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<\/center>If you’ve read this blog for even a few weeks, you know that I love skies. I particularly enjoy blue, sunny skies. I attribute much of this to my formative years as a boy growing up in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana. In fact, I returned to the mountains on a sabbatical to work a couple of years as a snowboard bum, working at 10,000 feet and getting closer to those blue skies than ever.<\/p>\nSince then I’ve seen so many forms of sunny days…long, hot drives through the New Mexico desert; lazy days out on a blanket with a Walkman and a good book; blazing sunsets and uplifting sunrises; solitary treks through the Badlands on my mountain bikes. I can’t say I’ve seen it all, but I’ve seen a lot. The memories formed thereby have fortified my love of wide open, sunny skies.<\/p>\n
One of the best ways to capture or recall the mood of many of those sunny days is through music, and I have a series of playlists for such things. I have an intense Stargazing playlist I’ll share someday, a Sunrise\/Sunset playlist which overlaps in places, and my more recent Sunny Day playlist. I was actually inspired to do the Sunny Day list when my friend Monte posted a request for sunny day music suggestions on his Facebook page. It didn’t take long.<\/p>\n
This is by no means comprehensive, but it’s a good first draft. There’s a link to each song on iTunes if it’s available, although a good chunk of music in my collection is very hard to find.<\/p>\n
Perfect for a sunny photography outing, here’s an eclectic mix ranging from mostly alternative to fusion jazz to classic rock and all points in between, here’s my Sunny Day Playlist, version 1.0:<\/p>\n
The War on Drugs – Comin’ Through<\/a><\/p>\n Craft Spells – Party Talk<\/a><\/p>\n The Clean – Stars<\/a><\/p>\n Memory Tapes – Wait in the Dark<\/a><\/p>\n Republic Tigers – Buildings and Mountains<\/a><\/p>\n Primal Scream – Higher Than the Sun<\/a><\/p>\n MillionYoung – Hammocks<\/p>\n Frightened Rabbit – Swim Until You Can’t See Land<\/a><\/p>\n Generationals – Ten Twenty Ten<\/a><\/p>\n Crocodiles – Sleep Forever<\/a><\/p>\n The Radio Dept. – Heavens on Fire<\/a><\/p>\n Citay – Careful With That Hat<\/a><\/p>\n America – Ventura Highway<\/a><\/p>\n The Go-Betweens – Cattle and Cane<\/a><\/p>\n Ringo Deathstarr – So High<\/a><\/p>\n Washed Out – New Theory<\/a><\/p>\n Innocence Mission – Keeping Awake<\/a><\/p>\n B-52’s – She Brakes for Rainbows<\/a><\/p>\n The Jesus and Mary Chain – Head On<\/a><\/p>\n Amon Tobin – One Day In My Garden (Instrumental)<\/a><\/p>\n Love Tractor – I Broke My Saw<\/a><\/p>\n Cocteau Twins – Heaven or Las Vegas<\/a><\/p>\n The Daysleepers – Summerdreamer<\/a><\/p>\n Fleetwood Mac – You and I, Part II<\/a><\/p>\n Grasshopper Takeover – Up and On My Way<\/a><\/p>\n Guadalcanal Diary – Litany (Life Goes On)<\/a><\/p>\n The Love Language – Heart to Tell<\/a><\/p>\n Jamaica – Jericho<\/a><\/p>\n Throwing Muses – Dizzy<\/p>\n The Dylans – I Hope the Weather Stays Fine<\/a><\/p>\n Cloud Cult – Lucky Today<\/a><\/p>\n Math and Physics Club – Love or Loneliness<\/a><\/p>\n Herman Dune – I Wish That I Could See You Soon<\/a><\/p>\n