Since we're on the theme of romantic movies and songs, I thought I'd ruin it by asking about your break up songs. (I watched VH1's '100 most Awesomely Bad Break up Songs' the other night, so I have a few in my head.)
We all have them. Which songs did you listen to over and over and over and over...which songs did you wish you had written because they perfectly described your broken relationship?
Mine?
Foolish Games by Jewel. I know, give me a break. I was in college in the late 90s. Take a Look at Me Now Phil Collins Always Be My Baby by Maraiah Carey. For those in denial. To Love you More Celine Dion. For the jealous types who are also in denial.
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
Song for the Dumped by The Ben Folds Five
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Oingo Boingo's "Go Away"
Everytime I see you now it makes me feel so bad Reminds me of the memories I wish I never had
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
That whole entire Chicago album that I promised myself I would never listen to again after an unfortunate weekend my sophomore year of college.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Weird Al's "One More Minute" Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
I had an entire mix tape that I had pathetically made full of love songs and break up songs that reminded me of this one guy.
Wait. I did that twice. Two different guys. For some reason I just liked to wallow and wallow and I'd listen to tapes like that over and over again. Yuck.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
I love Weird Al relationship songs. "Melanie" and "I was Only Kidding" are two of my very favorites.
When I told you I loved you, baby When I said that I really cared. When I told you that I can't live without you that I'd follow you anywhere...
I was only KIDDING!
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Heh, that's what I'm talkin' 'bout....
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
I had a tape that was all about being happy to be out of a bad relationship. I would listen to it all the time after getting out of the *really* bad one.
Songs like "I Saw the Sign" and "Victory" (by some 80's alternative band I can't recall.)
Posted by Lucky4 (Member # 1420) on :
No Need to Argue by the Cranberries Lover, You Should Have Come Over by Jeff Buckley
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
See bev, I guess you're just a more positive person. My tapes were always meant to help me 'think of that person' *barf* and they ended up depressing me. Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
Not specifically a break-up song, but more generally about not being able to get/keep a relationship: Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend by The Mr. T Experience.
He was the worst guy ever, Reviled and despised. But even Hitler had a girlfriend So why can't I? Why can't I?
Oh! And for people asking about your sig.other after a break-up there's The Vandals' My Girlfriend's Dead.
--Enigmatic
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
The Hardest Part of Breaking Up is Getting Back Your Stuff - I forget who
Engimatic, My Girlfriend's Dead is a good one.
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
Yeah, the Vandals have a lot of good relationship songs. The New You is also appropriate for this thread.
Every time I call the Old You, The New You answers the phone. I just want to talk to Old You, But New You says you're not home.
I also second the Weird Al songs previously mentioned.
--Enigmatic
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Narnia, there was no need to wallow over that particular relationship. I ended it, and I never regretted ending it once.
But I also tend to hate myself when I am wallowing, so while I may wallow in some ways, I don't do it musically for some reason. Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
"Here I Go Again on my Own" by Whitesnake.
I know, give me a break. I was in college in the late 80s. Posted by Speed (Member # 5162) on :
Poor Heart by Phish I Feel Free by Cream Both are very liberating.
Also two excellent breakup albums are Led Zeppelin I (for the "good riddance; women are evil" type of breakup) and "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" by Derek and the Dominoes (for the wistful "please come back to me" type of breakup). After each of my two most major breakups of my college years I went on a roadtrip, and I just happened to have Zeppelin I on the first trip and Layla on the second. They fit the mood perfectly, and are still on the top of my list for perfect musical choices.
Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :
How about I'll Stick Around, by the Foo Fighters?
*sings* I don't owe you anything, I don't owe you anything...
Posted by beatnix19 (Member # 5836) on :
Untouchable Face by Ani Difranco. Great song by a great song writer that was in my cd player all the time after my last break up and will most likely be played alot through my divorce as well.
Posted by Ophelia (Member # 653) on :
I've never had a breakup. But while a really, really close and important friendship was falling apart, I listened to Guster's "Either Way" quite a bit.
Posted by Fusiachi (Member # 7376) on :
I second Song for he Dumped by Ben Folds.
Posted by Tinros (Member # 8328) on :
"Gunning Down Romance" by Savage Garden. Hey, I was born in 88, I have a right to like things like that. But it's true...
