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Mope Like Me: One Final Mix Tape

David Medsker February 25, 2009 9

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

Mope Like Me: Tears for Fears, “Me and My Big Ideas”

David Medsker February 11, 2009 9

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,

Mope Like Me: Everything but the Girl, “Two Star”

David Medsker January 28, 2009 10

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

Mope Like Me: Grant Lee Buffalo, “Happiness”

David Medsker January 14, 2009 10

“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

Mope Like Me: Helen Stellar, “io (This Time Around)”

David Medsker November 19, 2008 8

(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.

Mope Like Me: Divine Comedy, “The Certainty of Chance”

David Medsker November 5, 2008 4

“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

Mope Like Me: PhD, “I Won’t Let You Down”

David Medsker October 22, 2008 10

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

Mope Like Me: Keane, “Atlantic”

David Medsker October 8, 2008 3

“I dooooooon’t wanna be old, and sleep alone / An empty house is not a home.” The back half of that line is pure clichÃ©, but that is the beauty of a good melody;

Mope Like Me: Duran Duran, “Save a Prayer” (Best Remix Ever)

David Medsker September 24, 2008 16

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