The Perfect Playlist - Meagan Hale

Reminiscing Solo Road Trip (Rock Edition) Playlist:

These songs are in order of slowest to fastest. This is in order to think back on past things which may be good or bad and then speed up to the present. Rock, if it's classic and done right, is about the words and is suppose to make you feel something. Classical rock is a very heart felt and personal genre of music. It is an emotional genre and though sometimes the sounds are more important than the words, usually the words were meant to be heard. The artist put a lot of themselves into rock in order for the audience to get a lot out. Music is a give and take. Rock is perfect for driving because there is an aspect of rock for every aspect of driving. Each song is different just as no two people have the same driving style. There's fast and slow, angry and calm, rough and smooth. What a better genre to drive to than one that moves and changes the way the road and car does?

Rooster (Alice In Chains):
This song is slow and sets a slow beginning to the trip. This is the first taste of what type of rock this playlist is going to consist of. The artist's deep low voice builds as the song goes on and the tempo speeds up during the chorus but this is still the slowest of the songs. This starts the playlist off low and slow because it will end high and fast.

Dani California (Red Hot Chili Peppers):
The pace speeds up some from the first song. Dani California is a story within a song and it's very dynamic. Not only is is fun to listen to but if you know the words, singing it is a blast. This is one of those songs that you know but you don't know that you know it. When you hear it your interest will immediately be peaked and when the chorus comes it'll be hard not to mash the pedal.

Kryptonite (3 Doors Down):
Obviously this song is faster than the other two and by this point the listener can't wait to see what songs are still to come. 3 Doors Down has a lot of softer, sweeter songs but this playlist wasn't made for sweet. There is a sort of spooky essence to this song but once it gets going there's no doubt its a head banger. But don't get too caught up in the tempo and forget to listen to the words, they're unique.

Howlin For You (The Black Keys):
This is another song that you didn't know you knew. The Black Key's could be it's own genre honestly but this song is a a quicker tempo and fun to listen to. Driving down the highway with your ray bans on listening to this song makes you feel way cooler than you are and that's the point.

Sympathy for the Devil (The Rolling Stones):
What rock playlist would be complete without the Stones? What better way to end? This song is by far the fastest song and it is the most fun song. If you haven't heard this, first off, consider yourself uncultured, and secondly, you're welcome. Easily one of the coolest rock songs ever. It is in this playlist because it is made up of my three rock S's, story, sound, solid. The story is interesting and well known, it sounds dynamic, and it has a solid beginning and end and it doesn't wane in the middle.