Lit Log #2 - The Return of Lit Log

Hello and welcome to my second lit log for The Road!!!!1!1!!!!! Today I will be counting down my top 5 favorite The Road songs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All of these songs were handpicked by me because I think that they do a good job of representing the book or because they are about roads!!!!

Number 5 - On the Road Again

On the Road Again by Willie Nelson is a pretty good song, enjoyable listen, but it’s held back by how it isn’t sad enough for the book. It gives off too many good vibes. The parts that do fit fit pretty well, though, because the man and boy go back on the road several times. One way to look at the happy vibes is that being on the road and moving forward is a positive, but I couldn’t bring myself to move this song up.

Number 4 - Highway to the Danger Zone

Highway to the Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins is pretty good for the book, at least certain parts. It’s very high energy and points out how much danger they are going towards, and just generally how dangerous the world of The Road is. The reason this song couldn’t go higher is that it’s just too mechanical in its lyrics, its too much about revving engines and the like. Also, while it does invoke a sense of excitement, its a little too positive for such a sad book.

Number 3 - Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day hits the sad part of The Road just right, but also has parts in it that reflect the high paced action that can take place in the book. It also does a very good job with reflecting the loneliness of the desolate world of The Road. The problem is that it’s too good at reflecting that loneliness, being all about being completely and utterly alone, which doesn’t really fit with the man being with the boy.

Number 2 - Take Me Home, Country Roads

Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver actually does a very spot on job of describing the journey of the man and the boy. They travel along the old roads left from the old world, and all along their journey, the man is going to places he’s been, remembering the past. This is things like his house, but also the city, the ocean, and more. They travel a road that the man knows and is, in a sense “taking him home.” The song even has reference to a woman calling to the protagonist, and the singer “having a feeling he should’ve been home yesterday,” prefectly reflecting the man’s dreams, and also his miscalculations when measuring their travels. This song is basically perfect for the book, other than not quite being sad enough.

Number 1 - Life is a Highway

Life is a Highway by John Cochrane is actually just a perfect descriptor of anything ever and anyone who disagrees is objectively wrong. In a more serious sense, this song connects with what I believe the road represents in the book, not just what it literally is. The road is life, it is survival, and it is the plot. The man and the boy can’t keep going forward and living without the road.

That was my top 5 favorite The Road songs!!!!!1!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!! If you like this lit log please make sure to like and subscribe and retweet and share and save and