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I Love Music More Than I Love You
A love letter to music from a misanthrope
James Garside
12 min read·<br>Aug 30, 2019
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Where is this relationship going?<br>Every love relationship that I’ve ever had has been outlived by the love of the music that I was introduced to through them.<br>Sometimes I feel like the only reason I got into relationships was so that I could go through their music collections and dig out the really good stuff.<br>Whether it’s Nick Drake, Hole, Skinny Puppy, Pavement, Type O Negative, PJ Harvey, Ben Harper, or Madrugada. I’m grateful to the lovers who got me into this great music — but I’m glad I’m no longer in a relationship with them.<br>Who says love is always a good thing? Anything that makes you appreciate the music of Chris de Burgh has got to be morally suspect.<br>It’s also sad when you play someone you love a piece of music that’s important to you and they don’t like it — especially since you know this means you now have to cut this person out of your life.<br>I once stopped talking to friend who, when presented with a CD, said: “Can’t you just give it to me as a Spotify playlist?”<br>If I ever make you a music compilation mix CD and you don’t listen to it then you’re dead to me.
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