Too late to help

[mrissa]

Most of your answers will probably be too late to influence my choice, but I would like to know anyway: if you were driving across Iowa today, what music would you listen to? What genre, what artists, what specific albums -- whatever. Twelve hours of driving through the middle of nowhere, spread out over a weekend. You don't have to either fill the time or limit yourself to that. I just want to know what you'd want in the CD player.

Comments

[baronlaw.livejournal.com]

Bruce Hornsby and the Range

[platypus]

I would pick the Dar Williams album with "Iowa" on it, because... well, I couldn't resist.

[copperwise.livejournal.com]

Boiled in Lead, Oysterband, Cats Laughing, and ABBA Metal.

[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

Baroque and medieval music.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Ooh, oh, you're not too late. Thanks.

I love that song. I really, really love the early line about where she comes from, because it's where I come from, too: "And at night we walk into our houses and burn." Yeah.

[sensational.livejournal.com]

I'd probably listen to what I have on my iPod Shuffle right now, which is The Magnetic Fields, Regina Spektor, Le Tigre, a little bit of Liz Phair and Led Zeppelin, and some random chick music (like the Andrews Sisters and Loretta Lynn). I might also add some Butchies, 'cause they're good driving music.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Alas, but we have no Oysterband on CD. I SAID, ALAS, BUT...oh, wait, I'm in charge of the budget. Never mind then.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Which Liz Phair have you got on there, or just a mix?

[sensational.livejournal.com]

I have two of her songs: "Flower" and "Polyester Bride." They've made me want to listen to more, so a friend of mine is making copies of a couple of her albums for me.

[copperwise.livejournal.com]

My favorites are Alive and Acoustic and Alive and Shouting. So much tasty music in one place.

[chance88088.livejournal.com]

Iggy Pop.

[jackiejj.livejournal.com]

Arvo Part's Te Deum; The Lord of the Rings music: one, two, and three; Yes: Close to the Edge, Down by the River.

And have fun driving across Iowa.

Alas, you have probably already left.

[chance88088.livejournal.com]

I would go with Exile in Guyville, personally

[sraun]

Peter Mayer (Scatterbrain) and Fred Small (Hot Frogs on the Loose). Classical music with lots of brass. Austin Lounge Lizards. Handel - Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks. Tom Lehrer. The Threepenny Opera?

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Nope, markgritter is still destinkifying. He had to work this morning.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I like all four of her albums, but differently.

Audiobooks

[batwrangler.livejournal.com]

Specifically, Peter Beagle reading The Last Unicorn (http://www.conlanpress.com/html/audiobooks.html).

Re: Audiobooks

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I haven't read that. It's on my list, but I haven't yet.

markgritter doesn't like attempting to follow narrative while he's driving. I tried reading short stories to him when we were making longish drives several years ago, and he didn't enjoy it, so if I want narrative while we're in the car, I wait for my turn to be the passenger and read.

[thesaucernews.livejournal.com]

Anything so long as it's loud enough to drown out the call of He Who Walks Behind the Rows.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I don't have any albums of theirs at all, actually, just a few songs from a mix CD dd_b made me (which is why I bought a Flash Girls CD, too). It's in a format the car CD player can't play. I'd probably buy some of their stuff anyway, but that makes it a little more urgent, since I listen to music in the car a lot. I hate driving and pounding the radio with my knee trying to get it to hold onto a station, but listening to music and driving is nice.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Shoeless Joe Jackson?

[stillsostrange.livejournal.com]

Tom Waits.

[pentacon.livejournal.com]

Lord of the Rings audio book.

[pameladean]

The last time I rode into Iowa, we had the Oyster Band's "Deep Dark Ocean". That worked well. When Raphael and I did road trips, we found Richard Thompson's "Mock Tudor" very satisfying. The best music for waking up a sleepy driver and racing into Minneapolis via 94 East, for us, has been the Talking Heads' "Stop Making Sense." I never hear those songs without seeing stretches of 94 under the eerie glow of streetlights.

We also listen to Elvis Costello a lot, but that's a mix CD rather than individual albums.

P.

[merriehaskell.livejournal.com]

Exactly what I was going to say!