My last post will probably be from the Philadelphia Airport since that's our first stop back in the states. I thought it might be appropriate to announce the winner of the European Vacation Theme Song Contest. We spent our last night in London paying tribute to one of music's finest establishment, the original Hard Rock Cafe. I had the traditional English fish and chips, Rach had fajitas (somewhat less traditional as an English meal). The judges listened to all of the songs and debated the finer merits of theme, sound, vacation related-ness, band origins, etc. and ability to appropriately set the mood for just such a trip. The entries were as follows:
Kenzie: "Vacation" by the Go-Gos
Chris: "Walt Grace's Submarine Test" by John Mayer
Annie: "Living in the Moment" by Jason Mraz
Mom: "You Really Got Me" by the Kinks (a fantastic entry related to the Olympics opening ceremony)
Grant: Some song I can't remember, but he sang it to me! by Justin Bieber or Justin Beaver which he calls him and we all know is actually much funnier.
While we appreciate all the entries, there can only be one winner.
Drum Roll Please:
"Living in the Moment" texted in by Annie!
Congratulations Annemarie, you can collect your prize as soon as I find it at the bottom of my suitcase, possibly under some dirty laundry. We have prizes for all of the entries!
All of the songs on the European vacation playlist can be seen on my phone, mostly because I am too lazy to type them in. There were some that were theme related, some were selected for their ability to appropriately match the playlist creator's mood at any given moment on the trip, for example:
"Shake it Out" by Florence & the Machine
"Holiday Road" theme song from the Vacation movies starring Chevy Chase
"Where the Streets have no Name" by U2
"Talk You Down" by The Script
"Save Yourself" by Seether
"Made in England" by Elton John
"If Ever I Leave this World Alive" by Flogging Molly
"I Might have been Queen" by TinaTurner
"Good as Gold" by The Beautiful South
"Danny Boy" by Harry Connick Jr.
"Airplane" by Indigo Girls
"All American Girl" by Melissa Ethridge
"Everything to Everyone" by Everclear, not Everclean, that's a totally different band... from a movie.
& many more.
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