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  		   Posted 11/3/2009 12:06 PM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
I am putting together a list of the Top 50 Motorcycle Road Trip Songs.
 
 
Any suggestions?
 
Gary

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  		   Posted 11/3/2009 8:19 PM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.

I guess I'd start with Arlo's

The Motorcycle Song
I don't want a pickle, I just want to ride on my motorsikkle! ...

by Arlo Guthrie

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born to be wild (obviously on the list)
highway to hell (ac/dc)
Mannish boy (Muddy waters)
hoochie coochie man (muddy waters)
wang dang doodle (howlin wolf version not the kokko taylor one)

Ride Hard or Stay home
 
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  		   Posted 11/3/2009 9:38 PM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.

If we're talkin' Howlin' Wolf, you can't forget Highway 49.

And I'll take Route 66--Mick and the boys did OK, but I'm just sentimental enough to prefer Nat Cole's performance.

Willin' by Little Feat ("I been from Tucson to Tucumcari, Tehachapi to Tonopah...")

I've Been Everywhere ("I've been to Reno, Chicago, Fargo, Minnesota, Buffalo, Toronto, Winslow, Sarasota,...), a great country standard

Rocket 88 was about an Oldsmobile, but takes on a new meaning 50 years later with the 88 cubic inch HD

Poppity Pop (go the motorsickle) is a Charlie Parker / Dizzy Gillespie collaboration from 1945. Not their best work.

Little Honda ("not a big motorcycle, just a groovy little motorbike"), originally by the Hondelles, but covered well by the Beach Boys.

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Oh I forgot all about highway 49 dan.

chuck berry's no particular place to go. He is talking about his ford, but its still a good road song.

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  		   Posted 11/4/2009 7:24 AM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning

Bob Seger - Roll me away

Merle Haggard - Sing me back home
(not really a bike song, I just really like it. Really anything by Merle, Or Johnny Cash).

Proving the skeptics right since 1967.

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  		   Posted 11/4/2009 7:32 AM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
There was a post like this a few years ago - maybe I'll try to find it...

There's a great obscure little folk song called "Eye of the Hurricane" by David Wilcox. The "Hurricane" in question isn't a storm, it's a Honda Hurricane, one of the early sportbikes from the mid-80's. It's also interesting because it's about a female motorcyclist:

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Tank is full, the switch is on
Night is warm, cops are gone
Rocket bike is all her own, it's called the Hurricane

She told me once, it's quite a ride
It's shaped so there's this place inside
Where if you're moving you can hide
Safe within the rain

***

Great song, I first heard it in the late 90's when I was living in Charlotte, NC.

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  		   Posted 11/4/2009 8:18 AM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Although not m/c specific, "Mustang Sally" (Wilson Pickett's cover) and Chuck Berry's "Maybelline" are great road tunes. Stevie Ray Vaughn's "Pride and Joy" works for me too. 

Same road, same wind in your face!

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  		   Posted 11/4/2009 8:41 AM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Shangri Las - Leader of the Pack

"The probability that we may fall in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just; it shall not deter me." - Abraham Lincoln

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Once Knew You - Jeremy Kay (My personal favorite)

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"People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost."

"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong
enough to take everything you have". - Thomas Jefferson

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  		   Posted 11/4/2009 11:33 AM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
'California Here I come' pops to mind. Not exactly a motorcycle song, I guess, but a trav'l'n song.

And then there's 'Take this Job an' Shove it' which puts me in the mind, too.

 

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Highway 51 = Bob Dylan

Why don’t we do it in the road? = The Beatles

Tavelin’ band = Creedence Clearwater Revival

Gimme some lovin’ = Spencer Davis Group

Roadhouse = The Doors

Piece of my heart  = Janis Joplin

Born in the USA = Bruce Springsteen

Heartbreaker = Led Zepplin

Sultans of swing = Dire Straits

Who do you love? = George Thorogood

With a little help from my friends = Joe Cocker

Who are you? = The Who

Brown sugar = Rolling Stones

Lola = The Kinks

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  		   Posted 11/4/2009 2:37 PM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Highway to Hell - AC/DC
Highway Star - Deep Purple
Iron Horse/Born to Lose - Motorhead
The Pros and Cons of Hitch-Hiking - Roger Waters
Honeysuckle Blue - Drivin' and Cryin'
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  		   Posted 11/4/2009 4:51 PM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Jhawk's mention of The Who reminded me of Quadrophenia. Though a bike is mentioned only once IIRC ("I ride a [Vespa] GS scooter with my hair cut neat..."), the whole scooter thing--and mods on scooters vs. rockers on real motorcycles--is a theme in the story. (It's a rock opera about disaffected British youth of the '60s, which was made into a movie in the '80s I believe, with a youngish Sting in a supporting role. Very much worth seeing if you like The Who.)

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  		   Posted 11/7/2009 1:27 AM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.

Ok, here is the list so far, from a few different sources.

It has turned into a list of great road trip songs, including many mororcycle specific songs. I will try to update it every now and again with your suggestions.

What has been missed?

AC/DC – Highway to Hell

Aerosmith – Get A Grip

Alannah Myles – Black Velvet

The Animals – House of The Rising Sun

Arlo Guthrie - The Motorcycle Song

Bad Company – Feel Like Makin Love

Bachman Turner Overdrive – American Woman
Beatles - The Long and Winding Road

Beatles - Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?

