Sunday, September 29, 2013

Earworm of the Day: Vic Chesnutt - Flirted With You All My Life




Vic Chesnutt wrote more honestly and succinctly about depression than any other songwriter I can think of at the moment. Unfortunately, he took his own life three years ago this December. "Flirted With You All My Life" reminds me a lot of one of my favorite poems by Jane Kenyon, "Having it Out Wit Melancholy," another achingly raw account of pain and depression.

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