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Old Feb 1st, 2006 | 07:38 PM
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What is the one song you must listen to when on vacation?

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Old Feb 1st, 2006 | 10:39 PM
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You Can Call Me Al by Paul Simon
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Old Feb 1st, 2006 | 11:14 PM
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We don't have time for favorite songs on vacation. We are busy being on vacation.
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Old Feb 2nd, 2006 | 05:42 AM
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Depends on where we are going, but Buffett & Harry Chapin get a lot of play time on the way to the Beach.
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Old Feb 2nd, 2006 | 05:44 AM
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Old Feb 2nd, 2006 | 05:56 AM
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Road trips: We like a variety of music.

Nothing like hearing "Sitting on the Dock of a Bay" while on a beach vacation!

A little Carlos Santana for south of the border trips!

And of course, in the caribbean, something sounding tropical(steel drum band) while sipping a frozen something or other.

When we go to Hawaii, I guess I am looking forward to hearing hawaiian music!
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Old Feb 2nd, 2006 | 06:05 AM
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Riding with the King - Eric Clapton and BB King - bringing it to upcoming Seychelles catamaran trip/Tanzanian safari.

Best listened to while sipping a coctail.

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Old Feb 2nd, 2006 | 06:18 AM
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"Lovely Cruise" by Jimmy Buffett.

Since many of my vacations are sailing trips, it's a song I like to play as we are returning to the dock after our "cruise."
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Old Feb 2nd, 2006 | 06:31 AM
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Passe em Casa by Tribalistas. Really, the whole Tribalistas album. Heard them first on honeymoon in Italy, and it is now my favorite travel cd of all time. Of course, I can't understand a single word since it's all sung in Portugese, but that's part of the charm.
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Old Feb 2nd, 2006 | 07:00 AM
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Callaloo, that's funny - we play our tune when leaving the dock. Are we perhaps, creatures of habit

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Old Feb 2nd, 2006 | 07:22 AM
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Rocky Mountain High and Sunshine on my Shoulders, by John Denver.

When you go on road trips, you have plenty of time to listen to music!

Utahtea...and over a dozen John Denver CD's!
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Old Feb 2nd, 2006 | 07:30 AM
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Even with XM radio, I still have to have The Allman Brothers "A Decade of Hits 1969-1979" in the car. Great road songs and "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" was the inspiration for my screen name.

A fave vacation song is the live version of "24 Hours at a Time" by the Marshall Tucker Band (from the 1974 album "Where We All Belong"). Cruise control is required because it's too easy to bury the needle with this song.
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Old Feb 2nd, 2006 | 07:33 AM
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Agree on the John Denver idea. Vacation is the only time I listen to him.
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Old Feb 2nd, 2006 | 07:38 AM
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We listen to a lot of Carlos (Santana) and Bob (Marley) on our car trips.
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Old Feb 2nd, 2006 | 07:40 AM
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As we approach the beach I always get out my Jimmy Buffett.

As a kid I can remember driving through West Virginia and singing "Take Me Home Country Road" by John Denver. We'd all sing at the top of our lungs and had so much fun!
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Old Feb 2nd, 2006 | 07:43 AM
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"Holiday" by Weezer.
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Old Feb 2nd, 2006 | 08:58 AM
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A little Elton John for the plane ride.

For packing, nothing tops Steppenwolf.

"Get your motor runnin'..."
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Old Feb 2nd, 2006 | 09:05 AM
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If I Were a Carpenter by Johnny Cash. With five kids and a wife, my three weeks vacation are a respite from achaotic world. I also listen to Jimmy Buffet and the Mamas and Papas when on vacation.
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Old Feb 2nd, 2006 | 11:09 AM
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We always have that old Kenny Rogers' song You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me, Lucille. The kids substitute Loose Wheel for Lucille because we lost a tire one time while playing this song. From when the kids were very little, we cannot get on an airplane without singing "Up We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder". Nearby passengers used to smile when the girls were 2 & 5, now they're 15 & 18, we get the weirdo looks.
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Old Feb 2nd, 2006 | 11:43 AM
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When we traveled three weeks in Alaska, I listened to every John Denver song I had on CD and tape. He has 3 songs just about Alaska and so many more than apply to scenic wonderlands.

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