The Avett Brothers, “The Ballad of Love & Hate” (live)
“Love has been waiting, patient and kind, just wanting a phone call or some kind of sign / That the one that she cares for, who’s out of his mind / Will make it back safe to her arms…”
I just love lyrical songs. Listen to this one in the dark, with no distractions.
Florence + the Machine, “Never Let Me Go”
“And the crushes of heaven, for a sinner like me / But the arms of the ocean delivered me…”
I spent a lot of time on planes and trains and New York City streets last week, and this song was the soundtrack.
Autumn 2011 Playlist
14. Alison Krauss & Union Station, “New Favorite”
“Why do you lie about love? / I saw the light go out…”
Autumn 2011 Playlist
13. Ray Lamontagne, “All the Wild Horses”
“And as for those clouds / Just let them roll away…”
I’ve been trying for ten minutes to think of how to describe this song, and how perfect it is, but I think I’m just going to let it speak for itself.
Autumn 2011 Playlist
12. Billie Holiday, “You Better Go Now”
“You’d better go because I like you much too much…”
This song seems to end up on every single seasonal playlist I make.
Autumn 2011 Playlist
11. Bob Dylan, “Buckets of Rain”
“I like the cool way you look at me / Everything about you is bringing me misery…”
I don’t think you can make an autumn playlist without a Bob Dylan song. There are probably laws against that.
Autumn 2011 Playlist
10. Devendra Banhart, “Rejoicing in the Hands”
“Half asleep, we’re calmly waiting through her night…”
Devendra always sounds like autumn to me.
Autumn 2011 Playlist 9. R.E.M., “Find the River” “Watch the road and memorize this life that passed before my eyes…” Quite possible one of the most perfect songs ever.
Autumn 2011 Playlist 8. The Tallest Man on Earth, “Like the Wheel” “Please let the kindness of forgetting set me free…” This always sounds to me like early Bob Dylan.
Autumn 2011 Playlist 7. Teddy Thompson, “Where to Go From Here” “Time is a waste of me…” Probably the most depressing song on this mix. Sorry! I tried to keep it as neutral as possible. But I still love this song.
Autumn 2011 Playlist 6. The Weepies, “Riga Girls” “What can you give they couldn’t get from someone else? / What life of ease, what wedding bells, what pretty stones, what precious wealth?” It took me about eight months to realize that this was a sad love song. I used to bounce along to it and then suddenly (in autumn, OF COURSE), I was like, “Oh.”
Autumn 2011 Playlist
5. Sea Wolf, “Leaves in the River”
I’m reblogging myself because this has to be one of the most perfect Halloween night songs ever. It won’t hurt any of us to hear it again.
Sea Wolf, “Leaves in the River”
“And all around us, people slept alone with their dreams…”
If I was a more patient person, I would post this song on Halloween night. I am not a patient person. This song is too beautiful to keep to myself.
Autumn 2011 Playlist 4. Hem, “Leave Me Here” “Love seems sweeter and sure in the light of day…” I can still remember the first time I heard this song: driving in the car towards the desert after seeing a boy I liked at Amoeba Records. Ah, Amoeba. Reuniting all sorts of loves.
Autumn 2011 Playlist
3. Rufus Wainwright, “Chelsea Hotel No. 2” (Leonard Cohen cover)
“We are ugly, but we have the music…”
Rufus just slays me with this rendition, but I also love Regina Spektor’s version. (Two-fer Friday!)
