Post Script
Sorry forgot to mention on the last post that in a bid to combat positivity wherever I go I have remade the famous "Depressing" tape, with a few changes.
First of all it is no longer a tape, but I have burned a CD! August saw me launch a blog and make a cd, technology and I are now not only on nodding terms, but we have shared a post coital cigarette (so to speak). Secondly the original tape was made whilst I was at Uni and so a lot of the songs I had then are no longer on the CD.
That said it remains true to its origins of having some of the most depressing music ever recorded. I shall tell you how depressing it is Leonard Cohen was considered and then rejected as he was too "upbeat". It always amazes me that I listen to the most depressing music when I am at my happiest. I am not sure if I can explain it, but I am really happy with my life and everything in it, and that leads me to listen to endless dreary, depressing, dire songs. As Jen would say "Go figure".
For anyone interested the track listing is a follows:
"In Your Hands" by James Yorkston & The Athletes
"Gone Away" by Adem
"Hard Headed Woman" by Cat Stevens
"You Will. You? Will. You? Will. You?Will" by Bright Eyes
"Hurt" by Johnny Cash
"Naked As We Come" by Iron & Wine
"Superman's Song" by The Crash Test Dummies
"Do You Realize??" by The Flaming Lips
"Who Wants to Live Forever" by Queen
"Don't Tear Me Up" by Mick Jagger
"Five-O" by James
"Silent Lucidity" by Queensryche
"Country Feedback" by REM
"Run" by Snow Patrol
"Call and Answer" by The Barenaked Ladies
"Bluer Than Midnight" by The The
"The Band Played Waltzing Maltida" by The Pogues.
First of all it is no longer a tape, but I have burned a CD! August saw me launch a blog and make a cd, technology and I are now not only on nodding terms, but we have shared a post coital cigarette (so to speak). Secondly the original tape was made whilst I was at Uni and so a lot of the songs I had then are no longer on the CD.
That said it remains true to its origins of having some of the most depressing music ever recorded. I shall tell you how depressing it is Leonard Cohen was considered and then rejected as he was too "upbeat". It always amazes me that I listen to the most depressing music when I am at my happiest. I am not sure if I can explain it, but I am really happy with my life and everything in it, and that leads me to listen to endless dreary, depressing, dire songs. As Jen would say "Go figure".
For anyone interested the track listing is a follows:
"In Your Hands" by James Yorkston & The Athletes
"Gone Away" by Adem
"Hard Headed Woman" by Cat Stevens
"You Will. You? Will. You? Will. You?Will" by Bright Eyes
"Hurt" by Johnny Cash
"Naked As We Come" by Iron & Wine
"Superman's Song" by The Crash Test Dummies
"Do You Realize??" by The Flaming Lips
"Who Wants to Live Forever" by Queen
"Don't Tear Me Up" by Mick Jagger
"Five-O" by James
"Silent Lucidity" by Queensryche
"Country Feedback" by REM
"Run" by Snow Patrol
"Call and Answer" by The Barenaked Ladies
"Bluer Than Midnight" by The The
"The Band Played Waltzing Maltida" by The Pogues.
posted by Nick at 3:34 PM
2 Comments:
Hi Nick,
I must object to 'Silent Lucidity' being on the list. That song is like a fleecy blanket on a cold evening in front of a roaring fire.
Annalisa
Annalisa, you are spot on. I shall delete it from the cd forthwith - any suggestions for a replacement? Maybe Leonard Cohen will sneak on after all!
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