Updating the blogroll February 21, 2007
Posted by charmingbutsingle in Blog.trackback
Mmmmkay. Lots of new folks reading. Which is exciting.
I haven’t updated my blogroll (located here) in ages. So, this is a blogroll post. Comment on this post and I will add you in a fit of blogrolling this weekend.
Also, to make this fun for me, I want you to include in your comment both your favorite love song and your favorite “to hell with love I’m dying alone” song.
If you’re already blogrolled, feel free to just list the songs. I know I don’t always respond to comments, but I read them all, promise.
Repeat: Blog address, two songs.
Updated, 2/22/07:
Wow. So. Many. Comments.
My song picks of the moment:
The love is dying song: “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room” by John Mayer
Wish it were about me: “A Girl like That” by Pete Yorn
Post break-up misery: “Grace is Gone” by Dave Matthews Band
Post break-up bitterness: “Untouchable Face” by Ani DiFranco
Post break-up reality check: “Simple Together” by Alanis Morissette
Can we stay like this forever: “Feels Like Rain” by John Hiatt
So sweet: “She’s Everything” by Brad Paisley
Love, finally: “At Last” by Etta James
Already listed (though the name has changed,) but here goes:
Favorite love song - “Just The Way You Are,” Billy Joel
Favorite “dying alone” song - “Alone In The Universe” from the Seussical soundtrack.
Yeah, yeah. Bite me.
I really like your blogroll C. It’s useful & comprehensive. My fav love songs are many & varied. I think most of them are quite old. Many of course do not have words. Only some are Sousa marches. I’ve got a bunch of fav ‘dying’ songs too, but they’re mostly bluegrass classics. Of course Frankie & Johnnie might do for both loving & dying. But that’s the Blues. Cheers & Good Luck, ‘VJ’
Sorry, I don’t really have a blog. But! Here are my songs:
Favorite love song: “Keeper of the Stars” by Tracy Byrd or “I Cross my Heart” by George Strait
Favorite to hell with love song: “Before He Cheats” by Carrie Underwood or “I’ll Think of a Reason Later” by Lee Ann Womack
Favorite love song: “Stay Now” by Jem or “By Your Side” by Sade. To hell with love, I’m dying alone songs: “Love Stinks” by the J.Geils Band and “Dreaming With a Broken Heart” by John Mayer.
I changed my blog name too…formerly Shopping with the Preppy Princess now Petite Tresor: http://www.petitetresor.blogspot.com
Favorite love-ish(?) song: Call me when you get this - Corrine Bailey Rae
Favorite “to hell with love I’m dying alone” song: All by Myself - Bridget Jones’s Diary Soundtrack
or Cry Me a River - Diana Krall
These are just ones off the top of my head without consulting my iPod file
I read your blog every day! (at least check to see if you have updated anyway and THEN read it when you have)
favorite love song: Peter Cetera “Glory of Love”,I mean, REALLY. It’s from my jr high dance days.
favorite dying alone song: Keith Urban “You’ll think of me” my favorite verse of it is classic:
“Take your records, take your freedom
Take your memories I don’t need’em
Take your space and take your reasons
But you’ll think of me
And take your cap and leave my sweater
‘Cause we have nothing left to weather
In fact I’ll feel a whole lot better
But you’ll think of me”
LEAVE MY SWEATER! Cracks me up.
Blog: This Journey at http://notfainthearted.wordpress.com
Favorite love song… “I will” The Beatles
Favorite to hell with love song…”God will” Lyle Lovett although I like the Holly Cole cover better
hehehe, just realized the ironic parallel construction there.
Blog: imightbenormal.wordpress.com
Song I Loooove!: When I’m With You - Sheriff. 80s music, YES!
Other Song: Cure for the Itch .. hah! Nah, umm .. Love Stinks - as already mentioned.
Favorite love song–> “Knocks me off my feet ” Stevie Wonder
Favorite self-love song “Wonder” Natalie Merchant
Favorite to hell with love song… “You’re Never gonna get it” by EnVogue
Favorite love song without a doubt…”In Your Eyes” by Peter Gabriel
Favorite “to hell with love I’m dying alone” song…”Pirate Looks at Forty” by Jimmy Buffett
I’m not sure that the latter really fits that category but it fits the “mood” of that category. I love both of those songs.
