I said you wouldn’t hear from me here until after the move, but something came up and I think you’ll like it and it’s distracting me from packing hell for at least a few minutes so here I am. Tooodle-oo!
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I’m not a frivolous spender, and it’s been at least ten years since someone called me an “airhead” or a “flighty space cadet seriously Sarah where’s your brain?” But on Monday when the mailman dropped off a second Believe Training Journal I called myself all those things.
Apparently I pre-ordered journals from both Believe I Am and Picky Bars. I remember the latter because the bars that came with it delivered just in time to become plane snacks for my trip to Ohio. And then I remembered the former when the package showed up on my doorstep.
Woopsie.
they look different because one is shrink-wrapped. the other one had to be un-shrinkwrapped so Lauren Fleshman could autograph it. yup.
I used Lauren and Ro’s first Believe I Am journal after receiving it through a blog campaign, and loved it. Pen + paper is totally making a comeback! It’s retro-cool again like denim overalls and grungey flannels.
Anyway yeah, I liked it so much I bought the new one. Err, two of them. And even though it is gorgeous and full of great tips and helpful training tools, I don’t think I need both of them. If for no reason other than packing space is very limited and there might literally not be room in the Uhaul for two.
Want one? How bout the autographed one? I’d love to send it to a loving new home.
- Comment below with your favorite song to sing in the car. Our road trip spotify playlist needs some help and I’m too busy bubble-wrapping pint glasses to do it.
Sarah OUaL
ends Thursday 11/27 midnight. winner will be chosen randomly
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Kicking it old school with Kenny Rogers “The Gambler!”
Nothing like barreling down the highway belting out “Know when to walk away know when to run..” very poetic and fitting when making a big life change.
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Rock the casbah – The Clash!
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Let it go– from Frozen. Seriously, you can sing it while packing and purging, and it all the ways moving presents itself with the unexpected. Safe travels and GOOD LUCK!
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My favorite song to sing along to is Journey “Don’t Stop Beleiving.” My husband will try turning the radio off or changing the station but he should know better…I know all the lyrics and can sing it without the radio!
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Ahhh thats exciting! An autographed one and all. On road trips my friends and I listen/sing to the cheesiest playlist you have ever heard in your life.
Best roadtrip song: Greased Lightnin’ : Grease (somehow funnier if your ride is slow)
Another example of cheesy: We rocked up to British Unis X-C last year, minibus windows rolled down, playing Hit Me Baby One More Time at top volume and singing. The boys in our team did not live it down.
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Stayin Alive by the Bee Gees! It’s old but has a great beat and just makes you happy when you sing it! You probably have time in those 15 hours to hear ALL of the Christmas songs your heart desires too! Have a great trip!
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The eagles greatest hits cd set is always good! Have a safe trip! Happy Thanksgiving
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“Dakota” by the Stereophonics. Might as well get the entire soundtrack to Veronica Mars.
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I love the song “Drunk on a Plane”.
I hope you have a very safe trip!
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Arlo Guthrie Live from Sydney. Not sure if that’s the true title but it’s on Spotify and it’s the perfect road trip album. It would be like he’s sitting in the backseat telling you stories along the way. Road trip! So excited for you.
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Life is a Highway byTom Cochrane. Awesome song to test out those lungs! Have fun with your move/road trip. I am alittle jealous…
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“Brave” by Sara Bareilles…but I almost exclusively road trip for races, and it’s a good psych-up song!
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My current fave is “Fireball” by PitBull. My daughter loves it too, she says it makes her feel like it’s a party! :) Always puts me in a good mood to put it on and rock out with her! Good luck with the move!
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I sing along to everything in the car! I listen to lots of show tunes, PPP, country, and alternative music. I think my favorite for long distances is 60’s music though.
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Most everything from Stevie Wonder is great for singing along.
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Right now, Taylor Swift’s Shakeit off.
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Tracy Chapman or Kelly clarkson!! Feels so great to really belt her stuff out!
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Anything from the nineties! Backstreet Boys, N’sync, LFO…they’re all great road trip songs! I also have a Rolling Stones greatest hits mix that tends to come out if I’m going to be in a car for more than four hours. Good luck with the move!
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Garth Brooks – Friends in Low places
We are belting it out on our road trip right now!
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Oh man. This is SUCH a tough one for me. How to choose just one?!?! I guess I’ll go with ‘This Must Be the Place’ by Talking Heads. Safe Travels, Lime!!!
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right now? all i seem to hear and sing to is iggy azalea and taylor swift. my inner tween loves it. :) safe travels and congrats on the move!!
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ANY 90s hip hop! Tone Loc, Bizmarkie…. Mr. Wendell from Arrested Development!!! Happy travels!
