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Originally Posted by adidasss
Well now...what is melancholic music for you? I mean I can see your pick being sort of melancholic but the Siouxie song is kind of raw and punky...I don't see anything pensive or wistful about it...unless you're connecting it with some period in your life, but I'm talking about the music itself. Huh...:\
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I'm talking about the music too. In the case of the Siouxsie song, it's the melody that the guitar is playing that I find melancholic. Siouxsie & the Banshees have a lot of really melancholy songs and I do agree that this particular song is definitely not them at their most melancholy but it still has a heavy touch of it in the guitar.
As far as what I specifically think is melancholic music, as you mentioned in your OP it's music that I want to listen to on a rainy day. It usually, but not always, has a slow tempo and melancholy lyrics. But the most important thing to me is a melody and sonic texture that have a pensive quality to them. Here's another example that I love: