The Ledge #415: Love Kills

You really didn't expect a "real" Valentine's Day special tonight, right? I mean, come on, a Ledge episode filled with corny love songs? Of course not.

No no no. I went the opposite direction with tonight's very special episode. With the exception of the opening track (hey, I absolutely have to play "Valentine" by The Replacements), tonight's selections are songs of bitter despair. Divorce and other kinds of breakups. Love gone wrong. Love that kills!

In some respects, the majority of tonight's tracks is a precursor to the Rural Ledge-ucation show that used to air on RPR every Sunday morning. There's over an hour of Americana and singer/songwriter selections, and that's simply because those are the artists that know how to sing about heartbreak.

But the last 45 minutes or so are filled with the more typical tunes heard on the show. The Clash, The Buzzcocks, Husker Du, before ending with the admittedly obvious Public Image LTD. tune "This Is Not a Love Song".

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1. The Replacements, Valentine (Live)

2. Paul Westerberg, Best Thing That Never Happened

3. Paul Westerberg, Positively 4th Street

4. Bob Dylan, Idiot Wind

5. Richard & Linda Thompson, Don't Renege On Our Love

6. Lydia Loveless, Head

7. Lydia Loveless, Desire

8. Sarah Shook & the Disarmers, Dwight Yoakam

9. Amy Rigby, Breakup Boots

10. Liz Phair, Divorce Song

11. Wilco, I Must Be High

12. Uncle Tupelo, Give Back The Key To My Heart

13. Ryan Adams, Come Pick Me Up

14. Graham Parker, Protection

15. Slobberbone, Gimme Back My Dog

16. Elvis Costello, No Action

17. Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Party Girl

18. Shane MacGowan & The Popes, That Woman's Got Me Drinking

19. The Clash, Train in Vain

20. Joe Strummer, Love Kills

21. Ramones, Love Kills

22. Circle Jerks, Love Kills

23. The Creeping Ivies, Love Kills

24. Radio Birdman, Love Kills

25. Hüsker Dü, Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely

26. The Buzzcocks, You Say You Don't Love Me

27. Pagans, What's This Shit Called Love?

28. Public Image Ltd., This Is Not A Love Song