Bull Shit

Blazing Saddles 2008

Every year I throw together a compilation cd of songs that I wanna listen to while ride’n. The cd is titled “Blazing Saddles”. I thought I’d share some of my list in case you do the same and you’re looking for some inspiration.

Sample (the first 12 songs):

Tip: I have the factory stereo that comes stock on a Harley Street Glide. This stereo can play MP3 cd’s, which allows me to fit approximately 150 songs on a single disc. A problem that I’ve discovered is that certain combinations of my piss poor hearing along with wind noise and crackling pipes can make the audio inaudible. So, before I burn my playlist, I run all the mp3’s through a freeware program called MP3 Gain. MP3Gain analyzes and adjusts mp3 files so that they have the same volume. MP3Gain does not just do peak normalization, as many normalizers do. Instead, it does some statistical analysis to determine how loud the file actually sounds to the human ear. Also, the changes MP3Gain makes are completely lossless. There is no quality lost in the change because the program adjusts the mp3 file directly, without decoding and re-encoding. I’ve found that the sweet spot for my bike with Reinhart pipes is 97db.

Here’s a list of some of the song, artist, albums that have made the cut for 2008.

Song	Artist	Album
The Arrival	Atmosphere	You Can’t Imagine How Much Fun We’re Having
Let’s Get It Started (Spike Mix)	Black Eyed Peas	Elephunk
Jammin’	Bob Marley	Songs of Freedom (3 of 4)
Heartbreak Station	Cinderella	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Very Best of Cinderella
The Seed (2.0)	Cody ChesnuTT / Roots	Phrenology
Hells Bells	AC/DC	Who Made Who
Ride	Cary Brothers	The Last Kiss (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Mafia Don	Da Beatminerz Featuring Last Emperor	Sumosonic 38 : The Hip Hop Edition
Summertime	DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
Picture Me Rollin’	2Pac Feat. Danny Boy & Big Syke
All About U	2Pac Feat. Nate Dogg
Think Fast	Crazy Town	The Gift of Game
Born Under A Bad Sign	Cream	The Very Best Of Cream
Pick Em, Lick Em, Stick Em	David Allan Coe
The Rodeo Song	David Allan Coe
Drivin’ My Life Away	Eddie Rabbitt
Malibu	Hole	Celebrity Skin
Cosmic Girl	Jamiroquai	Travelling Without Moving
I Walk The Line	Johnny Cash	Classic Cash
Cowboy	Kid Rock	Devil Without a Cause
Shirley	L7	Hungry for Stink
Stillness of Heart	Lenny Kravitz
Tits & Whiskey	Mary Prankster	Blue Skies Forever
I Ain’t Never	Mel Tillis
If Everyone Cared	Nickelback	All the Right Reasons
Wagon Wheel	Old Crow Medicine Show
Every Rose Has Its Thorn	Poison
Escape	Rupert Holmes
Big Guns	Skid Row
Sweet Little Sister	Skid Row
I Remember You	Skid Row
Love’s in Need of Love Today	Stevie Wonder
sick of it all	The Distillers	Sing sing death horse
Take It Off	The Donnas	Spend The Night
CB Song	The Legendary Shackshakers	Cock-A-Doodle-Don’t
Wild Wild Lover	The Legendary Shackshakers	Cock-A-Doodle-Don’t
Let Me Ride	Dr. Dre	The Chronic
Money for Nothing	Dire Straits
Got The Life	Korn	Follow The Leader [Japan]
Goodbye to You	Scandal
Cupid’s Chokehold / Breakfast In America	Gym Class Heroes	The Papercut Chronicles
Bonito	jarabe de palo
Daylight	Brother Ali	The Undisputed Truth
Coke & Wet	Spank Rock	Yoyoyoyoyo
Punkrocker (Featuring Iggy Pop)	Teddybears	Soft Machine
Crazy	Gnarls Barkley	St. Elsewhere
Crazed Country Rebel	Hank Williams III	Straight to Hell
Big Boob Bonanza	Tesco Vee’s Hate Police	Gonzo Hate Vibe
Crash	Methods Of Mayhem
Narcotic (f/Scott Kirkland)	Methods Of Mayhem
All The Young Dudes	Bruce Dickinson	Tattooed Millionare
Sun King	The Cult	Sonic Temple
All The Kids Are Right	Local H	Pack Up The Cats
Paralyzer	Finger Eleven	Them vs. You vs. Me
Love Song	311
How Do You Feel?	311
Baby, I Love Your Way (Live)	Peter Frampton
House of Pain	Faster Pussycat	Wake Me When It’s Over
Smooth up in Ya	Bulletboys
For the Love of Money	Bulletboys
Walkin’ Shoes	Tora Tora	Surprise Attack
Double Vision	Foreigner
Urgent	Foreigner
Say You Will	Foreigner
Renegade	Styx
Wild Thing (Peaches Remix Extended)	Tone-Loc
Dejame Vivir	Jarabe de Palo
Alice (Radio Edit)	Moby
Misery Business	Paramore	Riot!
Superstar (feat. Matthew Santos)	Lupe Fiasco
Strict Machine	Goldfrapp	Black Cherry
Hot Child In the City	Nick Gilder
Obsession	Animotion
Don’t You (Forget About Me)	Billy Idol
L.A. Woman (Single Edit)	Billy Idol
Scream	Billy Idol
I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’	Scissor Sisters
(Don’t Fear) The Reaper	Blue Öyster Cult	Agents of Fortune
Burnin’ for You	Blue Öyster Cult	Fire of Unknown Origin
You’re So Vain	Carly Simon
Nobody Does It Better	Carly Simon
Calendar Girl	Neil Sedaka
Bad Blood	Neil Sedaka
More Than This	Roxy Music
Brass In Pocket	The Pretenders
Coo Coo Ca Choo	Bloodhound Gang
Mama Say	Bloodhound Gang	Use Your Fingers
96 Quite Bitter Beings	CKY	Camp Kill Yourself, Vol.1
Smooth Criminal	Alien Ant Farm	ANThology
Movies	Alien Ant Farm	ANThology
Fade to Black	Metallica	Ride the Lightning
Fuel	Metallica	Reload
Battery	Metallica	Master of Puppets
Ace of Spades	Motörhead
The Wanderer	Dion
Bark at the Moon	Ozzy Osbourne	Bark at the Moon
Welcome to the Jungle	Guns N’ Roses
You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’	Judas Priest
Woman	Wolfmother
Sharp Dressed Man	ZZ Top	Greatest Hits
Bang Your Head (Metal Health)	Quiet Riot
Heat of the Moment	Asia
Cult of Personality	Living Colour
Breakout	Foo Fighters	There Is Nothing Left to Lose
All My Life	Foo Fighters	One by One
Flirtin’ With Disaster	Molly Hatchet	Flirtin’ With Disaster
If I’d Been the One	.38 Special	Tour de Force
Black Betty	Ram Jam
Gin and Juice	Snoop Dogg	Doggystyle
You Be Illin’	Run-DMC
Regulate	Warren G
F*****g Hostile	Pantera	Vulgar Display of Power
Pancho and Lefty	Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson
Highwayman	The Highwaymen
Dixieland Delight	Alabama
Latin Lingo	Cypress Hill
Que’ Onda Guero	Beck	Guero
Come On, Let’s Go	Los Lobos
Castles Made of Sand	Jimi Hendrix	Experience Hendrix

© 2008 Driftless Riders of Minnesota and Wisconsin.