Mount Rushmore of mellow songs

[cartman]

Post your top 4 songs that lower your blood pressure and put you in a mellow mood.

Here are mine:

1. Sweet Jane - Cowboy Junkies
2. Don't Give Up - Peter Gabriel w/Kate Bush
3. City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie
4. I Want You - Elvis Costello

[tanglewood]

How can you pick the Cowboy Junkies version over the original?

[VPI97]

How can you pick the Cowboy Junkies version over the original?
Because it was a better song.

[cartman]

How can you pick the Cowboy Junkies version over the original?

Because it was a better song.

Quoted for truth. Even Lou Reed admitted this.

[Oilers9911]

Because it was a better song.

No chance.

[sabotai]

Orestes - A Perfect Circle
Frogs (Unplugged) - Alice In Chains
Riders on the Storm - The Doors
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (all parts) - Pink Floyd (but so many Pink Floyd songs could go here, but I'll stick to just one from them)

[cartman]

No chance.

Turn in your Canuck card, post haste...

:D

[Craptacular]

Not the top 4, but the first ones that came to mind (probably because I've heard them all in the last couple of days)

Silent Lucidity - Queensryche
If I Had $1,000,000 - Barenaked Ladies
Banana Pancakes - Jack Johnson
pretty much anything by Enya

[Lathum]

Whistles the wind- flogging Molly
Forever- Dropkick Murphys
Within a mile of home- Flogging Molly
Thats what she gets- Brooks and Dunn

[cuervo72]

Hmm. I Feel Love by Donna Summer might make the "relaxing" part for me (in iTunes I have that, Love to Love you Baby, and I Love You Always Forever by Donna Lewis all in a row...my calming down sequence). I'd have to think about the other three. Enya would definitely get consideration - love Lazy Days. Possibly Don't Follow by Alice in Chains. Sitting on The Dock of The Bay by Otis Redding.

Floyd too.

[cuervo72]

Dola - I've been watching a couple of Bill Withers performances on YouTube lately that might qualify too.

[Fonzie]

Enya - Book of Days (I think that's the one - it can be hard to remember her song titles)
Journey - Still They Ride
The Police - King of Pain
Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good

[Easy Mac]

I Want You (She's So Heavy) - The Beatles
D'Yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin
Tuesday's Gone - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Time of the Season - The Zombies

[Oilers9911]

Turn in your Canuck card, post haste...

:D

Damnit, and I just got it renewed ;)

Might as well post my current choices.

- Lay down your weary tune - Bob Dylan
- Not dark yet - Bob Dylan
- It's all over now baby blue - Bob Dylan

Yeah I know...all Dylan....Sue me.

[Warhammer]

Running to Stand Still - U2
Promises - Eric Clapton
Why Should I Cry For You? - Sting
Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel

[Warhammer]

Journey - Still They Ride
The Police - King of Pain

Two awesome songs right there, and a very underappreciated Journey song to boot.

[Raiders Army]

No Jimmy Buffett?

[I. J. Reilly]

No Jimmy Buffett?

Biloxi is the first song of his that came to mind for a list like this. Any others?

[cartman]

I like it when Mt. Rushmore submissions are almost all different.

[Raiders Army]

Margarittaville

[I. J. Reilly]

Elliot Smith - Between the Bars
Bruce Springsteen - Secret Garden
Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise - California
Cowboy Junkies - Misguided Angel (since Sweet Jane started a fight)

[Surtt]

Every rose has its thorn - Poison
Night moves - Bob Seger
The Boys Of Summer - Don Heanly
A Pirate Looks at Forty - Jimmy Buffett

[Scoobz0202]

CSNY - Woodstock
Doors - Riders on the Storm
Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing
Van Morrison - Into The Mystic


This was difficult to narrow down to four songs.

[tanglewood]

I Want You (She's So Heavy) - The Beatles


If you think this is a mellow, relaxing song then you're crazy.

[kurtism]

Can I just listen to The Soft Bulletin?

[Schmidty]

Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwoole

Protected From the Rain - Grandaddy

The Medication is Wearing Off - Eels

Vincent - Don McLean

[Scoobz0202]

If you think this is a mellow, relaxing song then you're crazy.


Then I'm crazy, also. That is definitely a song I could put on and just relax to, imo.

[Fonzie]

Two awesome songs right there, and a very underappreciated Journey song to boot.

Right back at ya with Solsbury Hill. I wish I'd thought of that one - if I had I probably would've dumped Mangione.

