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You are here: Home / Music / I never knew the charm of spring

I never knew the charm of spring

by DougJ|  March 31, 20173:54 pm| 157 Comments

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What month do you think has the most songs written about it? I think it’s got to be either April or September. For April, you’ve got “I Remember April” and “April In Paris”. For September, you’ve got “September Song” by Kurt Weill, “Back In September” (from “The Fantasticks”), the Earth Wind and Fire song “September”, and “September Gurls”. So I guess September wins in a way, but…the two April songs are both jazz standards so they should count double. And “riding high in April, shot down in May” has no September analog.

What are some other good songs in which names of months are featured prominently? Aguas de Marco and Beach Baby come to mind. And I guess I forgot the Neil Diamond song “September Morn”, which I feel is the most Neil Diamond of any song.

I guess Maggie May mentions September too, so maybe September wins. But I think April is at worst a close second.

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  1. 1.

    J.A.F. Rusty Shackleford

    March 31, 2017 at 3:55 pm

    Sometimes It Snows in April by Prince on Under the Cherry Moon

  2. 2.

    J.A.F. Rusty Shackleford

    March 31, 2017 at 3:56 pm

    November Spawned a Monster by Morrissey

  3. 3.

    p.a.

    March 31, 2017 at 3:57 pm

    Here’s a beautiful tune about abril.

  4. 4.

    ranchandsyrup

    March 31, 2017 at 3:59 pm

    November Rain from GnR

  5. 5.

    Doug!

    March 31, 2017 at 4:00 pm

    @ranchandsyrup:

    I forgot about that one.

  6. 6.

    DesertFriar

    March 31, 2017 at 4:01 pm

    John Phillip Sousa devoted his compositions to March.

    March wins!

  7. 7.

    D. Hyland

    March 31, 2017 at 4:01 pm

    ‘See You in September’, The Happenings 1966.

  8. 8.

    Barbara

    March 31, 2017 at 4:01 pm

    Four Seasons “Will I See You in September”

    Counting Crows, “A Long December”

    And, dare I date myself further: “Pieces of April” by Three Dog Night

  9. 9.

    bystander

    March 31, 2017 at 4:01 pm

    My favorite Spring song sung by the best.

  10. 10.

    germy

    March 31, 2017 at 4:01 pm

    January Hymn by the Decemberists

  11. 11.

    ranchandsyrup

    March 31, 2017 at 4:02 pm

    @Doug!: i can’t forget stephanie seymour in the video.

  12. 12.

    gbear

    March 31, 2017 at 4:02 pm

    April – come she will
    May – she will stay
    June – she’ll change her tune
    July – she will fly
    August – die she must
    September – I’ll remember

    I honestly can’t think of any songs with June in the title, but I’d guess that month appears in the most song lyrics just because it’s so easy to rhyme.

  13. 13.

    germy

    March 31, 2017 at 4:02 pm

    Month of May by Arcade Fire

  14. 14.

    Ruviana

    March 31, 2017 at 4:02 pm

    See You in September! How could you miss it?

  15. 15.

    Bill

    March 31, 2017 at 4:02 pm

    “Wake Me Up when September Ends” – Green Day

  16. 16.

    Aleta

    March 31, 2017 at 4:03 pm

    Calendar Girl

  17. 17.

    Nicole

    March 31, 2017 at 4:03 pm

    ” Wake me up when September ends,” Green Day.

    ETA: ah, Bill beat me to it.

  18. 18.

    Downpuppy

    March 31, 2017 at 4:04 pm

    October Days, John Lincoln Wright
    I heard him sing this in Cambridge at Riverfest on a nice September day

    If we make it through December – Haggard
    The lyrics always seemed silly, but the song is OK

  19. 19.

    Ruviana

    March 31, 2017 at 4:04 pm

    @D. Hyland: @Barbara: Always refresh the thread before commenting.
    @gbear: Loved this song.

  20. 20.

    Miss Bianca

    March 31, 2017 at 4:05 pm

    @gbear: “A Rosebud in June”, but that’s an old folk song…

  21. 21.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 31, 2017 at 4:05 pm

    In classical music (using the term in its broadest sense), the month of May is depicted far more often than any other month.

  22. 22.

    low-tech cyclist

    March 31, 2017 at 4:06 pm

    Sweet days of summer, the jasmine’s in bloom
    July is dressed up and playing her tune

    -Seals and Crofts, “Summer Breeze”

    But February made me shiver,
    with every paper I’d deliver…

    -Don McLean, “American Pie”

  23. 23.

    Geeno

    March 31, 2017 at 4:07 pm

    “June is busting out all over”

  24. 24.

    Suburban Mom

    March 31, 2017 at 4:07 pm

    @gbear: Shine On Harvest Moon mentions June

  25. 25.

    guachi

    March 31, 2017 at 4:08 pm

    New Year’s Day by U2. Does that count as a song about January?

