{"id":385,"date":"2007-03-16T23:31:36","date_gmt":"2007-03-17T03:31:36","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2007-03-18T20:49:34","modified_gmt":"2007-03-18T20:49:34","slug":"songs-and-albums-that-torment-and-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/songs-and-albums-that-torment-and-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs and Albums That Torment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ebkl7Yk_OLE?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\nIs there a song or album that torments you for a particular reason? I&#8217;m not talking about a song or album you simply can&#8217;t stand for aesthetic reasons alone. No, I&#8217;m talking about a song or album that you not only can&#8217;t stand but that, at least in large part, is tied to a <strong>specific painful or distaste experience or memory<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got a few songs and albums that fall into this category. The first one that comes to mind is <strong>J. Geils Band&#8217;s <em>Freeze Frame<\/em><\/strong> album. In and of itself, although I didn&#8217;t like the production, it was not that bad an album the first few times I heard it. Then I went off to college, where I soon grew confused, occasionally elated, and frequently miserable. I shared a large dorm room with two guys I had nothing in common with beside a love of baseball. Even that wasn&#8217;t enough.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nOne guy was a straight-laced guy from <strong>Wisconsin<\/strong>. Nice guy, but not enough of a baseball fan to make up for all the things we did not have in common. I felt bad that I was such an asshole. The other guy was a bigger baseball fan but a judgemental prick who, probably with justification, judged me very poorly. The look on his face said, &#8220;I judge you very poorly!&#8221; I could live with all that, because I was getting <em>high<\/em> and meeting women, <em>man<\/em>, and he wasn&#8217;t. However, that&#8217;s not what would torment me about this guy.<\/p>\n<p>His copy of <em>Freeze Frame<\/em> was the thorn in my side. He played that album constantly. I&#8217;d be laying on my bed jotting down notes about world domination &#8211; or just enjoying the feeling of being really high &#8211; and <strong>Mr. Buzzkill<\/strong> would come back to our room, place <em>Freeze Frame<\/em> on the turntable, and crank it up. To make matters worse, he&#8217;d just stand in front of the turntable with his arms folded and a dispassionate look on his face. It was as if <strong>Henry<\/strong> of <em>Eraserhead<\/em> were listening to the album. Sometimes he&#8217;d feel the need to lift the needle and play a particular song again, all the while with that serial killer&#8217;s lack of engagement.<\/p>\n<p>Ugh. To this day I dread having to hear either the title track or <strong>&#8220;Centerfold&#8221;<\/strong>. Again, I never liked the production, but they are not terrible songs in and of themselves. The torment is unlike the torment I get from simply hearing the intro to a <strong>Kansas<\/strong> song on the radio. There&#8217;s not switching stations on this kind of torment.<\/p>\n<p>So how about you? I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve been tormented by a particular song or album based on a soured personal relationship, a particularly bad day in your life, or what have you. I trust I&#8217;m not alone in looking forward to your instances of musical torment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is there a song or album that torments you for a particular reason? 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