I am a big music fan, and creating playlists to get me in the mood for upcoming trips is one of my hobbies. I would like to get recommendations of music (songs, bands, etc.) that all of you feel would be appropriate/fun for my upcoming first-time visit to Aruba. Thanks!

Sherri
My FIRST Aruba trip in

Hot,hot, hot....follow the leader, leader, leader...aruba calypso....

Cindyo
Daughters on Rennaissance Island
"LETS GO RED SOX "


Next Aruba trip in

Beach Boys

andrea

Jimmy Buffet is a must....

Andrea Bocelli for the sunsets while enjoying a nice glass of white wine

David
http://www.oldworldphoto.com
http://www.casadearuba.com

Mostly Soca and some Reggae. I have attached a copy.

Also have a separate playlist with 137 Beach Boys songs (yeah, hard to tell I am a huge fan )

No Jimmy Buffet. Dh is the one with every song HE ever recorded.

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Aruba Bound! ~ Hoosier Kitties ~ Our-Cruises ~ Blogging to Aruba
Back to paradise Trip #18

Music:

Carlos Vives (he's Colombian) Songs: La Gota Fria, Matilde Lina
Bacilos: Mi Primer Million, Elena, Cara Luna
Gloria Estefan (from the album Alma Caribena): Que Duele Perderte, Te Tengo A Ti,
(from the album abriendo puertas): The whole album
Julieta Venegas: Lento, Canciones de Amor, Limon y Sal.

The list goes on and on....

Aruba's Novelist in Residence (sometimes)
http://www.bentpage.wordpress.com/

Any Jimmy Buffet songs
Kenny Chesney has some good beach/summer songs
Beach Boys

Being in the music business, I would say any song I listen to in Aruba gets me psyched...

My Favorites

U2/Beautiful Day - I could list about 30 more of their songs..
Annie Lennox - Her version of "waiting in Vain" off of Medusa album
Rollings Stones - Exile on Mainstreet - take your pick of songs
Coldplay - new song is available as a free download "Violet Hill"
Vampire Weekend - Like this record a lot - Check out "campus"
Frank Sinatra - "Summer Wind"
Springsteen - "Girls in Their Summer Clothes"
John Mayer - "Vultures"
Grateful Dead - Any song
Mark Knopfler/EmmyLou Harris - "Beachcoming"
Bob Dylan - nothing else to say there. "Summer Days" + 300 others
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

Rock -

Guns N Roses - "Paradise City"
Led Zeppelin - Any song
Def Leppard - "Hysteria"
Metallica - I'll go light -"Hero of the Day"
Linkin Park - "Shadow Of the Day"

Enjoy!

Kenny Chesney-Old Blue Chair- THE WHOLE ALBUM IS AWESOME! Its wonderful island music!

gloia estefan has an older all spanish cd that is wonderful to listen to on the beach in Aruba- it's called Mi Tierra. Beautiful Day by U2,
A song by Andrea Bocelli and trumpet player Chris Bottti, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons,