WAY OT! Music for the traveler

[Barb]

On Monday I leave for Washington DC on a Bus with 50 of my sons friends! I am in the process of filling my MP3 for the 9 hour ride. I need new material! What would you bring? I like most music and am very open to all but Rap. I have tried, but I just don't dig it!

[Tuckervill]

I really like Death Cab for Cutie. Might score points with the kids, depending on how old they are.

Barenaked ladies is all time favorite band.

[DrBee]

Try Marc Broussard. It has kind of a sort of bluesy r&b sound to it. It's difficult to explain - but really good music.

http://www.islandrecords.com/marcbro.../site/home.las

If you do a google search for "marc broussard" it will automatically bring up the music of the first song on the album "home" - one of my favorites.

[Nanci]

There are so many cool Podcasts! (free) (on iTunes site)

Bikecast, Bike Talk, Grape Radio, Zen and the Art of Triathlon, Endurance Sports Radio- tons of them!! Lots of NPR stuff.

Nanci

[Bad JuJu]

Podcasts are a great idea for when you get tired of the music and just want someone to talk to you about interesting things. The Onion does some good political satire.

Musically, I'm a fan of the rock classics: the Beatles, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix. But I also love Emmylou Harris and Mark Knopfler.

Have fun!

[Kimmyt]

Road music for me equals alt-country stuff that makes me picture a long pale highway and me in my car rocking out.

Nothing does it better than Lucinda Williams and Kathleen Edwards.

[SalsaMTB]

When I had a 13 hour flight to Japan, here is some of what I put of my mp3 player

311
Sublime
Bjork
Comedy - Dane Cook
Jet
Bob Marley
Some Rap
Sappy love songs

That's all I can remember right now. I really like to have a lot of variety on long trips though. I can't take one genre for an extended period of time. I really enjoyed the comedy sets I had.

[Popoki_Nui]

Jimmy Buffett! I don't go anywhere without a generous helping of Jimmy's tunes. And ABBA.....their music helps the miles flow by easily too.
~Sherry the Parrothead.

[Nanci]

I'd rather listen to Bill Bryson's "A Walk In The Woods" for hours at a time than just about anything, even though I've heard it so many times I have it memorized. It's my traditional road-trip entertainment.

Nanci

[Barb]

Lots of good ideas! I would love books on MP3 also but my player is only 256k.

[SadieKate]

Laura Fygi's "Bewitched" album. Big band classics with Toots Thielman on harmonica.

[bikerz]

I think Lucinda Williams is a great road music choice - especially the CD called "Lucinda Williams", and my current fave, "Essence".

[Deanna]

The Subdudes - any of their albums
The GoGos - We Got the Beat
Sly and the Family Stone
Cake - any of their albums
Green Day - American Idiot

This list will change with mood, so I'll try not to edit it often.

[allabouteva]

Current stuff I like:

U2
Nickelback
Coldplay - love their X&Y album
Robbie Williams
Powderfinger (Aussie band)

Oldies/classics I like:

Bangles
Beatles
Bay city rollers
Air supply

There's so much good stuff out there!

[betagirl]

Cake
Franz Ferdinand
Kaiser Chiefs
Beatles

If you can find them, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (punk band that does cover songs of all kinds of songs - from "Isn't she lovely" to "Nothing compares 2 you") are one of my favorites.

I always throw in some classical as well. Calms the nerves

Have fun!