RUINED MUSIC: THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED By MANDY STADTMILLER - New York Post Online Edition: Entertainment

Might repost on the music blog, but think this is more of a personal note kinda thing.

Y'know, actually, I'm having a hard time finding a song ruined by someone else. Usually I can do that myself.
And the songs that remind me of a heartbreak or trainwreck have usually passed long enough ago that I don't mind anymore.

Oh, shit. Here's one. I'll find the YouTube video so you can listen. THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED By MANDY STADTMILLER - New York Post Online Edition: Entertainment: "THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED

LOVE BREAKS HEARTS; WORSE, IT
RUINS SONGS

By MANDY STADTMILLER
Photo: Christian JohnsTon Photo: Christian JohnsTon
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August 24, 2006 -- WE all have one. That song you can't listen to because it's the one that was playing when she broke your heart, or during that summer job you couldn't stand, or during the dental operation you'd prefer to forget. Now there's a Web site devoted to the concept of the 'can't listen.'

'People have lots of creative ways of ruining music for each other,' says writer Mary Phillips-Sandy, 29, who with boyfriend Bryan Bruchman created the aptly titled Ruinedmusic.com to document such harrowing tales. 'The idea is that you love music and then something happens to alter your appreciation. We think of our site as a way for people to get the story off their chest so they can listen to the song again.'"