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favorite love song: The Beatles - When I’m Sixty-four
favorite maybe I should resort to lesbianism song: Reel Big Fish - She Has A Girlfriend Now
favorite dying alone song: Nina Simone - Ain’t No Use
My favourite love songs will just make me miserable if I think of them right now. My favourite “to hell with love” song is Good Luck by Basement Jaxx — great to sing/yell along to. And Gravity by Kris Delmhorst, for those moments when I feel myself falling for a guy and need to pull myself out of it quickquickquick.
Fav Love Song: Christina Aguilera; Save me From Myself
Fav Hate Love Song: Destiny’s Child: Through With Love
Actually, since the topic is songs and commenting… I found your blog (and have been reading it faithfully ever since) when I was looking for people who had written about one of my favourite songs ever, Be My Downfall by Del Amitri.
As I said in yesterday’s comment, I am now officially addicted to your blog. But in a good way, not in a needing-a-12-step-program way.
blog address: http://bellasboldbrilliantblog.wordpress.com
Fave love song: “Banana Pancakes” by Jack Johnson
I want someone to convince me to stay in so they can cook me breakfast.
Fave lust song: “Straight to Number One” by Touch and Go
Because it’s so sexy.
Fave hate love song: “You Oughta Know” Alanis Morrisette,
Does it really need any explanation?
Hey CBS,
Love your blog.
http://www.scribela.blogspot.com - Borderline Inappropriate
Fave love song and favorite dying alone song?
Too tough to pick just one for each, but I love David Gray’s music - he’s got some great in love songs (ie. “this year’s love”
and totally alone songs (”say hello, wave goodbye”). Dave Matthews’ “I’ll back you up” is also very beautiful.
Scribe
Oooh, I’m gonna take some song recommendations from this! How fun!
My blog is http://blackingfriction.blogspot.com/ . It’s relatively new but it’s a catharsis for sure. I’d love the add.
Eeek, I have trouble picking songs. I love music and have trouble choosing favorites.
Favorite Love Songs: “Brand New Colony” - The Postal Service (the perfect song for new love) and “Rock Upon a Porch With You” - The Boy Least Likely To (for a silly love song).
Favorite “To Hell With It I’m Dying Alone” Songs: “Your Ex-Lover is Dead” - Stars and “Don’t Let’s Start” - They Might Be Giants
Plus my favorite tongue-in-cheek bitter-about-love songs: “Waking Up to Us” and “If You Find Yourself Caught in Love” by Belle & Sebastian.
Your blog is one of my guilty little pleasures. My blog is mostly me rambling. http://themockingbirdsings.wordpress.com
Picking favorite songs is hard for me. I like a lot of stuff, and I change my mind with the wind where music is concerned, but in the interest of playing along…
Fave love song: When You Say Nothing At All, the Allison Crouse version is my fave
Fave love song from a musical: Joanna from Sweeney Todd
Fave through with love song: Call Me When You’re Sober, Evanescence
Fave through with love song from a musical: Fine, Fine, Line from Avenue Q
Fav “Love Song” :
‘Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You’ - George Benson/ Glenn Medeiros.
Fav ” To Hell With It I’m Dying Alone ” Songs :
1)Dead Flowers - by Stones
{And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the mail
Send me dead flowers at my wedding
And I won’t forget to put roses on your grave}
2)”Love Stinks”- J. Geils Band.
I enjoy reading about your trials and tribulations of dating, which is sort of a weird compliment. I mean, we, as readers, get to “enjoy” your sometimes negative/painful experiences, but can also empathyze, as you go through life searching for love.
Fave love song: I could go on and on with this one, David Gray has numerous ones, Ryan Adams has some sexy songs, but I think the one that gets me every time is “Home” by Duncan Sheik.
Then I’m with you,
No longer alone.
When I’m with you,
It feels like I’m home.
Fave “to hell with love, I’m dying alone” song: “Untouchable Face” by Ani DiFranco.
so f**k you
and your untouchable face
and f**k you
for existing in the first place
and who am i
that i should be vying for your touch
and who am i
i bet you can’t even tell me that much
Honorable mention to “You’ll Think of Me”, by Keith Urban, as Stepping Over the Junk noted.
