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Mope Like Me: One Final Mix Tape
This will be the last Mope Like Me column. In truth, I didn’t think I would be saying this, at least not this soon after launching it. I’m a sucker for sad songs, and
Read More »Mope Like Me: Tears for Fears, “Me and My Big Ideas”
Raoul and the Kings of Spain is the most maligned album in Tears for Fears’ catalog…and I totally get that. It is completely out of step with everything else they’ve done before or since,
Read More »Mope Like Me: Everything but the Girl, “Two Star”
I’ve always had good insight into other people’s relationships. I could figure out their friction points in seconds. I knew the friction points in my own relationships too, but acting on them was another
Read More »Mope Like Me: Grant Lee Buffalo, “Happiness”
“Never mind me, ’cause I’ve been dead Out of my body, been out of my head…” Grant Lee Phillips, you have my attention. “There’s nothing that I said that’ll bring you happiness, happiness It’s
Read More »Mope Like Me: Helen Stellar, “io (This Time Around)”
(With apologies to Ted, as there are no sob stories about failed relationships this week.) Let it not be said that Cameron Crowe’s Elizabethtown was without its good points. Actually, I shouldn’t say that.
Read More »Mope Like Me: Divine Comedy, “The Certainty of Chance”
“A butterfly flies through the forest rain And turns the wind into a hurricane…” I was playing this song at work once, and a coworker of mine walked up and said, “Is this the
Read More »Mope Like Me: PhD, “I Won’t Let You Down”
I will not rest until Simply Red covers this song. For someone who has gotten almost as cover-friendly in his autumn years as UB40, I’m frankly surprised this hasn’t happened yet. After all, once
Read More »Mope Like Me: Keane, “Atlantic”
“I dooooooon’t wanna be old, and sleep alone / An empty house is not a home.” The back half of that line is pure cliché, but that is the beauty of a good melody;
Read More »Mope Like Me: Duran Duran, “Save a Prayer” (Best Remix Ever)
Yep, another Duran Duran post from Popdose’s resident DD fanboy (or Durannie, as we were once called). Between this, my White Label post on “Hold Back the Rain,” and John Hughes’ post on “My
Read More »Mope Like Me: Teenage Fanclub, “Alcoholiday”
My girlfriend Kim (a.k.a. College Ex #2) hated this song from the start. I can’t say I blame her, really. Not because the song is bad or anything – au contraire, the song is
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