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I've got these conferences coming up mid-March that happen to be on back to back days, which means lots of road time for me. I'll be in my car for approximately 14 hours to, from, and in between conferences. Normally I'd throw my Blue Skies albums on repeat or find an audiobook to listen to. However reading Amy and Roger's Epic Detour got me wanting to create a bunch of playlist/mixes myself. (I don't have an ipod to radio adapter, so I'll be old-schooling it with burned cds.) And I need your help with ideas.

The first mix is pretty well set. I went with ever-obvious, but always-entertaining "friend" mix. Basically just a mix of songs with the word friend in the title. A nice mix of musicals, pop, and indie stuff.
  • We used to be friends---The Dandy Warhols
  • I think my girlfriend's been cheating on me--Blue Skies
  • I will be your friend--Amy Grant
  • Friend is a 4-letter word--Cake
  • Friend like me--Aladdin
  • Friend like you--Joshua Radin
  • My friends--Sweeney Todd
  • Dead boy's girlfriend--Hank Green
  • With a little help from my friends--Across the Universe
  • You've got a friend in me--Toy Story
  • My girlfriend who live in Canada--Avenue Q
  • Friends of the Ood--Chameleon Circuit
  • Just Friends--Gavin DeGraw
  • My boyfriend's back--Jersey Boys
  • You're my best friend--Queen
So what I'm looking from you are suggestions. I want to do a cd of my friends' favorite sing-along songs. Whether those be in the car, in the shower, while on stage...whatever. I'll also be doing a Broadway mix, and a reminiscing one. Any other ideas for themes?? Put them all here:


Don't worry if I don't have a song. I'll find a way to get it or purchase it if necessary. Can't wait to pull this all together!

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