A San Francisco la musica è ovunque.

È nelle passeggiate in mezzo ai grattacieli alla ricerca di un raggio di sole.
È nei tramonti guardando la baia, con lo sguardo che viaggia tra il Golden Gate e il Bay Bridge.
È nelle strade in salita e in discesa, incorniciate dagli alberi in costante lotta contro la forza di gravità.
È nelle domeniche mattina di sole, su una panchina, a fare delle chiacchiere.

La senti veramente, come se fosse una colonna sonora costante.
Nella testa, nelle orecchie, nel cuore, nell’aria.
La canticchi, ti viene da camminare a ritmo, ogni tanto i passi diventano saltelli e quasi piroette.

Se le volete sentire anche voi, le canzoni che mi accompagnano per le strade di San Francisco, le trovate in questo post.

Come sempre, buon ascolto e buona strada ♬❤

(Canzoni asteriscate* = le mie super preferitissime)

Qui trovate la playlist su Spotify >>> Playlist Per le strade di San Francisco

1. San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) – Scott McKenzie (*)

“If you’re going to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you’re going to San Francisco
You’re gonna meet some gentle people there

For those who come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
In the streets of San Francisco
Gentle people with flowers in their hair”

2. California Stars – Billy Bragg & Wilco

“So I’d give this world
Just to dream a dream with you
On our bed of California stars”

3. California Dreamin’ – The Mamas & the Papas

“All the leaves a brown and the sky is grey
I’ve been for a walk on a winters` day
If I didn’t tell her I could leave today
California dreamin` on such a winters day”

4. California – Phantom Planet (*)

“On the stereo
Listen as we go
Nothing’s gonna stop me now
California here we come
Right back where we started from”

5. I Left My Heart In San Francisco – Tony Bennett (*)

“I left my heart in San Francisco
High on a hill, it calls to me
To be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars
The morning fog may chill the air, I don’t care

My love waits there in San Francisco
Above the blue and windy sea
When I come home to you, San Francisco
Your golden sun will shine for me”

6. (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding

“Sitting in the morning sun
I’ll be sitting when the evening come
Watching the ships roll in
And I’ll watch ‘em roll away again, yeah”

7. Lights – Journey

“When the lights go down in the city
And the sun shines on the bay
I want to be there yeah, in my city”

8. San Francisco – Judy Garland

“San Francisco, open your Golden Gate
You’ll let nobody wait outside your door
San Francisco, here is your wanderin’ one
Saying I’ll wander no more.

Other places only make me love you best
Tell me you’re the one in all the golden west
San Francisco, I’m coming home again
Never to roam again”

9. Piazza, New York Catcher – Belle & Sebastian (*)

“San Francisco’s calling us, the Giants and Mets will play
Piazza, New York catcher, are you straight or are you gay?
We hung about the stadium, we’ve got no place to stay
We hung about the Tenderloin and tenderly you tell me
About the saddest book you ever read, it always makes you cry
The statue’s crying too and well he may”

10. Save Me, San Francisco – Train

“I’ve been high, I’ve been low
I’ve been yes and I’ve been oh, hell no
I’ve been rock ‘n’ roll and disco
Won’t you save me San Francisco?“

11. The Chapter In Your Life Entitled San Francisco – The Lucksmiths (*)

“Are you warm enough?
I remember how the fog comes off the water
And the days are ever shorter
And I worry you’ll be cold
Or have you found someone to hold?”

12. Queen of California – John Mayer

“I’m headin’ out west with my headphones on
Boarding a flight with a song in the back of my soul.”

+ 2 Bonus Track

Che ascolto in continuazione in questo periodo, che non c’entrano con San Francisco, ma che per me sono San Fransisco, tantissimo:

• Oblivion – Aimee deBeer
• Technicolour Beat – Oh Wonder

Cosa ne pensate?
Avete qualche aggiunta da consigliare?
Sono super golosa di canzoni in questo periodo per le mie camminate californiane!