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I’m currently digging “Cool Kids” my 5 month old loves when I sing it to him.
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Currently shrieking Mariah Carey”s version of All I Want For Xmas, dying cat style.
Usually it’s the Frozen soundtrack or some BSB ( for shame….)
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Since “Life is a Highway” and “Don’t Stop Believing” are already taken (man, I’m predictable or they’re really awesome– let’s go with that!)– I nominate “All About That Bass”, the full 3 CD set of Queen’s greatest hits and 80s rock Pandora (I started it off with We’re Not Gonna Take it, you can follow your heart for yours.)
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Anything Taylor Swift. Especially everything on 1989. I know. Maybe I don’t deserve to win…. ha!
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Aerosmith “Walk This Way” to which my daughter then proceeds to tell me to “walk this way mommy” the rest of the day! Have fun, I know you will, and drive safe!
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I love “listen” or “all by myself” or anything that you really have to belt out. I can’t sing well, so my traveling companions love it sliiiightly less.
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Any 90’s rock. Terrible and yet a great throwback to middle school awkwardness haha
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Currently obsessed with Hozier’s’Take Me to Church’ but really, NSYNC is perfect for a road trip…
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Islands in the Stream! Kenny and Dolly are the best road trip companions!
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Dude, you gotta listen to some Mindless Self Indulgence when you start to feel tired. MSI is da bomb.
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Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” is always a winner!
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Miranda Lambert’s Mama’s Broken Heart. That must be cranked up!
PS – I have been seeing that journal and it looks amazing!!
Good luck in Oregon
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Chandelier by Sia. Sorry I’m not sorry! :)
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Garth, Friends in Low Places. Also, if I’m in a super cheesy happy mood, Martina McBride’s Happy Girl is an awesome one (kind of sickening, I know, but in the right mood). But only if my husband is not in the car on that one!
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Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey, a classic sing-your-heart road trip kind of song :)
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I definitely sing along to Justin Timberlakes “Future Sex/Love Songs” album on all road trips along with Avril Lavigne’s first album… I’m still 12 inside.
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Anything Journey, Springsteen, or Madonna! Good luck & safe travels!
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Lately I’ve been hooked on “Love Don’t Die” by the Fray… It’s super catchy and it just puts me in a good mood, whether I’m running, driving, or cleaning the house!
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That’s a hard question…Sweet Child of Mine by G&R!
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My all-time favorite go to is DMB….pretty much every DMB speaks to my soul, but a fun one to jam out to is, of course, Ants Marching!
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“Bohemian Rhapsody.” Ironically, of course.
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Living on a Prayer by Bon Jovi. Can’t go wrong with that one. :)
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You can never go wrong with a little Lady-A; Need you Now & Own the Night!! Also, some Kenny Chesney fits the bill as well.
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wagon wheel or anything garth brooks!
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Blister in the sun all the way.
Good luck girl. Life is too short to not be balls out!
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Definitely “Jesse’s Girl” by Rick Springfield low key verses and then a great hook of a chorus!
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This is slightly embarrassing but my all time favorite song to sing in the car is the 90’s hit All for You by Sister Hazel. Long live the 90s.
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Definitely “bohemian rhapsody”! So much fun to sing… even if I make up some of the words.
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Like a Prayer from Madonna. I’m pretty sure people driving by think I’m nutso when I’m belting this one out in my car!
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Holy crap, you’re moving?! I like to sing all songs out loud in the car, but I’m going with the 17 year old me answer: Wannabe by the Spice Girls. My husband is a music snob and he would kill me for saying this.
I had the first two versions of the BIA journal. Loved it, and it definitely helped me a lot. Good luck with your move!
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Rilo Kiley/Jenny Lewis tends to be my “sing in the car” music. And I have to agree with another commenter: “Like a Prayer” is THE BEST.
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i am feeling super frazzled in life right now too and I am not even in the midst of moving! From one country loving girl to another I have to go with Blake Shelton’s “Sure’d be cool if you did” but all things T-Swift 1989 is kind of growing on me right now. Also, Serial Podcast – check it out!
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Lately it has been Taylor Swift. Also Disney soundtracks.
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I’m not great with up to date songs to sing in the car, but I’ll totally sing along with anything from the Smiths when I find it on the (ack!) oldies station.
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Lots of Elton John (“Rocket Man”, “Your Song”, “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”), Billy Joel (“Piano Man”, “Uptown Girl”, etc) and Johnny Cash’s “I’ve Been Everywhere”.
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I love Mountain Sound by Monsters and Men. But I also adore Steal my Girl by One Direction. I may sing very very loudly to One Direction in the car.
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“Northwest Passage” by Stan Rogers. A capella with lots of verses and chorus, so good for the car. And it’s about cross-country road tripping. And it’s beautiful. Kind of an unofficial anthem of Canada.
