No, I just don't find the tune all that upbeat. Maybe it's just me.

Robin Sparkles?

Robin Sparkles?

Well, there's the alternative of living a boring and pointless life where you do the same thing every day - that's no good, so death by vomit it is!

Well, there's the alternative of living a boring and pointless life where you do the same thing every day - that's no good, so death by vomit it is!

I just naturally assume every new Decemberists song I hear is about someone getting raped in a forest.

I just naturally assume every new Decemberists song I hear is about someone getting raped in a forest.

I thought it was his mom?

I thought it was his mom?

Or in the same vein, "Ball and Chain", which does seem to be based on an actual wedding-type song.

Or in the same vein, "Ball and Chain", which does seem to be based on an actual wedding-type song.

Last I heard the subjects of the song were still together (this was like, 10 years ago) so . . . maybe? Why not?

Last I heard the subjects of the song were still together (this was like, 10 years ago) so . . . maybe? Why not?

I dunno, the tune to "Like the Weather" seems to fit the tone of seasonal depression as well as anything, although it helps that I listened to that song from a young age and knew what it was about.

I dunno, the tune to "Like the Weather" seems to fit the tone of seasonal depression as well as anything, although it helps that I listened to that song from a young age and knew what it was about.

"Pumped Up Kicks" is a good choice, especially considering it was EVERYWHERE on the radio last summer.

"Pumped Up Kicks" is a good choice, especially considering it was EVERYWHERE on the radio last summer.

That was the one song I specifically requested for mine.

That was the one song I specifically requested for mine.

So I never quite got the whole setup of "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant". The song starts with the "bottle of red, bottle of white" part, moves to "got a new job, got a new house", then "Brenda and Eddie", then back to "bottle of white, bottle of red". How do the parts relate? When I was younger I thought that…