*******RELAXING MUSIC THREAD********

[Bicoastal]

Post links to YouTube videos with calm, soothing, and/or relaxing music that will help us all chill.

I'll begin with one that definitely seems appropriate this afternoon: "Pressure Drop" by Toots and the Maytals

[Beaverhausen]

1. I Can See Clearly Now - Holly Cole

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f68uFGwLd84

really cool jazzy version.

[Bicoastal]

35. I like! Here's the original:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPKpmN1EJ_c&feature=related

[cyndensco]

60. LOVE the original!!

Perfect for today. :D

[EastTennesseeDem]

72. self delete

[ret5hd]

2. "Teach Your Children"...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

[Beaverhausen]

13. that's not nice

:spank:

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

3. Nick Drake -- Black Eyed Dog, Pink Moon, River Man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDnDxvVjBic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE0ODrmaiFE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEAsZa4Qz2Y&NR=1

[Faygo Kid]

4. Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim, 1967, A medley.

This one ought to help.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKQWqwMAhF0&feature=related

[Beaverhausen]

thanks - this is wonderful

:hug:

[eleny]

5. Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry, Be Happy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjnvSQuv-H4

[Beaverhausen]

6. Alison Krauss & Robert Plant - Killing the Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHPrLifRhX4&feature=related

live

[msallied]

34. love love love that album of theirs!

[Gregorian]

7. Donald Byrd - Places and Spaces

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KlcvvHrtfo


I'll bet you haven't heard this before. I love this guy. I'll bet he voted for Obama today.

[nyhuskyfan]

8. My fave...

My celebrity crush, too :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6sE1L2laCc

(Norah Jones)

[Forkboy]

9. Well that rules out everything I know.

x(

[Max_powers94]

10. the Jacksons - Show you the way to go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtniGD7ZUHc

[NRaleighLiberal]

11. Marcin Walilewski Trio (ECM jazz) - Cinema Paradiso

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K5wDvzFo4U

[NRaleighLiberal]

15. Pat Metheny Group - Are You Going With Me

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x11d07_pat-methenyare-you-going-with-me_music

[Gregorian]

24. Yes! Love Metheney

:)

[tabatha]

12. One for mothers and fathers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzStNVKwgm8

[Gregorian]

14. Stan Getz-Autumn Leaves (better than sodium pentathol)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnxeKl-Kbqw

[Gregorian]

21. oops

oops

[KansDem]

32. Smooooooth! I'd bet you'd like Johnny Hartman and John Coltrane...

My One and Only Love
Hartman comes in at 2'15"

One of my all-time favs!

[Gregorian]

68. Oh, I've always loved this tune.

There is so much good music. Of all genres. Les Brown. Lee Morgan. Thanks.

I used to play in a band, a long time ago. This kid was absolutely phenomenal on soprano sax. We'd go to his house and drink and smoke and play chess and listen to Coltrane. This brings back those days.

[KansDem]

16. Great idea! Here's Joe Pass, "All the Things You Are"

Joe Pass, "All the Things You Are"

Guaranteed to bring your blood pressure down a few points...

[HughBeaumont]

17. Three Little Birds.

Can't post the YouTube link because I'm at work.

That's what I've been listening to all day.

[Sebastian Doyle]

18. Husker Du - New Day Rising.

Well, it's how I relax anyway.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c53K4d98w4Q

[NRaleighLiberal]

19. Charles Lloyd - Lotus Blossom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1OzttTT6mg

[Elidor]

20. Cop Shoot Cop - Room 429

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBnzeyEKQv8

:evilgrin:

[Renew Deal]

22. Wild in the Streets

By the Circle Jerks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvejuEhJuQ4

[Gregorian]

25. Great!

Excellent tune!

Hardly relaxing. But who's relazing, anyways?

[Gregorian]

23. My Bfloody Valentine- Drony stoney stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB8nCE2EoIw

[rucky]

26. "Today is the Day" - Yo La Tengo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az3SHeMHC6c&feature=related

[Gregorian]

28. I underestimated the musical tastes of DUers.

I can't keep up. Excellent.

[rucky]

44. And you picked two of the greatest bands ever.

MBV & Pavement

:thumbsup:

[Gregorian]

50. MBV is together again. They played San Francisco a week ago.

So many bands. Dinosaur Jurior. Jesus and Mary Chain. I can't even begin to recall. Thousands of hours of tapes. The 90's. A great era.

[jayfish]

27. Adele - Chasing Pavements & Cold Shoulder.

I've been entranced by her ever since she appeared on SNL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz7vGW2_5c0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGwH-x4VoH8

Jay

[Max_powers94]

29. Rainforest (Smooth Jazz Version)- Paul Hardcastle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qCnkSMholc

[cyndensco]

61. Boy, that brings back memories.

Haven't heard it since I retired my vinyl.

[Gregorian]

30. PAVEMENT - Shady Lane

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnClsDe1aeA

[rucky]

31. "We Won't Be Defeated" - The Go! Team

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhHallYIc9U

[msallied]

33. I've got my Clint Mansell channel playing on Pandora right now. Very soothing. :)

[NatBurner]

36. fight the power - public enemy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_t13-0Joyc

[cyndensco]

63. Not exactly easy listening...

I enjoyed it though. Brings back memories of Radio Rahim and his boom box....