I'm gunning down romance It never did a thing for me but heartache and misery ain't nothing but a tragedy
etc., etc., about how love is only a chemical reaction in your brain and stuff like that. For those who are in denial but are masking it with the tough person attitude.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
The most cheesy, overplayed breakup song ever: Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird."
Edited to add: bev, Ace of Base?
Posted by Coccinelle (Member # 5832) on :
"Did you ever really love me?" as sung by Nikki French.
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
I Saw the Sign was definitely Ace of Base. Not sure about Victory, though.
I like Jamie Cullum's version of Lover, You Should Have Come Over. I've been listening to his Twentysomething album the last few days.
As for my songs, Hit the Road, Jack and I'm Still Alive rank pretty highly.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Oh, yeah. Good calls, Goody.
Posted by ambyr (Member # 7616) on :
Annie Lennox is always good. . .
The Saddest Song I've Got - "There's nothing left to say/said it anyway" Pavement Cracks - "I would have done anything/for happiness to bring"
. . .or Tori Amos. . .
Northern Lad - "I love his secret places/But I can't go anymore" Baker Baker - "Well I ran from him in all kinds of ways/Guess it was his turn this time"
. . .or, for humor and sarcasm, Barenaked Ladies.
Told You So - "I had myself fooled into needing you/Did I fool you, too?" Leave - "How am I supposed to remember you/When you won't let me forget?"
Posted by ? (Member # 2319) on :
Most Matchbox 20 songs work as good breakup songs. "Push" "Bed of Lies" "The Difference" ect.
But besides that I've gotta say "Every Rose Has It's Thorn" by Guns and Roses ranks pretty high.
?
Posted by AC (Member # 7909) on :
"Die Die My Darling" by The Misfits
Posted by Hmm216 (Member # 8403) on :
"I will survive" Good old Aretha Franklin (spelling?)
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
Stevie Nicks "Silver Springs" -- just enough bitterness!
Posted by arevoj (Member # 7347) on :
"Clear to You" - Innocence Mission "You Know What I Mean" - Phil Collins "I Think I'll Disappear Now" - Crash Test Dummies "Taking Over Me" - Evanescence "I Can't Make You Love Me" - Bonnie Raitt "Ghost" - Indigo Girls "Go It Alone" - Beck "Let 'Er Rip" - Dixie Chicks "How Beautiful You Are" - The Cure "I Don't Mind At All" - Bourgeois Tagg
...to name a few.
Posted by BotaLadyG (Member # 7053) on :
"Broken Hearted Savior" by Big Head Todd and the Monsters...
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
"Fly" by Moxy Früvous came immediately to mind.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
arevoj, "Ghost" doesn't seem to be a break up song. *sniffle* That one's so sad, I love it.
I've listened to U2's "All I want is You" as a break up song. I love the lyrics to that.
Posted by Zotto! (Member # 4689) on :
Uhm, as far as pissed-off "I'm glad you're gone" kinda break-up songs, I've always been partial to "Overwhelming", "Now That It's Over", and "The New Disease" by Everclear. *grin*
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Break, break, break by Tennyson.
I never broke up with anyone, I never had anyone to break up with. But thanks for the ideas! Posted by Crotalus (Member # 7339) on :
Just about every song these two guys ever sang:
Dwight Yoakum and Chris Isaak
I swear if either of those two ever have a relationship that works out, then their career will be over.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:"I will survive" Good old Aretha Franklin (spelling?)
It's spelled "Gloria Gaynor."
Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
"Every Rose Has It's Thorn" is Poison, not GnR.
Obscure Break Up Song Choice: "Tea and Sympathy", Jars of Clay
Weird Al suggestions are greatness, as is "Love Stinks" by the J Geils Band
Jo Dee Messina's "My Give a Damn's Busted" can be very liberating
Keri Noble has several excellent ones for every situation from "I can't believe you have to move away" ("Piece of My Heart"), to "I really regret letting go" ("Dream About You"), to "I'm glad you're gone" ("Let It Rain"), to the only really tender "I'm just not sure I'm ready for a serious commitment" song I know of ("About me")
But my favorite is a little self-serving: I helped write a very good one called "Somehow". When we played it just right live, there would be several seconds of dead silence (the good kind) followed by wild applause. It was cool.
