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JFS0197 [Edit] [Delete] 118 replies 16:09, 15 June '08

For that moment when the Facebook status is changed for 300+ people to see, and you've already spent a day in the dark listening to angry, lound stuff.

Now I fancy some suggestions of brilliant break-up songs to listen to in order to ease the pain, or wallow in self-pity.

[I save Everybody Hurts for when I'm drunk]

My pick so far (mainly suggested by someone else):

Somebody I Used To Know - Elliott Smith
Anthems For A 17 Year Old Girl - Broken Social Scene
Lover's Spit - Broken Social Scene
Feminine Effects - Of Montreal
Nightime - Big Star
Popular - Nada Surf
Delta - Beulah
13 Months In 6 Minutes - The Wrens
Weather Reports - Bright Eyes
Carry The Zero - Built To Spill
I Don't Want To Get Over You - Magnetic Fields
The Golden Age - Beck
The Warming Sun - Grandaddy
Oh Well - Fiona Apple
Anna's Sweater (Blear Cover) - Two Gallants
How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - Al Green
I Know It's Over - The Smiths
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go - Bob Dylan
Come Back To Your Man - Songs: Ohia

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  • deffo the magnetic fields one

    inside-outside | 15 Jun '08, 16:16 | X
  • No Distance Left To Run - Blur

    belsizeparka | 15 Jun '08, 16:16 | X
    • this song

      is crazily sad, listened to it about 8 times since last night and it has fucked me over! i'd forgotten how low it was, but also how beautiful...

      JFS0197 @belsizeparka | 16 Jun '08, 10:30 | X
    • ^ so much.

      lemonbrickcombo @belsizeparka | 16 Jun '08, 15:16 | X
      oenso this'd this
    • this song is horribly sad.

      talk about throwing fuel on the fire. i feel even worse.

      HarryPaget @belsizeparka | 21 Nov '10, 18:11 | X
  • Tanks

    by Let's Wrestle

    jakam0 | 15 Jun '08, 16:26 | X
    oursadunpaintedfaces this'd this
  • Vampire Weekend - Campus

    although it's almost sounds to jolly to be a break up song.

    wewerewerewolvesonce | 15 Jun '08, 16:30 | X
    • Katy Song by Red House Painters

      Boo Hoo

      Ultimate_Damage @wewerewerewolvesonce | 15 Jun '08, 16:36 | X
      RobinPlaysChords this'd this
  • Don't Be Upset

    Jeffrey Lewis

    dayvan_cowboy @cyan_scarab | 15 Jun '08, 16:56 | X
  • lost cause

    never listen to this if you're sad

    too_black_too_strong @cyan_scarab | 15 Jun '08, 17:08 | X
  • i did a similar thing the other day

    i replied to a thread about songs that move you to tears or something, and i included 'no ones gonna love you' by band of horses, saying if things went wrong with my girlfriend this would be unlistenable, because it was basically 'our song', then here we are a few days later!

    JFS0197 @cyan_scarab | 16 Jun '08, 09:55 | X
    • I feel for both you guys

      Going through a rough patch myself which drew me to this thread.. Consolidation and bromance x

      oenso @JFS0197 | 25 Nov '10, 13:27 | X
  • this really should be a sticky at the top of the forum

    this has been posted more than anything else. even more than 'what music did you lose your virginity to', haterz.

    83746725 | 15 Jun '08, 17:19 | X
    • i thought this would be the case

      sorry!

      JFS0197 @83746725 | 15 Jun '08, 18:09 | X
  • just loads of

    joy divison

    harman_kardon | 15 Jun '08, 17:30 | X
  • some good songs there already

    how beautiful you are... by the Cure
    is amazing for this

    Amodestmousearrives | 15 Jun '08, 17:38 | X
    • My Cure

      choice would be 'Maybe Someday'.

      Raanraals @Amodestmousearrives | 17 Jun '08, 14:04 | X
  • 'Poke'

    by Frightened Rabbit.

    Or most of their other songs, but that one's the best methinks.

    ntwbf | 15 Jun '08, 17:52 | X
    red_weather and nooneevergetsit this'd this
  • Lush - Ciao!

    lyle | 15 Jun '08, 17:54 | X
    red_weather this'd this
    • band of horses

      no ones going to love you

      :( that should do the trick

      Gamblor @lyle | 15 Jun '08, 17:58 | X
      • dead and lovely

        by tom waits for more melodrama

        Gamblor @Gamblor | 15 Jun '08, 17:59 | X
      • no way on earth could i possibly listen to this right now

        it was basically 'our song'.
        ouch!

