So my fraternity happens to be in trouble with the school again for hazing (3 out of the last 4 years, we're kicking ass). Unfortunately, we're on some pretty serious probation (not double-secret, but close), and we can't have rushees near the house for a few weeks longer than normal.

That's loosely relevant to the fact that I love blaring music out on warm sunny days from the house, and I'm working on a mix to do such. The music should reflect that--happy, maybe nostalgic, and hopefully with a southern twinge. Here's what I have so far:

Summer of '69 (pretty much the ideal song for this)
Mud on the Tires (Brad Paisely)
More Than A Feeling (Boston)
Just Older (Bon Jovi)
Won't Back Down (Tom Petty)
Southern Cross (Jimmy Buffet)
Red Dirt Road (Brooks & Dunn)
Carry On (Pat Green)
Blue Sky (Allman Bros)
I Go Back (Kenny Chesney)
Nowhere to Be (Cast Iron Filter, best band you've never heard of)

If you don't know a lot of the bands above, you're probably a northerner who doesn't like country, and should be ashamed of yourself

Oh yeah, the following is unacceptable (doesn't mean it's bad, just that it doesn't work):

Punk/Emo
Rap
Metal
Most alternative
Really old shit

Alabama - I'm in a hurry
Toby Keith - I love this bar
Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffet - 5 o'clock somewhere

Don't Stop Believing - Journey
How Do You Like Me Now - Toby Keith
Chicks Dig It - Chris Cagle
Tearin' It Up and Burnin' It Down - Garth Brooks
Drunk In The Mornin' - Kid Rock
Real Good Man - Tim McGraw
You Really Got Me - Van Halen

George Strait - Cowboys like us
Alabama - Mountain Music
Dierks Bentley - What was I thinkin
JT - Fire & Rain
DMB - Too Much
DMB - American Baby
Garth - Standing Outside the Fire

Hazing is hilarious. My brother went through so much of it last year.

Here are some things he had to do:

-He got locked up in a room for 24 straight hours with no light while they blasted the Price is Right theme song at max volume in the same room.
-They had buckets of ice water poured over them while Foreigner's "Cold As Ice" was blasting.
-They had to do wall sits, but instead of sitting on a wall they had to lean on a different person's back who was leaning on them while they sang "Lean On Me."

Hmmm...that's all I can think of, it probably wasn't even that bad compared to other places, but it sounded terrible to me.

Thank goodness someone went with Journey.


Did I miss it, or are we still lacking in Reo Speedwagon?

Asia.

And you proably want to hear a Foxx Tone Machine for that nostalgic tone. So get some ZZ Top I suggest Deguello.

There's nothing wrong with being a northerner :-) and trust me country music is popular north of the Ohio River.