  26. 26.

    ThresherK

    March 31, 2017 at 4:08 pm

    June is Bustin’ out all Over–Rodgers and Hammerstein

    The Lusty Month of May–Lerner and Loewe

  27. 27.

    jeannedalbret

    March 31, 2017 at 4:08 pm

    Jobim: Waters of March

  28. 28.

    bystander

    March 31, 2017 at 4:09 pm

    So sneaky its name isn’t in the title. Jo Stafford’s It Could Happen to You (“Keep an eye on Spring”).

  29. 29.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 31, 2017 at 4:09 pm

    dupe, deleted

  30. 30.

    WereBear

    March 31, 2017 at 4:10 pm

    I wrote a post about my cat’s Pandora channel

    Tristan’s Favorite Music

    No one writes songs about February. It should be the cruelest month.

  31. 31.

    WereBear

    March 31, 2017 at 4:10 pm

    @low-tech cyclist: Okay, there’s ONE song that mentions February…

  32. 32.

    dedc79

    March 31, 2017 at 4:10 pm

    I love Big Star’s “September Gurls”

    April Come She Will – Simon & Garfunkel

    January Wedding – The Avett Brothers

    April 26, 1992 – Sublime

    August Blues – Dexter Gordon

  33. 33.

    ThresherK

    March 31, 2017 at 4:11 pm

    @Geeno: One minute ahead! Good show (pun intended).

  34. 34.

    JCJ

    March 31, 2017 at 4:11 pm

    “My December” by Linkin Park from the Reanimation CD

  35. 35.

    EdTheRed

    March 31, 2017 at 4:12 pm

    A few more:

    “X-Mas in February” – Lou Reed
    “Wake Me Up When September Ends” – Green Day
    “Miss September” – Greensky Bluegrass (link, b/c this is one you might not know, but maybe should)
    “October” – U2
    “I’ll Be Gone ‘Til November” – Wyclef
    “November Make-Believe” – Carbon Leaf (another lesser-known one)
    “November Has Come” – Gorillaz
    “December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)” – Four Seasons

  36. 36.

    japa21

    March 31, 2017 at 4:12 pm

    Courtesy of Disney’s Bambi, Little April Shower.

  37. 37.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    March 31, 2017 at 4:13 pm

    September, When It Comes, Roseanne Cash, and her father.

    ETA: and I hate to mention it in the same post, “September Morning” by Barry Manilow or Neil Diamond

  38. 38.

    Mike J

    March 31, 2017 at 4:13 pm

    September Shirt – Buffalo Tom
    September – Dash Rip Rock
    Lucy September – Dream Academy
    Miss September – Liz Phair
    September Song – Frank
    August & September – The The

    OT:

    Justin Sink‏ Verified account @justinsink
    after @MajorCBS asks about Flynn, Trump leaves signing ceremony without signing executive orders. Pence went and picked it up from desk

  39. 39.

    J.A.F. Rusty Shackleford

    March 31, 2017 at 4:14 pm

    1963 from New Order:

    It was January, 1963
    When Johnny came home with a gift for me
    He said I bought it for you because I love you
    And I bought it for you because it’s your birthday, too…

  40. 40.

    low-tech cyclist

    March 31, 2017 at 4:14 pm

    Hot August night and the leaves hangin’ down and the grass on the ground smellin’…sweet.
    -Neil Diamond, “Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show”

  41. 41.

    Old Dan and Little Anne

    March 31, 2017 at 4:15 pm

    Ah, the Beastie Boys.

    There it is – kick it!!!
    You wanna know why – because I’m
    October 31st – that is my date of birth
    I got to the party and I did the Smurf

    AND

    I’ve Got A Grandma Hazel And A Grandma Tilly
    Grand Royal prez And I’m Also A Member
    Born On The Cusp In The Month Of November
    I Do The Patty Duke In Case You Don’t Remember

  42. 42.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 31, 2017 at 4:15 pm

    JAMC, April Skies.

  43. 43.

    Aleta

    March 31, 2017 at 4:15 pm

    January Song
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYvmGR6AnyE
    Billy Bragg

  44. 44.

    evap

    March 31, 2017 at 4:15 pm

    It Might As Well Rain Until September — an early, unappreciated Carol King song

  45. 45.

    Mike J

    March 31, 2017 at 4:17 pm

    January Hymn – Decemberists
    June in January – standard
    February’s Quiet – Big Star
    February Stars – Foo Fighters
    Two Days in February – Goo Goo Dolls
    Xmas in February – Lou Reed
    Getaway(February) – Jen Trynin

  46. 46.

    WereBear

    March 31, 2017 at 4:17 pm

    the Earth Wind and Fire song “September”

    I adore that song.

