"What a Fool Believes" ??
I always figured this trope was because a lot of people were getting divorced in the 70s and because they had been off the market for a while, the people who spring to mind when romance became a possibility again were old flamesAlso it seems like a distinctly cis male POV but I have nothing to prove that aside from a gut feeling
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 11 April 2020 14:24 (four years ago) link
i'm definitely fascinated by this strain of thought, which like you i think of as being particularly cis male. something like bill labounty's "livin' it up" or, i mean, earlier something like "flowers on the wall". the bitter regret of someone who took what he had for granted and treated "his woman" like shit but lacking in anything resembling real insight or personal accountability. that's the extra layer of tragedy of songs like that, you just know the protagonist of the song is going to pull that shit again and again until they finally die, alone and miserable.
― Kate (rushomancy), Saturday, 11 April 2020 17:50 (four years ago) link
Whereas ladies are always singing things like "I'm happy for you. I wish nothing but the best for you both."
― pplains, Saturday, 11 April 2020 21:31 (four years ago) link