The Music Thread

[GoCubsGo]

She could have done a covers album long ago. 2016 or earlier:

Kate Hudson sings Nothing Compares 2 U

I'm liking her covers better than her originals.

[O Really]

Break-up song, (Taylor's version)

I saw in my mind fairy lights through the mist
I kept calm and carried the weight of the rift
Pulled him in tighter each time he was drifting away
My spine split from carrying us up the hill
Wet through my clothes, weary bones caught the chill
I stopped trying to make him laugh
Stopped trying to drill the safe
Thinkin, how much sad did you think I had
Did you think I had in me?
Oh, the tragedy ...
So long, London
You'll find someone ...
I didn't opt in to be your odd man out
I founded the club she's heard great things about
I left all I knew, you left me at the house by the Heath
I stopped CPR, after all it's no use
The spirit was gone, we would never come to
And I'm pissed off you let me give you all that youth for free
For so long, London
Stitches undone
Two graves, one gun
I'll find someone ...
And you say I abandoned the ship
But I was going down with it
My white knuckle dying grip
Holding tight to your quiet resentment and
My friends said it isn't right to be scared
Every day of a love affair
Every breath feels like rarest air
When you're not sure if he wants to be there
So how much sad did you think I had,
Did you think I had in me?
How much tragedy?
Just how low did you think I'd go?
Before I'd self-implode
Before I'd have to go be free
You swore that you loved me but where were the clues?
I died on the altar waiting for the proof
You sacrificed us to the gods of your bluest days
And I'm just getting color back into my face
I'm just mad as hell cause I loved this place
For so long, London
Had a good run
A moment of warm sun
But I'm not the one
So long, London
Stitches undone
Two graves, one gun
You'll find someone ...

Break-up song when times were simpler

Well, baby used to stay out all night long
She made me cry, she done me wrong
She hurt my eyes open, that's no lie
Tables turn and now her turn to cry

[Chorus]
Because I used to love her, but it's all over now
Because I used to love her, but it's all over now

[Verse 2]
Well, she used to run around with every man in town
She spent all my money, playing her high class game
She put me out, it was a pity how I cried
Tables turn and now her turn to cry

[Chorus]
Because I used to love her, but it's all over now
Because I used to love her, but it's all over now

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
Well, I used to wake in the morning, get my breakfast in bed
When I'd gotten worried she'd ease my aching head
But now she's here and there, with every man in town
Still trying to take me for that same old clown

[Chorus]
Because I used to love her, but it's all over now
Because I used to love her, but it's all over now
Because I used to love her, but it's all over now
Because I used to love her, but it's all over now

[Vrede too]

Break-up song, (Taylor's version)


Break-up song when times were simpler

Times were simpler in 1964, but is it fair to compare a woman writer to the all-male The Rolling Stones? I think women have always been more prone to being verbose and complex.

The Best Breakup Songs Of 2024

3 from Ariana Grande
1 each from Jennifer Lopez and Shakira
Only male on the list:

Pictures Of You
Anyma

Pictures of you without me
Tears dried, now it's time to leave
Won't let you take all the blame
There's nothing to fix if we stay
Pictures of you without me
Tears dried, now it's time to leave
Won't let you take all the blame
There's nothing to fix if we stay
Pictures of you without me

[Drop]

Pictures of you without me
Tears dried, now it's time to leave
Won't let you take all the blame
Therе's nothing to fix if we stay
There's nothing to fix if wе stay

Pictures of you without me
Tears dried, now it's time to leave
Won't let you take all the blame
There's nothing to fix if we stay
Pictures of you without me
Tears dried, now it's time to leave
Won't let you take all the blame
There's nothing to fix if we stay
Pictures of you without me

[Drop]

Pictures of you without me
Tears dried, now it's time to leave
Won't let you take all the blame
There's nothing to fix if we stay

Could have been a 1964 Stones song.

Top breakup singles of 1964

Top female written:

Where Did Our Love Go

[Verse 1]
Baby, baby
Baby don't leave me
Ooh, please don't leave me
All by myself

[Verse 2]
I've got this burning, burning, yearning
Feelin' inside me
Ooh, deep inside me
And it hurts so bad

[Verse 3]
You came into my heart (Baby, baby)
So tenderly (Where did our love go?)
With a burning love (Baby, baby)
That stings like a bee (Baby, baby, ooh, baby, baby)

[Verse 4]
Now that I surrender (Baby, baby)
So helplessly (Where did our love go?)
You now wanna leave (Baby, baby)
Ooh, you wanna leave me (Baby, baby, ooh, baby, baby)

[Chorus]
Ooh, baby, baby (Baby, baby)
Where did our love go?
Ooh, don't you want me? (Baby, baby)
Don't you want me no more? (Baby, baby, ooh, baby, baby)
Ooh, baby

[Saxophone Solo]

[Chorus]
Baby, baby
Where did our love go?
And all your promises (Baby, baby)
Of a love forever more (Baby, baby, ooh, baby, baby)

[Verse 2]
I've got this burning, burning, yearning (Baby, baby)
Feelin' inside me (Where did our love go?)
Ooh, deep inside me (Baby, baby)
And it hurts so bad (Baby, baby, ooh, baby, baby)

[Verse 5]
Before you won my heart (Baby, baby)
You were a perfect guy (Where did our love go?)
But now that you got me (Baby, baby)
You wanna leave me behind (Baby, baby)
Ooh, baby

[Verse 1]
Baby, baby (Baby, baby)
Baby don't leave me (Where did our love go?)
Ooh, please don't leave me (Baby, baby)
All by myself, ooh (Baby, baby, ooh, baby, baby)
[Outro]
Baby, baby (Baby, baby)
Where did our love go?

