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This thread will have been done lots before but I can't find any; good break-up music please (break-up centric)

oxo_foxo [Edit] [Delete] 92 replies 16:29 October 22nd, 2012

Any kind of thing will do. Spotify links would be perfect but I'll take any kind of link, list or whatever. Cheersss

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just listen to andrew wk.

Verbal | 22 Oct '12, 16:30 | X | ^ This | Reply

CillaCrack, iamwiggy, chickenbones, LdnMetropolitanElite, and anal_schwarzenegger this'd this
pretty much 70% of music

knock yourself out

Noblet | 22 Oct '12, 16:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
- You're right. but I can't seem to think of anything specific immediately.
  
  I need help with specifics.
  
  oxo_foxo @Noblet | 22 Oct '12, 16:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
Beulah - Delta

Zapsta | 22 Oct '12, 16:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
:(

For me, Rice Is Nice by mclusky over and over and over.

andyvine | 22 Oct '12, 16:37 | X | ^ This | Reply

Icarus-Smicarus this'd this
this came out today

http://tinyurl.com/9mnhq9b

georgiabeth | 22 Oct '12, 16:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
Converge

TheSoundofBastards | 22 Oct '12, 16:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
Guess I'm Doing Fine by Beck

or any of the tracks on Seachange really.

wewerewerewolvesonce | 22 Oct '12, 16:46 | X | ^ This | Reply

Pharyngeal this'd this
Go for...

Broken Heart by Spiritualized over and over and over again. Ten listens gives you over an hour of string-drenched weepy times.

After that you'll be so fucked off with melancholia you'll just want to get out of the house for a bit. Which will be A GOOD THING.

Frank_Hailstones | 22 Oct '12, 16:47 | X | ^ This | Reply

mfmcd57 this'd this
Stars Of The Lid - And Their Refinement Of The Decline

worked for me in the more contemplative moments a few years ago. Like, listened to every day for maybe two months straight.

Also, listen to S. She's brilliant in any context but especially post-heartbreak. It's an enlightening change to not listen to mopey male perspectives too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uxO-5C1i_Y&feature=list_other&playnext=1&list=AL94UKMTqg-9AEh7iP3OVe3MB7p2fKZWLQ

ThierryEnnui | 22 Oct '12, 16:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
- S is really good, thanks. Not got on to Stars Of The Lid yet but will follow your lead and give it a listen at a contemplative moment.
  
  oxo_foxo @ThierryEnnui | 25 Oct '12, 11:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Glad to hear
    
    I've been trying to spread to good word about S. Seems that with a name like that, though, she's actively trying to avoid being 'discovered'. Incredible talent though, she's basically a raw nerve, brutally honest lyrics in a fragile musical shell. Really reminds me of Elliott Smith in many ways.
    
    ThierryEnnui @oxo_foxo | 25 Oct '12, 15:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
talons'

rustic bull...

copycat_race | 22 Oct '12, 16:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
posted this in a similar thread before but what the hell

ms mr - time of my life [Patrick Wolf cover]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfF-qQT__s4

imho | 22 Oct '12, 17:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
Oh hi

I've started a Spotify playlist. It's brief now but will probably end up massive.

http://open.spotify.com/user/thesmallerpicture/playlist/4t5giDKJBD5dorb1RkrxNR

automatik | 22 Oct '12, 17:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
Blu Cantrell - Breathe

Jordan_229_2 | 22 Oct '12, 17:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
A rare up beat break up song

Is 'Don't Think Twice it's Alright' by Bob Dylan.

My favourite wallowing one is 'I've Been a Mess' by American Music Club

bornin69 | 22 Oct '12, 18:00 | X | ^ This | Reply

fellover this'd this
After you've gone through the inevitable sad period

get angry at your ex and blast the Cooper Temple Clause's first album, See This Through and Leave.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6aXZ1NhTIY
I WOULD HAVE MADE US A KILLER MOVIEEEEE

cherrycola | 22 Oct '12, 18:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hqbfexj2Os

Epimer | 22 Oct '12, 19:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye - Leonard Cohen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jexNsBjz1r8

in_limbo | 23 Oct '12, 02:12 | X | ^ This | Reply

oxo_foxo this'd this
Jeff Buckley- Last Goodbye
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtS0rwQK_pI

Mystery Jets- The Girl is Gone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oZsG96z7Vs

FWBTS | 23 Oct '12, 07:35 | X | ^ This | Reply

oxo_foxo this'd this
- Came here to post Last Goodbye
  
  But About Today by The National had me in pieces after I broke up with my ex. Saddest song ever:
  http://youtu.be/v7T2135xCZQ
  
  PartMoth @FWBTS | 23 Oct '12, 13:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Last Goodbye gets the tears flowing now...
    
