Top 10 Songs for an Afternoon Drive July 31, 2009 2 Comments
This list if for all the other fans of “leisure miles” out there; for y’all who love spontaneously firing up the cruiser and aimlessly wandering over the landscape. Leisure miles are very important to me and despite rising gas prices and environmental concerns I still make sure to put a good playlist together and hit the road every month or so. I mostly started this tradition on the smaller highways around UCSB and made it a weekly event when I moved to Eugene, Oregon. Now in LA there’s PCH, the Santa Monica Mountains or the Angeles National Forest that provide the best routes.
For the rest of you that need a destination I highly recommend cranking up a rock ballad or epic instrumental for a 10 minute stretch of random highway. With the afternoon sunlight flashing between trees, street markers jumping back in rapid fire, fresh air blasting through the open windows and tires whirring around each curve don’t worry about where your headed but just take it all in with a good jam.
Here are my Top 10 Songs for an Afternoon Drive presented in no particular order. Hardly all-inclusive, this list could have been 50 strong but I grabbed a few samples of my favorites over a few genres, mostly rock. If you own any of these make sure they are available in your car for your next leisure cruise. And be sure to add your own favorites to the comments…
“gone are the days we stopped to decided…where we should go, we just ride.” – Grateful Dead
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