As the title says. I’ve been listening to some synth, some alternative rock, some electronica. But I find a lot of the music I usually listen to doesn’t sound that great in my car. And I also find I’m more open to different music genres while driving.
I’m curious to know what you’re into, if you want to share artists then the more the better.
I listen to engine sound
Real answer: podcasts. Doughboys, Doughboys Double, Get Played, Get Played Season Pass (can you tell I like Nick Weiger?), Film Reroll, and Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell me
Helpful answer: I like singing along to stuff so that ends up being a lot of 80s/90s pop and alt-rock stuff. CAKE, They Might be Giants, Garbage, Jamiroquai, Vengaboys, a bunch of one-hit wonders. Lately I’ve been on a bit of a trance kick so The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, Chemical Brothers, and Daft Punk are in there too
I love all those in your trance kick list, good choices. I definitely need to grow my 80s 90s mixed list
Jazz, especially in the evening. Some of Bill Evans more sparse stuff, Dave Bruebeck quartet. I like the back and forth of ensemble playing too, musical conversations. Like you know what they’re saying? It’s a feeling, not a forgone conclusion. You dig?
Ohh jazz I should expand my jazz listening. I’ll look into those
The bulk of my driving is short trips with many stops, so I generally don’t even bother putting on any music. For longer (routine) drives, I like to throw on audiobooks.
Haven’t been on a road trip (longer, non-routine, pleasure drive) in forever, but those usually get their own playlist (formerly series of CDs) that depend on the nature of the trip/destination.
Night driving:
- Dark synthwave / retrowave / outrun / shredwave (sub genres)
Desert driving:
- Animals by Pink Floyd (album)
- The Budos Band (band)
I didn’t know outrun and shredwave were genres, I’ll check it out.
EDM, game music from my favorite games soundtracks, or my favorite thrash or progressive metal.
Recently I’ve also been listening to a lot of traditional folk music from the middle east.
Anything sounds great with a good enough car speaker system I guess.
I must be a psycho because I’m the only person I know who likes to drive in silence.
Sometimes I put music. But lately I’ve been preferring just silence to drive. It’s been a tendency. Road noises makes me not hear music well or having to put it too loud, so the more that bothers me the more I’ve been just letting me drive without any background music/radio.
Nah I also like to drive in silence sometimes and hear everything around me. I guess the music is a new feature for me, I’ve changed my car a few months ago and the previous one didn’t have a functional sound system. And neither did the previous car.
I agree with you about the road noises and volume, which is why I say not all music sounds good in a car. I also turn it off if it gets too noisy, such as driving with wind roar.
i found My Analog Journal channel on YouTube. They have huge variety of genres, theres japanese funk, brazilian boogie, brazillian samba, and so much more that i forgot to use spotify. Use outertune if you’re on android.
Heres few that I like South african boogie Japanese funk r&b to soul Raggae
also check out Taners funk kitchen
Okay okay okay that’s some interesting info… I’ve never heard of outertune before. Will look up. So far I’ve been using NewPipe
I listen to the radio defaulting to npr and if nothing interesting is on I jump through the major song stations and if all else fails I have some tull. Once in awhile if I want to know traffic or weather I will switch to the news station.
Anything without lyrics. I can’t stand the sound of people’s voices. So this is usually some sort of EDM, Dubstep, Phonk, Experimental, NCS (No Copyright Sounds), etc
I am very picky about voices in song for most of my music preferences, so I get where you’re coming from. I’m usually listening to electronica or instrumental whatever. However I find driving makes me tolerate singing better, so I’m adding more tracks with lyrics. I didn’t even know No Copyright Sounds was a music category
Unsolicited suggestion from my driving playlist: Icy Lust - Downtown Maglev
I always enjoyed driving to that one with good audio. The way it builds up slowly is great for being on the road.
Hard driving 70’s and 80’s guitar rock. Radar Love. Smoke on the Water. Sweet Home Alabama. Don’t Fear the Reaper. Life in the Fast Lane. Thunderstruck.
I’ll be checking out some of those. I need an oldies mixed playlist for driving
Then let me give you a whole playlist. Iconic guitar riffs, every one:
- Radar Love – Golden Earring
- Twilight Zone – Golden Earring
- Smoke on the Water – Deep Purple
- Highway Star – Deep Purple
- Spirit in the Sky – Norman Greenbaum
- Life in the Fast Lane – Eagles
- Thunderstruck – AC/DC
- Highway to Hell – AC/DC
- Back in Black – AC/DC
- Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap – AC/DC
- La Grange – ZZ Top
- Cat Scratch Fever – Ted Nugent
- Born to be Wild – Steppenwolf
- Living After Midnight – Judas Priest
- Crazy Train – Ozzy Osbourne
- Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin
- Black Betty – Ram Jam
- Rocky Mountain Way – Joe Walsh
- American Band – Grand Funk Railroad
- Takin’ Care of Business – Bachman-Turner Overdrive
- China Grove – The Doobie Brothers
- The Boys Are Back in Town – Thin Lizzy
Honorable Mention (not as hard driving and relentless, but just as iconic and classic):
- Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Gimme Three Steps – Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Sharp Dressed Man – ZZ Top
- Stranglehold – Ted Nugent
- Godzilla – Blue Öyster Cult
- Magic Carpet Ride – Steppenwolf
- Feel Like Makin’ Love – Bad Company
- Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet – Bachman-Turner Overdrive
- Hollywood Nights – Bob Seger
- Freebird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Don’t Fear the Reaper – Blue Öyster Cult
- Burnin’ for You – Blue Öyster Cult
- Jessica – The Allman Brothers
- Green Grass and High Tides – Outlaws
- More Than a Feeling – Boston
- Limelight – Rush
- Free Will – Rush
- Layla – Derek and the Dominos
- Money for Nothing – Dire Straits
- Aqualung – Jethro Tull
- Life’s Been Good – Joe Walsh
Those are all great jams to drive to, just watch your foot on the pedal because it’ll get heavy (especially during Radar Love.)
Ted Nugent has some fucking awful politics, but Cat Scratch Fever has to be on the top tier list even if you exclude it for that reason.
Mostly what I usually listen to, but recently I’ve been enjoying listening to these chill dance mixes. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKz7MQ6y9w-K456AwrcUa_geIewSGOqF-
I listen to '60s Gold on SiriusXM!
Euro beat. GAS GAS GAS, I GOTTA STEP ON THE GAS TONIGHT
Same Dave Rodgers bro
Walk the Moon.
Just love all their music. Puts me in a good mood
