Help me make a playlist

Demerara · Post by **Demerara** » March 31, 2006 10:12 am

I'll be spending the better part of a week cruising the highways and biways of West Virginia this summer and I'd like to put together a CD of appropriate tunes. Something evocative of the area (specifically or just in general).

John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" is a given.

Was also thinking of:

James Taylor's "Country Roads"...
Stuff by Doc Watson, David Grisman, some bluegrass...
A few of the traditional Appalachian things by the Grateful Dead/Jerry Garcia...

What else...?

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » March 31, 2006 10:17 am

Highway to Hell

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » March 31, 2006 10:18 am

Demerara wrote:I'll be spending the better part of a week cruising the highways and biways of West Virginia this summer and I'd like to put together a CD of appropriate tunes. Something evocative of the area (specifically or just in general).

John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" is a given.

Was also thinking of:
James Taylor's "Country Roads"...
Stuff by Doc Watson, David Grisman, some bluegrass...
A few of the traditional Appalachian things by the Grateful Dead/Jerry Garcia...
What else...?

"Dueling Banjos"

Brown Eyed Girl · Post by **Brown Eyed Girl** » March 31, 2006 10:23 am

"I Can't Drive 55"

Oh wait, that's MY theme song...

OystersandBeer · Post by **OystersandBeer** » March 31, 2006 10:34 am

truckin

Contact by Phish (this one is a little silly)

Mrs. Brown's Tea House by String Cheese Incident

Anne Bonny · Post by **Anne Bonny** » March 31, 2006 10:38 am

I always like a little Allman Brothers on my country drives.

Demerara · Post by **Demerara** » March 31, 2006 11:04 am

Anne Bonny wrote:I always like a little Allman Brothers on my country drives.

Allman Brothers - YES!

(Loved the Dueling Banjos suggestion - that one will be on there, too! "Squeal like a pig, boy!"

)

OystersandBeer · Post by **OystersandBeer** » March 31, 2006 11:06 am

Maybe its just me, but I didn't care for that scene much.

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » March 31, 2006 11:10 am

Bruce Hornsby - Valley Road

iuparrothead · Post by **iuparrothead** » March 31, 2006 11:14 am

Anne Bonny wrote:I always like a little Allman Brothers on my country drives.

Agreed... Southbound, especially....

Demerara · Post by **Demerara** » March 31, 2006 11:45 am

iuparrothead wrote:
Anne Bonny wrote:I always like a little Allman Brothers on my country drives.
Agreed... Southbound, especially....

Sweet Melissa...
Ramblin' Man...
Midnight Rider...

Good suggestions, folks - keep 'em comin'!

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » March 31, 2006 11:50 am

The Knight Rider theme song.

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » March 31, 2006 11:58 am

OystersandBeer wrote:Maybe its just me, but I didn't care for that scene much.

Well, I think I’ll go and rent me a movie right now;
Go and get something I ain’t never seen.
And on the discount rack, I see Deliverance,
And I’m watchin’ it now and they’ve got to that scene
Where they meet the hillbillies and they’re big and they’re mean…
And who’s that crawlin’ ‘round on his knees?
It’s Ned Beatty! (Beatty!) Ned Bea-yay-yay!
Ned Beatty had the hardest part
‘Cause redneck love leaves emotional scars.
I guess he didn’t read the script too far;
Ned Beatty had the hardest part!

Well, I wonder what kind of parts Ned turned down –
Oh, I wonder how desperate he was.
‘Cause I’ve heard it’s pretty tough in Hollywood,
But I woouldn’t ever let them tie me to a tree;
Screamin’ and holdin’ up my BVDs;
Waitin’ for Burt to come and rescue me,
Sayin’ “Hey Burt!” (Hey Burt) Hey-yay-yay!
Ned Beatty had the hardest part.
If you got a purty mouth, you can be a big star.
I bet the next day, his agent got fired.
Ned Beatty had the hardest part!

