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Monday Coffee Break: Foggy Songs

Posted at 8:52 AM on October 25, 2010 by Steve Seel (33 Comments)
Filed under: 9:30 Coffee Break

It's a foggy, misty, grey morning here in the Twin Cities. Howabout some songs that name-check fog, mist, or general grey-ness for today's 9:30 Coffee Break? We're all about going with the prevailing atmosphere here on The Morning Show.

Songs played:
The Pogues "Misty Morning, Albert Bridge"
Tom Waits "On a Foggy Night"
Ken Nordine "Grey"
Velvet Underground "Foggy Notion"
Mamas and the Papas "California Dreamin"

Comments (33)

Foggy Eyes - Beat Happening

Foggy Notion - The Velvet Underground

Gray Clouds - Sean Na Na

Grey Day - Madness

Posted by wellst | October 25, 2010 9:04 AM

What could be more perfect than Remy Zero - Life in Rain?

Posted by Melissa | October 25, 2010 9:08 AM

foggy day--billie holiday or rufus wainright or willie nelson or ???
autumn sweater--yo la tengo
fog (again)--radiohead
cloudy days--alison krauss

Posted by beth | October 25, 2010 9:09 AM

Waiting for the Sun - The Jayhawks

Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix (so, it's a type of fog)

Let it Rain - Ok Go

Posted by Nick | October 25, 2010 9:12 AM

Misty Mountain Hop- Led Zepplin
Sit and Listen to the Rain- Whiskeytown
Everybody Here is a Cloud- Cloud Cult

Posted by Kari | October 25, 2010 9:13 AM

Led Zeppelin - Misty Mountain Hop

Foghat?

Posted by Chris | October 25, 2010 9:14 AM

Foggy Day In London Town

Purple Rain

Posted by Melissa | October 25, 2010 9:16 AM

rainy days and mondays--the carpenters or cracker's cover of it
the fog--kate bush
autumn almanac--the kinks
and in honor of the artist of the album of the week
harvest moon--neil young

Posted by kim | October 25, 2010 9:18 AM

About the Weather by 10,000 Maniacs

Posted by Michael | October 25, 2010 9:18 AM

Grey Sky Morning - Vertical Horizon

Posted by David | October 25, 2010 9:18 AM

How about Caroline Smith and the Goodnight Sleeps "Green to Gray?" I think it's perfect.

Posted by Emily Squires | October 25, 2010 9:19 AM

Grey Streets - DMB

Posted by David | October 25, 2010 9:19 AM

The Carpenters- Rainy Days and Sundays

Posted by Kevin Wynn | October 25, 2010 9:19 AM

Rainiest Day of Summer - Elizabeth and the Catapult
No Rain - Blind Melon
Rain and Snow

Posted by Elise | October 25, 2010 9:20 AM

I hear the Rain: Violent Femmes

Posted by Dr. John Troyer | October 25, 2010 9:20 AM

Raining in Baltimore- Counting crows

Posted by Don | October 25, 2010 9:20 AM

Green to Gray- Caroline Smith and the Goodnight Sleeps

Posted by Emily | October 25, 2010 9:20 AM

rainy days and mondays is very apropos...

Posted by juli | October 25, 2010 9:21 AM

On A Foggy Night - Tom Waits

Posted by Jackie K. | October 25, 2010 9:22 AM

I am thinking that "Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down" by the Carpenters sums it up pretty well.

Posted by Cathy V | October 25, 2010 9:22 AM

California Dreaming - Mamas & Papas
No Rain - Blind Melon
Right as Rain - Adele
Get Off of My Cloud - the Stones

Posted by Heather | October 25, 2010 9:23 AM

van morrison-into the mystic
carly simon-you're so vain
lena horne-stormy weather
? baby it's cold outside

Posted by harrison | October 25, 2010 9:23 AM

Led Zeppelin - Misty Mountain Hop
CCR - Have You Ever Seen the Rain
Missy Elliott - The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
The Beta Band - Dry the Rain

Posted by Andrew S. | October 25, 2010 9:23 AM

Foggy Road - Burning Spear
Misty Morning - Bob Marley and the Wailers

Posted by David | October 25, 2010 9:23 AM

Raining in Baltimore- Counting crows, perfect for this sorta weather.

Posted by Don | October 25, 2010 9:23 AM

another grey morning... JT
fixing a hole... beatles
i can't stand the rain...ann peebles

Posted by mags | October 25, 2010 9:24 AM

"Rainy Days And Mondays"- The Carpenters (I can handle it of you can...)
"Foggy Mountain Breakdown"- Flatt & Scruggs
"Hazy Shade Of Winter"- Simon & Garfunkel
or, it's obvious,
"Smoke On The Water"- Deep Purple

Posted by Seameux | October 25, 2010 9:24 AM

two more...

replacements-here comes a regular
bangles-hazy shade of winter

Posted by harrison | October 25, 2010 9:26 AM

Foggy Notion - The Veltet Underground

Posted by ken | October 25, 2010 9:27 AM

"Misty Mountain Hop" - Led Zepplin
"Fade to Grey" - Visage

Posted by (JL) | October 25, 2010 9:29 AM

Weather Channel - Sheryl Crow

Posted by ken | October 25, 2010 9:29 AM

It's raining again - Supertramp

Posted by steve-o | October 25, 2010 9:30 AM

"Another Song About the Rain" - it's after the fact, but just wanted to post to represent this awesome and gutwrenching ballad by Cracker - sung by John Hickman (not David Lowry) - beautiful

Posted by David | October 25, 2010 10:26 AM

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