Time for a themed playlist ?

[dreamshark]

I'm working on one in any case. Anybody want to do an exchange? Turns out that (surprisingly) I don't have enough songs about plague and destruction so I decided to go with a calming one instead. I started with Julian of Norwich, so my working title is  "All Shall Be Well Again." 

Of course my idea of a soothing playlist would not be complete without some Leonard Cohen and some mournful Dorian mode ballads, so I can't promise it will all be exactly upbeat. But it gives me a project. And if anybody DOES come up with an entire playlist of death and despair, I'm fine with that too. 

Comments

[minnehaha]

I don't have time for this, but if anyone is making a plague-list, I recommend "Our Most Brilliant Friends" by Slow Club.

K. [too many projects as it is, but played a lot of Slow Club yesterday]

[dreamshark]

I think I like it, although I can't say I found it especially soothing (especially the distressing image that comes along with this YouTube). Definitely worth considering if I follow my initial impulse to make a true plague-list. Which could happen. Thanks.

[minnehaha]

"Stuck in the Middle with You" for the plague-list. :-) :-) :-)

K.

[dreamshark]

Okay, that one is GREAT! I'm heading over to iTunes to buy it!

[bibliofile]

What a good idea for a playlist! Though I'm not sure that "soothing" is the word I'd use for songs about shit that'll kill you.

Trying to trigger memories, I found this Guardian article and playlist from 2007, including Big Bill Broonzy, and a Slate article that looks more at the tradition. I knew about jake liquor and Jimmie Rodgers already, but the rest was new. Finding the recordings online is of course a different problem.

[dreamshark]

No, no, I'm talking about two completely different playlists. The soothing one is not the same one as the (potential) one about plague and destruction. Presumably, you would play the two in rotation.

[bibliofile]

[facepalm] Two lists make so much more sense.