Once again I was asked what my favourite driving song was the other day. Unfortunately, I couldn’t answer – not because I don’t have favourites, or tracks that will be played more than others when driving around, but because for me it is a combination of various elements that dictates what song is the ‘chosen one’ when behind the wheel.
This was excellently illustrated just the other day when driving home from work in the Scimitar. With winter plunging the countryside into darkness I found myself ‘pressing on’ through some quiet back roads, navigating some fulfilling curves in the process.
The heater was on, the window was open and Pink Floyd’s Shine on You Crazy Diamond blared from the speakers. 1970s rock masters coming from a '70s motor being piloted around roads which probably hadn’t seen any maintenance since the same decade. If I was really pushing the association, I could also suggest that it was entirely fitting that a child of the early '70s was the driver.
The point is that everything came together and fitted just right for several minutes and, at that particular moment, the Floyd track was my ‘favourite’ driving song.
