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So I was thinking what would be a good list of songs to compile into a CD for a long ass road trip / drive? Here are my picks for good road trip travel music:

Blinded By the Light by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
Bat Out of Hell from Meat Loaf

All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix

Money by Pink Floyd

‘Radar Love’ from Golden Earring

FreeBird from Lynyrd Skynyrd

Runnin Down a Dream by Tom Petty

Pump it Up performed by Elvis Costello
Jane Says from Velvet Revolver

Are You Ready for the Country from Neil Young
Today from Smashing Pumpkins
Perfect Stranger by Cheap Trick

Save Me Remy Zero (I am huge Smallville Fan)

The list of good music can go on and on. I supposed there are a lot of good songs that we can put and and would be great candidates. i think a good road trip song should be:

1) Loud Really Really loud and sound good on those Bose Speakers

2) Genuinely good. After all it will be load and other roadies and drivers will here it. Don’t want to piss people off and instigate a bad case of road rage

3) Be upbeat and have a good beat. I guess that would mean it should be a good rock, rap or dance song. Not sure if I would be in the mood for Barry Manilow or something. That would put me to sleep. Not to fun.

4) Be a song se can all sing a long to. What’s the point of a road trip if we can’t sing a long and have fun

At any rate I will be playing this on a trip back to my old Alma Mater. My school is having it’s 10th year reunion and we will need some music when I drive my old college buddies back up to Connecticut. I am also going to put in some song from the late 1990s when we graduated. That music should bring back some good memories and good times. Peace.