Angels

[liv]

I've been trying to make a playlist of angel-themed songs for a while, and I'm short of ideas. Any suggestions?

So far I have:

• Cowboy Junkies: Misguided Angel
• Mylène Farmer: Diabolique mon ange
• Massive Attack: Angel
• Angel in the centerfold

... and of course the obvious one, Robbie Williams: Angels. But there's got to be more than that out there, I thought there would be loads when I started the list and then I just drew a blank!

OK, we have a nice selection. You're welcome to listen to them on Spotify: Link

Comments

[liv]

This maybe doesn't count, but. Inkubus Sukkubus: I am the one contains the lyric I am the angel of your desire.

[kiki_eng]

There's A Song For the Angels by Great Lake Swimmers that might be the sort of thing you're looking for? (youtube link)

[liv]

Ooh, thank you. I am just listening to it now and I'm very much taken with it.

[scheherezhad]

Not sure what your criteria are, but these are all the songs that popped up when I searched my music library for the word 'angel':

Angel - Darren Hayes
Fallen Angel - Darren Hayes
In the Arms of the Angel - Sarah McLachlan
Angel of the Morning - The Pretenders
Angels Would Fall - Melissa Etheridge
How Do You Talk to an Angel - The Heights
Monsters and Angels - Voice of the Beehive
Lips of an Angel - Hinder
Angel - The Corrs
I'm No Angel - Dido

[liv]

Thank you, that's a great collection. I'm not sure whether I am including groups with angels in their name; I have some Angels and Agony stuff in my collection, for example, and with all the helpful comments I've garnered, it's not looking like I'm going to be short of examples for this playlist. But I really like this selection, you've suggested a bunch of stuff in styles and by artists that I like but that I didn't specifically know, which is what I was really hoping for!

[tree]

angels of the silences by counting crows?

[liv]

Nice one, thanks!

[ninety6tears]

Lamb-Gabriel
Ella Fitzgerald-Angel Eyes
Madonna-Angel
Elliott Smith-Angel In The Snow
Decemberists-Of Angels And Angles
Interpol-Say Hello To the Angels

[liv]

Ooh, what a great collection, mix of real classics with some shiny indie stuff. (Can't believe I forgot that Madonna had a song called Angel!)

[krait]

Are we going strictly by "word is in the title", here?

Mindy McCready's "Ten Thousand Angels" was the first thing that came to my mind.

...Well, okay, the first first thing I thought of was "Angels We Have Heard On High"! :D

[liv]

Eh, I'm not being very strict at all, I'm just trying to make a playlist that reasonably thematically fits together. I don't think Christmas carols are quite what I had in mind, though I can see why your mind went that way! I've also rejected Red Hot Chili Peppers: City of Angels on the basis that it's about Los Angeles, not the actual celestial beings. But maybe I should include it back in!

[lurkingcat]

The Creatures - Exterminating Angel
The Penguins - Earth Angel
Ash - Angel Interceptor
VNV Nation - Dark Angel
Manuskript - Angels of Islington

[liv]

Ooh, I like! Lots of stuff that closely matches my taste but that I didn't already know. Many thanks.

[centuryplant]

Arranged in rough order of more to less literal angels:

Elvis Costello - (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
Laurie Anderson - Strange Angels
Richard Thompson - The Angels Took My Racehorse Away
Elvis Costello - Distorted Angel
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Blue Angel
Eurythmics - There Must Be an Angel (Playing With My Heart)
The Wallflowers - Angel on my Bike
The Legendary Shack Shakers - Angel Lust
Gabriel Ríos - Angelhead
Suzanne Vega - Angel's Doorway

[liv]

Ooh, nice collection. And I like ordering them by metaphoricalness, I'm tempted to apply that when I sort the final list.

[ninetydegrees]

Let's see what I can remember or find on my hard drive...

Jimi Hendrix - Angel
CocoRosie - Terrible Angels
Serge Gainsbourg - Sorry Angel
Ben Harper - Waiting on an Angel

[liv]

Thank you! And ooh, Serge Gainsbourg, that brings back memories. We're now at 40 tracks, which looks pretty respectable for an Angel mix.

[hebinekohime]

How about Ministry - The Angel?

[liv]

Thanks!

[lanterne_rouee]

don't know if you're still adding to this, but:

she talks to angels - black crowes

[liv]

I'm happy to continue adding to the mix, sure. I only posted the link because it seemed like discussion had died down, there wasn't any deadline. Thanks for the new suggestion!