A song to express your feelings

[lookingforme]

At this hour, I find myself particularly vulnerable because I am heavily sleep deprived, and my brain can't really process. I have been awake for 21 hours and 12 minutes straight after a string of nights of only a few hours' sleep. I don't feel well, nor do I feel sleepy. So, I am listening to the soundtrack of my life entitled "Walkabouts" and right now, the perfect song to describe what I am feeling (at least the chorus of it) is Madness by Muse. Has anyone ever felt like they could communicate more if they did it through the songs that already exist? I challenge us to have a conversation consisting of song quotes.

So, dedicated to my depression; here I go...

Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mad mad mad...Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mad mad mad....Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mad mad mad...Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mad mad mad...I, I can't get these memories ooout of my mind, and some kind of maaaadness has started to evolve. Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mad mad mad...Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mad mad mad... And I, I tried so hard to let you go-ooo, but some kind of maaaadness is swallowing me whole, yeah....Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mad mad mad...Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mad mad mad...I have finally seen the light. And I have finally realized, what you mean....

Ooh oh oh

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[sbella02]

Just been listening to Panic Attacks in Paradise by Ashnikko - it's so different to the rest of her discography but I feel like that makes it more impactful. I would say it has a similar premise to Everything I Wanted by Billie Eilish - carrying trauma with you even in situations where you "shouldn't" be feeling bad.

[Eagle Ray]

Invincible by Eddie Vedder

I really love this song with the theme that we have the power of light and love inside of us and that love protects us.

[Croix]

The Windmills of Your Mind (1968)
Michel Legrand

For me it captures the way my mind can work at times wihtout logic, repeating itself, not really understandable.

[Croix]

Now for a change of pace, well away from the issues we normally talk about here

"Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ..."

By the one and only Janice in 1971.

I don't think the Lord ever obliged and she was stuck driving a Porche:(

[Eagle Ray]

The Man Who Loved Beer - David Byrne

The song is actually written by Kurt Wagner from Lambchop, but I really love David Byrne's version. It is a particularly sensitive song for when you feel vulnerable and that the world has hurt you in some way. I've been feeling that in recent days and I find the song really nurturing, gentle, caring and healing.

[Croix]

Procul Harem's "A whiter shade of pale" (1967)

I've given up trying to make sense of the whole thing, just some lines have meaning. However they all contribute to a feeling of melancholy and loss, a memorable song.

[Croix]

Maple Leaf Rag Played by Scott Joplin

[Croix]

Hurdy Gurdy Man

Donovan

[sbella02]

I haven't heard Maple Leaf Rag in so long, what a good pick!

[Croix]

OK, if you like that try the Black and White Rag played by Winnifred Atwell. A complete change of pace. Some older members will remember the TV series as it was used to usher in colour TV on the BBC.