Em here.  I have a terrible habit of forgetting to take music with me on road trips.  This could be a family trait as I remember a family road trip from Melbourne to Canberra (about 8 hour drive) with the only a ‘Travelling Wilburys’ cassette tape.   I probably still know all the words to all the songs, even though I never want to hear them again.

When Craig and I did a trip down the east coast back in 2001, we forgot to take music.  We put the radio on auto-tune and did hours of driving in silence before having the bejesus scared out of us hen the radio would suddenly pick up a signal (and Craig thinking signs were talking to him – but that’s another story).

These days we have iPods and it’s so much easier to carry music than when the CD you wanted was always in the other house / car / bag.  Alas music taste is quite subjective and personal, and we have different tastes.  We’re trying to put together some playlists that will at least minimise the arguments!  I reckon the best road trip tunes are ones you can sing along with.  We’ve actually put together a list of about 200 songs, but here’s the first 20 that came out on shuffle mode –

1. Mr Brightside – The Killers
2. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – The Proclaimers
3. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) – Eurythmics
4. Fast Car – Tracey Chapman
5. Violins & Tamborines – Stereophonics
6. Everybody Wants to Rule The World – Tears For Fears
7. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) – REM
8. Waterloo Sunset – Kinks
9. Linger – Cranberries
10. Sympathy For The Devil – The Rolling Stones
11. Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High – Arctic Monkeys
12. Common People – Pulp
13. On Top Of The World – Imagine Dragons
14. Black Chandelier – Biffy Clyro
15. Parklife – Blur
16. Seven Nation Army – White Strips
17. Love Shack – B52’s
18. Sweet Home Alabama – Lynrd Skynyrd
19. Don’t Look Back In Anger – Oasis
20. Elevation – U2