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
