219. I Get So Emotional: What Makes These Sad Songs Sad? with Mary Beth Melchior

Send us Fan MailThis is an excerpt from the first-ever Patreon-only episode of You, Me and An Album, aka Bonus Tracks. On the original version of this episode, Mary Beth and Al Melchior discuss four songs, two that Mary Beth experiences as sad and two that Al experiences as sad. Al's choices were “Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)" by James and “Murmurations” by Amy Millan. Mary Beth’s were “Remember My Name” by Sons of Legion and “Hallelujah” by k.d. lang (specifically, her performance of the song at the 2005 Juno Awards). This excerpted version features the discussions of "Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)" and "Hallelujah." Mary Beth and Al wound up having very different reactions to each of the songs, and they try to figure out why each song made one of them sad but not the other.To hear k.d. lang's Juno Awards performance of "Hallelujah," you can find it on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_NpxTWbovE&list=RDP_NpxTWbovE&start_radio=1.Mary Beth has a wonderful poetry channel on YouTube! Check it out and subscribe at https://www.youtube.com/@OnThePath88.You can also follow Mary Beth on Instagram at @mbmelchior.To hear the full version of this episode, plus all of the other Bonus Tracks episodes, join the YMAAA Patreon at patreon.com/youmealbum. More monthly episodes and other good stuff are soon to come. Please consider subscribing! Your support will make it possible for Al to keep this podcast going.Be sure to sign up for the YMAAA Newsletter at youmealbum.ghost.io. To keep up with You, Me and An Album, please give the show a follow on Instagram at @youmealbum.1:47 What to expect from Bonus Tracks4:38 Mary Beth joins the show5:57 The theme of this episode was Mary Beth’s idea7:05 Mary Beth and Al deal with sadness in music very differentlyDiscussion of specific sad songs8:37 James, “Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)"29:36 k.d. lang, “Hallelujah”45:10 Other versions of “Hallelujah”48:39 Mary Beth helps Al to understand why he doesn’t get “Hallelujah”58:15 Mary Beth’s final thoughts about comparing reactions to the songsSupport the show