  47. 47.

    encephalopath

    March 31, 2017 at 4:18 pm

    Silver stars were clinging to an Autumn sky,
    Love was was ours until October wandered by

    Coltrane and Hartman

    Autumn Serenade

    https://youtu.be/FIOdFwH1Jxg

  48. 48.

    low-tech cyclist

    March 31, 2017 at 4:20 pm

    @WereBear: And that one song that mentions February fits your thesis!

    But I’ve gotta go with T.S. Eliot: April really is the cruelest month.

  49. 49.

    prostratedragon

    March 31, 2017 at 4:20 pm

    “September in the Rain,” sung by the greats of yore, but I wasn’t expecting these guys.

  50. 50.

    maurinsky

    March 31, 2017 at 4:21 pm

    April is in my mistress’ face, and July in her eyes hath place
    and in her bosom, is September, but in her heart, a cold December

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4vE2lZWZVU

    Calendar Girl has all the months. It’s a terrible song, but it has them all.

  51. 51.

    low-tech cyclist

    March 31, 2017 at 4:22 pm

    Neil Young’s “Don’t Let It Bring You Down” doesn’t mention October, but if there’s a more October song in the rock n’ roll canon, I’ve yet to hear it.

  52. 52.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    March 31, 2017 at 4:24 pm

    OT:

    Mary Clare Jalonick @ MCJalonick
    Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill says she will oppose Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch and vote w/Dems to filibuster

  53. 53.

    RandomMonster

    March 31, 2017 at 4:24 pm

    ‘Then Came the Last Days of May’, by Blue Oyster Cult

  54. 54.

    Keith P.

    March 31, 2017 at 4:24 pm

    “December” – Collective Soul

  55. 55.

    low-tech cyclist

    March 31, 2017 at 4:25 pm

    A cold November wind can cut right through your soul
    Even leaves all hide away from the wind November blows
    And after all the warmth of the summer and the fall
    Cold November wind cuts the deepest of them all

    -Willie Nelson, “Cold November Wind”

  56. 56.

    Steve in the ATL

    March 31, 2017 at 4:26 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    In classical music (using the term in its broadest sense), the month of May is depicted far more often than any other month.

    That is because those classical composers were all talentless hacks who needed the easiest rhyme possible. Sad!

  57. 57.

    PJ

    March 31, 2017 at 4:26 pm

    April the 14th, Gillian Welch:

    And the iceberg broke
    And the Okies fled
    And the great emancipator
    Took a bullet in the back of the head

  58. 58.

    ranchandsyrup

    March 31, 2017 at 4:27 pm

    one of my fave lyrics mentions august but the song doesn’t have a month in the title. from Pavement – Gold Soundz

    so drunk in the august sun
    and your the kind of girl i like
    because you’re empty
    and i’m empty
    and you can never quarantine the past

  59. 59.

    debit

    March 31, 2017 at 4:28 pm

    @Mike J:

    Justin Sink‏ Verified account @justinsink
    after @MajorCBS asks about Flynn, Trump leaves signing ceremony without signing executive orders. Pence went and picked it up from desk

    Awwww, did widdle baby get his tiny little baby feelings hurt?

  60. 60.

    prostratedragon

    March 31, 2017 at 4:29 pm

    Not exactly a month name, but “Autumn in New York”, ’cause I like both the song and the subject. The photos do not exaggerate.

  61. 61.

    Ninedragonspot

    March 31, 2017 at 4:30 pm

    Faye Wong – April Snow 王菲 – 四月雪

  62. 62.

    debit

    March 31, 2017 at 4:30 pm

    I can’t believe that no one has mentioned the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Because the gales of November remember.

  63. 63.

    WereBear

    March 31, 2017 at 4:30 pm

    Bleak November, something?

  64. 64.

    Steve in the ATL

    March 31, 2017 at 4:31 pm

    @Mike J:

    September Shirt – Buffalo Tom
    September – Dash Rip Rock
    Lucy September – Dream Academy
    Miss September – Liz Phair
    September Song – Frank
    August & September – The The

    You are showing your age with that list!

    Man, I used to love Dash Rip Rock (Riprock?) in the late 80’s/early 90’s, but when I put in the CD a few years later it was unlistenably (?) bad. Even “Bumf*** Egypt”. On the plus side, they did have that song about Mud Island (reference for Memphis people).

  65. 65.

    Ninedragonspot

    March 31, 2017 at 4:32 pm

    Also, too: Jay Chou – November’s Chopin 周杰倫 – 十一月的蕭邦

  66. 66.

    Peale

    March 31, 2017 at 4:32 pm

    I would think the most common month would be March. Off the top of my head I can think of the Colonel Bogey March, the Wedding March, March of the Tin Soldiers, The Washington Post March…

  67. 67.

