Posted by bzedan on Jun 03, 2023
[Main image description: An illustrated version of a memed image from Midsommar, where a person sits buried amidst a pile of flowers, so only their flower-crowned face shows. Rather than the sad human face from the image, in this illustration it is Garfield in a flower crown, looking smug as usual. "May 2023" is written across the bottom in a purple and pink handwritten-style font with little flourishes.]
May! Officially springtime, I wanted my May playlist to key off of 'Les Fleurs' by Minnie Riperton, a song my bff shared in our family discord and has haunted me since (positive).
This playlist put itself together pretty quickly, and basically was in its final form by mid-month. And, since part of the whole point of me even starting doing monthly playlists was because I am prone listening to the same playlists over and over (and over), I had no problem spending two weeks of workdays listening to the same series of songs. It's comforting! My comfort playlist is six songs long and I used to play it on a loop through most of a workday at a Bad Place I Worked. Three hours of syrupy spring joy every day was a delight.
The vibe for May was, if I may quote what I sent my bestie in describing it: "Flowers and joy sweetness and fierceness is the vibes, Middle finger in a lace glove." I mean, I think I achieved that, anyway.
Several covers on this one, like the Cowboy Junkies covering Vic Chesnutt 'Flirted With You All My Life,' which is a hard one to cover for a lot of reasons but this is (to me) a successful attempt. The 'Goodbye Horses' cover by Dead On A Sunday is also a new favourite, it doesn't really change much about it, but it's just a good damn song. The Cardigans singing 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' hit me so unexpectedly, I was delighted.
Related media to some of the songs:
- I enjoy the music video for Indigo De Souza's 'You Can Be Mean'.
- An Dro's arrangement of the Hieronymus Bosch butt music is probably my favourite version, and I'm grateful to this Tumblr post for introducing this artist to me.
- There are two songs from Schmigadoon! season two in here, if you can find a way to watch it (Apple TV+) and are a musicals fan you're in for a treat. It's a damn tragedy how they've got so few clips for this show and were consistently late in sharing what little they had or in making songs available quickly on Spotify. It's a musical show! You're a giant network! Anyway, enjoy this Chicago-inspired piece that is not on this playlist but is a delight nonetheless.
Anyway here's a link to May's playlist on Spotify, with the track list below.
- 'Les Fleurs' - Minnie Riperton
- 'Like Her Before' - Em and Dzeej
- 'You Can Be Mean' - Indigo De Souza
- 'Feel The Way I Want' - Caroline Rose
- 'Temba, Tumba Y Timba' - Los Van Van
- 'Army Dreamers - 2018 Remaster' - Kate Bush
- 'Hieronymus Bosch Butt Music' - An Dro
- 'Friends' - Ween
- 'Replacements (feat. La Roux)' - Chromeo
- 'Scarborough Fair / Canticle' - Simon & Garfunkel
- 'Athena' - Tristen
- 'Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall' - Simon & Garfunkel
- 'Wear Your Love Like Heaven' - Donovan
- 'Petals' - Mariah Carey
- 'Lady May' - Tyler Childers
- 'Miracle' - Caravan Palace
- 'Hothouse Flower' - Tristen
- 'Lavender' - Oneida
- 'Sussudio' - Phil Collins
- 'For Real' - Mallrat
- 'Invisible Light' - Scissor Sisters
- 'This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)' - Talking Heads
- 'Cut To The Feeling' - Carly Rae Jepsen
- 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' - The Cardigans
- 'Babalon' - Twin Temple
- 'Bustin' Out' - Dove Cameron
- 'Concerto In G' - Roger Neill
- 'Goodbye Horses' - Dead On A Sunday
- 'Faraway Look' - Yola
- 'Paradise' - Sade
- 'Electric Feel' - MGMT
- 'Sugar on My Tongue - 2005 Remaster' - Talking Heads
- 'Sweet About Me' - Gabriella Cilmi
- 'Suspended In Gaffa - 2018 Remaster' - Kate Bush
- 'So Sweet' - Nurses
- 'The Windmills Of Your Mind - Mono Version' - Dusty Springfield
- 'Bitter Sweet Symphony' - The Verve
- 'The Orchids' - Psychic TV
- 'Patchouli in the Morning / The Outlier' - An Dro
- 'Sugar Daddy' - Thompson Twins
- 'Kaput' - Dove Cameron
- 'Sweet Turns Sour' - Macy Rodman
- 'Savoir Faire' - Beth Ditto
- 'Sweet Poison' - Naked Eyes
- 'Violet' - Hole
- 'Eat The Acid' - Kesha
- 'Wave Catalyst (Low Tide)' - Pacific Coliseum
- 'Flowers - Medieval Style Instrumental' - Stantough
- 'Time Bandits' - Angel Olsen
- 'Flirted With You All My Life' - Cowboy Junkies
- 'Then Came the Last Days of May' - Blue Öyster Cult
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