![]() ![]() This is still hard for me to watch without getting choked up a little. ![]() Green Day pleaded for someone to "Wake Me Up When September Ends" on 2004's American Idiot. Wayward Welshmen Manic Street Preachers - who, as you can tell from the crowd, are much bigger across the pond than here, where they'd be lucky to fill Rudyard's - break out the Waterboys widescreen chords on the anthemic "Autumnsong," from last year's comeback album of sorts, Send Away the Tigers: Yo La Tengo wrapped themselves in an "Autumn Sweater" on the New Jersey indie-rock gods' 1997 album of the same name it's since become a staple of their live shows. Sometime after the gold rush (around 1991-'92), Neil Young penned this ode to a "Harvest Moon": ![]() No trouble guessing which season it is on this moody Moody Blues classic, from London's Royal Albert Hall La la la, it's the Kinks, whose "Autumn Almanac" was a chapter in 1972's Kink Kronikles: Speaking of dead leaves, this White Stripes song is probably about autumn. It doesn't get much better than Nat King Cole singing the popular French song "Autumn Leaves" ("les feuilles mortes"), also recorded by Edith Piaf, among others: Bono and the boyos break into "New Year's Day" about halfway through here - part of their legendary 1983 gig at Red Rocks, finally about to be issued on DVD - which technically falls in winter, but we'll let it slide just this once. Since September was so well covered, U2 decided to name their 1981 album after the next month. (Told you I'd throw an up-tempo song or two.) Dig the groovy '70s video effects! Think he'll do this one at Toyota Center next month?Īlso in 1979, Earth, Wind & Fire reminded us that just because the days are getting shorter, that's no reason not to dance. Neil Diamond chimed in about this month on the title song of 1979's September Morn. 1965 brought "September of My Years," which has always been one of Rocks Off's favorite Sinatra songs: Willie Nelson also did "September Song" on his smash 1978 album Stardust:īack to the Chairman. First here's his version of German Threepenny Opera composer Kurt Weill's "September Song." Brew up a hot mug of cider and see what other songs might turn your green leaves to gold.įrank Sinatra must have had an affinty for autumn, because two of his signature songs contain "September" in their titles. Look at the pretty trees, which I might add don't seem especially fall-like. (Talk about autumnal.) Also, can someone please tell me what "first nighting" is?Ĭloser to home, there's George Strait's "Chill of an Early Fall," the title track to his 1991 album. pop singer Jo Stafford, who passed away earlier this year at age 90. Let's start with George Duke's beautiful 1934 ballad "Autumn In New York," as sung by U.S. Googling "songs about autumn" - to see what kind of playlist I could come up with to mark the change of season. I thought I'd do a little research - i.e. Rocks Off can also already feel himself growing more introspective and reflectory, so it must be getting toward fall, and indeed the autumnal equinox was yesterday. (301 artists) Sampled by Celine Dion with Frank Sinatra įrank Sinatra & The Mitch Miller Orchestra ( Frank Sinatra, Mitch Miller)įrank Sinatra – Orch.This afternoon, as Rocks Off was editing an article for next week's print edition, I realized it will be October when the issue hits the stands next week. Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
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