I already talked about the joy of a good mix and outlined some rules. Well, one of my favorite types of mixes is something to drive to. I like the music to be high energy, loud and rockin’. I've made several but this one is my favorite thus far. Here’s my most recent Drive mix, with videos included when possible.

 

A View From the Afternoon – Arctic Monkeys

This is the first video I’ve ever seen with a drummer so prominently featured. In fact there doesn’t appear to be any other band members in the video at all.

  

Megalomaniac – Incubus

 

Blue Orchid – White Stripes

 

Kick It - Peaches (feat. Iggy Pop)

 

All My Life - Foo Fighters

 

Lithium - Nirvana

 

Date Rape - Sublime

 

Cocain Cooked the Brain - Nico Vega

This song doesn’t even begin to demonstrate how awesome Aja's (vocalist) voice is. Check out some of their other videos; Nico Vega is one of the best bands I’ve found so far this year. And on the MySpace label no less…

 

Hella Good - No Doubt

 

The Hand That Feeds - Nine Inch Nails

 

Let's Go Crazy - Prince

 

Wake Up - Rage Against the Machine

 

Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

The music video has much better sound quality but embedding was disabled. You can check it out if you’d like. 

 

The Widow - Mars Volta

Ok, a strange video to go along with a strange song. I still love the song even if I have no idea what its about and the video is like a bad psychedelic trip.

 

Happiness is a Warm Gun - The Beatles

Sorry folks the montage is the best I can do…

 

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3 Responses to “Drive: A High Energy, Rock Out Mix for the Road”


  1. Maria Palma says:

    I’m a HUGE Prince fan…When I was young I used to play his tapes over and over and over! I’d pretend I was part of his band ;)


  2. Kimberlee Morrison says:

    I wasn’t allowed to listen to Prince for a long time; my mom thought it was too adult. Funnily enough, by the time I was a teen-ager, I pretty much pillaged her Prince collection. Its as though nothing was going to keep me from becoming a Prince fan. :D
    For a while, my oldest son’s favorite song was “Delirious.”


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