I got inspiration for this when I was watching YouTube videos of interviews with singers I like and I thought it would be a good idea to put here too!
“Ruined” music is music which you can no longer listen to because it reminds you of a person or situation you do not want to remember.
An example of this for me would be the song “Seventeen” from the Heathers soundtrack, especially the nightcore version because I used to listen to it with a girl I am no longer friends with.
Sometimes it can be hard to separate the song from the person who introduced it to you. Or it may even just be because the song was playing when you just recieved some bad news.
So tell me what your “ruined” music is. You can even tell me why .
Sunflower by Post Malone. I didn’t exactly ‘love’ it but I thought it was okay. And then my little brother had sing two lines (more like scream) on an endless loop .
Oh my goodness nothing frustrates me more I was listening to the song Ride by Twenty One pilots and my Dad started singing an entirely different song and oh boy did I get mad. It wasn’t funny it was just rude, when he’s listening to his stuff I don’t start singing dumb s*it.
I only have a couple songs like that. Songs I would listen to with exes and stuff that now just remind of bad times. Fallout Boy’s Alone Together is actually a good example of that. Thankfully I’m on good enough terms with an ex I used to llisten to Dragonforce with that that band isn’t ruined forever xD
Secondly, my “Runied” music would be Love Someone by Lukas Graham. It was such a lovely song and the song was on loop (You can say this was my country’s favorite)
But since it was popular, it also became our opening dance at prom. Reminds me of my crush, and how that felt like hell the entire night I mean i did have fun, the thought just circled around me and i felt like crap probs told the world about this 100 times
My “ruined” music would be The One That Got Away by Katy Perry and Riptide by Vance Joy. One of my past best friends used to always sing those two songs, so now I correlate them with her. It’s been a few years, so I’ve become more or less indifferent, but I still avoid the songs when possible.
The song “partners in crime” by set it off used to be unlistenable to me but now I can listen to it without the bad memories.
Same with the entire of Asking Alexandria, they were my exes favourite band and he was such a big a**hole that I wanted nothing to do with this band. But I actually gave them a try and now I love them.
10 feet tall (Afrojack), perfect (Ed Sheeran) and something just like this (Coldplay and the Chainsmokers) were definitely ruined by my last ex. I still can’t listen to those songs without completely hating him and how he treated me…
I struggle listening to anything by Madame Macabre now because of the bad memories but I listen to similar people to her anyway so I think it’ll be okay
Oml rip I love the song Seventeen, it makes me cry when I sing along to it (especially the last part) though
But I guess “Does Everybody In The World Have To Die” by Hollywood Undead would be one of those songs for me? I remember listening to that song while walking home and I was upset at my dad for some reason and then later that day I found out that my grandpa died. Like I still like the song (although I don’t listen to it much anymore) but it still reminds me of that (it doesn’t hurt to listen to or anything since I was never really close with my grandpa so it didn’t affect me much but it still reminds me of it, idk it that makes sense?)
That’s my nephews’ favorite song. They’re always singing it, but I love it because it reminds me of them.
But at their birthday party (their parents decided to have a party for both of them even though one was born in August and the other in October), they wanted that song to be played, but whoever was in charge of the music only played Mexican songs from the 80s, and some kids’ songs from really old TV shows. I mean, come on! They could have at least played some songs that kids are into these days.
Anyway, getting back on topic, a lot of songs that I listened to when I was with my ex were ruined after we broke up. But it’s been a long time since then, so I can probably hear those songs now and feel absolutely nothing, just as I feel absolutely nothing for him now.
I kind of had a thing with this guy before and he liked the song “Snow (Hey Oh)” by Red Hot Chili Peppers so now that song makes me a little sad when I listen to it, rip. I still like the song but it’s on my sad playlist
Also I listened/cried to the song “hell is where i dreamt of u and woke up alone” by blackbear after I broke up with this girl I dated online so that reminds me of that but the song is already sad in itself so it doesn’t make me even more sad (and I guess I just don’t get sad in general thinking about her) lol
I just remembered a song that’s super ruined for me.
“What Is Love?” by Haddaway.
When I was in the 7th grade, I was obsessed with that song. Bought the CD and carried it with me everywhere. Talked about it here and there.
My dad had a friend and co-worker that was from Trinidad, like the singer of that song I just mentioned. So I started talking to him about that singer, thinking he might have known him since they were from the same country. I also became friends with his kids and hung out with them.
Well… one day, this man came to my house to help me with some technical computer issues. My dad wasn’t home (but my mom was), and while this guy was working on my computer, he… touched me… where I didn’t want to be touched. After he left, I told my mom but we agreed not to tell my dad because we thought he could do something drastic that would have serious consequences.
My dad passed away a year later, and he never found out.
So, needless to say, I couldn’t even mention that song for years without getting the creeps, and I told my mom never to mention the song or the name of the singer again because it reminded me too much of that man and what he did to me.
Now I can hear the song and it doesn’t bother me, but I don’t ever want to hear it in front of my mom because I’m afraid she’ll mention something about me being obsessed with the song and the singer years ago.
The old music of my favourite musician was “ruined” for me, but I’m slowly starting to enjoy it again. Some years ago one of my friends showed them to me and when we had a big fight, I couldn’t listen to those songs anymore
Oh, here’s another one.
I used to like the song Pumped-Up Kicks until I read the lyrics and what it’s about, and… nope. School shootings is a topic that has always made me feel anxious.
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