I'm driving from Reno, NV to Madison, WI. It is a 2400mile trip and I need to do it in 5 days or less.

I've been so busy for the last 3 years that I haven't been into a music store or listened to the radio. Needless to say I don't have a great selection of tunes to bring with me.

I'm asking the ITR community to come to my rescue and offer up a list of your top 3 CD's. I like everything and keep in mind I'll be in the car for 5 days, so variety is key.

Here's an example of stuff I do have and do like:
Corner Shop
Beck
Morphine
Oakenfold
Greenday
Cake

I'm really looking for a few good rap and techno discs to round it out. Jazz is good too - maybe even some new age chit. If you make a suggestion please let me know who the artist is, album, and category. Something like this:

Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother - Freaky Classic Rock Tunes

Thanks

Ausmith


[Modified by Ausmith, 2:53 PM 10/19/2002]

 

The best techo cd (by far) for driving to, would have to be DARUDE - Before The Storm
Rap it would have to be EMINEM
Me personally when I go on long drives, I tend to lean towards the hard fast stuff.. that will keep me awake.
You can NEVER go wrong with Metallica!!

 

Wow. That's a long drive. Music makes the ride go much quicker. When driving through the country (or south of the mason dixon line, either one), I tend to listen to Van Morrison, Eagles, Live... you know, the rock that has kind of a 'country' twinge to it, not like the genre country, but that it reminds you of the country.

Rap, and ambient/techno? I'd have to go with some Orb, but you may forget what you are doing while driving! I really can't long distance drive to Rap, but that's just me. Personal Long distance driving favorities:

1. Orb - Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond the Call of Duty Vol 1 + 2. Hard to find, though. I could burn you copies....
2. Orb - Cydonia
3. Iron Maiden!! (I had to do another shameless plug for Maiden. Somewhere In Time and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, and even Powerslave are EXCELLENT Cd's.)
4. Beck - Mutations
5. Live - Well, all live CD's. Distance to Here, Secret Samadhi, Throwing Copper.
6. Brad - Interiors (stone gossard's old band. not like pearl jam, a little more 'rockin')
7. Big Head Todd and the Monsters
8. Rocky Top! (haha, it'll drive you nuts after a few listens back to back)
9. Moby - but it was just too peppy for long, long drives.
10. Floyd and Zeppelin.
11. Beatles
12. Aphex Twin (that may be pushing it for the car)
13. SPIRITUALIZED. (ladies and gentleman we are floating through space, and Let it Come Down) The seem boring and uneventful at first, but they are by far two of my most treasured albums.

That's all I can think of now. Damn, I have 500+ cds... 80 classical, 50 jazz, and the rest is everything good, not including counry OR western! all I can think of is that short list and half of it is pretty damn general. I'll look through my cd's in a little bit and add some.

Chris - Who is waiting for his drill to recharge so he can finish his pedal install!!

 

MESHUGGAH----HARD FAST SWEDISH *** KICKING MUSIC
MUDVAYNE--- *** KICKING MUSIC
PANTERA----TEXAS *** KICKING MUSIC
YOUR WELCOME, YOU'LL THANK ME WHEN YOUR EARS STOP BLEEDING

 

Yeah!! metallica rules.. Right not i am currently listening to Bleeding through, Falling cycle, and Sinai Beach. They are all local Hardcore bands and they kick ***.

if your interested:
www.FallingCycle.net
www.Bleedingthrough.com
www.SinaiBeach.com

also:
-The Beatles
-Metallica
-Dilated peoples (hiphop)
-Talib kweli (hip hop)
-Mos Def (hip hop)
-Led Zeppelin
-Black Sabbath

aww there is soo much more but i cant really think right now...too early




[Modified by Type R, 7:55 AM 10/19/2002]

 

How come your driving so far, Clayton?

Suprdave

 

311 - "From Chaos"

Public Enemy - anything from them

Tool - "Lateralus"

 

Thursday- Both albums

 

Thanks everyone

Keep 'um coming!


Superdave - this trip is top secret.

 

Rap:
Jurassic 5
Mos Def
The Roots
Outkast

Trance:
Blank and Jones
Sasha
Paul Van Dyke
Underworld
Ministry of Sound series
Gatecrasher series

Techno:
Richie Hawkins

Rock:
Cold Play

 

Paul van Dyk: Politics of Dancing

any of the Essential Mixes, all of those are MONEY

Also, hook up some Classical, like Classical Thunder or one of those types of Compilations. Classical is ****** awesome driving music.


