Ultimate Family Vacation Playlist

[littlemamma]

Or song so we could compile a playlist?
Inspired by a friend.
I'll start:

I've Been Everywhere- Johnny Cash

[Clams]

On the Road Again. Willie. Needs to be played every time the family gets into the car, until everyone is sick of it, until everyone yells "No! Not Willie again!!!" - and then play it some more.

[cortez the killer]

"Looking at the World Through a Windshield"

When I was just a little bitty kid I remembered one time Mama said
Daddy sends you all his love from Frisco Bay
I didn't understand till I was grown
why my Daddy didn't spend a little time at home
Instead of runnin' around the country that way
Now I'm looking at the world through a windshield
And see everything in a little bit different light
I got a sweet little thing I'm wantin' to see in Nashville
And I'm down around Dallas and a'rollin' on fast tonight
Long strips of rubber that you see
Were burned off of this rig by the likes of me
And they'll ride along the highways in this land
I'm gonna sign my name in this diesel smoke
And let the ones that come behind me choke
Now I'm looking at the world through a windshield
Watchin' it a flyin' by me at the right
I got a sweet little thing I'm wantin' to see in Nashville
And I'm down around Dallas and a'rollin' on fast tonight
I've pushed this rig through sleet and rain
And I've driven through the rough terrain
Of the Rockies to the docks of old L.A.
On down that old Pacific shore, sing north and headin' for Baltimore
Of somethin' â'bout two thousand miles away
Now I'm looking at the world through a windshield
Watchin' it a flyin' by me at the right
I got a sweet little thing I'm wantin' to see in Nashville
And I'm down around Dallas and a'rollin' on fast tonight

[never going back]

"Drive South" by John Hiatt

['Scratch]

"Sandusky" by Uncle Tupelo

[3milelake]

"Back of a Car" - Big Star

[bovine knievel]

Passenger Side - Wilco
Paradise - John Prine

[littlemamma]

18 Wheels of Love
"Everybody Sing along!"

[bovine knievel]

littlemamma ran off with a Trucker

I'm Amazed - MMJ

[Flood18]

Hummingbird-Wilco

Boatman Dance-Yonder Mountain String Band

Were Gonna Be Friends-White Stripes

Sitting On Top of The World-Pick an artist (I like Muddy Waters version and Jack White has a really good one also.)

Werewolves of London-Zevon

Porch Song_Widespread Panic

Naive Medley-Talking Heads

Amie-Pure Prairie League

[PeterJ]

And you have to follow it up with Patterson's "Belinda Carlisle Diet."

[BigTom]

Runnin' Down A Dream and American Girl - Tom Petty

[BigTom]

One Big Holiday and Golden - My Morning Jacket

[Clams]

Tom petty's got a couple of great road songs - Big Weekend is one, Runnin' Down a Dream another.

[scotto]

Again...

with 50,000 watts of power/we go by faster miles an hour/with the radio on

"Roadrunner" by The Modern Lovers (preferably the version dubbed "Roadrunner Twice" or "Radio On").

[Smitty]

"Windfall"- Son Volt

[Steve McWeen]

Drivin' on 9 - The Breeders

Another Traveling Song - Bright Eyes

Stickshifts and Safetybelts - Cake

Mint Car - The Cure

4th of July - Shooter Jennings

[SandyBritches]

Driving Song - Panic
Baby, They Told Us We Would Rise Again - Bloodkin
Goin' Up The Country - Canned Heat

[bovine knievel]

Thousand Dollar Car - The Bottle Rockets

[LuthierJustin]

Allman Brothers- Jessica

[tinnitus photography]

"Sandusky" by Uncle Tupelo

that was the soundtrack to a scene which involved my wife and I leaving one wedding, getting changed out of our wedding clothes and into comfortable road clothes, and driving from Cape Cod to Philly for another friend's wedding.

[joelle]

roadtrips are the shit. but before headin' out...(to paraphrase)
1. have the carburetor cleaned and checked
2.get the line blown out
3.go on down to the car wash,
4.check the plugs and points
5.wipe the windshield, check the gas...
and when the
"radio's jammed up with gospel stations
lost souls callin' long distance salvation
hey, mister deejay, wontcha hear my last prayer?*
hey, ho, rock 'n roll, deliver me from nowhere"


no worries
here are 50 songs for 50 states! god speed...

thirteen: big star
let's ride: blue mountain
patience for the ride: centro-matic
drivin in my car: nrbq
travelin' light : peter case
american girl: tom petty
racin' in the streets: springsteen
don't run wild: del fuegos
the sweet part of the city: ths
can't hardly wait: the replacements

have love will travel: the black keys
thunder express: MC5
quiet dog: mos def
over it: dinosaur jr
here comes your man: pixies
steve's last ramblesteve earle
blood buzz ohio: the national
these roads don't move: farrar/gibbard/kerouac
the road to bakersfield: bastard sons of johny cash
900 miles: the hilltops


lost highway: hank williams
to live is to fly:tvz
ruby: david rawlings
i can see the pines are dancing: aa bondy
child of the wild blue yonder: john hiatt
blue and wonder: richard buckner
moonlight mile: rolling stones
i'd run away: the jayhawks
you been gone: chuck prophet
my love will follow you: buddy miller


one big love: patty griffin
when my baby's beside me:kelly willis covering big star
magpie to the morning: neko case
long way from georgia: ryan birmingham
don't go back to rockville,: rem
see the world: gomez
avenues: whiskeytown
i've been riding with the ghost: songs:ohia
threesixteen: the weight
run chicken run: the felice brothers
oh chicago!: the yahoos


i'm a wheel: wilco
bend in the road: danny & dusty
wagon wheel: ocms
far and wide: roadside graves
going going gone: dylan
the search: son volt
long and winding road: the beatles
the road goes on forever: joe ely
goin' home: dan auerbach


zip, in case you were wondering
i was working a theme here

[bovine knievel]

Damn, Joelle! That is an awesome list. Thanks!

[joelle]

Or song so we could compile a playlist?
Inspired by a friend.
I'll start:

I've Been Everywhere- Johnny Cash

now we know what the playlist was for!!!

holy hell beth!
i hope those kids were strapped in and you gave 'em a lil bit of vodka in a cherry cola

DFW airport toll...middle lane...i think i see the red headed boy throwin' rock horns