Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Self Help Radio 020916: Valentine's Day 2016 - Heartbreak

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Just in time (?) for Valentine's Day is a Valentine's Day show!  Which is not to say this would be a good show to listen to on Valentine's Day - it's about heartbreak, after all.  & who wants to listen to a show about heartbreak on the holiday for lovers?  Even I am not that jaded!

Anyway - it doesn't matter - Self Help Radio is not known for its planning skills.  It could probably not manage a show about trees on Arbor Day.  But!  If you want to hear all about broken hearts, this is the show for you!  Not only are there tons of songs about broken hearts, but our man in Hollywood, Mark Miller, talks about his broken-hearted life, & I chat with the holder of the Guinness Book Of World Records' record of the number of broken hearts!  Also - I attempt to call out all the women who have broken my heart - with disastrous results.

The show is available now & on Valentine's Day & after at the Self Help Radio website.  The show is in two parts - like a broken heart - & what's in those parts is below.  You know by now there's a username & a password, & that it's on the website, right?  Well then happy Valentine's Day to you!

A reminder: I won't be doing the show next week, but Ben Southworth will, & he'll do an excellent job, with a show about "Red Things"!  Tune in!  Show him the love you've never shown me!

& I'll see you in two weeks!

(part one)

"You're Breaking My Heart" Vic Damone _The Mercury Years_
"Only Love Can Break Your Heart" Neil Young _After The Gold Rush_
"Don't Break My Heart" The Dirtbombs _Dangerous Magical Noise_

"Heartbreak Hotel" John Cale _Slow Dazzle_
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" Me First & The Gimme Gimmes _Take A Break_
"The World Of Broken Hearts" Elvis Costello & The Attractions _Imperial Bedroom_
"What Becomes Of The Broken-Hearted? (feat. Colin Blunstone)" Dave Stewart _The Stiff Records Box Set_

"You Can't Break A Broken Heart" The 6ths _Wasps' Nests_
"Even Jesus Couldn't Mend My Broken Heart" The Boy Least Likely To _The Great Perhaps_
"So Many Broken Hearts" APB _Something To Believe In_
"Heartbreak Beat" The Psychedelic Furs _Midnight To Midnight_

"Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken?" Lloyd Cole & The Commotions _Rattlesnakes_
"Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken" Camera Obscura _Let's Get Out Of This Country_

(part two)

"Heartbreaker" Ray Charles _The Birth Of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Rhythm & Blues Recordings 1952-1959_
"Broken-Hearted Melody" Sarah Vaughan _The Great Ones_
"You Can't Lose A Broken Heart" Billie Holiday & Louis Armstrong _Duets With Louis Armstrong & Friends_

"Heart In Your Heartbreak" The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart _Belong_
"Can't Break A Dead Girl's Heart" Zombina & The Skeletones _Taste The Blood Of Zombina & The Skeletones_
"Broken-Hearted Lovers' Stew" Benny Hill _Words & Music_
"I Am Just A Broken Heart" The Jacobites _Robespierre's Velvet Basement_
"Broken Hearted Blues" T Rex _Tanx_

"Do You Have To Break My Heart" The Darling Buds _Crawdaddy_
"Heartbreak 101" Tom Selleck's Moustache _Heartbreak 101_
"Heartbreaker" Girls _Broken Dreams Club_
"The One Who Broke Your Heart" David Byrne & St. Vincent _Love This Giant_

"You Were Made To Break My Heart" Michael Shelley _Too Many Movies_
"Sweetest Girl" Eleanor Friedberger _New View_

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