Some songs: The non lyrics kind:
“Fleurette Africaine”, D. Ellington, Money Jungle.
“A Single Petal of a Rose”. Ellington, The Queen Suite.
(For momma)
The big love:
“A Love Supreme” John Coltrane Quartet.
The sly disappointment: (with lyrics!)
Jimmy Rushing singing “Boogie Woogie” or “Sent for You Yesterday” or “Little Girl from TN”
Cheers, ‘VJ’
what an interesting project!
my favorite love songs are “it never entered my mind” by miles davis and “by your side” by sade.
favorite over love songs? depends on how bad it is. i particularly like anything by damien rice (”cannonball,” “the blower’s daughter,” or “amie”). but the ultimate one is “i just don’t think i’ll ever get over you” by colin haye.
Hey Charming,
great conversation going here!
Blog: http://smoothcourseoflove.blogspot.com/
Favourite ‘yay, love!’ song: At last by Etta James (’my lonely days are over, and life is like a song…
Favourite ‘boo, love!’ song: Not Big by Lily Allen (I’m going to tell the world you’re rubbish in bed now, and that you’re small in the game…
The name of my blog is Panacea (http://www.niftyfingers.com/panacea)
Current favorite love song: The Fear You Won’t Fall by Josshua Radin.
Single forever songs: Send the Pain Below by Chevelle, and I Hate Everything About You by Three Days Grace.
My personal blog is http://deannietime.blogspot.com (Home is where the heart is). I am on the other side of having found the one for life and having things blow up; I am newly separated.
I have lots of favorite love songs: Non-lyrical “Kei’s song” David Benoit; Lyrical “My kind of lady” Supertramp are two that stand out right off the top.
Sad love song: “The end of a love affair” Billie Holiday.
Hey, this was fun. Going to go dig for some fun stuff to listen to today.
Charming, I stumbled on your gem of a site recently. Thanks for writing such entertaining morsels.
Love song Il volo by Zucchero. My Italian is not so good, I may be way off on its love song merits, but it just sounds like love. Then again, if you say “I’m cooking a delicious cake for you” in Italian it sounds like love to me.
I am way more confident of the other request. Here are the first three songs from my perfect love sucks mix “cynical pin”
Passive, A Perfect Circle, I will survive, covered by Cake, Fourteen Days, Laura Love.
I’ll send you the whole thing if you need it Charming, it is the perfect musical accompaniment to the cussing/feet stomping frustration of love being so hard.
Hey C,
love the blog, and would love to be added to the blogroll.
So here goes…favorite love song, I would have to say, is “Dreaming of You” by Selena. And my favorite to hell with love song, right now, will have to be “Irreplaceable” by Beyonce. It’s not a classic, yet, but right now it’s on repeat on my iPod!
Best Wishes,
K. Lianne
http://sohypnoticonmyheart.blogspot.com
I love you your blog!! I really am not of fan of “love” right now so I’m not sure what my love song would be. But my favorite not in love song would be “Heard it all before” by Sunshine Anderson. (Its a great one!)
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OK, favorite love song would be “Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing” by Aerosmith…at least I THINK thats the title.
Dying alone song would be “You Outta Know” by Alanis Morisette. I LOVE angry girl music!!!!
I hate not being original, but my favorite love song - the best I can remember anyway - is “At Last” by Etta James.
Best hate love song - “You Oughtta Know”
Enjoy your blog!
Oh, and mine is http://writekudzu.blogspot.com
Blog: http://tillysassncrass.blogspot.com/
Fave Love Song: “Gotta Have You” by The Weepies
Dying Along Song: “Baby Bitch” by Ween. Or basically anything Elliot Smith.
I love this topic!
Favorite love song: Willow by Joan Armatrading
Favorite dying solo song: Feeling Good by Nina Simone
…now if only i knew which one i should be listening to!
Good blog, good luck.
Favourite love song: Lips of an Angel by Hinder
Favourite “the hell with love song”:
* “Better than me” by Hinder
* “Before he cheats” by Carrie Underwood
* “He wasn’t man enough for me” by Tony Braxton
Yes, I couldn’t decide on just one of those songs. I listen to all of them when I break up with someone.
