessarily representative of the views of Matazone, Mata himself nor any of his assorted cronies, friends, allies, associates or hangers-on. Any resemblance to other posts, alive or dead, is purely coincidental and is not intentional. Except when that's the point of the post, in which case it is intentional and no coincidence is applied, inferred or otherwise described by another long legalese term which temporarily escapes me. No animals have been hurt in the production of this post, although I did kick the cat before I sat down at the computer. |
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Jun 20 2008, 04:12 PM
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 Daaaaaaaaaaaaaang Group: Established Members Posts: 1,197 Joined: 29-December 03 From: Wiggleton Member No.: 829 Gender: Female |
Porcupine Tree - Blackest Eyes
Zox - Carolyn Mountain Goats - This Year Atom and his Package - Going to Georgia Bedouin Soundclash - When the Night Feels My Song Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Weapon of Choice Black Stone Cherry - Hell and High Water Call & Response - Blowin' Bubbles Blonde Redhead - Loved Despite of Great Faults Metric - Combat Baby John Vanderslice - Pale Horse Bright Eyes - Train Under Water Camera Obscura - Happy New Year Camera Obscura - Eighties Fan Deadsy - The Key to Gramercy Park Deerhoof - Panda Road Dollar Canon - Dungen - Ta Det Lungt Eels - Buss Stop Boxer Eels - Souljacker part I Folk Implosion - Easy Fooled By April - Come In Chicago Gaelic Storm - Johnny Jump Up Gerbils - Crayon Box Paper Lions - City Limits Gnarls Barkley - Transformer Sublime - Saw Red Halfday - My Life in a Jar Moby Grape - Motorcycle Irene Head Automatica - Brooklyn is Burning Guano Apes - Big in Japan Hotel Lights - A.M. Slow Golden Hit LCD Soundsystem - Time to Get Away Le Tigre - TKO Less Than Jake - Gainesville Rock City Mad Caddies - Bridges Placebo - Every You Every Me Mad Caddies - Booze Cruise Matt Sia - Marquette, MI Mewithoutyou - January, 1979 Moby Grape - Come in the Morning Graham Coxon - Don't Be A Stranger Moving Units - Between Us & Them Flaming Lips - The W.A.N.D. Of Montreal - Requiem for O.M.M. (Not 2, the original from Sunlandic Twins) the pAper chAse - We Know Where You Sleep If you want more than that, yell at me. -------------------- If the world collapses and we find ourselves closer together I'm convinced it would be positive.
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Jun 21 2008, 09:22 AM
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 Light On The Surface Group: Moderators Posts: 4,370 Joined: 4-March 03 From: Banjomouse Record House Member No.: 91 Gender: Male |
Well, this will be one Media thread I won't be able to participate in. I've been a dedicated pedestrian for years now, and I don't see that changing.
If, however, you need a list of good walking tunes, I'm your man. 
-------------------- the end is nice |
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Jun 22 2008, 08:50 PM
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 dream to make believe Group: Established Members Posts: 2,522 Joined: 12-January 04 From: England Member No.: 863 Gender: Female |
QUOTE (leopold @ Jun 20 2008, 11:51 AM)  I've done a lot of research into this, seeing as I've done a lot of driving down the years, and I can safely say that you need to drive to something which is going to trigger your "Yes, I'm alert!" circuits. Which means no ballady stuff, no ambient and definitely no Sigur Rós (see random music thread). I will second this. Getting stuck in traffic where you need to pay more attention than changing a CD allows when you have 'Takk' in is a bad, bad thing. Especially when you hate the radio as much as I do. I will also second pretty much all the recommendations that have already been made. Here are a few of my favourites: Coheed & Cambria (pretty much anything by them is good by me) Saves the Day - Third Engine My Chemical Romance - Vampires Will Never Hurt You Jimmy Eat World - The Middle/Sweetness -------------------- |
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Jun 23 2008, 02:17 PM
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 Super advanced member Group: Established Members Posts: 79 Joined: 23-May 08 From: Somewhere between here and there Member No.: 10,478 Gender: Female |
Mine would be totally random!! Anything by Meat Loaf or the Phantom of the Opera or MCR
-------------------- Get a taste of religion. Lick a witch.
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Jun 23 2008, 02:19 PM
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 Germany > Spain... Group: Established Members Posts: 2,255 Joined: 7-January 06 From: Orlando Member No.: 2,184 Gender: Female |
QUOTE (Industrial Kybosh @ Jun 21 2008, 05:22 AM) If, however, you need a list of good walking tunes, I'm your man. I could do with some good walking and biking music. Care to share? --------------------  |
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Jun 23 2008, 04:52 PM
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 Wait for the uprising Group: Established Members Posts: 3,177 Joined: 7-April 05 From: In a cave in Scotland Member No.: 1,735 Gender: Female |
Golden Earring- Radar Love. Also, something else that I thought of the other day, but forgot.
