west@sdics.UUCP (Larry West) (03/13/86)
In article <156@minnie.UUCP> chris@minnie.UUCP (Chris Grevstad) writes: > anich@puff.UUCP (Steve Anich) says: > > > > I was told that when Beck's book Illusions was > >published, many people committed suicide. Is there any > >truth to that? His books are wierd, but not that wierd. > the role Bach's book in recent teenage suicides. > > Wasn't there a similar phenomenom concerning a song named > Blue Monday, or something like that? I may have the song wrong but I do > recall hearing about the occurence. The song was "Gloomy Sunday", sung by Billy Holiday. It's not quite as powerful as it's reputation, but I can see how it may have affected people. Worth buying. Blue Monday is something else, I think related to an old soap commercial and/or a tradition that washing was done on Mondays. It's also part of the alternate title of one of Vonnegut's more recent books, perhaps Deadeye Dick. And it appears in a few old songs (from the 20's and 30's). -- Larry West USA+619-452-6771 Institute for Cognitive Science non-business hrs: 452-2256 UC San Diego (mailcode C-015) La Jolla, CA 92093 USA UUCP: {ucbvax,ihnp4,sdcrdcf,decvax,gatech}!sdcsvax!sdics!west ARPA: <west@nprdc.ARPA> or <west@ucsd.ARPA> DOMAIN: <west@nprdc.mil> or <west@csl.ucsd.edu>
soren@reed.UUCP (Soren Petersen) (03/15/86)
In article <157@sdics.UUCP> west@sdics.UUCP (Larry West) writes: >In article <156@minnie.UUCP> chris@minnie.UUCP (Chris Grevstad) writes: >> anich@puff.UUCP (Steve Anich) says: >> > >> > I was told that when Beck's book Illusions was >> >published, many people committed suicide. Is there any >> >truth to that? His books are wierd, but not that wierd. >> the role Bach's book in recent teenage suicides. >> >> Wasn't there a similar phenomenom concerning a song named >> Blue Monday, or something like that? I may have the song wrong but I do >> recall hearing about the occurence. > >The song was "Gloomy Sunday", sung by Billy Holiday. It's not >quite as powerful as it's reputation, but I can see how it may >have affected people. Worth buying. > >Blue Monday is something else, I think related to an old >soap commercial and/or a tradition that washing was done >on Mondays. > >Larry West That's kind of interesting since there is a recent rock record called "Blue Monday" by a group called New Order who used to be called Joy Division before the lead singer committed suicide--on a Monday as I recall. . . -- Have A Nice Day, Soren Petersen