Gail - Thank you! Keep loving & hating music, it’s a vital part of life!

Nimish - I owe you a debt of gratitude for supplementing my musical obsession. Thank you for all your suggestions.

David - Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber? Are they a successful business?!

I’ve long since learned not to inflict it on others, but have also developed some retorts to the bobbleheads who can only listen to shiny happy music. None come to mind right now, but lots of songs do. However I don’t want to fight your list with my list.

But there’s this … the other day my wife and daughter were looking at the umpteenth bridal clothing website (daughter’s getting married this summer) and this site had music looping in the background. You’d never guess in a billion years what music! Wedding March? Nope. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik? Nope. Some romantic Russian? Nope. Rossini? NOPE!

Adagio for Strings, by Samuel Barber!!!!! PEOPLE! Could there be any wronger music for a wedding themed website?!?

It’s a lilting, tantalising song. Soft almost.

It starts with “They love me like a brother…” – amazing really.

Then goes on to conduct some of the most horrible nightmares in simple verse – “She said she’d love to come home, but, the sea would, electrocute her soul…”

It’s called (Nice Dream).

Irony – Iron fortified songs to beat Anaemia.

Or how about You And Whose Army?

It’s a song of the defeated rising up to go off in a blind glorious rage!

I’m a fanboy. http://nimishbatra.wordpress.com/category/radiohead/
I try to interpretate songs. Keeps me happy.

Sigh.

She is amazing. Life has never been quite the same since the day when first I heard her voice. And in French? Nothing better.There are only a handful of singers, a certain class, like her, whose voices are so good as to be haunting. Karen Carpenter? Peggy Lee? Patsy Cline? Fiona Apple? Ella, Billie, there are others, but only a few. Many may have powerful instruments, yes, but these women, have powerful souls.

And your use of foot notes is as hysterical as it is practical.
Laptop computer: $800
DSL:$50
The confidence to bring footnotes back, on your blog: Priceless.

…Not that I ever do that, however. I have tendency to listen to the same 10-20 songs endlessly until I either grow sick of them, or another mood shifts my musical selections.

I LOVE it. And I love the way music affects everyone in a different way. I have music ADD – I listen to a little of this and a little of that.

Chey - So glad I didn’t kill you off, friend! Thank God we both agreed that Can’t Let Go was upbeat!

Brandy - Concrete Blonde was indeed yours, first. And, I believe you were also the one to give Chey Mr Gray. I can happily surrender these points, because it was I who introduced you to John Hiatt and Van Morrison.

Jacob - Listening to Third Eye Blind as I write this… lovely tempo. Wow, it’s incredible to think there might be others who share my love for dismal music, even if it’s of a different flavor. Undoubtedly though, we can find common ground with Madeleine Peyroux.

Moonbeam - I know Elliot Smith… good stuff. Is he “older stuff”? It’s of no consequence to me really… there’s no age limit to lovely music… Nina Simone? Billie Holiday? (not to be mistaken for aforementioned, lovely Ms. Peyroux)

Gab - Thank you so much! I think the footnotes added quite a bit of professionalism to the essay.¹

¹See?

Cantueso - I sometimes wish I could articulate why I like things, but the truth is, I rather like the mystery of not knowing why. …I wish I knew why that is.

Allison - and see, I was raised with Easy Listening… Neil Diamond & B J Thomas…. I had to branch out.

If you like country, then Can’t Let Go may appeal to you, as well as Brandi Carlile’s music …both are on the country side of rock. Glad you appreciated the public service announcement… I hope you never have to use it!

I do appreciate you providing the hotline number very much. There are two songs currently circulating on country radio that practically have me reaching for a blade- “You’re Gonna Miss This” by Trace Adkins and “All American Girl” by Carrie Underwood. Adkins’ song is a directive to enjoy your kids when they’re little (and several other points in your life) because it goes too quickly. The Underwood song is about a father’s adoration for his daughter. My officemate is very sensitive to these songs as well…must share your hotline number with her.