Love your blog!
It’s funny I can think of many “to hell with love songs” but not many love songs!?? What does that mean?? lol I like All by Myself and a love song…seriously I can only think of one. I’m pathetic. Lullaby by the Dixie Chicks is my fav love song;
“They didn’t have you where I come from….never knew the best was yet to come…life began when I saw your face - how love do you wanna be loved, is forever enough cause I’m never never given you up.”
I sing this to my son and he thinks I’ve lost it lol. It gets to me everytime.
Hey CBS, my blog is super secret to keep the prying eyes of snoopy ex-husbands away, so don’t worry about linking me up.
But I have been reading since you switched over to WordPress and popped up on the homepage as a “today’s hot blogs”… So fun! So glad I found you!
Fav love song - “Feels Like Home” - The Bonnie Raitt version
Fav love sucks song - “I Will Survive” Cake - they covered it and it’s a totally awesome versin (Someone mentioned it already, I think) but “Stupid Boy” Keith Urban rings very true with me on many levels.
Favorite “love” song: “Maybe I’m Amazed” by Paul McCartney.
Favorite “to hell with love I’m dying alone” song: “In The End” by Linkin Park, though “These Five Words” by Nickelback is a close second.
Oh the breakup mixes I could make….
yay i love music questions!
fave love song: boats and birds by gregory and the hawk
fave anti love song: rootless tree (live acoustic version) by damien rice
blogroll me please!
Favorite love song: naked as we came: Iron and Wine
Favorite To Hell With whatever song: I can’t think of any that are along the “theme song genre”
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Favorite Love Song - “Love Song” by The Cure (and ONLY The Cure’s version)
Favorite I’m going to Die Alone song -”Something I can Never Have” by NIN
My favorite love song as of late anyway is, ‘Bring It Home’ by Little Big Town.
Breakup song/ die alone song is probably, ‘Brighter Discontent’ by The Submarines.
The blog will arrive at some point in the future. For now, just send me an email and I’ll reply with a couple paragraphs about nothing and everything.
Love: Peter Gabriel - “In Your Eyes”
Woe: “Mad World” from the Donnie Darko soundtrack. I have yet to find a song that captures loneliness better than that one.
“I just Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over You” by Colin Hay is pretty woe-worthy, too.
Blog: Coffee and Cherry Blossoms http://coffeeandcherryblossoms.blogspot.com
Fav Love Song: “When You Say Nothing at All.” B/c so many dates are perfect until they open their mouths, haha.
Fav Hate Song: Let’s go really old school hate song here, Alanis Morrisett “You Oughta Know” or a less bitter REM “Everybody Hurts”
**Everyone’s song comments are great…new iPod playlist?
Blog: mightymarce.blogspot.com (title: Life is Good)
Love song:Um, so many… Oh! “When I’m 64″ by the Beatles. Cutest, best love song ever. Or “Ice Cream” by Sarah Mclaughlin (I can never spell her name). My hubby and I danced to that song at our wedding. =)
“I hate love” song: “Sugar we’re going down” by Fall Out Boy, if nothing else b/c of the line “I’m just a notch on your bedpost, but you’re just a line in a song.” Or how about “What goes around” by Justin Timberlake. ; )
Okay! haha.
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Favorite love song: “Dont Wanna Miss a Thing” by Aerosmith.
Favorite hate song: “You Oughta Know” by Alanis.
Typical, but this is all I can think of off the top of my head.
There are plenty more on both categories haha.
what, you’re going to make me work to get on your blogroll? forget it.
Hi!! Can I be added to your blogroll?
Favorite love song: Feels Like Home - Chantal Kreviazuk
Favorite die alone song: I Hate Everyone - Get Set Go (Actually, this song has become my new daily anthem for riding subways in NYC)
Fun, fun!
Blog: Random Thoughts… (random-chigirl.blogspot.com)
Favorite love song: It always changes depending on the guy, but right now, I’m digging “Prototype” by Outkast.
Favorite dying alone song: “Get Gone” Fiona Apple
Not a blogger, just a reader.
