modern pop/soft rock music hates me

[juldea]

From Pink's "Who Knew":
If someone said three years from now you'd be long gone
I'd stand up and punch them out, 'cause they're all wrong
I know better, 'cause you said forever and ever
Who knew?

From The Eagles' "What Do I Do With My Heart":
I'm not gonna say a word, I know I can't change your mind
You know where you need to go, I know I'll be left behind
I won't hold you back, I won't stand in your way
If you need to make a new start
But I still wanna know, when my arms let you go
What do I do with my heart?

Comments

[thespian.livejournal.com]

There is a line in the novel, High Fidelity, which I can't find because I loaned my copy out and never got it back. However, it was something like this:

"For a while after the breakup, I found any song in which someone got dumped and got their heart broken as spookily relevant. This meant that since I worked in a record store, and that encompasses most of pop music, I spent a lot of my time spooked."

(this doesn't mean you're not totally right; pop is *for* that. But I thought it might make you smile a little.)

[juldea.livejournal.com]

It does make me smile a little, just because it's so true!

Music is a useful tool

[doc-smiley.livejournal.com]

You may or may not know that I use such music as a gauge of my depression. The more songs that speak to me (or for depending on how you look at it) while listening to the radio (or itunes) the worse off I am. It varies a little by sheer randomness and sample size, but its spookily accurate and a good thing for me to track. Also the type of songs that feel this way let me know exactly what it is that's bothering me.

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

I don't remember who said this first, but "You know you've had a bad break up when every sad song on the radio is about you."

[contradictacat.livejournal.com]

And then there's stuff like Alanis Morrissette's "You Oughta Know" which is for after you stop being sad and start being angry and bitchy and bitter.