# Breezy, ephemeral songs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2026, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703 "2026-02-16T07:52:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/41 "2026-02-19T15:23:47Z")
[Everyone falls asleep in their own time](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl1KWdMeQ_0&list=RDKl1KWdMeQ_0&start_radio=1) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2026, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/42 "2026-02-21T22:26:46Z")
Some of the music I listened to with my friends in a darkened dormitory room in Moscow back in 1989–90: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/oadhHk2xs6c/maxresdefault.jpg "Wicked Game") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oadhHk2xs6c) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/T7c6wL5UFl4/hqdefault.jpg "Jan Hammer - Crockett's Theme (Miami Vice) [OFFICIAL VIDEO]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7c6wL5UFl4) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Kb-BtzK4U80/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGEggWyhlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLA6_57dcRW0pjgSPs-pTTVyTdUFrQ "Shriekback - Underwaterboys (HQ Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb-BtzK4U80) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/43 "2026-02-22T00:52:25Z")
I’ll add these two: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/e3-5YC_oHjE/maxresdefault.jpg "U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3-5YC_oHjE) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ujNeHIo7oTE/maxresdefault.jpg "U2 - With Or Without You (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujNeHIo7oTE) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/44 "2026-02-22T01:02:20Z")
Giorgio Moroder? Breezy/ephemeral? Have you lost your mind, **burpo**? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Gaa-BiGuZts/maxresdefault.jpg "[Theme From] Midnight Express") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gaa-BiGuZts) ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/45 "2026-02-23T08:36:22Z")
Well, I’m good at a few things. One of them is “generally picking pretty decent selections for themed mix playlists.” [“Burning Flies”—Looper](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43chLSam9RE) [“Ladies and Gentlemen we are Floating in Space”—Spiritualized](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB7E1D_3Na4) [“Strange Angels”—Laurie Anderson](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkiKHIg_K8s) [“Music Box Dancer”—Frank Mills](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LRsYn9ufY0) [“Hymne”—Vangelis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEXUxVzJhuM) [“Passacaglia - Allegro moderato”—Krzysztof Penderecki](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSInnR9Q9_o) ---
**Author:** ![longtry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/839c29/32.png) [@longtry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longtry)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/46 "2026-02-24T06:22:14Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > “Music Box Dancer”—Frank Mills Thank you. Upon hearing this, it was instant recognition for me. I didn’t know I’ve been missing this childhood tune. ‘Wicked game’ is another good song but with different story. I have a ukulele cover, but wasn’t aware that the original is even better. Regarding the main topic: so far, the best clue I’ve been able to gather is that ‘Hot’ has a chord progression of i7-iv7-VII-III, which is as unique as it can get. I can’t find any other songs, at all, which utilize this combination. Perhaps it was because of the subtle unfamiliarity with the chords that I rejected ‘Hot’ at first, but thankfully I was obliged by circumstances to listen to it a few more times. It didn’t help that during the very 1st hearing, the tempo was 150%. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/47 "2026-02-26T01:43:26Z")
If this isn’t pure poetry, I don’t know what is. I’m amazed it didn’t raise higher in the carts than it did. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cqZc7ZQURMs/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGB4gXChyMA8=&rs=AOn4CLDLLL_SIBRSsDiH9MKg2QQNMWRppA "Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqZc7ZQURMs) My second favorite Al Stewart song. My daughter used to dance to this when it was on. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UHDOzNJLulQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Sand in Your Shoes (2001 Remaster)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHDOzNJLulQ) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/48 "2026-02-26T01:50:27Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > If this isn’t pure poetry, I don’t know what is. I’m amazed it didn’t raise higher in the carts than it did. “Year of the Cat” is one of my all-time favorite songs. Lovely musically, and it paints such a vivid picture lyrically. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/49 "2026-02-26T01:59:45Z")
I’ll never forget the first time I heard this in a darkened basement ca.1974, drinking scotch and smoking good cigars. The whole bloody album is an absolute masterpiece. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gqaiS-sDQyY/maxresdefault.jpg "The Night: Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues [1967] [Full Version Remastered]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqaiS-sDQyY) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/50 "2026-02-26T02:05:23Z")
I’m glad you liked “Elizabethan Serenade.” The paintings it’s paired with deserve their own thread. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/51 "2026-02-26T10:09:04Z")
Dream A Little Dream, by Cass Elliot. She had such a good voice. [https://youtu.be/LYw3TWcP8H8?si=0N\_FBZBr9dVCOG\_y](https://youtu.be/LYw3TWcP8H8?si=0N_FBZBr9dVCOG_y) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/52 "2026-02-26T13:28:53Z")
Durnit, I whiffed on “ephemeral,” ergo, I withdraw my submissions. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/53 "2026-02-27T03:18:53Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > “Year of the Cat” is one of my all-time favorite songs. Lovely musically, and it paints such a vivid picture lyrically. ‘She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running like a watercolor in the rain’ is just unmatched. This whole album, really, but I’ll start with the first track. [I Surrender](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7UsZkToj3g&list=RDW7UsZkToj3g&start_radio=1) Now, I’m kinda embarresed to say that I found this song from the episode of American Horror Story when Eileen Wuornos played it on the jukebox of serial killers. [Mazzy Star - Fade into You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfzsBA5dZdE&list=RDyfzsBA5dZdE&start_radio=1) ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/54 "2026-02-27T18:15:28Z")
