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Getting my daily As I Call You Down fix whilst I sit outside, half in the sun and half in the shade, planning my academic future. Fistful of Mercy is harmonizing even more beautifully than usual with the birds as well as themselves and helping me retain my accustomed state of sunshine and unfussedness doing this assignment. 
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how many times in a row did you listen to the lead single? It was Brian Wilson’s favorite song, and he was totally obsessed with it. Legend has it he would spend the entire day lying on the floor smoking cigarettes listening to the Be My Baby ’45 on repeat. ALL DAY LONG. This was in his depressive state. Spooky.
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I can understand that, to be honest. It’s a magical song.
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6.01pm
26 January 2017
Offline eh, Its not a place that most people have been mentally. the story goes his friend checked in on him in the morning, and in the evening he had not moved, and was putting his cigs out all over the rug. its a great song but I have a horror movie like association with it. I intentionally did not listen to it until I got my hands on the ‘45 so I could hear it like Brian Heard it. I definitely hyped it up too much, and wasn’t nearly as enthralled with that selection as Brian’s other favorite album, The Four Freshman and Five Trombones, which I still own and listen to a lot.
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8.13pm
26 January 2017
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15 March 2017
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sir walter raleigh said
how many times in a row did you listen to the lead single? It was Brian Wilson’s favorite song, and he was totally obsessed with it. Legend has it he would spend the entire day lying on the floor smoking cigarettes listening to the Be My Baby ’45 on repeat. ALL DAY LONG. This was in his depressive state. Spooky.
Usually the soundtrack to the life of a person with depression is a very introspective matter. In most books and films it seems to be portrayed that the individuals that struggle with mental illness and anxiety listen to sad music. That is a very basic concept, this person is sad, therefore, he listens to sad music.
Most people I know that have shared their struggles with me and also their listening habits tent to turn out quite random. It is a very personal thing. Sometimes the music or the lyrics don’t have anything to do with their state of mind at all, they just relate to the song because it signified a moment on their life. One of my friends used to have issues with his mother going through a really dark experience, and he used to listen to (I’m serious) the Beatles’ Rock And Roll Music all day long. This was a trap-listener, Travis Scott fan, with an edge for emo stuff like Marilyn Manson and heavy metal. One would expect him to listen to that stuff when having personal problems. But his mother had shown him Rock And Roll Music to him when he was a child. It was like he was trying to grasp a moment of happyness he thought lost. And he didn’t even realize it. He noticed it years later when he finally told me. At the time he thought he just liked the song because of the melody.
On the other hand, one of my closest friends used to listen to Neutral Milk Hotel and Mount Eerie in dark times in his life. And that could easily be called “depressive music”. It is totally possible as well to be sad and listen to sad music. On the other hand, a girlfriend of mine used to listen mostly to EDM and house music and she was a very troubled person as well. So again, anything goes.
I haven’t had strong depressive moments in my life, luckily. But when I do have moments of insecurity and fear, I tent to gravitate to Tracy Chapman. Particularly songs like Give Me One Reason to Stay Here or Talking ‘Bout a Revolution . Nothing about those songs says “anguish”. It is neither happy, nor sad, and I don’t feel lifted up after listening to it, but it reminds me of times in my life when things were just… different. It’s deeper than melancholy, kind of hard to describe. It’s not that I love her music (which I do), I just need it sometimes to keep myself sane.
And Be My Baby is nothing short of a wonderful classic (that actually kind of sounds like the Beach Boys ). I expect Brian Wilson to have fine taste, so I totally get how he could listen to it.
PS: If you’re interested in Wilson, watch the film Love and Mercy if you haven’t, it’s excellent.
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10.35pm
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15 February 2015
Offline I listened to Be My Baby a couple times after seeing this and it is a pretty cool song. Very Beach Boys -esque.
Currently listening to Muse – Origin of Symmetry (2001), perfect accompaniment for my futuristic Moroccan/spaghetti Western space colony on Mars.
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11.00pm
5 December 2019
Offline Clerefor Sede said
sir walter raleigh said
how many times in a row did you listen to the lead single? It was Brian Wilson’s favorite song, and he was totally obsessed with it. Legend has it he would spend the entire day lying on the floor smoking cigarettes listening to the Be My Baby ’45 on repeat. ALL DAY LONG. This was in his depressive state. Spooky.
Usually the soundtrack to the life of a person with depression is a very introspective matter. In most books and films it seems to be portrayed that the individuals that struggle with mental illness and anxiety listen to sad music. That is a very basic concept, this person is sad, therefore, he listens to sad music.
Most people I know that have shared their struggles with me and also their listening habits tent to turn out quite random. It is a very personal thing. Sometimes the music or the lyrics don’t have anything to do with their state of mind at all, they just relate to the song because it signified a moment on their life. One of my friends used to have issues with his mother going through a really dark experience, and he used to listen to (I’m serious) the Beatles’ Rock And Roll Music all day long. This was a trap-listener, Travis Scott fan, with an edge for emo stuff like Marilyn Manson and heavy metal. One would expect him to listen to that stuff when having personal problems. But his mother had shown him Rock And Roll Music to him when he was a child. It was like he was trying to grasp a moment of happyness he thought lost. And he didn’t even realize it. He noticed it years later when he finally told me. At the time he thought he just liked the song because of the melody.
