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I need some new music. You know when you have listened to everything in your collection 8 million times - and there is nothing you feel like listening to anymore? Kind of like that full closet / no clothes to wear phenomena?

I am sick of my music. I mean I love it, but Im sick of it. I havent downloaded/ bought a new album in ages, and I am bored to tears with my musical selection of late. I need a new fabulous mix.

Im heading out for 18 months on the road in two weeks, and I've made it a priority this week to make some kick ass music playlists to load onto my old ipod.

So -- I need some suggestions. What are some of your favorite songs? What would YOU include in your soundtrack to your trip?

I need some inspiration.

Oh man! This is a cool question!

I love music more than anything. In fact, I bet a lot of boots members love it just as much if not more than travel - they just may not realise it.

There's a soundtrack for every scene.

My musical taste varies a lot but some of my favourite stuff to listen to whilst travelling would probably be:

Pretty much anything by The Black Keys - best blues/rock two-piece in the world

Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison - 'Long Black Veil' is amazing

'Range Life' by Pavement

'Anodizer' by Fu Manchu - some heavy sh*t, not for chilling out on the beach!

'Going Going Gone' by Richard Hell & the Voidoids

'L.A. Woman' or 'Roadhouse blues' by The Doors

'Arrested in Shanghai' by Rancid - let's hope not!

'Surf Wax America' by Weezer

'Auto Pilot' by Queens of the Stone Age

and I guess everyone's gonna suggest 'Redemption Song' by Bob Marley huh?

Incidentally, if I was travelling to your home town, I'd have to be listening to 'Shipping up to Boston' by Woody Guthrie or maybe something by Dropkick Murphy's to get in the party mood - you must have heard of them right?

I've gotta second the Black Keys nomination - get anything of theirs you can lay your hands on, it's all kick-ass.

Also, if you want songs related to travelling, there's an album by Aussie folk-pop group The Guild League called Private Transport, which is all about travelling. I used on of the songs in this here little movie I made.... Siamese Couplets If you can't get the cd in your part of the world, try the Candle Records website

And check out The Polyphonic Spree, and their album "Together We're Heavy". Any time I was feeling a bit down on the road, this album always put a smile on my face.

Another cracker is The Go! Team album "Thunder Lightning Strike", where the tracks sound like the theme tunes to long-lost 70's cop shows.

And finally, if you want something to sing along to real loud, check out Nick Cave and the Badseeds double album, "Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus". Great blues/rock/gospel.

I could go on and on, but I'm sure you're overwhelmed enough as it is.....

I never tire of Sublime! Jack Johnson is soothing when you are on a train in some strange land with noone to talk to. Nothing like listening to some Coltrane or Mingus on a night train. Old blues is great to get back to my American roots. Reggae is always fun. Techno to blast when arriving at a city. Of course I have the Lonely Planet Globetrekker them on my Ipod- man that song is inspiring!

Anything by the Grateful Dead, Gordon Lightfoot, or Kris Kristofferson. I am very eclectic in my tastes in music.

Highlights from team Up The Proverbial Creek's Mongol Rally 2006 Playlist included:

The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots; At War With The Mystics
Wilco - Kicking Television
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Anything by The Eagles
The Beastie Boys - To the Five Boroughs
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks; St. Dominic's Preview
AIM - Hinterland
The Velvet Underground - Nico
Ali Farka Toure - In the Heart of The Moon
Uncle Tupelo - Still Feel Gone
Grandaddy - All albums
Nick Drake - All albums
Brian Eno - All albums
Laura Cantrell - When The Roses Bloom Again
Bruce Springsteen - Live 75-85, Live at The Hammersmith Apollo
The Band - The Last Waltz

ac/dc
lords of acid
ministry
obszon geschopf
danzig
santa esmeralda
slayer
type o negative

There's nothing like a good live show to listen to while on the road. Check out www.archive.org 's live music database (it may have gone down recently, I'm not sure).
I have an extremely eclectic and rather esoteric taste in music; give it a try...

String Cheese Incident - Live at Horning's Hideout 6/18 - 6/19 2004 (a 54 minute jam will get you through a rough train ride)

Tool - Live album "Salival"

Toots and the Maytals - Phenomenal Reggae

Burning Spear - Marley's Mentor

The Decemberists - Baroque Pop is on the up and up. Get lost in The Crane Wife album

Bellydance Superstars I & II - This is the eccentric stuff

Belle and Sebastian - Happy Scottish Pop music written for twenty somethings nostalgic about highschool and lesbians. The true beauty of their work is in the lyrics

Dragonforce!!! Dream Theater meets Slash

Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak album

I could go on, but that's a start.

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I love counting crows august and everything after, especially when I'm traveling by train. it makes me feel like I'm in some sort of movie soundtrack. :-)

There are also several songs that remind me of various trips so I always bring those when I travel.

songs from the cranberries, kylie minogue, "it's raining men", tityo and others.

Billy Joel, Maroon 5, Goo Goo Dolls, Dave Matthews Band, Cat Empire,

Zeppelin always gets me moving. Springsteen, Beatles, Stones, Who, Hendrix, AC/DC, Black Sabbath (esp. Paranoid--the whole album); how about some old 70s funk? Parliment Funkadelic, Sly & the Family Stone. Good 80s metal and 90s grunge. That pretty much covers it.

My iPod is loaded up with The Handsome Family, Ryan Adams and Xavier Rudd.

Great thread! I'm downloading some new stuff now.

Fit but you know it - The Streets

is great for walking around any new city.

Any song off Scarlet's Walk - Tori Amos is great for road tripping since the whole thing is based around a road trip and flows great in the car.

I second the counting crows for train travel. Also can't go wrong w/ red hot chili peppers or credence clearwater.

My musical taste might (probably) won't suit yours, but here's some recommendations:

Albums
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
The Hush Sound - Like Vines
Ben Folds - Supersunnyspeedgraphic, The LP
Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche

Bands
The Rocket Summer
Ben Folds
Jimmy Eat World
Motion City Soundtrack
The Matches
The Beatles
The Cure
Bloc Party
The Killers
Placebo

Songs
Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
Grinspoon - Just Ace
The Matches - Wake The Sun
Jimmy Eat World - Hear You Me
Chromeo - Needy Girl
Greenday - Time of your Life
Placebo - English Summer Rain
Placebo - Black-Eyed