Somehow Lee Caropresi and Jim Scott
I've been thinking 'bout A girl that I once knew She said I was the only one
And I can't figure out What I'm gonna do 'Cause it seems the light is gone
But I will make it through, somehow
I remember when I last saw her face It keeps me hangin' on
But it's so lonely in This cold and weary place I feel I can't go on
But I will make it through, somehow
I've been driving by The place we used to live Feels like holy ground
I've pleaded with the sky Gave all I could give To make her come around
But I will make it through, somehow
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
I've always burst into tears whwn I listen to Billy Joel's "And So it Goes." It's absolutely beautiful and absoultely sad. So, good if you're into melancholic break ups.
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
"Empty Chairs and Empty Tables," from Les Mis.
Posted by Speed (Member # 5162) on :
Jim-Me, you can't post a whole song on this forum! There's a dude named The Analog Kid that's going to sue us now!
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Apparently strict copyright adherence isn't being practiced here any more. Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
at Speed
If he hadn't taken a copyrighted name, he might have a leg to stand on
Annie... very good choice.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
"O Haupt" by JSB.
Posted by Sean (Member # 689) on :
Figured You Out by Nickelback
Posted by camus (Member # 8052) on :
created a playlist with The Cure, Bright Eyes, and Dashboard Confessional with some additional songs from The Ataris and Jimmy Eat World and then hit the random button. - However, these songs don't exactly make me feel ecstatic about life, so I have to use in moderation.
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
I like the: "I've been driving by / the place we used to live" bit. That's nice.
The classic for me is Pearl Jam's Black: "I know someday you'll have a beautiful life / I know you'll be a star / in somebody else's sky / buy why, why, why can't it be mine?"
Also Tool's H: "The snake behind me hisses what my damage could have been / my blood before me begs me open up my heart again."
Ben Folds' Gone: "I know that you went straight to someone else / while I worked through all this s*#%! here by myself."
A Perfect Circle's Passive: "Why can't you turn and face me? / You f@#*ing disappoint me / Passive-aggressive bulls*#%!"
I actually find the first Linkin Park record decent for this purpose. Once after a breakup I found myself living alone in the middle of nowhere, so I learned to scream along to some of the songs on that record. It was very theraputic. I like to listen to angry music after breakups.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
quote:quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I will survive" Good old Aretha Franklin (spelling?) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
It's spelled "Gloria Gaynor."
*laugh*
Posted by amira tharani (Member # 182) on :
Sheryl Crow My Favourite Mistake Posted by Tinros (Member # 8328) on :
Does "Good Bye Earl" by the Dixie Chicks count?
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
*giggle* (to Tinros) That's more than a break up song. That's a total revenge song ending in DEATH!
Posted by Tinros (Member # 8328) on :
still, if it makes you feel better... Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :
If you want a creepy one, there's also the Foo Fighter's Walking After You (yes, I'm listening to alot of Foo Fighters these days).
If you walk out on me I'm walking after you...
Posted by not hansenj (Member # 8066) on :
kojabu- "The Hardest Part of Breaking Up...is getting back your stuff" is by 2gether. They were an MTV created boyband for a mockumentary, and their music was so popular that I heard they became a real boyband after that. Anyway....
I second that nomination, and add: "You're Pretty Good Looking...for a girl" by the White Stripes. It's just a good I don't need you anymore kind of breakup song.
For the more bitter breakup, anything by Brand New, especially their album that starts with "the Bullet or the Chapstick." It's very bitter against girls, but it works for general breakup rage against guys, too.
A great one in general is "Swing Swing" by the All American Rejects
For the I feel used breakup *ashamed to admit I like this song* "Behind These Hazel Eyes" by Kelly Clarkson
And my favorite breakup song of all time: "Why Bother" by Weezer
quote: Maybe we can get together. Maybe you can break my heart next summer.
Why Bother? It's gonna hurt me. It's gonna kill when you desert me...
[ August 04, 2005, 03:12 PM: Message edited by: not hansenj ]
Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
Haligh Haligh a Lie Haligh by Bright Eyes
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
Some more, for when you know its your fault as well: VAST - Pretty When You Cry "I didn't really love you. Didn't really love you, baby. But I'm pretty when I lie."
Korn - Trash "I tell my lies and I despise every second I'm with you. Then I run away and you still stay, so what the f*** is with you?"
