For my friend's 16th birthday I'm putting together a random basket of stuff that she can do now that she has her license, and I want to burn her a CD of good songs to sing to when you drive. Any genre works and it doesn't have to be recent, just something thats fun to turn up really loud and sing to. What would you suggest?

Anything old school, like Backstreet Boys or Spice Girls, something completely cheesy but everyone knows it.

Two of my personal favorites for the car are Going The Distance by Cake and Love and Memories by O.A.R., oh and anything AC/DC works well when blasted

You know, Journey singalongs have been quite the rage this year, at least at my school. Also Bob Marley.

oh you bet, Don't Stop Believing is a real winner. I'd also reccomend Supernova Girl from Zenon on Disney Channel is a goodie too. Crazy Bitch, Beer for my Horses, Money Maker, Play With Fire (from the one, the only Hilary Duff hahahaha) and Tipsy are some of my personal favs at the moments as far as car songs go (quite a variety I know haha)

I am going to cry when my free 3 months of XM radio runs out in my car. :(

Free Falling by Tom Petty
It's the End of the World by REM
My Love Opened the Door (don't remember)
1000 Miles by The Proclaimers (I think that's what it's called...)
Ridin Dirty by Chamillionaire (fuck yes!)
The Chain Song by Chingy
Anything by Skynard or Journey
Anything from when you were 12

I could go on. Pretty much all of the classics are always fun, mixed in with some new silly stupid ones.

pretty much any song on the "night at the roxbury" soundtrack


or jock jams.. i know old school. but they are so great... makes me want to dance while i drive!

I love the song Ridin Dirty (have any of you guys heard the White and Nerdy song? haha)
umm the Chain song is pretty catchy as well

Rumble, isn't XM radio awesome? Seriously, I don't know how i'll let go of it when I go off to college... yeah and Ridin Dirty is another good one.

some of my favs are...instigator, by kaci brown
sexyback by justin timberlake
chelsea by stefy
rompe by daddy yankee
hips dont lie by shakira
promiscuous by nelly furtado
and...show me the money by petey pablo

I'm on a country kick right now. As for singing along-

"Walking in Memphis", Lonestar
"Whiskey Girl", "Beer for my Horses", and "I Love This Bar" all by Toby Keith
"Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)", Big & Rich
"Love You Out Loud", Rascal Flatts

And of course, anything 90s pop, anythign on the Jock Jams or NOW cds, some non-thug-rap, anything by OAR or Dispatch (bring back dispatch!), Ace of Base, oh and Natasha Bedingfield. I also like KT Tunstalls new song while driving (Suddenly I See).

Have you seen the new music vid for Suddenly I See? IMO something new and creative and me like. I used to hate OAR but for some reason I find myself listening more to them. And you can never go wrong with Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy).

country!! goose, you've turned over to the dark side haha

We've done a couple of road trips since I've been here at school and I'm trying to remember what we've been listening to...

You DEFINITELY need AC DC - You Shook Me All Night Long, Bon Jovi - Living on Prayer, Mr. Big - To Be With You and Lynard Skynard - Sweet Home Alabama. OHHH and VanMorrison - Brown Eyed Girl.

Then there is always the cheesey party rap thats fun to rock out to, like Lean W/ It Rock W/ It, Snap Your Fingers, Chain Hang Low, Shake Your Money Maker, etc.

Country songs are good too... and I love rocking out to Tom Petty - Life is a Highway, Ameican Girl, Free Falling, and Back Down. Guns N Roses - Sweet Child of Mine and Paradise City. Another complete necesity is Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline.

Oh god and then the random techno songs, DHT - Listen to Your Heart and Cascada - Everytime We Touch. They're quality.

I was in the car for like 14 hours this past weekend driving from Columbia, SC to Nashville so we did a lot of rocking out in the car.

Yea.... I need to get OUT of Saratoga. I'm hitting the cities (well... Boston and Syracuse) for the next 2 weeks, so hopefully that'll fix me right up.

1. maneater.... nelly furtado
2. can't get you outa my head... kylie minogue

I saw the video for it on myspace. So funny

Nope- Life is a Highway is Tom Cochrane.

and the original walking in memphis by marc cohn is ten million times better than the lame new country version....


i like anything that you can really crank up and sing along too, the stuff you are otherwise too embarrassed to admit you listen too is always valubale road trip material. think ace of base, britney spears, country

Some of you have mentioned some good ones!!

Anything Tom Petty--my personal faves are Breakdown, Last Dance with Mary Jane, Refugee, I Won't Back Down, Freefallin' of course.

JOURNEY!!! "Don't Stop Believing"

Toby Keith--"I Love This Bar"

Def Leppard--"Pour Some Sugar On Me"

Kylie Minogue is good...so is Madonna--"Like A Prayer"

Bon Jovi

John Mellencamp--"Hurt So Good"

Notorious BIG--"Hypnotize"

Eminem Ft Nate Dogg--"Shake That"

Shakira!

Holy shit! So it's not JUST me and the people I hang with! Don't Stop is seriously our theme song...you MUST get the Journey greatest hits...two whole cd's! Separate Ways is also INSANE in the car.
Of course seeing them live takes the cake...hehe

And just for the record...for those of you who had spelled it wrong...it's Lynyrd Skynyrd...they're all Y's.


Songs that I can contribute to the discussion:

Load Out-Jackson Browne
Rhinestone Cowboy or Witchita Lineman-Glenn Campbell!
Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me-Keith Urban

oh, and how could everyone forget...

WHAM!

wake me up before you go-go

You're right. I had a moment.
And the Rascal Flatts version of it blows and I hate it.

OH GOD. I can't believe I forgot. Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel, Bille Jean, Beat It, Black & White, Man in the Mirror... all the good old ones.

There are a lot of really good 80's ones... Madonna - Material Girl, Like a Prayer, Open Your Heart and Whitey Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody & How Will I Know. REO Speedwagon - Keep on Loving You, Cutting Crew - I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight. I like Journey a lot, but if I hear Don't Stop Believing one more time, I think I'll kill myself. I've seriously ODed on that song.

"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen. This is the number one song to screech in your car with your friends. I'm somewhat surprised to not see it mentioned until now.

I'm also partial to the Loaf..."I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" is one of my favorites.

ETA Don Maclean's "American Pie" because I love it so.

This one is difficult. After hearing my friend butcher it during karaoke, I like to see it left to professionals, lol!

You are talking to the QUEEN of sing a longs... that is all we do on the way to/from IHSA shows.. when we're up from 4 am on...

A lot of our favorites have been mentioned but..

Eve 6- Inside Out
Lustra- Scotty doesn't know
AFROMAN- COLT 45 (our abosolute favorite)
bloodhound gang- bad touch
livin on a prayer- bon jovi
devil went down to georgia- charlie daniels
take me home tonight- eddie money
boys of summer- don henley
the general- dispatch
come on eileen- dexys midnight runner
war- edwin starr (hahahha)


ok thats all i can think of for now

If that song isn't my idol I don't know what is. Know the whole damn thing by heart.

As any fan should. All 8 minutes, 32 seconds of it.

I'd also love to add "Drift Away" (either the Dobie Gray or Uncle Kracker cover. Both are excellent).

I love American Pie. It was my summercamp theme song when I was like, 10. I also know all the words.
Oh yeah.

I love you guys. This is perfect. I've made 2 CDs, but if you have any more just post and I might make another.

That brings back some horrible, horrible memories.

Anyway, I will say for what the hundredth time that I am totally with you and your musical choices.

I can't believe I forgot this one! I LOVE LOVE LOVE it. Whenever it comes on at 80's night at this bar I go nuts.