Spectrum Culture: The Saddest Music in the World
If you haven’t figured it out yet, I’m totally a sucker for these large articles on Spectrum where a bunch of writers get together and put together a collection of music or movies on a topic. I was sort of skeptical when it came to the topic of depressing songs. Yes, there comes a time and a place when I feel it must be necessary for me to want to be sad and listen to that type of music, but most the time I try to avoid it.
It took me over a week to find the right track to do mine on. I wanted to do the Weakerthans song, “My Favorite Chords,” but a full review of their album had appeared a few weeks ago and I didn’t want to rehash old material. I eventually landed on The Mountain Goats “No Children” because nothing says happy days like a couple burning up in a fire.
What gets me the most about “No Children” is the fact that the husband is so overwhelmed with emotion, he is not only calling for an end to their relationship, but truly wanting both of their deaths.
I hope you die
I hope we both die
Please enjoy Spectrum Culture’s Now Ain’t The Time For Tears: The Saddest Music In The World. My contribution is about half way down, but I highly encourage you to read the whole thing. Everybody did a remarkable job and it also features one by The Hold Steady’s Franz Nicolay.
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