Anti-Valentine’s Day Playlist. . .
Just as yin has yang, King Lear had the Fool, and Fonzie had the Malachi Brothers I felt the Valentine’s Day playlist needed a counterpart; a foil, if you will. Enter the Anti-Valentine’s Day playlist: a collection of songs to help you scream, cry, wallow, laugh and dance this Valentine’s day should you find yourself on the I-hate-Valentine’s-Day side of the fence. I tell ya’, it was difficult to narrow this down to only 25 songs. Indeed, I could have made a playlist twice as long using only Tom Waits’ or Bob Dylan’s back catalogues – never mind the whole Country & Western gold mine. Such is love. Happy Valentine’s Day. Or not.
- You’re Gonna Miss Me – 13th Floor Elevators
- I Hate Everything About You – Ugly Kid Joe
- You’re So Vain – Carly Simon
- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right – Bob Dylan
- Better Off Without A Wife – Tom Waits
- I Will Survive – Cake
- Crazy – Patsy Cline
- Train In Vain – The Clash
- Confessions – Usher
- Bring It On Home To Me – Sam Cooke
- Why Don’t You Love Me – Hank Williams Sr.
- Good Life – Francis Dunnery
- Most of the Time – Bob Dylan
- Love Hurts – Gram Parsons w/Emmylou Harris
- Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen
- I Think I Need A New Heart – Magnetic Fields
- Bang Bang (My Baby Shot me Down) – Nancy Sinatra
- Love Stinks – The J. Geils Band
- Fallen For You – Sheila Nicholls
- Take Me Home – Crystal Gayle & Tom Waits
- Song For the Dumped – Ben Folds Five
- God Will – Lyle Lovett
- Unchain My Heart – Ray Charles
- She Hates Me – Puddle of Mudd
- Santa Monica – Everclear
