two disc special!

So summer happened and fall happened, and I finally made the two playlists that go along with them. I know, I know, you were all waiting for them. Well, wait no longer! Here we have my two disc Extended Summer Mix 2010 (because the fall was really like extended summer). They are a bit of a cheat in that the second one doesn't actually fit on a CD. But, I like to think of it as two discs, and the first one is a little short timewise and the second one only goes over by 11 seconds. Together, they add up to the right amount. I know that isn't how discs work, but whatever. My lists, my rules.

Extended Summer Mix 2010 Disc 1:
1. Lady GaGa - Bad Romance
2. Michael Franti & Spearhead - The Sound of Sunshine
3. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Home
4. Usher feat. Pitbull - DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love
5. Miley Cyrus - Party in the USA
6. Taio Cruz - Dynamite
7. Christina Aguilera - Not Myself Tonight
8. The Script - Breakeven
9. The Rakes - Open Book
10. Daughtry - September
11. Drake - Find Your Love
12. The Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize
13. Shakira feat. Freshlyground - Waka Waka (Time for Africa)
14. David Guetta feat. Kid Cudi - Memories
15. B.o.B feat. Eminem & Hayley Williams - Airplanes, Part II
16. Passion Pit - Sleepyhead
17. Michael Buble - Haven't Met You Yet
18. T.I. - Whatever You Like
19. Owl City - Fireflies
20. Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire
21. Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg - California Gurls

Disc 2
1. Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
2. John Legend & The Roots feat. Common & Melanie Fiona - Wake Up Everybody
3. Jimmy Eat World - Invented
4. Ne-Yo - One in a Million
5. Mumford & Sons - The Cave
6. Florence + The Machine - Dog Days are Over
7. Chris Brown - Yeah 3X
8. Sugarland - Stuck Like Glue
9. Cee Lo Green - Fuck You
10. Joshua Radin - Streetlight
11. Adam Lambert - If I Had You
12. Daughtry - Life After You
13. Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River
14. Usher - More
15. Thousands of One - SoulForce
16. Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
17. Sara Bareilles - King of Anything
18. Original Cast Recording of In the Heights - Breathe
19. Bruno Mars - Grenade

A few notes:
- Lady GaGa (Gaga?) is in honor of my favorite morning tradition on trips: LG MORNINGS! I also almost put a song in honor of the worst "you're so old!" conversation--"Will Smith is NOT a rapper! He's an actor!" sigh.
- Lots of time in a bus with kids = lots of pop music. However, as much as I like to think I'm better than it, I'm not. I sincerely enjoyed a lot of this music. Even "California Gurls." Even with gurls spelled with a u.
- I made my kids listen to "Hypnotize" many many times. Appropriate? I think so.
- I saw Thousands of One live! And they were so good! And it was just a great man-night out.
- I heard some of these songs over and over on satellite radio and just learned to love them (like, say, Sugarland). Songs that never had that effect: "Like a G6" and "Only Girl (In the World)." Awful. Just awful.
- Party in the USA is for Emily and Cry Me A River is for Zoe, even though I don't think either of them even know about this blog. I love you both!