Stranglers – Always the Sun<\/a><\/p>\n Truckasauras – Angels Sound Like Bottle Rockets<\/a><\/p>\n Ten Bears – Braces<\/a><\/p>\n Cinammon Chasers – Luv Deluxe (Instrumental)<\/a><\/p>\n Kitchens of Distinction – Drive That Fast<\/a><\/p>\n Love Tractor – Fun to be Happy (Instrumental)<\/a><\/p>\n Ian Brown – Northern Lights<\/p>\n Screamin’ Cheetah Wheelies – Boogie King<\/a><\/p>\n Yppah – Again with the Subtitles<\/a><\/p>\n Material Issue – Valerie Loves Me<\/a><\/p>\n Missing Persons – Walking In L.A.<\/a><\/p>\n Throw Me The Statue – About To Walk<\/a><\/p>\n Laura Veirs – July Flame<\/a><\/p>\n Sheryl Crow – Soak Up The Sun<\/a><\/p>\n Spyro Gyra – Bob Goes to the Store (Instrumental)<\/a><\/p>\n Wall Of Voodoo – Lost Weekend & On Interstate 15 (Instrumental)<\/a><\/p>\n Dreadzone – A Dream Within a Dream (Instrumental)<\/p>\n The High Dials – Teenage Love Made Me Insane<\/a><\/p>\n One Dove – Breakdown (Radio Mix)<\/p>\n Peter Gabriel – Solsbury Hill<\/a><\/p>\n Pink Martini – Anna (El Negro Zumbon)<\/a><\/p>\n Slowdive – Rutti<\/a><\/p>\n The Sundays – Here’s Where the Story Ends<\/a><\/p>\n Pixies – Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf Mix)<\/a><\/p>\n The One AM Radio – Sunlight<\/a><\/p>\n Surfer Blood – Swim (To Reach the End)<\/a><\/p>\n The Expendables – Wells<\/a><\/p>\n Stone Roses – She Bangs the Drums<\/a><\/p>\n Chad Valley – Fast Challenges<\/a><\/p>\n Aberfeldy – Summer’s Gone<\/a><\/p>\n Forro In The Dark – Perro Loco<\/a><\/p>\n Deer Tick – These Old Shoes<\/a><\/p>\n Tennis – Marathon<\/a><\/p>\n Big Spider’s Back – Warped<\/a><\/p>\n Ganglians – Jungle<\/a><\/p>\n Gui Boratto – No Turning Back<\/a><\/p>\n REM – Near Wild Heaven<\/a><\/p>\n Royal Crescent Mob – Nanana<\/p>\n Luke Graner – Drops (Homemade Music version)<\/p>\n The Farm – Groovy Train<\/a><\/p>\n Daysleepers – Loved by the Sun<\/a><\/p>\n Diesel – Sausalito Summernight<\/a><\/p>\n Blue Sky Black Death – Sleeping Children Are Still Flying<\/p>\n Frankie Knuckles – Whistle Song (Instrumental)<\/a><\/p>\n Rephrase – Oldtimer<\/a><\/p>\n General Public – Taking the Day Off (Instrumental)<\/a><\/p>\n Hectic Redd – The Thumb<\/p>\n Joe Satriani – Surfing with the Alien (Instrumental)<\/a><\/p>\n The Ladybug Transistor – Fallen and Falling<\/a><\/p>\n Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter – In the Summertime<\/a><\/p>\n Nickodemus – Sun Children<\/a><\/p>\n Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros – Chickens in Love<\/a><\/p>\n Jazzhole – Free the Robots (Instrumental)<\/a><\/p>\n The Joy Formidable – The greatest light is the greatest shade<\/a><\/p>\n There we have it, for now…I’m sure I’ll update it along the way. If you hear something on this list that seems really out of place or makes you wonder, “What does this have to do with a sunny day?” it probably is a song that triggers a memory for me. Any suggestions? Use the “Contact Me” link on the upper right of this page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you’ve read this blog for even a few weeks, you know that I love skies. I particularly enjoy blue, sunny skies. I attribute much of this to my formative years as a boy growing up in the Rocky Mountains … Continue reading