Road-trip Playlist

If I were to go on a road trip, I would go from my hometown, Commack, to somewhere in the southwest, like New Mexico or something. A desert area with mountains in the background and open regions where all I could see on a day blessed with rain is that shower coming out of a dark gray rectangle of nimbus cloud, a rainbow struggling (and succeeding) to get some attention for itself. I would drive and have some pretty interesting pit stops and humble, happy places to eat, with live rock music outside (where the tables and the grill would be). At one point we would have karaoke night. Our motel? Our car in parking space of a store that’s way too poor to be noticed by nosey police. In the middle of the night, I would start up the car and begin driving again so that I would be awake to see the sunrise over the great southern plains.

If I were to go on a road-trip, these would be on my super-duper road trip playlist of songs (They’re not in order. You’ll find that my playlist comprises mostly The Killers and Jason Mraz, a bit of Keane and some random stuff):

The Killers
-Ballad of Michael Valentine
-Show You How
-Sweet Talk
-Mr. Brightside
-Jenny Was a Friend of Mine
-Read My Mind
-For Reasons Unknown
-Bones
-Andy You’re a Star
-On Top
-All the Things That I’ve Done
-Joy Ride
-Somebody Told Me
-Neon Tiger
-Dustland Fairytale
-Spaceman
-Human
-Glamorous Indie Rock and Roll
-Tranquilize
-Enterlude
-Exitlude
-When You Were Young
-Sam's Town
-Bling
-This River is Wild
-Dont' Shoot Me Santa (it's a Christmas song, but I don't care; I love it)

Jason Mraz
-Make It Mine
-Zero Percent
-Dreamlife of Rand McNally
-The Remedy
-Curbside Prophet
-Beautiful Mess
-I’ll Do Anything
-Who Needs Shelter?
-Absolutely Zero
-No Stopping Us
-Tonight, Not Again
-Did You Get My Message (acoustic and cd)
-Older Lover Undercover
-Rocket Man
-Plane
-Geek in the Pink
-I’m Yours
-Dynamo of Volition
-Live High
-Love for a Child
-If it Kills Me
-Warming Up
-Gypsy mc (song version)

Keane
-Somewhere Only We Know
-Snowed Under
-Bedshaped
-Frog Prince
-This Is the Last Time
-Bend and Break
-We Might As Well Be Strangers
-Everybody's Changing
-Your Eyes Open
-She Has No Time
-Can't Stop Now
-Sunshine
-Untitled
-Is it Any Wonder
-Bad Dream
-Crystal Ball

Random
-Telephone (Lady Gaga)
-Tik Tok (Kesha – only with the drum cover of Cobus, yes I like the drum part of the song only).
-Careful (Paramore – again, I like the drum part only)
-Love Today (Mika)
-Stuck in the Middle (Mika)
-My Interpretation (Mika)
-Big Girl (Mika)
-More than a Feeling (Boston)
-Male Prima Donna (The Office)
-Use somebody (Kings of Leon)
-Landed (Ben Folds)
-Brick (Ben Folds)
-Still Fighting It (Ben Folds)
-High and Dry (Radiohead)
-Sugar We're Going Down (Fall Out Boy)

The Fray
-She Is
-Over My Head (Cable Car)
-How to Save a Life
-All At Once
-Fall Away
-Heaven Forbid
-Look After You
-Hundred
-Vienna
-Dead Wrong
-Little House
-Trust Me

What I just realized, after writing this list, is that, basically, I just told you my favorite songs. But who wouldn't want to listen to their favorite songs with the wind blowing in and out of a car joyriding across the country, carrying the fun spirit among the people in it?