Driving music to me has to be something catchy, sometihng that sounds good loud and, obviously in an enclosed space. It also has to be fast paced. You need to want to head bang or sing along or tap your fingers on dashboard, legs or steering wheel.

They also have to go well together; one song has to sound good leading into th enext. Sometimes this can just ruin things. It ca be a case of graduation, from one style of music into the next. Some - a lot, most - work well. Some just don’t.

Tears For Tears, No Doubt, Siouxsie And The Banshees, even most Fatboy Slim - none of it works for driving music.

I had all the above on the CD I’ve been recently listening to in the car and, though I didn’t at first, I started to fast forwarded over all of them. Out of 17 tracks that I put together, I ended up listening consistently to about five of them.

Until this year, I had been listening to a lot of sports talk and poli-talk radio, and hadn’t needed tunes, much. But the music will always catch you.

So last night, I shuffled and juggled and ripped CDs I own trying to find songs that would work together.

Megadeth, with its pounding guitars and drums is a sure winner, guaranteed along with old-school Metallica to make you discover you’ve accelerated 15 mph without noticing. A few Justin Timberlake songs - pretty much the four I can stand - are also surprisingly effective at making the journey cruise on by.

So for 0811008Drivemix I narrowed it down to the following:

Lily Allen — Alfie
Madonna — Secret
Nirvana —> Something in The Way
Sonic Youth —> Touch Me I’m Sick (LIVE)
Nirvana —> Negative Creep
Lily Allen — Naive
Tori Amos - God
Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash —> Jackson
Anthrax —> Got The time
Trigun —> The Genocide Song
God Smack — Voodoo
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Lily Allen - Knock ‘Em Out
Justin Timberlake —> My Love
Invader Zim —> Doom Song
Megadeth —> Duke Nuke ‘Em
Metallica —> Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth)
Guns N Roses —> Better
Nirvana —> Breed

Even this was done rather quickly this morning. Alfie was first because that is my current favorite song. There are so many bands who don’t sound good in the car; and some artists only have certain songs that sound great.

Though, I still had about 10 minutes left, I pulled those 19 tracks from the following, which I thought might work. Some of the following not used will be / could be used for a second disk.

Adam Carroll —> Alright
Anthrax —> Got The Time
Public Enemy —> Bring Da Noise (Benny Benassi remix)
Foo Fighters —> Everlong [from previous CD Drive mix)
Godsmack ---> Voodoo
Godsmack ---> I Stand Alone
Guns N Roses ---> Better [technically not released, yet]
Housemartins —> Caravan of Love
Humanoid —> Stakker Humanoid
Invader Zim —> Doomsong (a cartoon)
Voice a/o Theme —> “Bond, James Bond.”
Voice a/o Theme —> ABC Breaking News theme
Voice a/o Theme —> FU FU You’re Cool, FU (movie excerpt)
Voice a/o Theme —> Newspaper Boy (from Family Guy)
Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash —> Jackson [from previous CD Drive mix)
Justin Timberlake —> Sexy Back
Justin Timberlake —> My Love
Justin Timberlake —> Rock Your Body
Justin Timberlake —> Senorita [from previous CD Drive mix)
Kanye West & Jamie Foxx —> Gold Digger
Lily Allen —> Friend of Mine
Lily Allen —> Naive
Lily Allen —> Alfie
Lily Allen —> Knock ‘ Em Out
Lily Allen —> Oh My God
Madonna —> Like A Prayer
Madonna —> Secret
Megadeth —> Peace Sells
Megadeth —> Holy Wars
Megadeth —> Kill The King
Megadeth —> Symphony of Destruction
Megadeth —> Duke Nuke ‘Em theme [from previous CD Drive mix)
Metallica —> Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth)
Michael Jackson —> Thriller
Nirvana —> All Apologies
Nirvana —> Breed
Nirvana —> Something in The Way
Nirvana —> Negative Creep
Nirvana —> Sliver
Nirvana —>Plateau (unplugged)
Prince & Depech Mode —> MASHUP, When Dove’s Cry
Sonic Youth —> Touch Me I’m Sick (LIVE)
Sublime —> Wrong Way [from previous CD Drive mix)
Tori Amos —> God
Trigun —> The Genocide Song
Trigun —> Never Could Have Been Worse
William S. Burroughs —> Dead City Radio