What's on your cruising playlist?

[silvercharmer]

I leave on AOS in less than two weeks, and it's time to assemble an iPod playlist to have by the pool! I need your suggestions. What music do you bring along when you cruise?

[Son of a Cruiser]

Lots of Buffett !!!

[printingchick]

The VERY BEST cruise song of all time (IMHO) was recommended by someone on my Meet & Mingle Boards. It is: "Where the Boat Leave From" by Zac Brown. The lyrics are PERFECT!

 

Other songs on my Cruise Playlist:

• One Love (Bob Marley)
  
• Jammin' (Bob Marley)
  
• Everybody Want to Go to Heaven (Kenny Chesney)
  
• It's Five O'Clock Somewhere (Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffet)
  
• I Like to Move It (Madagascar)
  
• Then What (Clay Walker - lots of steel drums)
  
• Don't Worry, Be Happy (Bobby McFerrin)
  
• Some Beach (Blake Shelton)
  
• Lots and Lots of Jimmy Buffet
  

[cruiserbryce]

A LOT of Jimmy Buffet

[deanaw72]

Reggae....I love Inner Circle, Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley. I agree on the Zac Brown song. He has another one called "Toes" that is a good beachy song. If you look on iTunes, there is an iTunes essentials list called "Sailing" or something like that. I got lots of good songs off there.

[silvercharmer]

The VERY BEST cruise song of all time (IMHO) was recommended by someone on my Meet & Mingle Boards. It is: "Where the Boat Leave From" by Zac Brown. The lyrics are PERFECT!

 

 

Other songs on my Cruise Playlist:

• One Love (Bob Marley)
  
• Jammin' (Bob Marley)
  
• Everybody Want to Go to Heaven (Kenny Chesney)
  
• It's Five O'Clock Somewhere (Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffet)
  
• I Like to Move It (Madagascar)
  
• Then What (Clay Walker - lots of steel drums)
  
• Don't Worry, Be Happy (Bobby McFerrin)
  
• Some Beach (Blake Shelton)
  
• Lots and Lots of Jimmy Buffet
  

 

I love that Clay Walker song.

 

Those are great suggestions.

 

I'm definitely going to include my Iz (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole) album - especially his take on Somewhere Over the Rainbow!

[STEVE-O]

Hot, Hot, Hot!

Kokomo

The Tide is High

YMCA (from the old days when guests danced for the crew!)

Sea Cruise (ew-eee, ew-eee baby!)

Sea of Love

Sailing ( Cristopher Cross)

Come Sail Away (Styx)

Key Largo ( Bertie Higgins)

[jeepfella]

Lots of Sammy Hagar

 

Cabo Wabo here we come ;)

[rushyescrim]

Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon is very cool to listen to at night while sitting on the top deck with the wind blowing 40mph.

[mclou]

In addition to Buffett (especially "Back to the Island") and many others already mentioned:

 

Pour Me A Vacation - Great Divide

Beach Cruisin - Syd March (instrumental)

Dollar Wine - Colin Lucas

Guitars & Tiki Bars - Kenny Chesney

Three Little Birds - Bob Marley

 

Now off to iTunes to check some of these suggestions that I don't have.

[KeywestK]

Lots of Buffett !!!

 

It's Buffet for me too. I start listening to my favorite Buffet CD about a month before we cruise. Gotta get in that laid back "Changes in Latitude" mood.....;)

 

Karen

[KarinaGW]

Jimmy Buffett, of course

Calypso - John Denver

Cool Change - Little River Band

An American Dream - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (honestly -it's a song about wanting a Caribbean vacation)

Montego Bay - Bobby Bloom

Two Pina Coladas (aka The Captain Morgan Song) - Garth Brooks

Cabin Fever - The Muppets

Harry Belafonte

[rwdnj]

I agree with just about everybody else but I see one song missing.:confused:

Lust for Life, Iggy Pop.

