Top 10 Melancholy Drives
Scattered rain and cloudy sunbreaks punctuated my drive to the campsite yesterday: a melancholy good-bye to the mostly grey days of spring. I love the rain. Having been raised in perpetually sunny Southern California, I flinch a bit from our late Oregon summers: two and a half months of warm to hot weather that doesn't suit me.
So driving to pick up our Campers, I enjoyed the rain (though not my fellow drivers sudden unfamiliarity with how to drive in it), and packed my CD case appropriately. I had a good twelve hours of music for a two hour drive, but David Sylvian seemed to capture the promise of sunlight and good-bye to rain best: a good mix of both moods. This brought to mind the Top 5 lists from Nick Hornby's High Fidelity (also apparently now a musical), so here are my current (changes w/ my mood) Top 5 Melancholy Drive songs:
- David Sylvian, "Orpheus"
- Sundays, "Here's Where The Story Ends"
- Tears For Fears, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
- Arcadia, "Missing"
- Nancy Griffith, "The Flyer"
Leave comments if you want to suggest your Top 5 Melancholy Driving Songs....
-- Dad
