My Baby Left Me, etc.

Welcome to Episode 32 of …

Getting to the Art of the Matter:
In which we try to answer the really BIG music questions!

Q: Why are there, like, a million songs about “my baby left me?”

A: There are actually 4 possible answers to this very important question:

1. It’s a metaphor.
2. Somebody is lying.
3. There are a lot of exceptionally promiscuous people out there.
4. So-called “blues songwriters” are continuing to rely on an exceptionally short list of lame clichés.

Thank you for your question! Stay tuned for Episode 33, in which we address the question: “What happened to the saxophone in the 90s?”