Riding Tunes

What songs make you want to ride? What do you like to listen to when you ride(if you do), or just before you go for a ride?

There are no wrong answers here, musical tastes differ just as much as bike tastes. The music has to ignite something inside you that makes you want to ride

Ride on! :wink:

My picks:
Red Barchetta-Rush
Spirit of Radio- Rush
Ride the wind-Poison
Takin a ride-Don Felder (Heavy Metal soundtrack)
Motorcycle Song- Arlo Guthrie
The 59 sound-The gaslight anthem
Ride-Joe Satriani
Hurtin' Albertan-Corb Lund Band

 

The motorcycle song- Arlo Guthrie

 

While I don't listen while I ride, I'm often humming RUSH tunes in my head (is there anything better...). Specifically, Spirit of Radio, Red Barchetta, Limelight, Entre Nous, Freewill, Xanadu, YYZ, The Trees, etc, etc, etc. Also, pretty fond of various Pink Floyd, Who, Metallica and System of a Down tunes.

BTY, I hope you caught the RUSH Time Machine tour in Seattle. The boys are about as good as ever...

 

No I ddin't. They are only doing 2 Canadian dates on this first go around. Saw the Snakes & Arrows tour in Calgary in 08

 

breaking the law by judis priest and occaionaly little honda, think thats by the beach boys

 

Sample of current playlist: mute math,amber pacific, breaking benjamin,def lepard,circa survive,five finger death punch,LMAFO,rage againzt the machine, The Ramones, red jumpsuit apparatice, three days grace, weezer, the xx, chevelle and more ......

 

it depends on my mood at the time if i feel like doing some speed runs i listen to enter sandman for just about any thing else i listen to a wide varity like some heavy metal to country to hiphop

 

My range varies wildly but Black Betty by Big City Rock comes to mind right now...

 

Ah, but have you heared Black Betty, by Spiderbait????

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Just did, nice!

 

I tend to listen to audio books when I ride. They provide me with something to kill the time with on long rides. When I listen to music I tend to drive to the aggression of the song playing. For instance, if Simple Man is playing I tend to drive really calm and docile. Then if something like Highway to Hell or something plays....well....I drive like I'm on a Highway to Hell.

God help me if I ever listen to Techno while riding. I will probably warp to my location!

 

Are you using headphones when you ride? I'd like to keep at least one ear to the road... wondering if I should just cut one bud off a cheap pair...

 

Yeah I listen to my IPhone Headphones. I have not had any issues hearing while listening and I hear all going on around me. It's not so loud that it washes out important things.

 

I'm from an older generation, but for me anything by Queen.

 

Steve Morris is perfect for ripping the NC. mtn twisttys

 

Most of my favorites are downright wrong for riding. New American Metal bands like Lamb of God and Devildriver. These guys take you to a whole new level. I try to fight it i promise!


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Anything by:

Rush (although I find myself landing on 2112 and Fly By Night a lot)
Disturbed
Bullet for my Valentine