11 votes

Eclipse playlist recommendations

Posted by first-must-burn
Tags: ask.recommendations, playlist, eclipses.solar

Okay, this is just for fun, what songs should go in an eclipse playlist? So far I have:

  • Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
  • Here Comes the Sun - Beatles
  • Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden (and a nice cover by Norah Jones)
  • Soak Up the Sun - Sheryl Crow
  • Blinded by the Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
  • Steal My Sunshine - Len
  • Eclipse - Pink Floyd
  • Bishop's Death - Ladyhawke Soundtrack
  • Sunglasses at Night - Corey Heart
  • Bad Moon Rising - CCR

9 comments

  1. kfwyre
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    MIKA - Staring at the Sun Jukebox the Ghost - Beady Eyes on the Horizon Lights - Until the Light

    MIKA - Staring at the Sun

    Here I stand, staring at the sun
    Distant land, staring at the sun
    You're not there, but we share the same one
    Miles apart, staring at the sun
    Distant town, staring at the sun
    One thing's true just like you
    There's only one

    Jukebox the Ghost - Beady Eyes on the Horizon

    A pair of beady eyes
    Looking down
    Onto the pavement
    While the stars are gathered 'round
    Because they all want a front seat
    When shit starts going down
    Because the sun is just a supernova
    Turned the other way around

    Lights - Until the Light

    So cut the headlights
    Keep rolling 'til the sun
    We'll fight the good fight
    When tomorrow has come
    And it's easy pretending we're alright
    'Cause we live free, at least...
    Until the light

    5 votes
  2. [2]
    myrrh
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    ...so tomorrow morning my wife and i are re-routing to ouachita national forest, which constitutes our seventh change across seven hundred miles this week due meteorological conditions... ...of...

    ...so tomorrow morning my wife and i are re-routing to ouachita national forest, which constitutes our seventh change across seven hundred miles this week due meteorological conditions...

    ...of course i can't resist the rare opportunity to wear my 2017 eclipse t-shirt from golden pond observatory in land between the lakes national recreation area: i told her it means i can boast about chasing eclipses back before they were cool, before the band sold out with their next album...

    Obscured by Clouds

    4 votes
    1. first-must-burn
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      Wow, sounds exciting / stressful! We are limited by some time constraints, so headed up into the northeastern part of Ohio and hoping for the best. It's a rare thing for it to be a positive thing...

      Wow, sounds exciting / stressful! We are limited by some time constraints, so headed up into the northeastern part of Ohio and hoping for the best.

      It's a rare thing for it to be a positive thing to say, "may the sun be blotted out today" but here we are.

      1 vote
  3. Dovey
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    Doctor My Eyes by Jackson Browne. "Doctor, my eyes, tell me what is wrong, was I unwise to leave them open for so long?"

    Doctor My Eyes by Jackson Browne. "Doctor, my eyes, tell me what is wrong, was I unwise to leave them open for so long?"

    2 votes
  6. [3]
    Caelum
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    Probably something depressing given the current state of cloud coverage and all of us who have traveled to try and see the totality.

    Probably something depressing given the current state of cloud coverage and all of us who have traveled to try and see the totality.

    1 vote
    1. [2]
      first-must-burn
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      I hope it turned out well for you. We ended up in northeastern Ohio and it was pretty clear, just high whispy clouds. We had a great view. But it was definitely a dice roll.

      I hope it turned out well for you. We ended up in northeastern Ohio and it was pretty clear, just high whispy clouds. We had a great view. But it was definitely a dice roll.

      1. Caelum
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        We had some visibility while the eclipse was starting and then 100% cloud cover for most of it. It did go fully dark since we were in the path of totality, but the sun was nowhere to be seen. Next...

        We had some visibility while the eclipse was starting and then 100% cloud cover for most of it. It did go fully dark since we were in the path of totality, but the sun was nowhere to be seen. Next time.

        1 vote