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Winter Streets Vancouver by Brian Simons |
My first installation of winter songs were essential, but only a mere warm-up (ironic word choice) to what everyone needs to be playing this season. I've got my winter song collection on full blast at this point, and have learned that it's a grand help when trying to persevere through the dark mornings and brisk evenings at this nippy time of year. The songs I mention may seem to follow a warm and lovey pattern, but, despite the universe's attempt to make me otherwise, I can't help it - I'm just a big ball of love who feels that these glowing songs can light up even the darkest and coldest of times.
I hope you get the chance to light a fire beneath your inclement little abode with more of this winter playlist, and survive the worst that is yet to come!
1. I Love You 'Till The End - The Pogues: No explanation needed really. One of my favourite and most timeless songs from the vault, it says everything us cold-blooded humans sometimes aren't able to say - except with an irish accent and breathtaking instrumental simplicity.
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3. Baby, You're My Light - Richard Hawley: A precious sweetheart croon meant for some sort of 1960's snow ball, this lovely ditty is straight off a snowflake covered cobblestone path. The chiming bells and swaying guitar alongside Hawley's happy words will literally warm your heart as you hang your lights, and for just a second, life will be as easy as pie.
4. Blood Bank - Bon Iver: A darker and more honest piece, Justin Vernon's lyrics stall time with his words hanging like the fog of your breath in the still air of a stalled car. The reminiscent, questioning tone in Vernon's voice is unlike many others, and will raise individual questions in all that listen. "I'm in love with your honour/ I'm in love with your cheeks," he aches in this acoustic guitar-driven blend of harmonies.
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6. Colours - Hot Chip: "Colours are what keep me alive," chirps quirky electropop lead singer Alexis Taylor before The Cure's "Close to Me" beat kicks in with the fluorescent finger-snapping melody. This song is light-hearted and fun, exactly what you need when you're hopping snowbanks and dodging snow plows.
7. The Ghost in You - Counting Crows: One of my favourite Counting Crows songs of all time (which many people oddly seem to have never heard), this song is like an acoustic candelight poetry reading, progressing from verse to chorus and back again with complete ease. Originally an 80s pop hit by The Psychelic Furs, Adam Duritz's pained cries will strike a chord in any lump of coal heart, because the incredible lyrical revelations read like classic English literature: "All the papers lie tonight/ Falling over you is the news of the day."
8. Real Love - Regina Spektor: Our favourite Russian-New Yorker builds the beauty of this gorgeous John Lennon classic with a broadway-ballad voice and angelic classical piano. Without bells, whistles or any copycat agenda, Spektor honours the heavier original with her pixie voice and elegant keys, fitting it for any introspective walk in an empty, snow-covered park.
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10. I Hear The Bells - Mike Doughty: Let this fun and triumphant one march you across the city as the first signs of winter set in. Doughty's falsetto story recognizes the onset of the season, calling out for the girl of his dreams in a candid and upbeat manner that calls for people everywhere to join him for a party in the streets.
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