Bubba Suess wrote:Has anyone ever heard of Tommy Bolin? Aside kicking serious ace, he did the soundtrack to an obscure climbing film from the early 70's called "The Naked Edge".

I know Tommy Bolin from a '76 Deep Purple album and also from Billy Cobham's "Spectrum" but I do not know this soundtrack. How is the film?

Athos791 wrote:When I was younger my dad, brother and I were on a 2 week trip to the mount zirkel wilderness and we forgot our CDs for the car rides between camps as to town and what not. The only cd we had was my dads friends Simon and garfunkles greatest hits. Was an awesome cd for a mountain trip and I have loved them ever since.

Reminds me of going to Mexico with nothing but a Clapton tape and an Elvis tape. Driving donuts in the dirt blasting Elvis with the windows down to try and get all the flies out.

The atmosphere during drive to the trail head is usually nothing like the ensuing time in the wilderness. The past few trips have been: Passion Pit, Vampire Weekend, The Decemberists, and lots of Chromeo. The sleepier we get on the drive in, the louder and faster the music gets. The night usually ends with Matt & Kim blasting as we show up at the trail head.

The drive out is almost always something very mellow: Panda Bear, Shins, Broken Bells, Karen O and the Kids (soundtrack to Where the Wild Things Are, which is awesome if you haven't heard it.)

However, nothing, I mean nothing, makes me feel like climbing a mountain than this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niKT-kJfUz4

"I change shapes just to hide in this place but I'm still, I'm still, an animal!"

This thread is awesome and has introduced me to some artists I've never heard of...but now will be getting their albums.

Philip Glass 'Solo Piano' is good for the diePod whilst solo hiking.

Amazed how many Sigur Ros fans there are. Perfect for the lazy drive at day time. But I need something harder when heading up 395 at 1AM.

Everything from Thievery Corporation or Moby for driving, and more relaxing Arcana, Dead Can Dance or Pink Floyd for the the bad weather days in tent.

I fit the trend of the most of the above posts. Hard driving, head bangin, high-energy music on the way to climb or hike. At my age my taste spans a few decades so I go for everything from Alvin Lee & 10 Year After, Brain Eno, Elvis Costello, Offspring, Jeff Beck, AC/DC, Beck, Soundgarden/Audioslave, Smashing Pumkins, Foofighters, Wolfmother, and Queens of the Stone Age to mention a few.

For some reason, on the way home I tend to the mellower side and just tune in to Bluesville or classic rock on XM radio.

U2 JTree and Achtung Baby....keeps my mind and body pumping for those long nights on 395 heading for the tri-cities and onto Smith Rock! Or down I-15 heading for the City of Rocks!
My new fave is Gomez though! In Our Gun ROCKS

When I'm travelling US Route 550, I gotta have this on the radio:

T Sharp wrote:U2 JTree and Achtung Baby....

H E double hockey sticks yeah! "Where the Streets Have No Name" seems to sound better on curvy mountain roads for some reason.

I started climbing with the Haley boys (Colin and Aidan) when they were 16 and 14. On climbing trips they would listen to the same AC/DC and Led Zepplin albums that I listened to when I was their age.

All Jimmy Buffett

Couldn't agree more! I put GSYBE and Sigur Ros on when I just want to let my mind wander. The Dead Flag Blues has cracked my top-10 fav songs.

Otherwise, for mountain roadtrips, I listen to folk & old country, like pre-1970. Although, you really have to throw it up for SCI.
Lately, I've been groovin to Giant Panda Guerilla Dub-Squad & as odd as this is gonna sound, deadmau5.

xDoogiex wrote:i finally started giving Godspeed You! Black Emperor a chance. it's awesome