Driving music or music for RL driving

Yesterday I had a bit of driving to do in Real Life... in this case about 450 kilometers (or 300 miles for you UK and US people), from Copenhagen to where I live. Now, we all know that driving while being sleepy is a Very Bad Idea, but I just wanted to get HOME! So what to do? Find some great music! And play it loud!!!

In this case, I'd had my usual Techno Trance going for the first oh, 1,5 hours or so, but finally had to pull over at a parking space on the motor way as I was starting to blink a bit too slowly. Not a good idea when you're driving the way I am (speed limit? nope, minimum requirement!). After trying to get a nap for about 15 minutes; wiggling around to get comfortable, fiddling with music and sunscreens, I gave up. What to do? FInd the mp3 collection with Ultimate Top Gear music and put that on and turn up the volume.

I basically spent the last 3 hours singing along (that's one reason the volume was LOUD, that way I couldn't hear myself as my voice is seriously messed up these days after 5 days of talking with customers while shows and stuff was going on), bouncing in the seat and generally making myself look very silly to the other drivers. Who cares? It got me home in one piece and actually kept me awake.

Now, the funniest part came in the last half hour, where I'd left the motorway and had to go through several villages. The music volume stayed up, but the speed was way down. I had a bike smile big time at me. I wonder why... just because I was bouncing around to Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't fear the reaper"? But it's nice to know that other people don't mind when you imitate a radio on wheels.

And the last song is a true Burnout song... Franz Ferdinand's "Take me out". I still think that should have been the main song for BO3 Takedown.

Anyway, just wanted to share, now it's time to pick up my doggie and then I can get some more sleep. One question though: what is *your* favorite driving music?

Laters....

Aaboe