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Charity Music Draft - Theme 2 (1 Viewer)

Pip's Invitation said:
This theme is similar to something I lived. My first marriage ended when, after almost 2 years of little communication beyond resentful expressions, my wife told me she was in love with someone else and wanted a divorce. Less than a week later, 9/11 happened.
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Not only is the theme similar to something we both lived, we lived it at the same time. Morning of 9/11 I was in the guest bedroom. The ex and our 2 year old were in the master bedroom. The two year old was talking more than the two of us. A couple months later we had the garbage bags full of clothes in the front yard scene. Her clothes not mine. 

 
Lehigh98 said:
Man, I really can't get my head around this one because I haven't been in this situation.  When I think of breakups, "amicable" doesn't really enter my mind.  It's either somebody left you or you're leaving somebody.  And then the whole stuck together in the same house thing... am I blasting music in my headphones or music on the speakers that we can both hear?  Am I playing sad music, angry music, nostalgic music, cheer myself up music?  Not sure where to go with this one, hoping to get some ideas based on other selections before my pick.
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LOL.  I came into the day just as confused as you.  I think I've finally stumbled upon the mode I'd be in which I'll reveal in a couple hours.  Just know you are not alone.

 
1.04 She's No Lady, Lyle Lovett

I'm the one who pays her price

I really shouldnt be doing this one. I don't play. I don't stay. I'm not a hater, a cheater, a user, a loser, a grudger, a curmudger, a boaster or a ghoster anymore than i am a player, but i dont stay. Guess i cant convert in love to of love. I've been fortunate that women get tired of me at about the pace i get tired of them. My Mary, with whom i broke up more than all others combined - the only way we stayed "together" 12 yrs - used to say, "you're getting polite again - get real or get gone".

I really shouldnt be doing this one. I've made one male friend as an adult. The rest are women, and the ones who werent already engaged are former paramours. I am as constant and attentive a friend as any other thing, but it doesnt convert when passion's involved. It is the only area of life where i could be considered passive aggressive.

So, here, i want the greatest passive-aggressive relationship song i know echoing down our halls of dissonance. I used to sing this onstage with a woman, my youngest son's mother, who was one of the ones i wished i was better at it for. She cured my stagefright when we turned singing together at parties (she was a casino-lounge entertainer) into doing weddings professionally. For some reason, this very non-weddingday song went over HUUUUGE. It really is a beaut, a great song to sing, all the way around. And the line above sums up how love wins and i have failed, as i did with my youngest son's mother. nufced

@Chaos Commish

 
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Chaos Commish said:
Not only is the theme similar to something we both lived, we lived it at the same time. Morning of 9/11 I was in the guest bedroom. The ex and our 2 year old were in the master bedroom. The two year old was talking more than the two of us. A couple months later we had the garbage bags full of clothes in the front yard scene. Her clothes not mine. 
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Thankfully in our case, we did not have any children. 

As for the amicable part of the theme, my relationship with her was better in the months spent between separation announcement and moving out than it had been in the 2 years prior. It was like a burden had been lifted from both of us and we could have actual conversations again (but nothing romantic, obviously). 

 
After bouncing this scenario around in my head a bit, there were a couple important details that led me down the road I'm taking here.  The first is that we're stuck in the same house, thus I won''t be "blaring" anything that would dwell on my own sadness/frustration; at least not without a bit of humor.  The second is that since it's amicable, I'd want to do what I could to make the time as easy and hopeful for both of us as possible. 

Thus, my first stop:    Let it be.  The Beatles

 
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Looks like I'm on the clock.  I'll give Mrs. R a few minutes to make an appearance and then I'll pick as the next drafter is OTC.

 
Lehigh98 said:
Man, I really can't get my head around this one because I haven't been in this situation.  When I think of breakups, "amicable" doesn't really enter my mind.  It's either somebody left you or you're leaving somebody.  And then the whole stuck together in the same house thing... am I blasting music in my headphones or music on the speakers that we can both hear?  Am I playing sad music, angry music, nostalgic music, cheer myself up music?  Not sure where to go with this one, hoping to get some ideas based on other selections before my pick.
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It's funny because when I had PM'ed Krista my votes for the first theme, I had humbly suggested "(bad) breakup songs" as a potential theme for one of the other drafts.  I thought there were some fun songs there and could lead to some good stories.  I first thought about maybe just doing that anyway for this theme but that seemed disingenuous.  So then I tried to really think of myself in this scenario.  I think this would put me in a pretty melancholy yet nostalgic mood, thinking back to good and bad times but also feeling like I lost something, either my partner or the time spent with them that could have / should have (?) been better spent elsewhere.

