In a few weeks me and some friends are going up to Scotland to climb Ben Nevis (tallest mountain in the UK). Before the climbing can start, however, there is a 10 hour roadtrip to undertake. Don't get me wrong, I love roadtrips, but what I figured would make it particularly awesome would be if I made a CD and all the songs had some kind of link to mountains or climbing. What could be better than a topical guess the song competition?
Anyway, having had the initial idea, it doesn't seem as straightforward as I first thought to fill a CD. Here are some songs that are currently on the shortlist, but not many of them are even definites:-
- Tina Turner - River Deep, Mountain High
- Bob Dylan - Thunder on the Mountain
- The Carpenters - On Top of the World
- Jackie Wilson - Higher and Higher
- Iron Maiden - Run to the Hills
- Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
- The Shamen - Move any Mountain
The trouble is, I also have to like the songs... or they at least have to have some sort of comic value, or maybe be conversation pieces, or perhaps just be great driving tunes... For this reason, for example, Rocky Mountain High by John Denver won't be getting anywhere near this collection.
So coming to the point... If anyone has some great ideas as to what I should put on I would be most grateful. There's nothing necessarily wrong with the links being a little bizarre... Wouldn't want to have 'mountain' in every song title!
