# Singing the Blues

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-the-blues/544311>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 24, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-the-blues/544311 "2010-06-24T02:31:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-the-blues/544311/1 "2010-06-24T02:31:28Z")

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What do you do to escape the blues?

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-the-blues/544311/2 "2010-06-24T03:48:13Z")

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Take some reds.

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**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-the-blues/544311/3 "2010-06-24T04:08:07Z")

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Friends and hobbies.

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**Author:** ![Mister\_Owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@Mister\_Owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Owl)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-the-blues/544311/4 "2010-06-24T05:27:29Z")

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Hard core exercise.

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**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-the-blues/544311/5 "2010-06-24T22:42:07Z")

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Sing the blues.

Doesn’t even need to be blues but if you know how to make music, make some.

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**Author:** ![moejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-the-blues/544311/6 "2010-06-25T03:20:23Z")

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an hour of good loud music usually chases away even the worst day for me.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-the-blues/544311/7 "2010-06-26T08:30:42Z")

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Distract myself, and maybe listen to some comedy. All my moods are temporary, even the ones that seem like they will never end. Trying to directly fight them just makes them worse. Ignoring them for a while means I’ll default back to a better mood, which can then be exploited by the comedy.

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-the-blues/544311/8 "2010-06-26T09:23:31Z")

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Try not to “wake up one morning.” As soon as you do that, it’s all over.

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-the-blues/544311/9 "2010-06-26T19:40:47Z")

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Loud, classic rock. Killer guitar riffs with complex tonalities. Does it every time.