Oh, well, for the next miserable or cold day, here's the playlist I was able to compile since the weekend (in no particular order, or in any order of preference). If you're wondering about inclusions, see the criteria I listed yesterday.
- River - Joni Mitchell (Blue album)
- Clouds - Joni Mitchell (orchestral version)
- Amelia - Joni Mitchell (orchestral version)
- One - U2
- Taxi - Harry Chapin
- How Soon Is Now - The Smiths* (video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U5HpeA_WSo)
- Handbags and Gladrags - Rod Stewart
- Dancing Barefoot - Patti Smith
- Creep - Radiohead
- Gethsemane - Richard Thompson
- I Still Dream - Richard Thompson
- Blood And Roses - Smithereens
- John Barleycorn - Traffic
- Somewhere in America There's a Street Named After My Dad - Was Not Was
- All Of This And Nothing - Psychedelic Furs
- Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
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Favorite moody/melancholy albums from my past:
Wave - Patti Smith
Low - David Bowie/Brian Eno
Joshua Tree - U2
Shoot Out the Lights - Richard and Linda Thompson
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And the exhilarating/depressing video I mentioned yesterday? Johnny Cash performing "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails. It's a stunning marriage of music and imagery, and particularly poignant since Cash knows he's near the end of his life when he made it. It's heart-wrenching to hear him sing about his "empire of dirt" since he's sitting in his house amid memories and accolades. But it's also exhilarating, for me, because it offers a summary of a creative life that few people get to leave behind. And I'm not even, usually, a Johnny Cash fan.
It's on YouTube now at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go - but if it's not there in the future, you should be able to find it by googling ("Johnny Cash" and hurt video).
[I found this on my own, but it's also listed near the top of Spike TV's 11 most depressing songs of all time.]
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