On the other hand, one of my closest friends used to listen to Neutral Milk Hotel and Mount Eerie in dark times in his life. And that could easily be called “depressive music”. It is totally possible as well to be sad and listen to sad music. On the other hand, a girlfriend of mine used to listen mostly to EDM and house music and she was a very troubled person as well. So again, anything goes.
I haven’t had strong depressive moments in my life, luckily. But when I do have moments of insecurity and fear, I tent to gravitate to Tracy Chapman. Particularly songs like Give Me One Reason to Stay Here or Talking ‘Bout a Revolution . Nothing about those songs says “anguish”. It is neither happy, nor sad, and I don’t feel lifted up after listening to it, but it reminds me of times in my life when things were just… different. It’s deeper than melancholy, kind of hard to describe. It’s not that I love her music (which I do), I just need it sometimes to keep myself sane.
And Be My Baby is nothing short of a wonderful classic (that actually kind of sounds like the Beach Boys ). I expect Brian Wilson to have fine taste, so I totally get how he could listen to it.
PS: If you’re interested in Wilson, watch the film Love and Mercy if you haven’t, it’s excellent.
One also may turn to specific music because it’s just plain comfortable and returning to a comfort zone is something that people do (sometimes unconsciously) when going through a tough time. Be My Baby may have made Brian comfortable since it was his favorite song. It wasn’t anything new or intrusive, but just a lovely familiar melody that he used to attempt to drown out the negatives. I think that’s a misconception– that people who are depressed will only turn to depressing music. In some cases, yes, if that person is comforted by sorrowful tunes, but sometimes people who are depressed don’t want to subscribe to the whole woe-is-me-im-going-to-listen-to-emo attitude– they just want to be comfortable. They just want to be able to turn off the thoughts and succumb to good music. Like what you said, Tracy Chapman’s music doesn’t express “anguish” or high-strung emotion, it just makes you feel sane. It’s something you don’t feel you have to think that hard on or put some much effort into…if that makes sense?
Take me for example– I struggle with episodes of seasonal depression as well as social anxiety on a more daily basis. When I’m depressed or anxious, I listen to only the Beatles (surprise surprise) because I know their music. They’re familiar and they’re comforting and it feels like their music is really there for me in a weird way. They calm me down by surrounding me in a comfortable atmosphere where it’s just me, John, Paul, George, and Ringo (Rubber Soul is especially calming just because listening to the album for me is basically just like taking a drag of a joint but anyhoo…
). I listen to the sad Beatles songs, the happy Beatles songs, the solo stuff, Helter Skelter , the angry Beatles stuff, the granny music, the psychedelic stuff you name it, it all makes me feel better in times of depression or anxiety by letting me know that all this stuff will always be there for me in times of trouble.
I hope you saw my point in all that because I sure can’t but oh well I said what I thought I needed to say.
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I’m currently listening to (and watching) this over and over:
because this is a pure bop
Macca is also pretty wack in this video but it’s lovely He’s such a dad…….
………except when my IRL dad is trying to be cool it’s just him blasting all volumes of Europe ’72 and trying to make conversation by saying “Have you heard this live jam? Damn it slaps” 
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Offline ^cool, didn’t know Princess Anne had such good taste in music. Funnily enough, Starman was the last thing I posted too… 
Currently listening to “Madness” by Muse. Love it, hate it, think it’s overrated, it’s a god damn brilliant vocal performance.
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12.18am
26 January 2017
Offline the reason you think Be My Baby is Beach Boys -esque is because it was Brians all time favorite song! Phil Spector was his idol.
Thanks @Jules and @lovelyritametermaid for the beautiful reads.
Recently i’ve been in one of those funks myself, and yall won’t believe which song I chose to repeat…
sexy
a mothafuckin
sadie
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15 March 2017
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15 March 2017
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26 January 2017
Offline Just thought I’d add my perspective to those discussing music as a coping mechanism (very interesting reads by the way, guys) – about three years ago I was in a very angsty, depressive teenage rut due to quite a few problems in my personal life, and having recently got into The Smiths, I used to listen to their music constantly. I was on school exam-leave at the time and spending most of my time in my bedroom revising, so I probably went through their entire discography multiple times every single day. Something about Morrissey’s lyrics just really spoke to me back then – every single line seemed to unravel some new layer of meaning that somehow perfectly chimed with exactly how I was feeling in any given moment.
Anyways, once things improved for me I still listened to The Smiths, but the magic wasn’t the same anymore. Their music was just too tied in my head to that specific time and set of emotions, much like Clerefor with Tracy Chapman’s music is to his childhood, that I couldn’t separate it or apply it to my present feelings. Now whenever I listen to those songs and albums, particularly the heavy hitters like ‘Asleep’ and ‘I Know It’s Over’, I’m taken back to that time, which I guess is kind of nice, because it always reminds me that things do get better. Typically, if you recall what I said about every line perfectly matching my emotions, they even have a song that does the same –
“The most impassioned song
To a lonely soul
Is so easily outgrown
But don’t forget the songs
That made you smile
And the songs that made you cry
When you lay in awe
On the bedroom floor
And said : “Oh, oh, smother me Mother “
But don’t forget the songs
That made you cry
And the songs that saved your life
Yes, you’re older now
And you’re a clever swine
But they were the only ones who ever stood by you
And when you’re dancing and laughing
And finally living
Hear my voice in your head
And think of me kindly..”
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He seemed a little haggard, but it did not slow him down,
he was humming to the neon of the universal sound.
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