Best CD to celebrate my first ever E60
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I am a music fan and am about to collect my first ever BMW / E60 for my 40th birthday present to me
When I got my first car (Peugot 205 GTI - remember them!!
) many years ago, I played AC/DC "Back In Black" whilst driving out of the showroom
I have had years of boring Fords and an Audi since then and would like to know what is the best track / CD to listen to (Hi Fi spkrs up grade) when driving out of the showroom on my 40th birthday in my new E60
Should it be AC/DC again, U2, Dire Straits, Steve Forbert, Floyd ? What best captures the,E60 new car feeling?
Suggestions please
When I got my first car (Peugot 205 GTI - remember them!!
) many years ago, I played AC/DC "Back In Black" whilst driving out of the showroomI have had years of boring Fords and an Audi since then and would like to know what is the best track / CD to listen to (Hi Fi spkrs up grade) when driving out of the showroom on my 40th birthday in my new E60
Should it be AC/DC again, U2, Dire Straits, Steve Forbert, Floyd ? What best captures the,E60 new car feeling?
Suggestions please
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The Prodigy - "Breathe" or if you are bringing home a 535d then, "Diesel Power". 
Sammy Hagar - "I Can't Drive 55"
Gap Band - "Burn Rubber"
Fast & Furious Soundtrack
50 Cent - "I Don't Know, Officer"
Marilyn Monroe - "Happy Birthday Mr. President"
BTW, Happy Birthday! Enjoy
Sammy Hagar - "I Can't Drive 55"
Gap Band - "Burn Rubber"
Fast & Furious Soundtrack
50 Cent - "I Don't Know, Officer"
Marilyn Monroe - "Happy Birthday Mr. President"
BTW, Happy Birthday! Enjoy
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Originally Posted by ro11dice' post='263452' date='Apr 1 2006, 10:20 PM
The Prodigy - "Breathe" or if you are bringing home a 535d then, "Diesel Power".
Sammy Hagar - "I Can't Drive 55"
Gap Band - "Burn Rubber"
Fast & Furious Soundtrack
50 Cent - "I Don't Know, Officer"
Marilyn Monroe - "Happy Birthday Mr. President"
BTW, Happy Birthday! Enjoy
Sammy Hagar - "I Can't Drive 55"
Gap Band - "Burn Rubber"
Fast & Furious Soundtrack
50 Cent - "I Don't Know, Officer"
Marilyn Monroe - "Happy Birthday Mr. President"
BTW, Happy Birthday! Enjoy
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Originally Posted by 07530d' post='263455' date='Apr 1 2006, 03:29 PM
Thanks - only a 530D, will have to go for Prodigy
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Originally Posted by Bimmer32' post='263555' date='Apr 1 2006, 10:18 PM
Hey, Dire Strait's "Money for Nothing" will get you burning. Get the extended version and wait until that electric guitar kicks in. Then floored it.
Disclaimer: I cannot be held liable for your actions based on my suggestion.
Disclaimer: I cannot be held liable for your actions based on my suggestion.
The BESTEST song, (according to, of course, me), for driving out of the showroom is Queen's: "A Night At The Opera, Track 13: Title: "I'm In Love With My Car"...even has a recording of a high-revving engine!!! But the BESTESTESTEST cd with which to SPEEEEEEEEED, is Yello One Second...especially with the first track, "La Habanera"...ya'll just have to hear it with the volume UUUUP!!! It's such a great speeding-in-the-middle-of-the-desert-kinda-song!
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why dont you just drive the car? and listen to that lovely engine...
music spoils everything. I was riding in a Porsche 997 Carrera the other day and the owner of the car decided to play mozart.... what an idiot
music spoils everything. I was riding in a Porsche 997 Carrera the other day and the owner of the car decided to play mozart.... what an idiot
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My Ride: '04 545iS 6 spd, bought new via eBay, 11/05; Blk/Gry, Cold, L7, PDC, BMW Rear seatcover for pets.
First "Bumwa" was a new 1971 2002. High performance 5s since 1987. Beamer motorcycles too, currently on an 07 BMW K1200 GT; also a Moto Guzzi 1000 SP III.
Speaking (by or of) idiots above, and since you say you are into music, I was going to suggest a variety for the 6 CD changer. By period:
Beethoven's Triple Concerto (piano, violin, and cello) [Wonderfully exhuberant sawing and playing]
F. Schubert's "The Trout" (Piano Quintet in A) [Careful, you'll swim right off the road]
George Gershwin generally, Piano Concerto [Love the 1930s traffic honking horns]
Ken Burns Jazz series: Ella Fitzgerald CD "Blue Skies" [the point of the whole CD; see Schubert warning above]
Ken Burns Jazz Series: Benny Goodman "King Porter Stomp", Sarah Vaughn "They Can't Take That Away From Me"; Dave Brubeck "Take Five"; John Coltrane "Giant Steps" and the killer last cut "Take the A Train" by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. One-stop shopping on an all-originals compilation CD
Taj Mahal Giant Step: "Give Your Woman What She Wants" "Six Days on the Road"
Queen: "Night at the Opera"
And, the BMW Audiophile CD that comes with the system (the old one from the E39 wasn't bad either; both feature John Pizzarelli]
That's what I keep around; your mileage may vary.
Ray Hull
Beethoven's Triple Concerto (piano, violin, and cello) [Wonderfully exhuberant sawing and playing]
F. Schubert's "The Trout" (Piano Quintet in A) [Careful, you'll swim right off the road]
George Gershwin generally, Piano Concerto [Love the 1930s traffic honking horns]
Ken Burns Jazz series: Ella Fitzgerald CD "Blue Skies" [the point of the whole CD; see Schubert warning above]
Ken Burns Jazz Series: Benny Goodman "King Porter Stomp", Sarah Vaughn "They Can't Take That Away From Me"; Dave Brubeck "Take Five"; John Coltrane "Giant Steps" and the killer last cut "Take the A Train" by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. One-stop shopping on an all-originals compilation CD
Taj Mahal Giant Step: "Give Your Woman What She Wants" "Six Days on the Road"
Queen: "Night at the Opera"
And, the BMW Audiophile CD that comes with the system (the old one from the E39 wasn't bad either; both feature John Pizzarelli]
That's what I keep around; your mileage may vary.
Ray Hull