Although the weather hasn't quite made the definitive switch to autumn over here, I decided to anticipate it a little bit with this week's mix. There are many who hate fall because the fun of summer holidays is over or because it is the messenger that indicates winter is coming. All I can say is don't shoot the messenger. I quite love autumn. It is a season of perfect temperatures and beautiful colours, delicious foods and Halloween, harvest and abundance. Being a nerd, I also associate the autumn with returning to school, which was a rather exciting time in anticipation of learning new things, especially when I was in university. I like the crisp air and the smoky smell of fields burning mixed with the spicy scent of the leaves drifting from branch to puddle. Cozy indoor living interspersed with brisk walks suits me much more than outdoor barbeque/beach weather. There's a magic and hush to the fall season that weaves its way through corn mazes and the famous mist that Puff the Magic Dragon frolicked in. It's the same place the headless horseman rides through gnarled trees with moribund leaves.
The following mix has a few directly related "autumn" songs (apparently I'm in the minority of autumn lovers as songs seem to celebrate summer far more, and when musicians do write about autumn they often associate it with death and a profound sense of loss - go figure...I like melancholic music). I sacrificed a few of the autumn titles I had, including Malcolm Middleton's Autumn and Die Mannequin's Autumn Cannibalist (which shares its name with one of my favourite Dali paintings), for the sake of the mix's feel. In addition to autumn songs, this compilation also includes some songs that just give me that autumny feeling without any relation to autumn at all. Grab a bowl of butternut squash soup and light the fireplace. This mix is called Thou Hast Thy Music Too.
Harvest Home - Big Country
Applebush - Josef K
Autumn - Bombay Bicycle Club
Brothers & Sisters - Duels
Autumnsong - Manic Street Preachers
No Winter, No Autumn - Moscow Olympics
Autumn Almanac - The Kinks
Trumpets and Violins - Suburban Kids With Biblical Names
September Lady - Felt
Bedroom Scene - The Delays
Unshakable - Autumn's Grey Solace
Vanilla Scent - Six Red Carpets
Summer Gave Us Sweets But Autumn Wrought Division - The Strange Death of Liberal England
In Remote Part/Scottish Fiction - Idlewild
Autumn is Your Last Chance (Acoustic) - Robyn Hitchcock
We Coughed Up Honey - Bodies of Water
Ghosting - Mother Mother
The Blower's Daughter - Damien Rice
Autumn - Kingfishers Catch Fire
Augustine - Patrick Wolf
2 comments:
I do like a nice Autumn day myself... but I find things to enjoy in most seasons. I like the change.
Nice selection of songs though.
Good to see Six Red Carpets in there, a fine Italian band.
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