Playlist: For a Road Trip in Spring

By donignacio

Thu, 09 Dec 2021
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If you like, open your favorite music streaming service, generate the playlist I've detailed below, and listen along with me.

 

Playlist Title: For a Road Trip in Spring 

Total Running Time: 38 minutes, 16 seconds

 

Track 1: "All I Need" by Susanna Hoffs 2:33

         - from the 2012 album Someday

Track 2: "Bedbugs and Ballyhoo" by Echo & the Bunnymen 3:29

         - from the 1987 album Echo & the Bunnymen

Track 3: "Champions of Red Wine" by The New Pornographers 3:41

         - from the 2014 album Brill Bruisers

Track 4: "Atop a Cake" by Alvvays 3:20

         - from the 2014 album Alvvays

Track 5: "Kelly" by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart 3:04

         - from the 2014 album Days of Abandon

Track 6: "Kaputt" by Destroyer 6:18

         - from the 2011 album Kaputt

Track 7: "Strange Overtones" by David Byrne and Brian Eno 4:16

         - from the 2008 album Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

Track 8: "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" by David Bowie 3:57

         - from the 2013 album The Next Day

Track 9: "Los Angeles" by the bird and the bee 3:29

         - from the 2015 album Recreational Love

Track 10: "Going Home" by Sophie Zelmani 4:09

         - from the 2002 album Sing and Dance

 

This playlist takes me back to my younger days, my early 20s, those carefree times when I seemed more effervescent with my surroundings. I picture myself doing what I used to do: Going for long aimless drives through the straight, rural roads of Kansas; zipping through fields of young wheat and barley; gazing dreamily at landscapes that never end. I roll down the window to feel the fresh air, the fragrance of spring flowers, rush into my face and through my hair (my hair that is no longer there). What I miss most is the excitement I felt, a flittering behind my throat, as I dreamed about my future. The mood of this playlist is hopeful and bittersweet, exciting and aware, hazy and a little rough around the edges, but on the whole: tidy.

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Comments

Submitted by Turlough on

Good morning!

This looks like a great playlist. Some tracks and artists I know, but many I don't, and wherever David Bowie, who I have loved for fifty years, appears I'm always keen to listen.

I'll give them all a whirl on Spotify later this afty.

I completely understand your words about the exciting days too. Songs I've loved from times I've loved often fill me with melancholy. Roll On Babe by Ronnie Lane is a good example of this, especially if I watch the YouTube video. It reminds me of a time in my life when I fled my council estate home in Leeds in the north of England to work on ships sailing around the world. I was happy in either situation although both were quite contrasting. Knowing those more simple but exciting times in my life can never return bring a moistness to my eye. 

I'll sit down with a cuppa and your playlist when I've returned from the shop.

Turlough

Submitted by donignacio on

I love David Bowie, too. I have 20 years... I consider him my favorite musician. I bought Ziggy Stardust around Christmastime 2001 and then was immediately hooked. I listened to musical theater CDs before that, so maybe that was an easy jump. I was lucky enough to see him twice in concert in 2004. Drove from Kansas to Chicago the first time, then he extended his tour to visit Kansas City. 

 

Submitted by Turlough on

I saw David Bowie in Glasgow in 1978. The previous evening I saw Thin Lizzy at the same venue. It was also the weekend of the World Cup Semi Finals in Argentina (unmissable on the telly at the time) and the weather was hot and sunny. Quite a party!

I saw Echo & The Bunnymen in Leeds round about 1982 or 1983. They were good but miserable, if you know what I mean.

Your playlist is interesting and enjoyable. That Bowie track always reminds me of his Let's Dance era. Most of the artists on the list are ones I had never heard of before. The one I liked best was the one by The New Pornographers. It reminded me of Saint Etienne who where fairly big in Britain in the 1990s.

An interesting choice. Thank you for that.

Turlough

Submitted by donignacio on

Thin Lizzy and Bowie... That must have been amazing! I saw Echo & the Bunnymen as well but of course when they were older. I was in the moshpit center 2nd row... knees were aching and I had to fight for my spot! Just a great time!

That New Pornographers song made me cry the first time I heard it. I think it was the harmonies (chord progressions) seemed so perfect. Stood in the moshpit to see that band too. Thanks for listening to the playlist!

I wanted to see Saint Etienne but finally got married and they came to Seattle during my Honeymoon. Hahaha

 

Submitted by Turlough on

How inconsiderate of Saint Etienne!

I could compile quite a list of gigs I've missed because of kids' birthdays, people's anniversaries, falling off my bike and breaking my ribs, Diana's funeral and, more recently, the Covid virus. But I won't because it'll just make me sad.

You mentioned Ziggy Stardust. I'm going to give it a whirl now. The perfect antidote for almost everything!

Turlough

Submitted by jeand on

Hi

 

I have to admit that I didn't know a single song on your play list. However, I think the idea was a fun one, and nice to have something to look forward to at the end of winter.

Jean Day

Submitted by Ray Schaufeld on

Here's a deal 

I listen to Kelly

You listen to Kayleigh by Marillion.

(will probs listen to all your list sometime this week)

all the best, Rach

 

 

Submitted by donignacio on

I have "Misplaced Childhood" sitting on my shelf somewhere. I love it! I'll give it a spin!