Mumford & Sons joined him for an inventive mash-up of “Days” and “This Time Tomorrow.” The track begins with Marcus Mumford and his bandmates doing an a cappella rendition of the “Days” refrain, stretching over that title word in heavenly harmony. On 2010’s See My Friends, Davies revisited some of his best-loved Kinks songs with music stars young and old helping out. In 1991, Elvis Costello did a typically inventive take on the song, slowing the pace down and adding some portentous atmosphere to bring out some darker elements, even if those elements are eventually transcended by the positive spirit of the lyrics. Irish folk-pop singer Kirsty MacColl took it into the British charts in 1989 with a breezy arrangement. “Days” has inspired some excellent cover versions over the years. “The night is dark / It just brings sorrow, anyway.” He realizes that the finest moments in life are fleeting and that this relationship was one of his finest moments: “You took my life / But then I knew that very soon you’d leave me.” In the end, the benefits of their time together far outweigh the sadness caused by the parting of the ways: “But it’s all right / Now I’m not frightened of this world, believe me.” “I wish today could be tomorrow,” Davies sings. In the bridge, the sunny outlook to which this guy clings in the face of his heartbreak starts to crack. “And though you’re gone / You’re with me every single day, believe me.” “I bless the light that lights on you, believe me,” Davies sings above a kicking backbeat that never lets things get too melancholy. “Days” indeed has the feeling of a song that belongs to a larger story, since Davies doesn’t really set the scene or say what happened that caused this person to leave he just gets right to gratitude: “Thank you for the days / Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me.”Īs it turns out, the days for which the narrator nostalgically pines weren’t endless after all, since the person he’s thanking is no longer with him. The song was originally written to be a part of The Kinks’ 1968 concept album The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, but was rushed out by the record company as a single. You don’t think about it, but it’s built up quite a lot of mystique over the years. “I didn’t think much about the song when I wrote it. “The song has grown in intensity over the years,” he said. “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground” by The White Stripesīecause kicking those dead, fallen leaves under your feet on a dreary autumn day deserves a kick-ass song too.Īutumn leaves get plenty of love in songs, but only Guns N’ Roses had the intuition to write about the cooooooldddd Noveeeemberrrr raaaaaaaaain.Davies himself understands the almost supernatural power the song possesses, confessing in a YouTube clip promoting his 2010 album See My Friends that even he didn’t anticipate what “Days” would eventually mean to people. “Leaves that are green turn to brown” kinda says it all, no? “Leaves That Are Green” by Simon & Garfunkel But even if there were more odes to a harvest moon, they probably wouldn’t be as perfect as this one.
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(OK, the other football.)Ĭonsidering harvest moon is one of the absolute best things about the fall, there’s an unforgivable lack of songs about the autumnal full moon. Songs about the fall can be major-league bummers (those dead leaves sure make for some depressing metaphors), but “Autumn Almanac” is the upbeat tune for all fall enthusiasts who look forward to the same things as the Kinks: good food, good friends and football. It should be acknowledged that this song is perfect year-round, but it should absolutely be listened to in November. Listening to Yo La Tengo is already the musical equivalent of being wrapped up in your favorite cozy sweater, and this song all but amplifies that. “The autumn days swung soft around me/ Like cotton on my skin/ But as the embers of the summer lost their breath and disappeared/ My heart went cold and only hollow rhythms resounded from within.” Hail Fiona, our Autumnal Queen.
It doesn’t feel like a sorrowful song about hoping September comes and goes quickly should be a perfect autumn track, but it’s as melancholy and contemplative as the very month in the title. “Wake Me Up When September Ends” by Green Day If this doesn’t magically transport you to a crisp, romantic fall afternoon in Central Park, then we can’t help you. “Autumn in New York” by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong In honor of the musically overlooked season, these are 10 of the best songs to listen to in the fall. Playboi Carti Plots Global Antagonist Tour: See the Dates
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