Your top Caribbean cruise music

In honor of Stevie 17's mega list of his top 50 cruising songs listed in an earlier post, let’s see who has the best top 10. Only rule is you can use an artist only once on your list... sorry all you parrot-heads, gotta pick your best Buffett.

We're cruising on Caribbean Princess on June 19 to the Western Caribbean....ooohhhh I cant wait. Here's my list to get it started:

10. Love Boat Theme - Barry White

9. Walking on Sunshine – Katrina and the Wave

8. Celebrate - Kool and The Gang

7. Piano Man – Billy Joel

6. Tequila – Los Lobos

5. Sweetest Thing - U2

4. Dancing in the Moonlight - Van Morrison

3. Back in Love Again - LTD

2. The Weather is Here Wish You Were Beautiful - Jimmy Buffett

1. One Love - Bob Marley

Happy cruising to everyone!

Two favorites of mine ...that some never mention are:

Sangria Wine...Jerry Jeff Walker(sung/version by Jim Morris and the Big Bamboo Band)

Key Largo ...by Bertie Higgins

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Too much work to list 10 songs without a few rum drinks.

JV The 4 stages of cruising: planning, anticipation, experience and reflection.

More than 10, but some I like to play to get into the cruise mood:

*Anything Jimmy Buffet did that has to do w/islands, the caribbean, water, pirates or sailing

*"Sailing. . takes me away", by Christopher Cross

*"Sailaway, Sailaway, Sailaway"

*Key Largo

*HEATWAVE c.d. by the band on RCCL ships

*Best of Bob Marley

*a Soca c.d. I have - don't know the name!

*"Southern Cross" (is that the name? By Crosby, Stills & Nash?)

*"Ballad of the Edmond Fitzgerald"

*Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean, "Yo,Ho,Ho,Ho - a pirate's life for me!"

*Gloria Estefan's Greatest Hits (for when we are sailing out of the Port of Miami

*Selena and also a "Boroquito!" c.d. I got in Cancun's airport for when we cruise to Cozumel, Costa Maya, etc.

*"Sloop John B" by the Beachboys

*"Kokomo" - again, BBs.

*"Worky, Worky" casette tape from St. Maarten

And to wind it up w/some songs from my parents' era:

Moon Over Miami and "Bali Hai"

Jose Wales reggae -- a tape we bought in Jamaica many years ago.

Gloria

Grand Princess, Eastern, April 2001

Grand Princess, Western,April 2002

Regal to Hawaii, April 5-20, 2004

Any Harry Belafante! Great music and it makes you feel like you are always in the islands.

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Golden Princess Southern Caribbean-7/11/04

Big Red Boat-1993

Celebrity Zenith-1993

Who Let The dogs Out!,

Just kidding but it still plays in my head from our last cruise.

Tequila!

Barry White didn't do the Love Boat theme. He, along with the Love Unlimited Orchestra, did "Love's Theme" which may be what you're thinking :)

I think Jack Jones did the Love Boat theme

1. Kokomo (Beach Boys)

2. Margaritaville (Jimmy Buffet)

3. Vacation (Go Go's)

4. Hot Hot Hot (can't remember who sings it)

5. Walkin' on Sunshine (Katrina & the Waves)

6. 2 Tickets to Paradise (Eddie Money)

7. La Isla Bonita (Madonna)

8. Summer Breeze

9. Happy Hawaii (Abba)

10. It's a Beautiful Life (Ace of Base)

1. Boat Drinks - Jimmy Buffett

2. Kokomo - Beach Boys

3. It's 5:00 Somewhere - Alan Jackson

4. No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem - Kenny Chesney

5. Hot Hot Hot - Buster Poindexter

6. Cruisin - Huey Lewis and Gwyneth Paltrow

7. No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley

8. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper (Give me a break..I've only been on Carnival so far)

9. Who Let the Dogs Out - Baja Men (Because of the Glory/Royal/Princess Hounds)

10. The Ketchup Song - Las Ketchup (again..sorry, Carnival thing) :D

Don't know if I can come up with 10, but let's see

Havana Daydreaming - Jimmy Buffett

I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash

Montego Bay - Bobby Bloom (not sure if that name is right)

Three Little Birds - Bob Marley

In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry

Sailing To Paradise - Pablo Cruise

Banana Boat Song (Day-O) - Harry Belafonte

Barbados - Poco

Yellowbird - Many artists, pick one! I like Arthur Lyman

Red, Red Wine - UB 40

OK, that was much easier than I thought it would be, the hard part was narrowing it down to 10!

