Music to be Pissed-off to (Anne Stuart)
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Sunday, September 17, 2006
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I'm in a thoroughly pissy mood for any number of excellent reasons. Spending five days in a studio apartment with my 92 year old mother, no matter how much I love her, is part of it. Being Not Happy about my print run is another. And being 58 years old and tired tired tired of being a good little soldier puts the icing on the cake.
I very seldom get angry -- it upsets my stomach and makes me nervous. But in the past year I've gotten quite gloriously angry. I told my sister-in-law to take a flying leap (though I put it more colorfully). I stopped enabling my sister, and got blackballed by my maternal relatives for it.
And I've revelled in it. Especially when you can just sing along with the music and not actually take it out on some poor slob who happens to wander into your landmine-strewn psyche.
So, for being pissed off about your career: Losing My Religion by REM, Heartbreak Town by the Dixie Chicks, Superman (It's not Easy) by Five for Fighting, You Can't Win by Richard Thompson, Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen ("I'm just sitting here trying to write this book"), I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2), Poor Poor Pitiful Me (Warren Zevon).
For general pissiness I recommend It's the End of the World as We Know It by REM, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life by Monty Python, Stop Your Sobbing by the Kinks, Not Ready to Make Nice by the Dixie Chicks, Keep On Rocking in the Free World (Neil Young) and my absolute favorite, Anarchy in the UK by the Sex Pistols ("I am the Anti-christ, I am an Anarchist").
Of course all this must be played very loudly. Dancing helps -- just a loud blast of rage and pain via music does wonders for the digestion.
Anyone got great pissed-off songs? I could always use more.
Next week I'll give you the weepers, for when you need a cathartic release.
In the meantime, rock on!
I very seldom get angry -- it upsets my stomach and makes me nervous. But in the past year I've gotten quite gloriously angry. I told my sister-in-law to take a flying leap (though I put it more colorfully). I stopped enabling my sister, and got blackballed by my maternal relatives for it.
And I've revelled in it. Especially when you can just sing along with the music and not actually take it out on some poor slob who happens to wander into your landmine-strewn psyche.
So, for being pissed off about your career: Losing My Religion by REM, Heartbreak Town by the Dixie Chicks, Superman (It's not Easy) by Five for Fighting, You Can't Win by Richard Thompson, Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen ("I'm just sitting here trying to write this book"), I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2), Poor Poor Pitiful Me (Warren Zevon).
For general pissiness I recommend It's the End of the World as We Know It by REM, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life by Monty Python, Stop Your Sobbing by the Kinks, Not Ready to Make Nice by the Dixie Chicks, Keep On Rocking in the Free World (Neil Young) and my absolute favorite, Anarchy in the UK by the Sex Pistols ("I am the Anti-christ, I am an Anarchist").
Of course all this must be played very loudly. Dancing helps -- just a loud blast of rage and pain via music does wonders for the digestion.
Anyone got great pissed-off songs? I could always use more.
Next week I'll give you the weepers, for when you need a cathartic release.
In the meantime, rock on!
Patricia Potter
Tara Taylor Quinn
Maggie Shayne
Anne Stuart
Suzanne Forster
Lynn Kerstan
5 Comments :
You've GOT to be kidding? Right?
His Bob-ness.
I have a CD I've compiled called, DYLAN SAYS IT BEST. Twelve cuts.
"Positively 4th Street" has been called one of the most vicious songs out there (okay, that description was written in the early 70s . . . but "You've got a lot of nerve, to say you are my friend . . . " is to the point.
"Idiot Wind" is another classic:
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth,::snip:: Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth. You're an idiot, babe. It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe."
How's that for pissed off?
And to sum it all up you could always do the Dixie Chicks from their latest CD Taking The Long Way......a song called "Not Ready To Make Nice!"
Cryna
I don't suppose I'd ever thought of songs in just that way, but the first titles that come to mind for me would be "Hit the Road, Jack" and "I Will Survive."
Lynda
I forgot to mention the 2nd best part (after the lyrics) of singing Dylan when you're pissed: you don't have to worry about staying on key.
HOW DOES IT FEEL? (Like a Rolling Stone)
"We Can Be Together" by Jefferson Starship is a classic. Follow that up with "The Alabama Song" by The Doors. Because almost everything goes better with The Doors.
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