I'm finally in the test drive phase of my restoration and my wife suggested picking a theme song for the car. We chose Kashmir for the timeless reference to Fast Times At Ridgemont High. Then we decided to make a CD for our first official cruise in a few weeks. I'm looking for songs that "thump" and are from the pre-90's era when music was actually worth listening to. So far I have:

Kashmir - Led Zepplin
Moving In Stereo - The Cars
Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
Dragging The Line - Tommy James

Looking for some more suggestions. Surely some of you out there have a favorite that fits the bill. :beers:

Inna Godda Davida (http://www.carsbyjim.com/storage/Music/Iron%20Butterfly%20-%20In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.mp3) the long version is cool to drive too :)

Good Travelling music in the car
Bat outta heell Meat loaf
Joe Coccker
Arlo Guthrie Alices reastrant Album
Deep purple in concert album
zz top
Beethoven;s 3rd 5th and 9th

Radar Love by Golden Earring!

Ramblin Man by Allman Brothers is very good on the road.

I like Danger Zone from Top Gun. Seems to add HP to any car.

Ah Leah - Donny Iris
Cars - Gary Numan

Althought newer than you want here's a good one.

http://arspromotions.com/media/CRANK-Sunday-NSB.wvx

I can't drive 55

Lowrider by War

Trampled Underfoot - Led Zeppelin

Sweet Home Alabama - Lynard Skynard
Free Bird - Lynard Skynard
Sandman - Metallica
Highway to Hell - AC/DC

Oh man there are just too many to list ...

Trampled Underfoot - Led Zeppelin

Was listening to that today (CD) as I was cruising for an hour or so :).

I've got a fairly large collection of CDs, but I usually carry about 10 CD's I ripped from my collection that have various artists such as:
Pink Floyd - Run, Comfortably Numb, Dogs, Sheep, It's Not Enough, etc..
Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand, Trampled UF, Song Remains, 10 Yrs Gone....
Nazareth - Hair of the Dog
Styx - Choice old cuts
Rush - Tom Sawyer, Limelight, Ghost of a Chance, 2112, ........
Nugent - mostly Double Live Gonzo
AC/DC - various, but mostly older selections
Scorpions - Love at First Bite
Steely Dan - Mostly Gaucho & Asia, but love em' all

That's pretty much it. I'm the kinda guy who will often keep the same CD in for even weeks at a time :).

May be showing an age disparaty but SHOUT by the Eisley Brothers does it for me everytime.

going to be hard to find, but "Rockin roll party in the streets" by Axe...one of the best songs from the 80's

How about "RED"...by Sammy Hagar...Thats a rocking cruizin tune

Here's a cool clip, featuring a 69 resto to that song...I think this guy is a TC member....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3ct7GknfXGQ

Dan

Bad Company: Rock and Roll Fantasy
April Wine: Roller
Jimmy Hendrix: All along the Watchtower
The Weather Girls: It's raining men
Ozzy: Crazy Train
Steppenwolf: Born to be wild
Dire Straits: Money for Nothing
Donna Summer: I will Survive

Link Wray, Southern Culture On The Skids, ZZ Top, CCR, Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry, Rolling Stones. There is plenty of good stuff other than top 40.

Rush: Red Barchetta

Deep Purple: Speed King

Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath
Deep Purple - Highway Star
Yes - Roundabout
Pink Floyd - One of These Days
Heart - Barracuda
Springsteen - Born to Run

Lowrider by War

That was my first choice. I always thought kashmir was for making love, you know the beat.

ZZ Top - Nation Wide.
Sammy Hagar - I can't drive 55.
Metallica - Fuel.
anything by Robin Trower.

Way too many great songs out there, but my car's favorites are
Radar Love-Golden Earing
Bad to the Bone-George Thorogood
Low Rider-War
Black Magic Woman-Santana
all of Led Zeppelin's work
Everything that Buddy Rich did
And all that other stuff

Paul :beers:

Lots of great tunes thrown out there, and while I didn't use many of them it did get me thinking. Here was the final list:

1. Kashmir - Led Zepplin
2. Moving in Stereo - The Cars
3. Draggin' The Line - Tommy James
4. Pump It Up - Elvis Costello
5. Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent
6. No More Tears - Ozzy Osbourne
7. Lick It Up - KISS
8. Tom Sawyer - Rush
9. Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
10. Everybody Wants You - Billy Squire

and here is where the wife's list got added

11. Best of Both Worlds - Van Halen (never heard this one before but I liked it)
12. Grease - Frankie Valli (actually, it's my favorite song of all time)
13. Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield (I know...but I also know what's good for me)
14. Little Deuce Coupe - Beach Boys (see comment after Jessie's Girl)
15. You're So Vain - Carley Simon (it's slow but at least it's a timeless classic)
16. Roll Me Away - Bob Seger (great one to finish with)

Thanks for everyone's feedback.