Okay so I'm ten days late but what the hell, better late then never. Kris cheated a bit on this one and posted three songs so I feel justified in doing the same. I won't break it down by genre since all three fall into roughly the same one. 1980's post-punk/new-wave/goth what ever you want to call it. These songs aren't even really my favorites... but it would be hard to imagine life, or my musical taste, without them. In no real order.
"Love will tear us apart" by Joy Division.
When the routine bites hard
and ambitions are low
And the resentment rides high
but emotions won't grow
And we're changing our ways,
taking different roads
Then love, love will tear us apart again
Why is the bedroom so cold
Turned away on your side?
Is my timing that flawed,
our respect run so dry?
Yet there's still this appeal
That we've kept through our lives
Love, love will tear us apart again
Do you cry out in your sleep
All my failings exposed
Get a taste in my mouth
As desperation takes hold
Is it something so good
Just can't function no more?
When love, love will tear us apart again
This song is one of the first and only songs I've heard that speaks to nature of romantic love as I've known it in my own life: a destructive force that overwhelms and consumes people, leading them to irreversable ruin.
"How soon is now?" by The Smiths
I am the son
and the heir
of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
of nothing in particular
You shut your mouth
how can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am human and I need to be loved
just like everybody else does
I am the son
and the heir
of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and the heir
of nothing in particular
You shut your mouth
how can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am human and I need to be loved
just like everybody else does
There's a club if you'd like to go
you could meet somebody who really loves you
so you go, and you stand on your own
and you leave on your own
and you go home, and you cry
and you want to die
When you say it's gonna happen "now"
well, when exactly do you mean?
see I've already waited too long
and all my hope is gone
You shut your mouth
how can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am human and I need to be loved
just like everybody else does
This has been used as the theme song to many shows and movies including Charmed and Queer as Folk. There is so much depth to the song I could write about it for hours so I'll just let it speak for it's self.
"Lovesong" by The Cure
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am home again
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am whole again
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am young again
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am fun again
However far away I will always love you
However long I stay I will always love you
Whatever words I say I will always love you
I will always love you
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am free again
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am clean again
However far away I will always love you
However long I stay I will always love you
Whatever words I say I will always love you
I will always love you
I feel this way about someone I will never see again. Which probably explains why all my favorite songs are 20 years old and super depressing and by bands that no longer exist. Now go out and enjoy the sunshine people!
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