    God knows what it would do to me if I ever break up with my girlfriend.
    
    FWBTS @PartMoth | 23 Oct '12, 18:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
Thanks

bump

oxo_foxo | 23 Oct '12, 13:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
Elliott Smith - I Didn't Understand

hope you're doing ok

Antelope | 23 Oct '12, 14:23 | X | ^ This | Reply

OllieH this'd this
- oh god.
  
  oxo_foxo @Antelope | 25 Oct '12, 11:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
A Northern Soul (the entire album) by The Verve

freddiehubbard | 23 Oct '12, 14:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
American Music Club - Ex-girlfriend

fellover | 23 Oct '12, 14:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
Mine were

Let's Wrestle- 'Tanks'
Band of Horses- 'No One Is Ever Gonna Love You'
Townes Van Zandt- 'For The Sake of the Song'
Eels- 'Ugly Love'
Johnny Cash- 'Hurt'

_TheBeautifulOnes_ | 23 Oct '12, 15:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
Frightened Rabbit - Midnight Organ Fight

you don't need anything else

dacbo | 23 Oct '12, 15:18 | X | ^ This | Reply

kubrahhh, Richard_Littlejohn, sizeofanocean, and rushmore this'd this
- so much this
  
  kubrahhh @dacbo | 24 Oct '12, 00:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
- This is massively hitting the spot
  
  thanks.
  
  oxo_foxo @dacbo | 24 Oct '12, 14:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
Hmm

I highly recommend the band Fishing For Sympathy and their album "Woe Is Me and My Insignificant Breakup"

bloodrodgers | 23 Oct '12, 15:29 | X | ^ This | Reply

fellover, Royter-Hatfood, and Comaboy this'd this
- oh, get stuffed.
  
  oxo_foxo @bloodrodgers | 23 Oct '12, 20:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  _TheBeautifulOnes_, automatik, spiritofjazz, Kitchmo, and andyvine this'd this
  - Girls are so good at stompin' hypersensitive hearts...seriously, listen to some black metal to neutralize the woman's snake-like antics. Remember that girls are nothing but evil, overgrown baby chasms :)
    
    bloodrodgers @oxo_foxo | 26 Oct '12, 14:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - i don't think that's going to work
      
      genius
      
      andyvine @bloodrodgers | 26 Oct '12, 15:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
Will You Still Care For Me by The Crocketts

hairystavros | 23 Oct '12, 15:36 | X | ^ This | Reply

NickDS and Teepee_uk this'd this
Eels - End Times

This came out right around the time I went through a pretty bad break up. It destroyed me / helped me in equal measures.

spiritofjazz | 23 Oct '12, 15:37 | X | ^ This | Reply

_TheBeautifulOnes_ this'd this
- yeah I've been listening to a lot of Eels. excellent shout.
  
  oxo_foxo @spiritofjazz | 25 Oct '12, 11:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
loads of Daniel Johnston bits

You Put My Love Out The Door
My Baby Cares For The Dead
Some Things Last A Long Time

_TheBeautifulOnes_ | 23 Oct '12, 15:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
E. Smith - Pitseleh

Nas - Bye Baby
Spiritualized - Broken Heart (actually just all of Ladies and Gentlemen)
Fucked Up - Turn the Season
Brand New - Seventy Times Seven (actually just all of New Favourite Weapon)

Oh and We are never getting back together by Taylor Swift.

Kitchmo | 23 Oct '12, 15:48 | X | ^ This | Reply

oxo_foxo this'd this
Bright Eyes - Fevers and Mirrors

The Crimea - Square Moon

both full of songs of heartbreak.

NickDS | 23 Oct '12, 15:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
- So much ^this for Fevers and Mirrors
  
  But particularly Haligh Haligh and Calendar Hung itself
  
  Kitchmo @NickDS | 23 Oct '12, 15:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Haligh Haligh must be one of the best break up songs even
    
    Now we speak in ruined tongues
    and the words we say aren't meant for anyone,
    it's just a mumbled sentence to passing aquentence
    where there was once you
    
    NickDS @Kitchmo | 23 Oct '12, 23:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
Redhouse Painters

Medicine Bottle
&
Katy Song

and pretty much all the others

Body_In_The_Thames | 23 Oct '12, 19:42 | X | ^ This | Reply

kubrahhh and Teepee_uk this'd this
The Moon by The Microphones

It was recommended to me once and it became a close companion for a while.

mfmcd57 | 23 Oct '12, 20:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Moon Sequel
  
  On that Mount Eerie album is just the emptiest thing I've ever heard.
  
