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Breakups That Weren’t About Love explores the songs that sounded like heartbreak but were actually written about band tension, burnout, or fractured friendships. From Badfinger to the Beatles to Guns N’ Roses, this episode uncovers the real stories behind some of the biggest rock and pop hits of the seventies, eighties, and early nineties.

Hear how Badfinger’s exhaustion shaped Without You, why Paul McCartney and John Lennon traded musical jabs after the Beatles split, what Ace’s How Long was really about, why Sting wrote So Lonely from struggle not romance, how Jeff Lynne pushed himself to the edge making Out of the Blue, why Roger Hodgson walked away from Supertramp, and what was quietly breaking inside Guns N’ Roses during Don’t Cry.

The Cocktail: Creative Differences

A split base Old Fashioned that matches the theme of musical tension.

Ingredients

• 1 oz rye whiskey

• 1 oz aged rum

• 1⁄4 oz demerara syrup

• 2 dashes Angostura bitters

• 1 dash orange bitters

Instructions

• Stir with ice

• Strain over a large cube

• Express an orange peel

A perfect episode for listeners who love music history, classic rock storytelling, deep cut song origins, and discovering what was really happening behind the music.

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Episode ID: 1000737424678

GUID: Buzzsprout-18212342

Release Date: 19/11/2025, 19:30:00