Anti-Love Songs

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How many tracks can people
think of with a distinctly anti-love theme:

Earth, Wind & Fire - After The Love Has Gone,
Deacon Blue - I'll Never Fall In Love Again
Jilted John
etc;

Jack the ripper, Wednesday, 13 October 2004 14:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Who does that song "Love Stinks"?

Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 14:29 (twenty-one years ago)

J.Geils Band - lovely cheers

jack the ripper, Wednesday, 13 October 2004 14:35 (twenty-one years ago)

"I'm Not In Love" by Talking Heads! One of my favorite of theirs.

nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 14:43 (twenty-one years ago)

love->building on fire - talking heads (which is better than "im not in love", clearly)

peter smith (plsmith), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 14:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Pagans "What's This Shit Called Love"
Queensryche "I Don't Believe in Love"
Frank Zappa "I Ain't Got No Heart"

dave q, Wednesday, 13 October 2004 14:51 (twenty-one years ago)

I love how "Love -> Building On Fire" has those Madness-y horn bits.

nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 14:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Which reminds me:

John Frusciante's "Your Pussy's Glued To A Building On Fire".

nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 14:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Although not exactly anti-love, it's not exactly a shimmery lovey dovey ballad of pleasant infatuation.

nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 14:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Either.

nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 14:53 (twenty-one years ago)

"Anti-Love Song," Betty Davis

mottdeterre (mottdeterre), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 15:00 (twenty-one years ago)

"No Children," by the Mountain Goats is definitive.

mottdeterre (mottdeterre), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 17:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Bollocks, Dave q stole my Zappa one.

Wooden (Wooden), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 17:47 (twenty-one years ago)

"Anthrax," Gang of Four.

Nemo (JND), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 17:51 (twenty-one years ago)

joan baez (and others), "silver dagger"
belle and sebastian, "i don't love anyone"
dead kennedys, "too drunk to fuck"
PiL, "this is not a love song"

fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 17:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Jane Child - Don't Wanna Fall in Love

My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 17:54 (twenty-one years ago)

"No More Love Songs" - Lloyd Cole

whenuweremine (whenuweremine), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 20:35 (twenty-one years ago)

"Stupid little love song" Fefe Dobson
"No more I love yous" Annie Lennox

A pair of brown eyes, Wednesday, 13 October 2004 22:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Blondie - "Heart of Glass"
Toni Braxton - "I Don't Want To'

The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 22:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Never Trust a Man - Judy Canova

babyalive (babyalive), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 23:53 (twenty-one years ago)

No Trend - "Teen Love" - my favorite song, maybe.

mrjosh (mrjosh), Thursday, 14 October 2004 00:22 (twenty-one years ago)

(The version on the 12", not the version on the shitty CD comp.)

mrjosh (mrjosh), Thursday, 14 October 2004 00:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Gang of Four "Damaged Goods"
Buzzcocks "I Believe"
Alternative TV "Love Lies Limp"

Maybe the last is not so much "anti" as "indifferent"

Dr Benway (dr benway), Thursday, 14 October 2004 09:13 (twenty-one years ago)

marilyn manson - user friendly

weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 14 October 2004 09:28 (twenty-one years ago)

magnetic fields - I think I need a new heart, maybe?

certainly cuby + the blizzards - your body not your soul

poop (poop), Thursday, 14 October 2004 20:01 (twenty-one years ago)

public image ltd - this is not a love song

DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 14 October 2004 20:03 (twenty-one years ago)


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