--Enigmatic
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Hit the Road, Jack Don't You Ever Come Back No More, no more, no more, no more . . .
or what about
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover . . . (slip out the back, Jack make a new plan, Stan don't need to be coy, Roy . . . )
*evil grin*
Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
Bowling for Soup's "Life After Lisa" is not so bad at all...
"And now there's No more long hair clogging up the drain No more mountain climbing in the rain No more life'll never be the same Life after Lisa is not so bad at all..."
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
I'm amazed at how many of these bands I have never heard of. Hatrack's listening practices are very eclectic. I like it. Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
Song for the Dumped by Ben Folds Five
Wish I hadn't bought you dinner Right before you dumped me on your front porch Give me my money back Give me my money back, you b---- I want my money back ... and don't forget my black T-shirt
At concerts, they throw black t-shirts at him. Hilarious!
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Oh, I remembered one! "The Old Apartment" by Barenaked Ladies.
Broke into the old apartment Tore the phone out of the wall Only memories, fading memories Blending into dull tableaux
Actually, I haven't done purposeful break up songs for a long time, but last time I did, it was Jagged Little Pill for three or four days. That was pretty effective.
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
I skimmed through the thread and I don't think this has been mentioned.
Tina Turner: I Don't Wanna Fight
I don’t care who’s wrong or right I don’t realy wanna fight no more (too much talking babe) Let’s sleep on it tonight I don’t really wanna fight no more (this is time for letting go) Posted by divaesefani (Member # 3763) on :
My new favorite artist, Anna Nalick has a great one called "Wreck of the Day."
Love doesn't hurt, So I know I'm not falling in love. I'm just falling to pieces
My husband loves the Weird Al ones. Not that he needs them anymore! But he's still amused by them.
Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
Oooh... "Good" by Better Than Ezra
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Well, there's always TMBG's Twisting, or the Beatles' I'm Looking Through You and For No One Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
quote:My husband loves the Weird Al ones. Not that he needs them anymore! But he's still amused by them.
That's what's great about the Weird Al songs. Even if they don't fit your situation any more, they're still hilarious.
In fact, I wouldn't find them funny if I was actually breaking up. They're only funny after the fact. Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
Forgot about this one:
Jim Croce: "One Less Set of Footsteps"
If that's the way that you want it That's the way I want it more There'll be one less set of footsteps On your floor in the mornin'
::A fan of Croce's from back when he was alive and playin'::
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
Skunk Anansie - Weak as I am Scooter - Break it up Sinead O'Connor - Thank you for hearing me Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Oh yeah! And then there's ABBA.
Take a Chance on Me A pathetic way to say 'you can come back whenever you get tired of your NEW girlfriend.'
Knowing me and Knowing you Because we just have to face it, this time we're through.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
ABBA! Love it! My roommate once wrote a sonnet about her favorite Swedish pop band. Guess what the rhyme scheme was?
And I was listening to one of my neglected Shakira albums this morning and realized I had forgotten what a fabulous break up song "Si Te Vas" is. Its basic message is "you're leaving me for that hag?"
Here's the best of it: Si te vas, si te vas, y me cambias Por esa bruja, pedazo de cuero No vuelvas nunca mas Que no estaré aquí
Toda escoba nueva siempre barre bien Luego vas a ver desgastadas las cerdas Cuando las arrugas le corten la piel Y la celulitis invada sus piernas Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Two of the most heart-wrenching break-up songs I've ever heard are ABBA "Winner Takes It All" and Barenaked Ladies "The Wrong Man Was Convicted".
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Annie, of course Shakira can write a song like that. Everyone's a hag compared to her!
Ah, I forgot about that one beverly:
Tell me, does she kiss Like I used to kiss you? Does it feel the same When she calls your name?
Good one!
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
I forgot my post college breakup songs by Erasure - Oh L'Amour and Who Needs Love Like That.
Plus there was always Tainted Love when I knew I should break up but hadn't.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Ah, I love Erasure. There's I Love to Hate You and Don't Say Your Love is Killing Me by them. From the latter:
You thought I was nothing Before you stepped into my life. I thought you were clever But love's gonna take a man and you haven't got it in ya!
I just remembered Brand New Lover by Pet Shop Boys. Probably the cruelest and rudest break up song ever, but I love it!!
Posted by elviiis (Member # 7382) on :
Girlfriend in a Coma. Do you really think she'll pull through?
