{"id":6519,"date":"2025-04-21T09:00:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T13:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/?p=6519"},"modified":"2025-04-04T14:52:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:52:15","slug":"parsons-playlists-nature-metaphor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/2025\/04\/parsons-playlists-nature-metaphor\/","title":{"rendered":"Parsons Playlists: Nature Metaphor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists<\/a>! Today\u2019s playlist is curated by Music Library student assistant Georgia (class of 2025) which features some songs featuring songs that use nature as a metaphor.<\/em> <\/p>\n

Nature Metaphor<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Trees\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Don McLean – “Winter Has Me In Its Grip”<\/a><\/p>\n

Brian Eno – “Golden Hours”<\/a><\/p>\n

Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 – “Noble Experiment”<\/a><\/p>\n

Nick Drake – “River Man”<\/a><\/p>\n

Labi Siffre – “Cannock Chase”<\/a><\/p>\n

Radiohead – “Bloom”<\/a><\/p>\n

Stereolab – “Come and Play in the Milky Night (Demo)”<\/a><\/p>\n

Mount Eerie – “Through the Trees Pt. 2”<\/a><\/p>\n

800 cherries – “honeydew blue”<\/a> <\/p>\n

You\u2019ll Never Get to Heaven – “Setting Sun”<\/a><\/p>\n

Rufus Wainwright – “Poses”<\/a><\/p>\n

Windsor For The Derby – “The Melody of a Fallen Tree”<\/a> <\/p>\n

Dave Bixby – “Morning Sun”<\/a><\/p>\n

Linda Perhaps – “Morning Colors”<\/a><\/p>\n

Animal Collective – “Winters Love”<\/a><\/p>\n

Vashti Bunyan – “Diamond Day”<\/a><\/p>\n

Novos Baianos – “Acabou Chorare”<\/a><\/p>\n

Meat Puppets – “Up on the Sun”<\/a><\/p>\n

of Montreal – “Sleeping in the Beetle Bug”<\/a><\/p>\n

Midlake – “We Gathered in Spring”<\/a><\/p>\n

Mitski – “The Frost”<\/a><\/p>\n

Art Garfunkel – “Waters of March”<\/a><\/p>\n

Angel Olsen – “Spring”<\/a> <\/p>\n

Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube: https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZeyAnA1CU_3oNnKxFq7NvBoy&si=6WeT7enIBOXllTtA<\/a><\/p>\n