[Modified by Rob :190:, 12:36 PM 10/19/2002]

 

Any Mos Def and Roots rap songs...

 

roadtrip music = modest mouse "lonesome crowded west"


[Modified by scott_k, 10:28 AM 10/19/2002]

 

thursday- anything you can find
the get up kids- something to write home about and ten minute mile albums
The used- anything you can find
Finch- anything you can find
something corporate- good music to chill to and just relax

 

RAP: Nelly

Old School Rap Album: "Fear of a Black Planet" by Public Enemy

 

nelly=sell out TRL rap for 14 year old girls. Just MHO of course

hit up some KRS-One, NWA, DMX, at least if i was picking out rap, it'd be something along those lines. old outkast too.

 

You need to get yourself one of these:



You can get upto 20GB memory on these things and store a week's worth of music that you download/upload yourself. Sound quality is great and it doubles as an extra HD too.

As for a good CD

Northern Exposure 1&2 (Sasha and John Digweed) - 4 disks of classic trance by the two best trance DJs in the world
U2 - Joshua Tree
Coldplay

and you gotta bring some Elvis and Johnny Cash. They're great.

 

My 3 Favorite Albums as of right now:

Stone Sour
Tool (Lateralus)
System of a Down (Toxcity)

 

EXCEPT SYSTEM IS GETTING OVERPLAYED LIKE A ************!

 

get new tool too, aenima, undertow (must haves for sure)

if you are going to reno, at least make a day trip up to lake tahoe, zepyhr cove is great, and most parts of the north shore

reno is a lil bland without the casinos

other albums:
counting crows
blink 182 if your into it
the cars greatest hits
any chemical brothers or crystal method album
incubus (get both albums)
jill scott; who is jill scott (must have )
linkin park, hybrid theory or reanimation (new album)
no doubt is decent
pete yorn; music for the morning after
portishead; dummy (awesome for what it is)
Red hot chilli peppers: by the way (i have all of theirs, this is a really good cd i thought)
talking heads: stop making sense

 

: hip hop :
Mr lif - I phantom
Jurassic 5 - power by numbers
Common - like water for chocolate
Jedi mind tricks - violent by design
Lootpack - Da antidote

: jazz :
Herbie Hancock - Deathwish sndtrk.
" " - headhunters
Freddie Hubbard - striaght life
Jackie Mittoo - anything
Ahmad Jahmal - anything
Grant Green - anything
Milt Jackson - Sunflowers
the Philadelphia exp.

: soul/funk :
Stevie Wonder - songs in the key of my life
Syl Johnson - is it because I'm black
Darker than Blue - compilation - V/A
Black Ceaser sndtrk.
Jb's - anything
the Meters - anything

: reggae :
Buju Banton - anything
Lee "scratch" Perry - anything
The Congos - Heart of the Congos
Sizzla - Praise ye Jah

: rock :
Radiohead - OK computer
the strokes
Misfits - anything

hmmmmmm...........
thats about all I can think of , some of that stuff may be VERY hard to find though.

 

When I drove cross country (2500+ miles in 2 days ) I listened to maybe 20-30 CD's of 140 that I had. I would reccomend music that you can listen to through the whole CD....

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
DMX - It's dark and hell is hot
Bush - Sixteen Stone
Nirvana - Nevermind
Everlast - Whitey Ford Sings the blues


Those are just a few thet helped me along.
Crystal Method - Vegas

Edit: I can't spell


[Modified by SoCal ITR, 2:42 PM 10/19/2002]

 

road trips are great because you can listen to entire CDs at a time, and really get to appreciate good artists (or artists you like). It really is a chance to deepen your musical knowledge i guess.

 

Well, if you like Beck you absolutely must check out the Beta Band. I'd say:

Beta Band - Hot Shots II

Burning Airlines - Identikit

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

Mercury Rev - Yerself is Steam

Pixies - Doolittle


I heard someone mention Spiritualized. They're one of my favourites, but don't listen to them when you're trying to stay awake.

 

go to http://www.tranceaddict.com
http://www.thesoundsofeurope.com

they have some trancey/techno stuff