Song hits home with males

From Cher to Jewel to even Britney Spears, would-be poet-philosophers have sung about the woes of heartbreak for years. With a new song, called "All My Ex-Girlfriends" written by Eric Sherman '02, campus males now have a song to soothe the sore wounds of love.

The song — which begins "So here's the situation, we're not getting any ass. Frequent sex and happiness are relics of the past" — has become increasingly popular among the male student body.

Being sent across campus via e-mail on men's sports lists and from friend to friend, the song has grown in popularity by word of mouth.

Though Sherman, whose friends call him "Sherm," said he was "doing service to the bitter man everywhere," he added that the song is not meant to be taken very seriously.

"It's more of a joke," he said. "The song is harsh in its wording and taken to the extreme to make it sort of funny, sort of angry," he said.

The background music and vocals for the song were performed by the band Calico, which played at Charter Club on Dean's Date.

"The second verse about the musician is actually about me," said Richard Bruno '02, who plays bass for the band. "So the stories in the song are true."

Though the song's lyrics are harsh, many students said it accurately described the sentiments after a rough breakup.

"I haven't had any bad relationships with past girlfriends," Matt Lackner '02 said. "But I think [the song's lyrics] accurately reflect the feelings that some of my friends have had."

Lackner added that the version of the song on the network leaves out the song's "funniest part," in which the singer sings the chorus in Spanish.

"This guy said things that guys would only say to other guys but not to girls and actually put it on the network," Bruce Hancock '03 said. "That's what makes the song so hilarious. Otherwise it would just be crude."

Because printing the song's off-color chorus would sink the 'Prince' to the lowest depths of journalism, interested readers will have to listen to it on the network.