Broken Love Song
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Broken Love Song (or Broken Love Story[1]) is a track composed by Peter Wolfe and performed by Peter Doherty. It was first heard by fans when Doherty posted a YouTube video of himself recording the song with producer Jake Fior. This unfinished version of the track was later leaked on the Internet as Doherty re-recorded his solo album with Stephen Street. The song has also been performed by other artists, most notably Edie Lee[2].
On January 13, 2009, "Broken Love Song" was reported to be track #10 on Peter Doherty's solo album Grace/Wastelands. On February 3, it was made exclusively available for streaming on the Clash Music website[3].
Peter Wolfe performs guitar on the album version of the song. It is the only track on Grace/Wastelands on which Graham Coxon is absent. When The NME reviewed Grace/Wastelands in January 2009, they noticed Broken Love Song as "...possibly the most prominent hook on an album which, as Pete has said himself, is a rather uncommercial effort."[4]
On June 25, Adrian Hunter announced on the French Dog Blues forum that "Broken Love Song" would be released as Grace/Wastelands' second single, with "Ballad of Grimaldi" as its B side. The single was released in August 2009 on CD, 7" and Download[5].
The lyrics contain a quote from Oscar Wilde's "The Ballad of Reading Gaol."
[edit] Video:
A black and white music video for this track was directed by Douglas Hart and filmed in June 2009 [6]. The video was made exclusively available for streaming on the website of independent web and mobile TV service Babelgum [7].
[edit] Versions:
- Grace/Wastelands: Track #10 - Jake Fior demo
[edit] Tab:
Verse:
Em Em/D# Em/D Em/C# x 2
Em B Bm A7 x 2
Em
Chorus:
Bm F#m
Middle eight:
B D E G A x 2
[edit] Lyrics:
Take a broken love song
Keep it by your side
Never be lonely
Find a place to hide
By the Westway
Inside the Scrubs
How long must we wait
For them killing us?
Killing us
They are the loneliest
They are the loneliest
They are the loneliest
They are the loneliest
Still
Through my cell window
Hear the loft-boy sing
"Come on, you R's"
Carried on the wind
Every morning I'll be singing
Like a caged bird you might say
John, Paul, George and Ringo
Help pass the hours away
Free as a bird will I be
Another dawn creeps up on me
On me
They are the loneliest
They are the loneliest
They are the loneliest
They are the loneliest
Letters from faceless haters
Who'd love to see me swinging in my cell
Why, I never saw a man
Who looked with such a wistful eye
Upon that little tent of blue
Prisoners call the sky
They are the loneliest
They are the loneliest
They are the loneliest
They are the loneliest
Still
Take a broken love song
Keep it by your side
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[edit] Reviews:
Broken Love Song Review Contactmusic.com 27/07/2009
[edit] Releases:
Officially released 16.03.09 on Grace/Wastelands.
Officially released 03.08.09 as a single.
