Reply to: Songs For The Drive Home

[LondonManc]

Oh I've already chosen my drive-off-a-cliff track, should my life turn so bad that such a course of action becomes necessary. It is "Love's Theme" by Barry White:

Selected so as to greatly increase the liklihood of a successful suicide attempt

Anything by Leonard Cohen would do the trick.

Or Suicide Is Painless if you're feeling a bit ironic.

[GJABS]

How haven't you chosen to go 100mph off a cliff yet?

Oh I've already chosen my drive-off-a-cliff track, should my life turn so bad that such a course of action becomes necessary. It is "Love's Theme" by Barry White:

Selected so as to greatly increase the liklihood of a successful suicide attempt

[LondonManc]

A couple of weeks ago I was in Paris, and an accordion-playing busker came onto the metro train I was on, and started playing a bit of catchy music that I thought I had heard somewhere before.
After a but of careful humming, SoundHound identified it for me as being a track called "Those were the days".
Originally written by a Russian, it has been covered by at least 15 artists in several countries, mainly during the 1960's and 70's
Since then I've had 12 versions of it playing back to back on my phone. Yes a geeky obsession, and hopefully one I'll grow out of in the next few days.
This has given me the impetus to put them together in a list. It's a great track:

That's your drive home music? How haven't you chosen to go 100mph off a cliff yet?

[GJABS]

You missed this one
..
and this one
..

I've added them to my collection

And I've found a heavy-metal version, as that seems to appeal to some on here (a band called Turisas):

[Bee]

I have the albums Battlecry and Illusions from Two Steps From Hell group, it's trailer music.

[xoggoth]

This was playing on Magic as I got home. Had to leave the engine on:


https://youtu.be/zqq3tW3iACw


PS Forgotten how to post video on CUK again. Bah.

[original PM]

Whatever the radio stations turn up.


I prefer some random in my life

[squarepeg]

Would anyone like me to dig out some more?

You missed this one

Halina Kunicka:

and this one

Rossi Kirilova:

[GJABS]

A couple of weeks ago I was in Paris, and an accordion-playing busker came onto the metro train I was on, and started playing a bit of catchy music that I thought I had heard somewhere before.
After a but of careful humming, SoundHound identified it for me as being a track called "Those were the days".
Originally written by a Russian, it has been covered by at least 15 artists in several countries, mainly during the 1960's and 70's
Since then I've had 12 versions of it playing back to back on my phone. Yes a geeky obsession, and hopefully one I'll grow out of in the next few days.
This has given me the impetus to put them together in a list. It's a great track:


Mary Hopkin:

Dolly Parton:

The Three Tenors:

Bing Crosby:

Vera Lynn (a bit rubbish IMHO):

Englebert Humperdinck:

Nikolay Baskov (in Russian I think):

5th Dimension:

Dalida le temps des fleurs (in French)

True Symphonic Rockestra (Russian)

Hermes House Band (a bit try-hard):

leningrad cowboys:

Päivi Paunu (Finnish):

Paul Mauriat (French, instrumental):

Sandie Shaw:

Would anyone like me to dig out some more?

[saptastic]

Eminem - Bad Guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlWVHdLpElU

[Big Blue Plymouth]

Blinded By The Light - Mannfred Mann's Earth Band. Great driving song...

[shaunbhoy]

[shaunbhoy]

[Pip in a Poke]

Wings - Goodnight Tonight

Paul Mc Cartney & Wings

Hmmm.....yeah - a little gem from '79 sees Macca and the boys late jumping on the disco bandwagon.

But it was worth the wait.... A classic.

I had this one on 12" picture sleeve & i remember getting to Goose's at 7 am waiting for them to open so I could get my copy hot off the press. You see only the first few pressings of a 12 incher had a picture sleeve

[DannyF1966]

I was driving home one evening and 5:15 by The Who came on the iPod.... I looked at the clock in the car and it was actually 5:15