-Smiths
I put this one in the "hypothetical break-up" songs. I would brake up with you, but you're in a coma. I'm not sure where that puts our relationship.
Posted by firebird (Member # 1971) on :
Gabrielle - Rise
I know that it's over and I can't believe we're through they say that time's a healer (yeah) and I'm better without you it's gonna take time I know but I'll get over you (chorus: look at my life look at my heart I have seen them fall apart now I'm ready to rise again jus look at my hopes look at my dreams building bridges from these scenes now I'm ready to rise again)
Mornful and hopeful all at the same time!
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
Eamon - F*** it (I don't want you back)
Has a lot of bad language, but hey, break-ups are rarely fun, so what the heck?! Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
Devine's You think you're a man
You think you're a man but you're only a boy You think you're a man but you're only a toy You think you're a man but you just couldn't see You weren't man enough to safisfy me.
Truly the king of 80s drag queen music.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
John Entwhistle:
When I'm feeling blue I just stick a pin in the picture of you and I feel better.
The all time best, though, is by Harry Nilsson. So straight and to the point:
You're breakin' my heart. You're tearin' it apart So f*** you! Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
Bob, if you look at Eamon's lyrics you'll see he's as direct as Harry Nilsson's song. And now I have to get that one too! Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
I think mine would be "I Know Him So Well" from "CHESS", the musical. Wow... a great song. Two women singing about a man they both love but can never have. Music by ABBA and lyrics by Tim Rice. Totally my song.
Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
Boyfriend #1: "Where were you when I needed you" by the Bangles. "The feelings I felt I don't feel any more for you, this time I'm leaving open the door for you.."
Boyfriend #2: I'll set you free. Also by the Bangles. "I remember words that fell like coins into a wishing well."
Is "I know him so well" sung by two women? I thought the show was about one woman trying to pick between two men. I've heard it live at an Elaine Page concert. I don't know the title, but I like the other one from Chess that winds up with "And if that girl I knew should ask my advice, I wouldn't hesitate she needn't ask me twice: 'Go now' I'd tell her that for free, trouble is the girl is me."
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Heck ya Mothertree! I actually performed in CHESS back in '94, Dearborn Players Guild. Time of my life.
CHESS is about the US vs the USSR, just before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Florence, woman from the US Chess Team falls in love with Anatole from the Russian Team. He defects from the USSR to join her and she leaves her abusive lover Eddie, the US chess champion...a copy of Bobby Fisher. When she leaves Eddie she sings "Someone Elses Story"/"And if that girl I knew should ask my advice..." But then we find out that Anatole is actually married....and that Florence's long lost father is being held as ransom to get Anatole back. The US champion, Eddie, secretly joins forces with the KGB & CIA to sabotage Florence and Anatole's relationship. Finally Florence sees some bad traits in Anatole too.. his obsession over Chess and winning... culminating in her visiting his wife, Svetlana... and together they sing "I Know Him So Well".
Things go downhill from there... it's kinda like Les Miserable... everyone either dies or is rent apart from each other. Florence and Anatole break up... Eddie tries one last time to blackmail them both using CIA and KGB info (both governments don't like Florence and Anatole's actions) and also try and win Florence back...only to have them both cast him away (there are some bi tendencies in Eddie) to his despair. Anatole leaves his wife for good...only to sacrifice the final Chess tournament to try and get Florence's father back as part of a deal with the Russian government. Turns out it's all a ruse by the CIA and KGB... the man who was supposed to be Florence's father is actually an American agent and Anatole is taken back behind the Iron Curtain... leaving Florence all alone.
[ August 18, 2005, 06:19 AM: Message edited by: Telperion the Silver ]
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Wow. I love the music from Chess but I had no idea that it was such a complex story...with such a crappy ending!
Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :
Peter Mulvey's "If Love is Not Enough"
If love is not enough then what's enough? can you hear me? I'm sick of the burns I've got on my body from all the perfectly good loves exploding near me What else can I say? what else can I say? If love is not enough then we will go on loving anyway
Posted by solo (Member # 3148) on :
Anthrax - NFB
quote:You left me standing in the mud Crying to myself A heart so full of pain But we fell in love again This time forever True love prevails over all She got hit by a truck
and
The Mr. T Experience - My New Girlfriend
quote:My new girlfriend is better than you she's got bigger breasts and a higher IQ
Posted by Tinros (Member # 8328) on :
Is it sad that I went and downloaded half these songs after reading about them? I'm pathetic...
