# break up mix tape/CD **URL:** \ **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:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/21 "2002-11-23T17:58:47Z")
One song that has always brought back bittersweet breakup memories for me everytime I hear it is Madonna’s “Power of Goodbye” _sniff_ ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/22 "2002-11-23T17:59:04Z")
“Your Dictionary” by XTC ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/23 "2002-11-23T18:08:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SwimmingRiddles \* > \*\*Any Tom Waits suggestions? \*\* Blue Valentine? ---
**Author:** ![xanadu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c4cdca/32.png) [@xanadu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanadu)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/24 "2002-11-23T18:33:56Z")
“ **Regret** ” by New Order. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/25 "2002-11-23T21:52:22Z")
**The Tubes** - Love’s a Mystery (I Don’t Understand) **Warren Zevon** - Accidentally Like a Martyr ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2002, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/26 "2002-11-24T01:39:21Z")
I wish i had thought of “Song for the Dumped” before i saw you post it…thats a great one! I also wish I had gotten that CD before I made my OWN breakup tape. A lot of the songs on it were only important personally, so I wont list those here. But it soothed me in some weird way that, even though i DIDNT send the tape to her, that if she DID hear them she would be offended because of the inside-joke message. Also, as you ahve noted, I realize that not all of these will apply due to your gender, but 'ere goes… Fountains of Wayne - It Must be Summer Dead Can Dance - Ubiquitous Mr Lovegrove Cool Moe Dee - They want Money Led Zeppelin - Fool in the Rain Gin Blossoms - Found out about You Offspring - Self Esteem Stone Temple Pilots - Big Empty Black Sabbath - whatever song on their first that goes “but my feelings were a little bit too strong”, i dunno, cause their songlist on my copy makes no sense. Smoking Popes = Let’s Hear it for Love ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/27 "2002-12-09T05:06:00Z")
Because I know everyone’s been anxiously awaiting it…::Max, can I get a drumroll?:: Swiddles’ Breakup CD, or as the title reads: “It’s not me, it’s You.” 1. Bens Fold Five - Song for the Dumped 2. Everclear - You Make Me Feel Like a Whore 3. Janis Joplin - Piece of My Heart 4. Dire Straights - Romeo & Juliet (this one might get bumped for the Indigo Girls cover) 5. Puddle of Mudd - She Hates Me 6. Ani Difranco - Superhero 7. The Beatles - For No One 8. The Murmurs - You Suck 9. Bob Dylan - Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right 10. Prince - When Doves Cry 11. Alanis Morrisette - You Outta Know 12. Billy Bragg - St. Swithen’s Day 13. Sheryl Crow - Anything But Down 14. Kasey Chambers - Not Pretty Enough 15. Elvis Costello - Peace, Love & Understanding 16. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart 17. Amanda Ghost - Idol 18. The Clash - Train in Vain 19. Nina Simone - Ain’t Got No 20. Johnny Cash - I Still Miss Someone The Costello was a bold choice, it’s really not about breaking up, but I felt I needed something mildly upbeat. And it talks about being lonely, and dishearted and stuff. Plus, it leads nicely into the ending, which was specifically designed to build up to the Simone, and then end on the Cash, which is surprisingly bittersweet. Anyhoo, that’s all she wrote. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/28 "2002-12-09T05:42:54Z")
Good choices. Keep the Dire Straits version of R & J. Mark Knopfler’s singing in that song is a perfect match to the lyrics and feeling. ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/29 "2002-12-09T07:35:52Z")
I realize you’ve already got your list, **Swiddles** , but give Fiona Apple’s “Sleep To Dream” a listen. I’ve already recommended it once tonight as a breakup song, and at least twice before that. If you want a bitter, “what the hell were you thinking, breaking up with me”, angry breakup song, this is _it_. ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/30 "2002-12-09T07:38:38Z")
Oh, BTW, _great_ choices on numbers 2, 3, 7, 9, and 11. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ravage2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@ravage2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ravage2)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/31 "2002-12-09T15:47:20Z")
You have to have something from U2’s Achtung Baby. It is, after all, the ultimate break-up album. ---
**Author:** ![Witch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Witch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Witch)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/32 "2002-12-09T20:18:20Z")
“I Can’t Make You Love Me” - Bonnie Raitt “What It Takes” - Aerosmith these two = owie. ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/33 "2002-12-09T20:22:00Z")
One more plug for what I think is the song of the century so far: “Cup of coffee” - Garbage ---
**Author:** ![ASD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@ASD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASD)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/34 "2002-12-09T21:53:21Z")
The Last Day of Our Acquaintance - Sinead O’Connor (sad and angry all in one) All You Want or Don’t Think of Me - Dido ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/35 "2002-12-09T23:07:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ravage2 \* > \*\*You have to have something from U2’s Achtung Baby. It is, after all, the ultimate break-up album. \*\* Unfortunately, U2 makes me think of the jackass that created all this bitterness. One of his favorite bands. The jerk. On a completely unrelated note: have you ever noticed how \* often\* one hears U2? TV, radio, they’re everywhere. ::grumble:: I hate it when an ex makes you have a perfectly good band, by association. ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297/36 "2002-12-09T23:09:02Z")
that would be “I hate it when an ex makes you HATE a perfectly good band…” Continue as you were. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-up-mix-tape-cd/138297.md?page=1)