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defrogAbout a century ago, I hosted a radio show called “Beautiful Music For Ugly People”, which was basically two hours of me playing whatever I figured I could get away with playing on a college radio station in a conservative military town. One annual feature of the show was, of course, the special Valentines Day edition, in which I would play songs that weren’t exactly in the spirit of the holiday. Songs like “Love Hurts”, “Love Kills”, “Love Is Pain”, and so on.
Because Jesus, SOMEBODY had to.
Anyway, after enjoyingbedsitter23’s excellent Plastique Valentine series last year (and this year), which expresses the same sentiment, I decided this year to share my hate with you all in the form of a totally illegal podcast/comp thing.
And here it is.
Like before, Team Def gives you a choice of download options.
For the continuous mix (personally remixed by Def Fr0g himself), go here [70.59MB].
For the file of individual tracks, go here [89.33MB].
Enjoy. Or not.
The smell of burning leather,
This is dF
Because Jesus, SOMEBODY had to.
Anyway, after enjoying
bedsitter23’s excellent Plastique Valentine series last year (and this year), which expresses the same sentiment, I decided this year to share my hate with you all in the form of a totally illegal podcast/comp thing.And here it is.
Like before, Team Def gives you a choice of download options.
For the continuous mix (personally remixed by Def Fr0g himself), go here [70.59MB].
For the file of individual tracks, go here [89.33MB].
TRACK LISTING
1. Tom Waits, “First Kiss” (2:41)
2. Grinderman, “No Pussy Blues” (4:21)
3. Frank Zappa, “Bamboozled By Love” (5:46)
4. Gossip, “Yr Mangled Heart” (4:22)
5. Josie And The Pussycats, “Lie, Lie, Lie” (1:54)
6. Dudley Moore, “Love Me” (2:26)
7. Peter Cook, “Bedazzled” (2:13)
8. Zorak, “Darling” (0:47)
9. Mr Rogers, “I'm Going To Marry Mom” (4:25)
10. I Like You (0:04)
11. Ani DiFranco, “Untouchable Face” (3:37)
12. Loudon Wainwright III, “Unrequited To The Nth Degree” (3:02)
13. Regina Spektor, “Ode To Divorce” (3:43)
14. Tenacious D, “Hard Fucking/Fuck Her Gently” (2:39)
15. Bad Livers, “Love Songs Suck” (3:04)
16. Unknown Hinson, “Love On Command” (1:37)
17. The Blenders, “Don't Fuck Around With Love” (2:56)
18. Screamin' Jay Hawkins, “You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want To Do It)” (2:05)
19. Johnnie Ray, “Soliloquy Of A Fool” (2:10)
20. The Raveonettes, “Love Can Destroy Everything” (2:54)
21. The Tubes, “Don't Touch Me There” (3:35)
22. Bill Hicks, “Ted Bundy (excerpt)” (0:19)
23. Roky Erickson, “You Don't Love Me Yet” (5:17)
24. Bongwater, “His Old Look” (2:58)
25. The Primitives, “Stop Killing Me” (2:06)
26. Lush, “Ladykillers” (3:14)
27.The Donnas, “I Don't Care (So There)” (2:47)
28. Foo Fighters, “The One” (2:44)
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
1. Why post it practically a week before Valentine’s Day?
Partly to give you time to enjoy the music and think of ways to put it to good use on the day, or at least put you in the right frame of mind, but mainly because on VD I’ll be in Barcelona catching a flight back to Hong Kong, and I don’t think I’ll have time to post this while I’m there.
2. Why do you hate love so much?
I don’t. I just prefer a fair and balanced view of it.
3. Well then, why do you hate love songs so much?
I don’t hate love songs, either – not good ones, anyway. One of the objectives of this series will be to provide an alternative (as opposed to Alternative®) playlist for lovers of all ages who must be fucking sick of all the Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Chicago and Air Supply tunes they usually get served on February 14.
