BJ Thomas and Gwen McCrae sang versions of the song, but both came and went unnoticed.

“Always on My Mind” was kicking around for a couple years. “Strange how you stopped loving me, how you stopped needing me, when she came along.” Brutal. They were the thrill-seekers who’d frequent the seedy Pink Piano Bar and become seduced by the Raymond Revue Bar drag queens. According to Marc Almond, this kitchen-sink drama was inspired by the characters he’d observe from this window of his Brewer Street flat. Ultimately, it’s about loss.Īnother song that could be about lost love or drugs the best ones always straddle that juxtaposition.Ī man breaks up with a Soho prostitute after they fell into a shameful romantic relationship. In her Thunders bio ( Johnny Thunders… In Cold Blood ) Nina Antonia says Thunders’ wrote it years before he was a New York Doll and before he ever started shooting dope. Some say it’s about heroin, others claim it’s about his strange affair with “baby groupie” Sable Starr. “You Can’t Put Your Arm Around a Memory” has been given several interpretations over the years.

These are the 10 best of those types in no particular order.īy 1978 when Johnny Thunders released this song, the New York Dolls had been broken up for two years after they flamed out in a drug-fueled crash landing with Malcom McLaren at the helm.

Songs so dark and void of hope, their lyrics could be read as a suicide note. These heartbreakers are about the people who’ll never find love. Then there are those other love songs written with desperation, grief, and misanthropy - and the love is always unrequited. Most of them are about new, fresh, optimistic love. Love songs seem to fall into two categories. To be able to observe love all around you and realize it will never be deserved or obtained is what this specific genre of music is all about.

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