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My Driving Playlist

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My Driving Playlist
The princess in her chauffer driven carriage …
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One of the downsides of being a Middle Aged Mama, is that I seem to spend a fair proportion of my time as a taxi service.

Although Mr 19 has a licence and car, Miss 17 still needs constant chauffeurring.

And then there are the occasional phone calls from my “third child” that go something like this: “Honey I forgot my ID tag/mobile phone today, could you drop it off to me please?!” (Luckily it is only a 5 minute drive to the hubster’s workplace but still!)

I work from home, so of course I have plenty of time to run around and do errands for other family members (huh)!

Sometimes it feels like I could easily have driven to John Hughes in Perth – and back!

One thing that makes all that drive time bearable is that it is a rare opportunity to listen to my OWN choice of music.

My favourite driving playlist is made up of mostly rock (with a bit of disco thrown in for good measure!) from the 70s onwards – I don’t mind a bit of nostalgia when I’m driving – and I know all the words so can belt them out with the best of ’em!

Here are my top 10 9 in chronological order:

  1. September by Earth Wind and Fire (1971)
  2. Blame it on the Boogie by the Jackson Five (1978)
  3. Hold the Line by Toto (1978)
  4. Turn me Loose by Loverboy (1981)
  5. She Drives me Crazy by Fine Young Cannibals (1989)
  6. I’ve been Thinking about You by Londonbeat (1991)
  7. Missing by Everything but the Girl or Sade (Seems to be some debate about this one!)
  8. According to You by Orianthi (2009)
  9. Treasure by Bruno Mars (2013)

They are also great to listen to when I’m doing the vacuuming – I tuck my iPhone in my bra (sorry, is that TMI?!), plug in my headphones and boogie my way to a clean house!

Would any of these songs find a home on  your driving playlist?!

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  1. I do love soft rock from the late 70’s, but I thought I was the only one who liked Toto! My favourite band is Steely Dan. Bit sad that I can listen to it at the supermarket these days.
    xx

  4. Good playlist Janet. I love listening to Dakota by Stereophonics for some reason. It reminds me of summer and makes me really feel like I’m going on a holiday!

  5. I am a chauffeur too Janet, and I like your list Janet! I’d add Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Queen) and I got You Babe, (either the original Sony and Cher or the Pretenders) … and some others – the Beatles and Stones (now that I’m thinking fav retro music 🙂

  6. Nothing better than getting into your own groove – funny how I’m just about to write a post about the messages when you hit ‘shuffle’ on your Iphone – it’s all your music but the universe picks the mix you need right then and there – boggie, motivation or distraction! I love the random messages coming together.

  7. Love your list- I would maybe add some Robert Palmer Simply Irresistible and it would be perfect xx

  9. The speakers blew in our car a couple of years ago and we haven’t had the time or money to fix them. I miss the radio! At the moment we are using my phone so I get to control the tunes but Paul doesn’t mind as I have a fairly decent range of stuff from The Eagles, Cold Chisel through to Eminem (although this doesn’t get much of a play as he’s not a fan lol).

  10. David Bowie, E.L.O, and other oldie stuff is on my playlist. Queen features of course 🙂 INXX and Crowded House are my fave Aussie bands.