Day 9 — Share Your Music: 30 Days, 30 Songs.
There’s no harm in asking.
Sarah at Art Expedition is hosting 30 Days, 30 Songs for the month of June. You can see her latest post here. It is not too late to join in the challenge. Casual players welcome.
I will return to light programming tomorrow.
Kind Regards.
Tracy
Reflections of An Untidy Mind 
I can’t like this song. 😦 Too much air play and too depressing. I will look forward to something light tomorrow such as “Jesus Lover of My Soul.” 😉
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Ha. That is highly unlikely. 🙂
Sorry to depress you. I was thinking about your book, Savior, when I posted this. There has been a big education campaign here about depression. On the other hand, our social welfare policies still treat people with mental health issues as morally deficient and malingerers. Then there are the people who are in the midst of an existential crisis. Pills won’t fix that.
I read that Bobby Gentry moved to LA to study philosophy. That speaks volumes IMO.
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Summer is my “dark time.” My major depressive crisis happened in summer and I don’t remember a summer since I was a kid that I didn’t feel not like me in some way. My depressive crisis defined my life for the better in almost every respect, but I still feel the stigma. The “morally deficient” thing is the worst part. I just sit quietly when people go on about suicide being for losers as I think, “You have no fucking clue.” 😦
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Nothing like having a yearly reminder. Then there is golf. 😦
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I’m never OK in summer. But Dusty and I did sneak onto the golf course this evening. They were watering, not playing. Cool breeze over the irrigation canal. 🙂
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I remember this one….and all the ongoing discussion.
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I was only a toddler when it was released so I missed the discussion. But when I listen to it now, I think there is much more to it than what was thrown off the bridge.
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I feel bad for never having heard this song before as it seems to be an amazing piece, really, really deep in feeling and meaning… will have to listen to this a couple of more times and also read the lyrics.
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The lyrics are rather banal, Sarah, but I think that is the point.
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Classic performance, so thanks for posting, Tracy. I remember being so mystified by the lyrics.
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Welcome Tish.
Still mystified. 🙂
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I had never listened properly to the song until I heard a Sinead O’Connor cover of it in the 1990s. It really captures how easily people unwittingly diminish grief, and turn inwards to suffer alone.
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I haven’t heard that in such a long time. I was only 10 when it came out and didn’t really understand it but I always wondered what had been thrown off the bridge.
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I was a toddler. Many people have wondered. Perhaps that is why they turned it into a movie.
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Do I remember the speculation of what she’d thrown off the bridge – anything you can think of was talked about. Such suffering, perfect for teenagers and young lovers. Not sure if there’s an answer.
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That is surprising Sarah. It was such a huge hit but then again I show my age 🙂
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I have never heard of this song before either. Poignant and so sad. Well Tracy, you have done it again. Thanks for introducing me to another interesting song.
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You are showing your youth, Dominique. 🙂
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Haha… 🙂
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