I was going to start putting together my warm-weather playlist, but I guess I jumped the gun. Today’s colder and dreary weather has me feeling glum. It’s certainly not the kind of weather that calls for open car windows and rocking tunes.

I love to drive around during the summer with my windows rolled down and my music turned up. That’s one of the best parts of summer, in my opinion. Last year I made a summer-specific playlist that I could pop on almost any time the weather called for it. (You can find my list at http://www.jordannews.com/community/brandon/cruisin-sunday-afternoon.) My plan was to get another list ready for an inaugural run tonight, but the cold weather intervened.

The weather is a blessing in disguise, I suppose, because it gives me more time to think about which songs will make the cut.

The easiest thing to do would be to use the same summer playlist as last year. It isn’t like my tastes have changed, after all, and all the songs listed last year are still great cruising tunes. But what has changed is the music pool from which I pull the songs – it’s grown substantially larger as I’ve been less and less able to say no to used CDs.

And I suppose my tastes have changed slightly. I could throw a few more country-esque tunes on the playlist this year and maybe even some more folky songs, but I don’t know if either genre can hold up to a sunny day drive the way a rocker by Led Zeppelin could.

What do you think, folks? Any tips or summer songs that could make my warm-weather driving playlist better?