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May 19, 2008
Thoughts on Making a Mixture
A friend of mine is going through a tough break-up right now and I'm trying to figure out the just right songs to put on a mix for her. I want to strike that delicate balance between survival anthems and tear-gushers; the first for obvious reasons and the second because, in delicate emotional times, it always brings some comfort to realize you're not the ONLY person to have ever suffered this way. It's a challenging task, though, so I'm considering making two: one for the cry-y times and one for the times when you're just so happy to have the dickbrains expunged from your life that you feel like shouting. And you would shout but the heartache diet (peanut butter and vodka) has sapped you of strength for such exertions. So you just smile to yourself and go put out on an Internet date.
Maybe this is just me.
Regardless, one song I know I won't be adding?
"Yeah! Oh, Yeah!" by The Magnetic Fields.
And the reason I know this?
Because I considered it.
(Male) I've enjoyed making you
miserable for years
found peace of mind in
playing on your fears
How I loved to catch your gold
and silver tears, but now my dear
(Female) What a dark and dreary life
Are you reaching for a knife?
Could you really kill your wife?
(Male) Yeah! Oh, yeah!
(Female) Oh, I die, I die, I die!
So it's over, you and I
Was my whole life just a lie?
(Male) Yeah! Oh, yeah!
Posted by Bree at May 19, 2008 09:52 AM
Comments
Might I suggest at least half the songs on Coldplay's X&Y? Perhaps a little too straight forward and earnest for everyday life, but man, during a break-up those songs just speak to you. Like really man, they speak to you.
Posted by: Matt Neely at May 19, 2008 01:18 PM