Sorry for the delay! This week was very hard but full of accomplished tasks of long standing, and today actually feels like the beginning of a real weekend — and, joyfully, it’s a longer one than usual in Canada.
A friend and I have been making each other short playlists — 9-12 songs organized around a given title — and yesterday we did a swap with the title “Here Comes the Sun.” So my question to you — what’s a song that makes you feel or think of sunshine? Doesn’t have to have the word in the lyrics, just that feeling of warmth and light, or whatever you associate with sunshine.
My mix took a weird turn and ended up not really including song that felt like summer and yellow light to me, so here’s one: “Road Trippin’” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
But my other fore-of-the-mind choice is Björk’s “Sun in My Mouth”.
A little on the nose, but That Summer Feeling by Jonathan Richman will always take me back to muggy nights of hanging out with friends during my university years. https://youtu.be/TpJvXo6RNu8
This is two tunes from Galician folk music - the first is a processional that is played as pilgrims walk through the night around a particular church in Spain for a holy day; the other is music played in the morning of a festival day to wake the town's people. I love the way the solemn night music breaks into the dawn of the festival morning... https://youtu.be/pSuP95RhuFc
Of the two songs that immediately occurred to me, the second follows this well: "Ultreia", a song from the Camino de Santiago. https://youtu.be/Rtny1-EawRQ
Have you ever listened to Oliver Schroer's CAMINO? He travelled the road for 3 months with his violin & as much recording equipment as he could carry in a sleeping bag (in 2004) & recorded himself playing music in several of the churches they stopped in along the way. It's utterly beautiful. He passed away four years later & I'm so grateful this album exists. https://borealisrecords.com/product/camino/?v=e4b09f3f8402
I hadn't (which is embarrassing, since I think you recommended it to us in Ottawa a couple of years ago), but I have now started listening, and it is lovely. Thank you for the reminder!
All the bright, poppy hits from the '80s: "Let's Hear It for the Boy" by Denise Williams, "Sussudio" by Phil Collins, "How Will I Know" by Whitney Houston, "Higher Love" by Steve Winwood.
Even if the words don’t spill with sunshine, the music of “what about everything” by carbon leaf. Likewise in their -ography, “Shine” and “Attica’s Flowerbox Window”
Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden! I actually grew up listening to mostly classical music, then got a hold of the radio and listened to a LOT of alt rock. Still can hear the chords in my head :)
Walking on Sunshine!
A little on the nose, but That Summer Feeling by Jonathan Richman will always take me back to muggy nights of hanging out with friends during my university years. https://youtu.be/TpJvXo6RNu8
This is two tunes from Galician folk music - the first is a processional that is played as pilgrims walk through the night around a particular church in Spain for a holy day; the other is music played in the morning of a festival day to wake the town's people. I love the way the solemn night music breaks into the dawn of the festival morning... https://youtu.be/pSuP95RhuFc
Of the two songs that immediately occurred to me, the second follows this well: "Ultreia", a song from the Camino de Santiago. https://youtu.be/Rtny1-EawRQ
The first, which is a complete mismatch but more obvious, is ELO's "Mr. Blue Sky". https://youtu.be/aQUlA8Hcv4s
Have you ever listened to Oliver Schroer's CAMINO? He travelled the road for 3 months with his violin & as much recording equipment as he could carry in a sleeping bag (in 2004) & recorded himself playing music in several of the churches they stopped in along the way. It's utterly beautiful. He passed away four years later & I'm so grateful this album exists. https://borealisrecords.com/product/camino/?v=e4b09f3f8402
I hadn't (which is embarrassing, since I think you recommended it to us in Ottawa a couple of years ago), but I have now started listening, and it is lovely. Thank you for the reminder!
All the bright, poppy hits from the '80s: "Let's Hear It for the Boy" by Denise Williams, "Sussudio" by Phil Collins, "How Will I Know" by Whitney Houston, "Higher Love" by Steve Winwood.
Sunshine, by Atmosphere: https://youtu.be/AckhnLpwceM
Even if the words don’t spill with sunshine, the music of “what about everything” by carbon leaf. Likewise in their -ography, “Shine” and “Attica’s Flowerbox Window”
Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden! I actually grew up listening to mostly classical music, then got a hold of the radio and listened to a LOT of alt rock. Still can hear the chords in my head :)
Oh man I love this song!
Solarstone – Eastern Sea (Photo Electric Mix). feh, I can find links to other mixes, but not that one.
One More Colour, Jane Siberry, though the video kind of ruined that.
Walking on Sunshine, Echo Beach
Gotta be Bekah Kelso's Seething Sun https://youtu.be/q5loA0Z0q0U with an honorable mention to S. J. Tucker's Cold Sunshine https://youtu.be/7_ychQFTL4s
Prepare for one ... very weird choice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMmqh4Ut_Uo
And then another possibly more intentionally about sunshine =)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7or0noYfMA
Addendum due to lack of previews!
First is You're still the one by Shania Twain
Second is Joe Hisaishi's piece Summer.
The Cave by Mumford and Sons
That is a very interesting one!
Legal Man by Belle and Sebastian!