Note to readers: The News-Press and Naples Daily News are producing a series of stories about traffic in Southwest Florida. We are calling our special coverage “Traffic Week” and today we turn to our music expert Charles Runnells to help us with our song selection when we are stuck in slow-moving traffic.
Traffic. Ug.
It’s the worst.
Thank God for music, though. The right band, the right song – it makes even bumper-to-bumper traffic tolerable.
A little AC/DC . A dash of Bob Marley . Perhaps even some Taylor Swift.
Suddenly, everything’s better. And you don’t feel like pounding your poor steering wheel – or your head – in rage and frustration.
With that in mind, here are 10 great songs to listen to while driving and being stuck in traffic. In the words of The Doors: Let it roll, baby, roll.
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Bob Marley: Three Little Birds
Just listen to the late, great Bob Marley’s soft, soothing voice: “Don’t worry about a thing, ’cause every little thing gonna be alright.”