But those same qualities have also pigeonholed Vernon and his music as vessels for pain and anxiety — his own and, as it turned out, a lot of other people’s as well. Eventually, the weight of ...

A dive into the process of writing and recording 'Happy Together' By The Turtles, why the group nearly passed on the track and its lasting legacy.

Imagination can do the work of filling in whatever is absent ... such as hearing a song as sad or happy. Music is only imagined to be sad or happy (or to represent some other mental state).