Road Trip Playlist (Part 2)

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Campervan Road Trip Playlist (Part 2)


We really hope that you enjoyed part 1 of our Road Trip Playlist and Volkswagen Camper Adventures Playlist Part 1. We're very pleased to again be releasing this blog in collaboration with Volkswagen Camper Adventures.  You can check out their road trip playlists and read their other blog posts by following this link to their blog.
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. We will again be publishing Volkswagen Camper Adventures Road Trip Playlist (Part 2) next week.

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. 

Don't forget to check out our blog post 'Keeping Kids Amused' or pop on over to check out our YouTube Channel where we have all sorts of interesting videos, including this very funny short which is definitely one of my favourites!

Thank you so much for reading! 


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