If you’re single, it can be a bitch living through the week before Valentine’s Day. Tuesday’s Radio Free Lunch is for you (the idea came to me laying alone sick yesterday, oh BOO HOO). Today we’ll play all songs about being lonely and being alone. And being alone isn’t such a bad thing unless you make it that way…..OH BOO HOOOOOOOOO!!!
Update #1: What’s sadder for Valentine’s Day?
A-Being Alone
B-Having Dinner with your parents at Cracker Barrel?
Elizabeth wants to know. HA!
Update #2 Today’s Playlist
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, Green Day
Only The Lonely, The Motels
Who Says, John Mayer
One, Aimee Mann
Dancing With Myself, Billy Idol
I’m The Only One, Melissa Etheridge
I Hope I Don’t Fall In Love, Hootie And The Blowfish
McDonald’s Daily Cheese
So Lonely, The Police
I Alone, Live
One, U2
Good morning Mara!
Glad I’m no longer in that club- fun while it lasted…
Eleanor Rigby- Beatles
Only the Lonely- Roy Orbison
Los Lonely Boys
Walking Contradiction- Green day
Dancin’ in the Dark- Bruce
Sgt. Pepper’s LONELY Hearts Club Band- Beatles
Heaven- Los LONELY Boys
Lonely Runs both ways- Alison Krauss
Lonely People- America
One is the Loneliest Number- Three Dog Night
I’m so tired of being alone- Al Green
Pictures of You- Cure
You Don’t Know How it Feels- Tom Petty
Under the Bridge- RHCP
Cheese- Mr Lonely- Bobby Vinton
Hi Mara, I’d like to request “All by Myself” by Eric Carmen for the RFL … for all the lonely hearts out there….
The Smiths – How Soon is Now?
Good Morning Mara;
I hope you are feeling better. Did you have some of Arlene’s chicken soup to help you?
“Alone Again Or” – Love
“A Lonely Man” – The Chi-Lites
“Hey There Lonely Girl” – Eddie Holman
“Only the Lonely” – Roy Orbison
“Lonely Man On The Corner” – Genesis
“You’re Only Lonely” – J.D. Souther
“I’ve Been Lonely Too Long” – The Young Rascals
“No More Lonely Nights” – Paul McCartney
“So Lonely” – The Police
“Owner of a Lonely Heart” – Yes
“I’m Not in Love” – 10cc
“Tired of Being Alone” – Al “Grits” Green
“Loneliness” – Horslips (admit it, you are shocked that I pulled that out.)
Cheese:
“Alone Again (Naturally) – Gilbert O’Sullivan
“All By Myself” – Eric Carmen
Cheers.
Neil
Feeling better?
Lonely Days- Bee Gees
Nowhere Man- The Beatles
Another Lonely Day- Ben Harper
The District Sleeps Alone Tonight- The Postal Service
It’s Never Too Late To Be Alone- Del Amitri
Why- Annie Lennox
This Years Love- David Gray
Insensitive- Jann Arden
In The Sun- Joseph Arthur
Glycerine- Bush or Melissa Ferrick’s cover (“I’m never alone / I’m alone all the time”)
The Ghost Of You Lingers- Spoon
Cheese:
You Are Not Alone- Michael Jackson
Nothing Compares 2 U- Sinead O’Connor
Good Morning Mara,
Hope you are feeling better, the “bug” that is going around is just awful!
Alone – Heart
The World I know – Collective Soul
Lonely Day – System of a Down
No More Lonely Nights – Paul McCartney
Only the Lonely – The Motels
Only Lonely – Bon Jovi
A Lonely September – Plain White T’s
The Loner – Neil Young
Somewhere Only we know – Keane
Brick – Ben Folds
All By Myself – Eric Carmen
Splendid Isolation – Warren Zevon
I’m the Only One – Melissa Etheridge
Cheese:
Solitary man – Neil Diamond
Show me the meaning of being lonely – Backstreet Boys
Oh, What a Lonely Boy – Andrew Gold
..and since I watched “This Is It” again yesterday…how about MJ ….You Are Not Alone.
Another idea for Cheese:
Every Time You Go Away- Paul Young
Alone and Forsaken – Dave Matthews and Neil Young (from the Haiti relief album)
Last Worthless Evening – Don Henley
Heartbreak Warfare – Makes being alone sound like a good thing!
Alone – Heart
Thnks fr th memrs – Fall Out Boy
I Want to Know What Love Is – Foreigner
November Rain – G N R
Cheese:
Love Stinks – J Geils Band
Missing You – John Waite
Total Eclipse of the Heart – Bonnie Tyler
Phil Collins – Against All Odds
Coldplay – Trouble
Counting Crows – Long December
Pearl Jam – Black (“I know someday you’ll have a beautiful life; I know you will be a sun in somebody else’s sky, but why, why, why, can’t it be, can’t it be mine?”)
Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb
Colin Hay – I Just Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over You
“I Alone” Live
“Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” U2
“Wish You Were Here” Incubus
Wish you were here–pink floyd–two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl—how sad is that?
“Dancin’ With Myself” by Billy Idol
for cheese: “All By Myself” by Eric Carmen, or didn’t Mariah Carey do a remake? that would be even cheesier.
Good call on Billy Idol
Lonely Night in Georgia-Marc Broussard
Hi Mara…welcome back.
OK you have to play Owner of A Lonely Heart by Yes. I saw someone else suggested that one. Smart person.
Love Lies Bleeding…Elton John.
Make it work…
Boulevard of Broken Dreams – Green Day
One – U2
I Am Mine – Pearl Jam
Me, Myself, and I – De La Soul
“Beat’s So Lonely” Charlie Sexton
“Blister In The Sun” Violent Femmes (well, it’s about being master of your domain!)
“Tempted” Squeeze (…Now that you have gone, there’s no other”)
“Private Idaho” B-52s
Manhattans- Kiss and say goodbye
Eating dinner with your parents at Cracker Barrel is sadder. If you are alone at home, at least you can down a whole bottle of Jack to drown your sorrows – try doing that at Cracker Barrel
“Go your own way” Fleetwood Mac
Counting Crows – Thunder Road
* or Springsteen – Thunder Road