        JFS0197 @Gamblor | 15 Jun '08, 18:09 | X
      • ^ oh man...

        my heart is actually breaking thinking about that song

        tennesseelamb71 @Gamblor | 16 Jun '08, 10:45 | X
  • The Dark Is Rising

    Mercury Rev

    Lex_Diamonds | 15 Jun '08, 18:01 | X
  • did you miss me

    by the cooper temple clause

    pretty much the entire album of "see this through and leave" is perfect to blast after a break up!

    cherrycola | 15 Jun '08, 18:07 | X
  • BRAND NEW!

    fucktherave | 15 Jun '08, 18:10 | X
  • CURSIVE - DOMESTICA

    all of it.

    or maybe The National - about today

    seven | 15 Jun '08, 18:16 | X
    • I love that track by The National

      and I did listen to it too much after a break-up two years ago.
      My current moping is being accompanied by:
      The Biggest Lie- Elliott Smith
      Requiem For Dying Mothers- Stars of the Lid
      I'll be yr bird- M Ward
      Strange Form of Life- Bonnie Prince Billy
      Pretty much all of Hallways of Always by William Elliott Whitmore and Jenny Hoyston

      ThierryEnnui @seven | 16 Jun '08, 12:30 | X
  • I Want You by Elvis Costello

    You want to be careful with that one, mind. It might push you over the edge.

    DaveTheEverliving | 15 Jun '08, 18:16 | X
    • without permission

      by the national of the new virginia ep

      Gamblor @DaveTheEverliving | 15 Jun '08, 18:18 | X
    • You're right!

      I listened to that Elvis Costello song in the library today and had to stop revising and just sit there.... It felt unreal how many times he repeats the words 'I want you' during the song, but maybe that was how I was hearing it!

      JFS0197 @DaveTheEverliving | 16 Jun '08, 17:51 | X
  • Whenever You Breathe Out, I Breathe In - Modest Mouse

    "I didn't go to work for a month
    I didn't leave my bed for eight days straight
    I haven't hung out with any one, cos if I did I'd have nothing to say"

    ouch.

    marshwarbler | 15 Jun '08, 18:37 | X
    • where can this song be found?

      I dont have it :(

      Amodestmousearrives @marshwarbler | 16 Jun '08, 01:38 | X
      • It's on Building Nothing Out of Something

        strangely enough I no longer have a copy. My ex-girlfriend's got it!
        double ouch!

        marshwarbler @Amodestmousearrives | 16 Jun '08, 17:46 | X
  • The Boatman's Call

    All of it.

    And also a second for "I Want You". Terrifying song.

    ColdGlassEye | 15 Jun '08, 18:58 | X
  • ...

    Ryan Adams - Why do they leave
    Dntel - Anywhere, anyone
    The Wrens - Hopeless

    whacksiddy | 15 Jun '08, 18:59 | X
  • don't i hold you

    wheat

    blaupunkt | 15 Jun '08, 19:08 | X
  • good lord

    the lyrics to that 'without permission' song that the national covered are horrible!

    "every moment brings me down, when you're not around
    but all i'm asking for is come back for just one day

    so, where did you go?
    and do you now know how to be happy?
    see well it's pretty clear when you're not near me i am unhappy"

    i can see this being on repeat for a while.....

    JFS0197 | 15 Jun '08, 19:50 | X
  • good observation

    defiance is my favourite breakup emotion, kind of like 'fuck you, i'll be fine, you'll see'

    phwoar_nora_BARNACLE @pancakes | 22 Nov '10, 06:11 | X
  • the wedding present.

    walkingwithwolves | 15 Jun '08, 20:24 | X
  • 'Prayer to God' by Shellac

    may be more appropriate for some break ups than others.

    MrScagdenSir | 15 Jun '08, 20:28 | X
  • the entirety of

    "ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space" by spiritualized and

    "heartbreaker" by ryan adams

    also try - "scary mary" by biffy

    fitzcarraldo | 15 Jun '08, 20:28 | X
  • Ben Folds Five - Song For The Dumped

    Beach Boys - Tears In The Morning, Caroline No
    Kings of Convenience - Love is no big truth
    Magnetic Fields - I don't really love you anymre
    Paul Simon - Graceland

    EustaceHPlimsoll | 15 Jun '08, 23:30 | X
    • the moon

      by the microphones, not the normal version the song islands one http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=182866755

      ThingsThatFly | 16 Jun '08, 00:30 | X
    • This thread is so unfortunately relevant right now.