    Mike J

    March 31, 2017 at 4:33 pm

    @Steve in the ATL: I saw them several times at the Antenna, and I think once at the New Daisy.

  68. 68.

    ET

    March 31, 2017 at 4:33 pm

    @Bill: You beat me to it!

  69. 69.

    Peale

    March 31, 2017 at 4:34 pm

    @DesertFriar: Damn you!

  70. 70.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    March 31, 2017 at 4:34 pm

    @Steve in the ATL: You are showing your age with that list!

    I beg your pardon? that is the music from the prime of my life, which was very recent.

    Why are you all laughing?

  71. 71.

    Tokyokie

    March 31, 2017 at 4:35 pm

    @DesertFriar: You beat me to it. Probably four times per measure.

  72. 72.

    chopper

    March 31, 2017 at 4:36 pm

    yet Smarch gets nothing.

  73. 73.

    chopper

    March 31, 2017 at 4:37 pm

    @Mike J:

    Justin Sink‏ Verified account @justinsink
    after @MajorCBS asks about Flynn, Trump leaves signing ceremony without signing executive orders. Pence went and picked it up from desk

    daaaaaaaaang

  74. 74.

    delk

    March 31, 2017 at 4:38 pm

    The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
    When the skies of November turn gloomy…

    Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

    ETA Debit beat me to it.

  75. 75.

    prostratedragon

    March 31, 2017 at 4:39 pm

    @debit: I do hope so. No day would be complete otherwise.

  76. 76.

    chopper

    March 31, 2017 at 4:40 pm

    if you want lots of months, one of the records by the Decembrists has a song called ‘January Hymn’ and one called ‘June Hymn’.

  77. 77.

    eclare

    March 31, 2017 at 4:40 pm

    @Steve in the ATL: Saw them live a few times when I lived in ATL…..loved them then. Think they also had a song Stairway to Freebird?

  78. 78.

    Steve in the ATL

    March 31, 2017 at 4:40 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    I beg your pardon? that is the music from the prime of my life, which was very recent.

    Why are you all laughing?

    I feel you–there are many of us here of the same vintage, which you can tell by our musical taste (REM, Replacements, Guadalcanal Diary, Hoodoo Gurus, Connells, Echo and the Bunnymen, etc.–getting too nostalgic to type any more). In fact, I am going to see the hollowed out husk of Drivin’ and Cryin’ tomorrow night, assuming that all the highways between my house and the club haven’t collapsed into fiery infernos.

  79. 79.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 31, 2017 at 4:41 pm

    For September, you’ve got “September Song” by Kurt Weill,

    Nice thing about “September Song” is that the lyrics actually start out mentioning two other months:

    Oh it’s a long, long time
    From May to December,
    And the days grow short
    When you reach September….

  80. 80.

    Steve in the ATL

    March 31, 2017 at 4:43 pm

    @eclare:

    Saw them live a few times when I lived in ATL…..loved them then. Think they also had a song Stairway to Freebird?

    Yep–that was their response to the tired cries of “Freebird!” from the audience. They were a great live act. I saw them mostly at the Georgia Theater in Athens, but they covered the Southeast college circuit.

  81. 81.

    brendancalling

    March 31, 2017 at 4:44 pm

    Spring is here oh spring is here/life is skittles and life is beer/I think the loveliest time of the year is the spring/don’t you? Course you do…

    But there’s one thing that makes spring complete for me/and males every Sunday a treat for me…

  82. 82.

    delk

    March 31, 2017 at 4:45 pm

    Another September: Biko–Peter Gabriel

    September ’77
    Port Elizabeth weather fine

  83. 83.

    prostratedragon

    March 31, 2017 at 4:45 pm

    What, no videos?

    “Águas de Março”, sung by Elis Regina and Tom Jobim

  84. 84.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    March 31, 2017 at 4:46 pm

    I don’t know if you like showtunes, but “Springtime for Hitler” was a show stopper.

  85. 85.

    Jim Parish

    March 31, 2017 at 4:50 pm

    If Spanish counts, January gets title credit in Selena’s “Despues de enero”. March, April, July, September, and December are also mentioned in the lyrics.

  86. 86.

    justsomeguy

    March 31, 2017 at 4:52 pm

    “It was the third of september …”
    Temptations – Papa was a rolling stone

  87. 87.

    gbear

    March 31, 2017 at 4:55 pm

    @Steve in the ATL:

    I feel you–there are many of us here of the same vintage, which you can tell by our musical taste (REM, Replacements, Guadalcanal Diary, Hoodoo Gurus, Connells, Echo and the Bunnymen, etc.–getting too nostalgic to type any more). In fact, I am going to see the hollowed out husk of Drivin’ and Cryin’ tomorrow night, assuming that all the highways between my house and the club haven’t collapsed into fiery infernos.

