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DAY 27 of the 30 Day Song Challenge, alternative music styles!
Just a few days left! And today's is gonna hurt! Let's hear those HEARTBREAKERRRRRS!
Each day Iโll post the challenge and you share some of your favorite alternative & indie songs that meet the challenge!
I donโt know what made me think of this, I havenโt heard this song in decades. But it used to kill me. I started thinking about it and this came to mind. I dunno if it holds up, but itโs the most potent memory of a song that I stopped listening to because it would get me every time.
Traumatized my kids to this song. ๐
Excellent choice! For me, itโs Pearl Jamโs Jeremy
LOVE this song and so much fun to sing along!
Oโwhere, oโwhere can myโBAY-by be-e-e?
lord took her awaaay from meee...
A Wave Across A Bay by Frank Turner is about the suicide of Frightened Rabbitโs lead singer Scott Hutchison.
True love waits - Radiohead
It was originally a B-side, written when Thom was an angsty, insecure teenager. He sings about all the little things he loves about her and repeatedly implored her "please don't leave". They wound up together, had 2 kids, then Radiohead rerecorded and rereleased it as she was dying of cancer, giving it a whole new, heartbreaking meaning.
For a hot second there I thought you wrote "Tom Waits - Radiohead" and I was like... waaaaaait.
That'd be interesting lol
This one is random, but there's a song by Florence and the Machine on the beautiful album High As Hope called "South London Forever" and when she hits the line about it never snowing again, my heart breaks, about loss of experiences and also death for me. And while that's not "love" heart break, I think what really saddens me is that idea of something being done forever, from life experiences, to life itself.
And we're just children wanting children of our own
I want a space to watch things grow
But did I dream too big?
Do I have to let it go?
What if one day there is no such thing as snow?
Oh God, what do I know?
The Tragically Hip - Long Time Running
I suppose it was written as some kind of reflection on a relationship, but it's impossible to separate it from Gord Downie's passing now. Highly recommend watching the documentary of the same name if you haven't.
While I never got into Downie or Tragically Hip, it's always heartbreaking when a music artist you love dies - and especially when the music then takes on new meanings.
Depression sucks. A friend told me this song explains her flavor of the condition well.
great song, GREAT album!!! My only complaint was the album was a tad too long to do in one sitting - but then again, can you ever have too much Apple?