Well, don’t let ‘em get you Ned – don’t let ‘em next to you!
Don’t let ‘em get you Ned – you know what he wants to do!
Think of your momma Ned – put you through drama school;
Is this what she had in mind? You think she’s proud of you?

Ned Beatty! (Beatty!) Ned Bea-yay-yay!
Ned Beatty had the hardest part!
He’s taken method acting just a bit too far,
‘Cause this ain’t exactly Shakespeare-in-the-Park.
Ned Beatty had the hardest part!

Ned Beatty had the ha-a-a-a-a-a-arde-e-e-e-est pa-a-a-a-art!

Who-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-oa-oa!
…had the hardest part!
O-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-oa-oa!
…had the hardest part…

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » March 31, 2006 12:45 pm

RinglingRingling wrote:
Demerara wrote:I'll be spending the better part of a week cruising the highways and biways of West Virginia this summer and I'd like to put together a CD of appropriate tunes. Something evocative of the area (specifically or just in general).

John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" is a given.

Was also thinking of:
James Taylor's "Country Roads"...
Stuff by Doc Watson, David Grisman, some bluegrass...
A few of the traditional Appalachian things by the Grateful Dead/Jerry Garcia...
What else...?

"Dueling Banjos"

SPEW!!!!!!!!!!

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » March 31, 2006 12:47 pm

One of my nominees for "redneck" glory . . . Ol' Garth . . .

Papa drove a truck nearly all his life
You know it drove mama crazy being a trucker's wife
The part she couldn't handle was the being alone
I guess she needed more to hold than just a telephone
Papa called Mama each and every night
Just to ask her how she was and if us kids were alright
Mama would wait for that call to come in
When Daddy'd hang up she was gone again

Mama was a looker
Lord, how she shined
Papa was a good'n
But the jealous kind
Papa loved Mama
Mama loved men
Mama's in the graveyard
Papa's in the pen

Well it was bound to happen and one night it did
Papa came home and it was just us kids
He had a dozen roses and a bottle of wine
If he was lookin' to surprise us he was doin' fine
I heard him cry for Mama up and own the hall
Then I heard a bottle break against the bedroom wall
That old diesel engine made an eerie sound
When Papa fired it up and headed into town

Well the picture in the paper showed the scene real well
Papa's rig was buried in the local motel
The desk clerk said he saw it all real clear
He never hit the brakes and he was shifting gears

Mama was a looker
Lord, how she shined
Papa was a good'n
But the jealous kind
Papa loved Mama
Mama loved men
Mama's in the graveyard
Papa's in the pen

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » March 31, 2006 12:49 pm

Women, motels, drankin', trucks, children, liquor and PRISON . . . hooooooooooo-weeeeeeeee! LOL

Anne Bonny · Post by **Anne Bonny** » March 31, 2006 1:22 pm

I think we're wandering into a David Allen Coe song.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » March 31, 2006 1:23 pm

tikitatas wrote:Women, motels, drankin', trucks, children, liquor and PRISON . . . hooooooooooo-weeeeeeeee! LOL

...these are a few of my favorite things....

and cate, where is the rum and why aren't you sharing?

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » March 31, 2006 1:28 pm

my favorite road-trip songs:

truckin - grateful dead
casey jones - grateful dead
the joker - steve miller
sweet caroline - neil diamond

my life - billy joel
santaria - sublime
anything by lynyrd skynyrd, jim croce, willie nelson, or waylon jennings
gnr - appetite for destruction
and my entire poison collection

oh, and um, the very best of peter paul and mary.

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » March 31, 2006 4:19 pm

buffettbride wrote:
tikitatas wrote:Women, motels, drankin', trucks, children, liquor and PRISON . . . hooooooooooo-weeeeeeeee! LOL

...these are a few of my favorite things....

and cate, where is the rum and why aren't you sharing?

This is a very good Barbadian one, Mal, and I thought you'd appreciate the name!

They had a rather interesting ad campaign back in the late 70s . . .

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