      I have nothing to add though, as my current soundtrack is silence. I think some fairly upbeat music is in order though...

      natalia_27 | 16 Jun '08, 00:40 | X
    • love you should have come over

      is a good one too

      JFS0197 @UNTERMENSCHEN | 16 Jun '08, 09:56 | X
      • 'Forget Her'

        Or is that too obvious?

        automatik @JFS0197 | 22 Nov '10, 16:31 | X
    • PARTY HARD

      if you listen to this you won't get dumped

      too_black_too_strong | 16 Jun '08, 01:50 | X
    • The Ice of Boston - Dismemberment Plan

      teacakesandcrumpets | 16 Jun '08, 02:10 | X
      • EXCELLENT SONG

        lemonbrickcombo @teacakesandcrumpets | 16 Jun '08, 15:17 | X
        • That entire record is one of the best

          angry break-up records of all time.

          oenso @lemonbrickcombo | 25 Nov '10, 14:30 | X
    • strange things will happen by the radio dept.

      crushing.
      sad, yet i suppose slightly hopefully lyrically.

      'today was a pretty day, no disappointments, no expectations of your whereabouts.'

      neecho | 16 Jun '08, 02:40 | X
    • HEY, LOVE DON'TCHA THINK ABOUT ME SOMETIMES?

      THINK ABOUT YOU WAY MORE THAN I'D LIKE.

      Zapsta | 16 Jun '08, 02:42 | X
      • Oh

        You'd actually put that already. <3

        Zapsta @Zapsta | 16 Jun '08, 02:42 | X
    • OH and 'it's rough' by smog

      a relentlessly bleak song. not necessarily break-up centred though.

      neecho | 16 Jun '08, 02:46 | X
      • literally anything by

        ludovico einaudi.

        if you want specifics, try the live version of 'eden roc' to get a bit uplifted, and then I Giorni to bring you back down again... or anything off Diveniere.

        hot damn! you'll be weeping in no time.

        worrier1 | 16 Jun '08, 10:05 | X
      • Leonard Cohen - In My Secret Life.

        Also, Famous Blue Raincoat, Master Song...

        rodya | 16 Jun '08, 10:28 | X
        • i like

          the Johnny Cash version of Hurt for moments like this

          tennesseelamb71 | 16 Jun '08, 10:44 | X
        • Bright Eyes....

          I've Been Eating For You...

          horrid song

          The_Living_Year @shitpissfuckcunt | 16 Jun '08, 12:19 | X
          • It's cool we can still be friends

            by Bright Eyes is pretty similar in tone too.

            NickDS @The_Living_Year | 22 Nov '10, 12:00 | X
        • except everyone.

          basil @Abso | 16 Jun '08, 15:13 | X
        • This:

          www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUgLyCp6aKI

          #If there aint at least 10 beer cans in your front yard,
          If there aint one new good thing in your old car,
          If you aint breakin down, just thinkin bout the sound, of somebody mentioning her name...
          Then you really never loved her anyway#

          basil | 16 Jun '08, 14:26 | X
        • You and Me Song by the Wannadies

          Ha ha ha... not really.

          But, seriously...

          Belle and Sebastian: I'm Waking Up to Us

          Trash Can Sinatras: Orange Fell

          I've no need for these, as it stands. But they're pretty good.

          joeydubya | 16 Jun '08, 14:26 | X
        • if you really want

          to kick yourself in the nuts

          try "all else failed" by kind of like spitting.

          Schaffino | 16 Jun '08, 14:33 | X
          • I second the Spiritualized vote

            The acoustic mainlines bootlegs are full of heartbreak songs.

            salad_fingers @Schaffino | 16 Jun '08, 14:48 | X
        • Alkaline Trio's entire back catalogue

          LordLuciusBanter | 16 Jun '08, 14:53 | X
        • .

          23 - jimmy eat world
          fight song - appleseed cast

          miss-claire | 16 Jun '08, 14:54 | X
        • Song About An Angel - SDRE

          None Shall Pass - Aesop Rock

          lemonbrickcombo | 16 Jun '08, 15:19 | X
        • BON IVER - Skinny Love

          It worked for me :)

          branka_s | 16 Jun '08, 15:57 | X
          • something by

            The Mountain Goats - plenty of good material there. Possibly "No Children". God, the lyrics are bleak. Though technically I guess its written pre-breakup rather than post, so maybe doesn't count?

            fenella @branka_s | 16 Jun '08, 16:11 | X
        • Any choices

          for stuff by either Low or Okkervil River? I figure they must have something suitable but I can't decide....

          JFS0197 | 16 Jun '08, 17:36 | X
          • Also

            by The Hold Steady or maybe Bruce Springsteen, I feel they would all suit my evolving playlist pretty well right now!

