Almost everyone loves a good summer song, but what about winter songs? I’m not talking about played-out Christmas carols here, but other songs of the season.
Winter themes sometimes evoke bleak landscapes and chilled emotions. We also associate winter with feelings of love, warmth, and safety. So, there’s a duality in this list that is less apparent in summer music. There’s also more cabin-fever inspired oddities than one might find on a summer list.
Here are links to a few of Cabins in Big Bear’s favorites (and a few less-than-favorites), organized chronologically. Stay warm…
• ol’ hank, cold, cold heart (1951) and norah (2002)
• chet baker, grey december (1955)
• dean martin, baby it’s cold outside (1959)
• albert iceman collins, frosty (1962)
• ian and sylvia, four strong winds (1963)
• bob dylan, girl of the north country (1964)
• mamas and the papas, california dreaming (1965)
• simon and garfinkel, hazy shade of winter (1967) & bangles (1987)
• gordon lightfoot, song for a winter’s night (1967) & sara mclachlan (1996)
• doors, wintertime love (1968)
