Your "relax, Go To Sleep" Mix

[Fierce Critter]

So, if you were to put together a disc of songs to put on the player and let play as you relax and, eventually, fall asleep, what would be on it?

Working on my own tonight, since I hooked up the DVD player we found in the trash to the home theater system we found in the trash to the speakers we found on the trash, and it sounds freaking wonderful in teh bedroom now. I'll report back later what ends up on it. I know it'll include a lot of Coltrane. And if I can get my lazy ass to rip my own Cure CD's into MP3's, that'll end up on there, too. Plus everything in between.

[BrassFusion]

Already got one... Ziggy Stardust (the album, not just that song), the four tracks I have by Stem, "Everyone Who Pretended To Like Me Is Gone" and "Bows + Arrows" by The Walkmen, and "As The World Falls Down" by Bowie, and "We Never Change" by Coldplay.

So the playlist is an hour and a half long and USUALLY I'm asleep by the time it's over. Sometimes not, though. =(

[Fierce Critter]

Alrighty. We've got...

I Touch Myself - DiVinyls

Bad Touch - Bloodhound Gang

You Suck - Consolidated

Closer - Nine Inch Nails

Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye

Bolero - Ravel...

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Wait. Wrong list. Back later...

A-Winka

[JaneDead]

here are some i have on my i-tunes mellow list. i'd list them all but i have 92 currently so i won't bother :

the shins-caring is creepy or new slang

doobie brothers-black water

u2-beautiful day

natalie merchant-carnival or these are days

coldplay -clocks or don't panic

dave matthew's band- crash into me

traffic - dear mr fantasy

sting - desert rose

ladytron - destroy everything you touch

inxs - don't change

crowded house - don't dream it's over

tears for fears - everybody wants to rule the world or change

the sundays - here's where the story ends

thompson twins - hold me now

stone roses - i want to be adored

beatles - i will or julia

jane's addiction - i would for you or summer time rolls

zero 7 - the waiting line

fleetwood mac - landslide

echo and the bunnymen - lips like sugar

jet - look what you've done

howard jones - no one is to blame

ride - pretty much any of them

catherine wheel- pretty much any of them

some depeche mode

the rolling stones - ruby tuesday or she's a rainbow

fuel - shimmer

tori amos - silent all these years

cowboy junkies - sweet jane

dead can dance - the ubiquitous mr lovegrove

collective soul - the world i know

concrete blonde - tomorrow wendy

elvis costello - veronica

grapes of wrath - you may be right

harry chapin - cats in the cradle

mother love bone - chloe dancer/crown of thorns

dinosaur jr - feel the pain

the beach boys - god only knows

eurythmics - here comes the rain again

donovan - mellow yellow

moby - porcelain

the turtles - so happy together

morrissey - suedehead

crosby stills nash and young - suite: judy blue eyes

the softies - these sad times

stevie wonder - i just called to say i love you

ned's atomic dustbin - grey cell green

[JaneDead]

and of course - the cure. but that would be a whole cd not a song.

the cure has always been my ultimate in chill out music.

i also like some songs on the trainspotting cd for that. some prince too. but the cure and prince are 2 of my all time favorites no matter what so of course i would go with them. hmm what else... i have a lot of cds that i don't have on my computer... oh some smashing pumpkins. some jazz for sure. though i don't have any titles off the top of my head. frank sinatra. dean martin.

ok i am done again.

[JaneDead]

ok one more... the garden state soundtrack. when i first got that i just listened to it a lot and it made me feel relaxed. it was best with the headphones on so that was all i heard and nothing else. (ie. my kids )

[BrassFusion]

i love your mellow mix, jane! i have a lot of the same tracks in mine

[jadnifer]

I would probably listen to some classical music. I think that that is very relaxing.

I also like love songs and songs of that sort that are slower.

The only one that I can think of right now is Every Rose Has It's Thorn by Poison.

I will report back when I think of some more though.

Oh, and I Want To Know What Love Is by Foreigner

[Fierce Critter]

ok one more... the garden state soundtrack. when i first got that i just listened to it a lot and it made me feel relaxed. it was best with the headphones on so that was all i heard and nothing else. (ie. my kids )

My sister and her husband played tourists in Garden State.