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Nope. It's healthy. Wallow in it for awhile, and then get over it. Trust me, I've been through a lot of break-ups. Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Telp! You were in Chess! OMG I Hate you! I listened to that eeeeendlessly in high school. I could probably sing it from beginning to end now (if I could sing anyway.)
I always wanted to see it performed... and never did....
Pix
(note: This is my 3004th post. 3004 was my phone number at my first job where I had a phone. Too bad I JUST did a landmark.)
Posted by ShadowPuppet (Member # 8239) on :
"stupid kid" by alkaline trio
"remember when I said I love you well forget it I take it back I was just a stupid kid back then I take back every word that I said"
"fine without you" by alkaline trio
"I'll be just fine without you"
and the top break up song
"she took him to the lake" by alkaline trio
"but then she went away and she's not coming back and I'm pretty sure that boy's stayin in tonight"
I HIGHLY recommend download these songs and tons of others by alkaline trio
they are my favorite band ever and I believe them to be incredible
some songs do use harsh language
but they're amazing
ok I'll disengage fanboy mode now
Posted by solo (Member # 3148) on :
In Sadding Around
quote:Sleeping off the last five years takes another five. Recovery in lieu of being here right now. When I throw myself at your feet, You know it's to be walked on. We're breaking up every single night.
Fireman
quote:Dreamed I was a fireman. I just smoked and watched you burn. Dreamed I was an astronaut. I shot you down like a juggernaut. Dreamed we were still going out. Had that one a few times now. Woke up to find we were not. It's good to be awake.
Sluttering (May 4th)
quote:I'd saw through your wrist to find a better trap that fits. I'd saw through your traps to find a better you. A part of you that lasts. I saw through your trap and into my own wrists. Saw we were through, red ribbons spill to blue: A sight to sore your eyes.
Sea Foam Green
quote:We met in rain, you asked me in. Seemed like a good sign. Now I need a guillotine to get you off my mind.
All by one of my favourite bands, Jawbreaker.
I also really enjoy Stupid Kid. It is very appropriate for a relationship I had in high school.
Alkaline Trio have been pretty influenced by Jawbreaker in some of their older stuff so if you like them, you should check out Jawbreaker.
Posted by Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged (Member # 7476) on :
How about "I will always love you" by Whitney Houston?
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
Yeah, if you're not already broken up with that one, you're about to be! {shudder}
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
Misunderstanding - Phil Collins (Genesis) actually "Duke" is basically a breakup album.
Posted by Nato (Member # 1448) on :
It is definitely "Separate Ways" by Journey.
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
Not really about breaking up, per se, but I always think of The Cure's "Burn" from the Crow Sountrack:
"'Just paint your face,' the shadows smile, slipping me away from you..."
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Positively 4th Street by Bob Dylan
"You've got a lot of nerve To say you are my friend. When I was down you just stood there grinning." Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
The Beatles - Run For Your Life
quote:You better run for your life if you can, little girl Hide your head in the sand little girl Catch you with another man That's the end'a little girl
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Snow Patrol. "Ways and Means." Oh, man. That was SO my last relationship.
"Breathing fire was never this much fun, so there's a dark side in us all."
And I listened to the Punk Statik Paranoia album by Orgy. A lot. Even though that CD doesn't sound like Orgy at all.
Orgy is sex on wheels. Punk Statik Paranoia is Jay Gordon being angry and emo because his girlfriend dumped him for doing too many drugs, or something.
Oh, Jay.
-pH
Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
"I'm A Loser", Beatles
[Not sure if that's the title; simply the lyrics]
Posted by Gansura (Member # 8420) on :
"Every little thing she does is magic" by The Police. not a good song after a breakup.
"Summer, Highland Falls" by Billy Joel. Better, still keeps me wallowing in self-pity, though.
I've never been good with breakups or turn-downs.
Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
quote:Originally posted by Nato: It is definitely "Separate Ways" by Journey.
Just what I was going to say.
That, or "Spanish Moss", by Gordon Lightfoot
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
Isn't asking about one's favorite break-up song akin to asking about one's favorite punch in the face?
-Bok
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I go home and listen to country music. The music of pain.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I Hold Your Hand In Mine by Tom Lehrer.
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