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Songs about Failure
Aug. 7, 2009
Blog
Column
Writer: Rob Fitzpatrick

A List

Song

Artist

Recommended by

1

However Much I Booze

The Who

treefrogdemon

2

I'm a Loser

The Beatles

BeltwayBandit

3

Sophisticated Lady

Billie Holiday

May1366

4

Love Will Tear Us Apart

Joy Division

BalearicBeat

5

Rehearsals for Retirement

Ochs, Phil

AdamK

6

Failure

Swans

richardrj

7

One of These Things First

Nick Drake

May1366

8

The Get Out of the Ghetto Blues

Gil Scott-Heron

May1366

9

Agćtis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

DarceysDad

10

Theme From M*A*S*H

Johnny Mandel & Mike Altman

Lostthelot

Note: It sometimes happens in RR that someone recommends a specific version of a song and then someone later comes along and suggests a different version of the song and the second version is picked for the A List. In such cases, the credit for "Recommended by" goes to the person who recommended both song and title. This happened again this week with the Theme From M*A*S*H.  A version by jazz pianist Bill Evans was suggested by Nilpferd. Almost a day later, Lostthelot suggested the song again noting it was written by Johnny Mandel and Mike Altman. The column mentions that Altman wrote the lyrics when he was only 14 and the list attributes the song to Mandel and Altman. Sometimes composers have been credited rather than the artist. In the movie, Johnny Mandel sings the song. So I have credited Lostthelot for the recommendation.

B List

Song

Artist

Recommended by

1

I'm Dead (But I Don't Know It)

Randy Newman

lambretinha

2

Medication

Spiritualized

Nialist

3

Third Week in the Chelsea

Jefferson Airplane

Lostthelot

4

Lord Franklin

Pentangle

treefrogdemon

5

Born a Loser

Don Ray

Martinjones

6

The Garden of Jane Delawney

Trees

Lostthelot

7

Single File

Elliott Smith

tonymulryan

8

I Loved and I Lost

The Impressions

englishhermit

9

My Husband's Got No Courage in Him

The Silly Sisters

treefrogdemon

10

Failure

Kings of Convenience

BeltwayBandit

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