Because of having "Time in a Bottle" in my head for days and enjoying it.
― Abbott of the Trapezoid Monks (Abbott), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 20:41 (sixteen years ago)
Also "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme."
― Abbott of the Trapezoid Monks (Abbott), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 20:42 (sixteen years ago)
Anyone?
― fillibustar superstar! (Abbott), Thursday, 16 April 2009 18:08 (sixteen years ago)
rushmore soundtrack?
― Lord Iffy Boatrace (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 16 April 2009 18:27 (sixteen years ago)
Richard Thompson, in certain of his moods.
― Vincent and Julio Gallo (Oilyrags), Thursday, 16 April 2009 20:41 (sixteen years ago)
I mean, if you want fingerpicked melancholy love songs, you're not gonna do much better than "Beeswing."
― Vincent and Julio Gallo (Oilyrags), Thursday, 16 April 2009 20:42 (sixteen years ago)
Seek ye the title track of The Garden of Jane Trelawney by Trees (1970). One caveat: although the song has a very pretty melody and arrangement, the lyric has a nightmarish quality to it that might not suit your mood.
― Vast Halo, Thursday, 16 April 2009 21:23 (sixteen years ago)
"Lake Isle of Innersfree" on Sir Lord Baltimore's Kingdom Come has that 18th-Century-Drawing-Room sound, though there's certainly nothing else remotely similar on that album.
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Thursday, 16 April 2009 21:28 (sixteen years ago)
a couple of Zouzou songs use this trick to heighten the melancholy, autumnal atmosphere that runs through most of her '60s records:
Ce samedi soir
Tu fais partie du passé
I wish the harpsichord would let loose a little more, but you can't have everything.
― uncle twikkelingssteurnissen (unregistered), Friday, 11 February 2011 21:39 (fourteen years ago)
The Hearts & Flowers album Of Horses, Kids and Forgotten Women has quite a bit of this too, particularly in this song.
― uncle twikkelingssteurnissen (unregistered), Friday, 11 February 2011 21:49 (fourteen years ago)
and uh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uuS6umbFWE
― uncle twikkelingssteurnissen (unregistered), Friday, 11 February 2011 21:51 (fourteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUkaeqnLGmM&feature=related
― buzza, Friday, 11 February 2011 23:11 (fourteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71nMFiIwsE8
― buzza, Friday, 11 February 2011 23:13 (fourteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1KlEdywEJs
― buzza, Friday, 11 February 2011 23:17 (fourteen years ago)