When I signed up for the Paris & the Heart of France tour last year, I put together a “France” playlist for my iPod. It included French singers/music (e.g., Edith Piaf, Dany Brillant, Offenbach’s “can-can” music, Plastic Bertrand, several of France’s Eurovision entries) and non-French vocalists singing about Paris (e.g., Sinatra crooning about Paris in the springtime, Eartha Kitt purring under the bridges of Paris). I ended up with about 20 songs and loved listening to it on the bus while thinking, “Only __ days till I go to France!”
This year I’ve signed up for the Best of Europe tour. Rick has some music suggestions under the “Resource list” tabs on the tour pages, but they tend -- especially for Germany/Austria -- to lean toward classical. Not that there’s anything wrong with that; in fact, I’ll certainly download a few choice classical tidbits.
I’d really like some suggestions for popular music/artists (any decade) for the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Italy and Switzerland. And they don’t necessarily have to be from that particular country: you can bet my playlist will have Dean Martin singing “That’s Amore”! Basically, I’m looking for anything that’s likely to set the mood.
Thanks for any ideas.