Shawn Prepares You For Snow With His Favorite ‘Snow’ Songs

OK, so I had to stretch a little here, but if you know me, I will find a way to get Zeppelin on the list. Although, most of their songs are tough to figure out exactly what Robert Plant is singing about, it's pretty clear this song is not about snow. He does however say in the very first line that "We come from the land of the ice and snow." Tomorrow that line will be very true for us. That is all I have HA-HA!

Genesis is lucky that I like them, because I really do not particularly like this song. I loved "Follow You, Follow Me," and "Snowbound" happened to be on the same album that I wore out because of one song. And as you can tell from the title I didn't have to stretch this time, definitely a good old snow song!

Not one of the most popular songs the Doors ever released, but in my opinion one of the best vocal performances that Jim Morrison ever displayed. Snow is never actually mentioned in the song, but implied. Definitely puts you in the blanket and fireplace mood.

This could be the tune we are all singing by Wednesday night, hoping for a long hot summer just like the Stones in this tune. A few interesting facts about the song include Keith Richards had nothing to do with the song including not playing a note of it, and a sort of cliche that the song about winter was recorded in the heat of Jamaica. Though it bemoans many of the negatives of the season [in the] lyrics... "Winter" seems to simultaneously celebrate the season as something inherently beautiful, with other evocations of holiday scenes and wanting to wrap a coat and keep a lover warm.

Something about the flute and snow just go together like a cold hand and a warm glove. Weird that the song was actually featured on Tull's 2003 Christmas album and we are playing it in October I know, but it's not really a Christmas song, and if you change Brooklyn to Colorado it really works!

If I heard this song without knowing that it was David Essex I would not believe it was him! We know him for "Rock On," but he really slows it down and gives a warm fuzzy feeling well singing about the cold white stuff.

The lyrics evoke the passage of the seasons, but (as the title suggests) focusing on the gloominess of winter. The song really works for a fall snow storm with the color of the leaves and the haze in the sky. Kind of a forgotten song from Simon and Garfunkel because of the success of "Mrs. Robinson" from the same album, but "A Hazy Shade of Winter" made it all the way to #2 in 1988.

I have to admit that I have only heard this song a time or two, and mostly only real Dead Heads are familiar with this tune, and most of the album it came from, but the song is perfect for our little list here, so there ya go!

This to me is the greatest winter/snow there is because it just sound likes winter. You don't even have to listen to the lyrics to feel like you need to put your coat on and get some hot cocoa.