Sunday, August 21, 2005
Cry It Out: A Playlist to Mourn a Lost Romance
From love shattered to romantic hopes dissolved, we always seem to seek out the music. We know that there's a substantial chance that the lyrics or notes so assembled will cause more tears, or evoke sadness that we were repressing. Maybe that's why we go to the music, to help us feel or to help us get past the feeling, to reinforce our shapeless sadness and bind it to emotional reality. Sometimes, it's all about the music. And here's a playlist for crying your way through it.
Long December (Counting Crows)
Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel/Kate Bush)
Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton)
Two Steps Behind (Def Leppard)
In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel)
Imagine (John Lennon)
Torn (Natalie Imbruglia)
The First Cut is the Deepest (Sheryl Crow)
Behind These Hazel Eyes (Kelly Clarkson)
Romeo & Juliet (Indigo Girls)
This Woman's Work (Kate Bush)
You Will Be Loved (Maroon 5)
There's a Fine, Fine Line (Avenue Q)
I'll Miss You in a Heartbeat (Def Leppard)
Wise Up (Aimee Mann)
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I was once a JDater Anonymous -- thank G-d I haven't been one in a number of years -- and this song was on that playlist of mine:
Bonnie Raitt's "I Can't Make You Love Me."
The words clench the heart when you realize you can't always make something emerge from nothing...
Wow, there's no overlap between yours and mine:
Foolish Games - Jewel
One I Love - REM
Lightning Crashes - Live
As Cool As I Am - Dar Williams
One - U2
Drops of Jupiter - Train
Here With Me - Dido
I Will Not Take These Things for Granted - Toad the Wet Sprocket
I Just Wanna Be Loved - AM Radio
Only You - Yaz
Should've Known Better - Richard Marx
Everywhere - Michelle Branch
Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
Through the Long Night - Billy Joel
Your Wildest Dreams - Moody Blues
Everything You Want - Vertical Horizon
Insensitive - Jann Arden
Some of the same artists are on my list. heh
Taylor- Jack Johnson
Pavlovs Bell- Aimee Mann
I Quit- Hepburn
Perhaphs Perhaphs- Cake
Goodbye to You- Michele Branch
The Scientist- Cold Play
Roz
Really good comments, y'all.
"I Can't Make You Love Me" really used to get to me.
U2's good..."Stuck in a Moment" works well as a mantra.
And in terms of "Goodbye to You," I love Scandal's song by that name...it's great to "yell at your ex" with. Also, "The Warrior..."
once you listen to counting crows in that mood you got to play "raining in Baltimore "
I just listen to music any chance I get. But if I were to make a breakup playlist, it would for sure include:
Why - Annie Lennox
Love's Divine - Seal
I Know You By Heart - Eva Cassidy
A Boat On The Sea - Kristen Vigard
Everybody Hurts - REM
Moonlight Kiss - Bap Kennedy
The End Of The Innocence - Don Henley
True Companion - Marc Cohn
Wish I Didn't Miss You - Angie Stone
Never Saw Blue Like That - Shawn Colvin
Miles Away - Winger
I'll Still Be Loving You - Restless Heart
I'll Be Over You - Toto
Stupid Thing - Aimee Mann
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