Melodies and mileage go together like white on rice – classic Seger, CCR and the Eagles are many-a-traveler’s chosen trio. So with a 3-day trek from Missouri to Nova Scotia starting Wednesday, I’ve been steadily crafting the compilation for our departure. Tunes make a short drive monumental and a long one bearable.
Songs that Make Me Wanna Roadtrip to the Soundtrack of our Lives ranges from modern-day head bobbing to scenery-rolling contemplation. If our upcoming drive could have a montage, it would play to this.
Notice I’m calling it a road trip? It’s a sneaky way of tricking my mind into being excited, instead of dreading the car-stuck days. :)
Enjoy the ride!
1. Arcade Fire: Haïti
2. The Joel Plaskett Emergency: Snowed In/Cruisin’
3. White Wishes: Hold Your Hand
4. Neon Indian: Polish Girl
5. M83: Steve McQueen
6. The Kooks: See the Sun
7. Modest Mouse: Float On
8. Goyte: Eyes Wide Open
9. The Temper Trap: Fools
10. Little Dragon: Ritual Union
11. Kings of Leon: Taper Jean Girl
12. Bon Iver: Blood Bank
13. Tanlines: Brothers
14. The Raveonettes: Forget That You’re Young
15. Sol: Need Your Love ft. Ray Dalton
16. Milano Sun: Already Gone
17. Charli XCX: Nuclear Seasons
18. The National: Fake Empire
19. Fleet Foxes: Drops in the River
20. Andrew Bird: EyeonEye
21.The Head and the Heart: Down in the Valley
22. Young Galaxy: We Have Everything
23. Red Hot Chilli Peppers: Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
24. Broken Social Scene: 7/4 Shoreline
25. College: A Real Hero (anyone else love the Drive soundtrack?)
PS: My most coveted roadtrip album is Joel Plaskett Emergency’s Ashtray Rock. We stumbled on it by grace 4 years ago through an impulse buy seconds before hitting the road. Now, any Plaskett album is a symbol of our roadtrips. Other discs that are already packed: Florence & the Machine’s Celebrations, The Black Keys’ El Camino and of course some lush-worthy BSB when sing-alongs come to play (can’t forget my boys!).
Hi, Pravassa team member! So glad to have found your blog :). I especially appreciate the music suggestions being as I am literally the most passive listener on the planet yet appreciate good music. I need all the advice I can get.
Looking forward to reading more of your posts!
Thanks Danielle! I’ve visited your blog as well and have been reading all your wonderful Pravassa entries. Sorry it took me so long to reply, I’ve been MIA from blogging the past month. Sounds like we have an incredible amount in common :)