Photo courtesy of Kelly Braden.
The Southern lifestyle magazine I write for, MyScoop, boasts a brilliant new post: a listing of purely Alabama songs. Slight issue--the "Yea, Alabama" fight song was included. Now, I'm as proud of Dixieland as the next belle, but I HATE the university (lowercase) of Alabama. The first bars of that fight song make this Auburn girl's blood curdle. I found it flawless that they displayed the championship trophy at WalMart. Ha...
So, here's my Southern playlist.
It's a hybrid of the playlist that I've had for years and MyScoop's list. Whatcha think? What is on your list?
p.s. I'm sorry for what I said about UA. It's just hard to live in B'ham this week. I beg your sympathy.
- Dixieland Delight :: Alabama
- Song of the South :: Alabama {I mean, you knew they'd be on here more than once.}
- Sweet Home Alabama :: Lynard Skynard {Never. Gets. Old. If I get the band to play this at my wedding, does that make me a redneck?}
- Miss Magnolia :: Matt Costa {Bingo--that's where the blog title originated.}
- Oh, Susannah :: James Taylor & Johnny Cash
- Midnight in Montgomery :: Alan Jackson {As a wee Montgomerian, I used to get Mama to change the station when this came on because it was "scary." I can handle it now.}
- Southern State of Mind :: Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers {Yup, I play this erytime I cross over the Alabama River going home.}
- Sorority Girl :: Luke Bryan {We may or may not have morphed this into a rush song. Bhaha.Gooo ADPi!}
- Louisiana Saturday Night :: Benjy Davis Project
- Sweet Southern Moon :: Benjy Davis Project {Ah, young love. Add boys in SUV's, and I'm in.}
- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down :: The Band
- Take Me Home, Country Roads :: John Denver
- Carolina On My Mind :: James Taylor
- Auburn Fight Song/Insert Your Team's Song here. {Let's be politically correct little ladies, y'all.}
- If Heaven Ain't a Lot Like Dixie :: Hank Williams, Jr. {Shout out to a true Gumptown Baller.}
- Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) :: The Doors
- South On 65 :: Ryan Kinder {"Find a Southern girl, wants to rule the world..." Don't we all?}
- Magnolia Tree :: Drew Holcomb {I swear, if this song happened to me I could just scoot on to heaven.}
- Sweetness :: Drew Holcomb
- Something About a Southern Girl :: Amos Lee {By golly, I think he's got it!}
- Gin and Juice :: The Gourds {Great message, huh? But it's no band party without it. CoughCourtneyMcAlisterCough}
- Stars Fell on Alabama :: Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong {The guv'nah does his inagural ball first dance to this.}
- Georgia On My Mind :: Ray Charles {Rip my heart out. And I'm not even from there.}
- Welcome to Atlanta :: Ludacris {Yeah. And I'm not apologizing.}
- Ramblin' Man :: The Allman Brothers Band
- Angel From Montgomery :: Dave Matthews Band
- Pearls On a String :: Ryan Adams {That voice can describe a Southern Belle to me any 'ole day.}
- If I Could Do It Again :: Corey Smith
- 21 :: Corey Smith {Couldn't have been college without you, Cor. SB 'O6! And '07, and...}
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours :: Stevie Wonder {A classic on the Montgomery ball circuit in high school.}
- Domino :: Van Morrison {See #30. And Camilla, this will always remind me of you!}
- September :: Earth, Wind, & Fire {See #30. And Bec, this one has your name all over it.}
- Rich Girl :: Hall & Oates
- Who Do You Love? :: Bo Diddley {Thank you for rock and roll, Bo.}
- Carolina :: Eric Church {Melts me. Ha, Sloan and I sang this the whole way to Nashville this summer.}
- Love Your Love the Most :: Eric Church {If I weren't Southern, I'd roll my eyes at this song. Instead, it wins me over EVERY time.}
