Soundtrack of South Africa

Reactions to the soundtrack of my round-the-world trip was all in all positive. And since music always rocks the important moments of life, it obviously ties itself to some memories... like those we make while traveling.

So here is the soundtrack we used to energize in our Ferrari (a Chevy Sparklite really) for almost two weeks. For those who think Africa is the land of tam-tam... welcome in the 21st century.

Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
Starting with a big one! May I remind you we can't choose... For an unknown reason, old success are popular in South Africa. This song would be played at least once a day. And I'm not talking about the ones from Cindy Lauper...

Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It
Here you go! In the same category, Tina Turner invited herself in our holiday. A retro song, a modern pop song, a retro song, a modern pop song... So often we prefer to forget.

Diamonds - Rihanna
When you talk about a song that stays in your head simply by playing over and over, and forces itself in your memories...

Million Voices - Otto Knows
This is probably the most significant one. The one we "sang" at least 350 times a day. That song is everywhere on the radio stations. The roads of South Africa, the ticket for speeding we still haven't received and hope we won't get, those doors we forgot to lock, that morning we woke up too early (or the night before where we went to bed too late) to watch the animals in Addo, all those images are labeled with Million Voices. Enough that we could predict when it would play on the radio.

Scream and Shout - Will.I.Am et Britney Spears
Song that stays in your head number 2, thanks to the pop radio station. When you drive with hundreds of elephants all around, zebras and warthogs too, and all you have in your head is "I want to scream, and shout, and let it all out", you know it's time to listen to silence for awhile.

Flying Without Wings - Rubben Studdard
To be polite, let's thank (!) South Africa for bringing back singles from old American Idols we were forgetting about. And some others too. Special mention to Clay Aiken and Jordin Sparks. One taxi driver really liked a station playing the first songs the Backstreet Boys recorded.