I have to hurry and get this in before we run out of autumn. We are going for an autumn theme here. Suggest any songs that make you feel it is autumn. Maybe it has lyrics that talk about autumn specifically, or maybe it just makes you feel like you are in the woods with a jacket on, watching the leaves fall.
Also, if you think of any songs that specifically have to do with leaves, changing colors, or trees dying then send them our way as well. Maybe we will make one list that is generally autumnal and another that is more specific to the leaves theme.
My first suggestion is The Privateers by Andrew Bird:
"Now leaves have fallen, dear—I can see you're just a little privateer."
Goes without saying, but, Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground. For that there specific list.
ReplyDeleteTracy beat me. I'm supposed to be the White Stripes go-to guy. If you ask me what my all-time favorite song is, 65% of the time I'd say "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground".
ReplyDeleteI can only think of 3 additional autumn songs right now:
"See the Leaves" Flaming Lips
"October" U2
"Scarecrow" Beck
Hopefully more to come.
By the way Scooter, that image is especially for you.
ReplyDeleteI'm going with a couple of oldies.
ReplyDeleteHarvest Moon - Neil Young
Leaves That Are Green - Simon & Garfunkel
September -- Ryan Adams
ReplyDeleteI did not see the dinos in that pic! I thought my eyes were trained to see such things.
ReplyDeleteThis song + breakup = fall. Every time I hear it, I think of said day, even though I'm far past caring about said girl. Funny how that works.
ReplyDelete"Surrendering the Ghost" Chamberlain
p.s. lyrics are awesome and can be had here:
http://www.lyricsmania.com/surrendering_the_ghost_lyrics_chamberlain.html
Van Morrison - Moondance (despite egregious use of "fantabulous")
ReplyDelete"A fantabulous night to make romance
'Neath the cover of October skies
And all the leaves on the trees are falling
To the sound of the breezes that blow"
Rod Stewart - Maggie May
ReplyDelete"Wake up Maggie, I think I got something to say to you
It's late September and I really should be back at school"
I was so shocked just now to read through the lyrics of Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" and NOT find anything explicitly about fall. Because everything about it fills my ears with autumn, perhaps more than any other song. It's impossible to listen to it and not feel blustery, and like you're on the verge of something new that's a little scary, a little invigorating. Just like fall.
ReplyDeleteFleet Foxes - discography.
ReplyDeleteGaige, is that your song you couldn't remember the other day?
ReplyDeleteI second the Fleet Foxes. If one band sums up the feeling of autumn to me, it is the Foxes. Specifically: Tiger Mountain Peasant Song, or Heard Them Stirring.
ReplyDeleteThe Head and the Heart - Down in the Valley
ReplyDeleteI second your specific Fleet Foxes call-outs. Especially TMPS.
ReplyDeleteOn the leaves theme:
ReplyDeleteBe Good Tanyas – Scattered Leaves
Lost in the Trees – We Burn the Leaves
Alela Diane – Dry Grass & Shadows (close enough to leaves)