Terri

I had 7 CDs full of cruise music so far and I'm working on #8. Each has about 75 minutes of music, so there is plenty out there(if you stretch it a bit:D ).

I like Host Kristi's list! (except the Ketchup song)

I'd have to replace it with I think it's called, Dollar Wine. ("Cent, 5 cent, 10 cent, Dolla'!) The first time I heard it was on a PRINCESS CRUISE!

I like ALL SONGS by Jimmy Buffett too.

Another Kenny Chesney song called: "On the Coast of Somewhere Beautiful."

"Buffalo Soldier", Bob Marley (If I have to choose one)

"Tequila!"

"Kokomo" The Beach Boys

"Margaritaville" Jimmy Buffet

"Sye Bwa" and "Zouk la se l'medicament" Kassav' (Creole group from Martinique and Guadeloupe)

"No Money, No Love" and "Dan Is The Man (In The Van)" Mighty Sparrow (a legendary artist from Trinidad)

The steeldrum melodies played by Deep Blue... I don't know the titles.. damn!

"Hot! Hot! Hot!" Buster Poindexter even if starts to get on my nerves after a while.

"Me Gusta tu" Manu Chao

"Cazon de Mariachi" sung by Antonio Banderas with Los Lobos.

"Come Sail Away" Styx

"Guantanamera" by Celia Cruz

"Tropicalia" Beck

"Essa Moça Ta Differente" by Flavio Faria (Brazilian song, was used by a drink commercial and hit it BIG in Europe, you have to find that song. It's just pure beach feeling)

"La Lune Opale" and "Samba de mon coeur qui bat" Coralie Clement (a French singer who listened to too much Brazilian Music).

"Carnaval de Sao Vicente" Cesaria Evora

"La baie" Etienne Daho (another french artist)

"The Girl From Ipanema" Antonio Carlos Jobim, Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto

"Tamure Tahiti" Never knew the name of the group who performed it.

"Tahiti, Tahiti" by Kapena (an Hawaian group, love it!)

"Isa Lei" It's the Fijian farewell song. Never knew who sung it.

"Jisas Yu Hand Blong Mi" - "God Yu Tekkem Laef Blong Mi" - Choir of All Saints. It's a choir from the Solomon Islands and they are religious songs. It's a typical Melanesian choral-style of singing. Not that it would put you in a mood to party but it is so beautiful and so evocative of the South Pacific islands.

And of course: the "Love Boat" song!

Maybe some others will come to mind... (Yeah, I'm a music fan ;) )

I am totally dittoing MLB...ah, thanks for bringing the memories of those songs back :p :p :p

Keep the lists coming please. I am taking notes. :D

Carribean Queen, by yikes I forget

a few that I'd like to add - most of the above are wonderful - you are all getting me into the cruise mood:

Mambo #5 Lou Bega

Bailamos Enrique Iglesias

Livin Lavida Loca Ricky Martin

And I know this is breaking the rule of the original poster, but I'd have to say "anything Beach Boys".

Joy

I forgot some stuff...

"Maldon" Zouk Machine

"Conga" Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine

"Viaje Feliz" Buscemi

"Rapunzel" Daniella Mercury

"Tiare Oe No Tahiti" Kapena (by the way, the name of the group singing "Tahiti, Tahiti" is Na Waiho'Olu'u O Ke Anuenue - yeah - sorry about that).

Carribean Queen, by yikes I forget

I'm adding

Back to the Island - Leon Russell

Island Girl - Elton John

I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash

Don't Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin

With these MP3 discs now you can record many hours of songs on 1 disc. My son has 1 for his truck which he has 115 songs on!!!:)

Back to the Island - Leon Russell

Wow.....that's a blast from the past ! :D

"Island in the Sun" by Weezer; "Southern Cross" by Crosby, Stills and Nash; The Blues Brothers version of "Funky Nassau"; "Sailing" by Christopher Cross; "Vacation" by the Go-Gos; Sammy Hagar's version of "Dock of the Bay"; "Sailing" and "Caribbean Blue" by Enya; "Havana Moon" by Santana; "Cool Change" by the Little River Band; "Soak Up the Sun" by Sheryl Crow; and , of course, anything by Jimmy Buffett and the Barefoot Man.:D

"Funky Kingston" by Toots and the Maytals; "Time Loves a Hero" and "Gringo" by Little Feat; "The Lee Shore" by Crosby, Stills and Nash; "Rio" and "Island Woman" by Pablo Cruise; "On and On" by Stephen Bishop; "Vahevala" and "Lahaina" by Loggins and Messina; GOT TO STOP AND MAKE A DRINK. I CAN'T STAND IT.:D