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There are plenty of great songs throughout history that glorify and praise romance and love, but do you have any favorites that take the polar opposite view? Songs that either are critical of romance in general, or are just critical of a specific individual (a nameless or fictional one) and how they are a bad partner, etc.

My top in that category would be:
Hall & Oates - Maneater

The Eagles - Lyin' Eyes

If you are into heavy metal, there is Bon Jovi's You Give Love a Bad Name


ETA: For fuck's sake, I forgot Neil Diamond's Solitary Man. Sorry about that oversight. Also, adjusted the thread title.
 
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Does The Police's "Every Breath You Take" advocate for stalking, anyone know? I never fully understood the lyrics, and have been too lazy to look it up.
 
Paradise By The Dashboard Light, by Meatloaf.

I couldn't take it any longer Lord I was crazed
And when the feeling came upon me like a tidal wave
I started swearing to my god and on my mother's grave
That I would love you to the end of time
I swore, that I would love you to the end of time
So now I'm praying for the end of time
To hurry up and arrive
'Cause if I gotta spend another minute with you
I don't think that I can really survive
I'll never break my promise or forget my vow
But god only knows what I can do right now
I'm praying for the end of time
It's all that I can do (oh oh oh)
Praying for the end of time, so I can end my life with you

Pretty funny.
 
I generally don't like anti-love songs. However, I Can See For Miles by The Who... preferably a rocked up live version works for me. I suppose half of Pink's catalog is anti-love, and You and Your Hand works too. Porcupine Tree has Hate Song, but I actually don't care a lot for it.
Brian63 said:
Does The Police's "Every Breath You Take" advocate for stalking, anyone know? I never fully understood the lyrics, and have been too lazy to look it up.
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It is about someone stalking another, not advocating for it.
 
TSwizzle said:
Paradise By The Dashboard Light, by Meatloaf.

I couldn't take it any longer Lord I was crazed
And when the feeling came upon me like a tidal wave
I started swearing to my god and on my mother's grave
That I would love you to the end of time
I swore, that I would love you to the end of time
So now I'm praying for the end of time
To hurry up and arrive
'Cause if I gotta spend another minute with you
I don't think that I can really survive
I'll never break my promise or forget my vow
But god only knows what I can do right now
I'm praying for the end of time
It's all that I can do (oh oh oh)
Praying for the end of time, so I can end my life with you

Pretty funny.
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Don't ask about what Meat Loaf WON'T do.
 
ZiprHead said:
TSwizzle said:
Paradise By The Dashboard Light, by Meatloaf.

I couldn't take it any longer Lord I was crazed
And when the feeling came upon me like a tidal wave
I started swearing to my god and on my mother's grave
That I would love you to the end of time
I swore, that I would love you to the end of time
So now I'm praying for the end of time
To hurry up and arrive
'Cause if I gotta spend another minute with you
I don't think that I can really survive
I'll never break my promise or forget my vow
But god only knows what I can do right now
I'm praying for the end of time
It's all that I can do (oh oh oh)
Praying for the end of time, so I can end my life with you

Pretty funny.
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Don't ask about what Meat Loaf WON'T do.
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I always thought that was a strange song, until I saw it performed as a duet, which is the way it was written. The girl's lyrics claim he'll soon be cheating on her, and he swears he won't do that. Leaving that out might have been a clever marketing ploy, just to make people ask the obvious question and listen to it again.

Any song that becomes a tag line has to be considered a commercial success.
 
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