Much good art has been created because of broken hearts. Rock music is no exception to this axiom. This week on Stuck In Thee Garage, I played breakup songs in hour 2. Music is a good release valve for romantic angst, and it usually does the trick. Although maybe not for this poor sad sack:
The tough luck playlist:
Hour 1
Artist - Song/Album
Thee Oh Sees - Dead Man's Gun/A Weird Exits
PJ Harvey - The Ministry of Defence/The Hope Six Demolition Project
Dinosaur Jr. - Tiny/Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not
Descendents - Fighting Myself/Hypercaffium Spazzinate
Krill - Jubilee/Krill
Cool Ghouls - Brown Bag/Animal Races
Johnny Foreigner - Don't, Just Don't/Mono No Aware
Pixies - Um Chagga Lagga/Head Carrier
Alice Bag - Programmed/Alice Bag
Lizzy Rose - Walk the Walk (You're a Whore)/Crocodile Tears
Twin River - Knife/Passing Shade
Mercury Girls - Holly/Continental Drift
The Spook School - Gone Home/Continental Drift
Tigercats - Rent Control/Continental Drift
Wildhoney - Horror Movie/Continental Drift
Diarrhea Planet - Hot Topic/Turn to Gold
Used Cassettes - Ducati/Rock 'n Rills
Black Mountain - Constellations/IV
Hour 2: Breakup songs
Ben Folds Five - Song for the Dumped/Whatever & Ever Amen
The Clash - Train in Vain/London Calling
Crystal Castles (feat. Robert Smith) - Not in Love/Crystal Castles (II)
Prince - When You Were Mine/Dirty Mind
The Smithereens - I Don't Want to Lose You/Especially for You
Matthew Sweet - Don't Go/Girlfriend
Bob Mould - Can't Fight It/No Alternative
Bob Dylan - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue/Bringing It All Back Home
Neil Young - Only Love Can Break Your Heart/After the Gold Rush
The Pursuit of Happiness - Back of My Mind/The Wonderful World of...
Rod Stewart - (I Know) I'm Losing You/Every Picture Tells a Story
Smashing Pumpkins - Soma/Siamese Dream
Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You/III
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