Smell is the strongest form of sense memory but following that is sound and every fall I make a playlist, a soundtrack for the season, if you will. When I hear these songs, it sweeps me back to autumn seasons gone by, whether I was driving up Santa Monica Boulevard in my beat-up Volvo, spending a lazy Sunday in Brooklyn making brunch, gossiping with my roommate while reading the NY Times Style Section or stopping to have a noisette at a brasserie on La Motte Picquet, autumn has always had a way of giving me a sense of calm and comfort like no other season.
I started making these mix tapes (which turned into CD's, then iPod playlists to now youtube mixes) in 92 but to spare you Color Me Badd's "I Adore Mi Amore" or Jeremy Jordan's "Right Kind of Love", I'll just recap my favorite tracks from the past 10 or so years, along with this year's new additions.
Happy Autumn.
2000 Miles Davis - Autumn Leaves
2000 Rufus Wainwright - Greek Song 2001 Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information
2002 Paul McCartney - Vanilla Sky2003 Si*Se - Slip Away
2004 Stereolab - Need to Be
2004 The Shins - Saint Simon 2005 Colored Shadows - Life After Love2006 Blur - Tender2006 Regina Spektor - Hotel Song2007 Feist - I Feel It All 2007 Cat Power - Empty Shell2008 Phoenix - If I Ever Feel Better2009 Matthieu Chedid - Le Roi Des Ombres
2010 Matthieu Chedid - Onde Sensuelle2011 General Electriks - The Spark2011 Benny Sings - Brown Eyes
2011 Feist - You Never Go There
Complete playlist here
