# break up mix tape/CD
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 23, 2002, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297 "2002-11-23T02:53:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2002, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/1 "2002-11-23T02:53:07Z")
So I am getting a CD burner for my birthday, which is soon. I am also very bitter lately, due to a number of men. I have decided to combine these seemingly unrelated facts into one kickarse mix cd. I ask that you other Dopers suggest breakup/bitter-about-love songs, and/or rate the ones I have compiled. Here is what I have so far:
[ul]\*Hey (pixies)
\*I want you back (jackson 5)
\*piece of my heart (janis joplin)
\*regretting what I said…(Christine Lavin) [thanks, RobotArm!]
\*train in vain (the Clash)
- at least one Bob Dylan song. So many to choose from…any suggestions? (I’m thinking It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue or It Ain’t Me Babe)
\*Song for the Dumped (Bens Fold Five)
\*at least one Ani Difranco song. So many to choose from…any suggestions? (I’m thinking Gratitude, or You Had Time)
\*at least one Cure song. yada yada yada.
\*Why Didn’t You Call Me? (Macy Grey)
\*Am I Not Pretty Enough (Kasey Chambers)
\*Idol (Amanda Ghost)
\*Mystery (Indigo Girls)
\*Anything But Down (Sheryl Crow)
\*Under the Bridge (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
\*at least one Amy Mann song. Probably Save Me.
\*Everybody Hurts (REM)
\*Undone [the sweater song] (Weezer)
\*When Doves Cry (Prince)
\*With or Without You (U2)
\*at least one Violent Femmes song. Probably Kiss Off
\*something Tom Waits. **I need suggestions!**
\*something Lenord Cohen **ditto**
\*love will tear us apart (Joy Division)
\*you make me feel like a whore (everclear)
\*Heart of Glass (Blondie)
\*What’s So Funny…(Elvis Costello)
\*Trouble (Cat Stevens)
\*Joga [State of Emergency] (Bjork)
\*something Alanis Morissette (shut up. It’s a break-up tape) All I want? You Outta Know?[/ul]
OK, that’s like 4 CDs there. One idea I liked that I saw on a mix-tape site: divide the tape into stages ie: stages of a breakup. Thoughts? Suggestions?
Coming soon…Roadtrip mix!
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### Author:  [@Rhum\_Runner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhum_Runner)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2002, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/2 "2002-11-23T03:12:21Z")
For **Bob Dylan** I suggest _Sara_
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### Author:  [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2002, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/3 "2002-11-23T03:46:44Z")
“Losing A Whole Year” - Third Eye Blind. At least they did one decent song.
“Finishing Touches” - Warren Zevon
“Battle Of Who Could Care Less” - Ben Folds Five
“I Know” - Kim Richey
“Hot Burrito #2” - Flying Burrito Brothers
“At The Crossroads” - Mott The Hoople
“Waterlow” - Mott The Hoople. Good for those wallowing in misery moments
“Razor Dance” - Richard Thompson
“These Days” - Nico
“I’ll Be Damned” - Slobberbone
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### Author:  [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2002, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/4 "2002-11-23T04:11:39Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*regretting what I said…(Christine Lavin) [thanks, RobotArm!]
You’re entirely welcome, sweetheart. I was thinking of _Main and Broadway_ by Cub (you won’t have to look far for it), the simple bitterness of post-modern punk.
Also _Doug Engaged_ by Mel Cooleys.
Since we’re too late for denial and anger, let us know when you get to bargaining and acceptance, I might be able to come up with some songs for those, too.
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2002, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/5 "2002-11-23T04:35:29Z")
I am fond of Sale Away Sweet Sister by Queen. I’m not sure that I would say it is bitter - perhaps it is bitter-sweet.
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2002, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/6 "2002-11-23T04:36:41Z")
Oops. Should be Sail Away…
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### Author:  [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2002, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/7 "2002-11-23T04:45:52Z")
Some bitter songs:
Vertical Horizon- Shackled (one of the bitterest break-up type songs I’ve ever heard)
Stir- Stop Killing Me
Long Pigs- On and On
The Hippos- Wasting my Life
Beth Orton- Stolen Car/She Cries Your Name
Transister- Dizzy Moon
Monster Magnet- Your Lies Become You
Prime Sth- I’m Stupid
Elliot Smith- Waltz #2 (more bitter about might have beens, though)
Greenwheel- Breathe
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### Author:  [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2002, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/8 "2002-11-23T05:08:13Z")
“Never Talking to You Again” - Husker Du
“Nine Million Rainy Days” - Jesus and Mary Chain
“The Kiss” - The Cure
“Faded Flowers” - Shriekback
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### Author:  [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2002, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/9 "2002-11-23T06:38:03Z")
**Battery** Aftermath
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### Author:  [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2002, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/10 "2002-11-23T07:23:25Z")
A depressed breakup cd, or an angry breakup cd? If depressed, then the Femmes song HAS to be “Please Do Not Go”. Otherwise, “Kiss Off” works.
And how about “Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me” by the Smiths?
