This time last year I had just been dumped. In fact it was the Saturday before Valentine’s Day. I was waiting at my house for my girlfriend to come over so that we could go out on a double date. Earlier that day the gift I’d bought her for Valentine’s Day came in the mail. When she came over that afternoon I could tell something was wrong. When I asked her about it, she told me that she was was sorry but she was still in love with her ex-boyfriend. She asked if we could take a break for a little while so that she could figure things out. I’d had some bad experiences in the past with “taking a break” so I told her that I preferred all or nothing. She chose nothing. I gave her the gift I’d bought her (and a couple days later left the flowers I’d ordered on her doorstep) and she left. So, last year Valentine’s Day kind of sucked and that’s why I chose this song. Just remember, “everybody plays the fool, sometime.”

Aaron Neville - Everybody Plays the Fool

Oh man! It’s been so long since the last post. I’m not even going to try to do the math right now. The lack of blogging has been caused mostly by this new job I got. The job makes me work lots and that means I’ve had a lot less time to do what is truly important. So, I’m going to try and make up for this drought by making this a really good post. I’ve been hearing a lot of good music lately, but not all of it is related to broken hearts. The song I’ve chosen for today comes from Tilly and the Wall. My brother tried to turn me on to these guys a while ago, and for whatever it took a while to get into it. I’ve since come around and think that they’re great. It might have had something to do with me realizing that 3/5 of the band is comprised of total babes. My friend has made a couple of music videos for them and when I watch them I get all achy hearted because I just wish one of the Tilly girls would fall for me. So far no such luck.

Lost Girls:

Coughing Colors:

I’m not totally sure how I feel about Papas Fritas as a band. Some of their music I really like, some I really dislike and most I’m pretty indifferent to. I found this little ditty while taking one of my wild, magical journey’s through Pandora. Anyway, I found this song and I liked it. The song talks about love and I guess that’s a pretty good tie in for our broken hearted theme. If anyone has any better ideas then you can certainly let me know…leave a comment below.

Actually, I guess I do have more way I can tie Papas Fritas in. When I was dating my ex-girlfriend now twice removed, we used to talk about making “sex cds.” These were fictional CDs that we planned on making a reality if we were to ever be married. The cds would then be used on those occasions during which we wanted to get romantic. There was another Papas Fritas song (not this one) that I was rooting for. My ex-girlfriend had a couple other songs in mind. Maybe I’ll have to track down those other songs and post a continuation to this thought. In the meantime enjoy this.

Love Just Don’t Quit:

Recently I had the crappy opportunity to be involved in a long distance relationship. If ever given this same opportunity, do not accept. Anyway, after talking on the phone (which I despise) for two weeks, I went down to visit the object of my desire. As one could reasonably assume for all such relationships, this one didn’t work out. It was actually a mutual decision, but maybe it was just me wanting to run away with as little pain as possible. I still want to be with her, but know it cannot be. So I will just sit here and listen to more music to soothe my broken heart.

Billie The Vision & The Dancers is a band from Sweden. That is really enough for me to love them. I have this weird infatuation with Swedish bands right now, as you will be able to see from my future posts. Enjoy.
Summercat

Download: Summercat

Tell me if this sounds familiar: you start dating someone, you like them, they like you, you show them the music you like, they show you the music you like, you break up and then can no longer bring yourself to listen to the music that you liked and listened to while you were dating said person. Now when any song that you listened to with your sweetheart comes up on your Ipod, computer, radio, etc. you’re hurrying to skip to the next track or change stations all together.

This exact situation has happened to me at least 4 or 5 times, and I hate it. There’s are few things worse than spending loads of time and effort finding a good collection of music that you enjoy, and then having it wiped out by a single event…a breakup. It’s not that your CDs or Ipod or computer or radio has been stolen, it’s just that the music no longer brings you the joy it once did.

This very thing happened with this band. I started listening to The Arcade Fire right before I started dating Alicia and shared some of the music with her. She fell in love with this song because it reminded her of her ex-boyfriend. Ironically, the song now reminds me of how she became my ex-girlfriend when she left me to get back together with him.

Crown of Love