![]() Garbage (1994) [ larger cover art ] |
I'm only happy when it's complicated
And though I know you can't appreciate it
I'm only happy when it rains
You know I love it when the news is bad
Why it feels so good to feel so sad
I'm only happy when it rains
Pour your misery down
Pour your misery down on me
Pour your misery down
Pour your misery down on me
I'm only happy when it rains
I feel good when things are going wrong
I only listen to the sad, sad songs
I'm only happy when it rains
I only smile in the dark
My only comfort is the night gone black
I didn't accidentally tell you that
I'm only happy when it rains
You'll get the message by the time I'm through
When I complain about me and you
I'm only happy when it rains
Pour your misery down...pour your misery down
Pour your misery down on me...pour your misery down
Pour your misery down...pour your misery down
Pour your misery down on me...pour your misery down
Pour your misery down...pour your misery down
Pour your misery down on me...pour your misery down
Pour your misery down...pour
You can keep me company
As long as you don't care
I'm only happy when it rains
You want to hear about my new obsession
I'm riding high upon a deep depression
I'm only happy when it rains...pour some misery down on me
I'm only happy when it rains....pour some misery down on me
I'm only happy when it rains...pour some misery down on me
I'm only happy when it rains...pour some misery down on me
I'm only happy when it rains...pour some misery down on me...
pour some misery down on me
pour some misery down on me
pour some misery down on me
| LittleWing20 (Byron Bay, Australia) | Posted: Mar 21, 2013 - 04:47 Thanx Bill! Loved this track from when it first came out - powerful performance, tight production and a such a great contradictory experience! |
| Krispian (Vancouver, BC) | Posted: Jan 17, 2013 - 11:30 This band is aptly named. |
| idiot_wind | Posted: Jan 17, 2013 - 11:30 This is pretty good band that never got enough credit. |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Nov 15, 2012 - 18:22 On the RP IPad ap you pretty well need to strain your eyes to read blue font because the background for comments is black as opposed to the white you get on the explorer web browser.
I have to give a nod to the phrase "precocious ejaculation" you will find below if you can follow it long enough. |
| calypsus_1 (East of Eden) | Posted: Aug 14, 2012 - 21:07 The alternative rock & electronic band Garbage ended their hiatus in 2007 and began work on their fifth studio album in October 2010, "Not Your Kind of People" was released on May 14, 2012 via the band's own independent label, Stunvolume Records. This is an example for many artists, to they do not find themselves hostages, and manipulated by the publishers, voracious easy profits, which relegates, and often ignore of artistic quality, and seek to impose on radio stations what should and should not be displayed on airplay (through sponsorship), and thus manipulate and guide the public taste. Today, will soon play for radio, then easily accepted in the summer festivals (to fill time with cheap artists, to established artists at the end), easily nominated for "premium" "awards" and are already at a glance, alleged "stars". And this is how it works, the machine market. No way. |
| xtalman (What dimension?) | Posted: Jan 13, 2012 - 08:30 fredriley wrote: Perversely, perhaps, I like rain. Not for me the scorchio Summer heat under cloudless skies - give me a good rainstorm any day, even when I'm out hillwalking. It's much more interesting. Plus rain is good because it makes barley grow, and from barley mixed with more rain we get beer, and good (cask) beer is very good indeed :*) You my good sir have hit the preverbal nail on its head. |
| siskinbob (United Kingdom) | Posted: Dec 12, 2011 - 14:12 Garbage by name and Garbage it is. Even the persistent precipitation outside doesn't help me like it. |
| gandalfbmg (3 mi from Paradise (Missouri)) | Posted: Dec 12, 2011 - 14:08 hippiechick wrote: ![]() |
| Byronape (Snorkeling in the River Styx) | Posted: Sep 08, 2011 - 21:46 fredriley wrote: Perversely, perhaps, I like rain. Not for me the scorchio Summer heat under cloudless skies - give me a good rainstorm any day, even when I'm out hillwalking. It's much more interesting. Plus rain is good because it makes barley grow, and from barley mixed with more rain we get beer, and good (cask) beer is very good indeed :*) This is profound. I want to say more, but I don't think I can add anything to this. |
