Ultimate Road Trip Playlist

Posted: 14 Jun, 2010 Category: Music4,179 views

Tags: Hall & Oates, Music, O.A.R., Play list, Road Trip

In light of my most recent road trip completed over the weekend, I’m keen to try and come up with the ultimate road-trip music playlist.

With your help, I want to come up with a list of say 30 tunes/anthems which you believe make for quintessential listening when buzzing the bitumen and chasing the white dashed line into the unknown distance.

UPDATE: You can now view the final results here.

STEP 1 – THE NOMINATIONS NOW CLOSED

Here’s how it will all play out:

Leave your top ten (10) suggested tracks in the comments section below.
After the next couple of weeks I’ll throw together a list of what I think are the most popular 100 or so songs (depending on what sort of response this gets).
I’ll list the 100 most nominated songs in a poll that you can all vote on, and together we can come up with a playlist of THIRTY (30) of the best road trip tunes as chosen by us!

This should be a lot of fun and I’m looking forward to hearing about some great new tracks that I don’t know of, and also seeing what the mix is between old classics and newer tunes.

STEP 2 – THE VOTE NOW CLOSED

A huge thank you to all of you who went to the effort to submit your nominations. We hardly had any overlaps in nominations at all, meaning we have a huge and diverse list to select from.

So now for the voting. This bit’s, dead simple.

Voting is now open until midnight (PST) on the 23rd July. Simply browse your way through the full nominees list below and select your favourite 15 tracks. After you’ve done that and submitted your vote, tell your friends about it and get at least 5 other people to submit a vote if you can!

Here’s as many of the tracks that I could muster so you can listen to them all before making your vote:

Here’s the nomination list! Remember you only get to vote once!

Please note, I had to trim the odd little-known track from your submissions here and there to keep the list to 100 songs.

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27 Comments

Ryan

14 Jun, 2010

Two must-haves for any roadie:

Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynryd
Runnin’ Down a Dream – Tom Petty

There are many, many more – but those are a couple o’ beauties…

Alicia Fairclough

14 Jun, 2010

So I’m having great difficulty getting it down to two but that previous post knocked 2 out of the running

1. Roll Another Joint: Tom Petty
2. My Happiness: Powderfinger

Tara

14 Jun, 2010

‘Everybody Wants to Rule the World’ – Tears for Fears
‘Money City Maniacs’ – Sloan

Jen

14 Jun, 2010

Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
Life is a Highway – Tom Cochrane

Kimba

14 Jun, 2010

Pat Green – Songs About Texas
Beautiful Girl – Rob Thomas
Blister in the Sun – Violent Femmes
Motorcycle Drive By – Third Eye Blind

Melissa

14 Jun, 2010

bloodbuzz ohio and terrible love, the national
sweetest kill by broken social scene

Katie

14 Jun, 2010

Totally agree w/My Happiness. Throwing in a few more that are on my list;

Blind Melon – No Rain
Weezer – Island In The Sun
The Verve – Lucky Man
Jack Johnson – Better Together / Banana Pancakes
Coldplay – Strawberry Swing
Sam Roberts – Brother Down
Peter Bjorn and John – Young Folks

Thoughts on “summer” vs. “winter” playlists?

She

14 Jun, 2010

Only 2? It took me 5 minutes to come up with 25, so two…

Little Bit of Red – Serena Ryder
Don’t Stop Believing – Journey
Let me know if you need more!

Michelle Davies

14 Jun, 2010

I can’t believe i have to narrow it to two – ack!

Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen
Here I Go Again on My Own – Whitesnake

Encore:
Alive – Pearl Jam

Adam

14 Jun, 2010

First and foremost:

1. Bon Jovi – Lost Highway
2. Bruce Springsteen – Glory Days
No playlist is complete without The Boss!!

Jen Schaeffers

14 Jun, 2010

Lisztomania – Phoenix (happy!)
Boys of Summer – Don Henley

Totally two random songs…I think you should let Michelle give you more. Will you make copies for all of us when this is said and done?

masey

14 Jun, 2010

@Jen – Don’t worry, Michelle and everyone else will probably get more of a shot at this by the end of the week.

And thanks to everyone else who threw down their suggestions today – appreciate your participation!

