It’s complicated. When he published a compendium of “Peanuts” in 1967, Schulz titled it “Happiness Is a Sad Song.” In “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” the beleaguered Everyman of the ...

After all, the sad song, tragic drama ... tragic or horrific can give you a feeling of relief and perhaps even happiness that you are not suffering in the same way that the singer or actor ...

Sadness is subjective, just like music. A sad R&B song may suffice one morning for one person, while another person needs an emotional rock song to blast late at night. With a sampling of music ...