Best Divorce album

[Bullneck 19177]

2 hours ago, oSuJeff97 said:

1. Play "Columbia"

2. Turn volume up to 11

3. Add Cigarettes & Alcohol

4. ????

5. Profit

😃

 

 

Edited August 29, 2022 by Bullneck

[oSuJeff97 3435]

17 hours ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

Sting's said the same thing about the thousands of people who've told them that Every Breath You Take--a tale of a creepy, possessive stalker--was their wedding song. Might as well play Under My Thumb.

 

These are the same people who think "Born in the U.S.A." is a rousing, patriotic anthem.

[Al_4_ISU 12469]

I've heard of people using Betterman as a wedding song.

Big, big yikes.

[GhostOfTomJoad 9333]

I've heard of people using Betterman as a wedding song.
Big, big yikes.

Holy fuck. Was Luka by Suzanne Vega considered too optimistic?

[deadshank 24653]

This fella has had enough.

 

[83Horn 1642]

Maybe not necessarily a divorce album, but this certainly deals with handling "marital problems", and the aftermath.  Probably one of the 2 or 3 greatest albums ever recorded, in any genre.

 

[South Austin 52520]

22 hours ago, RiverwalkMiner said:

I was coming here to mention Achtung Baby, as most of is about The Edge's divorce at the time. He would later recover nicely with the belly dancer from the ZooTv tour. 

There is a funny quote by Bono to the effect of "I can't believe how many people come up to us and say One was their wedding song. Don't they read the lyrics?!?" 

Bono is on record as saying his marriage was on shaky ground during that album as well, but they pulled through.

But yeah, John Q. Consumer usually doesn't pay attention to lyrics when using songs for marketing, political campaigns, weddings, etc., because we're largely a nation of superficial sound bytes.

Adding to that, I recall the John McCain campaign used Pink Houses during his 2008 campaign.  Similar to "Born in the U.S.A." misguidedly used by Ronald Reagan, his campaign simply liked the "Ain't that America" lyric as a way to identify John McCain with America without regard to the song as a whole.  Mellencamp contacted the McCain campaign and explained that he's a progressive Democrat and the song's themes really weren't all that consistent with the Republican platform, and the campaign stopped playing the song at its rallies.

Edited August 30, 2022 by South Austin

[dcbc 14487]

On 8/24/2022 at 8:44 AM, stc said:

tom petty wildflowers. 

 

And most of the Echo album as well. 

Edited August 31, 2022 by dcbc

[C-Man 27230]

On 8/24/2022 at 8:59 AM, Red Five said:

Pretty sure every National album. 

Shit, you might be right. Guilty Party, About Today and so on ...

[oSuJeff97 3435]

19 hours ago, South Austin said:

Bono is on record as saying his marriage was on shaky ground during that album as well, but they pulled through.

But yeah, John Q. Consumer usually doesn't pay attention to lyrics when using songs for marketing, political campaigns, weddings, etc., because we're largely a nation of superficial sound bytes.

I'm actually amazed how many otherwise sharp people pay no attention to lyrics. Maybe it's a bias of mine because I've *always* been captivated with song lyrics and obsessed about them listening to music growing up... listening very closely to them and obsessively reading them when they were included in liner notes... I even remember several albums (in cassette or CD form) back in the day where you would have to *write a letter* (LOL) to request lyric sheets... which I did.

[dogbreath 434]

Richard and Linda Thompson’s Shoot Out The Lights is the top divorce album for me. 

1. "Don't Renege on Our Love" – 4:19
2. "Walking on a Wire" – 5:29
3. "Man in Need" – 3:36
4. "Just the Motion" – 6:19
5. "Shoot Out the Lights" – 5:24
6. "Back Street Slide" – 4:33
7. "Did She Jump or Was She Pushed?" (Richard Thompson, Linda Thompson) – 4:52
8. "Wall of Death" – 3:43

[Noah Fence 480]

Sturgill Simpson - High Top Mountain came out right as my marriage started falling apart so it kind of became the soundtrack for my divorce. 

[squib 1120]

His first concept album. Heart breaking in places.

 

 

[troph 24866]

On 8/26/2022 at 10:30 AM, Nuge said:

The album "Strange Tails" by Lord Huron was the soundtrack of my divorce. 

It's not an album about divorce, per se, but of loss and regret.  Things I felt acutely when I was in the middle of it.

 

Last concert I went to with my ex was them. Fucking A I hate that it ruined them a little for me. Getting it back now. I ain’t dead yet is my fuck you song post divorce. 

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[Bojack 2081]

Been a while for me but Blonde on Blonde, Blood on the Tracks, and Sea Change by Beck.

[Guest]

Anything by Gary Allen.

And Adele's songs just come across as a younger Glen Close singing from behind the rabbit pot.  Maybe not "divorcy" enough; but in a similar vein of thought, along with blatant stalker qualities.

 

 

[Carl Spackler 3486]

On 8/29/2022 at 2:28 PM, GhostOfTomJoad said:

Sting's said the same thing about the thousands of people who've told them that Every Breath You Take--a tale of a creepy, possessive stalker--was their wedding song. Might as well play Under My Thumb.

 

Similar to the many people who think "The One I Love" by  R.E.M. is so romantic.

[baboso 6056]

This album, particularly this track, helped me get through my split-up.

 

[tbone_ 14129]

These are the same people who think "Born in the U.S.A." is a rousing, patriotic anthem.

My ex used to say play Angel From Montgomery at my funeral. Never could get her to read the lyrics.

[Earl Haffler 597]