the washington playlist -- a 2-disc special edition (with bonus liner notes in parentheses)

if you're looking for some sing-along road trip music, look no further. a few have already asked for the playlist we perfected on our 11+ hour trip from alexandria to kingston (crossing through the district, maryland, pennsylvania, new york and ontario). your ears will be delighted; i know mine were:

disc 1:
Good Times/Charlie Robison (good times will be had by all; it sets the tone for the rest of the collection)
Take A Chance On Me/ABBA (as with the other ABBA selections in the collection, one must belt out the song, regardless of whether or not one knows all the words)
Another One Bites The Dust/Queen (the theme song of single girls driving to yet another wedding celebration!)
Let's Drive Away/Eleni Mandell (yes, please, let's!)
Good Morning Little School Girl/Taj Mahal (no reason for this one other than it's one of my favs)
Canada/Low ("you can't take that stuff to canada" -- dr. katetacular was worried about being allowed back into the great white north; her visa renewal still hasn't been processed!)
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps/Cake (perhaps one will meet with a handsome, eligible man at the reception ... perhaps!)
Natural Woman/Aretha Franklin (it's absolutely imperative that the driver sings the melody and the passengers provide the back-up vocals "uuuuhhooooppp")
Super Trooper/ABBA (on-coming headlights = "the super trooper beams are gonna blind me")
Folsom Prison Blues/Johnny Cash (the car wheels seem to roll more smoothly with this one)
C'est Magnifique/Eartha Kitt (ahhhh, eartha ... what's not to love?)
The Blower's Daughter/Damien Rice ("i can't take my eyes off of you"; now that's romance)
Gimme Gimme Gimme/ABBA (beckie's theme song *ahem*)
Sweet Home Alabama/Lynard Skinnard (another classic sing-along, another road trip song that mentions turning wheels; do we have some recurring imagery here?)
Fighter/Christina Aguilera (come on, we're allowed at least one poptart song!)
Love Means Never Having to Say You're Hungry/Charlie Robison (do not play this song just before you stop for food)

disc 2:
Careless Driver/Eleni Mandell (this is how one feels when one plays this CD for the second or third time on the trip)
The Ballad of Eddie Mullet/South Austin Jug Band (katetacular's car is named "eddie")
Joy to the World/Three Dog Night (one must sing along in one's best bullfrog voice)
London Calling/The Clash ("and i live by the riiiiiiiiverrrrrr")
Sleep in Late/Molly Johnson (katetacular's theme song)
Dreams/Cranberries (this is on the soundtrack of your life if you're between the ages of 25-35)
The Worst Day Since Yesterday/Flogging Molly (if one is driving through the night, the lyrics are highly appropriate!)
Lay All Your Love On Me/ABBA (a good song for disco seat-dancing in the car)
Fanny/Asylum Street Spankers (this song mentions the game show Wheel of Fortune, bonus points if you can sing along through the whole thing without laughing)
Chariots of Fire(Techno Remix)/John Williams (it's all about endurance, baby!)
Cocaine Blues/Johnny Cash ("i thought i was her daddy, but she had five mo'")
Je Cherche Un Homme/Eartha Kitt (yup, i'm still looking)
Nicotine & Gravy/Beck (just because of the funky robot sounds at the end)
The War of 1812/Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie ("so ... if you go to washington, it's buildings clean and nice, bring a pack of matches ...")