So I was searching around for song lists to get ideas and got a few.  Then I decided to take a look through some of my Spotify playlists for ideas and there are alot of songs that could fit this scenario... like ALOT... like a disconcerting number.  So my problem went from coming up with any songs to now choosing from a long list... and also possibly evaluating my subconscious urge to listen to these songs.

There are two, maybe three songs that I really want.  My first pick is one that was released when I was 6 but I still remember really liking the song way before I knew anything about relationships.  Not a huge star but I like his style, melodies, and alot of his songs:

1.12 - Breaking Us in Two - Joe Jackson

Don't you feel like trying something new
Don't you feel like breaking out
Or breaking us in two
You don't do the things that I do
You want to do things I can't do
Always something breaking us in two
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Uruk-Hai said:
I'm going to have to bow out on this round. Sorry for the late notice. I'll follow along and make stupid comments when possible. Good luck, everyone!
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Just saw this theme and it's right up my alley.  Not because I've personally gone through this scenario but because I tend to love songs in and around this theme for some reason. :shrug:  

Any chance I could get in on this one in Uruk's spot, @Captain Cranks? I noticed he still has a slot in the spreadsheet.

 
Lehigh98 said:
Then I decided to take a look through some of my Spotify playlists for ideas and there are alot of songs that could fit this scenario... like ALOT... like a disconcerting number. 
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:lmao:

Love this pick.  This is going to be a tough one; the picks (and explanations) this round already have been better than anything I was envisioning.

 
The Dreaded Marco said:
Just saw this theme and it's right up my alley.  Not because I've personally gone through this scenario but because I tend to love songs in and around this theme for some reason. :shrug:  

Any chance I could get in on this one in Uruk's spot, @Captain Cranks? I noticed he still has a slot in the spreadsheet.
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Yes, sir.  That's precisely why I left the slot.  You're in.  

 
krista4 said:
OMG.  I just realized the name of the band really does have N' in there.  Not 'N' or 'n'.  N'.  Was putting this in the spreadsheet and thought that had to be a typo.  I feel stabby.
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You must love Toys "R" Us.

How is Mötley Crüe working for you?  Those umlauts don't do anything.

 
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Oliver Humanzee said:
Hey sorry y’all.  I’m at work and the wi-Fi is all wonky.

I’m taking “Sleep All Summer” by Crooked Fingers.  Will get a link tonight.
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Linky for you

I had never heard this song before OH mentioned it yesterday evening, and now I'm a little obsessed with it.  I might not have heard anything more heartbreaking in my life.  While I know OH is not going for the win here with something a bit more obscure, I want to encourage anyone who hasn't heard this to give it a listen.

Weary sun sleep tonight go crashing into the ocean
Cut the line that ties the tide and moon ancient and blue
We take our empty hearts and fill them up with broken things
To hang on humming wire like cheap lamps down a dead end street
Close your weary eyes until the wintertime
And every time we turn away it hits me like a tidal wave
I would change for you but babe that doesn't mean I'm gonna be a better man
Give the ocean what I took from you so one day you could find it in the sand
And hold it in your hands again

Cold ways kill cool lovers
Strange ways we use each other
Why wont you fall back in love with me
There ain't no way we're gonna find another
The way we sleep all summer
So why wont you fall back in love with me

Combing over Broken Cross I held on you
Haunted by the ghost of something new

Curtains fall fashions fade an endless summer over
Another tide to launch an autumn moon over the dunes
There must be a better way to pull a whole apart
To keep a world from caving in
Another way to while away from you frozen and blue
Close your weary eyes until the wintertime
And everytime we turn away it surges like a tidal wave
I could change but babe that doesn't mean I'm ever gonna be a better man
Give the ocean what I took from you so one day you could find it in the sand
And hold it in your hands again

Cold ways kill cool lovers
Strange way we love to suffer
Why wont you fall back in love with me
There ain't no way were gonna find another
The way we sleep all summer
So why won't you fall back in love with me

 
rockaction said:
Am I up? Draft slot says 4:30 for EST, which I assumes means 1:30 PST. 

Anyway, here's a real winter break-up song from a real winter of '92. It's punk rock, but it's a break-up. Play loud and frustrated. 

Artist: Superchunk

Song: On The Mouth 
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Two decades later, retrospect letting this theme  access buried wounds, punk was the sound in my head during that ordeal. But just in my head. The duck's feet paddling psychotically beneath the surface. When Doves Cry the morose and confused calm facade on the surface. I hate this theme so hard. 

