The bittersweet pleasures of sorrow in love are among the oldest inspirations in music. Whole unionsful of musicians from Vienna, Budapest and any place a gypsy's bow has touched an E-string have understood and nurtured this phenomenon. The American version of this venerable tradition of Liebschmerz is, of course, the torch song. Rodgers and Hart summed it up a generation ago with our title song, Glad to Be Unhappy. While Paul Desmond's alto sax is hardly the American version of European schmaltz, it is an ideal catalyst for the strange combination of being in love and feeling sad. There are Read more on Last.fm.
