“There are plenty of ways to die, but only love can kill and keep you alive to feel it…” – Leo Christopher
Nothing much to say on the subject of heartbreak… It’s indeed one of the most excruciating types of pain one can feel. When you look into the eyes of someone you love and they look away it hurts like hell and we desperately wish we could do something to stop the tears…but sometimes we just can’t do anything. We can’t stop the feelings we have for someone – and when that someone leaves us for another or walks away, all we are left with is our broken heart and empty soul… Things might get better, indeed; however, heartbreak changes people and always leaves its mark…
Heartbreak has been a popular song theme for as long as we can remember. Actually, many people choose to express their feelings through different types of art…however, since this is a place for rock music, I would be focusing on that, of course.
It may not be pleasant to write, perform or sing about being hurt by someone you love, however, out of this sadness, some of the greatest songs were born. The following publication will list 10 classic rock songs, dealing with the theme of breakup. I apologize for the sadness, but I truly admire these songs and I believe they all possess one outstanding characteristic – impressive lyrics that can make you experience an emotion (most certainly a sad one, though)…
Let’s listen to some of the greatest classic rock songs dealing with broken hearts and trying to forget someone who gave you so much to remember…
PLAYLIST:
- Winger – Headed For A Heartbreak (1988)
Nazareth – Love Hurts (1976)
Sammy Hagar – I’ll Fall In Love Again (1981)
Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way (1977)
Roxette – It Must Have Been Love (1990)
Def Leppard – Bringin’ On The Heartbreak (1981)
Led Zeppelin – “Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You” (1969)
The Eagles – Wasted Time (1976)
The Rolling Stones – Out of Tears (1944)
Elvis Presley- Heartbreak Hotel (1956) - +John Lennon – I’m Losing You (1980)
The Beatles – Yesterday (1965)
Winger – Headed For A Heartbreak (1988)
You’ve become a stranger
I just got to be alone
Don’t need nobody on my side
To dull the blade I’m on
So don’t be waiting on love
‘Cause I’ll be waiting to ramble on…
……..It’s not a mistake
Don’t you think I can feel the pain?
I walk away, to live again…
Nazareth – Love Hurts (1976)
Some fools think of happiness
Blissfulness, togetherness
Some fools fool themselves I guess
They’re not foolin’ me
…I know it isn’t true, I know it isn’t true
Love is just a lie
Made to make you blue…
Sammy Hagar – I’ll Fall In Love Again (1981)
But it’s alright with me now
I’ll get back up somehow
And with a little luck, I’m bound to win
I’ll fall in love, I’ll fall in love again…
…And I guess you think you’ve got it made
Oh, but then you never were afraid
Of anything that you’ve left behind…
Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way (1977)
Loving you
Isn’t the right thing to do
How can I ever change things that I feel?
If I could
Baby I’d give you my world
How can I
When you won’t take it from me?
You can go your own way
Go your own way…
Roxette – It Must Have Been Love (1990)
It must have been love but it’s over now.
It must have been good but I lost it somehow.
It must have been love but it’s over now.
From the moment we touched, ’til the time had run out.
Make-believing we’re together
That I’m sheltered by your heart.
But in and outside I’ve turned to water
Like a teardrop in your palm….
Def Leppard – Bringin’ On The Heartbreak (1981)
You’re such a secret, misty eyed and shady
Lady how you hold the key
Oh you’re like a candle, your flame slowly fadin’
Burnin’ out and burnin’ me
Can’t you see?
Just try and say to you…
You’re bringin’ on the heartache
Takin’ all the best of me
Oh can’t you see?
You got the best of me
Can’t you see?
Led Zeppelin – “Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You” (1969)
It was really, really good.
You made me happy every single day.
But now… I’ve got to go away! Oh, oh, oh.
Baby, baby, baby
That’s when it’s callin’ me
I said that’s when it’s callin’ me back home…
The Eagles – Wasted Time (1976)
Oh, another love has come and gone
Oh, and the years keep rushing on
I remember what you told me before you went out on your own:
“Sometimes to keep it together, we got to leave it alone.”
So you can get on with your search, baby, and I can get on with mine
And maybe someday we will find , that it wasn’t really wasted time…
The Rolling Stones – Out of Tears (1944)
I won’t cry when you say goodbye
I’m out of tears
I won’t die when you wave goodbye
I’m out of tears
Out of tears…
I just had to…
Elvis Presley- Heartbreak Hotel (1956)
And although it’s always crowded,
you still can find some room.
Where broken hearted lovers
do cry away their gloom.
You make me so lonely baby,
I get so lonely,
I get so lonely I could die…
+ 2 BONUS TRACKS From the greatest….
John Lennon – I’m Losing You (1980)
Somehow the wires have crossed,
Communication’s lost,
Can’t even get you on the telephone,
Just got to shout about it,
I’m losing you,
Here in the valley of indecision,
I don’t know what to do,
I feel you sliping away,
I feel you sliping away,
I’m losing you,
I’m losing you…
The Beatles – Yesterday (1965)
Why she had to go, I don’t know, she wouldn’t say.
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday.
Yesterday love was such an easy game to play.
Now I need a place to hide away.
Oh, I believe in yesterday…
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