The BROKEN Playlist

Ever have one of those weeks when all your stuff breaks down at the same time? It might be a watch, then a hip, then a relationship.

I'm having a helluva stretch lately. I went to make a call the other day, and my cellphone was missing its antenna. One of my TVs, a 32-incher, just blew a speaker. My car, the babe-magnet MAZD (the "A" is somewhere in Maryland), is making a death-rattle noise. My headphones just broke. My ATM card might as well be cracked, 'cause there ain't nothin' coming out of my bank account anyway.

Oh, and my daughter's sleepytime light-up turtle just broke, too. Maybe that's why she's sleeping so poorly. This morning she woke up so early, there were still dirty movies on cable. Instead of Spongebob, my kid got a peek of Bikini Girls From the Lost Planet.

Anyway, I figured some of you could relate. As Bob Dylan once said, "Everything is broken." So let's do this: THE BROKEN PLAYLIST. We're not gonna stop until we have 100 solid songs to get us through these no-good, cash-strapped, get-the-glue-gun brokedown days.


Breakdown -- Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Flat Broke and Busted -- Keb' Mo'
Wrecking Ball -- King Wilkie
All Hell Breaks Loose -- the Misfits
Crashing Down -- Mat Kearney
Fall to Pieces -- Velvet Revolver
Breaking Hearts (Ain't What It Used to Be) -- Elton John
Fix You -- Coldplay
Breakin' Dishes -- Rihanna
Break Me Gently -- Doves
Disorder in the House -- Warren Zevon

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[Marissa]

"Ode to my Car" ~ Adam Sandler
"Morning Has Broken" ~ Cat Stevens
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" ~ Green Day
"Broken" ~ Seether
"Don't Go breakin' My Heart"~ Elton John and Kiki Dee
"Walking on Broken Glass" ~ Annie Lennox

I'll think of more when my coffee is in my bloodstream.

[Marissa]

"Nothing my love can't fix" ~ Joey Lawrence http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7FtI3cmZ38 HAHAHA!

"Fix You" ~ Coldplay
"Mr. Fix It" ~ UB40
"Handyman" ~ James Taylor
"Breakdown" ~ Daughtry

[Ian from Down Under]

Broken Wings - Mr Mister
Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz
Shattered - Rolling Stones
All I Need is a Miracle - Mike & the Mechanics (to fix your car)
Walls Come Tumbling Down - The Style Council
And one for Kid Lulu. Humpty Dumpty - Sung by "Her Daddy"

[Bassnote]

Broken - Tears For Fears
Everything Goes Wrong - Paul Westerberg
Breaking Point - Eric Clapton
Break It Down Again - Tears For Fears
Breakdown - Reliant K
Fall On Me - REM
Falling To Pieces - Faith No More
EZ Come EZ Go - Tesla
Crashing By Design - Pete Townshend

[VineyardWoman]

Everything is Broken - Kenny Wayne Shepherd
One Thing Leads to Another - The Fixx

[DG]

Piece of Crap - Neil Young
Busted - Ray Charles
Breakdown Dead Ahead - Boz Scaggs
Don't Fall Apart On Me Tonight - Bob Dylan

[Ian from Down Under]

Detachable P*nis - King Missile

[Marissa]

I made a boo boo and duplicated one of Sean's selections. So, to make up for it I give you these:
"Crumblin' Down" ~ John Mellencamp
"Pick up the Pieces" ~ Average White Band
"Everything's Ruined" ~ Faith No More
"Our House" ~ Madness

There, I feel better now.

[assless chaps]

Broken - Jack Johnson
Broken - Grandaddy
Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day
Broken Wings - Mr. Mister
Broken - Norah Jones
Everything is Broken - Kenny Wayne Shephard
Wrecking Ball - Interpol
You Wreck Me - Tom Petty

[chase]

Achy (gaaaackkk) Breaky Heart -- Hannah Montana's dad.

[Vanessa]

"Everything Falls Apart," Husker Du
"Fix Me," Rise Against
Oh, and why not the '90s pop gem
"Everything Falls Apart" by Dog's Eye View

[Sean Daly]

Yes, yes, I love it, I love it. I feel your mutual pain through song.

[scooterbucs]

"Fall Down" -- Toad the Wet Sprocket

"Help Me I am in Hell" -- NIN
"Mr. Self Destruct" -- NIN
"The Downward Spiral" -- NIN
"Hurt" -- NIN

--There's more NIN but I'll let some other poor sap fill it in.

[Marissa]

YEA! Sean approves! I can breathe easier now

[Tonianne]

S**T Sandwich - Satan's Pilgrims
Things Have Gone to Pieces - Van Morrison
Come Undone - Duran Duran
Handy Man - James Taylor
If I Had a Hammer - The Weavers
Hammer Time - M.C. Hammer
Stop Breakin' Down Blues - Robert Johnson
Oh Good Grief! - Wynton Marsalis
Hurt Beyond Repair - Harry Connick Jr.
Everything Happens to Me - Frank Sinatra
Money's Too Tight To Mention - Simply Red
I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl - Nina Simone
When the World is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around - The Police

[Dan]

Breaking the Chains - Dokken

[Sexy American Girlfriend]

Running on Empty - Jackson Browne
Bless the Broken Road - Rascal Flatts
Cracks in the Pavement - Duran Duran
the House that Jack Built - Metallica
The Man Song - Sean Morey
A Better Life - E L O
Falls Apart - Sugar Ray
Money in the Bank - John Anderson