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Meatloaf- Paradise by the dashboard light :)
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One Direction-That’s what makes you beautiful and anything Taylor Swift
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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH ok. Singing in the car is always a good thing. I’m a folksy fan for car rides and prefer Indigo Girls or something similar. Lately, I’ve been singing their cover of “Midnight Train to Georgia” at the top of my lungs. I’m basically a professional now.
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En Vogue – Don’t Let Go
Brandy & Monica – The Boy is Mine
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Chandelier by Sia! Good luck with your move!
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Definitely Miranda Lambert songs! My favorites are Kerosene, Baggage Claim and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend! I could put those on repeat and just sing my heart out!
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I’m horrible with song titles, but its the ‘I would walk 500 miles’ song. Every time HIMYM would flashback to a Ted and Marshall road trip it would remind me of one of my roadtrips!
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My current favorite is Rude by Magic! Good thing they play it on the radio 57x per day! : ) Good luck packing!
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90’s Country is the best…. An American Girl
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Kongos, Come With Me Now is getting heavy play here, but also Trumpets by Jason Derulo…although that is not really kid friendly….oh well :)
Love the new format…good luck with the move!
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Sunday Bloody Sunday. ..U2.
Happy packing!
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Bohemian rhapsody, especially if there’s other people to take other octaves!
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Ghost by Ella Henderson
Written by the lead singer of One Republic (which I love), is a soulful yet catchy and refreshing song. I cannot help but turn it up when it starts to play!
Reagan
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Haha this is awesome! Enjoy the road trip!
I think you like country?! Try “my house” by Kasey Musgraves. Perfect road trippin song!
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If I really have to bare my soul – right now it’s totally Steal My Girl by One Direction and Shake It Off by Taylor Swift. I can literally feel you judging me!! ;)
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OMG, Heart’s “Alone.” And I can’t sing at ALL, so that’s a pretty special three and a half minutes.
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Callin’ Baton Rouge!!
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Garth, always and forever!
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Definitely “Don’t Stop Believin'” by Journey!
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Love Somethin’ ‘Bout A Truck by Kip Moore, especially in the car!
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I Want You Back – Jackson Five
(Just remember to not drive too fast and get pulled over)
(Not that that’s happened to me)
(Twice)
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Fresh Prince theme song!!
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Journey is always good for a car ride.
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Holy stromboli lots of good song ideas! I’m a Broadway geek, and my favorite roll-down-the-windows, turn-it-up-to-eleven song is La Vie Boheme from RENT.
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Mad die and Tae’s Girl in a Country Song. So catchy and the music video is hilarious! Safe travels!
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Right now….I love “Shake it off” by Taylor Swift!!! Don’t judge me….I have teenage daughters! :)
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My husband and I have been rocking out in the car to Titanium by David Guetta. We are big Pitch Perfect fans and can’t wait for #2 to come out.
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Taylor Swift’s “22” is my fav song to sing in the car (even thought I’m well over 22!)
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I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – Proclaimers….or, anything by Snoop Dogg.
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“We’re on the Road to Nowhere” by the Talking Heads! Celebrate the journey! Good luck!!
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i cannot get enough of “Shake it Off” lately. Such a great power song on my way into and out of work!
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Weezer – “Holiday”!
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Hooked on a feeling – blue suede
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Just to break up the drive and get you moving-Remy Labouche “be my lover”….you can’t help but dancing like an extra from Night at the Roxbury to it :)
Good luck on your move!
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I have a few….
“Hold on” Wilson Philips
“Broken wing” Martina mcbride
“Not ready to make nice” Dixie chicks
Safe travels!
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Radiohead – Creep :)
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I know your a country girl but ‘I Bet My Life’ by Imagine Dragons is pretty catchy. Have fun road trippin!!
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I love anything by Wakey! Wakey! Brooklyn, LGA, War Sweater and Clinton St. Girl are my favorites. Or the Weepies. Have a fun trip! (And packing is the worst!)
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Zeppelin “Fool in the Rain”. Dashboard works great during the drum solos :-). Safe travels and can’t wait to hear about your new adventures in Bend!
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Check out Heart and Soul by Huey Lewis and The News
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“Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” or “Mmmbop” (that was my husband’s suggestion which frightens me a little bit!). Have a safe trip!
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Kansas, Carry On Amy Wayward Son. I get LOUD!
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Good luck. My latest song I’ve been rocking out to is “In Your Arms” by Nico and Vinz. Have a safe move!
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The Eagles Greatest Hits is always a good one for us!