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### Author:  [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2002, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/11 "2002-11-23T12:14:28Z")
the get up kids - mass pike
the cure - a letter to elise
death cab for cutie - photobooth
elliot smith - waltz no2
ryan adams - call me on your way back home
career girls - end credits
the smiths - please please please let me get what i want
saves the day - freakish
dashboard confessional - saints and sailors
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### Author:  [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2002, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/12 "2002-11-23T13:25:00Z")
For happy breakup songs:
_Sick of You_ by **Iggy and the Stooges**
_Go Away Girl_ by **The Urinals**
_I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You_ by **The Ramones**
For sad breakup songs:
_Never Going To See You Again_ by **Conway Savage and Suzie Higgie**
_One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong_ by **Leonard Cohen**
_Where Do We Go But Nowhere_ by **Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds**
_I Still Miss Someone_ by **Johnny Cash**
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### Author:  [@Jerevan\_Somerville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jerevan_Somerville)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2002, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/13 "2002-11-23T14:27:11Z")
The Canadian artist **Luba** (with her band of the same name) has a couple of bitter break-up songs that I keep coming back to:
“No More Words” from their 1989 album _All or Nothing_
“Is She Alot Like Me” from her 2000 solo album _From the Bitter to the Sweet_
(Both albums are fantastic on their own; not released in the USA, but you can order them on-line from HMV)
**Jann Arden** : “Insensitive”
**Sass Jordan** : “High Road Easy” (from _Rats_) – angry, aggressive “f\*\*\* off” song
**Sarah McLachlan** : “Good Enough”, “Terms”
**Fleetwood Mac** : “In the Back of My Mind” or “Freedom” (_Behind The Mask_) – and almost anything from _Rumours_!
**Heart** : “Who Will You Run To?”
**Cyndi Lauper** : “You Don’t Know”
**BBMak** : “Sympathy” (as in “_I don’t need yours…_”) from their new album _Into Your Head_
**Roxette** : “You Don’t Understand Me”
**Madonna** : “The Power of Good-bye”
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### Author:  [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2002, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/14 "2002-11-23T14:40:37Z")
Can’t forget the classic!
**Love Stinks** by the J Geils Bang
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### Author:  [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2002, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/15 "2002-11-23T14:56:34Z")
More of the Classics, as I made one of these in 1991:
“Woman Haters Club Theme Songs”
Movin’ Out - Billy Joel
Still Around - Robert Cray
The Weather is Here - Jimmy Buffett
Kicked in the Teeth - AC/DC
Funny How Love Is - FYC
Only Flame in Town - Elvis Costello
Happy Trails - Van Halen
These Foolish Things - Bryan Ferry version
I was Only Telling A Lie - James Taylor
Last Day of Our Acquaintance - Sinead O’Conner
One Less Set oif Footsteps - Jim Croce
Cold Cold Cold/Tripe Face Boogie - Little Feat
Goodbye Cruel World - Pink Floyd
Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits
Good Year for the Roses - Elvis Costello
If You Don’t Know Me By Now - Simply Red
Blue - FYC
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover - Simon and Garfunkel
Who are You - The Who
1 Bourbon, 1 Scotch and 1 Beer - George Thorogood
When the Hangover Strikes - Squeeze
Nobody Home - Pink Floyd
Almost Blue - Elvis Costello
As Hard As It Is - FYC
I Guess I Showed Her - Robert Cray
Empty Spaces - Pink Floyd
It fills up a Maxell XL II 100 tape very well. I don’t need thse any more, you can have them
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### Author:  [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2002, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/16 "2002-11-23T15:11:25Z")
As it turns out, mine are all pretty girly so they’ll be a perfect fit.
**Indigo Girls** : Left it Up to Me
**Alison Krauss + Union Station** : Baby, Now That I’ve Found You (it’s actually about breaking up)
**Beatles** : She’s Leaving Home _or_ For No One
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### Author:  [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2002, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/17 "2002-11-23T15:42:47Z")
For a **Bob Dylan** song, how 'bout _Don’t Think Twice, it’s Alright_?
This one’s not really a bitter song, but _Why Does Love Got to be so Sad?_ by **Derek and the Dominoes** is another option.
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### Author:  [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2002, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/18 "2002-11-23T16:34:12Z")
When I saw the OP, the one song that immediately leapt to my mind was :
**The Murmurs - You Suck**
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### Author:  [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2002, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/19 "2002-11-23T16:49:56Z")
my friend gave me a kick-ass breakup tape a few years ago.
may i suggest
james-tomorrow, or, waltzing along
nina simone- ain’t got no (i got life)
otis redding- sad sad song
and always, always
jeff buckley singing leonard cohen’s hallelujah.
because you can have too many bitter songs.
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### Author:  [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2002, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/20 "2002-11-23T17:06:11Z")
Of course, anything I don’t have is going to have to be gnutellaed, which is annoying when you have a dial-up connection. Therefore, songs I have in hand appeal more than others. And for the record, (::coughcoughUncleBillcoughcough:🙂 a “woman hating” mix isn’t what this chick needs.
I’m busy gnutellaing what I hadn’t thought of (Last Night…by the Smiths, The Cohen song,) and rooting through my CDs for songs I hadn’t thought of (Beth Orton, Elliot Smith).
OK, maybe I’ll make one “sad, bittersweet” CD and one “screw you, I can live without you” CD.
Any Tom Waits suggestions?
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