  :''''(
  
  danger @mfmcd57 | 24 Oct '12, 15:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Wrens- '13 Months In 6 Minutes'

_TheBeautifulOnes_ | 23 Oct '12, 20:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
Thee More Shallows - More Deep Cuts

Wild Beasts - Smother
The Stills - Logic...
Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It
Lapalux - When You're Gone EP
Jeniferever - Choose A Bright Morning

For some quality wallowing,
chin up

penny_racer | 23 Oct '12, 20:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
Transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie

The song, not the album. although, maybe the album.

kubrahhh | 24 Oct '12, 00:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
Album of the Year by The Good Life.

kurtrussell | 24 Oct '12, 15:24 | X | ^ This | Reply

NickDS this'd this
- How could I forget this! Wonderful album.
  
  Inmates is amazing and A New Friend is :(
  
  NickDS @kurtrussell | 24 Oct '12, 16:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
The First Days of Spring by Noah and the Whale

A whole break up album. Their second album, about Charlie Fink's split from Laura Marling. Don't be put off by anything else you've heard by them on the radio; this is fantastic.

OllieH | 24 Oct '12, 15:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
- really wasn't expecting to like this
  
  but it's absolutely killing me
  
  oxo_foxo @OllieH | 25 Oct '12, 14:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - woah there, tracks 5 and 6. not ready for you just yet.
    
    oxo_foxo @oxo_foxo | 25 Oct '12, 15:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
Joanna Newsom - Does Not Surfice

OllieH | 24 Oct '12, 16:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
Hot Buttered Soul by Issaaaac Hayes

mug_mug_mug | 24 Oct '12, 16:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
The ultimate......

Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole by Martha Wainwright. Brilliant.

OllieH | 24 Oct '12, 16:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I think that one is about his father
  
  andres @OllieH | 24 Oct '12, 16:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - His father, or hers?
    
    OllieH @andres | 25 Oct '12, 09:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
I want you - Elvis Costello

Specially if you've been betrayed

andres | 24 Oct '12, 16:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I love that this is on the same (amazing) record as I Hope You're Happy Now
  
  Because to my mind they're pretty much the two best break-up songs ever, and yet totally different - one as dark and bleak as possible, the other one practically punching the air and laughing about the whole ridiculous thing.
  
  automatik @andres | 25 Oct '12, 12:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
'I Don't Like the Man I Am' by Pete Molinari,

A cover of the Wild Billy Childish & The Buff Medways song.

OllieH | 24 Oct '12, 16:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
I'll Kill Her by Soko

OllieH | 24 Oct '12, 16:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
Thanks guys

Some really good stuff to keep me going in there
Keep em coming if you think of any more.

oxo_foxo | 25 Oct '12, 00:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Late to the cry-party
  
  But, on the bus earlier, I almost had an extremely unmanly moment listening to She Sends Kisses by the Wrens: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8xaUuZaIsI
  
  cc: ‘Songs that you genuinely think are perfect’ thread
  
  whatisthewhat @oxo_foxo | 25 Oct '12, 01:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  sizeofanocean and OllieH this'd this
  - definitely not too late, don't worry
    
    luckily I don't have to worry so much about my manliness, so I'll let the moment wash over me with full force
    
    oxo_foxo @whatisthewhat | 25 Oct '12, 11:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - My favourite Wrens song. Stunning.
    
    OllieH @whatisthewhat | 25 Oct '12, 14:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
This

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV0LJ0Dnl7A

StormJH | 25 Oct '12, 03:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl7kA_i8zrg

Icarus-Smicarus | 25 Oct '12, 04:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
Wheat - Don't I Hold You

I dig this one out often here - but I don't care, as it's one of the best tracks ever. And definitely a break up song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPClKch4ABU

sartana | 25 Oct '12, 08:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
When me and my girlfriend broke up in 2006 I made her the saddest CD ever

It had all the hits on it, and I'm going to list them because I've got too much time on my hands:

1. Lisa Brown - Hey I Really Love You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trc7Efw_b-U

2. Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtS0rwQK_pI

3. Elbow - Powder Blue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u15JygmXM8

4. Feist - Inside and Out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmG0sPyZJBg

5. The Boy Least Likely To - My Tiger My Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L96tYnz_heI

6. Magnet - Everything's Perfect
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY8V0z6KrJQ

7. Joseph Arthur - Honey and the Moon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJUGp2cCuu8

8. Super Furry Animals - Fire In My Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSRrjcxjko0

9. Arab Strap - (If There's) No Hope For Us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RSgA5qQfHY

10. Radiohead - Black Star
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na5qrW032H4

11. The Decemberists - The Engine Driver
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG1FlsgLQQY

12. Arcade Fire - Crown of Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5ZenaNpN4g

13. The Wrens - She Sends Kisses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK3AMhNpg_k

14. Hefner - The Hymn For The Things We Didn't Do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEcRGanjWHg

15. Alfie - Where Did Our Loving Go?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVCdi-vr5As

16. Rilo Kiley - Rest Of My Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIY2imYu3mA

17. Monkey Swallows The Universe - Beautiful Never
http://www.last.fm/music/Monkey+Swallows+the+Universe/_/Beautiful+Never

