[Music] Road Trippin'

When we were little, the thought of the end of summer vacation was torture. Now in university, it’s all my friends and I can think about! I have been studying abroad this summer in London, so this summer went by to fast for me. However, I’ve been home for just 2 weeks, and jokes over…time to see my friends again!

For those of you that are out-of-staters like me, there’s only one thing standing between you and your magical second life called “college” …the never-ending road trip. 

For me, this trip cross-country from Texas to Indiana is a dreaded 14 hours! So to help you and myself get through it, I’ve made a couple of essential road trip playlist! With my Texas roots and my Indiana life, my music can go in polar-opposite directions, so I thought I’d put together a playlist for each. Also, If you haven’t heard of Spotify? Download it. NOW…Enjoy

As I’m leaving the great state of Texas, I like to kick on the country…and as much as I like the new tunes coming out, there’s no better time than a road trip to belt out those classics.

Dirty South:

1. College – Pat Green (…I do have to say Pat Green dominates road trip music)

2. Young – Kenny Chesney

3. See You Again – Carrie Underwood

4. Famous In A Small Town – Miranda Lambert

5. Summertime – Kenny Chesney

6. Feels Just Like It Should – Pat Green

7. Let Me – Pat Green

8. When I See This Bar – Kenny Chesney

9. Southern Girl – Tim McGraw

10. Gone – Montgomery Gentry

11. Hey Girl – Billy Currington

12. Carolina – Parmalee

13. How Do You Like Me Now? – Toby Keith

14. One In Every Crowd – Montgomery Gentry

15. Round Here – Florida Georgia Line

16. Friday Night – Eric Paslay

17. All My Friends Say – Luke Bryan

18. Way Back Texas – Pat Green (Personal Favorite)

19. Taste – Josh Abbott Band

Around 3 hours in when I leave Texas and I’ve come down off of my “road trip high” of going back to school, I like to switch on some hipster tunes and watch the states go by from the bed I have surely constructed in “shot-gun”.

Hipster Hymns:

1. On Top of the World – Imagine Dragons

2. Supersoaker – Kings of Leon

3. Counting Stars – OneRepublic

4. Breezeblocks – alt-J

5. We Are the People – Empire Of The Sun

6. House of Balloons / Glass – The Weekend

7. Gone, Gone, Gone – Phillip Phillips

8. Royals – Lorde

9. Red Hands – Walk Off the Earth

10. American Girl – Tom Petty And The Heartbreaker

11. Cherry Bomb – John Mellencamp

12. Sloom – Of Monsters And Men

13. Shake It Out - Florence + The Machine

14. Pretty Lil’ Heart – Robin Thicke, Lil Wayne

15. Brething Electricity – The Electric Sons

16. So Good To Me – Music junkie

17. Patient Love – Passenger

18. All the Little Lights – Passenger

19. Give Me Love – Ed Sheeran

20. Another Love – Tom Odell

21. Hold Me – Tom Odell

22. We Used to Wait – Arcade Fire

23. Nothing Arrived – Villagers

24. Valentine - Dispatch

Now for my favorite playlist! When you’re in the home stretch to school, and all you want to do is bust out of the car dancing! Some of these songs are those cheesy ones that everyone’s to embarrassed to admit they like…so I’m doing it for you. This is when I MUST put on my personal pump up music.

Road Trip Ritual:

1. Wake Me Up – Avicii

2. Blurred Lines – Robin Thick, T.I., Pharrell

3. Wine & Chocolates – Theophilus London

4. We Can’t Stop – Miley Cyrus (Had to…)

5. Ignite Cherie – The White Panda

6. Same Love – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (feat. Mary Lambert)

7. Hurricane ( CHVRCHES Remix) – Ms Mr

8. Love Somebody – Maroon 5

9. Recover – DEXTERS

10. Pompeii – Bastille

11. Fame Is for Assholes – Hoodie Allen, Chiddy

12. Next To Me – Emeli Sande

13. Fall Into The Sky – Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams

14. I Will Wait – Mumford & Sons (PERFECT TO BLAST)

15. I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Whitney Houston

16. I Could Be The One – Avicii, Nicky Romero

17. Get Up – Bingo Players, Far East Movement

18. Dancing In The Moonlight - Toploader

19. Blessed (Avicii Edit) – Tom Hangs, Shermanology

I start my road trip in 4 days, so if anyone has suggestions for me to add to my playlists please comment or email me at dpatt0015@gmail.com !!

Enjoy x