anti-love songs

[Shellhead]

I got up early this morning to jog down to the neighborhood bakery to pick up a giant heart-shaped sugar cookie for my girlfriend, one with glossy red frosting on top. It's all part of my gradually escalating plan to have some above-average sex with her tonight. Yeah, I'm still kind of cynical about Valentine's Day.

Anyway, driving into work today, I heard this hilarious song. The local college radio station does a Theme Thursday in the morning each week, and today it was Anti-Love Songs.

So what great anti-love songs can you recommend?

Oh, yeah, that one this morning? It was "No Children" by the Mountain Goats. Here is the Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPy_fiv3sAw

Here is the free MP3 file:

http://www.emp3world.com/mp3/92414/The%20Mountain%20Goats/No%20Children

And here's a sample of the lyrics that had me laughing so hard in the car:

"And I hope the rising black smoke carries me far away
and I never come back to this town again
in my life
I hope I lie
and tell everyone you were a good wife
and I hope you die
I hope we both die

"I hope I cut myself shaving tomorrow
I hope it bleeds all day long
Our friends say it's darkest before the sun rises
We're pretty sure they're all wrong
I hope it stays dark forever"

[Endless Flight]

Love Stinks - J Geils Band

You love her
But she loves him
And he loves somebody else
You just can't win
And so it goes
Till the day you die
This thing they call love
It's gonna make you cry
I've had the blues
The reds and the pinks
One thing for sure

(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeah
(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeah
(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeah
(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeah

Two by two and side by side
Love's gonna find you yes it is
You just can't hide
You'll hear it call
Your heart will fall
Then love will fly
It's gonna soar
I don't care for any casanova thing
All I can say is
Love stinks

(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeah
(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeah
(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeah
(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeah

I've been through diamonds
I've been through minks
I've been through it all
Love stinks

(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeah
(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeah
(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeah
(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeah

[DonC]

Anthrax - "N.F.B. (Ballabnikufesin)"

We fell in love at first sight
I can't explain the feelings
When I first saw you
We were so happy
A life of love sweet holly child
You'll always be mine
But then I played the fool
I never meant to hurt you
Or sleep with your friends
We reconciled we found ourselves
Our love was meant to be
Oh, baby can't you see
You left me standing in the mud
Crying to myself
A heart so full of pain
But we full in love again
This time forever true love prevails over all
She got hit by a truck

[Spike-X]

Dear Doctor - The Rolling Stones

Oh help me, please doctor, I'm damaged
There's a pain where there once was a heart
It's sleepin, it's a beatin'
Can't ya please tear it out, and preserve it
Right there in that jar?

Oh help me, please mama, I'm sick'ning
It's today that's the day of the plunge
Oh the gal I'm to marry
Is a bow-legged sow
I've been soakin' up drink like a sponge

"Don't ya worry, get dressed," cried my mother
As she plied me with bourbon so sour
Pull your socks up, put your suit on
Comb your long hair down,
For you will be wed in the hour

So help me, please doctor, I'm damaged
There's a pain where there once was a heart
I'm sleepin, it's a beatin'
Can't ya please take it out, and preserve it
Right there in that jar?

Oh help me, please doctor, I'm damaged
There's a pain where there once was a heart
It's sleepin, it's a beatin'
Can't ya please tear it out, and preserve it
Right there in that jar?

I was tremblin', as I put on my jacket
It had creases as sharp as a knife
I put the ring in my pocket
But there was a note
And my heart it jumped into my mouth

It read, "Darlin', I'm sorry to hurt you.
But I have no courage to speak to your face.
But I'm down in Virginia with your cousin Lou
There be no wedding today."

So help me, please doctor, I'm damaged
You can put back my heart in its hole
Oh mama, I'm cryin'
Tears of relief
And my pulse is now under control

[jesse_custer]

"Who Loves the Sun" by Velvet Underground, although I'm not sure it fits this thread completely. I just think it's an awesome song and the title reminded me of it.

[howyadoin]

So you wanted
to take a break
slow it down some and
have some space
well fuck you too

Give me my money back
give me my money back
you bitch
I want my money back
And don't forget
And don't forget
to give me back my black T-shirt

I wish I hadn't bought you dinner
right before you
dumped me on your front porch

Give me my money back
give me my money back
you bitch
I want my money back
And don't forget
And don't forget
to give me back my black T-shirt
hey, hey

So you wanted
to take a break
slow it down some and
have some space

Give me my money back
give me my money back
you bitch
I want my money back
And don't forget

[Spike-X]

I used to love her,
but i had to kill her
I used to love her,
but i had to kill her
I had to put her, six feet under
and I can still hear her complain

I used to love her,
but I had to kill her
I used to love her,
but I had to kill her
I knew I'd miss her,
So I had to keep her
She's buried right in my backyard

