Wednesday Drive Time Playlist
Today’s playlist is all about drivetime. Not necessarily roadtripping songs—that’s a whole different vibe—but songs that are great to drive to even around town. I break these into two categories: those songs which pretty much force you to speed, despite your best intentions, and those songs which make you sing along so hard that the people in the cars next to you either snicker or snap cell phone pics.
I queried Twitter for other people’s submissions, which you will find below. I never got enough songs to make a proper last.fm playlist (you have to have 45 tracks for it to be playable, which is tiresome) but I linked to playable versions where I could. Some of these links don’t have streamable tracks, but do have videos embedded on the pages to give you an indication of what the song sounds like. Some of you obscure motherfuckers linked to bands I couldn’t even find, so people are going to have to stop by your house to hear some of them.
Speeding Songs
- @Superbadgirl – Emilie Simon “Fleur de Saison“
- @Gatewaygroupie – The Cardigans – “My Favorite Game“
- @Bunny – Yes “Owner of a Lonely Heart”
- @Bunny – Saga “On the Loose”
- @Bunny – Dazz Band “Let It Whip”
- @Bunny – AC/DC “If You Want Blood“
- @UnclePilot – The Octopus Project “Music is Happiness“
- Dave who won’t Twitter – The Damned “Love Song“
- @The_Cyr – ZZ Top “I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide“
- @cbellers Lords of Acid “Lover”
- @Narcise - Underworld “Cowgirl“
- @Narcise – Chemical Brothers “It Doesn’t Matter“
- @Bunny – David Bowie “Hang On to Yourself”
- @Stevodarkly - Tom Petty “Running Down a Dream“
- @Stevodarkly – Bowling for Soup “Running From Your Dad“
- @todderickv – Live “Pain Lies on the Riverside”
Singalong Songs
- @Superbadgirl – The Weepies “Gotta Have You“
- @Gatewaygroupie – Cake “Stick Shifts and Safety Belts“
- @UnclePilot – The Protomen “Unrest in the House of Light“
- @Narcise – Erykah Badu “On & On“
- @avandonsel – Sea Wolf “I Made a Resolution”
- Dave who won’t Twitter – Otis Redding ” Try A Little Tenderness“
- @Bunny – The Brothers Johnson “Strawberry Letter 23“
- @Stevodarkly – Eminem “White America” and “Square Dance“
- @libster77 – Everclear “Santa Monica”
- @libster77 – Eagles of Death Metal “San Berdoo Sunburn”
- @todderickv – The Smiths “Half a Person”
Other nonspecific driving songs & bands
- @UnclePilot likes to drive to “Leave Them All Behind” by Ride and “Midnight In A Perfect World” by DJ Shadow
- @evad23 likes Robert Johnson for driving in the South on a sunny day and The Beta Band for driving through the desert at night
- @cbellers says Paul Oakenfeld makes him speed.
And after the jump is my entire _car playlist at the moment. It’s kind of schizophrenic, everything from random industrial to random mope rock tracks I heard on the TV show House and some old ethereal favorites because I am nostalgic this week.They’re all great to drive to – and if you happen to stop next to me at a red light just ignore my antics, I am sure to be singing along with great gusto.
(The titles of these are mostly linked, but they’re not displaying as underlined, and I am not in the mood to go futz with the CSS to figure out why, just trust me and mouse over the titles.)
| Name | Artist |
| This Is How It Goes | Aimee Mann |
| Move You | Anya Marina |
| Strange And Beautiful (I’ll Put A Spell On You) (Hardkandy remix) | Aqualung |
| Squares | The Beta Band |
| Arrogance | Beth Thornley |
| Brother Lee | Citizen Cope |
| Theft, And Wandering Around Lost | Cocteau Twins |
| I Want Your Blood | Combichrist |
| Get Out of My Head | Combichrist |
| Rowboat | Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton |
| Devil’s Playground | Gram Rabbit |
| That Kind Of Man | The Heavy |
| I Don’t Live In A Dream | Jackie Greene |
| Can’t Get It Right Today | Joe Purdy |
| Almost Honest | Josh Kelley |
| Beautiful | Joydrop |
| Ghosts | Ladytron |
| Black Cat Bone | Laika |
| Daft Punk Is Playing at My House | LCD Soundsystem |
| Someone Great | LCD Soundsystem |
| Song Beneath the Song | Maria Taylor |
| Nothing Left to Lose | Mat Kearney |
| I Want You To Stay | Maximo Park |
| Say Hey (I Love You) | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
| Wordless Chorus | My Morning Jacket |
| Entertaining Thoughts | Over the Rhine |
| One Day You Won’t Be Here | Rocky Votolato |
| Life Like | The Rosebuds |
| Tiergarten | Rufus Wainwright |
| Desire | Ryan Adams |
| Come Over Here | Sarah Bettens |
| Follow Me | Sarah Bettens |
| Black Wave | The Shins |
| Thundercats | Shivaree |
| Calendar Girl | Stars |
| Allison Is Crazy | Steve Tannen |
| This Is the Day | The The |
| Chrome (27.2 Mhz Mix by Modcom) | VNV Nation |
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