Most relaxing songs

[UnforgettableLemon]

So I'm heading into a majorly stressful stretch here as I work on 3 major papers and revise another for a conference, prepare for a surprise observation while teaching a book no one on staff wants to read, continue wedding planning, and take linguistics quizzes that scare the bejeezus out of me. And also my fiancee is taking her comps and panicking like crazy. So I'm trying to make a good mix of songs to chill out to.

I was inspired by Nick Cave's "Into My Arms," so that begins my list, in addtion to "(Are You) the One That I've Been Waiting For?," "Darker With the Day," "God is in the House" and "What a Wonderful World" duet with Shane MacGowan.

I need more. I will work on more rather than actually sleeping right now, it seems.

 

[1stepcloser]

Air - All I Need, Ce Matin La and You Make It Easy

Royksopp - Dead To The World

Daft Punk - Nightvision

Brian Eno - An Ending (ascent)

 

[WinnieThePoo]

grace by u2
here comes the sun by the beatles
pillow of winds by pink floyd

or you can just get albums

brian eno , ambient music
enya blue colored album cover , vangelis ( br OST )
paul simon LP

 

[DaveC]

pillow of winds by pink floyd

Fearless, too

Riviera Paradise - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Svefn-g-Englar - Sigur Ros
No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley
Cortez the Killer - Neil Young
Electric Relaxation - A Tribe Called Quest
Aqueous Transmission - Incubus
Mr. Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan
Into the Mystic - Van Morrison
Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
#41 - Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds
Respiration (Pete Rock Remix) - Black Star ft. Black Thought
The Weight - The Band
Bobcaygeon - The Tragically Hip
Wheat Kings - The Tragically Hip
Riders on the Storm - The Doors
Breathe - Pink Floyd
Us and Them - Pink Floyd
Flamenco - The Tragically Hip
The Rain Song - Led Zeppelin
Going to California - Led Zeppelin
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed - The Allman Brothers Band
Peaceful Easy Feeling - The Eagles

Be warned, you will probably not be able to get through this list and stay awake till the finish.

 

[WinnieThePoo]

aaaaaaand the whole Animals LP ................

 

[U2democrat]

Blackout by Muse
Bass Trap by U2
Beach Sequence by Passengers
Tea in the Sahara by The Police
Ten Years Gone by Led Zeppelin
No Quarter by Led Zeppelin

The entire "Wincing the Night Away" by The Shins

 

[WinnieThePoo]

+ pigs on the wing - single edit

 

[DaveC]

aaaaaaand the whole Animals LP ................

You find Pigs (Three Different Ones) relaxing?

And good call on the Zep tracks, Laura (even if it is Ten Years Gone)

 

[U2democrat]

oh DUH! I knew that wasn't right when I typed it


There was a band called Ten Years After though...

 

[1stepcloser]

Beatles - And I Love Her

 

[If you shout...]

Brian Eno - An Ending (ascent)

This is the only song about which we should really be talking, here. Excellent call, friend. Excellent.

 

[Bug]

Brian Eno - 2/2

 

[The Sad Punk]

Beach Boys - All This is That
Beach Boys - Let's Go Away For a While
Kitchens of Distinction - Under the Sky, Inside the Sea
Curtis Mayfield - Makings of You
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - Quiet Talks and Summer Walks
Boswell Sisters - Mood Indigo
Charlie Parker - Just Friends
Duke Ellington - Moon Mist
Django Reinhardt - Manoir De Mes Reves

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Moby - The Rain Falls And The Sky Shudders
Air - Alone In Kyoto

 

[LMP]

Any Sufjan Stevens song.

 

[impy13]

Any Sufjan Stevens song.

Even "They Are Night Zombies?"

I'm gonna hurt you.

 

[Zoots]

Well clearly...

http://forum.interference.com/t185827.html

Anything by Coldplay

 

[gump]

Bob Dylan - Most of the Time
Almost all of In Rainbows!
Some Sigur Ros and early Miles Davis as well
The Autumn Defense (reaaally relaxing)

 

[LMP]

Even "They Are Night Zombies?"

I'm gonna hurt you.

I'll listen to it and make an assessment.

 

[LastEdgeOnEarth]

RELAXATION WILL FIND YOU with these...

Homeward Angel-Moby
Nothing Man- Springsteen

 

[FitzChivalry]

Cortez the Killer - Neil Young

I've never found this song particularly relaxing or soothing . . . absolutely KICK-ASS yes, but . . .

. . . to each his own, i guess.

 

[WinnieThePoo]

Korn Twisted Transister - the video

 

[Final Straw]

Jeff Buckley, Hallelujah
Nick Cave, Into My Arms
Beatles, In My Life
R.E.M., Strange Currencies
Elvis, I Can't Help Falling In Love With You
Coldplay, Scientist
Damien Rice, Accidental Babies
Neil Young, Until The Morning Comes

 

[DaveC]

I've never found this song particularly relaxing or soothing . . . absolutely KICK-ASS yes, but . . .

. . . to each his own, i guess.

Eat some mushrooms first.

 

[tpsreports2424]

porcelain-moby


hands down

 

[Zoots]

porcelain-moby

YES!

 

[EdgeIsTooSexy]

MLK


Nothingman- Pearl Jam