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« on: December 07, 2011, 04:32:37 AM »
This song surprised me because it came up when I was listening to my playlist on random play. I still have no clear idea how it made its way into my music collection.

Anyway, it's a cheery little ditty about a relationship that his dissolved into pure hatred and acrimony.

The Mountain Goats, "No Children":

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPy_fiv3sAw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPy_fiv3sAw</a>

It has got one of my favorite lines: "And I hope when you think of me years down the line you can't find one good thing to say."

So I've got a weakness for songs that sound upbeat, but when you listen to the lyrics they are anything but.

Sorry to bring up Morrissey, but the only other song I can think of right now that fits this bill is "Glamorous Glue."

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AkEEiTL94I" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AkEEiTL94I</a>

Oh wait, Pulp's "Common People" also fits this bill.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqgXzPfAxjo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqgXzPfAxjo</a>

I swear I don't listen to all that much British glam-rock. Here, I can prove it!

Violent Femmes, "Country Death Song"

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwj5_SNWYc8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwj5_SNWYc8</a>
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« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2011, 06:55:14 AM »
The Ramones do it all the time!

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT1OKo1rT84" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT1OKo1rT84</a>

The Dead Kennedys too...

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWO4JxM3nDc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWO4JxM3nDc</a>
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« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2011, 06:57:28 AM »
Franklin Bruno - Clean Needle. it's about heroin addiction from the point of view of a guy who wants a girl/wife/lover to get off it.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZmBbboZlQM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZmBbboZlQM</a>

the weird thing is, this is the first song that came to mind, and in the related videos is The Mountain Goats doing a cover of one of this guy's songs
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« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2011, 12:00:38 PM »
One of my all time favs for obvious reasons...
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy9_JjLnmZI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy9_JjLnmZI</a>
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« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2011, 12:03:49 PM »
Come to think of it, this thread could apply to the whole NIN album Pretty Hate Machine:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrcTsxs-anU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrcTsxs-anU</a>
Or perhaps most of Depeche Mode's work...
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRvVysmCLhc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRvVysmCLhc</a>
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« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2011, 12:26:50 PM »
Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer

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« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2011, 01:28:54 PM »
OK, this one is inevitable. Gilbert O'Sullivan sings a bouncy little ditty about heartbreak and suicide.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eki_PRzNk-Y" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eki_PRzNk-Y</a>
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« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2011, 02:14:34 PM »
Suzanne Vega's "Luca", a peppy little tune about child abuse
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« Reply #8 on: December 07, 2011, 03:04:50 PM »
First one that comes to mind for me is Del Shannon's "Hat's Off to Larry."  What a malicious song to be so happy sounding.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk_FR3341bA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk_FR3341bA</a>
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« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2011, 04:36:06 AM »
We should mention Tom Lehrer.

The '50s are often remembered as a completely wholesome Ozzie & Harriet time, but there were still people out there like Tom Lehrer putting out incredibly barbed satire.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIlJ8ZCs4jY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIlJ8ZCs4jY</a>
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« Reply #10 on: December 08, 2011, 09:12:53 AM »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeEYQOy4oQ4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeEYQOy4oQ4</a>
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« Reply #11 on: December 08, 2011, 09:46:53 AM »
I think the worst of these songs is the horror that is Paul Evans'  Hello This Is Joanie about a guy who has a fight with his girlfriend, she leaves, dies in a car crash and the only way he can hear her voice again is to call her answering machine. Peppy, upbeat song but helluva depressing. Buggedout

www.youtube.com/watch?=VRfS10Ae46o You have been warned!  Buggedout
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« Reply #12 on: December 08, 2011, 10:21:15 AM »
Good ol' Guns 'n' Roses, though it's a bit tongue-in-cheek

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXIuAz7aryo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXIuAz7aryo</a>
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« Reply #13 on: December 08, 2011, 11:07:39 AM »
For tongue-in-cheek, I'm reminded of this love song from Alice Cooper.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFkRjrRFd_g" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFkRjrRFd_g</a>

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« Reply #14 on: December 08, 2011, 03:28:50 PM »
Mac the Knife

Some nice swinging jazz about a murderer. 

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qrjtr_uFac" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qrjtr_uFac</a>
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