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There are Plastique Valentine songs in every genre.

Hard rock is a good source for The Great Heartwrenching Ballad.

There's also less originality in Hard Rock than one thinks. Okay, most bands write the album tracks, but go elsewhere for the hit singles. Aerosmith turning to Dianne Warren is the first one that comes to mind, but I probably would just need to turn to Desmond Child's wikipedia page to give you 40 more examples.

You know you can pick on Kip Winger and Jani Lane of Warrant all you want, but they wrote the song that made their bands famous. They didn't need to rely on some tune written by Ian Hunter, Noddy Holder, or the Five Man Electrical Band.

Or some old Everly Brothers/Roy Orbison ballad from the 50s.

Sorry, Nazareth.

I didn't realize it was a cover, but sure enough Orbison's version shows up on this month's Uncut sampler which is themed around Gram Parsons's favorite songs.

It's full of plenty of Plastique Valentine themed songs from country's golden years with artists that everyone love (Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Sr) and those that aren't well-loved but should be (Flatt & Scruggs, Faron Young). Maybe some of them will get posted here.

In the meantime, it doesn't get more yearning than the master...

Plastique Valentine is all about the complexities of love.

Well, it doesn't get more complex than this.

"The only girl I've ever loved is...Andrew in Drag".

(video is probably not appropriate for work)

I got Cohen last post, and I've hit Dylan and Tom Waits. The Doors, the Velvets and Zappa.

I need to hit the big ones, though- Plastique Valentine hits a lot of obscure gems, but it needs to make room for the legends, too- Hank Sr for sure. the Beatles (Sexy Sadie is incredibly bitter- and to be fair, I have included the Rutles) and the King.

Going to keep it simple here with this early Elvis (the flip side of "Mystery Train") single

"I forgot to remember to forget"

Last year's Al Jourgenson country-core project (with Cheap Trick's Rick Neilsen, Static-X's Tony Campos, and Ministry's Mike Scacia - who apparently passed away last month) gave us an album- Bikers Welcome Ladies Drink Free with a bunch of fantastic one-liners suitable for Plastique Valentine (if not suitable for work or small children).

This is pretty self-explanatory.

"I hate every bone in your body except mine"