the frustration of listening to love song after love song in hope of finding those elusive lyrics that describe your feelings/breakup/predicament only never to find it

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this is very annoying and well, a little disheartening. sure, certain songs describe the mood youre in perfectly, but finding lyrics that do is really hard. you hear little parts of lyrics in some songs that explain what youre feeling really well, but then something in the lyric changes and you cant pretend anymore that that song articulates what youre thinking, even though you really want it to.

― blahbarianthefirst, Friday, 20 May 2005 10:32 (twenty-one years ago)

this is why they invented techno.

― N_RQ, Friday, 20 May 2005 10:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Seek ye the Wedding Present.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 20 May 2005 15:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Get the to "69 Love Songs". You'll feel even more lonely once you're finished with it, but at least you'll have covered all of the emotional bases along the way.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 20 May 2005 15:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Get THEE to "69 Love Songs".

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 20 May 2005 15:22 (twenty-one years ago)

SEEK YE ANY RED HOUSE PAINTERS

― Chris 'Crusty' V (Chris V), Friday, 20 May 2005 15:58 (twenty-one years ago)

write your own lyrics and sing them to someone elses tune.

doesnt work for me.

― dmun drive-in (dmun), Friday, 20 May 2005 16:00 (twenty-one years ago)

ESPECIALLY "KATY SONG"

― Chris 'Crusty' V (Chris V), Friday, 20 May 2005 16:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Hence emo.

― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Friday, 20 May 2005 16:01 (twenty-one years ago)

i never have this problem--most love lyrics are pretty non-specific.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Friday, 20 May 2005 17:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits. Hank has at least one song that articulates every human emotion.

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Friday, 20 May 2005 17:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I usually have the problem of being amazed at how many songs describe my situation exactly. Apart from trivial things like not being a woman and suchlike.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 20 May 2005 18:04 (twenty-one years ago)

I find that Mark Eitzel's "Mission Rock Resort", despite being extremely specific about place and predicament, works for any breakup situation, even those few that do not involve the ex-lover being accused of having more concern for bleaching shootup needles than for the singer, simply because it a) has the perfect wistful yet angry tone and b) contains the line "all talk is usless; it only makes us seem clever, and nothing changes", which is universal.

Seek ye.

― southern lights, Friday, 20 May 2005 19:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Also, the piano chords forming the main theme are actually the sound of a heart breaking. Really.

― southern lights, Friday, 20 May 2005 19:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Two words: George Jones

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Saturday, 21 May 2005 06:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I had Alba's problem in the postbreakup phases, to the point of like, really getting Whitney Houston songs far more than she ever intended.

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Saturday, 21 May 2005 06:57 (twenty-one years ago)

I usually have the problem of being amazed at how many songs describe my situation exactly.

Ditto. The potency of cheap music and all that. Indeed, it makes me feel like a total cliche. Baby, I really will always love you.

― brittle-lemon, Saturday, 21 May 2005 07:18 (twenty-one years ago)

There should be something in here that does the trick...

Ryan Adams
"My Winding Wheel"
"Come Pick Me Up"
"Somehow, Someday"
"When The Stars Go Blue"
"Harder Now That It's Over"

David Bowie
"Ashes To Ashes"
"Five Years"

Elvis Costello
"Indoor Fireworks"

Crooked Fingers
"You Can Never Leave"

Bob Dylan
"If You See Her, Say Hello"

Dire Straits
"Romeo And Juliet"

Eurythmics
"I Could Give You (A Mirror)"
"Better To Have Lost In Love"
"Thorn In My Side"
"The Last Time"
"Savage"
"(My My) Baby's Gonna Cry"

Fleetwood Mac
"Silver Springs"
"Go Your Own Way"
"Gold Dust Woman"

Hole/Courtney Love
"Violet"
"Asking For It"
"Doll Parts"
"Reasons To Be Beautiful"
"Boys On The Radio"
"Almost Golden"

Peter Gabriel
"Come Talk To Me"
"Blood Of Eden"
"Secret World"

PJ Harvey
"You Said Something"

Chris Isaak
"Somebody's Crying"
"Graduation Day"
"Things Go Wrong"

Lyle Lovett
"God Does"
"L.A. County"
"She's Already Made Up Her Mind"
"Who Loves You Better"
"It Ought To Be Easier"
"I Can't Love You Anymore"
"The Road To Ensenada"

Maria McKee
"If Love Is A Red Dress"
"My Girlhood Among The Outlaws"
"Only Once"
"I Forgive You"

Sinead O'Connor
"Jump In The River"
and that other one

Prince
"When U Were Mine"
cf Cyndi Lauper, Crooked Fingers

Otis Redding
"These Arms Of Mine"
"You Don't Miss Your Water"
"That's How Strong My Love Is"

The Replacements
"Answering Machine"

Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry
"End Of The Line"
"Just Another High"
"Oh Yeah"
"My Only Love"
"Running Wild"
"To Turn You On"
"I Thought"

Bruce Springsteen
"Tunnel Of Love"

'Til Tuesday/Aimee Mann
"Rip In Heaven"
"Why Must I"
"'J' For Jules"
"(Believed You Were) Lucky"
"Long Shot"
"You Could Make A Killing"
"Par For The Course"

Heather Waters
"Brown Jacket"
"Shadow Of You"
"Turn"
"You Just Don't Love Me"

Lucinda Williams
"Side Of The Road"
"Changed The Locks"

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Saturday, 21 May 2005 07:36 (twenty-one years ago)

this is one of the primary reasons i don't get enough sleep. although i find it more fun than frustrating. that might be since i'm not actually heartbroken or whathaveyou though.

― gem (trisk), Saturday, 21 May 2005 09:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, I totally can't relate to this problem. When I'm feeling heartbroken, at least half of my record collection somehow perfectly articulates my feelings.

― Mickey (modestmickey), Saturday, 21 May 2005 15:26 (twenty-one years ago)

being forced to listen to ryan adams when heartbroken might push me to suicide as escape.

bob wratten is so literal in his lyrics that you can't help but find one that relates to any situation you might encounter.

― keith m (keithmcl), Saturday, 21 May 2005 16:05 (twenty-one years ago)

three months pass...

revive!

On the ferris wheel
Looking out on Coney Island
Under more stars than
There are prostitutes in Thailand
Our hair in the air
Our lips blue from cotton candy
When we kiss it feels
Like a flying saucer landing

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Monday, 22 August 2005 16:37 (twenty years ago)

im with the camp that starts thinking every record starts to fit my situation and pop music is somehow too potent for me and must be avoided around others. Why am I choking back tears in front of my mom while nelly Furtado is on the radio or Gwen Stefani's "cool" is on MTV? I too feel like an insufferable cliche when this happens.

rogermexico, if those lyrics do fit your mood/situation: great for you!

― jmeister (jmeister), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:50 (twenty years ago)

There's nothing greater and more self-pitying than a nice post-breakup session with some Spiritualized, I've found.

― Jay Watts III (jaywatts), Monday, 22 August 2005 19:13 (twenty years ago)

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