Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Day 20 - A song that you listen to when you're angry:

by Dick Mac

The 30 Day Song Challenge has been presented to me by my friend Beff. The month of April will be dedicated to those thirty songs.

Elvis Costello can write love songs. He writes even better hate songs.

For some reason, when I thought about this category, I thought primarily about break-up songs and bitchy, nasty songs. "Human Being," by The New York Dolls almost made the cut here.

There is no 20th Century songwriter that does angry white guy better than Elvis Costello. His second album is loaded with angry songs. And I chose "This Year's Girl"; but now I think I should have chosen "Lip Service"or "You Belong To Me"!

Anyway, I knew it would be from This Year's Model:





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