{"id":5017,"date":"2009-08-06T11:12:33","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T11:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=5017"},"modified":"2022-06-21T16:56:54","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T15:56:54","slug":"20-best-songs-for-a-roadtrip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/features\/20-best-songs-for-a-roadtrip\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Trip Playlist"},"content":{"rendered":"

These are our top 20 tunes for a roadtrip. What tunes make your long distance drives go a little quicker? Leave a comment<\/a> and let us know…<\/p>\n

\"Tame1. Half Full Glass of Wine: Tame Impalas<\/strong>
\nDriving Indie Blues Rock you’ll recognise from the TV. Directional and rocking.<\/p>\n

\"Betty
\n2. There’s a Break in the Road: Betty Harris<\/strong>
\nDown and dirty funk perfect for laying down rubber.<\/p>\n

\"Free\"
\n3. Mr Big: Free<\/strong>
\nElliptical shifting from the Spinal Tap tribute band from the early seventies.<\/p>\n

\"stone-roses\"<\/figure>\n

4. Driving South: Stone Roses<\/strong>
\nManc attitude par excellence with pounding riffs from the Monkey Men.<\/p>\n

\"Kraftwerk\"<\/figure>\n

5. Autobahn: Kraftwerk<\/strong>
\nGlorious misanthropy from the centre of Euro dystopia.<\/p>\n

\"Bobby<\/figure>\n

6. I fought the Law: The Bobby Fuller Four<\/strong>
\nOriginal Rebel Music: let the desert winds blow!<\/p>\n

\"Davie<\/figure>\n

7. Left turn on arrow only: Davie Allan and the Arrows<\/strong>
\nObscure and burning strings straight out of the Lost Highway.<\/p>\n

\"Foo<\/figure>\n

8. Learn to Fly: Foo Fighters<\/strong>
\nDave Grohl and co bring you a contemporary classic that sounds better than sex on the car radio.<\/p>\n

\"Chuck<\/figure>\n

9. Johnny B Goode: Chuck Berry<\/strong>
\nEssential roots rock meant for swift cruisin’.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/figure>\n

10. Dead Man’s Curve: The Wipeouts<\/strong>
\nA dispatch from the beginnings of street racing culture.<\/p>\n

\"Beach<\/figure>\n

11. Shut Down: The Beach Boys<\/strong>
\nLeave the Noseriders alone chaps. Stick to the four to the floor.<\/p>\n

\"Leftfield\"<\/figure>\n

12. Phat Planet: Leftfield<\/strong>
\nA tick and a tock. Put the pedal to the metal!<\/p>\n

\"Upsetters\"<\/figure>\n

13. Live Injection: The Upsetters<\/strong>
\nA downshift and a change of pace that still goes with the flow.<\/p>\n

\"AC\/DC\"<\/figure>\n

14. Highway to Hell: AC\/DC<\/strong>
\nNod your head and flash the steer’s horns on the highway, baby.<\/p>\n

\"Muse\"<\/figure>\n

15. Plug In Baby: Muse<\/strong>
\nContemporary roughness for the blacktop in our time.<\/p>\n

\"Blur\"<\/figure>\n

16. Song 2: Blur<\/strong>
\nWhoo-Hoo indeed.<\/p>\n

\"Tom<\/figure>\n

17. 2-4-6-8 Motorway: Tom Robinson<\/strong>
\nPerennial dad rock that evokes the British Leyland vehicle of your imagination.<\/p>\n

\"Johnny<\/figure>\n

18. Down the road I go: Johnny Jenkins<\/strong>
\nDirty harp-driven blues from the southland.<\/p>\n

\"Eddie<\/figure>\n

19. Something Else: Eddie Cochran<\/strong>
\nHe died in a Ford Consul in Chippenham. What a rocker!<\/p>\n

\"Ricky<\/figure>\n

20. Shaking All Over: Ricky Valance<\/strong>
\nWe end with a slick rocking classic.<\/p>\n

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