Hey. With the onset of the Canadian winter right on the horizon, I was wondering whether there are any particular songs/artists/albums/genres that you think compliments the weather.

Right now, I have too many songs on my iPod that I realized remind me of the summer. I think I would get depressed listening to them during the winter so I'm open to a massive overhaul of my playlists. The songs could be festive/christmasy in nature but certainly not limited to that genre exclusively.

With that said, here are a few songs in my library right now that I think work well with winter for one reason or another:

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Lots of post-punk, darkwave, bit of shoegaze...perfect on those gloomy winter days.

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Also, classic New York hip hop.

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For those morning flurries:

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This song always makes me feel like it is cold and wintry outdoors. Andre Gagnon wrote it while walking up Mount Royal in the winter:

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This song always makes me feel like it is cold and wintry outdoors. Andre Gagnon wrote it while walking up Mount Royal in the winter:

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beautiful song indeed,Thanks TB.Its reminding me of long love lost.

Ok, considering the title of the song, this choice might seem a little too obvious but I just adore that artist and for as long as I can remember, I've always associated this song with the first snow...Enjoy!

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beautiful song indeed,Thanks TB.Its reminding me of long love lost.

A pleasure! But don't pine too long for lost love.. love is like a bottle of Champagne. When it is empty we do not try to fill it up again; we get a new one! :yes:

A pleasure! But don't pine too long for lost love.. love is like a bottle of Champagne. When it is empty we do not try to fill it up again; we get a new one! :yes:

Dude.... THAT WAS DEEP! :| Never knew you had that "emotional deepness" in you. XP

beautiful song indeed

Put you in that holiday mood ;)
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This one actually makes me sad at time but its slightly cold and dark and above all beautiful.
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I posted this video last year at Christmas. The Huron Carol is one of the only Canadian originated Christmas Carols. This version is sung in Huron, French, and English.

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Every winter I find a few songs that act as a sort of soundtrack for that season, and when I hear them I am reminded of that year. I think Silver Swans - Secrets (http://hypem.com/#/track/1228581/Silver+Swans+-+Secrets) will be one of them, since it has been stuck in my head all morning and we just got our first snow.

Others include Black Tie Dynasty - Crime Scene (2007/08); Foals - Electric Bloom (2008/09) and The Papertiger Sound - Sing it All Away (2009/10).

A pleasure! But don't pine too long for lost love.. love is like a bottle of Champagne. When it is empty we do not try to fill it up again; we get a new one! :yes:

Already bought three new bottle of Champagne but nothing taste the same, for some reasons that old bottle still can not replace in my mind.Must be vintage.:)

This is the song says it all why I missed my first Champagne bottle.:cry:

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and this one makes me think of cold

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Some very good recommendations. I think most people have the same idea as I do. Atmospheric sounds and stuff that would otherwise me considered dark normally goes well during the winter. Good call on the shoegazing stuff too:

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Liking the Christmassy stuff as well. Some stuff never gets old.

I seem to relate music to the season I first heard it in, that's why 65daysofstatic is always winter music for me.

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can't find the jane siberry version but...

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song for a dark winter afternoon - at least to me
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the whole album has a winter vibe

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The Cardigans - Little Black Cloud

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Someone has been very busy lately.

couldn't sleep haha

First 3D animated singer Hatsune Miku performing in a sold out concert in Japan.

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One of the best song of this particular group and the video is pretty sweet as well. I've tried to translate the lyrics as best as I could so even if it isn't perfect, you'll get the idea:


Under a bridge warming in time
The freezing morning cold
When winter with its white gloves
Blows a wind burning hands

Flashback of a hysterical mom
Zoom on his father's fist
Escaping towards closing credits
With only one name

To escape the sombre fate
When the old décor tumbles

Spitting on good appearances
A sting in the injured soul
Walking for kilometres
And passing through the years

Park bench and public baths

Caravan of lost dogs
In the straightest of curves
The descent is unnoticed

To escape the sombre fate
When the old décor tumbles

To escape fate

Under a bridge warming in time
The freezing morning cold
When winter with its white gloves
Blows a wind burning hands

His body was found


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I have to say, half the time I can't understand a word Gordan is saying.

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When I listen to French songs, I translate the text in Google. You have French on one side and English on the other, so you can follow along in French and understand the English, at least the gist of it.

Benefits of speaking french :D I love Karkwa, really happy they won the 2010 Polaris prize.

Vince Guaraldi's Skating is very wintery for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt8iVEAnfK8

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hello to all Canadian citizens just want to know that such is the popularity of the band simple plan there in canada love him as much as in Spanish-speaking COUNTRIES,
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New Years is comin'. I didnt pace myself last year, and totally passed out before the midnight countdown LOL. I need to take it easy this time around.

Heres a great song/video that is very wintery in my mind.

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Look how young Bono looks!

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Good call on Fleet Foxes. Loved listening to their album last year.

It's hard to believe such lovely voices come from those scruffy dudes :lol:

Nice folksy music! :okay:

Ok, considering the title of the song, this choice might seem a little too obvious but I just adore that artist and for as long as I can remember, I've always associated this song with the first snow...Enjoy!

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I took my sister to her concert at the Orpheum in VAncouver in 2007... ONe of the best concerts I've been to