I used to love her,
but I had to kill her
I used to love her,
but i had to kill her
She bitched so much,
she drove me nuts
And now we're happier this way, alright

I used to love her,
but I had to kill her
I used to love her
but I had to kill her
She bitched so much,
she drove me nuts
and I can still hear her complain

[DDM]

"Someday" (http://youtube.com/watch?v=1HdoqCjMUV4&feature=related)

"Melt!" (http://youtube.com/watch?v=FZWTCIskwTc)

"Left of Center" (http://youtube.com/watch?v=iZNCnfS5SeY)

[Michael P]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMjM7292eHk

[Chiasm]

I Don't Believe in Love - Queensryche

[Chiasm]

Best one there is though is The Beast - Concrete Blonde

The prey of the beast screamed
Bloody murder
The line is so fine between
Hoping and hurting
Former believers they beg for release
As love looking down on them
Smiles and picks his teeth
Trapped in between heaven and hell
He knows all the secrets
And dont want to tell
Theres nowhere to run and theres
Nowhere to hide
Love knows you all too well
He will find you

Love is the ghost haunting your head
Love is the killer you thought
Was your friend
Love is the creature who lives
In the dark
Sneaks up, will stick you
And painfully pick you apart

Love is a poet, love sings the songs
Pointing his finger you follow along
Voice are calling,
The monster wants out of you
Paws you and claws you, you try not to fall

Love is the leech, sucking you up
Love is a vampire, drunk on your blood
Love is the beast that will
Tear out your heart
Hungrily lick it and
Painfully pick it apart

Love is a ghost, haunting your head
Love is the killer you thought
Was your friend
Love is the teacher who lives in the dark
Sneak up and stick you
And painfully pick you apart

[Ullar]

Don't Wanna Fall In Love-Green Day

[DDM]

I'm Not In Love (http://youtube.com/watch?v=CIiWBPdhPH8)

"Enjoy The Silence" (http://youtube.com/watch?v=FqzpDr7pOJk)

"Devil Inside" (http://youtube.com/watch?v=luobOzreRq4)

"Science Fiction" (http://youtube.com/watch?v=U8Rg61O1Psw)

[CJ Lentze]

"Enjoy The Silence" (http://youtube.com/watch?v=FqzpDr7pOJk)

"Devil Inside" (http://youtube.com/watch?v=luobOzreRq4)I love 'Devil Inside' and 'Enjoy The Silence'. But are you certain that 'Enjoy The Silence' is an anti-love song? 'All I ever wanted/all I ever needed is here/in my arms'? Sounds more like the song is about love without words, to me.

I'd like to mention:

you abandoned me, love don't live here anymore
woooo woooo woooo woooo woooo....

by Rose Royce.

[DDM]

I love 'Devil Inside' and 'Enjoy The Silence'. But are you certain that 'Enjoy The Silence' is an anti-love song? 'All I ever wanted/all I ever needed is here/in my arms'? Sounds more like the song is about love without words, to me.

I'd like to mention:

you abandoned me, love don't live here anymore
woooo woooo woooo woooo woooo....

by Rose Royce.

"Enjoy the Silence" can be interpreted as an anti-love song because the person wants to be left alone--by himself. He may be holding a baby or he may be talking about his addiction. It's vague.

[Pixie_Solanas]

Cant be arsed to post lyrics, but "Ball & Chain" by Social Distortion has to be my #1 anti-love song.

[Jonathan Bogart]

Mine would be Betty (wife of Miles) Davis's "Anti-Love Song," from 1973.

And Harry Nilsson's "You're Breaking My Heart," the jauntiest little Beatlesesque number ever with "fuck you" for a chorus.

[mattx110]

All Men, All Men are liars their words ain’t worth no more than worn out tires.
Hey Girls, bring rusty pliers to pull this tooth, all men are liars and that’s the truth.

Do you remember Rick Astley?
He had a big fat hit that was ghastly.
He said I’m never gonna give you up or let you down.
Well I’m here to tell ya that Dick’s a clown
Though he was just a boy when he made that vow.
I’d bet it all that he knows by now.

Among god’s creatures man must be.
The most slimy and slippery now.
There stands the naked ape in a monkey suite.
Behind a little mustache he grew, the shifty brute.
All the ones not choking on the words they ate are
Sweating on getting their stories straight.
-Nick Lowe

[40footwolf]

Now somewhere in the black mining hills of Dakota
There lived a young boy named Rocky Raccoon
And one day his woman ran off with another guy
Hit young Rocky in the eye Rocky didn't like that
He said I'm gonna get that boy
So one day he walked into town
Booked himself a room in the local saloon.

