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In the previous blog I wrote about how music can take you away from the mundane boringness that can creep into a long long drive, and I realized I hadn’t given any personal examples from my own road trips, so I thought today I’d explain.
I was talking to my older brother, Bryan, and we were discussing how music can take away our stress. Every evening I crank up Eagles music and I guess you could say it takes me to my happy place. Kind of like how an RV trip does. My brother went home and must have had some deep thoughts about our conversation because he sent me the following text:
“Yep……you realize the Eagles music can tie into your blog….I believe the lyrics of one song in particular….something like ‘running down the road trying to loosen my load world of troubles on my mind….take it easy’…something like that….now could be an RV’r anthem for getting away from it all. Oops…its ‘seven women on my mind…4 that want to own me, 2 that want to stone me & 1 says she’s a friend of mine’……anyway, that’s one I crank up real loud and sing (badly I might add)….its great for clearing the head & feeling good…..kind of like RVing. Of course, Hotel California is no doubt their most famous hit…..Desperado is very very good….for us guys Witchy Woman…….all good…no doubt better with glass of red vino.”
This made me think to ask the question of our readers: Which song takes you to that happy place, which song beings that mellow all-cares-are-gone type of mood, and what is your favorite stroll down memory lane song?
My happy song is “Take It Easy”, my mellow road song is Eric Clapton’s ballad “Beautiful Tonight”, but my favorite walk down memory lane is Pearce Sledge’s classic “When A Man Loves A Woman”.
Please tell us about your favorite songs and leave a comment in the section below so we can check them out, after all, we all could use some new music in the RV!