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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,274
    Have you listened to the lyrics at all?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    edited February 2023
    kingstongraham said:

    Have you listened to the lyrics at all?

    Yeah, he grows wings (with drugs, obviously) and they're the let down ones at the end :)
    _
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,274
    Maybe it's just me, but I think him thinking he's going to grow wings is just a chemical reaction.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,274
    It's about as uplifting as No Surprises.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,174
    rick_chasey said:

    I love miserable music, the more miserabl one the better, and my all time favourite, am-top-0.5%-of-listeners-on-spotify, is radiohead.

    Therefore, the "moody" mood playlist spotify generates for me is right up my street.

    Yet they include "let down" by radiohead in the list; surely one of their more uplifting songs?!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z_NvVMUcG8

    Is this, in fact, a miserable and I'm just so immune to it, or is the algo wrong?

    Why, why, why? When there is so much upbeat positive stuff...

    Here you go then.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpBFOJ3R0M4
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    kingstongraham said:

    Maybe it's just me, but I think him thinking he's going to grow wings is just a chemical reaction.

    Sure, but that doesn't tally with the tone of the climax of the song, which *is* uplifting. Isn't it?....
    _
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,174
    Pross said:

    focuszing723 said:

    Oh, i've got a good one.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-64784031

    The reactor pressure vessel is the first to be built for a British power station for more than 30 years.

    At just 13 metres tall and weighing 500 tonnes, it will create the heat needed to make steam for the world's largest turbines.

    It is the first of two nuclear reactors to be installed to provide low carbon electricity for three million homes.

    God, look at all those cranes!

    There’s fewer than there was, I’ve been there numerous times since work on site started and it is seriously impressive.
    Cool, I bet that's been interesting work.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,274
    rick_chasey said:

    kingstongraham said:

    Maybe it's just me, but I think him thinking he's going to grow wings is just a chemical reaction.

    Sure, but that doesn't tally with the tone of the climax of the song, which *is* uplifting. Isn't it?....
    It feels ironically upbeat to me. It's a great song.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,174
    You like miserable songs, because it manages your exceptions, things can only be better?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    kingstongraham said:

    rick_chasey said:

    kingstongraham said:

    Maybe it's just me, but I think him thinking he's going to grow wings is just a chemical reaction.

    Sure, but that doesn't tally with the tone of the climax of the song, which *is* uplifting. Isn't it?....
    It feels ironically upbeat to me. It's a great song.
    Yeah that's a fair reading.

    It is a great song.

    Uplifting song/miserable lyrics is a pretty standard pop trope.

    An oldie but a goodie:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDTZ7iX4vTQ

    (you'd never have guessed what it was about).
    _
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,274
    edited February 2023
    Most miserable good song I've heard ever:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8rbvXHD5xQ

    Edit - that whole album is wallowing in misery.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,174
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjPhzgxe3L0
    And heaven knows I'm miserable now...Phhhfffff
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    edited February 2023
    Any closet Chopin fans then?

    Pyramid song is sort of the purest version of Radiohead miserableness, if that's your vibe.
    _
  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    It's not as bad as listening to REM and getting "Shiny Happy People"

    'Shudder'
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,174
    JimD666 said:

    It's not as bad as listening to REM and getting "Shiny Happy People"

    'Shudder'

    Good song that.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,174
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1ZoHfJZACA
    Actually written as a result of a $h1t time he was having, good song though.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,274
    focuszing723 said:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjPhzgxe3L0
    And heaven knows I'm miserable now...Phhhfffff

    That's far from the most miserable Smiths song. One of the ones about the moors murders would take the crown, I think.
  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    focuszing723 said:

    JimD666 said:

    It's not as bad as listening to REM and getting "Shiny Happy People"

    'Shudder'

    Good song that.
    What?!
    It's along the line of Amon Amarth (Swedish Death Metal in case anyone was wondering) releasing "I should be so lucky"
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,174
    JimD666 said:

    focuszing723 said:

    JimD666 said:

    It's not as bad as listening to REM and getting "Shiny Happy People"

    'Shudder'

    Good song that.
    What?!
    It's along the line of Amon Amarth (Swedish Death Metal in case anyone was wondering) releasing "I should be so lucky"
    What you on about, that's a cracker too. Lucky, lucky, lucky...
  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    focuszing723 said:

    JimD666 said:

    focuszing723 said:

