This is the best, that is, as recommended by British car fans. Here they are folks; from the people who responded to our survey, this is the driving music that moves them the most.
Alan Friedberg rocks with his daily driver, a 1977 MGB.
Listed in the order that they were received…
Me and Bobby McGee – Janis Joplin
I want to take you Higher – Sly & the Family Stone
Shout – Isley Brothers
Born to be Wild – Steppenwolf
Magic Carpet Ride – Steppenwolf
On The Road Again – Willie Nelson
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner – Warren Zevon
Born to Be Wild – Steppenwolf
Run Like Hell – Pink Floyd
Knocking On Heaven’s Door – Guns N’ Roses
Paradise by the dashboard lights – Meatloaf
All Right Now – Free
Riders on the Storm – The Doors
Song 2 – Blur
Traveling Man – Ricky Nelson
MGB GT – Richard Thompson
Speedway at Nazareth – Mark Knopfler
I Get Around – The Beach Boys
1952 Vincent Black Lightning – Richard Thompson
500 (Shake Baby Shake) — Lush
Bat out of Hell – Meatloaf
Boys of Summer – Don Henley
Green Onions – Booker T & The MGs
Long May You Run – Stills-Young Band
Carolina in My Mind – James Taylor
Ride of the Valkyries – Richard Wagner
Runnin’ Down a Dream – Tom Petty
Drive my Car – Beatles
Hot Rod Lincoln – Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen
Key To The Highway – Derek and The Dominoes
Ride Like the Wind – Christopher Cross
Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Tears for Fears
Lake Shore Drive – Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah
Hotel California – The Eagles
I heard it Though the Grape Vine – Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
City of New Orleans – Arlo Guthrie
Built for Speed – Stray Cats
409 – The Beach Boys
Radar Love – Golden Earring
“Appalachian Spring,” “Hoedown” and “Billy the Kid” – Aaron Copland
What Was I Thinkin’? – Dierks Bentley
Thunder Struck – AC/DC
Driving In My Car – NRBQ
Eat a Peach – Allman Brothers Band, the album
Born on the Bayou – CCR
Breakdown – Tom Petty
House of the Rising Sun – The Animals
You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Loose Wheel – Click & Clack
I’m In Love With My Car – Queen
Highway Star – Deep Purple
Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen
Take it Easy – The Eagles
Cars – Gary Numan
Passing Lane – Charlie Daniels
Take Me Home Country Road – John Denver
Barbara Ann – The Beach Boys
Time Is Tight — Booker T and the MGs
Unfinished Symphony — Massive Attack
No Particular Place to Go — Chuck Berry
Wind & Wuthering (Entire Album) — Genesis
Have You Ever Seen the Rain — CCR
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay — Otis Redding
Red Barchetta — Rush
Doin’ Time – Sublime
Time of the Season — The Zombies
La Grange — ZZ Top
Dead Man’s Curve — Jan and Dean
I Can’t Drive 55 — Sammy Hagar
Listen to the Music – Doobie Brothers
Get Back – Beatles
The Way — Fastball
Danger Zone – Kenny Loggins
Whiter Shade of Pale – Procol Harum
More than a Feeling — Boston
My Old Yellow Car — Tom Schuyler
Life is a Highway – Rascal Flatts
Me and a dog named Boo — Lobo
Gear Jammer – George Throgood
Aqualung – Jethro Tull
Get Ready – Rare Earth
Ramblin Man – Allman Brothers
Chariots of Fire – Vangelis
Bad to The Bone — George Thorogood
Little Drummer Boy – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Home And Dry – Gerry Rafferty
On the Road Again – Canned Heat
Feats Don’t Fail Me Now – Little Feat
Open Season – Orgone
The Four Seasons — Vivaldi
Samba Pa Ti – Santana
1952 Vincent Black Lightning — Richard Thompson
Slow Ride – Foghat
Six Days on the Road – Taj Mahal
Driver’s Seat — Sniff and the Tears
Truckin’ — Grateful Dead
Big Log – Robert Plant
Rockin’ Down The Highway – Doobie Brothers
Can I Get A Witness — Marvin Gaye
Rock and Roll — Led Zeppelin
Kickstart My Heart – Motley Crüe
Here in My Car – Gary Numan
Jessica – The Allman Brothers
Baker Street – Gerry Rafferty
59th Street Bridge Song — Simon and Garfunkel
Stuck in the Middle with You — Stealers Wheel
Secret Agent Man — Johnny Rivers
TR3A — The Garajh Mahals
Going Up the Country — Canned Heat
By the time I get to Phoenix — Isaac Hayes
Driving in My Car — Madness
American Pie – Don McClean
Four on The Floor — The Shutdowns
Walking on Sunshine — Katrina and the Waves
China Grove — The Doobie Brothers
Red Lightning Blues — Brian Setzer
Bad Case of Loving You —Robert Palmer
Traffic Jam — James Taylor
Six Days on the Road — Flying Burrito Brothers
Crossroads — Cream
2 comments
Scott McGrath
October 2, 2012 at 1:38 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Thanks! There’s a couple of new ones for the thumb drive here.
I thought that I’d sent in “Shake Baby Shake”, but if not, you can check the video here – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G2GoFl3bHc It’s got a “Walking On Sunshine” kind of happy top-down feeling and though it’s about a Fiat 500, could be about any given LBC just as easily.
-Scott
stuursmad
October 2, 2012 at 1:50 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Scott, you definitely put in your vote for Lush. I’m not sure how it slipped the list, because I clearly remember watching the music video as I was making this page. Sorry about that!
It’s on the list now.