Brace yourselves its day two of Wrong and Boats takeover and they are back with another letter from a lovelorn soul. The musical interludes crowbarred in are from me unless otherwise stated, they are all taken from themes that will feature in the coming months
Todays letter comes from Andrew from the picturesque Humberside ghetto of Goole. He wants to let his ex partner Miranda that he still loves her and that flame that he had for her has never gone out, despite the fact that she ran off and left him fifteen years ago and took his brand new Toyota Yaris with her. He may have got the Yaris back, recovered from a disused train station car park just outside Mansfield, but alongside his wallet, credit cards and two family size packs of Mentos, Miranda was nowhere to be seen.
In the Backseat – Arcade Fire (2005)
It wasn’t love at first sight for Andrew and Miranda – he used to see her from the building site where he worked, welding pipes, she would be attending the church hall for the Zumba Class. After three months of smiling at each other in an increasingly soppy way, Andrew finally plucked up the courage to ask Miranda out for a drink and a meal at Waynes, a local bistro just off the A161 near Home Bargains.
Baked Potato – Leatherface (1991, Roughneck Records)
There, over an under cooked portion of Duck a L’Orange and a lukewarm cottage pie the two fell in love. Within a year they were married, it wasn’t a posh affair, just them and some family and friends at a local goose sanctuary and then a meal and singsong at the Bucket of Sick, their local Wetherspoons. Within another year their first child, Randolph was born, and their second Jupiter followed around two years later and life seemed to be great for this little family.
Kissability – Sonic Youth (1988, Geffen Records)
Things started to go downhill when they were the Family of the Week on Channel 4’s flagship morning telly show The Big Breakfast. In what has since gone down in television history as one of the greatest things to have ever happened on live TV, a blazing row between Andrew and Miranda was quickly interrupted by Zig and Zag hastily introducing Biker Mice from Mars just as the words “I told you ten times, I never touched Chris’ balls, he dangled them over me….” floated across the kitchen as Gabby Roslin and special guest Joe Pasquale looked on horrified.
Troubled Waters – Cat Power (2000, Matador Records)
There was sadly no coming back from there, Miranda took little Randolph and Jupiter to their grandparents and the next Andrew heard from Miranda was through a solicitor, divorce had been filed for, the marriage had irretrievably failed and Miranda claimed that Andrew’s fondness for dressing up as a goose and shouting “Honk Honk Mummy” as he reached climax had caused severe mental anxiety.
Time has passed, of course it has, mistakes were made, accusations have been flung, of course they were. But a chance meeting at a jumble sale last week has Andrew hoping that the flame can be rekindled. So Miranda if you are reading, Andrew wants us to play a song for you. That song is ‘Lifted’ by the Lighthouse Family, it was the song that played on Sad FM as Andrew dropped you off at home the night of your first date, at Waynes Bistro, it was playing as Andrew reached across and kissed you after he’d untangled himself from the seat beat.
Sadly we don’t have anything by the Lighthouse Family in our record bags today but we’ve chosen something else for you both, it’s a very similar song with a very similar meaning. Take care lovebirds.
Gmail and the Restraining Orders – Death Grips (2021, Third Worlds Records)