Of course, our musical attention to detail didn't stop with our playlists for the evening - we also prepared a couple of 90-minute tapes (yes, tapes - we never thought we'd be buying those non-digital antiquities again! ;) ), one for the coach journey to the zoo, and one for the journey back.
The playlists for these are given below, now truncated to reflect the fact that we didn't reach the end of either tape, partly because the journey took less time than envisaged, and partly because the tape player in the coach was running slightly slowly, making all the music sound ever so slightly flat and elongated, and take longer to play! High technology.
Approximate starting times for each track are given in brackets.
Going to the zoo
- The Divine Comedy - National Express (13:00)
- Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Patio Song (13:05)
- Stanley Holloway - I'm Getting Married in the Morning (13:08)
- The Who - Magic Bus (13:11)
- Bill Withers - Lovely Day (13:14)
- Nina Simone - Feeling Good (13:18)
- Yellow Man - I'm Getting Married In The Morning (13:21)
- Raffi - The Wheels On The Bus (13:24)
- Half Japanese, Half Gentleman - I'm Going to the Zoo (13:26)
- The 6ths with Barbara Manning - San Diego Zoo (13:27)
- The Staple Singers - Going To The Chapel (13:31)
- Lloyd Price - I'm Going To Get Married (13:33)
- Dolly Parton - Marry Me (13:36)
- Blur - Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Made For Two) (13:39)
- The Boo Radleys - Get on the Bus (13:42)
- Suggs - Camden Town (13:45)
- Ralph McTell - Streets Of London (13:49)
- Blur - London Loves (13:53)
- Carfax - Going to London (13:57)
- The Clash - London Calling (14:02)
- The Magnetic Fields - Swinging London (14:06)
- The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (14:08)
- Weird Al Yankovic - Another One Rides The Bus (14:11)
- Julie Felix - Going To The Zoo (14:14)
- Jonathan Richman - The Wheels On The Bus (14:16)
Returning from the zoo
- Playschool - Going To The Zoo (reprise) (00:05)
- Supergrass - Time To Go (00:06)
- Lou Reed - Perfect Day (00:07)
- The Field Mice - Between Hello And Goodbye (00:11)
- Simon and Garfunkel - At The Zoo (00:13)
- Jackie Trent and Tony Hatch - Mr and Mrs (Be Nice To Each Other) (00:16)
- Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes - I've Had The Time Of My Life (00:19)
- Green Day - Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) (00:24)
- Cornershop - Good To Be On The Road Back Home (00:26)
- The Cars - Drive (00:32)
- Black Box Recorder - The Art Of Driving (00:36)
- Julian Cope - Road of Dreams (00:40)
- Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere (00:46)
- Animals That Swim - Theme From Driving Home (00:50)
- Spearmint - The Last Bus Home (00:51)
- The Divine Comedy - In And Out Of Paris And London (00:55)
- Trembling Blue Stars - A London Story (00:59)
- Tindersticks - Travelling Light (01:04)
- Beth Orton - Paris Train (01:09)
- Stina Nordenstam - So This Is Goodbye (01:14)