    I’m old enough to be a Beatle Baby (I was 9 when they appeared on Ed Sullivan), and I like Drivin’ and Cryin’ too, but I’m too old to stay awake late enough to go out and see them.

  88. 88.

    WereBear

    March 31, 2017 at 4:55 pm

    @David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch: You can’t do seasons, that’s cheating.

  89. 89.

    Kenneth Fair

    March 31, 2017 at 4:56 pm

    “Try to remember the kind of September
    When life was slow and oh, so mellow …

    Deep in December it’s nice to remember
    Although you know snow will follow.”

    Harvey Schmidt & Tom Jones, “Try to Remember,” from The Fantasticks.

  90. 90.

    smintheus

    March 31, 2017 at 4:57 pm

    @prostratedragon: Dinah Washington’s recording is my favorite version of ‘September in the Rain’.

  91. 91.

    encephalopath

    March 31, 2017 at 5:01 pm

    Mickey Katz – Paisach in Portugal

    https://youtu.be/pr2YMaWj0jI

  92. 92.

    Ohio Mom

    March 31, 2017 at 5:01 pm

    I’m as corny as Kansas in August

  93. 93.

    Ohio Mom

    March 31, 2017 at 5:04 pm

    @Ohio Mom: and also, high as a kite on the Fourth of July

  94. 94.

    Mike J

    March 31, 2017 at 5:04 pm

    Just in the lyrics and not the title are ok now?

    C.W. McCall – Convoy
    It was the dark of the moon on the 6th of June in a Kenworth pullin’ logs

  95. 95.

    smintheus

    March 31, 2017 at 5:05 pm

    That spring of ours that started so April-hearted

    Great tune, “Early Autumn”, with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Here’s the original (1948) Woody Herman recording.

  96. 96.

    Shell

    March 31, 2017 at 5:07 pm

    Funny, you’d think December w ould win with Christmas and all. But how many christmas carols mention the month by name?

  97. 97.

    Pogonip

    March 31, 2017 at 5:07 pm

    @justsomeguy: A day I’ll always remember!–Mick Jagger, Jr

  98. 98.

    Mike J

    March 31, 2017 at 5:08 pm

    Andrew Beatty‏ Verified account @AndrewBeatty 19 minutes ago
    Update – The White House says President Trump has now signed the two trade orders.

  99. 99.

    Aleta

    March 31, 2017 at 5:09 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: From her statement, excerpted:

    This is a really difficult decision for me. I am not comfortable with either choice. While … I can’t support Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court … I’m certain we will have a Senate rule change that will usher in more extreme judges in the future.

    I cannot support Judge Gorsuch because a study of his opinions reveal a rigid ideology that always puts the little guy under the boot of corporations. He is evasive, but his body of work isn’t. Whether it is a freezing truck driver or an autistic child, he has shown a stunning lack of humanity. And he has been an activist — for example, writing a dissent on a case that had been settled, in what appears to be an attempt to audition for his current nomination.

    Then there is Citizens United, the single most corrupting force in the history of politics in this nation. I cannot and will not support a nominee that allows dark and dirty anonymous money to continue to flood unchecked into our elections.

    I reject this nomination because Judge Gorsuch would continue an activist position that states that corporations have the same rights as people. The men who wrote our Constitution would reject that nonsense, since they were highly suspect of corporations as the tools of royalty. Corporations don’t cry or laugh or marry or worry about sending their kids to college. Judge Gorsuch’s allegiance to corporations disqualifies him from the highest court in the land.

    Sen. Claire McCaskill
    https://medium.com/senator-claire-mccaskill/gorsuch-good-for-corporations-bad-for-working-people-400de6ec8b8b

  100. 100.

    eemom

    March 31, 2017 at 5:11 pm

    It was the third of June, another sleepy dusty Delta day….

    Moons and Junes and ferris wheels….

    A winter’s day, in a deep and dark December….

    ETA: You could feel it ’cause it was the month of June….

  101. 101.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 31, 2017 at 5:13 pm

    @Steve in the ATL:

    That is because those classical composers were all talentless hacks who needed the easiest rhyme possible. Sad!

    Especially all the instrumental-only pieces without any, you know, WORDS!

  102. 102.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 31, 2017 at 5:15 pm

    @Mike J:

    Justin Sink‏ Verified account @justinsink
    after @MajorCBS asks about Flynn, Trump leaves signing ceremony without signing executive orders. Pence went and picked it up from desk

    I know we shouldn’t take our eyes off the genuine damage being done (by obsessing over all the tweets and tantrums and distractions), but damn, this Republican President makes it difficult.

  103. 103.

    SFBayAreaGal

    March 31, 2017 at 5:15 pm

    @low-tech cyclist: I love that Seals & Croft song

  104. 104.

    eemom

    March 31, 2017 at 5:15 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    Good. I was fucking pissed at her stupid headline yesterday (“warns donors of risks of filibuster”)

    Fuck, fuck, FUCK, any Democrat who caves on this. I cannot overstate this. May they rot in HELL beside Scalia.

