Cameron Crowe’s terrible 2005 movie Elizabethtown taught us two things: (1) Orlando Bloom’s defining role will forever be the beautiful elf from The Lord Of The Rings, and (2) every good road trip needs a mix tape.
Nothing beats a well curated selection of tunes perfectly suited to hitting the open road with the top down and the air in your hair (car type and baldness permitting). There isn’t long to go before we’ll be packing into the people mover and making our way to Del Rio Riverside Resort for Playground Weekender. To help us make the perfect playlist for the journey, a stack of artists from the Playground Weekender lineup have contributed their top three road trip songs, providing various interpretations to the task and a diverse mix of artists and genres – from Miles Davis to Talking Heads, Midnight Oil and Roxette.
Get your motor running.*
(*No Steppenwolf was used in the making of this playlist.)
LAMB
Lou:
Sun – Caribou
Svefn-G-Englar – Sigur Ros
Angeles – Elliott Smith
Andy:
Evil Dub – Trentemoller
Bad Boy Bass – Gaudi
Lowb – Lowb
KATE NASH
Bad Reputation – Joan Jett
Moving Pictures – The Cribs
Back in the Game – Jamie T
I AM KLOOT
Angela Surf City – The Walkmen
Freakin’ Out – Graham Coxon
Jackie – Scott Walker
BLACK MOUNTAIN
Speed King – Deep Purple
Mother’s Talk – Tears For Fears
The Power and The Passion – Midnight Oil
THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS
Bitches Brew – Miles Davis
Another Green World – Brian Eno
City Too Hot – Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS
Roam – B52s: For obvious reasons
Joyride – Roxette: For obvious reasons
Drive – The Cars: For the long drive home at the end of the night
HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY
If we’re talking extreme volume I’d say
Pantera- 5 mins alone
Michael Mcdonald- A Fool Believes, and let’s throw in some
Van Halen for our soundie Andy!
PARADES
Black Swan – Thom Yorke
One Armed Scissor – At The Drive-In
Love Shack – The B-52’s
RAT VS POSSUM
Isi – Neu!
Sunchyme – Dario G
Oh Yeah – Yellow
DJANIMALS
We tend to blast real long hypnotic tracks that take you on a journey.
Something like:
Tramp with Orchestra – Gavin Bryars
If we gettin rowdy we’ll put on some hip hop or Fela Kuti.
And for hungover trips back usually Velvet Underground ‘Candy Says’ or something.
MOCK AND TOOF
Road to Nowhere – Talking Heads
Always Crashing In The Same Car – David Bowie
Warm Leatherette – The Normal
KING CANNONS
California Sun – Ramones
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road – Lucinda Williams
Car Song – Woody Guthrie
EWAN PEARSON
Hallogallo – Neu!
This Orient – Foals
Icon – Rhythm Is Rhythm
GRACE WOODROOFE
In the Summertime – Mungo Jerry
Wordless Chorus – My Morning Jacket for the journey there.
Family Tree – TV on the Radio really loud on the way home in reflective silence.
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