Music related to Involuntary Celibacy

compiled by The Blackest Heart in Christendom

Specific Titles

Title	Artist/Composer/Group
Ask	Morrissey
Canon	Pachelbel
Can't Get No (Satisfaction)	The Rolling Stones
Captain Jack	Billy Joel
Crying	Roy Orbison
Cup Without A Saucer	Damien Spracklin
Everybody Hurts	REM [watch the video for this!-TBHiX]
Foolish Games	Jewel
Gimme Some	Nina Simone
Hole in my Soul	Aerosmith
I Alone	Live
I Am a Rock	Simon and Garfunkel
If I Were You	k.d. lang
I'm Nobody's Baby	unaccredited
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For	U2
Imaginary Lovers "Imaginary lovers never disagree...They're always there when you need --Satisfaction guaranteed!"	Andy Gibb? Atlanta Rythm Section?
I Will Survive	Cake
Lonesome Loser	The Little River Band
Losing My Religion	REM
Love Bites	Def Leppard
Love Hurts	Live
Love Stinks	J. Geils Band
Love the One You're With	Stephen Stills (also attributed to Neil Young)
Matters of the Heart	Tracy Chapman
Melanie	"Weird" Al Yankovic
Norwegian Wood	The Beatles
Only the Lonely	Roy Orbison
Paint it Black	The Rolling Stones
Pelleas et Melisande	Debussy
Rocky Racoon	The Beatles
Save My Life, I'm Going Down For the Last Time	Head East
S.O.S	Black Sabbath
Strawberry Red	The Steve Miller Band
Take Care of My Heart	Tracy Chapman
The Good Old Days	"Weird" Al Yankovic
'Till I'm Back On My Feet Again	Michael Bolton
What Do I Get?	The Buzzcocks
Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd

General recommendations of artists

Everything But The Girl

Elvis Costello

Foreigner

Fugazi and Minor Threat: two SXE (straight-edge) punk bands (led by Ian Mackaye) that question whether or not humans need sex

Nina Simone

The Smiths/Morrissey

Steely Dan ("...some stuff by Steely Dan...you know the ones I'm talking about")

They Might Be Giants

"The closest thing they came to a love song was "Don't Let's Start", which I interpret as an impassioned plea for celibacy."

Also recommended: "anything sung in a language you don't understand."

Warnings

never listen to Leonard Cohen while depressed.
"Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison has a vote for least invcel music (it's about trying to pick someone up for a one-night stand which eventually works)

Mystery Titles

I've heard a good song for the umpteenth time on the TV, and I think it's a good choice, but I know neither the singer (female) nor the title. The refrain goes:

And it's me who is my enemy

Me who beats me up

Me who makes the monsters

Me who strips my confidence....

Anybody know it?
-TBHiX

A reader writes: Just looked for this on the web, and found that it is "Me" by Paula Cole. Can be heard here: http://www.wbr.com/paulacole/cmp/me.html.