Good cruisin' music for a Vanagon road trip

[foodeater]

I havent had a radio in my van for since may but, you should get the Rushmore soundtrack, and also the Minutemen (especially "Double nickels on the dime" or "postmersh vol 2". I also always like driving to the Violent Femmes first record, Television's "Marquee Moon" and "London Calling" by The Clash.

-Glenn
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89 Bluestar-2.5 Subaru Powered-RIP
'84 Westy Tiico-daily driver-sold
'82 Caddy diesel-sold
'87 Vanagon Syncro-RIP
'81 diesel rabbit-sold
'82 Vanagon auto-RIP

[msinabottle]

Vanagon mood music...

'Hitchin' a Ride,' by Vanity Faire...
Any Beatles Song, by the Beatles, in German.
Dyer Maker, by Led Zeppelin
All the Young Dudes, by Ian Hunter
Me and Julio Down by the School Yard, by Paul Simon
Stuck in the Middle with You, by the Stealers.
Little Willy, by Sweet
How Does it Feel to Feel, by the Creation
Marie, by Treat Her Right
Gonna be 500 Miles, by the Proclaimers
Libach.

Best!
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'Winston,' '84 1.9 WBX Westy
Vanagon Poet Laureate: "I have suffered in
many ways, but never, never, never in silence."

[hiram6]

I'll be heading up to VA for the Xmas season next week, and I'm pretty sure I'll be tuned to XM channel 59, the ALL Led Zeppelin channel.
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1985 Westy, 1.9L automatic (Daisy)
1996 Mazda Miata
1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.9 Limited

You can't lie around on the beach and drink rum all day.................unless you start first thing in the morning.

[swmontana]

Bing Crosby, because I can always understand what the words are.
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1987 Wolfsburger
1997 F-250 Powerstroke
2002 ZX-5
2000 Fleetwood 737
Gone but not forgotten: 57 Bug, 66 Westy, 67 Bug, 71 Bus, 72 SQBck, 84 Westy, 87 Van, 90 Golf

[Scooter757]

Pearl Jam live at Benaroya Hall Recorded Oct 22nd 2003
It's a full acoustic show....It's the right speed for the Van.
I think my Van actually runs better when I play it.

[hasavan]

Can't beat good 'ol Stan Rogers for good Westy tunes, failing that, one can opt out for AC/DC, Johnny Cash, April Wine, Hank Snow and or BTO.
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1984 Westy Vanagon Camper
2006 Jetta TDI

"You can lead a horse to water, but it takes a strong man to drown him." Dutch Mason, Prime Minister of the Blues.

[pgurnee]

I have to say I have not even heard of most of the bands mentioned, but we dont have a Westy, just a vanagon. We play Neil Young, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Nanci Griffith, Taj Majal, Van Morrison, Moody Blues and even a little Red Hot Chili Peppers if my son moans loud enough.
Paul

[getset]

These are my all time favorite albums for road trips.

#1 The Beatles, "White Album". It is long and incredible.
#2 Pavement, "Wowee Zowee". The Princes of Indie Rock.
#3 Wilco, "Being There". There is nothing like a "Left arm tan"
#4 Yo La Tengo, "And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out", for when I want to zone out on the road
#5 Calexico, "AREOCALEXICO" for any sparse western landscapes

However, With my IPOD, I find myself listening less to full albums, and more to the shuffle setting. Here are some more bands that may pop up frequently.

Band of Horses, Arcade Fire, Spoon, Tapes and Tapes, The Decemberists, Elliot Smith, Do make Say Think, Explosions in the Sky, The Flaming Lips, Yo La Tengo, Tortoise, TransAm, The Gossip, The White Stripes, Iron and Wine, The Knife, MUM, The Long Winters, GBV, Velvet Underground, Uncle Tupelo, Tom Waits, TV on the Stereolab, Sparklehorse, Spaceman 3 , Archers of Loaf, Radiohead, Sonic Youth, Silversun Pickups, Blah Blah Blah......

Oh Yeah, also the good old outlaws of Country Music's bygone era.
And much much more.

