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There is a song by an Australian band called The Hoodoo Gurus called "Bittersweet," but the song itself isn't bittersweet -- it rocks. It's one of my all time favorite rock and roll songs with three chords, a good beat, and a lot of energy and exhuberance.
"Keeping Awake" by the Innocence Mission is sort of bittersweet. Another Beatles number that's bittersweet is "In My life." So is Stan Getz "Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)", almost. [see the thread on beauty in all its forms].
I like "Corcovado" because it illustrates how a person in love changes from a pessimist (if they were one to begin with) to an optimist:
I who was lost and lonely, believing life was only a bitter, tragic joke have found with you the meaning of existence, oh my love..."
At the end of the second line, when the word "you" is sung, it's the most beautiful note in the whole song. Such an amazing composition -- and to think the lyrics in English are just the translation from the original Portuguese!
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Carpal Tunnel
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Ya talk about Dylan, he thinks yer talkin bout Bob Dylan (whoever he was). The cat ain't got no kulchuh.You're right, Faldage!...whatever was I thinking? Here's the true Dylan. Sorry, folks...guess I'm just not a super-hipster anymore (sigh)... http://www.dylan.org/home.htmlThe Only WO'N!
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Carpal Tunnel
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Here's the true Dylan.
Not the Dylan I had in mind, but.
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Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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How about this one then?
Yeahbut®, he's just a real son of a Dylan.
The Only WO'N!
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Carpal Tunnel
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Surely it must be this Dylan.
http://www.sugarlumpstudio.co.uk/html/figures/mr_dylan.htm
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