"The Absinthe Drinker" Playlist

The painting gives off a very sad, depressing feeling, therefore I chose a few depressing songs. However, although the woman is still in her own world, it appears as if there is a still a bit of hope for her. She is not completely lost in the alcohol she drinks and still has a chance to improve from the drunken state she is in, which I feel these songs represent.

1. “Sorrow”-Flyleaf

I chose this song because I feel it gives off the feeling of the picture. When I look at it I feel depressed and sad, therefore I chose this song because it can, in a way, describe the sorrow the woman is feeling being maybe the alcoholic she is. It appears as if she feels sad, ashamed, lonely, and depressed.

2. “Misery Loves Its Company”-The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

The painting makes me feel as if the woman is stuck and cannot get out of the drinking habit she may has. I feel this song represents how people get stuck in misery that they don’t necessarily want to be in, like the absinthe drinker is in.

3. “Drowning”-Scary Kids Scaring Kids

Absinthe can be a very powerful substance to put into your body. I feel this song represents how the woman in drowning in the absinthe and can’t get out, which has put her in the depressing mood that is portrayed in the painting.

4. “Southern Weather”-The Almost

In the song the lead singer is saying blame all of your problems, etc. on Southern weather, which kind of relates to the painting. It appears as if the woman is dealing with her problems and putting them all on the “shoulders” of the absinthe, like the song is saying to blame and put all of your problems on the soldiers southern weather.

5. “Please Don’t Tell Her”- Jason Mraz

On the outside the Absinthe Drinker may appear like a normal woman but it is seen through her expression that she is actually hiding troubling emotions. The song “Please Don’t Tell Her” is conveying the emotions of someone, who is hiding it from another. In the case of the painting, it appears as if the Absinthe Drinker is hiding her true emotions from others and dealing with them through the absinthe instead of just being straight forward and letting what’s bothering her out.

6. “Everything We Had”-The Academy Is…

“Everything We Had” tells the story of losing everything you’ve had and worked for, which I feel is conveyed in the painting. The woman appears as if she cannot stop drinking and is losing everything to absinthe.