You guys came up with some good ones. The first was John's suggestion, Holiday Road (the opening theme to Chevy Chase's "National Lampoon's Vaction", by Lindsey Buckingham:
Col named a bunch of 'em, including Bruce Springsteen's Thunder Road. There are a couple of good live versions of it. This one, from 1976 isn't the best one vocally, but the visual of The Boss is pretty good, and shows how much the crowd digs him:
Another of Col's suggestions is The Door's "Roadhouse Blues" (Roadhouse is not the road, proper, but it's ON the road, so it counts). This video has the Doors and John Lee Hooker:
Chase mentioned Bob Seger's "Get out of Denver". Travel songs are all about the road, but I got to thinking that there are enough good songs about Denver to rate a separate smackdown. Instead, you get another Seger travel song, Turn the Page:
Can't imagine doing a road smackdown without Willie:
I've loved the Pretenders since "Brass in the Pocket". Their "Middle of the Road" is right up my alley:
Col had several other fine nominees, but I think we've got plenty from which to choose. I'll pick four tomorrow. Feel free to lobby for your favs.
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