Shut Up and Drive

Shut Up and Drive

Posted on October 13th, 2008 by Glenn Giangrande

While the stock market has acted like a yo-yo, the last few days of weather in the Northeast have been fantastic. You’ve got to love summer-style weather in mid October, right? It’s especially good if you happen to be someone like me, who loves being behind the wheel and driving with the window down. Now granted, nobody likes sitting in traffic, but when there’s a clear road ahead and some time to kill, what’s better than cranking up the radio when good tunes come on? Talk radio puts me to sleep, and I don’t have a tape\CD player in my ’97 Plymouth Breeze.

So I got to thinking while I was on the road one night… what are the best songs to drive to? I’m talking about for highway driving, straight on through, no lights, etc. The answers are going to be subjective based on people’s preferences, as I can’t imagine a die hard fan of Three Dog Night would blast Miley Cyrus at peak volume. But here are five of this relatively young adult’s well-known favorites in no particular order.

               – Hypnotize, Notorious B.I.G…. great, steady, pounding bass beat. I don’t know a single hip hop fan that doesn’t like it.

               – Thunderstruck, AC\DC…fast beat, great vocals, even better if you hear a live version with the crowd in the background. If you’re on your way to a big event of some sort, it is impossible not to get pumped up when you hear it.

               – Where The Streets Have No Name, U2… slow build-up in the beginning, but the pace picks up quickly.

               – Run Like Hell, Pink Floyd…I’ve been told that the Disco Biscuits do a fantastic version of this song, but I’ll take the original here.

               – For Whom The Bell Tolls, Metallica…this used to be a song that I would strictly reserve for trips to the casino, but again, it’s really hard not to get pumped up by the bells and the group’s distinct guitar riffs.