For my money, the art of the road-trip has always resided in the proper choice of music. It sets the tone, prepares the mindset and regulates the energy level for what could potentially be a real drag if the only thing in the car is your sisters Celine {{shudder}} Dion tapes. Once I reach the middle of nowhere and dusk is on the horizon I like to bring down the tone and slip into "hypnotic driving mode". In those moments nothing else exists except the road, the wind and the music and I find myself always reaching for the same things (my old reliables you might say)...In A Silent Way, Autobahn, Music For Films and the first self titled album by NEU.Starting off the NEU album is the track Hallogallo. A focused, linear groove in the vein of early Ultravox. You might say the song is too long and goes nowhere and you may be right depending on what your mood is, but that's what NEU was about. Breaking away from the traditional forms of music of the time and instead creating an atmosphere. Listen to it with your eyes steeled on the road and your ears wide open and it will find it's way into your road-trip selection for a very long time.