# Mix Album Challenge Week of March 17 - The Drive To The Prize! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 19, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mix-album-challenge-week-of-march-17-the-drive-to-the-prize/441883 "2008-03-19T01:42:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mix-album-challenge-week-of-march-17-the-drive-to-the-prize/441883/21 "2008-03-22T22:32:50Z")
Just realized we need at least 8 for this to count, so… 1. “Fly Me to the Moon,” Tony Bennet 2. “Mountains of the Moon,” The Grateful Dead 3. “Why Does the Sun Shine (The Sun Is a Ball of Incandescent Gas),” They Might Be Giants 4. “Walking on the Sun,” Smash Mouth 5. “Venus and Mars/Rockshow,” Paul McCartney & Wings 6. “Life on Mars,” David Bowie 7. “Here Come the Martian Martians,” Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers 8. “Drops of Jupiter,” Train 9. “Plutonian Nights,” Sun Ra and His Arkestra 10. “CTA 102,” The Byrds ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mix-album-challenge-week-of-march-17-the-drive-to-the-prize/441883/22 "2008-03-23T02:41:34Z")
Entry #1: ALL OVER THE WORLD 1. “Africa” - Toto 2. “Australia” - The Kinks 3. “Antarctica” - Men Without Hats 4. “South America” - Brian Wilson 5. “Pacific Ocean Blues” - Dennis Wilson 6. “Caribbean Queen” - Billy Ocean 7. “Panama” - Van Halen 8. “Mexico” - either the song of that title by Katrina & the Waves or by the Lost Dogs 9. “Blame Canada” - the South Park movie soundtrack 10. “Dear Miss Finland” - Nick Heyward 11. “China Girl” - David Bowie 12. “One World” - Utopia ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mix-album-challenge-week-of-march-17-the-drive-to-the-prize/441883/23 "2008-03-23T02:51:02Z")
Entry #2: OUT OF THIS WORLD (compiled before seeing **42fish** ’s list) 1. “Here Comes The Sun” - The Beatles 2. “Mercury Blues” - Steve Miller Band 3. “I’m Your Venus” - Bananarama 4. “Walking On the Moon” - The Police 5. “Life on Mars” - David Bowie 6. (excerpt from) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 41st (“Jupiter”) symphony 7. “Saturn” - Stevie Wonder" 8. “Neptune, the Mystic” (from “The Planets”) - Gustav Holst 9. “Solar System” - The Beach Boys ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mix-album-challenge-week-of-march-17-the-drive-to-the-prize/441883/24 "2008-03-23T04:38:17Z")
2nd entry: **Places You Can’t Get To From Here** Kalynda - Renaissance Anywhere Like Heaven – James Taylor Cold Wind To Valhalla - Jethro Tull Lake of Fire - Nirvana Paradise - Sade In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson Stairway to Heaven - Led Zepplin Camelot - Richard Harris Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door - Bob Dylan House at Pooh Corner - Loggins and Messina ---
**Author:** ![Lama\_Pacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mix-album-challenge-week-of-march-17-the-drive-to-the-prize/441883/25 "2008-04-07T06:54:18Z")
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