Keep Me Warm in December

The Year in Music: The Titular Playlist

I’m not sure how we got here so quickly, but once again It’s time for the annual listing of the songs from which I borrowed my post titles. There is a Spotify playlist, of course, with a few more holes than I’d care for. (Really, who would have thought The Beatles, The Clash and Gang of Four would be available but not Michelle Shocked or James?)

The music keeps me sane and I hope if you’re interested that you take a listen. If you’re a reader, first of all, thank you, I hope you’ve enjoyed some of what you’ve read here. If this is the place you found or re-encountered a book, author or idea then we are both richer for it.

I hope you enjoy the music. Here’s to better things in 2019.

1.  These are the Fables—The New Pornographers, Twin Cinema, 2005
2.  Anchorage–Michelle Shocked, Short, Sharp, Shocked, 1988
3.  The Fool on the Hill—The Beatles, Magical Mystery Tour, 1968
4.  He’s Gone—Grateful Dead, Europe ’72, 1972
5.  Duke’s Place (C Jam Blues)—Ella Fitzgerald, Ella at Duke’s Place, 1965
6.  Girl U Want—Devo, Freedom of Choice, 1980
7.  No More Tears (Enough is Enough)—Barbara Streisand and Donna Summer, 1977
8.  Seconds—U2, 1983
9.  Building a Fire—James, 1994
10.  Outside the Trains Don’t Run on Time—Gang of Four, 1981
11.  Surrey with the Fringe on the Top—Gordon MacRae, 1955
12.  Ode to Joy—Sir Georg Solit & the LSO, 1990
13.  Into the Great Wide Open–Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, 1991
14.  He Was the King—Neil Young, 2006
15.  History Repeating—Propellerheads, 1997
16.  Mermaid—Train, 2012
17.  Living through Another Cuba—XTC, 1980
18.  Holiday—Madonna, 1983
19.  Down and Out in Paradise, John Mellencamp, 1987
20.  Ghosts—The Jam, 1982
21.  When the Cactus is in Bloom—Bill Monroe, 1964
22.  Rock the Casbah—The Clash, 1982
23.  It’s Written in the Stars—Paul Weller, 2002
24.  She’s Leaving Home—The Beatles, 1967
25.  Trouble—Elvis Presley, 1958
26.  On Treasure Island, Louis Armstrong, 1936
27.  Perverted by Language, The Fall, 1983
28.  She Blinded Me With Science—Thomas Dolby, 1982
29.  Hanging on the Telephone-Blondie, 1978
30.  We Can Be Heroes—David Bowie, 1977
31.  Finest Worksong—R.E.M, 1985
32.  Jet Plane in a Rocking Chair—Richard & Linda Thompson, 1975
33.  The Gravity of the Situation—Vic Chestnutt, 1996
34.  Listen to the Music—The Doobie Brothers, 1974
35.  Superman—The Kinks, 1979
36.  For God’s Sake (Give More Power to the People)—The Chi-Lites, 1971
37.  Easy (Like Sunday Morning)—The Commodores, 1978
38.  Lost Mind—Mose Allison, 1957
39.  Tables and Chairs—Andrew Bird, 2005
40.  It is a Good Day (to Die)—Robbie Robertson, 1994
41.  Istanbul (Not Constantinople)—They Might Be Giants, 1990
42.  Jesus is Just Alright—The Doobie Brothers, 1972
43.  Bad Case of Loving You—Robert Palmer, 1979
44.  A Certain Girl—Ernie-K-Doe, 1961
45.  Secret Secrets—Joan Armatrading, 1985
46.  With a Child’s Heart—Diana Ross & The Supremes, 1969
47.  Warm in December—Julie London, 1956

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