Mind over matter: baby, it’s c-c-c-cold outside

Kids, it’s really freakin’ hot outside. Like Matt, my initial plans for our meteorological playlists got shelved when inspiration (and a wild thunderstorm) struck, but now that the weather’s settled a bit (Massachusetts is no longer being hit with Florida-like tropical rain) and the temperature’s consistently on the muggy, toasty side, I thought it would be prudent to resurrect my first list to help provide some relief. Without further ado (or, sadly, explanation — it’s too muggy to type), here are my favorite cold weather tunes.

To quote Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mister Freeze in Batman & Robin: “Winter has come at last!”:

Download: The Bangles, “Hazy Shade Of Winter” (mp3)
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Download: Manic Street Preachers, “Winterlovers” (mp3)
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Download: The Pipettes, “A Winter’s Sky” (mp3)
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Download: Elliott Smith, “Angel In The Snow” (mp3)
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Download: The Evinrudes, “Martin Luther Snow Day” (mp3)
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Download: The Rolling Stones, “Winter” (mp3)
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Download: Tom Jones, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside (with Cerys Matthews)” (mp3)
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