Day 21: A song that you listen to when you're happy

I've never really thought about how much my mood affects the music I listen to until writing today and yesterday's blog (and looking ahead to tomorrow to see that it's going to be another mood themed post). I really do tend to listen to music that fits my mood rather than music that fits the mood I'm going for (in which case I guess I'd just listen to happy music all the time haha). Even within bands that I listen to a lot of I'll have certain songs I'll listen to more depending on my mood. For example, take Metric: If I'm in a bad/depressed mood, I'll tend to listen to, "Empty," "London Halflife," or "Calculation Theme." If I'm in a good mood, however, it usually is something more like "Combat Baby," "Grow Up and Blow Away" and "Gimme Sympathy." Of course, how can "Gimme Sympathy" NOT put you in a good mood? It's so happy and fun.

I remember the first time I heard "Gimme Sympathy" it was on spin.com. Emily and Jimmy did an acoustic performance a few months before Fantasies was released and I was just in awe of that song. It was kind of a shock when I first heard the studio version because, needless to say, when I heard it the first time there were not as many soaring synths in the first version. Regardless, the song instantly clicked with me. The lyrics are so simple yet extremely deep... You can sense Metric's anxiety about getting bigger and if it will be a positive change or not.

The song asks the question, "Who would you rather be; the Beatles or the Rolling Stones?" This brings up my own question: Does Emily get asked who she'd rather be a lot? And if so, does she regret writing that line? I totally would. After about the sixth person who asked me I'd just be like... "Shut the fuck up. For real, it's not original and it's not cute." Of course, I have a feeling Emily is a lot less of an ass than I am =)