I heard yet another melancholy song by a young female singer
songwriter. I am going to leave out names only because it is my first foray
into this type of music critiquing and I don't want to make enemies, yet. The
song relied on the morbidity of depression "I am so sad / I am so
blue" Oh for God's sake why are you so depressed all the time. I mean you
could have got e to that hypnotherapist your ex lover gave you 1500 bucks for
sessions and you only went once. Natalie Merchant of Ten Thousand Manicas
crafted a song about depression "Like The Weather" If you really
don't dive into the lyrics "Well by the force of will my lungs are filled and so I
breathe. /Lately it seems this big bed is where I never
leave. /Shiver in my bones just thinking about the weather. /Quiver
in my voice as I cry," The song has a peppy, danceable vibe. Merchant was
always a wonder at creating songs with a pop of snark to alleviate the dark.
Aimee Mann is also a master at writing about heartache and breakups. In
"Save Me" (the title alone) Mann croons in her signature slow rolling
vocals. Check this opening line out "You look like a perfect fit
For
a girl in need of a tourniquet
But
can you - save me"
You
crave more of this song and it doesn't disappoint with overarching bridge that
rises high then drops you back to reality. I relate to Aimee. Her last album
from 2017 was simply entitled "Mental Illness" and instead of running
away from her waxing poetic about being depressed and anxious in this age of
general anxiety and overmedication, you want to lung right into the fits
of mania she speaks about in "RollerCoaster". The woman has talent
and truth and she builds on life experience. Pitchfork wrote "Mann fills her songs
with ordinary people struggling against operatic levels of pain." The
issue I feel with these young girls full of dread and angst and inability to
forge forward in real relationships is I am not hearing the
aria.
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