"I couldn't possibly fail to disagree with you less."
7 March 2008Chronicles of dumpageFive songs in succession on satellite radio:
And the inevitable conclusion:
It makes me think that someone may have just been dumped....
Wait a minute. Satellite radio lets the hosts pick their own playlists? Coolness. More to the point, while I am insufferably pleased with myself for recognizing all five of those acts, if not necessarily all five of those songs, I really don't know how I'd run a twenty-minute set of Songs for the Dumped. (Well, I suppose I'd have to include "Song for the Dumped" by Ben Folds Five.) Being the sort who tends to turn anger inward, I'd probably opt for brooding stuff like the Frankie Valli B-side "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)," which became a massive Spectoresque wail fronted by the Walker Brothers. Suggestions are welcomed, not that I expect to need them for personal use. Posted at 7:00 AM to Table for One , Tongue and GrooveTrackBack: 3:04 PM, 7 March 2008 » When D.J.s Get Dumped from Electric Venom There's something about listening to a DJ's song selection that's analogous to blogging: you get to know a bit about the person by the tunes they choose to play. Like when a disc jockey plays a slew of depressing songs because they just got dumped....[read more] Perhaps I have been perversely optimistic in the face of dumpage, but I've always been partial to Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive." And perhaps a bit more tangentially related to dumpage, but Piaf's "Non, je ne regrette rien" ("I regret nothing") is another good one for the survivor of being dumped... Posted by: fillyjonk at 7:38 AM on 7 March 2008"(You Ain't Worth The) Salt in My Tears," by Martin Briley Posted by: Brett at 8:58 AM on 7 March 2008I kinda liked Ugly Kid Joe's "I Hate Everything About You". Posted by: unimpressed at 3:37 PM on 7 March 2008The Dresden Dolls' "Truce" is a good one. So is "The Jeep Song." Hell, that whole damn album reeks of post-breakup angst. In a good way, of course. Posted by: Sarah at 3:51 PM on 7 March 2008I remember driving around with the Eagle's "Already Gone" in the eight track player, feeling ever so vindicated. Posted by: Jeffro at 12:31 PM on 8 March 2008 |