Love Song - You’re My Home - Billy Joel
Dying Alone Song - Just Ask the Lonely - Four Tops; I’m Gonna Be Strong - Gene Pitney
Here In Your Arms by Hellogoodbye or Blue Lights by Pretty Girls Make Graves or Banana Pancakes by Jack Johnson
and when I’m thinking that I’ll die alone, I like to listen to songs that don’t have anything to do with love and it looks like the most played song on my “No Love” play list is … Tennessee by Arrested Development.
Oh, and please, blogroll me, baby!
And thanks for asking people to post this - lots of neat songs there …
Awe. Some.
Blog: http://seriouslyawkward.blogspot.com/ (only if you care to)
Love Song: I really have no idea, maybe Love You Madly (Cake), or Come Monday (Jimmy Buffett)
Non-Love Song: Through with you (Maroon 5), Lincoln Avenue (Train), She F**ing Hates Me (???), Don’t Want You Back (Akon)
The Non- love ones come to mind so much easier… How sad, or bitter, I guess.
Damn, I don’t think my last comment took.
*******
Blog: Random Thoughts… (random-chigirl.blogspot.com)
Favorite love song: It depends on the situation, but right now I’m digging “Prototype” by Outkast.
Favorite dying alone song: “Get Gone” by Fiona Apple
Fav Love song (slightly tainted by, well: melancholy memories to a certain Love gone…):
- “Fields of Gold” by Sting
Fav “to hell with love I’m dying alone” song: well, I don’t really have one.
Blog: http://lawyeringthroughlife.blogspot.com/
Favorite love song: Bless the Broken Road by Rascal Flats. A song that offers hope that some day, we will look back on the heartache and laugh.
Favorite love sucks song: Since U Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson. It really bugs me that she didn’t spell out “you” though.
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Blog: http://goodgrief-singleinthecity.blogspot.com/
Favorite Love Song: Tie btw ‘Ordinary Love’ by Sade and ‘Is it love?’ by Iio
Favorite Love Sucks song: As of right now, Colin Hay’s ‘I just don’t think I’ll ever get over you’
Love song:
She’s Every Woman, garth with a close second with Billy Joel’s “She’s always a woman.” Those boys just GET us.
Better left single song:
I don’t know who sings it, “Men don’t Change”
chorus:
Cupid works for the devil, Be suspicious if he cries
Sex is usually good, Yeah, but it ain’t always right
Chocolate is a bandaid.
And no matter what they say,
Shoes don’t stretch, and men don’t change.
You can find my blog with a new column every monday at: http://www.cecile-weekly.com
Love songs and broken heart songs… there are so many… Uhm, okay, if I really have to choose:
Fav love song: Shapeshifters - Lola’s theme
and Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc coz me and my Boyf reckon it’s ‘our song’
Fav dying alone song: Evanescence - Going Under
Blog: http://laneypierce.blogspot.com/
Love sucks: Goodnight L.A. by the Counting Crows
“What brings me down now, is love…cause I can never get enough…”
Love is the best:
“The Nearness of you” by Norah Jones
Geez. Us. Christ. Too many comments to deal with.
And if your comments aren’t showing up, don’t fret. I think some of them are getting flagged as Spam by Akismet because they include your URL. I will have to moderate them tonight.
Dan — Not trying to make anyone work … just thought I’d give people something to talk about in the comments other than “please link to my blog.” I happen to think that this was quite fun and I have a whole list of songs to download from iTunes now!
Your blog is very cool and interesting. Do you wear one of those “I’m blogging this” t-shirts when you go on dates?
I just started a new blog to focus on my obsession with getting healthier and losing weight and I would love if you would add it to your blogroll.
My favorite songs about love and not wanting love are:
Somebody by Depeche Mode - the lyrics are amazing
Loser by Beck - the lyrics are not amazing but the chorus works if you are having a bad day “I’m a loser baby”
Ciao for now!
I could probably have a top ten for each category (more like top 100) but I’ll restrict myself to two that haven’t been mentioned yet.
Favorite love song:
“Papa Was A Rodeo” - Magnetic Fields
Favorite “to hell with love I’m dying alone” song:
“Happiness Will Get You In The End” - Embrace
I enjoyed reading all those comments. Neat idea.