Not quite Tay-Tay intricacy, but definitely not 1964 Stones' simplicity. Point proven?

[O Really]

Breakup song performed by females, and one of my favourites in particular, but written by a male:

Feelin' better now that we're through
Feelin' better, 'cause I'm over you
I learned my lesson, it left a scar
Now I see how you really are
You're no good
You're no good
You're no good
Baby, you're no good
I'm gonna say it again
You're no good
You're no good
You're no good
Baby, you're no good
I broke a heart that's gentle and true
Well, I broke a heart over someone like you
I'll beg his forgiveness on bended knee
I wouldn't blame him if he said to me
You're no good
You're no good
You're no good
Baby, you're no good
I'm gonna say it again
You're no good
You're no good
You're no good
Baby, you're no good
I'm tellin' you now, baby
And I'm going my way
Forget about you, baby
'Cause I'm leavin' to stay
You're no good
You're no good
You're no good
Baby, you're no good
I'm gonna say it again
You're no good
You're no good
You're no good
Baby, you're no good
Oh, oh, no
You're no good
You're no good
You're no good
Baby, you're no good
You're no good
You're no good
You're no good
You're no good
You're no good
You're no good, oh
You're no good
You're no good
You're no good
You're no good
You're no good, oh
You're no good
You're no good
You're no good
You're no good
You're no good
You're no good, whoa
You're no good
You're no good
You're no good
Maybe you're good

[O Really]

Gotta love Taylor's wordsmithing, though

"... rusting my sparkling summer..."
"All my mornings are Mondays stuck in an endless February"
"You wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me"
"Don't put mе in the basement, Whеn I want the penthouse of your heart"
And most all of "Blank Space" - ""Oh, my God, look at that face, You look like my next mistake" -- "Find out what you want
Be that girl for a month" -- "But you'll come back each time you leave, 'Cause, darling, I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream"

[Vrede too]

Gotta love Taylor's wordsmithing, though

"... rusting my sparkling summer..."
"All my mornings are Mondays stuck in an endless February"
"You wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me"
"Don't put mе in the basement, Whеn I want the penthouse of your heart"
And most all of "Blank Space" - ""Oh, my God, look at that face, You look like my next mistake" -- "Find out what you want
Be that girl for a month" -- "But you'll come back each time you leave, 'Cause, darling, I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream"

"You wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me" has become a Twitter challenge where people post pics or short missives about their youth. Monica Lewinsky posted a pic of the Whitehouse, without commentary. She was declared the winner

[Vrede too]

Live Nation 'suffocates its competition,' US says in monopoly lawsuit

The U.S. Justice Department and a group of 30 states and the District of Columbia Thursday sued to break up Live Nation, arguing the big concert promoter and its Ticketmaster unit illegally inflated concert ticket prices and hurt artists.

"It is time to break up Live Nation,” said U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland.

Concert fans and politicians for years have been calling for a re-examination of Live Nation's purchase of Ticketmaster in 2010, especially after the ticket seller in 2022 botched sales to Taylor Swift's first concert tour in years, sending fans into hours-long online queues, charging prices that customers said were too high and drawing charges of poor service.

Thursday's legal action underscores the aggressive approach President Joe Biden's antitrust enforcers have adopted as they seek to create more competition in a wide range of industries, from Big Tech to healthcare to groceries.

Live Nation "suffocates its competition," Garland said. It relies on unlawful, anticompetitive conduct to exercise its monopolistic control over the live events industry in the United States at the cost of fans, artists, smaller promoters, and venue operators,” Garland said, adding that as a result fans pay more in fees, artists have fewer opportunities to perform and smaller promoters get squeezed out....

GoMerrick/Joe/30AGsGo

[GoCubsGo]

Aww. I saw Iron Butterfly and Captain Beyond at the Brat Stop just over the Wisconsin line in the late 70's. The Wisconsin drinking age was 18. I think we were still underage.


Doug Ingle, Iron Butterfly Founder Who Sang and Co-Wrote ‘In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida,’ Dies at 78

[Vrede too]

Aww. I saw Iron Butterfly and Captain Beyond at the Brat Stop just over the Wisconsin line in the late 70's. The Wisconsin drinking age was 18. I think we were still underage.

Doug Ingle, Iron Butterfly Founder Who Sang and Co-Wrote ‘In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida,’ Dies at 78

... Ingle was the last surviving member of the original lineup, which was formed in San Diego in 1966, and also the only survivor of the so-called classic edition of the group that recorded “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” two years later, at which point the band had undergone a total turnover except for him....

RIP

[O Really]

So I had this tune bouncing around in my head that I could only remember a snippet from and hardly any lyrics. Being a geezer who can remember when you had to get your Boolean string exactly right for a search or it would turn up garbage - or more frequently nothing - I was happy to find my ear worm by entering "lyrics I wanna ask myself". Turns out that's not even in the song, but it was close enough for my search to turn up, along with others, the name and video.

Here - carry it around in your own head for the rest of the day. I'm finished with it



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IsSpAOD6K8