Family-friendly Road Trip Mix
Nope, we're omitting the likes of "Rick James Style" (the Lemonheads), "Smoke two Js" (Toyes), "Roll another Number for the Road" (Neil Young, 1975), and oh so many others. That's the stuff of another, quite different mix, for a solo road trip. Today I'm posting a mix that meets these two basic qualifications:
Must be child-appropriate. I get to decide.
Must be Parent tolerable. I get to decide.
- Ape Man (Kinks)
- Hey, Hey We're the Monkees (Monkees)
- Octopus' Garden (Beatles)
- Yellow Submarine (Beatles)
- Hawaii 5-O (Dweezil Zappa OR Dick Dale OR the Ventures)
- Itsy-Bitsy, Teeny-Weeny, Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
- Yakety-Yak (the Coasters)
- Splish-Splash (I was takin' a bath) (Bobby Darin)
- Smelly Cat (Phoebe Buffay & Chrissie Hynde)
- Stay up Late (Talking Heads)
- Holy Flypaper! w/Batman Theme (Nelson Riddle)
- Spiderman Theme (Ramones, of course!)
- Secret Agent Man (The Ventures) / Hombre Secreto
- Superman Theme (John Williams)
- James Bond Theme (London Symphony Orchestra)
- Ska Bond (Skatalites) / James Bond (The Selecter)
- Happy Boy (Beat Farmers with Kazoo & Gurgle Verses) / Always Look on the Bright Side of Life (Monty Python)
- Crazy Egyptians (She Drives Me Crazy w/ Walk Like an Egyptian / Fine Young Cannibals v. Bangles)
- If I had a Million Dollars (Barenaked Ladies)
- Good Day, Sunshine (Beatles)
- If You Want to Sing Out (Cat Stevens/Yusuf)
