Whats on your CD?

[jaguarstyper]

Ok, heres a question for you all. If you we're making a CD for your upcoming cruise, what 5 songs must be on it?

For me:

1) Bright Side of the Road, Van Morrison
2) Proud Mary, Creedance Clearwater Revival
3) Kokomo, Beach Boys
4) What a Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong
5) Take 5, Dave Brubeck

Of course the CD would contain all kinds of great songs as my musical tastes are very diverse, but these are my 5 must haves.

I'd be interested in hearing some of your other favorites.

Tim

[tiffnco]

I like this thread...good idea! But VERY TOUGH to come up with only 5 songs.

Now, the song selection would vary based on destination but I think I would choose...

1) Where the Streets Have No Name - U2
2) Let's Get it On - Marvin Gaye
3) No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley
4) Every Breath You Take - The Police
5) Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston

I'm not thrilled with my list and do have the right to modify as better songs pop into my head at 2am...or in the shower...or driving to work...:p

[Emmie]

This is really an amazing thing to think about! My musical taste is very, VERY varied, and I am having a hard time with this one. Rather than thinking about a theme for the cruise, I think I would have to go with songs I could not go for a whole two weeks without ever hearing. Sort of like my "stranded on a dessert island with one CD" CD!:D

1) "Dreams" by Van Halen
2) "Where The Streets Have No Name" by U2
3) "Four Seasons" by Vivaldi (okay, fine, it's not a SONG, but it's one section of my CD, so it counts as one choice!)
4) "All Good Gifts" from the Godspell soundtrack
5) Something by Benny Goodman (sorry, I cannot pick just one!)

Take care,
Emmie

[Emmie]

By the way, I also reserve the right to add to this or change it as I see fit due to 2 AM radio hints , hahaha!

[Allis154]

Five songs?! That is a hard limit to stick to. My five for cruising with DH

1) It Wasn't Me by Shaggy
2) Lady in Red by Chris de Burgh
3)From This Moment On by Shania Twain
4)Truly madly Deeply by Savage Garden
5) I Said I loved You, But I lied by Michael Bolton

[jaguarstyper]

As I suggested, I'm looking for your 5 "must have" songs. Personally, I'll bring as many as 30 CDs with me. I doubt the TV will ever even be turned on during our cruise.

Tim

[Rosarymb]

ohhhh, this is good. Only 5, though?


"I'm already gone" the Eagles, for the slobs still at work

"Don't worry, be happy" by Bobby McFerrin for when the cruise line can't find our luggage...;)

"18 till I die" by Bryan Adams for the par-tay (and we're not EVEN going to talk about how long ago 18 really was)

"Sailing" by Christopher Cross for watching the sun come up

"Conga" by Gloria Estefan -- might as well make standing in line fun, right? Or "Turn the beat around" if the line's too long...

[Honeymoon_cruisers]

Be as you are- Kenny Chesney - A definite MUST have!
A Pirate looks at forty- Jimmy Buffet
Two Pina Coladas- Garth Brooks
Island in the sun- Weezer
I'm sailing away- Eric Cartman:rolleyes:

[Leslieswiger]

Hello Tim! Coming from West Alexander (Washington-Claysville) Washington county, these are the songs that we grew up with and I still love them most of all.
1. Puccini Turandot: Nessun Dorma
2. Verdi Nabucco: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves
3. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
4. Mozart: Piano Concerto #21
5. Puccini: Tosca
These are but a few CD's, that will be with me on our April 15th Valparaiso,Chile to Seattle cruise on board the beautiful Amsterdam.
Happy Sailings...Leslie Swiger:)

[Rosarymb]

If I was burning one for mom and dad, who's going to be with us....

"Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding
"Dancing in the Street" by Martha and the Vadellas (sp?)
"What a wonderful world" by Sam Cooke
"Runaround Sue" by Dion
"Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry

[BoardwalkBabe]

I'll be taking my iPod with me, but here are five favorite cruise songs:

1. Montego Bay - Bobby Bloom
2. Hot, Hot, Hot - Buster Poindexter
3. Sailing - Christopher Cross
4. Sea Cruise - Frankie Ford
5. Sea of Love - Phil Philips

:)

[TinaLee]

Hello Tim! Coming from West Alexander (Washington-Claysville) Washington county, these are the songs that we grew up with and I still love them most of all.
1. Puccini Turandot: Nessun Dorma
2. Verdi Nabucco: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves
3. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
4. Mozart: Piano Concerto #21
5. Puccini: Tosca
These are but a few CD's, that will be with me on our April 15th Valparaiso,Chile to Seattle cruise on board the beautiful Amsterdam.
Happy Sailings...Leslie Swiger:)

This looks amazingly like the list my daughter would put together... although the fact that you left out Carmen would have her crushed. She saw Denyce Graves this weekend and is determined to overcome her looming hatred of singing in French in order to master this part! LOL!!

BTW - your #1 is my ALL TIME FAVORITE piece of music!!