Beach Boys – Little Honda

Black Sabbath – Paranoid

Blues Brothers – Jailhouse Rock

Bob Dylan - Highway 51

Bob Seger - Roll me away

Bodyrockers – I Like The Way You Move

Boomtown Rats – I Don’t Like Mondays

Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA

Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run

Bryan Adams – Summer of 69

Bush - Machinehead

Chuck Berry - Maybelline

Chuck Berry – No Particular Place To Go

The Clash - London Calling

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travelin Band

David Wilcox - Eye of the Hurricane

Deep Purple - Highway Star

Deep Purple – Smoke On The Water

Deep Purple - Speed King

Derek and The Dominoes – Layla

Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

The Doors - Riders on a storm

The Doors - Roadhouse Blues

Drivin' and Cryin' - Honeysuckle Blue
Focus – Hocus Pocus

Foghat – Slow Ride

Free – Wishing Well

Genesis- I Know What I like

George Thorogood - Who do you love?

Howlin’ Wolf – Wang Dang Doodle

Howlin’ Wolf - Highway 49

Ike Turner/Jackie Brenston – Rocket 88

Janis Joplin - Piece of my heart

Jeremy Kay- Once Knew You

Jerry Lee Lewis – Great Balls of Fire

Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic

Joan Jett - Bad Reputation

Joan Jett – I Like Rock n Roll

Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends

Joe Walsh- Rocky Mountain Way

Johnny Cash – I’ve Been Everywhere

Johnny Paycheck - You can take this job and shove it

Killers – Somebody Told Me

Kiss - Crazy Crazy Nights

Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker

Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

Led Zeppelin – Whole Lotta Love

Lenny Kravitz – Are You Going My Way

Lynryd Skynryd – Freebird

Lynryd Skynryd – Sweet Home Alabama

Kinks - Lola

Kinks - Waterloo Sunset

Little Feat - Willin'
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird

Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell

Merle Haggard - Sing me back home

Motorhead - Iron Horse/Born to Lose

Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy

Muddy Waters - Hoochie Coochie Man

Nat King Cole – Route 66

Nickelback – How You Remind Me

Nickelback - Rockstar

Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger

Oasis - Wonderwall

Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Primal Scream - Rocks

Rainbow – I Surrender

Ram Jam – Black Betty

Rascal Flats - Life is a highway

Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning

Robert Palmer – Addicted To Love

Roger Waters - The Pros and Cons of Hitch-Hiking

Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar

Rolling Stones - Jumpin Jack Flash

Rolling Stones – Route 66

Rolling Stones - Satisfaction
Rolling Stones – Start Me Up

Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin’

Shangri Las - Leader of the Pack

Sophie B. Hawkins - California Here I Come

Status Quo - Caroline
Steppenwolf - Born to be Wild

Stevie Ray Vaughn - Pride and Joy

Thin Lizzy – Don’t Believe A Word

Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak

Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back In Town

Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony

Who - Baba O'Riley

Who - Who Are You?

Troggs – Wild Thing

U2 – Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For

U2 - Vertigo

Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally

Yes – Owner Of a Lonely Heart

ZZ Top – Gimme All Your Lovin

 

 

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  		   Posted 11/7/2009 8:09 AM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Excellent list. Thanks for posting it.

FYI, the Dylan song is Highway 61. The title refers to US 61, which parallels the Mississipi River from Minneapolis (where he grew up) to New Orleans.

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  		   Posted 11/7/2009 10:13 AM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Thanks Dan,
 
What was I thinking? Of course it is Highway 61...... duh
 
Actually, your post promted me to look where it is and fantastic - it is on my route and I will be riding along it, alongside the Mississippi. I have attached a picture of my route across the USA and I will be riding between Dubuque and Minneapolis on Highway 61, which is on the border of Wisconsin. 
 
How cool is that?
 
I will certainly be listening to this song on that road!!!!
 
 
 
 

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It looks like you've got a full itinerary, Gary. But your mention of following the Mississippi reminded me of a limited TV series called Feasting on Asphalt that aired on the Food Channel here in the US a couple of years ago. Host Alton Brown and a crew of TV buddies persuaded BMW to lend them a fleet of motorcycles, and they rode around looking for great eating spots on the road. There were actually two series, and in one they rode the length of the Mississippi. A Google search of Feasting on Asphalt DVD will turn up sources. BTW, I just did that and it also turned up a book with map included.

When you get to San Luis Obispo, CA (which you can't avoid if you ride down the coast from San Francisco to LA), send me a PM and I'll buy dinner.

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  		   Posted 11/7/2009 7:43 PM (GMT -8)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.

How about "Ride Like The Wind" by Christopher Cross?

And "Heads Carolina, Tails California" by Jo Dee Messina?

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"(Get on Your) Bad Motor Scooter (And Ride)" - (Ronnie) Montrose (Hagar)

"Razor King" Gamma (Montrose/Pattison)

"Kickstart My Heart" - Crue (duh...) ;-)

Lou Reed, "New Sensations" (about his gpz)

"Licorice Road" (Lounge Singer in MM2)

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Judas Priest-Heading out to the Highway

Montrose-Rock Candy

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I will do that Dan. Dinner sounds great. I should be there in mid October time.

I was in California in May this year on a rented Harley and I stopped at Pismo Beach - I think that is near you. I seem to recall a long pier at Pismo.

Gary

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100 in a 55, by pop evil!

bikes dont leak oil, they mark their territory

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So what about Jim Capaldis "Living on the Edge". Good flick and all.

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Joe Satriani Motorcycle Driver

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