Jumping on the LOVING CHARMING bandwagon… and the blogroll…
Fav Love Song: “I will survive” Gloria Gaynor and “Always” - Bon Jovi
Fav Hate Song: “Inside Out” Eve 6
Bonus: Fav feel better after a break up song: “Someday I’ll be Saturday night” - Bon Jovi
Cheesy love song faves include “Slave to Love” (Roxy Music) and “I Swear” (Various artists, and yes, one of them was a boy band). Anti-love songs? “Mr. Jones” (Counting Crows) and the old classics “Love Stinks” (J. Geils Band) and “I Used to Love Her” (GnR).
Thanks for the add. http://thongspeed.blogspot.com
I don’t have a blog, but I’m a big fan of yours!
Favorite love song: “Almost Paradise”, Footloose soundtrack (cheesy as hell but so romantic!).
Favorite to-hell-with-love song: “Hearbreaker”, Pat Benatar.
Hiya~
Love song: Bryan Adams -Everything I do, I do it for you (I’m a sucker for Bryan Adams. . .it is an affliction. I’m sure there is a 12 step program out there for me.
I Hate Love-Song: Live or Let Die
You were just added to my blogroll… that is until my server hosed my blog and i lost my updates from the past three days - but you will be added back later. if you want to add me, great. but please don’t feel obliged.
Favorite Love Song - Sucker - John Mayer
Favorite Gonna Die Alone - Dreaming with a broken heart - John Mayer
Favorite pick myself up by my bootstraps - I will not be broken - Bonnie Raitt
Hi there Charming, I am blatantly jumping on the bandwagon - I only discovered your blog two days ago! It’s great - just my cup of tea.
My blog: kimona1.wordpress.com
Fav love song: The Ship song, Gene
Fav hate song: Creep, Radiohead
Wow! Thats so inoovative of you. Well its your discretion to add or not. I must say its sound big temptataion, to have a chance to be added.
My blog is dearestfriend.wordpress.com
Fav long song : Its’ only words , and words are all I have to take your heart away
Hate song - I walk alone
Luv,
Zeya
Blog: http://lifeafterpancreaticcancer.blogspot.com
Favorite Love Song - At last - Etta James
Favorite Gonna Die Alone - Irreplaceable - Beyonce
Favorite pick myself up by my bootstraps - Beautiful - Christina Aguilera
HI! I love this blog and I would LOVE to be added to your blogroll. I hope that you come on over and check out mine, too. I will be checking back here daily for updates!
Have a happy day!
Jenn
PS I found MARRIAGE on the net so don’t give up hope!
oops forgot to add the songs, okay here goes…favorite love song is Because You Loved me By Celine Dion - it was played at my wedding. My favorite Go to Hell with Love song has to be Hate Me by Blue October
happy to say, already on the blogroll! [grin]
fave love song: Anniversary Song / Cowboy Junkies
fave heartbroke song: I’m So Happy I Can’t Stop Crying / Sting
both songs, when they randomly come up in the shuffle, stop me in my tracks, and get me listening - really listening - to the stories they tell. ’cause I know ‘em, by heart.
Hey, I read the site all the time and absolutely love it!
Fav love song:
Whole Wide World - Wreckless Eric (from Stranger than Fiction soundtrack)
Fav done with love, pick-me-up song:
Chewing Gum - Annie
“Hey Annie, well, look at you!
Is that a new boy stuck on your shoe?
Come on Annie, how is it so?
You’ve always got a new bubble to blow
I’m gonna tell you how it’s gonna get done
I’m just a girl that’s only chewing for fun
You spit it out when all the flavour has gone
Wrap him round your finger like you’re playing with gum”
That song is totally ridiculous and totally infectious. I play that along with “Since You’ve Been Gone” and have a guaranteed smile on my face.
I’d love to be added - your writing is lovely!
http://bluntforcetraumacausedbycomma.blogspot.com/
Love song: Ben Folds, “The Luckiest.”
And done-with-love song: at the moment it’s “Through With People” by Portastic.
I’m glad I stumbled upon this little corner of the web universe. I am http://theseniorsenior.wordpress.com/
As for the songs, and interesting dilemna, as I am freshly kicked to the curb. The iPod is filled with treacherous pitfalls that may start crying jags on the bus (to be avoided at all costs). However, my heart will always belong to “More Than This,” by Roxy Music (love song). And for my present mood, nothing beats “Kiss Off,” by the Violent Femmes. Gordon Gano’s whining just feels right right now.
