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Mood Swings DJ: Andy Wang Perfect For: Moping with a sense of purpose; snapping out of a breakup or breakdown; rainy weather Date: March 1, 2001 Length: 1:17 Average Rating: [an error occurred while processing the directive] LISTEN (Windows Media, 128K) Description: In an interview in the April 2001 issue of Gear magazine (which now employs me), former music publicist Harold Bloom talks about how songs move us, saying: "The average human goes through a major mood swing every two hours. In Bloomian terms that means that adults cycle through heaven and hell seven times a day. So if I give you a song, for three-and-a-half minutes it yanks you out of the hell that goes on inside you. That's three-and-a-half minutes of secular salvation." Sometimes, though, you're sort of looking for hell or some kind of sadness. Maybe it's when you're trying to speed up the four stages of grief, or maybe it's when you're just brooding about something that matters to you and you alone. Here are some sad songs that actually say something, along with some angry songs and a couple about remembering when everything was OK. That is to say, here's an hour-long mood swing. For some reason, listening to all these songs actually makes me happy. Maybe they'll do the same for you.
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