Breezy, ephemeral songs? You’ve come to right place. Yung Kai - Blue > **[yung kai - blue (official music video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpFX2vq8HKw%2F)** > > Stream my track and follow me on socials: https://linktr.ee/yungkaiboyCast:yung kaihttps://www.instagram.com/ykaizzkJulia Mahttps://www.instagram.com/juliama... Powers of the Monk - Puffy Head > **[powers of the monk puffy head - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=29736ecd0c5d7f23&rlz=1C1EJFC_enUS922US922&q=powers+of+the+monk+puffy+head&spell=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiLq9GMmPqSAxVUEzQIHeH5MpkQBSgAegQICRAB&biw=1362&bih=778&dpr=1&tbm=vid)** Jet - Look What You’ve Done > **[Jet - Look What You've Done (HQ Official Video and Lyrics)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-cDuqJFxHw%2F)** > > Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. Mitski - My Love Mine All Mine > **[Mitski - My Love Mine All Mine (Official Lyric Video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwGbMYLjIpQ%2F)** > > “My Love Mine All Mine” from the album ‘The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We’ by Mitski.Listen + order: https://Mitski.lnk.to/TLIIASAWTour Dates: https://... Not in English but a very beautiful song, Ải Hồng Nhan - Cần Vinh X Lee Ken > **[Ải Hồng Nhan - Cần Vinh X Lee Ken | Dunghoangpham Cover](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SPxXfnF9QQ%2F)** > > Ải Hồng Nhan - Cần Vinh X Lee Ken | Dunghoangpham Cover#aihongnhan #dunghoangphamcover#dunghoangphamMV Gốc: https://youtu.be/Qv6PN0Hz2s4?si=vjTMFO-\_LV\_VjJx4... Also, I think the genre you might really like is ‘lo-fi’ isaintjames - Sweets > **[isaintjames - Sweets](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G62ksjwWbM%2F)** > > Track: SweetsAlbum: Patchwork - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL1PxEZhfpE&ab\_channel=isaintjamesShot outside the studio on a frosty Sunday morning. Thanks ... ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/55 "2026-02-27T18:32:29Z")
Another one, Seahorses. You Can Talk To Me > **[The Seahorses - You Can Talk To Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gvc31AVAmo%2F)** > > Music Video ---
**Author:** ![longtry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/839c29/32.png) [@longtry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longtry)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2026, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/56 "2026-02-28T07:15:24Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Not in English but a very beautiful song, > Ải Hồng Nhan - Cần Vinh X Lee Ken > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SPxXfnF9QQ%2F](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SPxXfnF9QQ%2F) > > Also, I think the genre you might really like is ‘lo-fi’ Vietnamese have songs even more beautiful than that. I’ve got a few lo-fi songs, but I don’t think they have that “thing” that ‘Hot’ has. [This song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpC1PohpbaQ) imo qualifies as breezy & ephemeral; too bad I liked it on 1st listen 🙂 > [@terentii](#): > > My daughter used to dance to this when it was on. Speak of dancing, my 14-month-old niece just learnt to walk for a dozen weeks or so and can’t even run. Yet, she attempts to dance whenever she sees ‘Hot’ playing. It doesn’t really happen with other songs. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2026, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/57 "2026-02-28T08:27:13Z")
I don’t know what you mean by “ephemeral” in this context, but here are some songs I think are breezy: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UKkNlwpajNk/maxresdefault.jpg "The 5th Dimension - Up, Up and Away (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKkNlwpajNk) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PMGtQKhLRXw/maxresdefault.jpg "Lazy Day") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMGtQKhLRXw) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dHmIVKmQtKg/maxresdefault.jpg "Groovin'") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHmIVKmQtKg) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CX45pYvxDiA/hqdefault.jpg "Mr. Sandman - The Chordettes") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX45pYvxDiA) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/iKr9wZpjBqE/maxresdefault.jpg "Hues Corporation - Rock The Boat • TopPop") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKr9wZpjBqE) ---
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I’d guess most popular songs tend to the breezy and ephemeral, though it’s amazing what sticks in the memory: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/j-nagR8FEJE/maxresdefault.jpg "Ta-hu-wa-hu-wai") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-nagR8FEJE) And there are plenty in other countries: here’s one about the coming of spring in France (ironically from spring in.. 1940) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0WqmkSMpqvg/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGFkgWShZMA8=&rs=AOn4CLDbPnKfggwl51JuaRUz3QGhuoQ7pg "Django Reinhardt e Josette Dayde - Coucou") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WqmkSMpqvg) ---
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Todd Rundgren / Love Of The Common Man [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8M1CaSohUIs/maxresdefault.jpg "Todd Rundgren - Love of the Common Man (Lyrics Below) (HQ)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M1CaSohUIs) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703/60 "2026-03-01T00:34:39Z")
I hesitated somewhat when including this work, since it is quite long. However, I do think it meets the criteria of “breezy” and “ephemeral.'“ It was written in the aftermath of the First World War, if I’m not mistaken. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZR2JlDnT2l8/hqdefault.jpg "Vaughan Williams ~ The Lark Ascending") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR2JlDnT2l8) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703.md?page=4)