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Nov. 10th, 2008 11:37 amFirst in a series of songs I can't not listen to is this one by Pink Floyd. It's the depressing one, which doesn't really narrow it down much, huh? Let me google some lyrics. Okay, it's called 'Time'. I don't so much like the first part, which crosses the line to being absurdly depressing, but the part at the end that's just piano and a woman wailing. I can't ignore that, it's good stuff.
You'd think, being prone to melancholia as I am, that I'd be more tolerant of absurdly depressing songs. Lord knows I've listened to enough Smiths in my day. But the thing about The Smiths is that while the lyrics were very mopey, the music itself was actually pretty bouncy. If you didn't speak English you'd probably never guess what a lot of their songs were about. Songs that go for the full-bore moping don't always do much for me (though I think I've mentioned I've begun to apprecate blues a lot more in the last year or so); I was talking about the Led Zeppelin song 'Tea For One' (off Presence, FTR) last night and how the title alone just sort of made me laugh.
I think part of it is that when I'm trying to get out of my depression I try not to take myself so damn seriously. So the super-sad stuff comes off sounding self-indulgent. This is probably the fault of my dad; his response to depression is "lighten up!" which always made me want to punch him in the throat, even though he suffers from depression himself. But I'm coming to appreciate the value of a good wallow occasionally.
You'd think, being prone to melancholia as I am, that I'd be more tolerant of absurdly depressing songs. Lord knows I've listened to enough Smiths in my day. But the thing about The Smiths is that while the lyrics were very mopey, the music itself was actually pretty bouncy. If you didn't speak English you'd probably never guess what a lot of their songs were about. Songs that go for the full-bore moping don't always do much for me (though I think I've mentioned I've begun to apprecate blues a lot more in the last year or so); I was talking about the Led Zeppelin song 'Tea For One' (off Presence, FTR) last night and how the title alone just sort of made me laugh.
I think part of it is that when I'm trying to get out of my depression I try not to take myself so damn seriously. So the super-sad stuff comes off sounding self-indulgent. This is probably the fault of my dad; his response to depression is "lighten up!" which always made me want to punch him in the throat, even though he suffers from depression himself. But I'm coming to appreciate the value of a good wallow occasionally.