Moo

14 Jun, 2010

1. ‘Long Ride’ ~ The Audreys
2. ‘Little Black Sandals’ ~ Sia

and because the only rules Moo plays by are her own:

3. ‘Hideaway’ ~ The Weepies
4. ‘Come On, Come Out’ ~ A Fine Frenzy
5. ‘Pasha Bulker’ ~ Bob Evans
6. ‘We Wont Run’ ~ Sarah Blasko
7. ‘Standing Still’ ~ Jewel Kilcher
8. ‘Sidekick’ ~ Lisa Mitchell
9. ‘Old Photographs’ ~ Gregory Page
10. ‘Handjob On A Churchbus’ ~ Steve Poltz

Hazel

14 Jun, 2010

No Time – The Guess Who
Paradise City – Guns N’ Roses

yee haw

She

21 Jun, 2010

1. No Cars Go – Arcade Fire
2. Come on Eileen – Dexys Midnight Runners
3. Are you Gonna be My Girl – Jet
4. Califorinication- Red Hot Chili Peppers
5. Road Trippin – Red Hot Chili Peppers
6. One Way or Another – Blondie
7. Little Red Corvette -Prince
8. Canned Heat – Jamiroquai

I have more too if you need

Michelle Davies

21 Jun, 2010

Gin & Juice – The Gourds
City on Down – O.A.R.
S.O.S. – ABBA
No Sleep Till Brooklyn – Beastie Boys
Everlasting Light – The Black Keys
Daft Punk is Playing at My House – LCD Soundsystem
Two Step – DMB
The Way We Get By – Spoon
At the Hundredth Meredian – The Tragically Hip
Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand
Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy – Big & Rich

Hazel

22 Jun, 2010

Wow! I’m slow to the gate and heaps of songs have been listed already. SO – here’s some new ones to complete my set of 10:

Tom Petty – Free Fallin
AC/DC You Shook Me All Night Long
OAR – On My Way
Paolo Nutini – New Shoes
Powderfinger – Head Up In The Clouds OR Baby I’ve Got You On My Mind
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
The Strokes – You Only Live Once
The Virgins – One Week of Danger

Bonus Tracks
Wild Cherry – Play That Funky Music
Sam & Dave – Hold On, I’m Comin
James Brown – Get Up Offa That Thing

Rebecca

29 Jun, 2010

Hi Rob – if you haven’t closed this yet, I’ll add these!

So many goodies to choose from when you try and put some together, but I’ve gone for old tunes to make the trip a classic!

- Jackson Browne – Running on Empty
- Tom Petty – Free Fallin’
- Paul Kelly – Love Never Runs on Time
- Bob Dylan – Blowin’ in the Wind
- Janice Joplin – Me & Bobby McGee
- Crowded House – Better Be Home Soon
- Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues
- Bruce Springsteen – The River
- Otis Redding – I’ve Been Loving You (too long now)
- ACDC – Back in Black
- U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday

masey

29 Jun, 2010

Nope, not too late yet. I’m going to leave this open for a little longer as I want to get some more input before deciding the final selection to vote from.

Rachow

07 Jul, 2010

Everyday Should Be A Holiday – Dandy Warhols
Beautiful Burnout – Underworld
Night Drive – Gotye
Wear It Well – Felix da Housecat
This Heart Attack – Faker
We Come 1 – Faithless
New Years Day – U2
Crystal – New Order
Straight Ahead – Tube & Berger

Boofa

07 Jul, 2010

1. Highway to Hell – AC/DC
2. Flame Trees – Cold Chisel
3. The Scientist – Cold Play
4. Up there Cazaly – ?
5. Insomnia – Faithless
6. Message to my Girl – Crowded House
7. American Pie – Don McLean
8. Pour some Sugar on me – Def Leopard
9. Fallen Angel – Poison
10. Benny Hill theme song – Bach

masey

10 Jul, 2010

And to close off nominations, here are my picks:

1. Back in Black – AC/DC
2. You Make My Dreams Come True – Hall & Oates
3. Mustang Sally – Andrew Strong
4. Mr Jones – Counting Crows
5. China Grove – Doobie Brothers
6. In The Summertime – Thirsty Merc
7. New Sensation – INXS
8. Sway – The Kooks
9. Fader – The Temper Trap
10. Place Your Hands – Reef

Emspin

13 Jul, 2010

Some big ones missing, definately missing some hunters and collectors and the proclaimers!

masey

13 Jul, 2010

I do agree with you, but if they weren’t nominated, then they weren’t nominated. Everyone had time and the chance!

It’s still a pretty awesome list if you ask me!

Katie

14 Jul, 2010

Love the embedded player. The tunes are getting me through the work day today.

Karen Willett

14 Jul, 2010

x K

Jen Schaeffers

21 Jul, 2010

Nice work Masey!

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