Maybe that is one reason why break-up songs are so popular. They seem to pour out of the radio more often than songs about lovers staying together.
Today, Christopher Cruise and I play some break-up songs from today and yesterday and look at the language used in them.
Gotye performs in April at the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California
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Gotye performs in April at the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: That song is “Somebody That I Used to Know” by Australian singer and songwriter Gotye. Singer Kimbra from New Zealand also is heard on the single. Right now, it is the number one song on Billboard Magazine’s Hot 100 singles chart. It has been on the chart for twenty-one weeks.
Why is this song so popular? For one thing, it uses a phrase common to break-ups. Gotye sings “you said we would still be friends.”
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Men and women often say this during a break-up, but it is not usually true. And it definitely is not the truth in this song.
Gotye sings about being treated like a stranger. He sings that the woman acted as if they never had a relationship. The song expresses anger felt from betrayal and dismissal. It is hard for the listener to not feel sympathetic.
JUNE SIMMS: But then we hear from the former girlfriend. She feels she was “screwed over” or treated unfairly. And yet, she says, he always made her feel like she was to blame.
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