Never heard your pick before, but I've played it twice now, loud and frustrated. 

 
So this is the first song that popped into my head that I would blast loudly.  So it gets the #1 slot.
1.19 - Ticket To Ride

I think I'm gonna be sad
I think it's today, yeah
The girl that's driving me mad
Is going away

She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
But she don't care

She said that living with me
Is bringing her down yeah
For she would never be free
When I was around

She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
But she don't care

I don't know why she's ridin' so high
She ought to think twice
She ought to do right by me
Before she gets to saying goodbye
She ought to think twice,
She ought to do right by me
I think I'm gonna be sad
I think it's today yeah
The girl that's driving me mad
Is going away, yeah

The BOLD would definitely be the first stage of thinking for most of us guys.  WHY didn't you do what I what I said!!  LOL

Like others, checked my Spotify list and came up with 4-5 more in about 8 seconds.  :lmao:

Never been there, but came close about 10 years ago.  Learned I had to set here completely free.    In six weeks, it will be 38 years...

Kinda of odd this morning that I got a text from some clients that have bought two houses with me and are separating and I'm going to list the house tomorrow.

 
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i am coming into this with absolutely no expectation of winning and instead of your vote i simply ask that you listen to the songs i put up because I guess I like them and maybe you will too anyhow i have never been through the scenario described but i have plenty of other heartache that i suspect is comparable so here is my first pick

ruston kelly black magic

if you listen to the words i think it perfectly captures being stuck in a union where there  was once love but now its gone and one is trying to hold on to what once was and it is killing him and the song offers a stark often harsh truth that you better want you wish for because it just might happen and the song picks up in intensity just as any dissolving union does until finally both are screaming that love is in fact black magic and i think its one hell of a song  take that to the bank brohans 

ps I am using spaces and learned the link button so you know this serious business 

pss better in headphones with good bass read or in your car really effen loud 

 
SWC said:
i am coming into this with absolutely no expectation of winning and instead of your vote i simply ask that you listen to the songs i put up because I guess I like them and maybe you will too anyhow i have never been through the scenario described but i have plenty of other heartache that i suspect is comparable so here is my first pick

ruston kelly black magic

if you listen to the words i think it perfectly captures being stuck in a union where there  was once love but now its gone and one is trying to hold on to what once was and it is killing him and the song offers a stark often harsh truth that you better want you wish for because it just might happen and the song picks up in intensity just as any dissolving union does until finally both are screaming that love is in fact black magic and i think its one hell of a song  take that to the bank brohans 

ps I am using spaces and learned the link button so you know this serious business 

pss better in headphones with good bass read or in your car really effen loud 
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Thanks for that one. Poetry. Made me hate this theme a little less just for the new music. 

 
SWC said:
i am coming into this with absolutely no expectation of winning and instead of your vote i simply ask that you listen to the songs i put up because I guess I like them and maybe you will too anyhow i have never been through the scenario described but i have plenty of other heartache that i suspect is comparable so here is my first pick

ruston kelly black magic

if you listen to the words i think it perfectly captures being stuck in a union where there  was once love but now its gone and one is trying to hold on to what once was and it is killing him and the song offers a stark often harsh truth that you better want you wish for because it just might happen and the song picks up in intensity just as any dissolving union does until finally both are screaming that love is in fact black magic and i think its one hell of a song  take that to the bank brohans 

ps I am using spaces and learned the link button so you know this serious business 

pss better in headphones with good bass read or in your car really effen loud 
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It's a Festivus miracle!

 
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Oliver Humanzee said:
Hey sorry y’all.  I’m at work and the wi-Fi is all wonky.

I’m taking “Sleep All Summer” by Crooked Fingers.  Will get a link tonight.
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LOVE this song.

I also love his duet with Neko Case on this one.

I saw Neko at a small club in Park City in 2006.  Eric Bachmann was the opener. There was a sushi restaurant in PC that had, inexplicably, recently been voted as having the best burger in Utah....so my wife and I had to check that out before the show.  To our delight, we were seated at a table right next to Neko and Bachmann that night.  They were enjoying a pre-show meal.  I don't remember, but I hope they went with the sushi because the burger was way overrated.  The show was great.

 
Chaos Commish said:
Thanks for that one. Poetry. Made me hate this theme a little less just for the new music. 
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I didn't know this one, either.  That's what I was trying to get at by pimping OH"s pick, too, which is that I hope people will discover some new songs they love even if they hate the theme.  You're making me feel guilty about it.  :cry:  

 
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