And now that I'm second guessing myself, I might as well admit that I completely missed the boat on one of the most relaxing artists of my lifetime - James Taylor. He alone probably has four songs that would make this Mt. Rushmore respectable (e.g., Fire and Rain, Carolina on My Mind, Sweet Baby James, Something In The Way She Moves).

[st.cronin]

I had a James Taylor cd on when I first had sex. So James Taylor usually gives me a boner.

[path12]

I know this would probably change week to week:

California Stars -- Billy Bragg & Wilco
This Guy's in Love with You -- Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass
Flake -- Jack Johnson
Pink Moon -- Nick Drake

[Maple Leafs]

Guns N' Roses - Patience
Tom Petty - Wakeup Time
Tragically Hip - Long Time Running
Nine Inch Nails - A Warm Place

[Bad-example]

Daniel - Elton John
Uncle John's Band - Grateful Dead
Hey Jude - Beatles
Bridge over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel

[Oilers9911]

I had a James Taylor cd on when I first had sex. So James Taylor usually gives me a boner.

Good to know you listened to James Taylor just last week. ;)

[Sublime 2]

Night Moves - Bob Seger
Load Out and Stay - Jackson Browne
Mad World - Gary Jules
John Lennon - Imagine

[mckerney]

Elliott Smith - Twilight
Ike Reilly Assassination - God & Money
Ben Folds - Wandering
Jonathan Coulton - Famous Blue Raincoat

[PadresFan104]

Drive - Cars

[CamEdwards]

Getting Better- Bob Schneider
Not California- Hem
You Know It- Republic of Loose
Moving the Goalposts- Billy Bragg

[Lorena]

Just 4 eh? Hmmm:

November Rain - Guns n Roses
Always - Atlantic Starr
I'd Die Without You - PM Dawn
Lo Mucho Que Te Quiero - Rene Rene

[Qwikshot]

Sitting on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Rainbow Connection - Kermit the Frog
Long as I can See the Light - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Ventura Highway - America

[Qwikshot]

Two awesome songs right there, and a very underappreciated Journey song to boot.

Much as I love the Police, "King of Pain" is anything but mellow. Anything where there is a change in tempo kills anything mellow about a song. But that's just me, I'm sure. A mellow song has to be slow and easy...barely uptempo and anything mellow just shouldn't have dark lyrics..."Low Rider" would be a good example, just didn't make my list.

[CU Tiger]

Cats in the cradle - Original or the GNR version
Paris - Buffett
Blue Rocking Chair - Kenny Chesney
Riders on the storm - Doors

[Passacaglia]

Post your top 4 songs that lower your blood pressure and put you in a mellow mood.

Here are mine:

1. Sweet Jane - Cowboy Junkies
2. Don't Give Up - Peter Gabriel w/Kate Moss
3. City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie
4. I Want You - Elvis Costello

Kate Moss? I think you mean Kate Bush.

[cartman]

Kate Moss? I think you mean Kate Bush.

Yep, that is correct. A cokehead should never be connected with a mellow song. :)

[FrogMan]

What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
You are so beautiful - Joe Cocker
Cats in the Cradle - Ugly Kid Joe
Since I don't have you - GNR

FM

[korme]

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen the Rain
Dave Matthews Band - #41 (acoustic)
Elliott Smith - Miss Misery
James Taylor - Something in the Way She Moves


Tough stuff

[Izulde]

P.M. Dawn - I'd Die Without You
Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight (even with that chilling backstory)
Boyz II Men - 4 Seasons of Loneliness
BoA - I'm Sorry

[Passacaglia]

Belle & Sebastian -- A Summer Wasting
David Byrne -- A Soft Seduction
Crash Test Dummies -- At My Funeral
Sundays -- On Earth

[Qwikshot]

Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight (even with that chilling backstory)


The chilling backstory is not true (If you are implying the Phil as a child saw another child drown...that isn't true).

[cartman]

The chilling backstory is not true (If you are implying the Phil as a child saw another child drown...that isn't true).

The other backstory provided by Eminem in "Stan" isn't true either. Here's the Snopes article on it:

hxxp://www.snopes.com/music/songs/intheair.asp

[MylesKnight]

I agree with what was mentioned earlier with Jack Johnson's Banana Pancakes and Flake...

My others:

Jack Johnson - Belle
Love Jones - Ohio River
Dave Matthews Band - Old Dirt Hill
A couple of the cuts from the Ocean's Twelve Soundtrack by David Holmes

[Ksyrup]

Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk - Rufus Wainwright
Mini Toboggan - Last Crack
Collapse the Light Into Earth - Porcupine Tree
In My Time of Need - Opeth

[Karlifornia]

I would just like to say that the Otis Redding selection is my favorite so far by leaps and bounds.

