Audiobooks don't work on me. I get annoyed by the narrator's over-annunciations and pauses and accents.... So this morning, I'm charging through the West Texas desert (again), restless, anxious for a city, and I just want to rock out. I put the iPod on shuffle (kinda over my Country kick), and the thing rattled off some unexpected road anthems too good not to mention:
The Distance - Cake
One Headlight - The Wallflowers
Desperately Wanting - Better Than Ezra
Omaha - Counting Crows
Mission - Dispatch
Confessions of a King - The Killers
Disappear Here - Bloc Party
Suggestions are welcomed and appreciated!
3 comments:
You may have most of these already, but just some ideas for a starter road trip mix:
"The Blankest Year" and "Weightless" by Nada Surf.
"Queen Bitch" by David Bowie
"You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" by Glen "Hansard & Marketa Irglova
"Anecdote" and "Stay Tuned" by Ambulance Ltd
"How we Breathe" by Pinback
"Miracle Drug" by AC Newman
"Lake Michigan" by Rogue Wave
"Inflation" and "Fireworks" by The Whitest Boy Alive
"Expectations" by Belle and Sebastian
"Portland is Leaving" by Rocky Votolato
"Hard to Find" by American Analog Set
"All the Young Dudes" Mott The Hoople
"Fairest of them All" by Slaid Cleaves
"Heretics," Imitosis" and "Plasticities" by Andrew Bird
"Where is my Mind" and "La La Love You" by the Pixies
"Pulling our Weight" by The Radio Department
"Letters (Acoustic version) by Stroke 9
For contemplating:
"My Life Changed" by William Fitzsimmons
"Storm" by Jose Gonzales
"Follow Through" by Hotel Lights
"Autumn Sweater" by Yo La Tengo
"Downtown Line" by Griffin House
"Paperweight" by Schuyler Fisk and Joshua Radin
"My Only Swerving," "Every Direction is North", and "Connie" by El Ten Eleven
"Farmer Chords," " Carolina," and " You Remind Me of Home" by Andrew Kenny and Benjamin Gibbard (from Home, Vo. 5 album)
"Your Hand in Mine" By Explosions in the Sky
"The Four Corners" by Halloween, Alaska
"Politics" by Sean Hayes
"Clean Getaway" by Maria Taylor
and, finally, the closer..
"Over and Done With" by The Proclaimers
I think you'll be the first one in the family to write a book. Try "See the World" by Gomez. Kinda a snappy little road tune. Great stuff, Johnny. K
Yo J,
Love the blog, keeps me busy, i read it over and over all the time. Cant wait till New York, just left Japan, Jack Johnson was awesome, I have great pics and videos.
add these to the playlistE
-"higher" by Dexter Freebish
-"wet sand" by the Chilli Peppers
your gonna dig em, just do it.
good luck, see you soon.
-ML
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