Oldies But Goodies

I know it's Tuesday, but consider this a late Music Monday. ;) 

I've been so amped up in the car the past few days because I broke out the ol' stash of mix CDs that accumulated in my youth. It's so fun to jam out to some forgotten old favorites and relive some of the memories that come crashing back. There is just something about summer that makes me super-nostalgic. 

Here are some of the top jams yesterday and today: 

"Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi - good for belting at the top of your lungs in the car on 8+ hour car rides, singing for karaoke, parodying on the way to Lincoln and back, performing legendary air guitar solos to during friends' wedding receptions, or blaring on blah weather days. 

"Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice -- because c'mon, this song is so cheesy but the beat is great for car dancing. 

"Mama Mia" with Meryl Streep -- seeing it in theaters with good friends or blaring it on the back roads of Nebraska on an unplanned "detour" with your roommates...remembering the carefree happiness while you sing along is priceless.

"All My Friends Say" by Luke Bryan -- reminds me of singing along with friends and making all kinds of faces as we sang - the kind that wouldn't make sense to anyone else but that told us exactly what the other person was thinking and made it way funnier than it should be 

"The Freshman" by Verve Pipe -- always takes me back to high school...sophomore and junior year rather than freshman year, but still. It always makes me think about how we did feel invincible at the same time that all the drama always made it feel like life was tough. Funny how now we'd all take some of that drama over some of the real adult stuff we have to deal with!

"All I Wanna Do" by Sugarland -- yup, this is definitely late high school/early college soundtrack material. I remember jamming to it when a friend and I got into our cars in the b&n parking lot at the same time one night and lip syncing through our windows because we were obnoxiously cool like that. :) 

Yup, those are just a few of the gems on just one of the CDs I've put in so far. Time to pick a different one for tomorrow -- I'll be driving for at least 3 hours total tomorrow so I may need two! 

What are some of your favorite old songs that bring back good memories?!?