What are some of your favorite songs to help you relax during your drive home from work and why?

Question

Rush hour traffic doesn’t have to be stressful. If you focus on your favorite music or audio book, the traffic ahead suddenly doesn’t seem so bad. Tell us how you keep your balance during your commute.

Answer 1

I love the song It's A Wonderful World by Louie Armstrong. If the weather is dreary or boiling hot, a snow storm, etc., when I hear Louie sing "and I say to myself, what a wonderful world" I just know I have so much to be grateful for and I realize that complaining about mundane things is just plain dumb. There are so many great songs but this particular one puts me in a great mood and I quit complaining about a light turning red...or a traffic jam...or a construction crew holding me up.Yep, I love being reminded that "It's aWonderful World".

Answer 2

Here's The Ultimate Song List To Relax To On The Way Home From Work:

Sixteen Tons by Tenesse Ernie Ford

Welcome To The Jungle

Sympathy For The Devil

Highway To Hell

Old Red by Blake Shelton

Simple Man by Charlie Daniels

Nothing But a Good Time

Take This Job and Shove It

Shotgun (Sam and Dave)

Money (The Beatles)

Eat The Rich

Love In An Elevator

I Can't Drive 55

Boom Boom

Crossfire

One Burbon. One Scotch, One Beer

Rock N Roll All Night

Answer 3

My favourite time! I play the songs I like to sing along to.

Mott the Hoople - Your Own Backyard
Ian Hunter - Pain, Sons N Lovers, Big Time
Supertramp - Lady
Immaculate Fools - Bad Seed, Dumb Poet
Silencers - Scottish Rain
Cluster - Tzinarki
Brian Eno - Cindy tells me
Brian Ferry - Sultanique
Rock n Roll - Drive, drive, drive
David Lindley - Mercury Blues
Sinead o Connor - Three Babies, Mandinka
New Order - Evergreen
This Mortal Coil - Kangeroo
Medicine Head - Walk down the street
Tom Petty - Anything that's rock n roll, Louisiana Rain
Echo and theBunnymen - the Cutter
Wire - I am the fly
Cocteau Twins - Spangle maker
Hawkwind - Spirit of the age
Aphrodites Child - I want to live
Vangelis - Spiral
Roedelius - Aufurnen
Edgar Froese - ypsilon in Malasian pink
Mick Ronson - Billy Porter
Ian Hunter - Great Expectations

Answer 4

I have 50 minute commute twice a day, and since I enjoy all types of music, I keep a collection of mixed cd's in the car. I tend to stay away from anything heavy, or anything depressing, because if my mood is a little off, music can actually do more damage than good, lol. If I had a bad day at work, I try to soothe it by listening to something like Norah Jones, or even the Beach Boys - who can stay in a bad mood when the Beach Boys are on? If I'm sad, the worst thing I can do is listen to slow, sad songs, so in that case, I lean towards the 50's Rock and Roll genre (which is my favorite) - simple, upbeat, nonsense lyrics! This also makes me less prone to be an "emotional" driver. The stretch I drive is hard enough without pounding the dashoard and yelling, lol~

Answer 5

We are bombarded daily with so much noise, so much information, so much for us to be attentive to. So turning off the tv, the radio, the iPod every so often can help "unclog" our minds and souls. That's why people like to get away into the wilderness, into nature, because of the LACK of noise, other then the wind rustling the trees, the birds, the screech of the bear chasing you down the path.On the other hand, on better days, I listen to upbeat, usually slow, kind of pop-ish music. This includes songs by Elvis Presley, Pink, Michael Jackson, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Amy Winehouse. They help me maintain my cheery mood. I don't have to deal with rush hour, but I still wanted to answer my relaxation driving to and from work, which is 22 miles each way, about a 30 minute drive. I sing at the top of my lungs to the oldies (1960s & 1970s) radio station! It gives me a physical release at the same time as throwing my stresses and worries out the window. Speaking of windows, I've been told to roll mine up because of my singing! Love your question too!

Answer 6

That's why people like to get away into the wilderness, into nature, because of the LACK of noise, other then the wind rustling the trees, the birds, the screech of the bear chasing you down the path.On the other hand, on better days, I listen to upbeat, usually slow, kind of pop-ish music. This includes songs by Elvis Presley, Pink, Michael Jackson, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Amy Winehouse. They help me maintain my cheery mood. I don't have to deal with rush hour, but I still wanted to answer my relaxation driving to and from work, which is 22 miles each way, about a 30 minute drive. I sing at the top of my lungs to the oldies (1960s & 1970s) radio station! It gives me a physical release at the same time as throwing my stresses and worries out the window. Speaking of windows, I've been told to roll mine up because of my singing! Love your question too!

Answer 7

I play fast-paced music (with the volume up ALL the way!) to try and release all my tension and anxiety before I get home. On these days, I play music from artists such as Queen, My Chemical Romance, Eminem, and Marilyn Manson. I channel my anger through their music & their screaming, since I can't scream as loud as I want in my own car without neighboring drivers staring at me. By the end of my drive, I'm completely stabilized, and I can calmly enter my home. I don't have to deal with rush hour, but I still wanted to answer my relaxation driving to and from work, which is 22 miles each way, about a 30 minute drive. I sing at the top of my lungs to the oldies (1960s & 1970s) radio station! It gives me a physical release at the same time as throwing my stresses and worries out the window. Speaking of windows, I've been told to roll mine up because of my singing! Love your question too!

Answer 8

I play fast-paced music (with the volume up ALL the way!) to try and release all my tension and anxiety before I get home. On these days, I play music from artists such as Queen, My Chemical Romance, Eminem, and Marilyn Manson. I channel my anger through their music & their screaming, since I can't scream as loud as I want in my own car without neighboring drivers staring at me. By the end of my drive, I'm completely stabilized, and I can calmly enter my home. but I still wanted to answer my relaxation driving to and from work, which is 22 miles each way, about a 30 minute drive. I sing at the top of my lungs to the oldies (1960s & 1970s) radio station! It gives me a physical release at the same time as throwing my stresses and worries out the window. Speaking of windows, I've been told to roll mine up because of my singing! Love your question too!

Answer 9

How DO You Talk To An Angel- The Heights
Why Can't We Be Friends?- Smach Mouth
Rebel Rebel- David Bowie
Pour Some Sugar On Me- Def Leppard
Rock On- Davis Essex
Here's To The Night- Eve Six
O-o-h Child- Five Stairsteps
Someone's Watching Over Me- Hillary Duff
Out Of My Head- Fastball

Answer 10

My commute is 30 miles a day and there is very little traffic. In the morning I like listening to the Bob & Sheri talk show. On the ride home I pop in my 3 Doors Down CD (all songs are good) or The Verve Pipe (Reverend Girl). An unduly stressful day calls for Metallica, Godsmack or Alice in Chains (Man In The Box). By the time I make it home, the anger has gone out the moonroof.

Answer 11

I've never really had to deal with much traffic until I started school in an urban area, so I've been experimenting with different things to calm me down. The music that I listen to during non-traffic times just didn't seem to cut it. So then I bought a language cd in the hopes that focusing on learning would divert my attention.

Lately, I find the sound of human voices irritating during my busy commute. Listening to mainstream radio stations is also trying because if you listen for long enough you will hear that their playlist consists of like 10 songs on a constant loop.

Finding a classical music station with little to no commercials and interruptions has helped out a lot. I think this has been the best solution so far.

Once I get tired of this I think I'll try to get into those sounds of nature cds with whales and thunder. If worst comes to worst I might be reduced to trying ::gulp:: Enya.