The new version of Windows Media Player includes an embedded digital music service called Urge. Urge, run by MTV Networks, is an online distribution service that provides millions of songs for download. The service was launched in May of 2007. The great thing about it is that it can be used in conjunction with WMP to make great mix tapes. WMP will search for songs that are already in your personal library. However, if the song is not there, Urge probably has it in it's vast database. Samples of all the songs can be listened to, and if a monthly subscription service is joined, the full songs can be played in their entirety. If you want to burn the songs, they are available for $0.99 a track.
I used the service to fill in the gaps of my most recent mix tape. I made the Road Trip Mix in honor of an upcoming family vacation. The tracklist is shown below. This will be the first installment of what I hope will become a regular feature; cd-length mixes revolving around various themes.
Road Trip Mix 2007
"On the Road Again" - Willie Nelson
"Hit the Road Jack" - Ray Charles
"Going Mobile" - The Who
"Drive My Car" - The Beatles
"Cars" - Gary Numan
"Convoy" - C.W. McCall
"East Bound and Down" - Jerry Reed
"Hot Rod Lincoln" - Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
"Hang On St. Christopher" - Tom Waits
"Six Days on the Road" - Taj Mahal
"No Particular Place to Go" - Chuck Berry
"(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66" - Nat King Cole
"King of the Road" - Roger Miller
"Born to be Wild" - Steppenwolf
"Life in the Fast Lane" - Eagles
"Radar Love" - Golden Earring
"Truckin" - Grateful Dead
"Cruisin" - Smokey Robinson
"Ramblin' Man" - The Allman Bros Band
"Take Me Home Country Roads" - John Denver
"Everyday is a Winding Road" - Sheryl Crow
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You Got a Fast Car....Tracy Chapman
or some Brian Wilson (beach boys)
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