I love your blog.
Everything I say is Fascinating http://www.misplacedtexan.typepad.com
My favorite love songs (because I really can’t have just one)
Fade Into You by Mazzy Star (hands down a classic)
Back To You by John Mayer
Under the Peach Trees by Rufus Wainwright
My favorite dying alone song - Addicted by Kelly Clarkson
And just for kicks my fave pump me up song I can take on the world and no one is going to stop me is
Here I Am by David Morales with Tamra Keenan (from the devil wears prada soundtrack)
Great idea, but I’ve never been good at choosing just one (or two) of anything…
Classic Love Song: At Last (love Christina Aguilera’s cover)
Recent Love Song: Chasing Cars- Snow Patrol
Love Was Never Meant to Last Song: Blackout- Muse
Wish I Had You Back Song: “A” Song- 28N
Depressed and Drinking Song: Neon Moon- Brooks & Dunn
Pick-Me-Ups: I Will Be- Christina Aguilera
Don’t Give Up- Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush
What A Wonderful World- Eva Cassidy or Louis Armstrong
I would love to be blogrolled!: http://www.metadish.com/exposed
And… “I’ll be your lover, too” - Van Morrison. One of the best in-love songs ever.
Scribe
Hey Charming, you have me linked as My Boyfriend is Crazy and I changed my blog in December to The Accidental Bitch. You can leave up the old one if you want, but I’d appreciate the update to my new one!
I really like Snow Patrol’s “Chasing Cars” but I blame Grey’s for that. And my feel-good “Fuck you” song is Kaiser Chiefs’ “Everyday I Love You Less and Less”
Hi Charming, I really love your blog!
My blog’s address is http://acylicious.wordpress.com/
My favorite, wish someone will sing this for me song is: The Way You Look Tonight, Michael Buble’s version and my “I don’t care about being alone” song is: It’s Raining Men by Geri Halliwell, at least, this is what I try to sing when being alone seems so… you know, difficult.
It would be great to be on your blogroll. I added you to mine, hope you don’t mind.
Thanks! — Nancy
I don’t care if you add me to the blogroll or not, but my song picks:
Favorite song for a relationship that just won’t end and drags out forever: “Leave the Pieces” (The Wreckers)
Favorite “I can’t believe it’s really over” song: “It must have been love, but it’s over now” (Roxette)
Favorite regretful love song: “You were always on my mind” (Willie Nelson)
Favorite love song, overall: Lovesong (The Cure)
Sorry I’m a day late (story of my life, day late and a dollar short) with this but if you would add me to your blogroll I would greatly appreciate it!
Now, for my song picks: Love song (Hinder’s “Lips of an Angel”, words have special meaning to me) and The Hell with Love Song (U2’s “Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”, because I haven’t!).
I’ve got a whole iPod playlist of favorite love songs. And sorry if the ones I pick are in Spanish, but it´s my native language, so I can´t help it.
from the Spanish duo Ella Baila Sola. The girl in the song essentially says to the man that she’s alone, “better without you, better than before, with lots of everything and nothing of yours”. Hehehe. Good song.
Favorite love song: “Pasito a Paso” (Step by step) from a Mexican man called Pablo Montero. It´s a song about conming “step by step” to the heart of the girl and how she has changed his life and he´ll never stop loving her. Love that you can substitute the “she” for “he” and it applies to a guy from a girl.
Favorite “to hell with love”: “Mejor sin ti” (”Better without you”
Hi Charming,
Don’t feel compelled to link me, but you can if you like!
http://ooohbarracuda.blogspot.com
Songs for trying to let someone go: Elliott Smith, “Somebody That I Used to Know” is a good one, or Stars, “Your Ex-Lover is Dead,” or my girl Kelly Clarkson, “Since You Been Gone.” I also heard Kim Wilde, “You Keep Me Hanging On,” the other day and was like, whoa! I forgot about this 80s goodness!
Okay, I’m having too much fun…
I’m getting addicted to your blog. It’s a fantastic distraction
Here is my site…
http://www.desireenb.blogspot.com
Whoa… solicited shameless self-promotion!
