I've written posts before about how
music can greatly impact our moods and lives. When we are in love, we
might enjoy a good love song. When we are going through a breakup,
however, that is probably the last thing we want to hear!
Tear-jerkers can help when you have a lot of crying to do, but you
can't stay in that stage forever. Eventually, your neighbor is going
to get tired of hearing you playing the same sad song over and over
again. Also, your roommate might not enjoy having to duck to avoid
getting hit by the darts you've been throwing at your ex's picture
for the past two weeks. Eventually, you're going to have to find a
way to laugh again. Toward that end, here are some break-up songs
that express the sentiments many of us feel in ways that are fun for
everyone else to listen to.
One of my favorite breakup songs is
Carrie Underwood's 'Before He Cheats'. The whole song is funny, but
here's the chorus:
And he don't know...
That I dug my key into the side of his
pretty little souped-up 4-wheel drive
Carved my name into his leather seat
Took a Louisville Slugger to both
headlights
Slashed a hole in all four tires
Maybe next time he'll think before he
cheats
You can read and hear the rest of the
song here:
http://www.metrolyrics.com/before-he-cheats-lyrics-carrie-underwood.html
I know that revenge isn't a very
productive or Christian thing to do, but sometimes it's good to know
that you're not alone in your feelings. That, and it's fun to imagine
someone as small as Carrie Underwood beating up a pickup truck.
When it comes to song parodies, few
singers are better at making us laugh than Weird Al Yankovic. Even
the songs that aren't directly making fun of a specific song can
still have you rolling on the floor. For example, here's one done in
50's doo-wop style:
Oh, honey, let me help you with that
suitcase
You ain't gonna break my heart in two
'Cause I'd rather get a hundred
thousand paper cuts on my face
Then spend one more minute with you.
It just gets funnier as it goes on. You
can read and hear the rest of 'One More Minute' here:
I don't know if
you've ever seen the movie The Wedding Singer, but it's about,
well, a wedding singer who gets left at the altar and ends up falling
for another woman. In the wedding reception after his breakup, Adam
Sandler sings a hilarious version of this song by the J. Giels Band.
You love her, but she loves him
And he loves somebody else, you just
can't win
And so it goes until the day you die
This thing they call love, it's gonna
make you cry
If you'd like to hear it in an
'angry-female' style, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts also 'covered'
this song.
You can read and hear the rest of 'Love
Stinks' here:
I don't know who coined the phrase,
'Laughter is the best medicine', but they knew what they were talking
about. Having a few good laughs at your ex's expense is a great way
to make the pain of a breakup a little less pressing. Enjoy!
