Music for a long road trip

[crazycanuck]

Badger-i'll look them up & then see if anyone at work has thier stuff

GLC-What did you listen to??

[GLC1968]

I can't remember them right now. I know that I listened to these two, but there were others as well. I'll check my Ipod when I get home because I think they are all still on there.

Two Dean Koontz books:

[SadieKate]

Musicals. Singalong stuff. Mame. The Music Man. Camelot.

Folk music - The Time Life Series of Folk Music was a great value for singalong purposes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDL02th72u4

[bmccasland]

Considering I've come close to falling asleep while blasting Pink Floyd - I vote for books on tape/CD. Listening to the story kept my mind engaged for cross country drives, and I was able to check them out of my local library. FREE!
Got to admit, I've listened to books that I might not have read. And others have compelled me to go find the book so I could enjoy it again.

[crazycanuck]

SK-Singalong songs would be interesting but it would drive ian up the wall!!! He'd probably want to throw me off the cliffs at Eucla

I'll have to see if they have any Arthur C Clarke audio books...

Audio books might keep us sane on this drive!!

[uk elephant]

Roadtrip with a couple of friends many years ago, we actually brought a real book and took turns reading out loud. Sounds strange perhaps, but was really nice! We read Alice in Wonderland, which all of us hadn't read in many many years.

Another roadtrip with BF just last year, we had an mp3 cd with the complete Beatles collection. The cd player in the car for some reason organized the songs alphabetically. Was great for the first couple of hours, but after 6 hours of non-stop beatles I was about ready to jump out of the car and we had only reached N in the alphabet! I haven't played that cd since...

[crazycanuck]

Alice in Wonderland..there's an idea!

UKE-I know what you mean, I have every single Queen song on MP3 & it drives ian up the wall when I play it! I know, how many times can one listen to "Radio Ga Ga" & do the high arm movements without hitting the driver

Keep the ideas coming! I'm sure ian will love the suggestions

[salsabike]

I KNOW they have Arthur C Clarke's "Childhood's End" as an audio book because I gave it to someone a few years ago. Best book!

Otherwise, I'd suggest salsa---try Spanish Harlem Orchestra. You CAN'T fall asleep while bopping to salsa--it's just too much fun.

[badgercat]

Roadtrip with a couple of friends many years ago, we actually brought a real book and took turns reading out loud. Sounds strange perhaps, but was really nice! We read Alice in Wonderland, which all of us hadn't read in many many years.

Not strange at all... I did that with my boyfriend when we had to drive cross-country to move a car for his parents. We read the first Harry Potter book. It was really fun.

[SadieKate]

SK-Singalong songs would be interesting but it would drive ian up the wall!!! He'd probably want to throw me off the cliffs at Eucla

Eh, it would be good for him to sing, too!

Just a note on audiobooks: the Bike Mobile has just enough wind noise around the pillars that I can't hear audiobooks without blasting them. aka_kim and I tried to listen to Bill Bryson once and I suspect we were both sitting there unwilling to say we could only hear every other word.

So, you might get one book and test it before buying a whole bunch.