So here’s me: tanglethis.wordpress.com
It’s funny, dating and drinking were the top two topics of my previous blog. This one’s more lit and cultural observations (ew, sounds pretentious). I’ll blow in now and then and speak from my past life.
This is a great in-love song: Esthero, Everyday is a Holiday.
This is a lovely lonesome song from a Philly girl: Daughter Darling, Sad and Lonely.
lol - great idea:
favorite love song - Can’t take my eyes off you - Manic Street Preachers
to hell with love I’m dying alone” song - “Here with me” - Dido
Best love song ever is “Come What May” from Moulin Rouge.
Best I’ll die alone so everyone else go screw yourself song is “On My Own” from Les Miserables.
favorite love song - brighter than sunshine by aqualung
favorite to hell with you, i’m dying alone song - are you happy now by michelle branch
I’m a neophyte — just started yesterday! — would love to be added.
Songs:
favorite sweet, upbeat, in-love song: Summer Girl, by Beck
favorite depressing breakup song: How Insensitive — it’s a Brazilian Bossa Nova song, can’t remember who was the original composer… Jobim?
Oh yeah, ‘Worse true to life break up song’. Even more valuable in that it’s usually sung by almost everyone now over the age of 70:
‘Why Don’t You Do Right’. There’s a Peggy Lee version & a Ella Fitzgerald one, a Sinead O’Connor one & even a Jessica Rabbit one.
You’ll know you have the genuine article if it mentions 1922. One of the greatest ‘Romance without finance is a nuisance’ songs ever. Which is it’s own song too BTW.
I think I take the prize for oldest songs ref’s too, and I never even got to Louie or Sousa either! Cheers & Good Luck! ‘VJ’
Best I’ll die alone so everyone else go screw yourself song…”Insensitive” by Jann Arden. Sadly, that may also be my Best love song ever.
BTW…I adore your blogs.
Hello,
I e-amiled you/coommented about adding my blog and I included my two fav songs too but my blog name has changed from bucalu’s briliiant blog to Persona of a Princess - my two songs were Because you loved me by Celine Dion ( my wedding song) and Hate Me by Blue Octiober
Thanks!
Jenn
Hey Charming!
I LOVE YOUR BLOG!!!!
I’d love for you to include me in your blogroll - singlelifeinthecity.blogspot.com
I think I have way too many songs - I swear I have a song for everything!
My favorite love song probably changes every day, really, but I think Sting’s “I was Brought to My Senses” is a lasting favorite…
As far as screw love, I’m dyin’ alone, hunny, that list is far too long! I think pretty much NIN’s entire album “Pretty Hate Machine” sums up my bitterness at any given point in time!!!
The first song is easy - “Last Worthless Evening” by Don Henley. It’s my Prince Charming song, though the man’s a bit late.
Second song… I’ll have to get back to you on that one. For now, how about “Perfect Girl” by Sarah Maclachlan or something more cheery like “Start All Over Again” by Diana Krall.
So bummed that i didn’t get this in before the weekend! Hopefully I’m not too late. Let’s see, my blog:
http://thebridalwave.blogspot.com/
Favorite love song: “Lady”, by Kenny Rogers or “Woman” by John Lennon. Then there is always “Solid Like a Rock.” The first two are songs that i always imagined my husband would sing to me…..has not happened.
Favorite I’m dyin alone song???? Maybe “Nothing Compares 2 U” or, and I hate to admit this, but that Alannis Morrisette song? The real angry one. oooh, what about “what’s love got to do with it” by Ms. Turner?
Val — No worries. I actually didn’t get to mess with the blogroll, because Sunday, my writing day, turned into spend-all-day-at-my-parents’-house-waiting-for-lunch-to-be-served. Maybe while I watch American Idol tonight …
I totally have your book sitting on my nightstand and I should be reading it right now, considering that I seriously am going to be the last unmarried person in the world after next year. Promise.
I’d love to be on your blogroll!
Favorite love song: Ben Folds “The Luckiest”
To Hell With Love I’m Dying Alone: that Christmas song by Dan Fogelberg…it starts out “I met an old lover in the Grocery Store.” So sad.
Just reqalized I wasn’t good enough for your blogroll… Pouting…
I meant to say realized…
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