Z Music

[gema]

I consider my car more of a journey than an automobile. It is something glorious from days far before I was even a thought, and it is a legacy in a sense, passed down from my Dad to me ( he had one back in the day). That being said...I want to try and 'experience' the Z as I would have in the 70's. So, all you old-timers...if you could pick two or three albums for me to listen to while I drive/work on the 240z, which would they be, and why? I'm entirely serious about this...music and cars are VERY spiritual to me...somehow =/

[2-4-T-Z-MAN]

Not to sure about the oldtimer bit, but I remember hearing Rod Stuart singing Magie Mae every morning as I was going to school. Then there's always the Beach Boys.

[TTDRIVER]

Very true. I was going to ask the members the same question but guess you brought it up. Im 23 years old and Have had four cars so far and all Z's. Started out with a 90 twinturbo, 78 280z, 93 twinturbo, and now a 73 240z. I would have yo say that I would listen to different types of music in each because of the feeling the car would give me. Now that I have the 240z, it makes me feel like playing the Stones, or any thing "oldschool" I dont know about you but I am a fan of Music from Rock to Rap to whatever hits me right. So I would have do definatly say that since I have a wide varity of tatse in music I would say whatever feeling the car gives you thats the type of music I would rock.

[matsun]

crank sum skid row....

[Bambikiller240]

Led Zepplin IV (ZoSo?) or ANYTHING by Pink Floyd. Early Santana albums were also a favorite.

[TomoHawk]

I have a CD i made last summer I titled, "70's Energy" with all snappy, happy power songs like:

Sweet - Fox On The Run (1975)

Jay fergusen - Thunder Island (1978)

Theme from SWAT (1975)

Fox on the run (1975)

Starz - Cherry Baby (1977)

Pilot - Majic (1975)

Alan O'Day - Undercover Angel (1977)

Vicki Sue Robinson - TURN THE BEAT AROUND (1976)

Theme from SWAT (1975)

Pilot - Majic (1975)

More...

About 22 on a tape or 2 CDs.

[sblake01]

Don't forget Steely Dan:

Reeling In The Years

Boddisatva

Show Biz Kids

Dirty Work

Or anything from their albums in the '70s.

[hls30.com]

Hey Guys, what about Boston, ELO, BOC, BTO, Sammy Hagar, Peter Frampton, Eric Clapton, Heart, Cheep Trick, Paul Mcartney and Wings, Pablo Criuz, Radar Love, Magic Carpet Ride, Love is like Oxigen, Roxanne, Life's been good to me so far, Livin' after Midnight, Lay with ME, I want you to want me, and who could forget the the classic, "Mr. Telephone Man"!

Maybe we could create a virtual "Ultimate Z Cruize CD"! come up with a list of the songs to consider, and pare it down from there!

TomoHawk, BambiKiller240, SBlake have some good ones, I bet we could hit them all!

[sblake01]

It would be a tough list to pare down. So much great music came out of the seventies, maybe more so than any era! You mention ?Steppenwolf, Golden Earring, The Sweet, The Police . . . Great Stuff! And there is so much more. Blood, Sweat, and Tears, Free (Allright Now), Motley Crue, Van Halen, Aerosmith, Deep Purple, AC/DC, Mott The Hoople, I could go on and on. (And have!)

[hls30.com]

I was thinking we make the list, and put it on a poll where members or thread participants get to pick their 15 favorites(however many a cd will hold-tons of MP3s or 15-20 Waves), and that is how they would be selected-it is a virtual CD, so nobody would get their feelings hurt if "their suggestion" didn't make the cut!

Will-great, now I am humming oldies(the 70s was 30 years ago)-thanks SBlake01!!! (Aerosmith-big ten inch-lNo, let's not get into that wishfull thinking stuff!)

[gema]

The Who, anyone?

[mdbrandy]

When I was cruizing cross-country in my 280Z "back in the day", my favorite driving album was REO Speedwagon's double live "You Get What You Play For".