Wandering around this city, this city of London, during the snow, headphones on (layers, scarf and gloves too!), it has become clear to me that certain songs just seem to work better when set against the backdrop of these snowy conditions than others. Snow can be bleak, serene, cold, pure, sad, nostalgic, dark and lonely. Through mood and feeling, music can be too. I guess some songs just seem to sound a bit more "chilled" than others, and in more senses than one. Here are but a few...
Galaxie 500 - Listen The Snow is Falling
Luscious Jackson - Water Your Garden
Fever Ray - Keep The Streets Empty For Me
Whale - I'm Cold
Nick Drake - Northern Sky
Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo - Nostalgia
The Verve - Weeping Willow
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Sweetheart Come
Blonde Redhead - Oslo
David Bowie - Wild is the Wind
Bjork - Hyperballad
Blur - Caramel
Au Revoir Simone - The Last One
The Clientele - Winter on Victoria Street
Elysian Fields - Diamonds All Day
John Lennon - Scared
Air - You Make It Easy
Cocteau Twins - Road, River and Rail
Minus 8 - Winter Blues
Jeff Buckley - Forget Her
Joni Mitchell - Blue
RZA - Flying Birds
Elliott Smith - I Ddidn't Understand
The Smiths - Meat is Murder
Spiritualized - The Ballad Of Richie Lee
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane - In a Sentimental Mood
Pale Saints - Hunted
David Bowie - Sound and Vision
Supergrass - Run
U2 - If You Wear That Velvet Dress
Kaki King - ...Until We Felt Red
Grizzly Bear - Ready, Able
King Creosote - Nothing Rings True
Modest Mouse - Willful Suspension of Disbelief
Thea Gilmore - Listen The Snow is Falling
Please note: Whilst compiling the above list, a non-christmas song approach was self-imposed!
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