            JFS0197 @JFS0197 | 16 Jun '08, 17:38 | X
            • how about...

              China White Doll by Captive State?
              Now to find me a girlfriend to break up with!

              UnderYourBed @JFS0197 | 16 Jun '08, 17:57 | X
          • 'Black'

            One of only a few songs that can reduce me to tears from being in a perfectly good mood.

            automatik @JFS0197 | 22 Nov '10, 16:35 | X
        • came here to say this.

          man up!

          megajon @too_alaskan | 22 Nov '10, 23:13 | X
        • I'd like to add some more to my own list if I may:

          The Concretes - Miss You (Rolling Stones Cover)
          Willie Nelson - Permanently Lonely
          Spoon - The Ghost Of You Lingers
          Elliott Smith - Waltz #1 and I Didn't Understand
          The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
          Bon Iver - Flume
          Okkervil River - Another Radio Song
          Big Star - Holocaust and What's Going Ahn

          Aaaand, massive guilty one here: When You're Gone by Bryan Adams and Mel C! It was on the radio today when I woke up, what can I say....

          Any opinion on what the best Joy Division song for break-ups is? I'm stuck

          JFS0197 | 17 Jun '08, 14:01 | X
        • Judge Y'rself - Manic Street Preachers

          And then they got back together but it was ment to be their final song.

          GalacticStar3ruption | 17 Jun '08, 14:05 | X
          • I have no idea what you're talking about

            And it's 'Judge Yr'self' (unfortunately).

            automatik @GalacticStar3ruption | 22 Nov '10, 16:36 | X
        • There she goes...

          the la's.

          Squire | 17 Jun '08, 14:21 | X
        • I was listening to this earlier

          Palace Brothers - You Will Miss Me When I Burn
          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5J-1t3K_Mk
          Will Oldham croaking 'no-one can hurt you when you have no-one' is pretty affecting.

          oneforghost | 21 Nov '10, 18:30 | X
        • How about "Crowds" by Bauhaus?

          Sciflyer | 22 Nov '10, 02:28 | X
        • I Gave You - Bonnie prince Billy

          Or, well, there's tons of his ones that are great for it. I Called You Back as well...

          awaythecrowroad | 22 Nov '10, 08:51 | X
        • Rza - Domestic Violence

          ....Before you moved to my lab, bitch, I ain't never seen a roach
          Stains on my carpet, bathroom's more like a fish market
          Take all the space in my closet, where the fuck's your logic?
          Disrespecting my old earth, aborted my child birth
          And every day I catch my credit card inside your purse
          You can't speak a sentence without a curse
          Talking 'bout you're going to be a nurse
          Bitch, to be a nurse you got to go to shool first!
          When I first met you, you was a hoe
          I tried to reform you, bomb you, warn you and teach you
          But couldn't reach you, and you're still a hoe
          Your father said you was a hoe
          And when you leave me, bitch you're gonna be a hoe
          Celluloid and gargoyle feet, I'd rather beat my meat
          That raggy ass pussy a starving dog wouldn't eat
          Started with the body of a model
          Pussy tight as a pharmaceutical bottle
          And you could swallow a whole avocado
          And two forty ounce bottles
          To the end of the world, which to I would follow
          Now, when I fuck you, the shit echos 'cause you pussy is so hollow
          Turn your fat ass sideways
          Your stressmarks are like the US highways
          Fuck a new nigga every friday
          Talking 'bout bust a nut, bitch I'll bust yo guts!
          (You come so quick nigga)
          Wonder why I come so quick?
          With that wide ass pussy and soggy tits?
          I'm trying to get the shit over with, and go to sleep!
          But when I'm with my real freak on the weekend
          Bet that baby we fuck for two and a half hours or three
          You'd better study the 1-0-40 knowledge culture degree
          About M-G-T, and G-C-C

          'Cause you ain't shit, and your mother ain't shit
          And your sister ain't shit, and your pussy ain't shit
          That weave ain't shit, your ass ain't shit
          Girl you ain't shit, your daddy ain't shit.....

          cheeseandbaconturnov | 22 Nov '10, 10:15 | X
          Luis_Carruthers this'd this
        • Fuck You, It's Over - Glasvegas/Dry Your Eyes - The Streets

          Both really obvious choices, but I didn't see 'em above.

          I love the Glasvegas 'cause it's sincere -- not just a cheap shot, despite the title. And Dry Your Eyes... damn. Hammer, meet nail.