[Beaverhausen]

37. Shawn Colvin- Witchita Skyline

live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEoPtS8ISnI&feature=related

[ceile]

38. "This is the Day" The The

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phWv7l8Lm_A

[Starbucks Anarchist]

39. Brian Eno - "An Ending (Ascent)"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeGdUMynSOU&feature=related

[Frank Booth]

42. That's a good one. Basically any song from that Apollo album would be

a good choice.

[sendero]

82. A personal favorite..

.. along with "Deep Blue Day" from the same recording.

[msallied]

40. Ray Charles singing America the Beautiful... brings me tears of joy every time. :)

:cry: :)

[Political Tiger]

41. I Made It Through The Rain - Barry Manilow

I made it through the rain
I kept my world protected
I made it throught the rain
I kept my point of view
I made it through the rain
And found myself respected
By the others who
Got rained on too
And made it through

[bobd0]

43. Ella sings "Stormy Weather" with Joe Pass

Two of the very best ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teXOPAFMOp0

[sohndrsmith]

55. Ella sings everything... brilliantly. n/t

[sohndrsmith]

62. Jack Johnson, Norah Jones, Ella, Pavarotti, Carla Bruni,

Les Nubians
'keb 'mo
Bach's Brandenburg Concertos (preferably w/Neville Mariner)
Stan Getz/Astrud Gilberto

then more Ella, Jack and Luciano...

[Beaverhausen]

58. thank you for this

:hug:

[bobd0]

65. You're very welcome. Here are Ella and Joe doing "Cry Me A River" in honor of

the soon to be reported rout of McCain/Palin. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHVMxBkW0CQ

[daggahead]

45. Try this one. It is by The Cocteau Twins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAckMJd8zlA

[progressivebydesign]

46. Elvis Costello "Scarlet Tide"

for the miners.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFZx-lsbxqI

[Gregorian]

47. crystal stilts - shattered shine

A brand new band. It's all over the college airwaves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q20pAkEMMFU

[rucky]

48. "If everything you ever wished came true in a day..."

http://www.imeem.com/dirtyonpurpose/music/H7T28nOO/your_summer_dress/

[ZoltarSpeaks]

49. Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

From the wonderful film "Once".

Some of the lyrics are curiously appropriate to the day as well.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkFB8f8bzbY

[321Outright]

51. posted 2 in this link-

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=post&forum=132&topic_id=7757782&mesg_id=7758308


=)

[damonm]

52. "Sunshine On My Shoulders" - John Denver

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eivZd4j5MBs

Also "My Sweet Lady":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx0MbrcOTeI

[blondeatlast]

53. "Touch a Hand, Make a friend" by the Staple Singers!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lyZd0JZCK0

Mavis is a marvelous muse!

[Bluerthanblue]

54. from another one of Hawaii's beautiful sons-

no longer with us in the flesh- but forever with us in spirit-


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A2Jt4WOxN8

[damonm]

56. Or ANYTHING by Enya...

[Hun Joro]

57. Marching the Hate Machines into the Sun - Thievery Corporation

or, if things don't go well, Revolution Solution by the same group.

[marions ghost]

59. this one is soothing....

"There Will Be a Light"

Ben Harper and the Blind Boys of Alabama

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRX3_e_E7es

Gets to the heart

[nyhuskyfan]

64. My favorite Ben Harper song

Acoustic version (Having Wings)

http://music.aol.com/video/having-wings/ben-harper/1999951

[Bluerthanblue]

66. Hallelujah-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2NEU6Xf7lM

[EastTennesseeDem]

74. YIKES!! Hallelujah in its entirety, in its best form

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AratTMGrHaQ

[RogueTrooper]

67. Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3VrvG7286c

[suffragette]

69. Lovely Day - Bill Withers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBiEfxACgbQ

[jefferson_dem]

70. Brian Eno - The Big Ship

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E76Oatpjn4

[jefferson_dem]

71. Bob Dylan - Time Passes Slowly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtrE-shA4mU

[EastTennesseeDem]

73. "Blame it on the Tetons" by Modest Mouse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pCEgpd8l4Q

That's better

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

75. What A Wonderful World... Louie Armstrong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jo29zxDaQ4

[1monster]

76. Piano version of Linkin Park of "Krawling" and "From the Inside."

Don't care much for the group, but the music is wonderful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HbiZg5PdUk

on edit: for a triumphant and determined feel, Ferrante and Teicher's Exodus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6wq0RB6wTU

Neil Diamond's BE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgkk0Hdwmo8

[Jax]

77. Michael Franti & Spearhead "I Know I'm Not alone"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKVYHE98lKY


The resident 'musical prophet' in my music collection.

He sings about love, giving, peace, quality of life for all of us on this big ole changing for hope planet.

This one is for you DU, thanks for letting me know I have not been alone these past long eight years.

:toast: to Bicostal! GREAT thread!


Alyce

[damndude]

78. madonna, miles davis, mozart, elton, aaron, matt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkT3_h53-Ys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNDC85M6PIM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqPz5B-TA1w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19Jf6znU-r0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD9EBsOxBlY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_Z3I9ZhYL0

[Gregorian]

79. The Decemberists - Los Angeles, I'm Yours

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76KU5Qck2Z0



When the electoral votes started coming in for Obama, I suddenly thought of this song. Wait for it- there is a part that just floods one over with victory.

[Occam Bandage]

80. In honor of Countdown, Beethoven's 9th, 2nd movement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFMF5N7rZFA&feature=related

[Glimmer of Hope]

81. Jeff Buckley's' I Shall be Released

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgas9FGTMws