Help me make a water mix

[joyfulgirl]

I just learned that a dear friend of mine from NYC had a traumatic experience last month where he slipped and fell off a cliff into Lake Champlain in Vermont. His friends who were further behind him thought he was dead because when they got to the edge of the cliff they couldn't see him. He in fact swam a quarter of a mile to the nearest pier and emerged covered in blood, shaken, in adrenaline shock, but okay. He then spent 9 hours in the emergency room getting his wounds treated.

Anyway, he's in town now and I traditionally send him home with a new mix, so I thought I'd make him one with references to water, lakes, oceans, rivers, the sea, falling in the water, jumping in the water, swimming, etc. I've ruled out rain unless I get desperate. I need your help because it has to be made by the end of the week. He's a 60+ year old man who loves music from all eras and I've got him listening to all kinds of current music.

So far I've got, just off the top of my head and without scanning my collection:

Cold Water - Damien Rice
Walk to the Water - U2
Electrical Storm - U2
Pyramid Song - Radiohead
The River - Joni Mitchell
The River - Springsteen
1,000 Oceans - Tori Amos
Liquid Diamonds - Tori Amos
Marys of the Sea - Tori Amos
Madman Across the Water - Elton John
Nightswimming - R.E.M.
Lake Charles - Lucinda Williams
Take Me to the River - Talking Heads
Smoke on the Water (but I don't want to use that)
Don't Drink the Water - DMB (I don't want to use that either)

Ok, so give me everything you've got!

Thanks.

 

[FizzingWhizzbees]

Pearl Jam - Oceans
Nick Drake - River Man
Pixies - River Euphrates
Jeff Buckley - Nightmares by the Sea (although maybe not for this mix)
The Unicorns - Sea Ghost

 

[typhoon]

I just learned that a dear friend of mine from NYC had a traumatic experience last month where he slipped and fell off a cliff into Lake Champlain in Vermont. His friends who were further behind him thought he was dead because when they got to the edge of the cliff they couldn't see him. He in fact swam a quarter of a mile to the nearest pier and emerged covered in blood, shaken, in adrenaline shock, but okay. He then spent 9 hours in the emergency room getting his wounds treated.

Wow, your friend is a badass. I would've just given up and died. Fuck water, make your friend a badass mix.

 

[Bonochick]

"Don't Ask For The Water" - Ryan Adams
"Water" - The Who

My sister was wading with a bunch of people one day, and they were all holding hands. Her best friend lost her grip, and she ended up going down a waterfall and landing on a huge rock. She had some bad bruises but was fine otherwise. Amazing.

 

[indra]

Maybe....

Uncle Tupelo -- High Water
Simon & Garfunkle -- Bridge Over Troubled Water
CCR (or Tina Turner) -- Proud Mary
Sinead O'Connor -- Jump in the River

 

[yimou]

Live - Run To The Water

BTW., Your friend is indeed a badass. Amazing story

 

[IWasBored]

Live - Run To The Water

dammit, that's what i was going to say.
live have a few more, but i can't remember which ones off the top of my head. i used to have a list


oh yeah, badass friend indeed

 

[dandy]

my first thought was liquid diamonds, but you obviously thought of that one already.

maybe pandora's aquarium, too?

also:

pj harvey - the river
pj harvey - down by the water
nine inch nails - la mer
u2 - the ocean
the cure - the same deep water as you

please post the final tracklisting!

 

[IWasBored]

the standells - dirty water

er...maybe not.

anything by the BAND dirty water? although that kind of doesn't fit.

otis redding - you left the water running
the riverboat gamblers - ice water


live - the dolphin's cry, pain lies on the riverside
REM - find the river
manic street preachers - ocean spray
the stratford four - where the ocean meets the eye
nightwish - devil and the deep dark ocean
bobby darin - beyond the sea

 

[hiphop]

morcheeba´s the sea is a must
also lou reed´s the ocean if you will
goldie´s sea of tears

 

[Se7en]

dammit, that's what i was going to say.

me too

 

[lmjhitman]

modest mouse - float on, ocean breathes salty
futureheads - danger of the water
eisley - one day i floated away, lost at sea
the decemberists - the mariner's revenge song
the radio dept. - against the tide
low - walk into the sea
broken social scene - 7/4 (shoreline)
explosions in the sky - 6 days at the bottom of the ocean
pinback - soaked

 

[Se7en]

modest mouse - float on, ocean breathes salty

 

[BVS]

Five Feet High and Rising - Johnny Cash
Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
Caught by the River - Doves
Dizzy - Ours
On a Beach - Richard Ashcroft
Waterfront - Simple Minds
Jackie - Sinead
Where the River Goes - STP
Down to the Sea - Tim Booth
Driftwood - Travis

 

[Jack In The Box]

Rachel's - Water from the same source
M83 - On a white lake, near to a green mountain
Cornelius - Drop
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the aeroplane over the sea
Wolf Eyes - Urine burn
Songs: Ohia - Didn't it rain
Hood - Still rain fell
Pelican - March into the sea

 

[UnforgettableLemon]

C'mon, Se7en, I can't believe you didn't mention this:

Toad the Wet Sprocket - Walk on the Ocean

 

[Sparkysgrrrl]

Re: Re: Help me make a water mix

Fuck water, make your friend a badass mix.

This really cracked me up.

How about...
Black Water - The Doobie Brothers (I'm southern, forgive me)
Waterloo - Abba (?..er....no excuses...just a goofy song to break it up)

I'm bad at this, I can't think no more.

 

[Laura M]

Badly Drawn Boy has a few songs on "The Hour of Bewilderbeast"

- Fall in a River (this is my favourite choice)
- Camping next to water
- Stone on the water

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

'Drop' by Cornelius is essential. It actually samples flowing water.

 

[joyfulgirl]

Some great suggestions here, many of which I have in my collection. Thanks everyone.

I just remembered Daniel Lanois' beautiful "Still Water" which I think will open the mix.

 

[joyfulgirl]

Re: Re: Help me make a water mix

Fuck water, make your friend a badass mix.

I intend to, and it will have a water theme.

 

[drt4]

Sail to the Moon: Radiohead
Oceania: Bjork
Anchor Song, also by Bjork has appropriate lyrics, but it is kind of painful to listen to.
Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads "There is water at the bottom of the ocean!"

 

[Lancemc]

I just remembered Daniel Lanois' beautiful "Still Water" which I think will open the mix.

I was going to reccomend this song if no one brought it up. Any Daniel Lanois song is welcome on a compilation. He's just too good to ignore.