Life gets us all down sometimes. When it gets me down, I throw open my iTunes, load my "Mellow Yellow" playlist, and chill out. Many of the songs aren't necessarily "sad" songs, but are just more subdued in tempo and sound. Most of them contain lyrics pertaining to light at the end of the tunnel, of hope for better days.
Also, when I'm not so happy, I prefer to be alone. I don't enjoy moping in sorrow or anything, but I don't like being a downer around others. I also like to think negative thoughts out. If something is bothering me enough to get me down, I do contemplate it for a bit, and being around others prevents me from doing this.
So today's song comes from a band that had one album, and a band that few people liked (at least from my circle). "Hideaway" comes off the Student Rick album "Soundtrack for a Generation". Student Rick was a band from South Bend, Indiana that formed when I was living just across the border in Michigan. They made one album, and then disbanded. Interestingly, three of the four Student Rick band members are now in Los Angeles, and have a new band, Hello Vegas. I've yet to go to one of their many shows here in town, but in all fairness, they've yet to release an album. Also, I don't like their new stuff as much as I liked Student Rick.
Honorable mention to Joe Purdy's "Wash Away".
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