What the coolest song ever for an AT compilation video?

[BlakeGrice]

Try these- "Black muddy River" by the Grateful Dead

When the last rose of summer pricks my finger,
And the hot sun chills me to the bone,
When I cant hear the song for the singer,
And I cant tell my pillow from a stone,
I will walk alone by the black muddy river,
And sing me a song of my own,
I will walk alone by the black muddy river,
And sing me a song of my own.

When the last bolt of sunshine hits the mountain,
And the stars start to splatter in the sky,
When the moon hits the southwest horizon,
With the scream of an eagle on the fly,
I will walk alone by the black muddy river,
And listen to the ripples as they moan,
I will walk alone by the black muddy river,
And sing me a song of my own.


or "Walkin" by Widespread Panic.

[rocketsocks]

I "like standing on the moon"The 1989 version at JFK what a show that was,and the last to be held there before they condemned it.

[lemon b]

Even though the range is incorrect I have always dug Joe Walsh doing Rocky Mountain Way.

[Duramax22]

Over the hills and far away-led zeppelin

[DogPaw]

If anyone's into folk metal, there's Korpiklaani's 'Shall we Take Another Turn?', and Laura Sullivan did a piece specifically for the Trail in her Mystical America album, which is half folk and half new age. There's also the compilation album The Best of Celtic Music, in which just about everything fits the mood, Traveller specifically. Those are all instrumental, seeing as I only know a few good instrumentals for hiking.

[Biggie Master]

These Boots are Made for Walkin' -- Nancy Sinatra 1966

[Procras108r]

How about a bluegrass version of Eric Clapton's Layla ...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehXeQ...eature=related

Lots or off the wall covers by Hayseed Dixie

Or...a blue grass cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynjQs...eature=related

Hey, your thoughts will probably change in two years .... or when you complete the hike

[jblueshadow]

I will be making one. .....one day. Class of 2013. Wow. First time I've actually typed that. hmmmm....nice.

"simple" one of the greatest anti-vietnam songs of all time ! " CLOSER TO HOME" by grand funk railroad

[Theosus]

I'm more a movie soundtrack/classical/instrumental guy when it comes to making compilation videos. I made a Disney video of our vacation a few years back, and used instrumental Disney songs. Of course for our summer youth group I usually use pop songs from that year so they remember what was popular a few years down the road. I'd rather see a well done compilation of stills and very short video clips than a long amateur movie attempt.

[Biggie Master]

as a fellow Gamecock fan, why not "2001"?

[Ohio Grown]

"Through Hiker" by Ekoostik Hookah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9f4r8jOu30

there's a studio version on Where the Fields Grow Green

[Ohio Grown]

"Through Hiker" by Ekoostik Hookah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9f4r8jOu30

there's a studio version on Where the Fields Grow Green

thought I'd add the lyrics:

I can't stop here
in this town
cuz I'm a through hiker, babe,
and I can't stick around.
And I'm not stopping
in this life,
there's plenty of worlds to see,
but I'll stay the night
Do you have a bed for me?
A couch to lay upon?
I want be no trouble mama,
and I will leave by dawn.
I'm not weary
from the miles and miles behind
and I don't wanna be alone tonight, girl,
do you catch my mind?

Well, sometimes I'm by myself
once I had a hound,
be he ran off with another hiker
in a Green Mountain town.
I seen the Rocky Mountains,
I been the Appalachain way,
and I don't mind tomorrows
if I don't mind todays.
And I don't mind traveling around
with my belongings on my back.
And when I think I know where I'm at,
you know I'm way off track.

I got no destination,
the people, they accuse.
Thery think that i am aimless
and they think I got the blues.
And I try to tell them, Lord,
I try to explain.

Sometimes they listen,
but you know they just mostly walk away.
Life is a journey,
that's the head on the nail
The path you're on, that's the key,
and not the end of the trail.
Slow down like me now, mama,
you might have a ball.
You wouldn't want to die to find out
you hadn't lived at all.

I'm a through hiker, babe,
so now you know.
Would you like to come along with me,
cuz it's time to go.
Down the road's a mountain,
the other side of the stream.
I say we make some tracks now
and follow our dream.

[Heald]

I get a lot of great music from jamendo.com. Most of it is under a Creative Commons license, and all of it is free.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJwxxIk_6Lw

[Theosus]

as a fellow Gamecock fan, why not "2001"?

It's "Also Sprach Zarathustra". But you're right, it was used as the theme from 2001, as it was about the beginning of the world. I like the original version better. The gamecock version is sped up too much - for time purposes, but you're right, it would make a good intro or during a time lapse dawn scene...

[Lilred]

I will be making one. .....one day. Class of 2013. Wow. First time I've actually typed that. hmmmm....nice.

Miles from Nowhere by Cat Stevens

Lyrics

Miles from nowhere
I guess I'll take my time
Oh yeah, to reach there

Look up at the mountain
I have to climb
Oh yeah, to reach there.

Lord my body has been a good friend
But I won't need it when I reach the end

Miles from nowhere
Guess I'll take my time
Oh yeah, to reach there

I creep through the valleys
And I grope through the woods
'cause I know when I find it my honey
It's gonna make me feel good

I love everything
So don't it make you feel sad
'cause I'll drink to you, my baby
I'll think to that, I'll think to that.

Miles from nowhere
Not a soul in sight
Oh yeah, but it's alright

I have my freedom
I can make my own rules
Oh yeah, the ones that I choose

Lord my body has been a good friend
But I won't need it when I reach the end

Miles from nowhere
I Guess I'll take my time
Oh yeah, to reach there.

[takethisbread]

"not Dark Yet" Bob Dylan

[Lint]

Peter Bingen (of the Tobasco Donkeys) sings a nice tune called "I Don't Mind" with excellent hiker-themed lyrics;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwmukE2MNzo

And Yonder Mountain String Band sing "40 Miles From Denver" that mentions the AT;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXJIEeKcsqs

[LockJaww]

Last year from Springer through Virginia seems as if I heard Old Crow Medicine Show's " Wagon Wheel " anywhere I went that had music ....Including around a few campfires.

[eatapeach]

Hot Fun in the Summertime

[Half Note]

http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_12286138

Song about how the AT brings people from all over of different jobs/origins to one unbelievable place - The AT.