The Chaotic Campervaners Road Trip Playlist part 2
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This is the Chaotic Campervaners sequel to their popular road trip playlist.
If you like what you read, please head over to see what else they have to say about camping and campervans, here.
Campervan Road Trip Playlist (Part 2)
Unlike Volkswagen Camper Adventures playlist, my playlist doesn't include songs that provoke precious memories. The reason for this is that I want to hold tightly onto the response that these tunes give me. I feel that if I play them too often, that (as a friend once said) 'they might wear out'! One such tune is Arthur's Song by Christopher Cross. This reminds me of being in a friend's car many years ago. This friend always drove old bangers that often broke down and we always ended up having 'adventures'! A 'quick' spontaneous evening trip to Wales (from our homes in London) was never out of the question with him! The memory that this song brings is so vivid that I can smell the car, see the darkness of the night, remember the escapism of unplanned trips with 'my minder' (as my parents always referred to him). We're still friends all these years later and whenever we meet up, we always laugh about all the adventures that we had when we were young!
There are 2 exceptions to long ago memories on my playlist. The first is Zoom by Fat Larry's Band. I still remember the first time that I heard it! My dear old dad had sent me around the corner to the petrol station to buy some chocolate for a lazy Sunday afternoon and it was playing as I chose a bar of chocolate to take back home for everyone. I don't know if it was the playful lyrics or the tune that grabbed my attention. But I loved it from that first moment!
The second song is The Final Countdown by Europe. This reminds me of being away on a youth club weekend when I was a teenager and my friend (who was a big fan), running down the stairs to the disco as this song started. I still sometimes message her all these years later when I hear this song on the radio!
That said, there are some other tunes on this playlist that do hold memories for me. But those memories aren't from long ago. They are more recent, little reminder memories. Some of these songs are old favourites and some are newer. But, for whatever reason I have put these songs on our Road Trip Playlist, they are all great songs that we enjoy listening to on a road trip. I hope you enjoy this blog and prehaps listening to some of these tunes. It is rather an eclectic mix, but these are more of my playlist favourites!
Here goes...
Joyride - Roxette
Life Is A Highway - Rascal Flatts
Escape From The City - Crush 40
Good Times! - IN PARADISE
Hold On - Hootie & The Blowfish
Gimme That Sunshine - Animal Island
Living In The Moment - Jason Mraz
Beautiful Day - Jonathan Roy
Moments We Live For - IN PARADISE
The Day Brings - Brad
Zoom - Fat Larry's Band
Baby I Love Your Way - Big Mountain
Shine - Aswad
Sweets For My Sweet - C J Lewis
Can't Stop The Feeling - Justin Timberlake
Spread A Little Happiness - Nathan Angelo
Better Together - Jack Johnson
What A Beautiful Day - The Levellers
Feels Like Summer - Samuel Jack
Daydream In Blue - I Monster
The Sea - Morcheeba
Circle In The Sand - Belinda Carlisle
Between The Raindrops - Lifehouse
Make A Memory - Bon Jovi
Song For The Summer - Stereophonics
I Can See Clearly Now - Hothouse Flowers
One Day Like This - Elbow
Paradise - George Ezra
You Give Me Something - Jamiroquai
Good Life - OneRepublic
The River Of Dreams - Billy Joel
Summer Of '69 - Bryan Adams
More Than A Feeling - Boston
St Elmo's Fire - John Parr
Alright - Darius Rucker
Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder
Changes - David Bowie
Learning To Fly - Pink Floyd
The Final Countdown - Europe
Won't Go Away - The Feeling
I do hope that you enjoyed this second part of our Road Trip Playlist.
So are any of these songs on your Road Trip Playlist? I'll let you into a little secret, Volkswagen Camper Adventures and I don't see each others blogs until they are published. So we never know which songs are on each others playlists until they're released. I wonder if we have chosen any of the same tunes as Volkswagen Camper Adventures this time.
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