Road Trip Playlist

20 tunes to make that journey truly fly…

These are our top 20 tunes for a roadtrip. What tunes make your long distance drives go a little quicker? Leave a comment and let us know…

Tame Impala1. Half Full Glass of Wine: Tame Impalas
Driving Indie Blues Rock you’ll recognise from the TV. Directional and rocking.
 
 

Betty Harris
2. There’s a Break in the Road: Betty Harris
Down and dirty funk perfect for laying down rubber.
 
 

Free
3. Mr Big: Free
Elliptical shifting from the Spinal Tap tribute band from the early seventies.
 
 

stone-roses

4. Driving South: Stone Roses
Manc attitude par excel­lence with pounding riffs from the Monkey Men.
 
 

Kraftwerk

5. Autobahn: Kraftwerk
Glorious misan­thropy from the centre of Euro dystopia.
 
 
 

Bobby Fuller Four

6. I fought the Law: The Bobby Fuller Four
Original Rebel Music: let the desert winds blow!
 
 

Davie Allan and the Arrows

7. Left turn on arrow only: Davie Allan and the Arrows
Obscure and burning strings straight out of the Lost Highway.
 
 
 

Foo Fighters

8. Learn to Fly: Foo Fighters
Dave Grohl and co bring you a contem­porary classic that sounds better than sex on the car radio.
 
 
 

Chuck Berry

9. Johnny B Goode: Chuck Berry
Essential roots rock meant for swift cruisin’.
 
 
 

The Wipeouts

10. Dead Man’s Curve: The Wipeouts
A dispatch from the begin­nings of street racing culture.
 
 
 

Beach Boys

11. Shut Down: The Beach Boys
Leave the Noseriders alone chaps. Stick to the four to the floor.
 
 
 

Leftfield

12. Phat Planet: Leftfield
A tick and a tock. Put the pedal to the metal!
 
 
 

Upsetters

13. Live Injection: The Upsetters
A downshift and a change of pace that still goes with the flow.
 
 
 

AC/DC

14. Highway to Hell: AC/​DC
Nod your head and flash the steer’s horns on the highway, baby.
 
 
 

Muse

15. Plug In Baby: Muse
Contemporary roughness for the blacktop in our time.
 
 
 

Blur

16. Song 2: Blur
Whoo-​​Hoo indeed.
 
 
 

Tom Robinson

17. 2−4−6−8 Motorway: Tom Robinson
Perennial dad rock that evokes the British Leyland vehicle of your imagin­ation.
 
 
 

Johnny Jenkins

18. Down the road I go: Johnny Jenkins
Dirty harp-​​driven blues from the southland.
 
 
 

Eddie Cochran

19. Something Else: Eddie Cochran
He died in a Ford Consul in Chippenham. What a rocker!
 
 
 

Ricky Valance

20. Shaking All Over: Ricky Valance
We end with a slick rocking classic.
 
 
 

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  • http://www.ukcougar.com Matthew Harrison

    Interesting choice of tunes, not many I’d favour mind.
    I personaly would go for these few tunes below

    Yello: Drive Driven or The Race
    Steppenwolf: Born To Be Wild
    The Prodigy: Full Throttle or Voodoo People
    Goldie: Inner City Life
    Kraftwerk: Tour De France

    and perhaps a bit of James Brown

  • Greg Field

    I’ve added all of these songs to a Spotify playlist:

    http://open.spotify.com/user/kiruji/playlist/6eqdzUENoERr9fNs9NHDWl

    All except Highway to Hell as Spotify doesn’t have any AC/​DC yet.

    Not a bad playlist, although a few tracks I would replace.

  • Stan

    as i am part italian i love zagto cars and have driven a lancia zagto while in itali as a mechanic

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  • Tim

    You missed ‘One way ticket to hell and back’.

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