Lori, left a comment about how she cannot listen to Beth Orton because the song’s genesis is still much too painful. To commiserate with her, I present you a list of songs I cannot listen to lest I dissolve into a puddle of snot and tears. Unless, of course, I’m in the mood to dissolve, then I listen with abandon.
• Cannonball, Damien Rice
• Long May You Run, Neil Young
• Free Falling, Tom Petty
• I’m the One Who Wants to Be With You, Mr. Big
• Archer, Splashdown
• Dress Rehearsal Rag, Leonard Cohen
• Dear Chicago, Ryan Adams
• Hey Deceiver, Self
• Living Room, Tegan & Sara
• Fade Into You, Mazzy Star
• Where Did You Sleep Last Night, Nirvana
• Time Heals, Gear Daddies
• Bookmarks, Paul Westerberg
As an aside, I’ve had the song whose name I do not know, but goes like this, “hey could you play another somebody done somebody wrong song” stuck in my head since reading Lori’s comment last night.
Yeah, I cry when I listen to Bookmark too. 😉
Dear Chicago is so damn depressing, it’ll bring anybody down on the first listen.
& Mr. Big?! Ha Ha, funny. 🙂
Hey Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song
Artist: B. J. Thomas (peak Billboard position # 1 in 1975)
Words and Music by Chips Moman and Larry Butler
It’s lonely out tonight
And the feelin’ just got right for a brand new love song
Somebody done somebody wrong song
Hey, wontcha play another somebody done somebody wrong song
And make me feel at home while I miss my baby, while I miss my baby
So please play for me a sad melody
So sad that it makes everybody cry-y-y-y
A real hurtin’ song about a love that’s gone wrong
’cause I don’t want to cry all alone
Hey, wontcha play another somebody done somebody wrong song
And make me feel at home while I miss my baby, while I miss my baby
So please play for me a sad melody
So sad that it makes everybody cry-y-y-y
A real hurtin’ song about a love that’s gone wrong
’cause I don’t want to cry all alone
Hey, wontcha play another somebody done somebody wrong song
And make me feel at home while I miss my baby, while I miss my baby
(Hey) wontcha play (wontcha play) another somebody done somebody wrong song
And make me feel at home while I miss my baby, while I miss my baby
(Hey) wontcha play (wontcha play) another somebody done
FADE
somebody wrong song
And make me feel at home while I miss my baby, while I miss my baby
A couple that spring to mind for me:
One older…
Racing In The Streets – Bruce Springsteen
And one more recent…
Matter Of Time – Kitty & The Kowalskis
Hm.
“Love of a Lifetime” – Firehouse
“Careless Whispers” – Wham!
“November Rain” – Guns’n’Roses
Apparently, all my painful moments were in the 80s.
At least the ones I can recall.
Jodi – Let me amend my list to add ANYTHING by Damien Rice. Really. Anything at all!