{"id":16860,"date":"2020-09-01T20:14:32","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T03:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=16860"},"modified":"2020-09-01T20:14:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T03:14:32","slug":"unchained-melody-whose-heart-is-breaking-in-seven-year-ache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/16860\/unchained-melody-whose-heart-is-breaking-in-seven-year-ache\/","title":{"rendered":"Unchained Melody: Whose heart is breaking in \u201cSeven Year Ache\u201d&#8230;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hrUs_FWqj9s?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p>I&#8217;ve always loved this song, and I finally figured out why: The narrator is actually male \u2013 just as the actual narrator of &#8220;Angry All The Time&#8221; is female. This is not Roseanne bitching out Rodney for his adultery, this is the lamentations of the cheated-on guy.<\/p>\n<p>Big duh, right? Who writes poetry? Why?<\/p>\n<p>Listen for the games of the tempters, referenced repeatedly. Those are men pulling proto-PUA stunts. This is a beta-boy bitching about the sad consequences of marrying a hot-crazy woman.<\/p>\n<p>I recast the lyrics to swap the sexes, and it makes sense to me. My guess is that this was a trunk song \u2013 written by Rodney Crowell to some degree of completion much earlier, then pulled out of the trunk later and polished for Roseanne Cash. An argument in support of that contention is the extreme simplicity of the chord structure, Texas Doo Wop.<\/p>\n<p>I would love to see a slow, yearning cover of this by a male country singer. The story hangs together better, IMO, and the pain is more convincing. Built-in market, too, composed of all the people who love the original.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Seven Year Ache<\/strong> (as adapted)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You act like you were just born tonight<br \/>\nFace down in a memory but feeling all right<br \/>\nSo who does your past belong to today?<br \/>\nBaby, you don\u2019t say nothing when you\u2019re feeling this way<\/p>\n<p>The boys in the bars try to capture your eye<br \/>\nBut you don\u2019t say nothing when they\u2019re telling you lies<br \/>\nYou look so careless when they\u2019re shooting that bull<br \/>\nDon\u2019t you know heartaches are heroes when their pockets are full?<\/p>\n<p>You tell me you\u2019re trying to cure a seven-year ache<br \/>\nSee what else your old heart can take<br \/>\nThe girls say, \u201cWhen is she gonna give us some room?\u201d<br \/>\nThe boys say, \u201cGod, I hope she comes back soon\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Everybody\u2019s talking, but you don\u2019t hear a thing<br \/>\nYou\u2019re still uptown on your downhill swing<br \/>\nThe boulevard\u2019s empty, why don\u2019t you come around?<br \/>\nBaby, what is so great about sleeping downtown?<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s plenty of dives to be someone you\u2019re not<br \/>\nJust say you\u2019re looking for something you might\u2019ve forgot<br \/>\nDon\u2019t bother calling to say you\u2019re leaving alone<br \/>\n\u2019Cause there\u2019s a fool on every corner when you\u2019re trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/16860\/unchained-melody-whose-heart-is-breaking-in-seven-year-ache\/#more-16860\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve always loved this song, and I finally figured out why: The narrator is actually male \u2013 just as the actual narrator of &#8220;Angry All The Time&#8221; is female. This is not Roseanne bitching out Rodney for his adultery, this is the lamentations of the cheated-on guy. Big duh, right? Who writes poetry? Why? Listen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,29],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16860","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-casual-friday","7":"category-group-therapy","9":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2917,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2917\/redfincom-wakes-up-smells-coffee-staples-galoshes-to-forehead-now-redfin-buyers-will-be-able-to-see-homes-in-an-almost-normal-way\/","url_meta":{"origin":16860,"position":0},"title":"Redfin.com wakes up, smells coffee, staples galoshes to forehead: Now Redfin buyers will be able to see homes in an almost-normal way","author":"Greg Swann","date":"April 8, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The uncontested brilliance of the free market is that it is self-correcting. 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