[Chuck77]

Micheal Bolton. I'll be honest with you, I love his music, I do, I'm a Michael Bolton fan. For my money, I don't know if it gets any better than when he sings "When a Man Loves a Woman".
-Bob Slydell

[felixthevolks]

Here's what is in my "Vanagon" playlist right now...
"Clambake," "Rockahula"- Elvis
(all)- Cyndi Lauper
"Daydream" "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?" Lovin' Spoonful
"In the Summertime"- Mungo Jerry
"The Mighty Quinn" (the original one)
"Alfie"- Lily Allen
"Satisfaction"- Benny Benassi
"Rockit"- Herbie Hancock
"Dear Hearts and Gentle People"- Bing Crosby
"Rock Your Body Rock"- Ferry Corsten
"Magic Carpet Ride"- Steppenwolf
"Dire Wolf," most of Workingman's Dead- Dead
"Spirit in the Sky"- Norman Greenbaum
"Creeque Alley"- Mamas and the Papas
"Sunshine Superman"- Donovan
"Day-O" various other- Harry Belafonte
"DaDaDa"- Trio
"99 Luftballons"- Nena
"Workin in a Coal Mine," "Whip It"- Devo
"Puttin on the Ritz"- Taco
"Run Ranaway," "Slam the Hammer Down"- Slade
"Joyride," "She's a Little Bit Dangerous"- Roxette
Ramones (6 or 7)
"Fat Bottomed Girls," "Bohemian Rhapsody,"- Queen
"Down Under"- Men at Work
"Walk Like an Egyptian"- Bangles

[jackbombay]

Rick Astley, because who doesn't like getting Rick rolled?

Cake
Zepplin
Beatles
ozzy

But mostly lots of Ipod set to shuffle

[captainpartytime]

I second Toots and the Maytals "Funky Kingston"
You also can't go wrong with Bob Marley and the Wailers
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-Kerry

1982 turbo diesel Westfalia

[floggingmolly]

Dave Matthews Band. Just about anything.
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'85 Wolfsburg Weekender

[madmax25]

Any Beatles, Zep, or Pearl Jam,
Creedence if you're a 'Big Lebowski' fan,
Kings of Leon and the Raconteurs are great,
Radiohead and Death Cab for Cutie for the softs,
Queens of the Stone Age, Nine Inch Nails and Arctic Monkeys for the louds,
and everything in between...
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-Elliot

'88 Vanagon GL "Big Red"
'90 Westy

[VanagOnly]

If I'm driving alone I like heavy metal,the faster the better.Don't look at the speedometer and you feel like you're doing 90.If my wife is along we usually settle on bluegrass.
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87 Wolfie
Past rides:72 Bus- RIP
72 Volvo 145 wagon-RIP
76 Jeep Wagoneer-RIP
67 Bug Dad's Daily-Project

[kevinbassplayer]

Right now I'm grooving on the San Francisco band "Ride the Blinds" old school rock and roll ala the who or zeppelin

The Mother Hips, anything by the hips, probably the most underated band in California

My band, Gravybrain, funk and fusion jazz

[Perales]

[Veedoubleused]

I guess it all depends on the setting. Day, night, rain shine, kids screaming, dog barking, wife giving you that look.

This isnt much help but I had a tape from somewhere that was labelled 'Outback from Bob' and it was full of aboriginal music. Some guys chanting and playing drums and digereedoos (sp?). The coolest late night driving music. Made you feel far away.
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"Move at your own chosen speed."

[Chris W.]

This has turned out to be a great source of new music ideas

We have really been into Bay area music from 65 to 75, I can listen to the Grateful Dead 24/7. The Jefferson Airplane, Hendrix, It's a Beautiful day, Canned Heat, Traffic, Country Joe and the Fish, etc. have been getting a lot of play time!

The wife slips in a bunch of Jack Johnson, G-Love, Zero-7, Doves, etc.

It's all good.

Cheers,
Chris

Ps. You can never go wrong with NPR
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Current Rides:
84GL Vanagon
93 Subaru loyal
93 Subaru Impreza
Past VWs:
62 Bug
66 Bug
70 Bus
73 squareback

[Veedoubleused]

Locomotive Breath at volume setting #11.
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"Move at your own chosen speed."