By philipphilip99
Esbjörn Svensson Trio – Evening in Atlantis
As the waves close over the day, jazz jettisons the unnecessary, music distilled to the essential, in search of the saving note.
The Ink Spots – When the Sun Goes Down
Alchemy turns the bass to gold, a guitar strummed with a whorled thumb, strange that men should croon so sweetly, when darkness has come.
The Platters – Twilight Time
She waits for you, your light in the coming dark, just tell it like it is, fella, love wakes the poet in all of us.
Young Marble Giants – Music for Evenings
Stab at the guitar, wring the neck of the bass, let the girl keen, there are many ways to amazement and grace.
The Weakerthans – Civil Twilight
The bus is late, don’t blow a fuse, remember, guy, even busmen get the blues.
Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians – Raymond Chandler Evening
Here’s a story, excuse my diction, it’s a slice of noire, a little pulp fiction.
Feist – One Evening
I’ll throw on a suit, you put on that little white dress, I’m in the mood for dancing, I must confess.
Paul Simon – Late in the Evening
It’s never too late, to make your move, out of the rut, into the groove.
Donna Summer – Hot Stuff
When the sun goes down, welcome the night, you bring the heat, I’ll make the light.
Petula Clark – I Know A Place
I knew a place, they knocked it down, but the songs we played there, they stick around.
Jack Jackson & His Orchestra – I Like to Go Back in The Evening
Jack and the boys don’t know it, but they’re between the wars, let them play and sing, not settle scores.
John Zorn – Vespers
The beginning is angels, the middle is angels, the end is angels, all of it, angels.
Enya – Evening Falls
Here’s your church, and here’s your steeple, walking up the lane, your people.
Eels – Dusk, a peach in the orchard
You need sun and rain, for the tree to fruit, see this one, son, a beaut.
The Gently Easing In To A Guten Abend A-List Playlist:
Big Break Out Of Daytime B-List Playlist:
Led Zeppelin – In the Evening
Django Reinhardt – Melodie Au Crépuscule
R.E.M. – Half a World Away
Julie London – Evening
Roy Rogers – Don’t Fence Me In
Seth Lakeman – The Gloaming
Shirley Collins & The Albion Band – Claudy Banks
The Zombies – Beechwood Park
David Sylvian – Darkest Dreaming
Geoffrey Oryema – Passage at Dusk
Sandie Shaw – Girl Don’t Come
Richard Hawley – Coles Corner
The xx – Sunset
Roy Harper – Evening Star
Jimmy Witherspoon — Evening
Guru’s Wildcard Pick:
Ezio Pinza – Some Enchanted Evening
Various versions suggested, but not this, from the original cast recording – and, wow, that heart-rending final note!
These playlists were inspired by readers' song nominations from last week's topic: The remains of the day: songs about the evening. The next topic will launch on Thursday at 1pm UK time.
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