In honor of MINIs on the Tail of the Dragon taking place this week we thought we’d pull out a video we created last year of our trip from Chicago. It gives you a small window into our 10 hour drive that day – including a shortened version of the ‘Dragon Night Run’ posted last year. For a little continuity, I’ve synced it to another LCD Soundsystem song; “Jump into the Fire”. Unfortunately there’s no iTunes link as it’s only availble on a 7″ vinyl single from the UK. But if you’re dying to hear more, there’s always the vintage Harry Nilsson version or your friend and mine, Google.
And yes, it’s also sped up just a bit…
parts of it sound a bit like the clash
I love LCD Soundsystem, but I’ve never heard that song. (It’s great!). They’re amazing live.
I really liked the video. The night scenes were awsome. Great choice of song too. I have never heard of them.
Clash on a mad dash. Couldn’t be better…
Awesome video Gabe! – reminds me of the one my friend benzamg put together on the way to Knoxville, TN: <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/114531" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.vimeo.com/114531</a>
There’s also another one out there that he did of the Dragon itself, I’ll post it if I can find it
Great video… shame you guys have so many straight roads. Seems like we’re spoilt in England!
Baskers, we have plenty of curving roads. One isn’t likely to drive the 650 or so miles from Chicago to the Dragon on them when there are interstate highways available that will cut the travel time in half. (Unless you have all the time in the world to complete the trip for some reason).
>Great video… shame you guys have so many straight roads. Seems like we’re spoilt in England!
I’ll echo what Patrick said. This video is all about a straight drive from Chicago to Western North Carolina. That means the straightest line between point A and point B. While I do agree that the US road system is primarily straight (and at times has little to no imagination), it’s a big country and if you look hard enough you’ll find some amazing stretches.
Good point, Gabe – Connecticut (and most of New England) is filled with twisties. In fact, most of the roads around here are not straight. I guess it is part of that charm that is New England. Be warned though, if you ever have to get somewhere in a hurry, in a town that is off-the-beaten path of the Interstate, and you have to take those twisties, give yourself a little time, or add some mods to your MINI 🙂 and watch out for the Law Enforcement Officials 😉