Take Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody", which is already a pretty somber song (at least in the beginning), and then turn it from Bb major to Bb minor. This is what you get:
It sounds a little strange in some spots - but talk about depressing! But very cool to hear nonetheless. While the original song is in a major key and still a bit on the sad side, the minor version is, I think, even sadder - which tends to lend credibility to the idea that we associate minor with "sad" and major with "happy" (although, as I've argued on other posts, I don't always think that's the case).
Let's not get too depressed... we'll end on a happy note: Darth Vader's Redemption! AKA the Imperial March in A Major.
May the force be with you this week!
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