  105. 105.

    CaseyL

    March 31, 2017 at 5:17 pm

    I’m trying to think of songs with months in the title or the lyrics, but now all I can hear in my head is The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

    I love the song, so it’s not a bad thing; I just can’t think of any other songs right now.

  106. 106.

    Annamal

    March 31, 2017 at 5:22 pm

    Nobody’s mentioned November by Tom Waits…
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeAP1KyPDzM

    Of course from the antipodes all the meanings of months get somewhat flipped…

  107. 107.

    Steve in the ATL

    March 31, 2017 at 5:25 pm

    @eemom:

    Fuck, fuck, FUCK, any Democrat who caves on this. I cannot overstate this. May they rot in HELL beside Scalia.

    Steve in the ATL, J., concurs in the judgment

  108. 108.

    Geeno

    March 31, 2017 at 5:26 pm

    @ThresherK: I couldn’t remember if it was Rogers and Hammerstein or Rogers and Hart so I just went with the title.

  109. 109.

    Steve in the ATL

    March 31, 2017 at 5:28 pm

    @SFBayAreaGal:

    I love that Seals & Croft song

    Boy, that’s a statement that hasn’t been made much since 1972!

  110. 110.

    Jack Canuck

    March 31, 2017 at 5:30 pm

    Off the top of my head:
    ‘June Hymn’ – the Decemberists
    ‘Throughout the Dark Months of April and May’ – Cocteau Twins

  111. 111.

    Jacel

    March 31, 2017 at 5:33 pm

    @Peale: The name tally gets evened up a little with “The January February March” composed by Don Gillis

    In this thread about month-titled songs, I keep looking for an excuse to mention the wonderful “Autumn Almanac” by The Kinks.

  112. 112.

    Steve in the ATL

    March 31, 2017 at 5:34 pm

    @Jack Canuck: you know, friendly neighbor to the north, until you posted this I was totally dominating the “Recent Comments” section on the front page. Not that I’m bitter.

  113. 113.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 31, 2017 at 5:37 pm

    Here you go.

    All twelve months in one short song.

  114. 114.

    terben

    March 31, 2017 at 5:38 pm

    ‘April Love’, Pat Boone’s big hit of 1957. ‘April Sun in Cuba’ by Dragon

  115. 115.

    dr. luba

    March 31, 2017 at 5:38 pm

    December Skies by the Cowboy Junkies

  116. 116.

    drdavechemist

    March 31, 2017 at 5:39 pm

    From titles in my iTunes library:

    4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) by Bruce Springsteen

    Prologue_Someday (August 29_1968) from Chicago Transit Authority (in reference to the police violence at the Democratic Convention, including some live protest audio–“The whole world’s watching!”)

    There’s a complete cycle of all twelve months for piano by Tchaikovsky–my classical piano-playing son was working on a couple of them earlier this year and we agreed that it must have been a particularly gloomy June for Pyotr Ilyich that year.

  117. 117.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    March 31, 2017 at 5:40 pm

    OT:

    Judd Legum‏Verified account
    JuddLegum
    I don’t think Trump is going to like the new New Yorker cove

    I think that is an understatement. Let us dispel with the notion that that cartoonist did not know what s/he was doing.

  118. 118.

    mai naem mobile

    March 31, 2017 at 5:40 pm

    I would have thought it would be December because of Christmas.

  119. 119.

    Steeplejack (tablet)

    March 31, 2017 at 5:42 pm

    @D. Hyland:

    Great song. Here’s the link: “See You in September.”

  120. 120.

    Ben Cisco

    March 31, 2017 at 5:43 pm

    “Eighteen Aprils,” Michael Franks

  121. 121.

    Hawes

    March 31, 2017 at 5:45 pm

    It a fabulous night for a Moondance
    ‘neath the cover of October skies

  122. 122.

    Steve in the ATL

    March 31, 2017 at 5:46 pm

    @drdavechemist:

    From titles in my iTunes library:

    Prologue_Someday (August 29_1968) from Chicago Transit Authority

    I want to party with you

  123. 123.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 31, 2017 at 5:49 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    Judd Legum‏Verified account
    JuddLegum
    I don’t think Trump is going to like the new New Yorker cover

    I think that is an understatement. Let us dispel with the notion that that cartoonist did not know what s/he was doing.

    Oh my oh my, that’s going to smart (as is the Economist cover in the first comment).

    I especially like the numerous broken WH windows. Say what you will about Trump, his presidency has ensured job security for editorial cartoonists and magazine art directors for the foreseeable future.

  124. 124.

    Ninedragonspot

    March 31, 2017 at 5:49 pm

    @drdavechemist: not gloomy, just Russian.