mmm, cider. -------------------- We are unraveling our navels so that we may ingest the sun. DARIA IZ GOOD ON TOAST TOAST IZ GOOD ON DARIA |
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Jun 23 2008, 06:18 PM
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Light On The Surface Group: Moderators Posts: 4,370 Joined: 4-March 03 From: Banjomouse Record House Member No.: 91 Gender: Male |
QUOTE (Izzy @ Jun 23 2008, 03:19 PM) QUOTE (Industrial Kybosh @ Jun 21 2008, 05:22 AM) If, however, you need a list of good walking tunes, I'm your man. I could do with some good walking and biking music. Care to share? I'll give it a good long think tonight and come back with a walking playlist - and a new thread to celebrate - on the morrow. Oh, I'll have my strut on, that's for sure... -------------------- the end is nice |
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Jun 23 2008, 06:30 PM
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 Lord of the Keys Group: Established Members Posts: 2,197 Joined: 1-October 04 From: Wonderful-smelling dwelling in French-Canada Member No.: 1,329 Gender: Female |
QUOTE (Izzy @ Jun 23 2008, 10:19 AM) QUOTE (Industrial Kybosh @ Jun 21 2008, 05:22 AM) If, however, you need a list of good walking tunes, I'm your man. I could do with some good walking and biking music. Care to share? If you like walking fast without realizing that you are walking fast, try music that makes you righteously angry, like Atmosphere does for me. I think you don't like rap though, so maybe the Germs? I walked two stupidly hilly miles today with Atmosphere and it took me eighteen minutes. Strolling, however, calls for happy happy music: Moonbabies, some Animal Collective maybe, the Books' "Motherless Bastard", the soundtrack to Amelie. -------------------- can I kiss your dopamine? In a way I wonder if she's living in a magazine |
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Jun 24 2008, 02:05 PM
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 Flaps and spins on the spot Group: Established Members Posts: 2,651 Joined: 17-June 03 From: At the end of the road to nowhere.....literally! Member No.: 390 Gender: Female |
QUOTE (Novander @ Jun 19 2008, 10:59 PM) Gary Numan - Cars The Fear Factory version I suggest Born in the USA by Brucey Also, anything with lots of wailing guitar rifts and excellent drum/base lines. I'm not being very helpful but I can't think of much as I listened to the Mighty Boosh on the way to work and therefore have no music spinning around my brain recess!
-------------------- Hope confidentally, do valiantly, wait patiently!
Rather light a candle than complain about the dark! Enjoy what you have and hope for what you lack Thoughts become things, choose the good ones[/center] [center]Carpe diem |
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Jul 1 2008, 02:20 PM
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Roger Rabbit, having hit the skids, is now busking for a living. Group: Moderators Posts: 8,645 Joined: 4-March 03 From: In front of the screen Member No.: 95 Gender: Male |
QUOTE (Industrial Kybosh @ Jun 21 2008, 10:22 AM) If, however, you need a list of good walking tunes, I'm your man. Ah, the lost art of self perambulation. I recall doing that a lot in my youth, wandering around with my Walkman on full volume, belting out whatever it was I'd managed to drop onto cassette that week through a set of 'phones the like of which I've not seen in many years. Although the day I was walking to my friend's house listening to Queen's "Night At The Opera" album was not one of my best journeys, as I was so involved in absorbing the tuneage I completely missed the fact I was walking into some scaffolding; the next thing I recall was lying on the floor with a sore head...  I gave up the Walkman when the school strikes started and it became more sensible to cycle to school instead, and more sensible still to be able to hear the traffic. It was practically impossible to get home, have lunch and get back again in an hour, when the round trip took 80 minutes on foot. -------------------- The author of this post is entirely fictional and is intended for entertainment purposes only. The views of the author are not necessarily representative of the views of Matazone, Mata himself nor any of his assorted cronies, friends, allies, associates or hangers-on. Any resemblance to other posts, alive or dead, is purely coincidental and is not intentional. Except when that's the point of the post, in which case it is intentional and no coincidence is applied, inferred or otherwise described by another long legalese term which temporarily escapes me. No animals have been hurt in the production of this post, although I did kick the cat before I sat down at the computer. |
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Jul 16 2008, 03:05 PM
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Germany > Spain... Group: Established Members Posts: 2,255 Joined: 7-January 06 From: Orlando Member No.: 2,184 Gender: Female |
QUOTE (Industrial Kybosh @ Jun 23 2008, 02:18 PM) QUOTE (Izzy @ Jun 23 2008, 03:19 PM) QUOTE (Industrial Kybosh @ Jun 21 2008, 05:22 AM) If, however, you need a list of good walking tunes, I'm your man. I could do with some good walking and biking music. Care to share? I'll give it a good long think tonight and come back with a walking playlist - and a new thread to celebrate - on the morrow. *pokes* -------------------- |
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Jul 16 2008, 07:00 PM
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Light On The Surface Group: Moderators Posts: 4,370 Joined: 4-March 03 From: Banjomouse Record House Member No.: 91 Gender: Male |
Yeah, I kinda zoned out on that one, didn't I?
Given that I enjoy a good strut when I'm walking (given that I am, of course, a '70s pimp), I often favour these: Trampled Underfoot - Led Zep Blindness - The Fall (The Classical being another prize walking cut by the same band) Subcutaneous Phat - Desert Sessions No-one Knows - Queen O' T' Stone Age Improvise - Jurassic 5 Vicious Battle Raps - DJ Format (I do go on about that track, don't I?) The Number Song - DJ Shadow There's doubtless more, but I'm supposed to be doing other things right now and can't think. I'll get back to you, honest... -------------------- the end is nice |
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