ON THE ROAD AGAIN

S's sister is about to hit the road to drive from NY to LA and when she asked me for recommendations for music to drive to, I offered to put together a mixtape of some of my favorites...which got me thinking:

What are some of your favorite road songs?

I went through my digital music library and pulled out a random list of songs I'd throw on for a long road trip. I also got a few colleagues to contribute their own lists. Feel free to add your own to the comments section.

O-Dubya

1. A Tribe Called Quest: Excursions
2. Amerie: One Thing
3. Beatles: Day Tripper
4. Cure: Close To Me
5. Jay Z: P.S.A.
6. Led Zeppelin: Your Time Is Gonna Come
7. Linda Lyndell: What A Man
8. Pharcyde: Passin’ Me By
9. Pixies: Here Comes Your Man
10. Ramones: I Wanna be Sedated

Todd Inoue, Music Editor, SJ Metro
(in sequential order)

1. AC/DC - Highway to Hell
2. Judas Priest - Living After Midnight
3. Big Country - In a Big Country
4. The Eagles - Take It Easy
5. Tony! Tone! Toni! w/DJ Quik - Let's Get Down
6. Jade - Don't Walk Away
7. Rap Reiplinger - Fate Yanagi
8. Steely Dan - Black Cow
9. Beautiful South - You Keep It All In
10. Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene
11. Pete Rock and CL Smooth - T.R.O.Y.
12. DJ Shadow - Midnight in a Perfect World
13. Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World

Hua Hsu, Writer/Scholar/Sox Nation

1. The Breeders - Safari
2. Clearlake - Almost the Same
3. Colin Blunstone - Caroline Goodbye
4. David Bowie - Heroes
5. Dr. Dre - Let Me Ride
6. ELO - Mr. Blue Sky
7. Freeway - What We Do
8. Iggy Pop - The Passenger
9. Jesus and Mary Chain - Head On
10. Kool G Rap and Nas - Fast Life (remix)
11. Metallica - Enter Sandman
12. Primal Scream - Loaded
13. Sergio Mendes - Berimbau
14. Showbiz and AG - Soul Clap
15. The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
16. The Zombies - Care of Cell 44

Junichi Semitsu, Poet/Teacher/Poplicker

1. Where Do I Begin - Beth Orton
2. Red Alert - Basement Jaxx
3. Make Room - Tha Alkaholiks
4. Beverly Hills - Weezer
5. Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - McFadden & Whitehead
6. Kenny Rogers/Pharoahe Monch Dub Plate (Simon Says/The Gambler) - Wyclef Jean
7. Fast As You Can - Fiona Apple
8. Frontin' On Debra (DJ Reset Mash-Up) - Beck, Jay-Z & Pharrell Williams
9. I Wonder If I Take You Home - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
10. The District Sleeps Alone Tonight (DJ Downfall Mix) - Postal Service
11. Award Tour - A Tribe Called Quest
12. Rush - Big Audio Dynamite II
13. Pass That Dutch - Missy Elliott
14. Super Bon Bon - Soul Coughing
15. Hyperballad - Bjork

--O.W.