tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11240270.post112413845346418328..comments2024-03-19T12:14:57.090-07:00Comments on hightouchmegastore: The Saddest Music in the World.Lisa B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10646181766775405935noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11240270.post-1124241622015971422005-08-16T18:20:00.000-07:002005-08-16T18:20:00.000-07:00actually that second "lynn" is middlebrow. He forg...actually that second "lynn" is middlebrow. He forgot to switch it to his "identity." He was doing a little internet cross-dressing.Dr. Writehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780082464342367471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11240270.post-1124212991742227752005-08-16T10:23:00.000-07:002005-08-16T10:23:00.000-07:00In high school, I would pitch myself into a fit of...In high school, I would pitch myself into a fit of melancholy listening to Pink Floyd on the way to basketball games. It's the "big game." So what, I thought, we're all just cogs in the machine. We're all going to die. I still find pleasure in Pink Floyd's excessively sentimental lyrics.Dr. Writehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780082464342367471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11240270.post-1124212522915026372005-08-16T10:15:00.000-07:002005-08-16T10:15:00.000-07:00In high school I used to listen to Simon & Garfunk...In high school I used to listen to Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and The Beatle's "Let It Be" and James Taylor "Fire and Rain" & "You've Got A Friend." I'm not sure if they are sad, or music that made me feel better when I was sad. I agree with your assessment of Eliot Smith and Nirvana. I think the saddest Nirvana song is "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" off the Unplugged album. (pardon me, I had to go put on some Leonard Cohen.) I think "Suzanne" is sad-ish. Also "Take This Waltz." I also think Michael Hedge's acoustic versions of pop songs have a melancholy edge to them. Which might explain the Johnny Cash effect on pop songs, like "Hurt." Now that's a sad song.Dr. Writehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780082464342367471noreply@blogger.com