18. The Beatles - In My Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI0Q8ytD44Y

19. Of Montreal - The Repudiated Immortals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD2chdaQJeU

20. Elvis Costello - Good Year For The Roses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySQlU3hussQ

21. Blur - No Distance Left To Run
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KFIr4SlRGg

NB - the only reason I know what's on it is because we got back together two years later. It obviously worked.

tl;dr and thinly veiled and all that.

sizeofanocean | 25 Oct '12, 08:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
- oh goodness
  
  there's some real tearjerkers in there
  
  oxo_foxo @sizeofanocean | 25 Oct '12, 11:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
The live Jeff Buckley medley of Hallelujah & I know it's Over (Smiths) will probably get you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff_nvF_3Joo

Also, ELO's Telephone Line, especially the lines
Hey. How you feelin?
Are you still the same?
Don't you realise the things we did, we did, were all for real, not a dream?
I just can't believe
They've all faded out of view
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2ds8tCtomQ&feature=related

Body_In_The_Thames | 25 Oct '12, 12:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
- unwittingly, you've hit a bit too close to home with the ELO. would be a brilliant suggestion otherwise though.
  
  oxo_foxo @Body_In_The_Thames | 25 Oct '12, 12:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - that's what makes it such a great track
    
    the pathos is perfect
    he's having a conversation with someone who's not there
    which is exactly what you do in your head when someone you've shared so many times with is suddenly removed from your everyday
    
    See also Julian Cope's Me Singing
    http://open.spotify.com/track/1hvPtzvvPz9ihImMqPpb8o
    
    Body_In_The_Thames @oxo_foxo | 25 Oct '12, 12:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    oxo_foxo this'd this
    - yes. what I meant is, it's got actual memories and stuff attached to it. ELO's gonna be a no-go zone for a while.
      
      oxo_foxo @Body_In_The_Thames | 25 Oct '12, 12:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - ELO should always be a no-go zone to be fair
        
        *ducks*
        
        automatik @oxo_foxo | 25 Oct '12, 12:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Icarus-Smicarus this'd this
        
        so wrong
        
        Body_In_The_Thames @automatik | 25 Oct '12, 13:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
When you feel like there is light at the end of the tunnel:
Johnny Cash - I won't back down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiLiTpBfpQM

aatkin101 | 25 Oct '12, 12:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
I'm just going to leave it at this

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

Teepee_uk | 25 Oct '12, 13:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
Eels - Electro Shock Blues album

yuggy | 25 Oct '12, 13:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
- this is possibly my favourite album ever
  
  and was my first port of call a few days ago. props to you
  
  oxo_foxo @yuggy | 25 Oct '12, 13:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
Writing this same thread two years ago is what got me into American Football...

... the whole album is pure break-up stuff, but this track especially (already posted by StormJH above), is what really clinched it for me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV0LJ0Dnl7A

Can't find the old thread, but it had some corkers in it. Best of luck to you

thosegoldsounds | 25 Oct '12, 13:25 | X | ^ This | Reply

oxo_foxo and StormJH this'd this
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks

is an incredible break-up album.

rushmore | 25 Oct '12, 14:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
I'm going to say it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y96lERZa-mk&feature=share&list=PLEF1D68F8C491B47C

cocodaLOL | 25 Oct '12, 15:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
any more?

don't desert me now guys, i still need you

oxo_foxo | 25 Oct '12, 17:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I told you
  
  Get some mclusky down you. You must be at that point by now
  
  IDONTWANNATALKABOUTITIDONTWANNATALKABOUTITIDONTWANNATALKABOUTITIDONTWANNAKNOW
  
  NO
  
  andyvine @oxo_foxo | 26 Oct '12, 15:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
CURSIVE'S DOMESTICA

If nobody has said it yet

belated | 25 Oct '12, 17:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
Portishead - roads

aatkin101 | 25 Oct '12, 17:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
Low - Walk You Out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCiC8jvgvpY

though it depends if you want catharsis or cheering up

Jordan_229_2 | 25 Oct '12, 17:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
Dialled - Blackout Crew

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYxC8DADFyM

Royter-Hatfood | 25 Oct '12, 20:35 | X | ^ This | Reply