Does melancholy music sometimes make you happy?

@Burnley123 I can definitely see why they would be the perfect man for you based on your very well-thought-out politically flavoured posts and threads here.😉

@Burnley123 Ta. Never heard of Dave Haslam but I will definitely check him out. 👌👍

@NigelDoes LOL. I didn't think namechecking them would shock anyone in the know that much. Yesterday I met Owen Jones. He's Britain's biggest left-wing journalist and has about a million Twitter followers. He's also in his 30s and his favourite band growing up was The Manics. 🤣

Yeah well, I related to them on a personal level. It was the time after Thatcher and when the cool people thought we'd reached the end of history with New Labour. Melancholia and left politics were a logical mix in that period.

Also interesting about the Manics is their story of personal tragedy. Their early stuff was really intense, especially the Holy Bible. The HB is one of the best alternative rock records of that or any other era. After Richey committed suicide (he must be dead because we would have heard something like that) they did Everything Must go which was really powerful in its themes of renewal and moving on past troubled times. The band and their music seemed to age (and mature) by a decade in the eighteen months between the records.

@SW-User brilliant song.Thanks so much for posting.👌

@SW-User [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsT_PvMR4j4]

@Burnley123 Unknown pleasures and closer are two of my favourite albums, though closer gets played more. I saw an interview with Peter Hook recently where he said they all find Unknown Pleasures difficult to listen to, very dark stuff. I remember buying Closer in Capitol records in Congleton, looking at the barren sleeve for hours over several days, trying to work out if I wanted it. An LP was a big investment for a teenager in 1980. My friends band were due to support Joy Divsion at a local festival, which was cancelled after Ian Curtis committed suicide. A long time ago now lol.

@bijouxbroussard Nice song. 😇