On the Road Again Music Mix

With a little help from all of my children, I put together this mix CD for an upcoming road trip:

• Barracuda -- Heart
• Give It Away -- Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Crocodile Rock -- Elton John
• Meet Virginia -- Train
• Cherry Bomb -- John Cougar Mellencamp
• Air Stream Driver -- Gomez
• No Phone -- CAKE
• New York City -- Peter Malick featuring Norah Jones
• No Rain -- Blind Melon
• Shiny Happy People -- R.E.M.
• Should I Stay or Should I Go -- The Clash
• Crazy ABCs -- Barenaked Ladies
• Personal Jesus -- Depeche Mode
• Ants Marching -- Dave Matthews Band
• All of My Love -- Led Zeppelin
  
• Centerfold -- J. Geils Band

There are a few titles here that aren't completely age appropriate, but thankfully my little ones aren't old enough to figure out the meaning of all the lyrics. The innuendo is lost on them! I love how they choose music based on the rhythm and whether or not they can groove to it.

Traveling Music Mix

We're planning a camping trip that involves a six-hour car ride with four children. Most of the area we'll be traveling through is barren desert, so I'm a little bit nervous about keeping them occupied. I've started making lists of songs to make mix CDs. The first one I've compiled is for the little ones:

• L-O-V-E - Nat King Cole
• Life is a Highway - Rascal Flatts
• Pennies from Heaven - Louis Prima
• Shake My Sillies Out - Raffi
  
• Garden Song - John Denver
• The Grease Megamix - Olivia Newton-John
• Rum Tum Tum - Jo Jo's Circus
• Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - Alan Jackson
• Superstition - Stevie Wonder
• Dela (I Know Why the Dog Howls At the Moon) - Johnny Clegg & Savuka
  
• Jump in the Line - Harry Belafonte
• Rainbow Connection - Kermit The Frog
  
• Crocodile Rock - Elton John
• Get Up Offa That Thing - James Brown
• Put a Little Love In Your Heart - Mary Mary
  
• Istanbul - They Might Be Giants
• Octopus's Garden - The Beatles
• Dancing Queen - ABBA
• Alligator in the Elevator - Rick Charette
  

Thanks to the magic of iTunes, I was able to fit them all onto one disc!