söndag 26 Sep 2010, 15:44
There's a motionless chill in the air. A little eerie atmosphere has been moving in the past couple of evenings, riding in on relatively cool, crisp breezes. The windows of the house have been open all day, a first since the blunt coolness of Spring gave way to the hot, dog-breath days of the past Summer. An eagerness swims around my brain like a dog in a lake and I hope that this eagerness doesn't completely ruin it all. I'll take the chance and say it aloud and write it down: Autumn is finally here.
Autumn has to be my favorite season and I think I say that when each season comes, but I truly mean it with Autumn. There's a distinct feel and smell. The air is cool and brisk, making you pick up your walking pace just a slight notch from your Summer Slumpin'. Something about this season just makes specific music even better, like this one season is the reason for a lot of bands existence. There is an atmosphere that is simultaneously heart-warming and homey yet also eerie and creepy. Any season that uses the same thing to make yummy pies and to decorate with scary faces is Tops in my book.
Dia de los Muertos.
Really, there is no other season that gets me more excited to listen to certain bands. I love Queens of the Stone Age all year long, but something about Autumn just maximizes their creepy, Hitchcock thriller atmosphere. Not to mention Mark Lanegan's vocals are the personification of the whole damn season. IF that isn't enough you still have Hallo-freakin-ween and all those trashy, Grade A spooky bands that somehow turn into the Beatles a couple months out of the year (shout out to The Cramps). Plus, you have a valid reason for watching all those B horror movies that 3/4 of the year are only reserved by professed movie nerds (like myself).
Anyway, I digress because I'm losing my whole point for making this journal. Anybody have any favorite songs they like to play especially during Fall weather? I've been teaching myself guitar since May and am finally to the point where what I'm playing actually sounds like a song. I was curious what songs some other guitarists like to play to get in the Autumn/Halloween mood?
So far I've come up with a couple of the usual suspects:
The Cramps - I Was A Teenage Werewolf
Bobby Pickett - Monster Mash
That's all I can think of for now. I know all the basic chords and am just now starting to get F down (little bastard of a chord), so anything that is beginner level or has a little bit of difficulty would be cool.