Best Break-Up Songs
07-30-05 | 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Mondo Kane
"I'm not in love" 10cc
From the same time frame: "How Much I Feel" by Ambrosia.
08-01-05 | 07:02 AM
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Originally Posted by SlingshotBandit
Wow, thanks for the wealth of info, grundle.
I knew that she was the dumper, but my circuitry must've been out of sync because after a few posts, and a few days, I mixed things up. I should've wrote..."I wonder who in the hell would've treated her like that to make her break up with him."
Ok, not as impressively written as how I originally wrote it, but still...
Checked out the websites... Man, it's been some time. I'm turning 30 on Sunday, and I remember that video growing up. I'm starting to feel my age. :gulp:
Anyway, I was thinking of some other great break-up songs, and I'm surprised no one has mentioned Naked Eyes' (I know it was originally sung by at least one other artists, and I think two, before) "Always Something There To Remind Me."
That to me is a must-have in any break-up song compilation.
I knew that she was the dumper, but my circuitry must've been out of sync because after a few posts, and a few days, I mixed things up. I should've wrote..."I wonder who in the hell would've treated her like that to make her break up with him."
Ok, not as impressively written as how I originally wrote it, but still...
Checked out the websites... Man, it's been some time. I'm turning 30 on Sunday, and I remember that video growing up. I'm starting to feel my age. :gulp:
Anyway, I was thinking of some other great break-up songs, and I'm surprised no one has mentioned Naked Eyes' (I know it was originally sung by at least one other artists, and I think two, before) "Always Something There To Remind Me."
That to me is a must-have in any break-up song compilation.
There's a 2 CD set called "Classic MTV Class of 1983," and it has "Goodbye To You" and "Always Something There to Remind Me." (Of course, "Goodbye To You" was actually from 1982.)
I still recommend Patty Smyth's "Greatest Hits Featuring Scandal." It's a wonderful CD.
08-02-05 | 01:17 AM
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Since I just watched a few episodes of The Adventures of Pete and Pete....
"Everywhere" by Polaris
And I'd also like to be another one to add that Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks" is the definitive break-up album.
"Everywhere" by Polaris
And I'd also like to be another one to add that Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks" is the definitive break-up album.
08-02-05 | 06:20 AM
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didn't see greg kihn band - "the breakup song (they don't write 'em like that)" on here yet. agree with fleetwood mac - "go your own way" and abba - "knowing me, knowing you" because they were sooo autobiographical for the artists!
08-03-05 | 10:03 AM
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Well personally I see acoustic as being the best songs for break ups, so a few suggestions.
Anything by Dashboard Confessional
Yellowcard - Cigarette
Fallout Boy - Sugar we're going down
All American Rejects - It Ends Tonight
Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Live - Overcome
Matchbook Romance - Tiger Lilly
****BEST*** Snow Patrol - Run
I'll end there since I have many songs that I have not looked at yet.
Anything by Dashboard Confessional
Yellowcard - Cigarette
Fallout Boy - Sugar we're going down
All American Rejects - It Ends Tonight
Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Live - Overcome
Matchbook Romance - Tiger Lilly
****BEST*** Snow Patrol - Run
I'll end there since I have many songs that I have not looked at yet.
08-03-05 | 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by spainlinx0
Babyface - Nobody Knows It But Me
The song is by Tony Rich...not Babyface, and the song is called "nOBODY kNOWS". The song also isn't even about a breakup, it was actually written about his father, whom he had a very close relationship with, until he died just before recording was to begin on Tony's debut album "Words". Tony, while in the studio , wanted to pay tribute to his dad, and say a proper goodbye to him. The song is basically(as Tony has said) everything he wanted to tell his dad, before he died. Great song!
08-06-05 | 10:55 PM
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Seriously now, Pearl Jam's "Black" is a really beautiful song.
On this part:
"I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star
In somebody else's sky, but why
Why, why can't it be, why can't it be mine"
The way Eddie sings it, man, I still get cringe from emotion after nearly 15 years.
On this part:
"I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star
In somebody else's sky, but why
Why, why can't it be, why can't it be mine"
The way Eddie sings it, man, I still get cringe from emotion after nearly 15 years.
Last edited by I.Flores; 08-06-05 at 11:03 PM.
08-07-05 | 12:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Frank TJ Mackey
What are some of the best or your favorite break-up songs?
I'll start things off with -
1. Joy Division - "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
I'll start things off with -
1. Joy Division - "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
Is that the song from the high schrool video in Series 7?
Pearl Jam--Black
The Cure--Pictures of You & Love Song.....both off Disintegration, "The best album ever!"--Kyle Broflowski
07-05-06 | 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by crazyronin
I'll bump a 10 month dead thread...
Stabbing Westward- The Thing I Hate
Plus its got the whole Duke Nukem thing going for it
Stabbing Westward- The Thing I Hate
Plus its got the whole Duke Nukem thing going for it
07-06-06 | 11:14 PM
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From: Columbia, TN
You can make a whole CD of just Elvis Costello songs
Alison
I Want You
Indoor Fireworks
I Hope Your Happy Now
Lipstick Vogue
Needle Time
Two Little Hitlers
Blue Chair
Everyday I Write the Book
So Like Candy
Tonight the Bottle Let me Down
Deep, Dark, Truthful Mirror
Stranger in the House
Accidents Will Happen
There are probably 20 more in his catalog that are just as good.
Alison
I Want You
Indoor Fireworks
I Hope Your Happy Now
Lipstick Vogue
Needle Time
Two Little Hitlers
Blue Chair
Everyday I Write the Book
So Like Candy
Tonight the Bottle Let me Down
Deep, Dark, Truthful Mirror
Stranger in the House
Accidents Will Happen
There are probably 20 more in his catalog that are just as good.
07-08-06 | 11:31 PM
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From: New York
Originally Posted by Frank TJ Mackey
The Smiths - "How Soon Is Now"
Anyway, I don't think Pale Blue Eyes by The Velvet Underground has been posted yet. Great song.
07-11-06 | 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by SPiRAL
Pretty much the entire ' Wish ' album by The Cure.
Also check out 75% of songs by Death Cab for Cutie, breaking up is an almost constant theme.
07-13-06 | 10:41 AM
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I'm a child of the 80s...
One by U2
Pictures of You by The Cure
A Letter to Elise by The Cure
Heart of the Matter by Don Henley
Time After Time by Cindy Lauper
I'm Still Loving You by The Scorpions
Cuts Like a Knife by Bryan Adams
When You Close Your Eyes by Night Ranger
And since I'm from Texas...
Anymore by Travis Tritt
Ain't That Lonely Yet by Dwight Yoakam
A Bad Goodbye by Clint Black
For Reasons I've Forgotten by Trisha Yearwood
One by U2
Pictures of You by The Cure
A Letter to Elise by The Cure
Heart of the Matter by Don Henley
Time After Time by Cindy Lauper
I'm Still Loving You by The Scorpions
Cuts Like a Knife by Bryan Adams
When You Close Your Eyes by Night Ranger
And since I'm from Texas...
Anymore by Travis Tritt
Ain't That Lonely Yet by Dwight Yoakam
A Bad Goodbye by Clint Black
For Reasons I've Forgotten by Trisha Yearwood
