If there’s one thing our family loves, it’s a good road trip.
Correction: If there’s one thing my husband and I love, it’s a good road trip. The kids are still pretty young and “tolerate” is probably a better word for them.
We’ve been hitting the road since long before we became parents (and love to explore vacation spots like Hawaii with smaller road trips) but besides a vehicle and snacks to keep the hangry attitudes at bay, the most crucial component of any great road trip is good music to cruise to. Without a great playlist of classic road trip music, the miles seem to go by way slower! We’ve come up with a few playlists for your listening pleasure: one created by my husband, one by myself and a combined effort of songs our kids love that don’t make us want to drive off the road.
While there is some overlap of music we both enjoy on each of our personal lists (including one of the same songs), this definitely became a bit of a battle of the sexes as there’s music my mister wouldn’t be caught dead voluntarily listening to (Taylor Swift anyone?).
My husband had this to say: “My playlist is very diverse.I have a strong appreciation for classic rock thanks to my parents but also discovered dance and electronica in the 90s, so I can go from The Beatles to Daft Punk pretty easily.”
Check them out our His, Hers & Their’s playlists below! And be sure to tell us which you’d be more likely to listen to on your own journey!
His playlist
Drinking in LA – Bran Van 3000
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – STRFKR
I Was Made For Sunny Days – The Weepies
Letter From An Occupant – New Pornographers
Hungry Like the Wolf – Duran Duran
Mrs. Robinson – The Lemonheads
Rocket Man – Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies
Goodbye Stranger – Supertramp
Step – Vampire Weekend
Living Thing – Electric Light Orchestra
Allison Road – Gin Blossoms
Harborcoat – R.E.M.
Her playlist:
I Was Made For Sunny Days – The Weepies
Change the World (Radio Edit) – Frontier
Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) – Arcade Fire
Titanium – Sia feat. David Guetta
Clumsy – Fergie
Shake it Off – Taylor Swift
Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
Happy – Pharrell Williams
One Week – Barenaked Ladies
What I Wouldn’t Do – Serena Ryder
…On the Radio – Nelly Furtado (I recommend a radio edit)
The Laws Have Changed – The New Pornographers
Kids Playlist
Raisins – Barenaked Ladies
I’m Like a Bird – Nelly Furtado
Yellow Submarine – The Beatles
Banana Pancakes – Jack Johnson
If I had $1000000 – Barenaked Ladies
Old Joe’s Place – The Folksmen (From the A Mighty Wind soundtrack)
Take a Walk – Passion Pit
Walking on Sunshine – Katrina & the Waves
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) – They Might Be Giants
Don’t Worry, Be Happy – Bobby McFerrin
