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The fact that Pearl Jam covered that song kills me.
Jophiel wrote:
A healthy emotional state involves acknowledging sadness as well as joy. Being a black-garbed sad clown in your basement isn't healthy but neither is being a blindly pure-hearted Pollyanna.
Yes, we listen to sad songs because being emotionally healthy is a balancing act. It's not healthy to be depressed and sad all the time, it is also unhealthy to be exctatic about everything. At either extreme you're wasting energy, depression makes you lethargic and inactive, being overly happy leaves you chaotic and frantic.
Sad songs just let us even ourselves out.
Professor CrescentFresh wrote:
Elderon the Wise wrote:
THE THINGS U LAUGH AND U KNOW U SHOULDNT
Edited, Jun 28th 2006 at 11:37am EDT by Elderon
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I was going to make this same thread once but never formulated my thoughts into a coherant OP
rate up for calling something I said coherant!
Kelvyquayo wrote:
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I was going to make this same thread once but never formulated my thoughts into a coherant OP
rate up for calling something I said coherant!
It can't rain all the time Kelvy.Elderon the Wise wrote:
It can't rain all the time Kelvy.
DSD wrote:
shurrup
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
that was cruel
Because...
sad songs say so much!
That's what Elton told us.
sad songs say so much!
That's what Elton told us.
What's bred in the bone will not out of the flesh.
Kelvyquayo wrote:
negative emotions
What are you calling 'sad' songs?
Most songs that are considered sad are more truly categorized as poignant songs of love.
"I'm depressed because life sucks" is a shallow and emotionally ignorant statement. I wouldn't waste my time on that sort of trash.
Now if my song brought to mind the loss of some great positive emotion, then I would be reinforcing a desire to regain something positive. The sadness isn't negative at all in truth.
Eske wrote:
The fact that Pearl Jam covered that song kills me.
Why?
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I think people listen to sad songs because the want to feel emotion, whether it be happy or sad. In this case sad being the stronger of the two. So yes we are all just a bunch of Emos.
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