It’s been a week since you and your comrades decided to cut out on the responsibilities of everyday life and head for the beach. You originally plan to stay until the end of the workday but eventually convince yourself that you’ll “make those hours up on Monday.”
All your things are packed, you’ve already made the necessary stops at the gas station and the nearest grocery store for rations (Slim Jims, Mountain Dew and Red Bull, in case the Dew doesn’t “dew” the trick) and you just merged onto the four-lane highway that’ll take you straight to your destination, barring a fiery car wreck or high speed police chase that lands you in the slammer.
The only remaining uncertainty is what to listen to on the road. Until now.
We Made It!
The opening portion of the beach trip playlist must capitalize on everyone’s “just broke free and on our way to glory” sentiment, therefore only upbeat jams are allowed.
1. Thrash Unreal - Against Me!
2. Losing A Whole Year - Third Eye Blind
3. Open Road Song - Eve 6
4. So Alive - Ryan Adams
5. Push - Matchbox Twenty
6. C’mon, C’mon - The Von Bondies
7. Baba O’Riley - The Who
8. In God’s Country - U2
9. Rocks Off - The Rolling Stones
10. Mr. E’s Beautiful Blues - Eels
Will This Trip Ever End?
Eventually, your two lamest friends have fallen asleep against each other in the back seat and the rest of you are so sick of being in a car that the music no longer has to be fast, but only needs to be good.
1. Hurricane - Bob Dylan
2. No Cars Go - Arcade Fire
3. Only In Dreams - Weezer
4. So You Want To Be A Rock ‘n’ Roll Star - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
5. Ulysses - Mason Jennings
6. One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces - Ben Folds Five
7. Heart of Gold - Neil Young
8. C’mon People (We’re Making It Now) - Richard Ashcroft
9. Bastards of Young - The Replacements
10. Bar Lights - Whiskeytown
Before you know it, you’re engulfed by the salty smell of the sea and people who refuse to wear shoes. The journey is complete.
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