    JimD666 said:

    It's not as bad as listening to REM and getting "Shiny Happy People"

    'Shudder'

    Good song that.
    What?!
    It's along the line of Amon Amarth (Swedish Death Metal in case anyone was wondering) releasing "I should be so lucky"
    What you on about, that's a cracker too. Lucky, lucky, lucky...
    Blimey. What time did you start drinking?!
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,174
    edited February 2023
    JimD666 said:

    focuszing723 said:

    JimD666 said:

    focuszing723 said:

    JimD666 said:

    It's not as bad as listening to REM and getting "Shiny Happy People"

    'Shudder'

    Good song that.
    What?!
    It's along the line of Amon Amarth (Swedish Death Metal in case anyone was wondering) releasing "I should be so lucky"
    What you on about, that's a cracker too. Lucky, lucky, lucky...
    Blimey. What time did you start drinking?!
    I only drink on occasion and have never touched a recreational drug. Just drugs for medical reasons, when required. Coffee and tea, mainly.

    And yourself?
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,274
    REM has not stood the test of time well.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,174
    edited February 2023
    kingstongraham said:

    REM has not stood the test of time well.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahJ6Kh8klM4
    I think they have. They made some great songs.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,274
    focuszing723 said:

    kingstongraham said:

    REM has not stood the test of time well.

    I think they have. They made some great songs.
    Give me an example of one.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,174
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwtdhWltSIg
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLxpNiF0YKs
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY
    And one very of the moment.
  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    focuszing723 said:

    JimD666 said:

    focuszing723 said:

    JimD666 said:

    focuszing723 said:

    JimD666 said:

    It's not as bad as listening to REM and getting "Shiny Happy People"

    'Shudder'

    Good song that.
    What?!
    It's along the line of Amon Amarth (Swedish Death Metal in case anyone was wondering) releasing "I should be so lucky"
    What you on about, that's a cracker too. Lucky, lucky, lucky...
    Blimey. What time did you start drinking?!
    I only drink on occasion and have never touched a recreational drug. Just drugs for medical reasons, when required. Coffee and tea, mainly.

    And yourself?
    Nah was a semi-functional Alcoholic many years ago. These days I'm just semi functional :)
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,274
    I used to like them but all of those really grate now.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,174
    edited February 2023
    JimD666 said:

    focuszing723 said:

    JimD666 said:

    focuszing723 said:

    JimD666 said:

    focuszing723 said:

    JimD666 said:

    It's not as bad as listening to REM and getting "Shiny Happy People"

    'Shudder'

    Good song that.
    What?!
    It's along the line of Amon Amarth (Swedish Death Metal in case anyone was wondering) releasing "I should be so lucky"
    What you on about, that's a cracker too. Lucky, lucky, lucky...
    Blimey. What time did you start drinking?!
    I only drink on occasion and have never touched a recreational drug. Just drugs for medical reasons, when required. Coffee and tea, mainly.

    And yourself?
    Nah was a semi-functional Alcoholic many years ago. These days I'm just semi functional :)
    Sounds good. I just don't like the feeling of being out of control.

  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    focuszing723 said:

    JimD666 said:

    focuszing723 said:

    JimD666 said:

    focuszing723 said:

    JimD666 said:

    focuszing723 said:

    JimD666 said:

    It's not as bad as listening to REM and getting "Shiny Happy People"

    'Shudder'

    Good song that.
    What?!
    It's along the line of Amon Amarth (Swedish Death Metal in case anyone was wondering) releasing "I should be so lucky"
    What you on about, that's a cracker too. Lucky, lucky, lucky...
    Blimey. What time did you start drinking?!
    I only drink on occasion and have never touched a recreational drug. Just drugs for medical reasons, when required. Coffee and tea, mainly.

    And yourself?
    Nah was a semi-functional Alcoholic many years ago. These days I'm just semi functional :)
    Sounds, good. I just don't like the feeling of being out of control.

    So you are in control now. Well you learn something everyday 😂
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,449
    kingstongraham said:

    focuszing723 said:

    kingstongraham said:

    REM has not stood the test of time well.

    I think they have. They made some great songs.
    Give me an example of one.
    What's the frequency Kenneth.
    Everybody Hurts.
    Losing my Religion.
    Man on the Moon.
    Daysleeper.

    I get it if you weren't a fan, but they did some classic songs.

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