#5 What Didn’t Make The Cut: Driving Songs CD

These are the songs that didn’t make the cut on our two road trip mixes. Obviously, these are great songs, but there just wasn’t room for all of them, so we ended up picking the tracks that had stories. In green are the really really great songs—-those almost regrettably not on the final playlists. Almost.

  1. Oxford Comma – Vampire Weekend
  2. My Own Worst Enemy – Lit
  3. Here It Goes – Ok Go
  4. I’m Shakin’ – Rooney
  5. How Bizarre – OMC
  6. Airstream Driver – Gomez
  7. America – Simon & Garfunkel
  8. And When I Die – Blood Sweat Tears
  9. Easy Tonight – Five For Fighting
  10. Lido Shuffle – Boz Scaggs
  11. Wondering Where The Lions Are – Bruce Cockburn
  12. Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby – Counting Crows – For my cousin, of course.
  13. Brother Loves Traveling Salvation Show – Neil Diamond
  14. Jessica – The Allman Brothers
  15. Black Dog – Led Zeppelin
  16. Sixteen Tons – Tennessee Ernie Ford
  17. Little Green Bag – George Baker Selection
  18. Carry On – CSNY
  19. Fortunate Son – CCR
  20. Too Much Time On My Hands – Styx
  21. Solsbury Hill – Peter Gabriel
  22. Flathead – The Fratellis
  23. Watching The Wheels – Matisyahu
  24. Discotech – Young Love
  25. Crosstown Traffic – Jimi Hendrix
  26. Joker & The Thief – Wolfmother
  27. Long Distance Runaround – Yes
  28. Interstate Love Song – Stone Temple Pilots
  29. I Just Want To Celebrate – Rare Earth
  30. You Can Call Me Al – Paul Simon
  31. Something in the Air – Thunderclap Newman
  32. Killer Queen – Queen
  33. Jackson – Johnny Cash & June Carter
  34. Don’t Mess Around With Jim – Jim Croce
  35. Dreamer – Supertramp
  36. 25 or 6 to 4 – Chicago
  37. Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress – The Hollies
  38. Shirt – Peter Mulvey
  39. Them Kids – Sam Roberts
  40. World Turning – Leo Kottke
  41. Ventura Highway – America
  42. Free Ride – Edgar Winter
  43. Doctor My Eyes – Jackson Browne
  44. No Rain – Blind Melon
  45. Shambala – Three Dog Night
  46. Mr. Blue Sky – Electric Light Orchestra
  47. Carolina In My Mind – James Taylor
  48. Lovers In A Dangerous Time – Barenaked Ladies
  49. I Wish – Skeelo
  50. Take Me Out (Live, Acoustic) – Scissor Sisters
  51. Misunderstanding – Genesis
  52. The Night Chicago Died – Paper Lace
  53. Reelin’ in the Years – Steely Dan
  54. Semi-Charmed Life (Radio Edit) – Third Eye Blind
  55. Message In A Bottle – The Police

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