Touring - Songs that describe the feeling of bicycle touring

I've been kicked by the wind, robbed by the sleet
Had my head stoved in, but I'm still on my feet and I'm still... willin' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWwgwADwHh0)

"Rockin' in the Free World" - Neil Young, but I prefer the Pearl Jam cover

Fractures - Gersey. I have no idea where you could download it, but as far as I'm concerned it's the one. The guitar solo at the end is brilliant.

Kermit & Fozzie - Moving Right Along (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w316aA8ed8)

When i toured, i had The Breeders - Driving on 9 (youtube video) (http://youtube.com/watch?v=VSTTF7Wts5A) in my head for months. Its a great, ambling song for just cruising along.

Drivin' on nine
I sure miss you
Pass a motel
Looking at the piles

Drivin' on nine
Looking for the thirty
Maybe I passed it
Go another mile

And when i had to turn the afterburners on: Highway to the Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins. :D

the road and the sky by jackson brown. it was my favorite skateboarding song when we still used clay wheels. now that gives away some age!

Here I Go Again by Whitesnake.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKTiwCez6Zs

Also;

Carpathian Forest - It's Darker Than You Think At Wacke

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URrO6aTnmT4

Jackson Browne-Running On Empty (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bww2prhAWEA)

What songs do you feel best describe the essence of bicycle touring.

IMO, I like a popular song if it makes me want to bicycle or to dance; many songs do both. Here are a few off the top of my head:

-Take it Easy (ran through my head speeding down the first mountain pass I had ever ridden)

-Country Roads by John Denver (heard in a West Virginia restaurant as we were within days of fininishing a cross country bike tour)

-Running on Empty by Jackson Browne (in agreement with Mijome07, above; heard while driving to a memorable century ride, "Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels"

-Going Up the Country by Canned Heat and Legs by ZZ Top (cool songs that always make me pedal harder)

Interstate Love Song by Stone Temple Pilots

When I hear that song, I think of riding on a sunny day in the Pennsylvania country side. Love it.

This song "Copper Harbor" (or "Cooper Harbor"?) by some small indie band called Y Lime? is specifically about bike touring.

Give it a listen:

http://www.last.fm/music/y+lime%3F/_/Copper+Harbor?autostart

-Take it Easy (ran through my head speeding down the first mountain pass I had ever ridden)

I'll probably be singing this a lot on my next trip. Well, I am still in the planning stages, but there is a good chance I will be going through Winslow, AZ and see the man standing on the corner.
http://www.standinonthecorner.com/

usually some environmental cue will trigger a particular song for me. if i hear a train whistle, i might get "folsom prison blues" in my head. if there's a big headwind, i might get "windy" stuck in my head. "highway star" if someone waves at me, "true faith" on a hot morning, etc etc etc.

i wonder what you all use to get rid of a song once it is stuck in your head. "iron man" sometimes works for me. singing everyone knows it's windy while fighting a headwind can be a bit frustrating.

Don't know about y'all, but my hearing ain't too good. No way I'm putting some tunes in my ear that will drown out traffic noise. Best tune in the world when 'yer touring is the sound of the wind in the spokes.

"Harvest" by Neil Young is a perfect cadence song.

There are so many great touring tunes depending on area, conditions, and mood.
What did we do before gazillion gigabit ipods?

I like 'Jenny' by the Mountain Goats
http://www.archive.org/details/tmg2005-07-04.flac16
It's kinda related, but maybe that's because I tour with my girlfriend.

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Born to be wild Stepphen wolf Get your bike a running.... head out on the highway .... looking for adventure.. or whatever comes my way..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm5DPlNCmtk

Perfect Day Lou Reed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4pppHD7HNQ
This is by far the best touring song I found so far
It such a perfect day I am glad I spent it with you, Oh such a perfect day You keep me hanging on you just keep me hanging on. So motivational.

Run Run Run Velvet under ground
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZAFCrNvbXE

Johnny Cash-Walk The Line San Quentin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCftkirSpHE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkbdP7sq0w8
Kansas - Dust In The Wind this song will put in you in your place humble anyone, when viewing that awesome sight.

American Patrol by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auQNzfUQegY
Nice morning song

Fastball - The Way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0wfu3tOrtQ
about an old couple who left in a RV vanished I want to be them on a bike expect stick around
where were they going with out ever knowing


The Beatles - Let It Be (1970)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oZYqAeIdYk&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67J_66hdN-I)


Yesterday - Beatles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COLbULs08EQ
Yesterday the flats were such an easy game to play, oh I believe in yesterday, Suddenly I am not half the man I use to be.


anything by the Jayhawks
The Jayhawks - Waiting for the Sun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUMyKcNL-Vs

For when your bike breaks down or feeling down
Help! Beatles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXh4EuJa2TU

U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpVbLm4TN3g

"Roll On Down The Highway" -- Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO)

Kraftwerk - Tour de France (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQz-CZvkY8k)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/14/Kraftwerk_Tour_De_France_Soundtracks_album_cover.jpg

Saving Grace, and Running Down a Dream by Tom Petty
The Rain is Back, (by me, I wrote this about a 5-day tour through NJ) (here's an early demo (http://www.neilfein.com/music/the_rain_is_back_demo_8.mp3))

For those of us who have been chased........WHO LET THE DOGS OUT (The Baha Men) :eek:

Sunshine Highway by Dropkick Murphys
Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes by Jimmy Buffett (parrotheads unite!)
Walking in Memphis by Bruce Springsteen

Up Around the Bend, Bringing in the Sheaves, Proud Mary, theme from Then Came Bronson. Crappy show, good theme song.

Lotta good songs up there. One that comes to mind when I"m just riding around here is City of New Orleans by Arlo Guthrie. It's train-specific, but I like the descriptions of rolling past the landscape.

This song dosen't describe touring really, but when i listen to it i get the feeling of being on the open road. It's "for beginners" by m ward.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g6kNRLm2R8
(i don't get the goats)

Moody touring :lol:

Groove Armada - At the River.

Break on Through -- The Doors

I've Been Everywhere -- Hank Snow

I'm Moving On -- Hank Snow

A few old train songs that I'm sure no one else here has ever hear of.

Sixteen Tons -- Tennessee Ernie Ford, but with some minor changes:

Some people say a man is made outta mud
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong

You ride sixty miles, what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

I like "Cowboys like us" George Strait. It's about motorcycles, but it still applies. I also like to listen to Three Doors Down". The cadence is good for me.

YouTube - Harry Chapin sings CIRCLE Live

YouTube - Let Time Go Lightly-Steve Chapin

YouTube - Travelling - Paper Lions

YouTube - Moroccan Music Morocco guitar travel

YouTube - Ireland - Day 3 (Part-2)

I was raised in a small, country Baptist church. A lady often sang a song, don't recall the name (song name, not lady's name), but part of the song was, "Lord don't move that mountain, just give me strength to climb". I think of that sometimes when riding these hills in the Ozarks.

Don't know about y'all, but my hearing ain't too good. No way I'm putting some tunes in my ear that will drown out traffic noise. Best tune in the world when 'yer touring is the sound of the wind in the spokes.

I agree with you. However, when I'm alone on the trail, I'll hum or sing to myself. On the C & O Canal Towpath last August, it was usually snatches from Bach I was 'performing.'

"Always look on the bright side of life" by Monty Python

Great pedal rhythm

;-) Ali