Trippin' Down The Freeway

Album: Raditude (2009)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song was written by frontman Rivers Cuomo weeks after the completion of 2008's The Red Album.
  • Musicradar.com asked frontman Rivers Cuomo what he considers to be his best guitar solo on Raditude. He replied: "I don't do any of the solos. If I had to pick a great solo, however, it would be on the song 'Tripping Down The Freeway.' I sort of sketched out the idea for the solo and Pat Wilson played it."

Comments: 1

  • Kathleen from Chatham, NjI really like this song, probably one of the better ones off of Raditude
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