A chill in the air...
Some people have comfort food for when the the weather turns cold. I realized, on my way home the other night, I have comfort music. Maybe that's weird but here's a list of my favourite cold weather songs, they all seem to have a bit of a chill to them,
Giant - Father Stan - The quintessential winter song... if you haven't heard it, you need to.
French Perfume - Great Big Sea - Despite the driving beat, something about this song just sounds like a frigid ghostly night on the sea...this was actually the song that got me thinking about all this as I had it stuck on repeat as I drove home last night.
Song for a Winter's Night - Sarah Maclaughlin/Gordon Lightfoot - Yeah, the title pretty much says it all....but I remember sitting in the dorm in undergrad listening to this on repeat while watching it snow outside....it's a good a end of the day, wistful, wanting something more sort of song
The Wreck of the Edmund Fritzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot - something about the weather turning dark and dangerous comes through in this music too and despite the fact that it's REALLY long, I've always kinda loved it. Even years after I first heard it, it still retains a sort of haunting mystery.
Come Away With Me - Norah Jones - I think this is a winter song because one christmas I got this cd and listened to it over the entire winter break. Again, with the quiet, wistful hauntingish stuff...
Baby Step Back - Gordon Lightfoot - No idea why this reminds me of winter...but it does. (It also reminds me of hanging in the basement with my dad, singing while he played guitar. Good times....)
That's all the ones I can remember off the top of my head. Any to add?
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