Brainwaves – August 2, 2022 – The girlfriend show
Written by Brian Blum on 01/08/2022
On this week’s Brainwaves, five songs about girlfriends – from Shy Nobleman, the Talking Heads, Matthew Sweet, the Smiths and the Three O’Clock. Plus music from Sum Sum, the Bongos, the Go-Betweens, the Decemberists, Peter Buck, Rani & Eland, Owl City, the Turtles and much more.
| Band | Song |
| Peter Buck (feat. Colin Tucker) | Nothing Means Nothing |
| R.E.M. | Half a World Away (live) |
| The Decemberists | The Crane Wife 3 |
| The Three O’Clock | With a Cantaloupe Girlfriend |
| Shy Nobleman | Girlfriend |
| Talking Heads | Girlfriend is Better |
| Matthew Sweet | Girlfriend |
| The Smiths | Girlfriend in a Coma |
| Sum Sum | Bobodo |
| The Bongos | The Bullrushes |
| The db’s | Black and White |
| The Go Betweens | By Chance |
| Owl City | Hello Seattle |
| Josh Joplin Group | Trailways |
| Josh Pyke | Tapping on a Secret |
| Jonathan Coulton | That Spells DNA |
| Fountains of Wayne | Revolving Dora |
| Jellyfish | Sebrina, Paste and Plato |
| Elton John | First Episode at Hienton |
| The Turtles | Elanore |
| Elvis Costello | Veronica |
| Aaron Schroeder | What We Don’t Know |
| Andrew Belle | I’ll Be Your Breeze |
| Gomez | Natural Selection |
| Rani and Eiland | I Was Like a Mother to Her |
| Barenaked Ladies | Down to Earth |
| Ben Folds | You Don’t Know Me |
| The Delgados | Keep on Breathing |
| Snow Patrol | Take Back the City |
| Said the Whale | Plans for the Future |
| Passenger | Staring at the Stars |
| Mumford and Sons | Babel |
| Doves | Caught by the River |
| The Psychedelic Furs | Goodbye |
