These lists are always good for generating discussion. I like the Top 5 A lot, but IMO, it gets weaker as it goes.
A couple of Glaring omissions:
1) Son Volt's "Windfall"
2) King of the Road
3) half of Neil Young's catalog.
4) Willie "Poncho and Lefty"
5) Steve Earle's GUITAR TOWN!!!!
Take out the dreck by Bon Jovi and Seger's "Turn the Page".
Rolling Stone’s 25 Best Road Trip Songs Ever
Over the weekend you guys came through with a series of excellent suggestions. We took your nominations and toiled away to narrow the whole thing down. Check it out.
1. “Immigrant Song,” Led Zeppelin
2. “Born To Run,” Bruce Springsteen
3. “Highway to Hell,” AC/DC
4. “Runnin’ Down a Dream,” Tom Petty
5. “Truckin’,” Grateful Dead
6. “Ol’ 55,” Tom Waits
7. “Radar Love,” Golden Earring
8. “Tush,” ZZ Top
9. “The Passenger,” Iggy Pop
10. “Wanted Dead or Alive”, Bon Jovi
11. “Passenger Side,” Wilco
12. “Turn the Page,” Bob Seger
13. “No Particular Place to Go,” Chuck Berry
14. “Going Back to Cali,” LL Cool J
15. “Born to be Wild,” Steppenwolf
16. “Running On Empty,” Jackson Browne
17. “Take It Easy,” Eagles
18. “Award Tour,” Tribe Called Quest
19. “Taking the Long Way,” Dixie Chicks
20. “Roadrunner,” Modern Lovers
21. “Rearviewmirror,” Pearl Jam
22. “Gravity Rides Everything,” Modest Mouse
23. “No Sleep Till Brooklyn,” Beastie Boys
24. “Pink Houses,” John Mellencamp
25. “Travelin’ Band,” Creedence Clearwater Revival
Rolling Stone's Top 25 Road Songs
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Yet another list that isn't worth a crap.
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No "Heading Out To the Highway" by Priest.
The list sucks.
The list sucks.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Up until Michael McDonald took over lead vocals, yeah.A Gunslinger wrote:Yer a Doobie Brother fan, aincha Menolly?
I even worked for McDonald's dad for a short time (I remember him attending my Mom's funeral, as he was on par with my Daddy at the company they worked at, and him giving me some very strange "words of comfort"...) and I still can barely listen to McDonald sing...
:::meaning I am not much of a fan of What a Fool Believes:::
And Black Water is OK, IMO. But I like their higher tempo stuff.
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You're smokin' crack - McDonald improved the sound of the Doobie Bros. tremendously.Menolly wrote:Up until Michael McDonald took over lead vocals, yeah.A Gunslinger wrote:Yer a Doobie Brother fan, aincha Menolly?
I even worked for McDonald's dad for a short time (I remember him attending my Mom's funeral, as he was on par with my Daddy at the company they worked at, and him giving me some very strange "words of comfort"...) and I still can barely listen to McDonald sing...
:::meaning I am not much of a fan of What a Fool Believes:::
And Black Water is OK, IMO. But I like their higher tempo stuff.