Couldn't pull out of port without hearing that one.:cool:

[asil621]

Aside from Buffet and Marley,

 

Weezer- Island in the Sun

Sheryl Crow- Soak up the Sun

How Forever Feels- Kenny Chesney

Sweat (a la la la la long)- Inner Circle

Tequila Sunrise- Eagles

Two Tickets to Paradise- Eddie Money

Love Song- 311

Sitting on the Dock of the Bay- Bob Marley

I'm in Miami- LMFAO

Tide is High- Blondie

Come Sail Away- Styx

Pocketful of Sunshine- Natasha Beddingfield

Kokomo- Beach Boys

Lime in the Coconut

[esbie11]

The soundtrack for the movie "50 First Dates" has alot of songs that are well known, but re-done in a reggae version. I also like the song "Beautiful Day" by U2 and "Jump in the Line" (Shake Shake Shake Senora), although it always makes me think of the movie "Beetlejuice":D

[Niwel]

Beyond the Sea

Lust for Life

Sea Cruise

Sailing for Adventure & Cabin Fever (Muppet Treasure Island)

Cheeseburger in Paradise

[Salt air hair]

Love, "Bang on the Drum all day"!

[luv2cruz24]

I agree with just about everybody else but I see one song missing.:confused:

Lust for Life, Iggy Pop.

Couldn't pull out of port without hearing that one.:cool:

Absolutely! I made it my ring tone on my phone!! Every time my phone rings, I think about my upcoming cruise!!!

[TommyC]

WOW – great question. I just finished loading my iPod last night for our upcoming cruise. We have 2.5 days At-Sea each way and plenty of pool/sun/ocean time to listen. I have a variety: Allman Brothers, Beatles, Jimmy Buffet, Elton John, Billy Joel, Bob Marley (Babylon by Bus highly recommended), G3, Joe Satriani, Santana, Van Halen, even some Opera.

 

BUT, what I have the most of is Dance music – Ministry of Sound, Paul Oakenfold, Trance Nation, etc – lots of my CD’s were purchased in Europe, plus music from XM and other broadcast-only tracks. I edit out the tracks I don’t want, remove the gaps, plug in my good noise-cancelling ear-buds, adjust the equalizer, and it reminds me of going to Privilege or Space for a party. Heck - what more could you want – music with a great beat plus the sun, the pool, the ocean breezes, the gentle rocking of the ship……….. I'm there already!!

[jenni belle]

On my playlist, in no particular order:

 

Bob Marley

• One Love
  
• Could You Be Loved
  
• Stir It Up
  
• Jammin'
  

Some Buffet

• Margaritaville
  
• Cheeseburger in Paradise
  

And the other stuf

• Leaving On A Jet Plane (Peter Paul & Mary)
  
• Cruel Summer (Bananarama)
  
• D'Yer Maker (Led Zeppelin)
  
• Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding)
  
• Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper)
  
• Beyond the Sea (Bobby Darin)
  
• Kokomo (Beach Boys)
  
• Dance, Dance, Dance (Beach Boys)
  
• Got to Give it Up (Marvin Gaye)
  
• Take it Easy (Eagles)
  
• Will You Be My Girl (Jet)
  
• Be Our Guest (From Disney's Beauty & the Beast!) ;)
  

[Foffie232]

Everytime I hear this one, I call it "the cruise song" because the live band seems to always be playing it when we first walk up on the pool deck on sail away day:

 

How Far Is Heaven? - Los Lonley Boys

 

:)

[silvercharmer]

Esbie11, Beautiful Day is my FAVORITE song. It will definitely go on my list.

 

These suggestions are great, everyone! Keep them coming!

[STEVE-O]

Walkin' on Sunshine!!! ( and don't it feel GOOD!!!) Katrina and the Waves

[mjyanne]

I have 112 songs in my cruise play list. Here are a few that I find most appropriate.

 

A lot of Jimmy Buffet (of course)

A lot of Kenny Chesney (of course)

Southern Cross - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

Two Pina Coladas - Garth Brooks

The Secret of Life - Faith Hill

The Morning After - Maureen McGovern

Lookin Out My Back Door - CCR

Key Largo - Bertie Higgins

Island Girl - Elton John

Islands in the Stream - Kenny Rogers

I Love This Bar - Toby Keith

Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes

Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - Looking Glass

[klass2]

How Far Is Heaven? - Los Lonley Boys

 

Good choice! I almost forgot that one.

 

This will be my first cruise, but I've had visions of dancing somewhere in a slightly intoxicated stupor to "Red Red Wine".

 

Great thread, so I'm subscribing!