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[geekchick]

It's about time for me to take a wee bit of a road trip. Help me out by suggesting some of your favorite songs for long drives, if you'd be so kind.

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[tcb.livejournal.com]

Boston Rag, Steely Dan?

:)

[geekchick]

I suppose I'd have to put that either right before or right after "Please Come to Boston", right? ;)

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I tend to think more in terms of good albums to take along, where good = eminently singable. Some examples:

Across the Universe and Are You Shakespearienced? by Trip Shakespeare
Girlfriend by Matthew Sweet
Just about any of my Steeleye Span albums
Any of my Whitlams albums (go buy their albums! :-)

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Hmm. I tend to think more in terms of good albums to take along, where good = eminently singable. Some examples:

<i>Across the Universe</i> and <i>Are You Shakespearienced?</i> by Trip Shakespeare
<i>Girlfriend</i> by Matthew Sweet
Just about any of my Steeleye Span albums
Any of my Whitlams albums (go buy their albums! :-)
<The Lion and the Cobra</i> by Sinead O'Connor
<i>1200 Curfews</i> by the Indigo Girls
<i>Kent the Zen Master</i> by Hypnotic Clambake
<i>Woodface</i> and <i>Together Alone</i> by Crowded House
Any of Duran Duran's first three albums
<i>Attainable Love</i> by Christine Lavin

Fun individual songs:

"Only Wanna Be With You" by Dusty Springfield
"The Bad Touch" by the Bloodhound Gang
"Dead Girls" by Voltaire
"She's a Lady" by Tom Jones
"Steppin' Out" by Tony Bennett
"Buddy Holly" by Weezer
"Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-A-Lot
"Born to Be Wild" by Steppenwolf
"Bad Case of Loving You" and "Addicted to Love" by Robert Palmer
"Obsession" by Animotion
"Respect" by Aretha Franklin
"Mambo #5" by Lou Bega
Any Weird Al polka medley
"Prison Bitch"!!! :-)

[geekchick]

Girlfriend by Matthew Sweet

I have been listening to that on infinite repeat for the last couple of days (once I got over the Too Much Joy album on the other side of the tape *grin*). It's making me all nostalgic for one of my college boyfriends, whose roommate gave me a copy of that cd, and I'm trying to remember why it is that we broke up, anyway. =)

oops...

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

...that should be The Lion and the Cobra by Sinead O'Connor. Not sure why that didn't turn out as I'd typed it originally.

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[geekchick]

From the email, it was missing the "i>". =) Great album. =)

Speaking of Voltaire, have you heard "Ex-Lover's Lover"? If not, I can send you an mp3.
Also fun to sing loudly in the car. ;)

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[hammercock.livejournal.com]

Ah, that would do it. 'S what I get for staying up too late. :)

I haven't heard that song, and I would love to hear it. The only Voltaire I know so far is what I got off MP3.com when you mentioned his Trek parodies. "Dead Girls" is a bloody brilliant song; the music makes me want to twirl around the room in a swirly dress with a rose between my teeth. :)

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[geekchick]

twirl around the room in a swirly dress with a rose between my teeth. :)

GIF! GIF! ;) I'll send you a link when I get it someplace accessible.

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Star Wars soundtrack. Not good for singing, but fabulous for speeding down long stretches of empty road.

Where are you off to?

[geekchick]

That I don't know yet, I just know I want a little mini-vacation. I'm tempted to get a map of the Eastern Seaboard and just throw a dart at it. =)

[geminigirl]

NPR's "Talk of the Nation" did a story about road tripping today. I suspect it'll appear on their website.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

This is verbatim my own current "road music" CD:

Vacation - The Go-Go's
Truckin - Grateful Dead
Ramblin' man - The Allman Brothers Band
Passionate Kisses - Mary Chapin Carpenter
Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old) - Garth Brooks
Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel
MMMBop - Hanson
Long train running - Doobie Brothers
Livin' on a prayer - Bon Jovi
Im On My Way - The Proclaimers
I'm A Believer - Smash Mouth
Go Where You Wanna Go - The Mamas & The Papas
Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses - Kathy Mattea
Wide open spaces - Dixie Chicks
Am I The Only One (Who's Ever Felt This Way) - Dixie Chicks
Can't Stop The World - The Go-Go's
Callin' Baton Rouge - Garth Brooks
California Dreamin - The Mamas & The Papas
Bad Reputation - Half Cocked
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God - Washington National Cathedral Choir

[geekchick]

I can't believe you just admitted to listening to Hanson.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Not only listened, but nearly bought concert tickets! :-P

They aren't *that* bad... Aaron Carter, on the other hand... sigh.

And here I thought you'd squick over the Garth Brooks, if anything...