There are moments, when I’m riding a Harley, somewhere on the road in the US, that emotions gets the best of me, and I have a little moment, when tears well up in my eyes behind dark sunglasses. These moments are rare, and they are mostly triggered by circumstances, a nice stretch of road, and music. Maybe a little jetlag and fatigue helps as well, but for me riding the roads of USA on a motorbike was always a dream, and when those dreams come true, and you find yourself on that epic road trip, bikers do cry.
Hotel California, The Eagles
Highway 1, somewhere between San Francisco and Santa Cruz. Not sure what triggered this, but it was the first day of our first ride down Highway 1 and I was listening to some local radio station on my rented Harley Davidson. Hotel California by The Eagles came on, and some might say it’s a cheesy song, but right there and then it made me have a moment, just reflection on the situation and the awesomeness of the Pacific Coast Highway.
Comfortably Numb, Pink Floyd
Somewhere between Canyon De Chelly and Mexican Water on Highway 191 my iPhone shuffled its way to this gem of a song. When that solo, a masterstroke from David Gilmour, came on at full blast from the Harleys stereo, I had an emotional sob. I think it was just the grandness of the road winding between red buttes and the desert landscape that touched me in such big way.
Release, Pearl Jam
This is a favourite song of the both of us, a highly emotional song, not much to do with riding motorbikes, but its more the feeling of the whole song. Riding the winding roads south of Lake Powell, it was the start of a beautiful day, and emotions will run when you know that greatness lurks around every bend.
Boston, More Than A Feeling
The king of AOR songs, big chorus, big soundscape, this song came on the radio and out of the blue I had a little emotional breakdown. This was on the way into Sedona, and the ride there from Phoenix through the mountains had been epic.
So yes, this biker do cry sometimes, but for all the good reasons, the American highway adventure can be a powerful experience.
Wremer Travels (yes, we do!) 
Such an amazing experience and it’s a great thing you can share these memories together and I love your road trip music too, a lot of classics there! 😻 I bet the memories and emotions come flooding back when you hear these songs now
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Every time! Music is people, emotions, places, fragrances and impressions. Listen to a song and close your eyes, and you relive everything again and again. Love it👍
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Songs are amazing for that! I heard somewhere that people were singing before they could talk words back in ancient times so in a way it makes sense we remember things so well from music alone! everything comes flooding back for me too, for different songs, it’s fantastic like living it all over again.
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Chants of indigenous people from all over the world sound similar, so it is not a far fetched thought. Music is all around.
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Yes for sure! Music unites all of us. BTW I’m watching a show which is from your part of the world BeForeigners about people coming out of the water from different times from the Viking Age and ancient times, I am really liking this show its funny and has a deeper message about people I guess about migrants!
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Yes! It is filmed in Oslo, my old home town. A great show with a cool deeper meaning. And should you happen upon the series Norsemen (probably Netflix) see it, funny take on the Vikings.
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Oh! I am going to see I can watch Norsemen too. Thank you 😊 hope you are having a good weekend
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No probs! Have a great weekend! And BTW if you can find the Norwegian movie Trollhunter from 2010 (possibly Netflix) it is a grear yarn👍
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