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97. Pretty much anything acoustic by Aaron Lewis.

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 05:19 AM

Feb 2013

But his version of "What hurts the most" gets me every time after a bottle of Cab.

Also "Black" by Pearl-Jam. I guess we are all conditioned to emotionally connect with whatever music is available at the time when our brains are functioning at such a high level, at least activity wise. (teens)

For some people it is just the subject that makes a depressing song (suicide, death, lost love) or tune, for others it is tune + lyrics + subject. Eddie Vedder's (Pearl Jam) "Black" was very powerful if you grew up with that music.

"I know someday you'll have a beautiful life,
I know you'll be a star
in somebody else's sky, but why
Why, why can't it be,
why can't it be mine?

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Try this on: discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2013 #48

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