Eric,
It's feels good to think different, like Macs and Amphicars.
Excellent choice, on both accounts. It's a cinch to throw together a
nice slideshow with music and, with another few clicks, to burn it to
a DVD for viewing on any DVD player.
Try
www.freeplaymusic.com for music searchable by category, style,
tempo, etc. All free and legal.
Also, came across this a while back at
http://www.berklee.edu/news/
2003/05/drive50.html
Berklee Associate Professor of Songwriting Jon Aldrich created this
list, which spans four decades of pop music, from Chuck Berry's
"Maybellene" (1955) to Bruce Springsteen's "Pink Cadillac" (1984).
Take a cruise through Aldrich's top fifty driving songs below:
Title
Artist Year
"409" Beach
Boys 1963
"No Particular Place to Go" Chuck
Berry 1964
"Born to Be Wild"
Steppenwolf 1968
"Crosstown Traffic" Jimi
Hendrix 1968
"American Pie" Don
McLean 1972
"Born to Run" Bruce
Springsteen 1975
"Paradise by the Dashboard Light"
Meatloaf 1977
"Highway to Hell" AC/
DC 1979
"On the Road Again" Willie
Nelson 1980
"I Can't Drive 55" Sammy
Hagar 1984
"Maybellene" Chuck
Berry 1955
"40 Miles of Bad Road" Duane
Eddy 1959
"Hit the Road, Jack" Ray
Charles 1960
"Wheels" String
Alongs 1961
"Stick Shift" The
Duals 1961
"The Wanderer"
Dion 1962
"Ramblin' Rose" Nat King
Cole 1962
"Route 66" Nat King
Cole 1962
"Detroit City" Bobby
Bare 1962
"500 Miles" Bobby
Bare 1962
"Let's Go Trippin'" Dick
Dale 1962
"Little Deuce Coupe" Beach
Boys 1963
"Six Days on the Road" Dave
Dudley 1963
"Dead Man's Curve" Jan and
Dean 1964
"Little GTO" Ronny and the
Daytonas 1964
"Little Honda" The
Hondells 1964
"King of the Road" Roger
Miller 1965
"Mustang Sally" Wilson
Pickett 1966
"America" Simon and
Garfunkel 1968
"I Can See for Miles" The
Who 1968
"Crossroads"
Cream 1969
"Hitchin' a Ride" Vanity
Fair 1970
"Roadhouse Blues"
Doors 1970
"Truckin'" Grateful
Dead 1970
"Goin Up Around the Bend" Creedence Clearwater
Revival 1970
"Country Roads (Take Me Home)" John
Denver 1971
"Take It Easy" The
Eagles 1972
"Ventura Highway"
America 1972
"Hot Rod Lincoln" Commander
Cody 1973
"Ramblin' Man" Allman
Brothers 1973
"Keep on Truckin'" Eddie
Kendricks 1973
"Carefree Highway" Gordon
Lightfoot 1974
"Convoy" C.W.
McCall 1976
"Life in the Fast Lane"
Eagles 1976
"Barracuda"
Heart 1977
"Cars" Gary
Numan 1979
"Drivin' My Life Away" Eddie
Rabbit 1980
"Cruisin'" Smokey
Robinson 1981
"Drive" The
Cars 1984
"Pink Cadillac" Bruce
Springsteen 1984
Other driving songs
?Summertime? DJ Jazzy Jeff and the
Fresh Prince
?Life is a Highway? Tom
Cochrane 1992?
?Soak up the Sun? Sheryl Crow
?Love Shack? B-52s
?Fun,Fun,Fun? Beach
Boys 1968
?Thunder Road? Bruce Springsteen
?Get Your Kicks on Route 66? Bobby Troupe
?Vacation? Go-Go?s
?Li?l GTO? Beach Boys
?Little Red Corvette? Prince
?Driver?s Seat? Sniff and Tears
?Speed Racer? Sponge
?Drive-In? Beach
Boys 1964
?Drive My Car?
Beatles 1965
?Drivin??
Kinks 1969
?Drive All Night? Bruce
Springsteen 1980
?Drive South? Johm
Hiatt 1988
?Drive?
R.E.M. 1992
?Driveby? Neil Young & Crazy
Horse 1994
?Drive On? Johnny
Cash 1994
?Driver?
Phish 1999
?Radar Love? Golden Earring
?Forty Acres? Boxcar Willie
?Little Old Lady from Pasadena? Beach Boys
?Cruise Control? George Benson
?Drove All Night? Roy Orbison
?Autobahn? Kraftwerk
?Transfusion? Nervous Norvus
?40 Miles of Bad Road? Duane Eddy
?Slow Ride? Foghat
?Speed? Alpha Team
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor Brahms
Symphony No. 3 (?Rhenish?) Schumann
Symphonies No. 7 and 9 Beethoven
Symphonies No. 6 and 9 Mahler
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 Bach
?School?s Out? Alice Cooper
?My Sharona? The Knack
?Bohemian Rhapsody? Queen
?Beat City? Raveonettes
?Hot for Teacher? Van Halen
?White Line Fever? Boxcar Willie
?The Anser is on the Road? Kenia
?Pacific Coast Highway? Jeff Lorber
?On the Road Again? Canned Heat
?Two Lane Highway? Pure Prairie League
?White Line Fever? Merle Haggard
?Rag Top Day? Jimmy Buffett
?Surf City? Jan and Dean
?Hot Rod Lincoln? Johnny Bond
?I?m Bad, I?m Nationwide ZZ Top
?Car Crazy Cutie? Beach Boys
?Roll On Down The Highway? Bachman Turner Overdrive
?Turn the Page? Bob Seger
?Sweet Little Sixteen? Chuck Berry
?Space Truckin? ? Foghat
?Highway Star? Deep Purple
?Two Tibes? Frankie Goes to
Hollywood
?50/50? Frank Zappa
?Everyone Wants to Rule the World? Tears for Fears
?Blue Collar Man? Styx
?Any Way You Want It? Journey
?Hit the Road Jack? Ray Charles
?Those Words We Said? Trisha Yearwood
?This Side of Goodbye? Highway 101
?Suite: Judy Blue Eyes? Crosby, Stills & Nash
Have fun,
Ken Chambers
'64 Red
> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 14:31:32 -0000
> From: "Eric M" <e_mattlin@sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Amphicar Music
>
> I bought a new computer last week. I've been over windows for
> awhile so I bought a MAC.
> My 6 year old loves it. I've loaded all my pictures from the Lake
> Ozark Swim to it and I need
> some suggestions about music to put it.
>
> Favorite Amphi tunes? The initial slide show looks fun.
>
> If people send their suggestion I'll set them up in a simple
> database here on the site.
>
> Thanks!
>
