Last year I was writing an update of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, with two main characters falling in love while arguing. So I put together a pretty good playlist of conversation songs, duets, any songs I could find with two people talking to one another. There were 58 songs, with a respectable length of 3 hours and 29 minutes.
A big chunk of this year's novel will consist of a road trip across the United States (if the main character ever gets off his heinie). Therefore, I am searching for driving songs. So far I have 45 songs, for a running time of 2 hours and 3 minutes. The songs range from Woody Guthrie's Riding in my Car all the way to Cars by Gary Numan. But the song that makes me laugh the most every time it comes up on the playlist is this one:
Bonus Points if you know what song they are spoofing!
I'd like to have more songs in this year's playlist than last year's, so I'm still looking. What are your favorite songs about cars, driving and road trips?
Nano Update?
Exactly the same as yesterday as I have been super busy getting ready to fly to LA to take a train to SF. Good thing I'll have eleven (11!) hours on the train to catch up. . .
Nano Update?
Exactly the same as yesterday as I have been super busy getting ready to fly to LA to take a train to SF. Good thing I'll have eleven (11!) hours on the train to catch up. . .
OK, I will restrain myself from giving a long list and instead give you my latest favorite:
ReplyDeleteWagon Wheel
by Old Crow Medicine Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gX1EP6mG-E
although I slightly prefer the cover version
by Darius Rucker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvKyBcCDOB4
Google the song - it has an interesting history!
tRa