{"id":5798,"date":"2021-02-12T17:00:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T22:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=5798"},"modified":"2021-02-12T17:00:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T22:00:23","slug":"enough-of-silly-love-songs-an-anti-valentines-day-playlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=5798","title":{"rendered":"Enough of Silly Love Songs: An Anti-Valentine’s Day Playlist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Joyelle Ronan<\/em><\/p>\n

Paul McCartney once wrote, \u201cYou\u2019d think that people would have had enough of silly love songs.\u201d Judging by the streaming records being broken by Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s \u201cDriver\u2019s License,\u201d it seems that people have had enough. When you feel the urge to sing \u201cred light, stop signs\u201d at the top of your lungs, maybe switch it up. There are plenty of alt-pop songs that perfectly juxtapose catchy tunes with lyrics about heartbreak. Whether you\u2019ve recently gone through a breakup, very single, or just feeling that post-V-Day crash, here is the perfect playlist for you!<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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  1. Inches and Falling (I Love, Love) by The Format<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Off the album \u201cDog Days\u201d, The Format sings sarcastically about their love for love. If you love the idea of romance but find the reality not as great as you thought it would be, this song is for you. <\/span>Best lyric<\/b>: When we would take trips\/\/ We swore we’d never take pictures\/\/ Pictures only prove you can’t convince\/\/ Now I wish those photographs\/\/ Could convince you that what we had\/\/ Would only turn out a negative.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. I Don\u2019t Want to Know by Fleetwood Mac<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      If any band knows how to write a breakup song, it\u2019s Fleetwood Mac. The entire \u201cRumors\u201d album was written amidst divorce and fighting. \u201cI Don\u2019t Want to Know,\u201d in particular, attempts to make peace with an ending relationship. <\/span>Best lyric<\/b>:<\/span> I don’t want to know the reasons why\/\/ Love keeps right on walking on down the line\/\/ I don’t want to stand between you and love\/\/ Honey, I just want you to feel fine.<\/span><\/p>\n

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      1. Dangerous Blues by The Young Veins<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        If you miss that very specific type of summer love, then give \u201cDangerous Blues\u201d a listen. The song details the melancholy feelings that can come with love and uses clever sea analogies. <\/span>Best lyric<\/b>: <\/span>This is a home, we just don’t have a door<\/span>\/\/ <\/span>Euphoria is a risk on the floor<\/span>\/\/ <\/span>Words keep on crawling from under the rug<\/span>\/\/ <\/span>Who knew that love was a dangerous drug?<\/span><\/p>\n

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        1. I Think Ur a Contra by Vampire Weekend<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          If you are unfamiliar with VW, they write their lyrics as glimpses or collages of life. \u201cI Think Ur a Contra\u201d is a collage of thoughts showing a failed relationship where one partner repeatedly contradicts themselves. <\/span>Best lyric<\/b>: But it’s not useful now\/\/ Since we both made up our minds\/\/ Your gonna watch out for yourself\/\/ And so will I.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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          1. February by Beach Bunny<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            It\u2019s the month of love, but what if the relationship doesn\u2019t make it to February 14<\/span>th<\/span>? In this track off the EP, \u201cCrybaby,\u201d Beach Bunny fantasizes about what could have been if their significant other hadn\u2019t walked away. <\/span>Best lyric<\/b>: Summer’s gone, seasons change\/\/ He’s got a heart of construction paper\/\/ All of his problems buried away\/\/ Inside the sleeve of a green windbreaker.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Written by Joyelle Ronan Paul McCartney once wrote, \u201cYou\u2019d think that people would have had enough of silly love songs.\u201d Judging by the streaming records being broken by Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s \u201cDriver\u2019s License,\u201d it seems that people have had enough. When you feel the urge to sing \u201cred light, stop signs\u201d at the top of your…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-5798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-wellness","tag-summer2019"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}