The Sound of Music
It's amazing what music can do to lift your spirits. I made the mistake of listening to Death Cab for the whole of last week and finally the cocktail of an inadvertently shuffled playlist (Coldplay's The Scientist, followed by Radiohead's Let Down and True Love Waits) finally did me in and I cried like a baby on the train. This made me so worried that I resort to listening to postrock tracks like Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky and Godspeed. My mood wasn't much helped by this, though I didnt break down upon listening to some sad bastard emo songs, I was still quite down.
Today, I thought ah fuck it, I have to listen to something else before this whole sad bastard emo do me in. I compiled a killer fuck-it-all punk playlist with songs of a more upbeat nature. And I must say, even I doubt if it could work, I do feel much better. I rediscovered some old bands that I thought I'd outgrown. I'm particularly interested in The Weakerthans. They have a nice way of putting things.
I may be just deceiving myself with all these, but I intend to "fake it till I make it." Wish me luck. And if you have any suggestions on music, let me know. I'd appreciate it very much. Hell, if you have any suggestions on how to distract myself, I'd like that too.
2 Comments:
fake it til i make it - hah
i like that...
and there is something to it...
when one assumes physical characteristics of an attitude (confidence - standing straight, breathing controlled) one can achieve the mental attitude...
likewise w/smiling - etc...
sounds hokey, but works
Troy: ya, I was talking about GYBE (I never knew where to stick the exclamation mark) and I listened to it because I cannot risk listening to songs I can identify with in a sad sense. I have TMBG somewhere, I should dig them up. Thanks.
More suggestions please?
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