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thinkingwoman — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:55:00 -0800

Looking for pop/alt lullabies to put on a mixtape (er, CD) for new parents. Anything sweet, slow, easy to listen to when the baby is up at night and won't go to sleep. Strongly prefer newer stuff, because they've already got the old warhorses (Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, Cat Stevens, etc). (Yes, I am aware of an earlier question from 2005, but since it is now 4 years later, I know there's a lot of newer stuff out.)

can't-fail-lullabies

signal — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:22:17 -0800

Please suggest can't-fail-lullabies to play for my bouncin' baby boy. So far, these work:

Assemblage 23 - Lullaby
Dixie Chicks - Lullaby
U2 - MLK
Cat Power - Colors and the Kids

but, while he is perfectly happy to listen to them over and over and over again, I am going quietly insane. Please help me keep my sanity by suggesting more songs that

a) will put him to sleep.
b) don't suck

This is oriented towards playing mp3s, not actually singing myself.

Lullabies for grown-ups?

goodnewsfortheinsane — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 12:12:03 -0800

Can you recommend some contemporary music to fall asleep to? I'm going to a pop festival this weekend and, attached to my sleep as I am, I want to take some precautions to help me get those valuable Zs. There's a round-the-clock party tent just outside the camping grounds, and overall there's going to be lots of noise pretty much all of the time.

A successful strategy in recent years has been ear plugs + big-ass headphones with some soothing, meandering music. At home I like to fall asleep while listening to This American Life, but talk radio will probably not be powerful enough in this environment. Basically I'm fed up with the mix cd I've been using these last few years (BTW, I'm going for the 10th time! :) ) and I'm looking for pointers to fresh tunes.

Basically what I like is either slow, electronic triphoppy stuff or singer-songwriter / slow rock songs (that do have some constant power and no sudden volume changes). Recommendations of albums are ok, single tracks would be even better.

Previous successes: Massive Attack, Portishead, Aimee Mann.

My brain and mood thank you a lot!