Telling a Girl her Services Are No Longer Required…
…through the medium of popular song!
It wasn’t intentional, but as my relationship with an ex-girlfriend was coming to a rather long drawn-out and bitter end there were a couple of songs, all from Uncut compilations, that just kept popping up on the stereo. She took them as a message and, as much as it wasn’t intended to be one, I felt no need to disabuse her of this impression. You know when you’re just done with someone and they irritate you, you irritate yourself for not just getting rid, and then she irritates you more for tolerating you despite the fact you’ve clearly turned into a complete dickhead? Well, you get the picture. You know you’re being a dick when you actually blame someone else for letting you act like an arsehole, but I suppose most of us have done it at some stage.
It was a bit like letting an animal die from exhaustion rather than just putting a bullet through its head and being done with it.
Roddy Frame – I Can’t Start Now
The Replacements – Unsatisfied
The Flatlanders – Going Away
