Your Favorite Anti-love Songs

Here’s a couple. What do you think, sirs? The second one has NSFW lyrics

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There are other types of love besides romantic love. Love of your fellow man, for instance. This is an anti- song about that kind of love.

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I thought it might be something like that, and I suppose I did not specify romantic love in the OP, so I guess it fits. :person_shrugging:

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I think this one toes the line in a different direction:

Hate is definitely anti-love, yet the tortured soul here has yet to let go of his love.

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R.E.M. “The One I Love” is far from a love song. “A simple prop to occupy my time.” I read they thought about not including it on the album because it was so mean.

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Ian was writing about the break down of his own relationship with his wife. And in many ways was the raw baring of his soul foreshadowing his suicide.

If that alone marks it as anti-love, I don’t know what would.

Oh Yhea, that it was partially designed as a response to “Love will keep us together” by the Captain and Tennille.

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Those are some pretty good choices! Also from Ween’s catalog, I like this one from 12 Golden Country Greats:

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Halestorm - I Miss the Misery

Jan Terri - If You Want a Divorce

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Silly rabbit! Tricks are for kids!

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OK, I’ll play:

And written by Michael Nesmith:

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Al averages one of these every other album.

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Part II. More Weird Al Anti-Love Songs

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Part III. Further Weird-Al Anti-Love Melodies. He grooved on this theme a lot.

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The Bangles - Where Were You When I Needed You?

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Meatloaf- Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad

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Billy Joel- Scenes From An Italian Restaurant

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Eric Clapton - Layla

Bonnie Tyler- Total Eclipse of the Heart

Meatloaf- I’ll Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)

Meatloaf - Life Is A Lemon And I Want My Money Back

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I guess now we’ll never find out what it was that Meat Loaf wouldn’t do for love.

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