  125. 125.

    Boudica

    March 31, 2017 at 5:50 pm

    I Just Called to Say I Love You hits several months.

  126. 126.

    Shell

    March 31, 2017 at 5:53 pm

    Cathedral bells were tolling and our hearts rang on
    Was this the thrill of Paris or the April dawn?…

  127. 127.

    Steeplejack

    March 31, 2017 at 5:53 pm

    It was the third of June
    another sleepy, dusty Delta day

    Bobbie Gentry, “Ode to Billy Joe.”

  128. 128.

    Ben Cisco

    March 31, 2017 at 5:54 pm

    “December Song,” George Michael

  129. 129.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 31, 2017 at 5:57 pm

    @drdavechemist:

    There’s a complete cycle of all twelve months for piano by Tchaikovsky–my classical piano-playing son was working on a couple of them earlier this year and we agreed that it must have been a particularly gloomy June for Pyotr Ilyich that year.

    I love that June “Barcarolle,” although you’re right, it is melancholy. But still, one of my favourite melodies.

    It was used to great effect in the wonderful 1988 film The Bear, when (EDIT: Spoiler Alert!) the little cub is orphaned.

  130. 130.

    Temporarily Max McGee (Until Death!)

    March 31, 2017 at 5:58 pm

    Prefab Sprout When Love Breaks Down

    Oh my, oh my, have you seen the weather
    The sweet September rain
    Rain on me like no other
    Until I drown, until I drown

  131. 131.

    Ben Cisco

    March 31, 2017 at 5:59 pm

    “Gone Till November,” Wyclef Jean & Canibus

  132. 132.

    Steeplejack

    March 31, 2017 at 6:01 pm

    @Steve in the ATL:

    Heh. I do retain a soft spot for “Diamond Girl.”

  133. 133.

    schrodingers_cat

    March 31, 2017 at 6:06 pm

    There are a lot of songs to celebrate the second month of monsoon (saavan, shravan) in Hindi and Marathi. Here is one of my favorites
    Rim Jhim gire sawan
    April or Chaitra is the first month of the Hindu calendar. The new year was just a couple of days ago.

  134. 134.

    prostratedragon

    March 31, 2017 at 6:19 pm

    @smintheus: Was going to go for that one untill I noticed the novelty version.

  135. 135.

    zhena gogolia

    March 31, 2017 at 6:20 pm

    Did anyone post Rosemary Clooney doing When October Goes?

  136. 136.

    prostratedragon

    March 31, 2017 at 6:24 pm

    “November,” Catherine Russell

  137. 137.

    zhena gogolia

    March 31, 2017 at 6:25 pm

    @Steve in the ATL:

    I love it love it love it, but probably haven’t heard it since 1972!

  138. 138.

    Nancy Supler

    March 31, 2017 at 6:27 pm

    @Aleta:
    Oh yes! Calender Girl…February Brings the Rain. Also Camalot…Its’s May!

  139. 139.

    Steeplejack

    March 31, 2017 at 6:30 pm

    @zhena gogolia:

    Here you go: Seals and Croft, “Summer Breeze.”

  140. 140.

    zhena gogolia

    March 31, 2017 at 6:35 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    Great song!

  141. 141.

    glaukopis

    March 31, 2017 at 6:37 pm

    April Showers?

  142. 142.

    NotoriousJRT

    March 31, 2017 at 6:38 pm

    @gbear: June Is Busting Out All Over?

  143. 143.

    schrodingers_cat

    March 31, 2017 at 6:41 pm

    deleted because WP screwed up my formatting. Will try posting again.

  144. 144.

    Steeplejack (tablet)

    March 31, 2017 at 6:41 pm

    @zhena gogolia:

    My personal favorite is “Diamond Girl.”

    This thread has led me to another old favorite, Chad and Jeremy’s “A Summer Song.” No months mentioned.

  145. 145.

    schrodingers_cat

    March 31, 2017 at 6:43 pm

    Nothing to do with the seasons, but a Aazadiyaan from the upcoming Begum Jaan is about the heavy price paid by British India for independence. Partition was the final fuck you to newly independent nations by their colonial overlords. Hastily and arbitrary lines drawn on a map without actually even bothering to visit those places resulted in death, displacement and worse for millions in the border regions of Bengal and Pakistan. The toll it took on women was something totally glossed over until recently.
    Sonu Nigam (Hindu from India) and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (Muslim from Pakistan), infuse Aazidiyaan (Freedoms) with emotion and passion
    Aah nikli hai yahan
    Aah nikli hai vahan
    vaha ra vaha
    yeh aazadiyan

    A very rough translation:
    A sigh here
    A sigh there
    Hail freedom!

  146. 146.

    zhena gogolia

    March 31, 2017 at 6:49 pm

    @Steeplejack (tablet):

    yes, those are both wonderful.