Rocky Raccoon checked into his room
Only to find Gideon's bible
Rocky had come equipped with a gun
To shoot off the legs of his rival
His rival it seems had broken his dreams
By stealing the girl of his fancy.
Her name was Magil and she called herself Lil
But everyone knew her as Nancy.
Now she and her man who called himself Dan
Were in the next room at the hoe down
Rocky burst in and grinning a grin
He said Danny boy this is a showdown
But Daniel was hot-he drew first and shot
And Rocky collapsed in the corner.

Now the doctor came in stinking of gin
And proceeded to lie on the table
He said Rocky you met your match
And Rocky said, Doc it's only a scratch
And I'll be better I'll be better doc as soon as I am able.

Now Rocky Raccoon he fell back in his room
Only to find Gideon's bible
A Gideon checked out and he left it no doubt
To help with good Rocky's revival.

-Rocky Raccoon, The Beatles

Hey fellas, have you heard the news?
You know that annies back in town?
It wont take long just watch and see
How the fellas lay their money down.
Her style is new but the face is the same
As it was so long ago,
But from her eyes, a diffrent smile
Like that of one who knows.
Well, its been ten years and maybe more
Since I first set eyes on you;
The best years of my life gone by,
Here I am alone and blue.
Some people cry and some people die
By the wicked ways of love;
But Ill just keep on rollin along
With the grace of the lord above.
People talkin all around bout the way you left me flat,
I dont care what the people say, I know where their jive is at.
One thing I do have on my mind, if you can clarify please do,
Its the way you call me by another guys name when I try to make love to you!
I try to make love but it aint no use.
Give it to me, give it!
(guitar solo)
Work so hard I couldnt unwind,
Get some money saved;
Abuse my love a thousand times,
However hard I tried.
Heartbreaker, your time has come,
Cant take your evil way;
Go away,
Heartbreaker.
Heartbreaker!

-Heartbreaker, Led Zeppelin

And one more from The Beatles:

Your day breaks, your mind aches
You find that all her words of kindness linger on
When she no longer needs you

She wakes up, she makes up
She takes her time and doesn't feel she has to hurry
She no longer needs you

And in her eyes you see nothing
No sign of love behind the tears
Cried for no one
A love that should have lasted years

You want her, you need her
And yet you don't believe her when she says her love is dead
You think she needs you

And in her eyes you see nothing
No sign of love behind the tears
Cried for no one
A love that should have lasted years

You stay home, she goes out
She says that long ago she knew someone but now he's gone
She doesn't need him

Your day breaks, your mind aches
There will be times when all the things she said will fill your head
You won't forget her

And in her eyes you see nothing
No sign of love behind the tears
Cried for no one
A love that should have lasted years

-For No One, The Beatles

You can't resist her.
She's in your bones.
She is your marrow
And your ride home.

You can't avoid her.
She's in the air... in the air
In between molecules of
Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide.

[chorus]
Only in dreams
We see what it means.
Reach out our hands.
Hold onto hers.
But when we wake
It's all been erased.
And so it seems
Only in dreams.


You walk up to her.
Ask her to dance.
She says, "Hey, baby, I just might take the chance."
You say, "It's a good thing
That you float in the air... in the air.
That way there's no way I will crush your pretty toenails into a thousand pieces."

[chorus]

Only in dreams. (x6)

-Only In Dreams, Weezer

[DDM]

"You Win Again" (http://youtube.com/watch?v=iq8PITIRIKY)

"Love Is A Stranger" (http://youtube.com/watch?v=jLwy2QuVOUE)

"This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8p8PYV86wo&feature=related)

Sex As A Weapon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmYA9yYbsGk&feature=related)

[GRANT!]

"I Don't Love Anyone" by Belle and Sebastian is good.

"Dry" by PJ Harvey but that's more of a song about unsatisfying sex.

[Matthew E]

'Everything About You' - Ugly Kid Joe

[cactusmaac]

Self-Esteem by The Offspring.

[Angelus II]

And Love Say No - HIM

[DDM]

"Return" (http://youtube.com/watch?v=kx4Igas9cMM)

"We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off (To Have A Good Time)" (http://youtube.com/watch?v=ID_N7rv-iN8)

"Empire State Human" (http://youtube.com/watch?v=CPc8tO1t3wE)

"Kids In America" (http://youtube.com/watch?v=-hWZqllm3mQ)

"True Colors" (http://youtube.com/watch?v=1ph7p7DT53Y)

[dogzilla]

So what great anti-love songs can you recommend?
Oh, yeah, that one this morning? It was "No Children" by the Mountain Goats.
LOL when I saw the title of this thread I clicked on it specifically to mention No Children

[DDM]

Iko Iko (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5-1HoLM-aw&feature=related)

Peek-A-Boo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PjUY8IXvnA)

New Sensation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXws4yClyng&feature=related)

In Liverpool (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omyXU1uxNE4)