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Thread: Road trip music
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2018-06-22, 02:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Road trip music
I'm driving to GenCon this year with some friends and I need some good tunes for the trip. Recommendations? My particular tastes run towards classic rock, Irish/Scottish/Gaelic folk music, and stupid pop songs.
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2018-06-22, 03:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Road trip music
If you want a good mix of Folk/Celtic/Pop, check out Great Big Sea. They're an atlantic Canadian band which did a lot of traditional maritime music (roots in Irish folk), and put pop/rock twists on the genre (or just played straight pop/rock music with traditional instrumentation). They've been one of my favourite bands since I discovered them in the 90s. Unfortunately they're now disbanded, but they were active for 20 years, and the lead singer Alan Doyle still releases new music and tours with a new band.
Also, since many of their songs have their roots in sailing shanties, they make very good travelling music.
They're a lot of fun. It's disappointing I won't be able to see them live again.
Links to some songs (some more traditional, some more pop/rock):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fudwJZhiYxk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3sOA6yQc4A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dmpz5QeR_g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQRJQHdQ1vM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wcjBU8zbdYLast edited by ve4grm; 2018-06-22 at 03:07 PM.
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2018-06-23, 06:57 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Road trip music
Classic rock with folk?
Go JETHRO TULL - nearly unlimited great choices; especially Locomotive Breath for rock and most anything from Songs from the Wood or Heavy Horses albums for folk."We are the people our parents warned us about!" - J.Buffett
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2018-06-23, 08:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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2018-06-23, 09:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Road trip music
For Irish folk-rock with some pop-sensibilities, I'd recommend, well, pretty much anything, by The Saw Doctors.
Punting, champagne and suits. Ah, the joys of being a Squashman and Anglo-Saxophonist.
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2018-06-23, 04:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Road trip music
I'd suggest the soundtrack to any videogame you like. Here are my favorites*:
-Link to the Past
-Ocarina of Time
-Majora's Mask
-Chrono Trigger
-Any Final Fantasy
-Super Mario RPG
-Donkey Kong Country II
*Favorites in turn of soundtrack, not just favorite in turns of favorite game. Though I do like these.
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2018-06-23, 04:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Road trip music
A lot of their songs are also on Pandora, so you can just set it and forget it, mostly.
Although if it works reverse of stuff that leads TO them (back in the day I had a Jonathan Coulton radio that frequently played Great Big Sea, Cake, and tenacious D) you might get some unexpected Weird Al thrown in. Not that that's a PROBLEM, in my opinion.
Pandora in general is kind of the solution to your problem to be honest.
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2018-06-24, 07:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Road trip music
If you dont have an aversion to metal I recommend Eluveitie, a swedish folk metal band that focuses on Celtic/Gaelic folk music.
Blarg...
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2018-06-28, 06:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Road trip music
My Uncle got the Songs from The Wood album and it is a great choice indeed. We've just came back from 4+ hours back and forth drive to his buddy who needed help on his boat and installation of new brake kit and g2 axle & gear on his truck. My uncle played the album and we enjoyed it along with good chat.
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2018-07-01, 05:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Road trip music
What about Bon Jovi - It's My Life?
I think it's perfect for any king of trips
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2018-07-01, 06:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Road trip music
Frank Turner sounds right up your alley. Most of his music can be described as a mix of folk and rock and roll with definite influences from punk.
"A man once said do not meddle in the affairs of wizards for they are subtle and quick to anger. Tolkien had half of that right. **** subtlety." ~ Harry Dresden
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2018-07-02, 05:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Road trip music
Pink Floyd - The Wall (full album)
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2018-07-03, 05:46 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Road trip music
This is very useful information for me. Thank you very much for the link!
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2018-07-03, 09:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Road trip music
Thanks for these tracks.
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2018-07-10, 07:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Road trip music
Thin Lizzy can also be good, they were an Irish classic rock band. Did an awesome version of Whiskey in the Jar.
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2018-07-10, 10:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-07-11, 03:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Road trip music
Thank you guys so much for all the suggestions! Definitely broadened my horizons a bit. Also lol at the semi-relevant spam post?
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2018-07-11, 04:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-07-13, 06:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Road trip music
"We are the people our parents warned us about!" - J.Buffett
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2018-07-13, 10:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-07-14, 12:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Road trip music
I recommend the following artists & groups:
Pugwash
Linus of Hollywood
Clutch
Secret Friend
Fun
Josie & the Pussycats movie soundtrack
Your ears will thank me!
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2018-07-17, 04:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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2018-07-17, 10:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Road trip music
"Take It Easy" leaps to mind as a good car song.
Last edited by Scarlet Knight; 2018-07-17 at 10:48 PM.
"We are the people our parents warned us about!" - J.Buffett
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2018-07-23, 10:11 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Road trip music
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2018-07-24, 02:46 AM (ISO 8601)
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2018-07-24, 05:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Road trip music
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2018-07-24, 06:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Road trip music
Tam Lin by Fairport Convention
Last edited by Bohandas; 2018-07-24 at 06:06 PM.
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