“And now for something completely different” (well, a little less depressing...)
As I’ve written before, I fall asleep at night, or several times at night, listening to my iPod. I listen to a play list called “Jane's Chill Out Mix”. This music therapy technique is something I started a long time ago, actually the first time in all this I had to spend quality time in a hospital setting. It was and is soothing.
Here is what the playlist looks like right now.
Bird Gerhl - Antony & the Johnsons
The Shining - Badly Drawn Boy
Cry Me a River - Julie London
I Found a Reason - The Velvet Underground
Time Has Told Me - Nick Drake
Lost Cause - Beck
Let it Be Me - Ray LaMontagne
Crash into Me - Dave Matthews Band
Lover You Should Have Come Over - Jeff Buckley
Misguided Angel - Cowboy Junkies
Fade into You - Mazzy Star
Are You Sure - Willie Nelson
You Belong to Me - Patsy Cline
Involuntary - M. Ward
I love music and can never, ever have enough. Are there any songs, pieces of music, you find particularly soothing? I would love some recommendations, the more the better. In fact, if you were to put together a “Chill Out Mix” what would be on it?
I'm not, not answering! I'm still just thinking!
ReplyDeleteI'm having a crappy internet day. I got one of my e-mails to you returned, and then I come to add tothe list I put up last night, and I see that it didn't ever get posted in the first place.
ReplyDeleteI should go back to bed!
Okay here we go! I love music too and I think you have most of these songs, (or else I'd just make you a mixed CD!)
ReplyDeleteYou're Beautiful-James Blunt (or pretty much anything by this man...)
Je T'aime Encore-Celine Dion
Stay-Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories
May it Be-Enya
My Immortal-Evanescense
Annie's Song-John Denver
She Thinks His Name Was John-Reba McEntire (don't throw me out, it doesn't sound country!)
Summer Breeze-Jason Mraz
Superstar-The Carpenters
Miss You In A Heartbeat (Accoustic Version)-Def Leppard
Easy Tonight-Five for Fighting
It's Not Easy To Be Me-Five For Fighting
Insensitive-Joan Arden
Learning to Live Again-Garth Brooks (okay throw me out, this one is country! :)
Wow - a whole list! I was just hoping for a song or two. Nice. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteOh this is just list #1. I'm sure when I think about it I'll give you more!
ReplyDeleteI just wanted you to know I added a song or two to my chill out mix, but I added a bunch to my "Editing Mix"!
ReplyDeleteCool! I think most of these came from my "calmer" writing mix, since I couldn't find my "slow labor" playlist from when I had Grace! So I'm not surprised if they work better as writing songs than chill out songs! :)
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