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Wow. What a tough question. Right now it’s still Shake It Off by T-Swizz because my girls love it. Their rendition is on point with “Prayers gonna pray pray pray pray…”
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JOHN PRINE – “Spanish Pipedream” is excellent in both lyrics and tempo for a road trip – especially a moving for real one :)
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Just a feeling-Maroon 5
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I just ordered an Erin Condren “Life Planner” for 2015 so I’m totally on board with paper + pen making a comeback!
And as someone who works out of their car, I understand the importance of a good car-aoke playlist. Tracy Chapman “Fast Car”, Counting Crows “Mr Jones”, Celine Dion “Its All Coming Back To Me Now” are a few of my current favs.
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Christmas songs are top of the list this time of year :) Feliz Navidad is a fun one that my sister and I know most of the words to.
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Taylor Swift’s new album! And all her old ones.
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It has to be “Free Fallin'” by Tom Petty. Cue loud ridiculous singing and lots of laughter after.
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Paradise by the dashboard light by Meatloaf is always fun and of course my go-to karaoke song: Summer of 69 by Bryan Adams.
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Anything Abba, but especially Waterloo and Dancing Queen
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I’m currently obsessed with the Riptide by Vance Joy!! I’m so jealous of your Bend move. My dream town!!
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Oh man. Get Low by Lil Jon. It’ll make the drive feel like you’re partying up in tha club (maybe not but it’s fun to sing along to).
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I love to rock out to Taylor Swift’s new album recently. So good . . .
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My current favorite song to sing in the car is Man in the Mirror. On a Michael Jackson kick right now.
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Ludacris- the one that goes “back seat,windows up, that’s the way….” I’m pretty whitebread, but something about luda really does it for me. Safe travels!
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Callin’ Baton Rouge by Garth Brooks
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Latest fave = Foo Fighters Something from Nothing. You also can’t go wrong with My Hero. Safe travels.
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Total Eclipse of the Heart. Always and forever.
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Life Is A Highway or 500miles!!
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johnny cash – I’ve been everywhere :) it was a classic I sung with my dad on road trips!
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old Rise Against – Sufferer and the witness!
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I have a baby now so we mostly listen to Kids radio on our commute so my favorite song to sing now is probably like The Wheels on the Bus…
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We built this city. Or danger zone. Rock on!
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Night Train. I can’t hear it without picturing an Ohioan blonde belting it out at an odd-numbered volume with bison ambushing in the background. <3
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Cheesy 80’s rap always keeps me awake on the road. Maybe some Marky Mark + Good Vibrations?
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Roadtrip song? I like to involve all the travelers in the car to be air bend members of The Outfield, “Your Love”
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I like to sing Take Me Home, Country Roads “To the place…. I belong…. West Virginia…. mountain mama….” :)
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I love jamming out to Adele or Sara Barellis.
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I’m pretty partial to “riding’ dirty”
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I’m all about “Doses & Mimosas” by Cherub as of late, but if I want to throw it back to yesteryear, I go for “The Sweater Song” by Weezer or even to the way far back time machine and pull out Lionel Richie’s “All Night Long.”
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Garth’s Friends in Low Places! Or anything Billy Joel.
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Well that’s easy gotta be ‘road tripping” by the red hot chilli peppers;-) safe tripping to you and yours fingers crossed for the journal xx
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“what about love” by Heart or some other old love song that you can really belt out in privacy.
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Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond :-)
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Africa by Toto– love singing to this on road trips!
Have a safe trip and Happy Thanksgiving!
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Jack and Diane John Cougar (yes cougar still to me) Mellencamp, he always has the jams!
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This is so awesome of you!
I was singing all the way driving up to Dallas mad smiling at the people in cars next to me, I think everybody thought I was crazy…I like Beatles songs for long drives, “Penny lane” or “St Peppers”…off the top of my lungs
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You really can’t go wrong with the classic Bohemian Rhapsody…or really anything Queen. Good luck on the drive!
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SHAKE IT OFF
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I know it’s technically after the deadline, but in case you haven’t done the drawing yet…mine is “Cover Girl” by no other than NKOTB. Love it.
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You definitely have to listen to that old California song from the OC tv show for nostalgia!!!
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I’ll sing along to anything and everything I know! I love singing…especially in the car! Sometimes I wonder what the people in the car next to me think though….lol!
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Talk Dirty to Me by Poison randomly came on in the car the other day. Didn’t even know it was on my iTunes, but definitely a fun song to rock out to in the car!
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Phil Collins-In the Air Tonight.
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mood varies on this one, but no matter what up i love to sing out to 90s alanis morrisette. the angry alanis. haha.
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Currrently it’s Blank Spaces and You’re in Love by Taylor Swift because I let my guard down and she has consumed by brain and all better judgement in my life. I’m ashamed…sort of.
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Lots of old school stuff, always to include Piano Man.
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Anything Alanis Morisette, obviously :)
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