USVI-On-Line

Hello Everyone,
I was thing about putting together the perfect STJ play list a none stop groove of tunes that feel, taste and smell like vacation in VI ! Please pick you brain no songs is to old or too new just need that feeling.
Thanks Gene

This should be interesting! A couple of suggestions, not necessarily for every day play, but ...

before you go definitely play Jimmy Buffett's "Holiday"

and when you're getting ready to leave St John play Jerry Jeff's Walker's "Cowboy Boots and Bathing Suits" (but get out the kleenex!). Just thinking about the first couple of lines gives me chills:

"We've been here a week or so, now it's finally time to go.
Can't believe how quickly time has flown ..."

More to follow

I made this list/cd mainly to play in the Liberty. By far our favorite was Wagon Wheel by Old Crow Medicine Show. Always played that track when we were on the up and down East End road.Basically songs that we enjoy that are even better on St. John.

Feels Like Home/Raul Malo/You're Only Lonely

Volunteered Slavery/Derek Trucks Band/Songlines

Can't Find My Way Home/Alison Krauss/Crossing Jordon

Needed Time/Eric Bibb/American Blues

A Woman's Heart/Mary Black and Emmylou Harris/A Womans Heart A Decade On

Take It Down/John Hiatt/Crossing Muddy Waters

Clocks/Coldplay/A Rush Of Blood To The Head

I Can't Make You Love Me/Bonnie Raitt/Luck Of The Draw

December/Collective Soul/Collective Soul

When God Made Me/Neil Young/Prairie Wind

Maryland/Vonda Shepard/Women's Work

Wagon Wheel/Old Crow Medicine Show/O.C.M.S.

You Can Call Me Al/Paul Simon/Graceland

The Way It Is/Bruce Hornsby & The Range /Bruce Hornsby Greatest Radio Hits

Pas fe mwen la pen/Eric Virgal/Les incontournables du Zouk

Mighty Sam McClain / Give It Up To Love/Mighty Sam McClain Up Close 20

It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere Alan Jackson (I think) w/ Jimmy Buffet.

Thats always a good one, Mary Beth. I also like Tin Cup Chalice by Jimmy Buffett.

Shift Work, Kenny Chesney's latest duet with George Strait is a great tune with a steel drum sound. It tells of how he makes a break for the islands at the end.

Sailing (I think that is the name of it) by Christopher Cross is another good one. There are so many that make me think of the islands.

I'll bet Ruth comes up with a bunch.

Kenny Chesney's CD "Be as You Are - Songs from an Old Blue Chair". I play it at least daily to get me on island time! Never fails!

"Pack up your bundle" Inner Vision

Cheers, RickG

How 'bout "Come Away With Me" by Nora Jones?

I used it as part of the soundtrack for my powerpoint program for last year's trip. Some day I'll find a way to get it onto this forum.

JIM

Anything by Jack Johnson, JT (the famous folk singer not our famous forumite), Dave Matthews, John Legend, Jimmy Buffet.

I have a playlist called Mellow Nighttunes which seems to be what I play most on St. John.

Some that I am currently obsessed with:

Donavon Frankenreiter - It Don't Matter

Colbie Caillat - Magic

Sublime - Caress Me Down

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's Version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow

James Morrison - You give me something

Corinne Bailey Rae - Since I've been loving you

I could go on and on....

Great thread. I'm always looking for new songs to add to the island playlist.

Some of my favorites:
James Taylor - Copperline
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Somewhere Over the Rainbow (ukele version... It was our wedding song!)
Jack Johnson - Banana Pancakes and Better Together (his whole album 'In Between Dreams' is great for mornings on the island)
Colin Hay - Beautiful World
Van Morrison - Sweet Thing

flip-flop, we have very similar tastes!

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The Weather Is Here - Jimmy Buffet
Cheeseburger in Paradise - Jimmy Buffet
Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding (?)
Outta Here - Kenny Chesney
When The Sun Goes Down - Kenny Chesney

And The Best Of All: Kenny's "Be As You Are - Songs From An Old Blue Chair" We love this CD and play it daily. Takes us right back to the islands.

Thanks folks,
There is some very good stuff coming in. Keep it coming!

Thanks Gene

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