| Toke (Bournemouth UK) | Posted: Aug 08, 2011 - 12:34 |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Jul 08, 2011 - 03:52 Perversely, perhaps, I like rain. Not for me the scorchio Summer heat under cloudless skies - give me a good rainstorm any day, even when I'm out hillwalking. It's much more interesting. Plus rain is good because it makes barley grow, and from barley mixed with more rain we get beer, and good (cask) beer is very good indeed :*) |
| MiracleDrug (Earth) | Posted: Jun 06, 2011 - 12:22 watching them do this live is a profound experience... |
| kurtster (sometimes the statue and sometimes the pigeon) | Posted: Jan 31, 2011 - 11:47 Geez, I needed this now. Great all weather song. One of the best debut albums of any band. |
| walker7366 (New Mexico) | Posted: Nov 29, 2010 - 12:27 Excellent music. Some of the dumbest lyrics ever. |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Jun 23, 2010 - 06:32 Poor your misery down on me. Butch Vig - great producer - good drummer -found himself an excellent frontwoman in Shirley Manson. Love Shirley and her accent. She has the right heroes - Patti Smith and Chrissie Hynde. |
| Propayne (Richmond VA) | Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 17:17 thediceareloaded wrote: Sorry, but this album was not released in 2004. More like 1995 or something like that..... you got it. |
| rjewyo (Ventura, CA) | Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 17:04 And it is in Ventura CA! |
| thediceareloaded (Berlin, Germany) | Posted: Mar 20, 2010 - 02:51 Sorry, but this album was not released in 2004. More like 1995 or something like that..... |
| ckcotton | Posted: Feb 16, 2010 - 12:34 Boring and tired..... make it stop |
| thediceareloaded (Berlin, Germany) | Posted: Jan 16, 2010 - 02:43 God, I love this song... |
| hippiechick (topsy turvy land) | Posted: Nov 14, 2009 - 07:11 Jared wrote: Where is the ubiquitous photo for Shirley? ![]() |
| Danny_G (Lima) | Posted: Aug 11, 2009 - 18:44 Love this CD. 10 |
| MojoJojo (Indianapolis, IN USA) | Posted: Aug 11, 2009 - 18:43 ed wrote: The bands name says it all! Too easy. |
| capandjudy (Huntington, WV) | Posted: Jun 09, 2009 - 08:12 We are happy here in West Virginia. We have had enough rain to fill an ocean lately. |
| Jared (South Central...MA) | Posted: Jun 09, 2009 - 07:58 Where is the ubiquitous photo for Shirley? |
| sirrus (yesterday) | Posted: Jun 09, 2009 - 07:58 Cruisin' the burbs in my buddy's black 944 with the 15" sub in the "trunk" with this tune cranked... Ahh... embarrassing high school memories. |
| martinc (Ottawa Canada) | Posted: Mar 06, 2009 - 12:52 I am only happy when it rains because then it is not snowing. What an uplifting tune. |
| Stave (San Francisco) | Posted: Mar 06, 2009 - 12:51 GARBAGE DAY! |
| steve_san_carlos (Ummm...San Carlos, California!) | Posted: Mar 06, 2009 - 12:50 A mainstay on my iPod. Garbage and Hole are under-rated. |
| Mandible | Posted: Mar 06, 2009 - 12:49 Love this song! Brings back good memories from the 90's. |
| ercasul (New Zealand) | Posted: Dec 01, 2008 - 18:07 tree-hugger wrote: What an awesome song. Am I bad to be sad that Shirley got happy and stopped writing such great songs? Not in the slightest.. I'm right there with you. This song is a great advert for depression. Mind you, my ex-wife always said that seeing Garbage playing live was what prompted her to take up what turned out to be an ill-fated shot at pop stardom. Music lovers the world over should berate Garbage loudly for being such a bad influence. |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: Sep 29, 2008 - 16:54 Darlington wrote: Yep. And I think this came out in 1994, not 2004. Anyway, it's raining here and I'm happy. Good enough. |
| a_genuine_find (Nieuw Amsterdam) | Posted: Sep 29, 2008 - 16:49 ..... |
| KahunaMatata (Honolulu, HI) | Posted: Sep 29, 2008 - 16:47 I love this song! ![]() |
| Darlington (Columbia, South Carolina) | Posted: Jul 28, 2008 - 11:33 Danimal174 wrote: Yeah, I second that. Overall, I liked this CD, but this track was one of the ones that really stood out. Yep. And I think this came out in 1994, not 2004. |
| wferrier (Johnson City, New York; Home of the Factory) | Posted: Jul 28, 2008 - 11:33 I always thought this was one of their lesser songs. . . but they were fantastic. . . |
| DrGonzo | Posted: Jul 28, 2008 - 11:32 I agree with those saying this is probably their best song, although admittedly I did not listen to much of their stuff... as a side note - the playlist says this was in 2004 - i'm thinking it should be 1994...? |
| Danimal174 (Upstate South Carolina) | Posted: Jun 26, 2008 - 22:39 cathenley wrote: I think this is the best song they did...