That's all. I haven't seen it yet, so I can't tell you anything more.

[kellygrrrrrl]

A very large fan.....on Hi speed....blowing right at my face....covered up in a million blankets!

[LuluVox]

A very large fan.....on Hi speed....blowing right at my face....covered up in a million blankets!

Yes! That's one of my favorite things, too! I love turning the fan on full blast and hiding under my comforter and quilt.

As far as a mellow mix goes, mine would include:

Lime Tree Arbor -- Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Japanese to English -- Red House Painters

Lullaby -- Siouxsie & the Banshees

Carry Me Ohio -- Sun Kil Moon

Flutter -- 16 Horsepower

She Would Die for Love -- Julee Cruise

Wild Horses -- The Sundays

Ocean Rain -- Echo & the Bunnymen

Wild Is the Wind -- Nina Simone

Land of a Thousand Boys -- Brenda Holloway

Dreams Burn Down -- Ride

My Russia -- Woven Hand

Trouble -- Coldplay

Suzanne -- Leonard Cohen

Asleep -- The Smiths

Song to the Siren -- This Mortal Coil

A Strange Kind of Love -- Peter Murphy

Winter -- Tori Amos

Anything by Radiohead off of Kid A

Various and sundry Cocteau Twins and Dead Can Dance

Lots of other stuff

[kellygrrrrrl]

I can't do music in bed though...it will keep me up...

I'll lay there and sing, hum, kick my feet to the beat....it's horrible.

[phee]

Steve Roach

Old Tangerine Dream

Robert Rich

Terma

Stan Winston

Micheal Sterns

Vidna Omia

[Head Wreck]

tool - 10,000 days

green carnation - light of day, day of darkness

(i have mentioned this song before due to its ability to knock me out.)

but mostly i meditate to relax to sleep or forcefully put myself under with self hypnosis

[Paper Hearts]

I find Infomercials make a great back drop for sleeping...or Mother Angelica Live. That is if you have a television and ever turn it on.

[Fierce Critter]

Now that I finally figured out how to turn a playlist into a text document...

Not in the following order:

Double - The Captain of Her Heart

Kajagoogoo - Too Shy

Men At Work - Overkill

Men At Work-Overkill(acoustic)

Spandau Ballet - True

Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right

Talking Heads - This Must be the Place

Jah Wobble - Visions Of You

Missy Elliot - Can't Stand the Rain

Moby - Porcelain

Portishead - Sour Times

Ridgeway, Stan & Copeland, Stewart - Don't Box Me In

Sneaker Pimps - Six Underground

Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends

White Stripes - We're Going to be Friends

The Beatles - Here, There And Everywhere

The Beatles - I Will

Sarah Brightman - I Don't Know How to Love Him

Sarah Brightman - So Many Things

Sarah Brightman- Unexpected Song

Cranes-Tomorrow's Tears

Depeche Mode - Home

Dead Can Dance - Spirit

Dead Can Dance - Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove

Murphy, Peter - Subway

Pink Floyd - Mother

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

pinkfloyd-divisonbell

Alison Krauss - Baby Of Mine

Tom Waites-New York Mood

Tom Waits - Waltzing Matilda (1)

Ray Charles - Georgia

Tom waits~ - sins of my father

Kate Bush - The Man With The Child In His Eyes

Joanna Newsom - bridges

Joanna Newsom - Swansea

joanna newsom - the fray

joanna newsom - what we have known

Earth Wind & Fire - After the love is gone

George Benson - Give Me The Night

Kool & The Gang - Too Hot

Spinners - Rubberband Man

Beach Boys - God Only Knows

Mamas and the Poppas - Dream A Little Deam Of Me

Fleetwood Mac - Sara

Specials - Ghost town

Neil Finn - Lullaby Requiem

Tim & Neil Finn - Mary Of The South Seas

Bilk, Mr. Acker - Stranger on the Shore

Davis, Miles - Dear Old Stockholm

Mingus, Charles - Profile of Jackie

Pachelbel - Canon in D

Nick - Day is Done

Norah Jones - Don't Know Why

Sarah Maclachlan - Angel

Sting - Fragile

Burns, Ken - Ashokan Farewell

Newman, Randy - Ragtime - Coalhouse and Sarah

Second Star to the Right

Theme Song - Edward Scissor Hands

Cross, Christopher - Sailing

Diamond, Neal - Play Me

Fitzgerald, Ella - Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered

Garland, Judy - More Than You Know

Gregorian Chante Sarah Brightman - Don't Give Up

Hall & Oates - Every Time You Go Away

Lee, Peggy - It's Been a Long Time

Mel Torme - A stranger in town

Newman, Gabriel,Maloney - That'll Do

Newman, Randy & McLachlan - When She Loved Me

Newman, Randy - One More Hour

Tony Bennett - Because Of You

Warnes, Jennifer - Norma Rae Theme

Zero 7 - Simple Things - Destiny

Gotta rip my Cure CD's as well as a bunch of other stuff so I can add to this.

Listened to it last night. I don't think I've been able to relax as quickly and fully and sleep as well in a very, long time. I woke up somewhere around 7:00 a.m. and was only up to song #60 out of 74.

[n0Mad]

I probably need a mix like that. For too long what I've been falling asleep to is a pillow full of tears and prayers to God asking for a miracle.

[Fierce Critter]

I probably need a mix like that. For too long what I've been falling asleep to is a pillow full of tears and prayers to God asking for a miracle.

Ah, Dude. That's just freaking pitiful. :tear You poor thing.

You going to be at City Club tonight (the 9th)? You want a copy of this? To fit this many songs, it has to be in MP3 format, which plays on our DVD player in the bedroom. If you need an audio disk, I can whittle it down to your choices.

It's really worked magic for me. I've had bad insomnia for years now, and have had to wear pretty heavy duty earplugs due to Jon's snoring. But with this mix, I can even sleep over his snoring sans earplugs and if I wake in the middle of the night, it lulls me back to zzzzzz land.

[n0Mad]

Ah, Dude. That's just freaking pitiful. :tear You poor thing.

And I was doing so good for so long too. Lately though ... I saw it coming, tried not to let it happen, but I was powerless to resist. It's foolish to keep up hope but that's the only thread I'm hanging on and will cling to 'til death.

You going to be at City Club tonight (the 9th)? You want a copy of this? To fit this many songs, it has to be in MP3 format, which plays on our DVD player in the bedroom.

At work, truck night moved to Fridays and tag night is always Saturdays so I won't be getting either of those nights off. After the next holiday (Halloween?) the truck will move to Mondays I think so that may open up Fridays and I can start clubbing again. At least until the holidays push the truck forward again to Thursday or Friday. We'll see though.

So, if you would dump all the MP3s to DVD, I can give you my address and have you mail it to me or figure out some other way. Maybe even wait until November when I might be able to make CC. Thanks.

[Hellion]

:devil

"Us and Them" Pink Floyd,sounds even better after smoking a joint.

"Eminence Front" The Who

Music from Therion

"Edge of Thorns" Savatage

[Gothmama25]

I find Infomercials make a great back drop for sleeping...or Mother Angelica Live. That is if you have a television and ever turn it on.

I agree with you there. Most infomercials now are really snoozeable.

[DarkVampire]

Classical, something light. I can't sleep if it's too noisy or music that has singing.

[Hex]

Since the songs themselves vary each time, plus it changes with mood as well, I can't make a definitive list.

However, the artists that usually make their way on my list are:

Pink Floyd

Voltaire (love them violins!)

Enya

Tiamat

Clannad

Any of the slower songs by Concrete Blonde

The Cruxshadows

Dead Can Dance

Loreena McKennitt

Enigma

Delerium (which is currently MIA dang it!)

Various classical

Unfortunately, most of my music annoys the piss out of my husband (while he's awake, let alone trying to sleep), so unless I hit the sack before he does, I'm stuck with only Enya & Clannad for choices. Sometimes I can get away with Voltaire...but it's iffy. It get's really bad if I'm in the mood where the solid beats of techno, electronica, industrial, EBM, etc....are the only things that will work. Those are DEFINITELY a no go with the other half lol.

I REALLY need to invest in a iPod or similar with some earbuds.

[wormsinwombs]

everything by nest and maybe agalloch

[DeadBurgerKing (10)]

Mine's simple...Pink Floyd- "The Wall"