When I'm feeling down, I tend to listen to more depressing, emotional music. Makes sense, right? It's really hard for me to try to listen to upbeat music if I'm just not feeling that way. I saw a group on facebook (that sounds really lame, I know) that said something to the extent of "When I'm sad, I listen to emotional music." So I know I'm not alone. The people of facebook do the same thing.
I think one of the most depressing bands that inhabits my iTunes is Bright Eyes. Conor Oberst is a great song writer. His vocal skills can sometimes be limited, but overall, the lyrical content and musical quality makes up for what he can't provide vocally. Bright Eyes doesn't really bring me up when I'm feeling down, but it sort of helps, I guess.
Coldplay has a few songs that I listen to when I'm down. The song "Fix You" is definitely one of those songs. I heard it once a long time ago, and like most songs, I didn't know who it was. It took me months to figure out who sang the song. It now sits a few notches after Bright Eyes on one of my playlists.
I first heard the next song when I was pretty young. My dad had the CD. I think they were a one hit wonder, but I don't know if they actually made it very high on the Billboard Top 40. Either way they were popular in the 90's, only had one song, and were from Michigan.
I watched the movie Reign Over Me a few years ago. It has Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Liv Tyler, among others. It's seriously one of my favorite movies, despite how sad it is. That's where I heard the Pearl Jam cover of "Love Reign O'er Me." It makes me sad I think because I think of the movie. I know it's a cover of the Who, but it's still pretty solid.
And then there's Elvis (I'll talk more about him in future posts. I really like Elvis). This is one of the more depressing songs he sang.
I listen to a bunch of other songs when I'm down, but this is just a small example. Everyone has their down days, and I have them no more and no less often than everyone else. I could launch into a big discussion about how listening to sad songs when you're already sad seems counter-productive, but I feel that it doesn't really matter. It doesn't have to make sense. It makes me feel better. That's all that counts, right?
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