Yeah, I second that. Overall, I liked this CD, but this track was one of the ones that really stood out. |
| xkolibuul (Chuckanut sandstone) | Posted: May 26, 2008 - 12:01 Apparently I'm not shallow enough to get what this song is about. Fine by me. A solid 1. shuttlecr wrote: Edwad! You have been hanging out too much with the toothless gum rubber walking shoe crowd in FLA. Head out to the West coast for a weekend, strap on your roller blades and mp3 player and crank this tune while checking out all the hard bodies. I bet it will do you some good! |
| tree-hugger (Niagara) | Posted: May 26, 2008 - 11:54 What an awesome song. Am I bad to be sad that Shirley got happy and stopped writing such great songs? |
| cathenley (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Apr 24, 2008 - 23:42 I think this is the best song they did... |
| natural_tools (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Mar 24, 2008 - 11:45 This perfectly expressed my mood when it came out. |
| Mina_the_Boo (Atlanta) | Posted: Jan 21, 2008 - 13:46 hkfczrqj wrote: 12 years have passed already... Still being played somewhere. BTW, I'm feeling old. !!! Has it been that long? Second that. Old feeling now. |
| lattalo (Beartooths) | Posted: Nov 13, 2007 - 13:51 physicsgenius wrote: Aptly named band
You might be a physicsgenious(????) but when it comes to music you are just like the rest of us. Somethings we (non-genious types) like and somethings we don't, no need to show your ignorance. |
| hkfczrqj (Champaign-Urbana, IL, USA) | Posted: Nov 13, 2007 - 13:47 helene wrote: I don't expect to hear this too far into the future.
12 years have passed already... Still being played somewhere. BTW, I'm feeling old. |
| grouchygreg (590 miles south of Paradise) | Posted: Nov 13, 2007 - 13:43 Of course they are - that's the point. Haven't you ever known anybody who seemed determined to be unhappy, who always found the bleak interpretation for everything, who seemed to find fulfillment in being disappointed? Alpine wrote: Sounds great, I like it, but couldn't the lyrics be more positive? Bumpin tune, depressing lyrics. |
| shuttlecr (Houston, Texas) | Posted: Jun 09, 2007 - 11:01 ed wrote: The bands name says it all!
Edwad! You have been hanging out too much with the toothless gum rubber walking shoe crowd in FLA. Head out to the West coast for a weekend, strap on your roller blades and mp3 player and crank this tune while checking out all the hard bodies. I bet it will do you some good! |
| Alpine (N39d39mW121d30m) | Posted: Jun 09, 2007 - 10:55 Sounds great, I like it, but couldn't the lyrics be more positive? Bumpin tune, depressing lyrics. |
| firedog13 (USA) | Posted: Jun 09, 2007 - 10:55 if Thats the best theycan do they need ,retire . or get a shot of life.in their creative side. Kerly wrote: I consider this one of their best songs, really good. |
| Kerly (Estonia) | Posted: May 09, 2007 - 01:38 ScottN wrote: I am ridng high on a deep depression!
Witty, and a darn good song. I consider this one of their best songs, really good. |


