They Just Don't Write Em Like That Anymore: Archive

They Just Don't Write Em Like That Anymore

January 2012

3 posts

natface: I Just Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over...

No Light No Light — Florence and the...

Born to Die — Lana Del Rey Don’t...

December 2011

1 post

November 2011

1 post

October 2011

3 posts

September 2011

2 posts

A Very Special Break-Up Edition of This American... →

Obviously, it was unlikely that here at Break-Up Song, we wouldn’t be all over this podcast. Find herewith explorations of what makes a break-up song, how sad music makes you feel better somehow, and the best break-up songs around.

Someone Like You — Adele Don’t...

August 2011

1 post

July 2011

3 posts

Missing You — Diana Ross Sometimes you just...

Rolling in the Deep — Adele This heat wave...

Don’t You Want Me — The Human League ...

May 2011

3 posts

“Well, so that is what happens and what has happened and you might as well admit...”

– Ernest Hemingway, For Whom The Bell Tolls (via drinkyourjuice)

I don’t want to get over you. I guess I...

April 2011

6 posts

The Mountain Goats (and a lot of people in the...

soupsoup: Jeff Buckley : Lover, You Should...

brooklynrenegade: Gnarls Barkley- Who’s gonna save my soul? Got some bad news this morning Which in turn made my day When this someone spoke I listened All of a sudden has less and less to say Oh how could this be? All this time I’ve lived vicariously Who’s gonna save my soul now? Who’s gonna save my soul now? How will my story ever be told now? How will my story be told now? Made me feel like...

braininvain: Break Up Song-Greg Kihn Band ...

March 2011

1 post

It’s an Irish kind of day, and here’s...

February 2011

4 posts

Built To Spill- You Were Right You were wrong...

Don’t Turn Around — Ace of Base Post...

Cry Me a River — Justin Timberlake Hard to...

January 2011

5 posts

December 2010

11 posts

Okkervil River - “Listening To Otis Redding...

breakupsong: And the last word on Christmas week...

Frightened Rabbit — It’s Christmas So...

breakupsong: hoarr: The Darkness - Christmas...

breakupsong: Hang Myself From the Tree — The...

Neveralovelysoreal's Ten Best Break-Up Songs...

1. “No Children” by the Mountain Goats- You probably don’t need to hear anything else about this one. This links to the studio version of the song, but what I really wanted to post (and will eventually) is an MP3 where you can’t really hear John Darnielle because the crowd is singing along and totally overpowering him. The way Darnielle records is so stark that it’s...

5 Depressing Songs for Christmas →

5 blues songs for a blue Christmas.

It’s that time again! Christmastime. Time for being extra happy if you’re with someone, and extra moody about it if you’re not. Recently broken up? If you can tolerate Lea Michele’s voice, this is Glee’s Merry Christmas Darling.

One Break-Up Song and Some Others (put together by...

“No Children” by The Mountain Goats The difference between #1 and #2 is much vaster than the difference between #2 and #100. You know? “No Children” is the perfect break-up song, and the most powerful. There really aren’t even any other break-up songs in existence, because once you stack any other song beside it, its deficiencies—lacks heart, too on the nose, not...

Natface's 10 Best Break-Up Songs

It’s the end of the year, and everyone’s making listicles. Never one to miss the fun, I’ve compiled my top ten break-up songs, the ones that truly, no matter my mood or situation, stir the heart and make me contemplate how deeply personal each romantic interaction is, and how universal, and how earth-shaking, and how seriously normal. Here they are, in order: 1. Fiona...

November 2010

4 posts

Better off Without A Wife — Tom Waits It...

Runaway — Kanye West f/ Pusha T What a rare...

Foundations — Kate Nash Then I’ll...

October 2010

4 posts

Lesson Learned — Alicia Keys Falling down...