[DeToxRox]

Down - Stone the Crow
Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
GNR - Patience
Sage Francis - Bridle

[BishopMVP]

Beatles - As My Guitar Gently Weeps
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Desecration Smile
Gorillaz - El Manana
J-Live - Epilogue

Otis Redding's Sitting on the Dock of the Bay definitely would have been on there and maybe even some Ray Charles if it hadn't been picked already.

[Warhammer]

Yeah, Sitting on the Dock of the Bay really should be on there.

[Butter]

I love when 3 month old threads get resurrected and everyone just goes along with it.

[watravaler]

In the past two weeks, off the top of my head:

Funeral - Band of Horses
Neighborhood #1 - Arcade Fire
Karma Police - Radiohead
Cato as a Pun - Of Montreal
Svefn-g-Englar - Sigur Ros (basically anything by this band)
Interior of a Dutch House - Beirut
Anything by Explosions in the Sky
East Hastings - Godspeed You Black Emperor

[Scarecrow]

Longer (http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B00005LNBZ001004/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_004/104-4690210-0771961) - Dan Fogelberg
If You Leave Me Now (http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B000002NEP001002/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_002/104-4690210-0771961) - Chicago
How Deep is Your Love (http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B00066N8JI001012/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_012/104-4690210-0771961) - Bee Gees
Sailing (http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B000002KKX001008/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_008/104-4690210-0771961) - Christopher Cross

[cartman]

Methinks many folks don't understand the 'four' nature inherent to Mt. Rushmores...

[Ksyrup]

Longer (http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B00005LNBZ001004/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_004/104-4690210-0771961) - Dan Fogelberg
If You Leave Me Now (http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B000002NEP001002/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_002/104-4690210-0771961) - Chicago
How Deep is Your Love (http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B00066N8JI001012/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_012/104-4690210-0771961) - Bee Gees
Sailing (http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B000002KKX001008/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_008/104-4690210-0771961) - Christopher Cross

Of all the songs listed in this thread, these are the 4 songs least likely to need samples.

[Scarecrow]

Tonight (and again on Monday) VH-1 had the 40 Most Softsational Hits. The list is as followed...

40. Bertie Higgins - "Key Largo"
39. David Soul - "Don’t Give Up On Us"
38. Peter Frampton - "Baby, I Love Your Way"
37. Leo Sayer - "When I Need You "
36. 10cc - "I’m Not in Love"
35. Extreme - "More Than Words"
34. Dan Hill - "Sometimes When We Touch"
33. Cat Stevens - "Peace Train"
32. Kenny Loggins - "This is It"
31. Richard Marx - "Hold On To The Nights"
30. Andrew Gold - "Lonely Boy"
29. Debby Boone - "You Light Up My Life"
28. America - "Horse With No Name"
27. Lionel Richie - "Hello"
26. Harry Chapin - "Cat's In The Cradle"
25. Anne Murray - "You Needed Me"
24. Phil Collins - "One More Night"
23. REO Speedwagon - "I Can't Fight This Feeling"
22. Roberta Flack & Peabo Bryson - "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love"
21. Orleans - "Still the One"
20. Captain & Tennille - "Do That To Me One More Time"
19. Michael Bolton - "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You"
18. Toto - "Rosanna"
17. Juice Newton - "Angel Of The Morning"
16. Bread - "Baby I’m - A Want You"
15. Journey - "Open Arms"
14. Seals & Crofts - "Summer Breeze"
13. Carpenters - "Superstar"
12. Starland Vocal Band - "Afternoon Delight"
11. Olivia Newton-John - "I Honestly Love You"
10. Chuck Mangione - "Feels So Good"
09. Hall and Oates - "One On One"
08. The Doobie Brothers - "What A Fool Believes"
07. Kansas - "Dust In The Wind"
06. Air Supply - "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All"
05. Chicago - "If You Leave Me Now"
04. Barry Manilow - "Mandy"
03. Rupert Holmes - "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)"
02. Styx - "Babe"
01. Christopher Cross - "Sailing"

[Warhammer]

I really don't agree with many of those songs...

[Ksyrup]

Many of those songs really don't agree with me...

[Schmidty]

10. Chuck Mangione - "Feels So Good"


Hank Hill approves.

[Fonzie]

Hank Hill approves.

So does Fonzie (see post #12).

[Scarecrow]

About the only one I really disagree with is the Kenny Loggins song. "This is It" is neither soft or mellow.

[Ksyrup]

About the only one I really disagree with is the Kenny Loggins song. "This is It" is neither soft or mellow.

Huh?