4. Fine, then why do you hate Valentine’s Day so much?
It’s a bogus holiday invented by greeting card companies to commoditize romance and fleece starry-eyed couples out of billions of dollars. More to the point, it also discriminates directly against people who don’t have a lover at the time. I will not put up with any national holiday that makes some people feel bad about themselves. Fuck that.
5. Problems with the marriage, then?
Nope. Been happily married almost 11 years. That doesn’t make VD any less cynical, cruel or unfair, or mean I’m entitled to ignore everyone else’s feelings.
6. Are you going to subject us to this every year?
O yes. I’ve got tons of dark, evil songs I didn’t have room for this year.
1. Tom Waits, “First Kiss” (2:41)
2. Grinderman, “No Pussy Blues” (4:21)
3. Frank Zappa, “Bamboozled By Love” (5:46)
4. Gossip, “Yr Mangled Heart” (4:22)
5. Josie And The Pussycats, “Lie, Lie, Lie” (1:54)
6. Dudley Moore, “Love Me” (2:26)
7. Peter Cook, “Bedazzled” (2:13)
8. Zorak, “Darling” (0:47)
9. Mr Rogers, “I'm Going To Marry Mom” (4:25)
10. I Like You (0:04)
11. Ani DiFranco, “Untouchable Face” (3:37)
12. Loudon Wainwright III, “Unrequited To The Nth Degree” (3:02)
13. Regina Spektor, “Ode To Divorce” (3:43)
14. Tenacious D, “Hard Fucking/Fuck Her Gently” (2:39)
15. Bad Livers, “Love Songs Suck” (3:04)
16. Unknown Hinson, “Love On Command” (1:37)
17. The Blenders, “Don't Fuck Around With Love” (2:56)
18. Screamin' Jay Hawkins, “You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want To Do It)” (2:05)
19. Johnnie Ray, “Soliloquy Of A Fool” (2:10)
20. The Raveonettes, “Love Can Destroy Everything” (2:54)
21. The Tubes, “Don't Touch Me There” (3:35)
22. Bill Hicks, “Ted Bundy (excerpt)” (0:19)
23. Roky Erickson, “You Don't Love Me Yet” (5:17)
24. Bongwater, “His Old Look” (2:58)
25. The Primitives, “Stop Killing Me” (2:06)
26. Lush, “Ladykillers” (3:14)
27.The Donnas, “I Don't Care (So There)” (2:47)
28. Foo Fighters, “The One” (2:44)
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
1. Why post it practically a week before Valentine’s Day?
Partly to give you time to enjoy the music and think of ways to put it to good use on the day, or at least put you in the right frame of mind, but mainly because on VD I’ll be in Barcelona catching a flight back to Hong Kong, and I don’t think I’ll have time to post this while I’m there.
2. Why do you hate love so much?
I don’t. I just prefer a fair and balanced view of it.
3. Well then, why do you hate love songs so much?
I don’t hate love songs, either – not good ones, anyway. One of the objectives of this series will be to provide an alternative (as opposed to Alternative®) playlist for lovers of all ages who must be fucking sick of all the Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Chicago and Air Supply tunes they usually get served on February 14.
4. Fine, then why do you hate Valentine’s Day so much?
It’s a bogus holiday invented by greeting card companies to commoditize romance and fleece starry-eyed couples out of billions of dollars. More to the point, it also discriminates directly against people who don’t have a lover at the time. I will not put up with any national holiday that makes some people feel bad about themselves. Fuck that.
5. Problems with the marriage, then?
Nope. Been happily married almost 11 years. That doesn’t make VD any less cynical, cruel or unfair, or mean I’m entitled to ignore everyone else’s feelings.
6. Are you going to subject us to this every year?
O yes. I’ve got tons of dark, evil songs I didn’t have room for this year.
Enjoy. Or not.
The smell of burning leather,
This is dF