As for ME...

1. Anything Jimmy Buffet, especially from the Beach House on the Moon CD
2. Kenny Chesney
3. Gloria Estefan
4. Hate to admit it - Ricky Martin
5. Frank Sinatra

Can't just narrow it down to songs though!

TinaLee

[Gunzee]

Interesting. Is there a CD Player in the cabin? Don't want to bring my portable CD Player. I really don't like using the earphone/headphone.

[ekerr19]

Funny you should mention this - DH & I were just deliberating what songs to download to our Mini iPods for our trip...

I hate to say it - but no one on these boards would care for my choice in music. I basically like all kinds of music, except some country & some "classic" rock - but prefer to listen to more what my kids like, which most adults hate.

We find most of the DJ's have a great selection of music onboard and we like the "after hours" when the DJ (usually in the Crow's Nest) will take requests.

On our cruise last year on the Maasdam - I requested a specific song and a young girl (21-22) turned to me and said, "you know that song?" like she couldn't believe someone my age would! I had a huge laugh.

[TravlnMom]

Let's see .... How about

Back in the Day – Blues Traveler
Homecoming – Green Day
Daniel – Elton John
Fast Car – Tracy Chapman
Graceland – Paul Simon

Or ... How about every KBCO Studio C CD ever issued (all 16).

(OT to ekerr, small world, etc.: my son is at a play at the Arvada Center today.)

[ekerr19]

Let's see .... How about

Back in the Day – Blues Traveler
Homecoming – Green Day
Daniel – Elton John
Fast Car – Tracy Chapman
Graceland – Paul Simon

Or ... How about every KBCO Studio C CD ever issued (all 16).

(OT to ekerr, small world, etc.: my son is at a play at the Arvada Center today.)

Very small, isn't it? Do you have all the KBCO Studio C CD's?... that used to be my favorite radio station.

[jaguarstyper]

I hate to say it - but no one on these boards would care for my choice in music. I basically like all kinds of music, except some country & some "classic" rock - but prefer to listen to more what my kids like, which most adults hate.

Ekerr19, be careful when you say no one. Me and my 17 year old listen to a lot of the same music. I am a big fan of alternative rock and most modern music. I've long been bored with "classic rock". About the only modern music genre I dont really care for is HipHop/Rap. And even some of that is tolerable to me.

Tim

[ekerr19]

Ekerr19, be careful when you say no one. Me and my 17 year old listen to a lot of the same music. I am a big fan of alternative rock and most modern music. I've long been bored with "classic rock". About the only modern music genre I dont really care for is HipHop/Rap. And even some of that is tolerable to me.

Tim

Ah, a man after my own heart, LOL! I am so over classic rock - I can hardly stand it. I am no huge fan HipHop & Rap, but I do like some of it - I like things that are new so I have a hard time understanding why "oldies" are still so popular - don't people get tired of hearing the same thing?

I also like anything that I can dance to - on the Maasdam last year, the kids just loved "hey yeah" by Outkast and it's such a great dance tune, I kind of got into that genre - for a little while. ;) I have a dance favorite by the Bloodhound Gang that I usually request.

So what alternative music are you bringing? Any good CD's for song requests?

[Randyk47]

My wife has beat the whole selection process for our cruise. She's downloading all of our CD's to her iPod....all 400 of them....minus the Christmas selection. :) She does a few a night and many on the weekends as it takes some time but we'll have everything from Country to Classical......

[jaguarstyper]

So what alternative music are you bringing? Any good CD's for song requests?

No respectable CD collection would be complete without the following songs:

Seven Nation Army, by The White Stripes
Cochise & Gasoline, by Audioslave
Interstate Love Song, by Stone Temple Pilots
Kryptonite, by 3 Doors Down
White Discussion, by Live
Glycerine, by Bush
Crawling in the Dark, by Hoobastank
Falling Away from Me, by Korn
The Anthem & Festival Song, by Good Charlotte

I could go on and on, but you get the idea.

Tim

[Oceanwench]

It would all be Jimmy Buffett [that's with 2 T's, btw].

The hard part is choosing which songs!

1. La Vie Dansante
2. A Pirate Looks at Forty
3. Boats to Build
4. Five O'Clock Somehwere [with Alan Jackson]
5. Margaritaville [can't leave it out]

[RuthC]

My songs are from a whole different era:

Avalon---Al Jolsen
reminds me of the South Pacific

Begin the Beguine---Artie Shaw
there's a wonderful story about the title and Fiji

You Belong To Me---Jo Stafford
mentions so many wonderful things to see in this world

Let's Face the Music And Dance---any version
reminds me the romance of a cruise is so much better than real life

Stardust---Nat "King" Cole
my favorite version of my second favorite song. can't leave home without it

[Bill S]

With about 1,000 of my "favorite" songs loaded on my mp3 player, it is really hard to choose only 5 songs to put on a cruise CD, but here goes:

1. Grieg's "An Den Fruhling" as recorded by James Last

2. "This Almost was Mine" by Bobby Darin

3. "Dream a Little Dream of Me" by Mama Cass

4. "That's All" by Mel Torme

5. "Since I Fell for You" by Lenny Welch

I am in agony in having to select only 5!!!!!!!:(

[getaway101]

Beach house on the moon - Jimmy Buffet

Oh what the heck................anything Jimmy Buffet

[Vic The Parrot]

1) Banana Wind - Jimmy Buffett
2) Paradise By The Dashboard Light - Meatloaf
3) Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra
4) Blue Spanish Sky - Chris Isaak
5) Ballad of John and Yoko - John Lennon

[Himself]

Someone mentioned Vivaldi's four seasons. Where I live we have two seasons a year: 1. Road under snow and 2. Road under repair

[parrotcruiser]

I posted this elsewhere on board, but seems relevant here as well:


Have a quick suggestion for music junkies like myself. When on any vacation I take my portable DVD along. You can buy speakers to increase volume if not loud enough through player. Anyway, burn CD's to music files on your computer and then transfer them to a CD as data files, not as music files. Newer DVD players will play them no worries. The advantage is you can put around 125 songs on one CD, bring 2 and you have enough music for any mood.

[RevNeal]

Ok, heres a question for you all. If you we're making a CD for your upcoming cruise, what 5 songs must be on it?

I use an iPod. I've gout about 8000 songs on it ... most of my CD library. I LOVE my iPod. However, I have a "cruising playlist" that has much of my favorite nautical-type music on it. Here are 5 of my favorites on it:

"Watermusic" by Handel
"You're Not Alone" by ATB
"Orinoco Flow" by Enya
Shubert's Piano Quintet in A
Bach's Brandenburg Concertos (all of em)

I know ... I cheated in that the Shubert and the Bach are all multiple movements ... but ... couldn't pair it down any more than that. Indeed, I must admit that I really enjoy "Take Her To Sea, Mr. Murdoch" from the Titanic Classical soundtrack for departures from port. :)

[PrincessMelody]

Mine would be: (in no particular order)

1. Ain't Misbehavin...Sarah Vaughan
2. Old Devil Moon...Frank Sinatra
3. Night and Day...Ella Fitzgerald
4. Just in Time...Dean Martin
5. Edge of the Ocean...Ivy

[jp8088]

Anything loud and heavy w/ scorching guitar solos!!!!;)

[beachprincess]

considdering I would be sharing the "CD" with my family I think I would go with:

1. "Cheek to cheek" -we haven't picked a favorite version just yet-

2. "No shoes, no shirt, no problems" -Kenny Chesney-

3. "Margaritaville" -Buffet-

4. "Remember when" -Alan Jackson-

5. anything (and i mean ANYthing) by Bob Marley

(if i wan't sharing it with my parents, i'd keep #1 & 2
and replace the rest with :
3. "moonlight sonata" -Beethovan-
4. "Take my breath away" -Jessica Simpson-
5. "The way you look tonight" -Frank- )

[Oceanwench]

It's BUFFETT!!!!

OK -- maybe people are thinking of a midnight buffet or something. This Parrothead hates to see his name spelled incorrectly. :(

[dakrewser]

Forgot to add UB40's "Red, Red Wine" - especially in the Caribbean!

Also, "Israelite" by Desmond Decker & the Aces.

Cool sailing, mon!

[mich2]

Thanks for the thread. I've been wondering about music in my cabin. I was told by HA that there is some music doo-hickey on the headboard of the bed. Does anyone know what types of music are available on it? Last year we were on Norwegian Star and the only source of music was piped into the "information channel" on the TV. I got so tired of disco, let me tell you. I don't really want to pack my CD player, but wondered what kind of music is played in the cabin. thanx

[RuthC]

I've been wondering about music in my cabin. I was told by HA that there is some music doo-hickey on the headboard of the bed. Does anyone know what types of music are available on it?
There's about five different radio stations, with a variety of music, available. I can't remember exactly what the variety is, but IIRC there was a classical, definitely a pop standards, a jumpy-noisy that I didn't like station, the ship announcement station, and (I think) something else.

[K&RCurt]

WOW...We never noticed the "Music doo-hickey" on the bed! Our loss I guess!


My 5 "Must have" songs:

Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Pirates - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Sloop John B. - Beach Boys
Cheeseburger in Paradise - Jimmy Buffett
Ein Kliene Nachtmusik - Motzart

I guess it's kind of eclectic but I bring a buch of CDs and that's a cross section of the "Must Haves"

[cruznon]

Jaguarstyper,
Geesh, I know it's my birthday, but am I that old?? I've never heard ANY of the songs you listed--I have, however, heard of two of the groups.

My list....

"At Last" by Etta James
"Somewhere Beyond the Sea" by Bobby Darin
"Since I Fell for You" by Lenny Welch
"Smooth" by Santana
"Hey Jude" by the Beatles

Yep, my age is showing......