House Is A Feeling

I’m looking for songs about the emotional lives - and lack thereof - of houses and furniture. “Live Bed Show” by Pulp would be a good example, Bacharach/David’s “A House Is Not A Home” another one. Any more?

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  1. andrewtsks answered: psychedelic furs, “house” maybe? hardcorefornerds’s suggestion is probably the best possible answer though.
  2. andybeta answered: Willie Nelson “Hello Walls”
  3. unrequitedlazerguided answered: In Every Dream Home A Heartache by Roxy Music?
  4. trailofdan answered: Bulk Removal Truck by Franklin Bruno
  5. ley-lines said: Tom Waits — “House Where Nobody Lives”
  6. bowiesongs answered: the Go-Betweens, “Dusty in Here”
  7. 301cranston answered: The album ‘Ghost’ by Radical Face is a concept album about almost exactly that.
  8. likeapairofbottlerockets answered: House - Patrick Wolf. The Mess Inside - The Mountain Goats
  9. hardcorefornerds said: Fugazi, ‘Furniture’ (“Furniture has no say in life, it was made to be used by people”)
  10. jrichmanesq answered: i can’t believe I’m bringing them up, but Barenaked Ladies’ “The Old Apartment” probably fits the bill
  11. cureforbedbugs answered: Marie Serneholt, “I Need a House”
  12. hndrk said: Also, Graham Coxon’s This House from his last LP…
  13. hndrk answered: Roxy Music’s In Every Dream Home A Heartache, Smiths’ Back To The Old House or Mojave 3’ In Love With A View all might work at a stretch!?
  14. lonepilgrim answered: This Ole House (see wiki); To build a home - Cinematic Orch.; Bedsitter - Soft Cell
  15. bmichael answered: burning down the house?, air’s empty house, daft punk is playing AT MY HOUSE,
  16. marathonpacks said: I also suspect that many Talking Heads songs would fit this bill.
  17. marathonpacks answered: Harry Nilsson “Good Old Desk”
  18. journeytothesun answered: “Rented Rooms” by Tindersticks springs to mind.
  19. fuckyeahbluemonday answered: Beautiful South’s “The Table”
  20. popcornnoises answered: Not sure how insightful a song it is, but Animal Collective’s “Leaf House” comes to mind.
  21. alexcornetto answered: The Lemonheads ‘Stove’ - an ode to a kitchen appliance written with the same pathos as a eulogy.
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