Bad Day 180° Mix

Let me preface this by saying, my day wasn’t really that bad. I was just overwhelmed with work that I’m being seriously underpaid for and irritated that while I was trying to organize a 50 page section of the magazine, I still had coworkers making messes in the kitchen and whining in my ear that they need me to order batteries right this very moment. To decompress on my commute home, I put together the following play list which should take you from a miserable day in the office to a happy evening elsewhere. It worked for me.

1) Nine Inch Nails, "Head Like a Hole"

Good for: slamming the door on your way out of the office, making respectable looking men in business suits edge away from you in the elevator

Relevant lyric: I’d rather die than give you control

2) Tool, “Hooker With A Penis”

Good for: stomping from the office to the subway

Relevant lyric: All you know about me is what I've sold you / Dumb fuck

3) Hoobastank, “Crawling In the Dark”

Good for: scowling at strangers on the subway, rolling your eyes, exasperated sighing,

Relevant lyric: Is there something more than what I've been handed?

4) Dead Kennedys, “Take This Job & Shove It” (it's a remake - but an excellent one)

Good for: mentally cussing out your boss, distracting you from the smelly homeless guy that got on at the last stop

Relevant lyric: Let's all go use our sick leave up / And then we'll shoot some pool

5) Chumbawamba, “Tubthumpin”

Good for: shoving through crowds at the train station, fighting for a good seat, putting a bounce back in your step

Relevant lyric: I get knocked down / but I get up again / you’re never gonna keep me down

6) Queen/David Bowie, “Under Pressure”

Good for: commiserating feelings

Relevant lyric: Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking

7) Frou Frou, “Let Go”

Good for: getting your heart rate back to normal, taking a deep breath

Relevant lyric: There’s beauty in the breakdown

8) Pete Droge, “Going Whichever Way the Wind Blows”

Good for: lowering your blood pressure, strolling back to the house

Relevant lyric: Let it go, it will get easier

9) Savage Garden, “Crash & Burn”

Good for: walking in the door with a smile and immediately hugging your sweetheart/calling a family member/making drinking plans with a friend/petting the dog

Relevant lyric: If you need to fall apart / I can mend a broken heart