          Clownbomb | 22 Nov '10, 17:48 | X
          • And about a million by Richard Thompson

            Not very hip, but Richard (and Linda) Thompson have a bunch that will rip your heart up: When the Spell Is Broken; Walking on a Wire; Long Dead Love; Don't Renege on Our Love; etc.

            And now that you're in a folky mood, New Favorite by Alison Kraus.

            Clownbomb @Clownbomb | 22 Nov '10, 18:32 | X
        • howl by brmc

          megalithicrock | 22 Nov '10, 18:19 | X
        • train in vain

          the clash

          HarryPaget | 22 Nov '10, 19:31 | X
        • This..

          i wish that i knew how to say goodbye,
          but it's get harder the harder I try,
          so i just hang around trying to catch your eye,
          always wishing I knew how to say goodbye.

          People come and people go on their long and lonely roads,
          the harder that they try to hold, the faster that the water pulls.

          i'll be standing on the porch just outside,
          i'm in the way wherever I hide,
          why do i always wait till the wrong time,
          to start wishing i knew how to say goodbye.

          People come and people go on their long and lonely roads,
          the harder that they try to hold, the faster that the water pulls,
          the faster that the water pulls.

          i can feel you breath each time you sigh
          i can hear your words before you reply
          but now somehow i am on the other side
          and i never had a chance to say goodbye.

          People come and people go on their long and lonely roads,
          the harder that they try to hold, the faster that the water pulls.

          People come and people go on their long and lonely roads,
          the harder that they try to hold, the faster that the water pulls,
          the faster that the water pulls.

          sadballadman | 22 Nov '10, 22:56 | X
        • Sebadoh - Soul & Fire

          shy_retirer | 22 Nov '10, 23:16 | X
        • Zimmy - Don't Think Twice

          very simple yet direct lyric. It's over, just move on.

          theintl | 23 Nov '10, 08:25 | X
        • Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

          Carole King.

          OBVS.

          grapefruitmoon | 25 Nov '10, 12:04 | X
        • Stars - Your Ex-Lover Is Dead

          Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street or Idiot Wind

          seashellsweed | 25 Nov '10, 15:19 | X
        • Apple Rabbits- End The End

          http://open.spotify.com/track/7FbhOmc1LQXy2mJiSRB73w

          charlesparker | 15 Jun '11, 01:42 | X
          • Apple Rabbits- Wrong Again

            I'm offering a more upbeat alternative by same bhttp://open.spotify.com/track/2zqGUNGPOtdsitkwsa6wVeand.

            charlesparker @charlesparker | 15 Jun '11, 01:47 | X
        • Massive Attack - Live With Me

          or a less depressing alternative: Royksopp - Beautiful Day Without You

          whitepaint | 15 Jun '11, 10:22 | X
          • Townes Van Zandt - The Highway Kind

            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dupY3Z_LPLo

            danielp @whitepaint | 15 Jun '11, 10:28 | X
        • I did this thread about six months ago and of all the suggestions...

          ... the best was American Football 'Never Meant'. That album became my break-up album, it's totally amazing. But not really an angry break-up theme; more a crying on the bus to work sort of thing, so be careful.

          Chin up pal, it'll all be alright in the end. :)

          thosegoldsounds | 15 Jun '11, 14:26 | X
        • Cars Can't Escape by Wilco.

          When red is bled
          And petals blue
          And in my sleepless head
          Our love's been dead a week or two

          Sometimes, good times
          Are stuck inside of you
          And then they're gone
          But I don't know why

          A lot of things have changed
          Since we said goodbye
          There were reasons for you to love me
          But I gave you none

          So I tap my glass and nod my chin
          And wonder who you've been in rhythm with

          So time's just time
          Cars can't escape
          When clouds are gray and close
          Not often, too far away

          And blue has no value, power, or hue
          Or open skies, relationless
          Carelessness is what I miss
          And that's how I think of you

          Sometimes, good times
          Were all we had to do
          So I tap my glass and nod my chin
          And wonder who you've been in rhythm with

          So I tap my glass and nod my chin
          And wonder who you've been in rhythm with

          Und_Gorgeous_Cars | 15 Jun '11, 17:16 | X
        • Anniversary bump?

          Brakes - No Return

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w3XjGCIjmI

          Icarus-Smicarus | 15 Jun '11, 17:22 | X
        • Hitting this for obv reasons

          and 'Hospital' by The Modern Lovers is killing me.

          Anything other suggestions?

          mfmcd57 | 27 Feb '12, 22:11 | X
        • Andrew WK - I Get Wet (album)

          not even a joke post.

          CrispinAlexander | 27 Feb '12, 22:19 | X
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