  147. 147.

    MomSense

    March 31, 2017 at 6:55 pm

    @eemom:

    Yeah fuck that. This recurring donor doesn’t want Gorsuch anywhere near the Supreme Court. Filibuster! Hell make a human chain around the building and make him fight his way in if it comes to that.

  148. 148.

    schrodingers_cat

    March 31, 2017 at 7:06 pm

    @MomSense: How is your friend?

  149. 149.

    reluctantajh

    March 31, 2017 at 7:07 pm

    @WereBear: @WereBear: February – Dar Williams

  150. 150.

    Shalimar

    March 31, 2017 at 7:46 pm

    “Radar” by Morphine includes the lyrics “if I am guilty then so are you, it was March 4th, 1982.”

  151. 151.

    Dolly Llama

    March 31, 2017 at 7:56 pm

    I read the first 50 and gave up, so if this is a repeat, forgive me. But “If We Make It Through December” by Merle Haggard is one of the best songs ever written.

  152. 152.

    MomSense

    March 31, 2017 at 8:08 pm

    @schrodingers_cat:

    Sad news from the last bone scan. They found a new “spot” on her pelvis. Her daughter is going to come stay after she talks with the oncologist about timing.

    Fuck fucking cancer.

  153. 153.

    RyanG

    March 31, 2017 at 8:18 pm

    My own music collection is a bizarre outlier in in a lot of ways, but especially in being heavy on Canadian music. It looks like April and September don’t really rate.

    January: 1
    February: 1
    March: I see 122 Marches, but none seems to have anything to do with the month.
    April: 5
    May: 11. I might have missed a few May songs, since I had over 200 songs using the word in other contexts and might have made mistakes pruning the list. Plus filtering out anything with Brian May involved…
    June: 4
    July: 12
    August: 2
    September: 4
    October: Nothing!
    November: 2
    December: 9

    Black Label Society – January

    Lights – February Air

    Rufus Wainwright – April Fools
    Queen – April Lady
    Yngwie Malmsteen – Prelude to April
    Swallow the Sun – April 14th
    Max Webster – April in Toledo

    Eric’s Trip – May 11
    The Gathering – The May Song
    Liz Phair – May Queen
    Jonathan Coulton – First of May
    Michael Giacchino – May 10th, 1940
    John Barry – May Day Bombs
    Arcade Fire – Month of May
    Headstones – Million Days in May
    ACDC – Stormy May Day
    Liz Phair – Cinco de Mayo
    Blue Rodeo – Five Days in May

    Spock’s Beard – June
    Jann Arden – Living Under June
    The Northern Pikes – Snow in June
    The Melvins – June Bug

    Spirit of the West – July
    King Diamond – The 7th Day of July 1777
    Electric Light Orchestra – Battle of Marston Moor (July 2nd 1644)
    Soundgarden – 4th of July
    Bruce Springsteen – 4th of July, Ashbury Park
    Deathmole – Sunrise July 3
    Iced Earth – The Devil to Pay (July 1st, 1863)
    Iced Earth – Hold at All Costs (July 2nd, 1863)
    Iced Earth – High Water Mark (July 3rd, 1863)
    Spock’s Beard – 4th of July
    Uriah Heep – July Morning
    The New Pornographers – July Jones

    Jethro Tull – Stuck in the August Rain
    Woods of Ypres – Outro, The End of August

    Willie Nelson – September Song
    Big Star – September Gurls
    Matt Mays – What Are We Gonna Do Come the Month of September
    Hayden – In September

    Guns n Roses – November Rain
    Ennio Morricone – Algiers November 1, 1954

    Basia Bulat – December
    Woods of Ypres – December of Wisdom
    Cowboy Junkies – December Skies
    Chilliwack – Last Day of December
    Halestorm – Rose in December
    Vangelis – 23rd December 1787
    Iced Earth – Last December
    Counting Crows – Long December
    Klaatu – December Dream

  154. 154.

    Sheila in NC

    March 31, 2017 at 8:45 pm

    @maurinsky: Thomas Morley. Also “Now is the month of Maying” and Byrd’s “This sweet and merry month of May”. Five and six part polyphonic Elizabethan vocal music. This is what we did in high school before there was such a thing as show choir. Also it sure sounded like May was a favorite month in which to get laid.

  155. 155.

    Sheila in NC

    March 31, 2017 at 8:46 pm

    And also fck fcking cancer.

  156. 156.

    MikeinArlington

    April 1, 2017 at 3:05 am

    29 Settembre by Lucio Battisti

    It’s about a guy sitting in a coffee shop and some girl other than his girlfirend smiled at him. They ended up running around town all day and evening.

  157. 157.

    Ramalama

    April 1, 2017 at 7:52 am

    For me, it’s Betty Carter’s Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most.

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