“The Piano Has Been Drinking” – Tom Waits
“Amazing Grace” when sung well by just about anyone, but especially Ani Difranco. The damn song makes my skin lose all tension and my brain starts to hum. I have no explanation.
“It’s a Fire” – Portishead
Pink:
Whippersnapper! What you meant to say was, “I just love Cheap Trick’s cover of ‘In The Street,’ by Big Star, which is also the theme for ‘That 70s Show’.” If you like Cheap Trick, you’ll luuuuuuuuuv Big Star. Joe Bob says, “Check 'em out.”
My most relaxing piece of music is not a rock or pop song at all. It is, believe it or not, the “Nutcracker Suite.” Particularly the “Waltz of the Flowers.”
Coldfire: Alan Parsons is pretty relaxing, you’re right. “Eye in the Sky” is especially good with the extended intro, and it pulls one of my favorite harmony tricks changing from G to G minor on the “You’ve taken lots of chances before” line. “Don’t Answer Me” is pretty good, too.
Gotta agree with Coldfire on the APP but the album for me is I Robot, or Ammonia Avenue. Lacking those, you cant go wrong with Enya, Sade, or Chris Issac.
In a slightly more upbeat fashion, La Sagrada Familia always relaxes me as well. Albeit at full volume, blowing me back in my seat.
Hey, to me, that’s complete and utter relaxation at times.
I like to listen to Shadowfax too! I have several CD’s at work and that keeps me from getting really tense:)
I put in any of Diana Krall’s CD’s, especially Love Scenes. I know she’s Jazz Lite, but I like her, dammit. I also have an odd thing for Edie Brickell and New Bohemian’s What I Am.
Not that it matters.
“With or Without You” by U2. Makes me stop what I’m doing to sing along and wonder why I haven’t written that song yet.
Any of U2’s ballads (Guy Incognito and Montfort, I love you)
Any of Mozart’s adagios
“Never Tear Us Apart” by INXS (what? why are you looking like me like that?)
I have three that is played in this order, otherwise it ruins it for me.
Three Doors Down - Kryptonite
U2 - With or Without You
Bon Jovi - This Ain’t a Love Song
Bruce Springsteen and Creedence Clearwater.
I can’t chose any special song by them.
Whispering Wind by Moby - a great chill out tune!
Her solo album “Picture Perfect Morning” is great too!
I like Morphine “In spite of you” especially…
and Anything off of Aimee Mann “Whatever”
“In the Knowing of You,” “Where You Are,” & “Talk to Me,” all by the incredible band, Gypsy Soul
…mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…
I just got a jolt of old hearing
Debby Reynolds’ hit Tammy’s in Love
TAMMY
- from “Tammy and the Bachelor” starring Debbie Reynolds and Leslie Nielson
- words and music by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
- #1 hit for Debbie Reynolds in 1957
- #5 hit for The Ames Brothers in 1957
I hear the cottonwoods whisp’rin’ above
Tammy! Tammy! Tammy’s in love!
The ole hootie owl hootie-hoo’s to the dove
Tammy! Tammy! Tammy’s in love!
Does my darling feel what I feel
When he comes near?
My heart beats so joyfully
You’d think that he could hear!
Wish I knew if he knew what I’m dreaming of!
Tammy! Tammy! Tammy’s in love!
Whippoorwill, whippoorwill, you and I know
Tammy! Tammy! Can’t let him go!
The breeze from the bayou keeps murmuring low
Tammy! Tammy! You love him so!
When the night is warm, soft and warm
I long for his charms!
I’d sing like a violin
If I were in his arms
Wish I knew if he knew what I’m dreaming of!
Tammy, Tammy, Tammy’s in love!
Fiddlers Green by The Tragically Hip always does it for me. I hear that and the world just falls away.
** Symbolistic White Walls** by * The Matthew Good Band* also has a similar effect.
RELAX by Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Relax, don’t do it, when you want to come.
Words to live by!
Yes! I LOVE Tchaikovsky. Although I’d have to go with Debussy’s La Mer or Clair de Lune
Guinevere-Crosby Stills Nash and Young
Crystal Blue Persuasion-Tommy James and the Shondells (my mom went to high school with the original drummer, believe it or not)
Goodnight-the Beatles
Ok, just to be a party pooper.
There is no piece of music that affects my mood in any significant way.
*Pachabels(sp?) “Cannon” * always chills me out.
Let’s see… (rummaging thru CD collection)
I think that would have to be “Dragonfly Summer” by Michael Franks, from the album of the same name.
Otherwise, Beethoven’s Ninth or pretty much any kinda jazz fusion does it for me.
Robin