# Breaking up... it's easy to do **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [April 23, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-up-its-easy-to-do/1017401 "2025-04-23T14:41:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-up-its-easy-to-do/1017401/61 "2025-04-25T18:41:10Z")
No, this thread is the first time I have posted on the subject. I could fire up my old harddrive, but it belongs in a tower, runs on a Windows file system and I would have to do some serious backflipping computer acrobatics to get to to work with my Mac. Maybe one day I will return to Windows boxes, and I will see what I can retrieve. But I think my collection is going to the grave with me. Cue, Bob Dylan, covered by Nick Cave: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MLYnqldYJEs/maxresdefault.jpg "Death Is Not The End (Bob Dylan cover) feat. Shane MacGowan, Nick Cave and Friends (MTV clip)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLYnqldYJEs) ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-up-its-easy-to-do/1017401/62 "2025-04-25T18:45:19Z")
Thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-up-its-easy-to-do/1017401/63 "2025-04-25T23:11:46Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SPiz96e8w4k/maxresdefault.jpg "Burn Butcher Burn Lyric Video from The Witcher Season 2") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPiz96e8w4k) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-up-its-easy-to-do/1017401/64 "2025-04-26T00:32:34Z")
I pour the drinks and crush the flowers. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-up-its-easy-to-do/1017401/65 "2025-04-26T06:07:12Z")
First song I thought of: Todd Rundgrens’ [The Last Ride](https://youtu.be/CIcKW1RBGK0?feature=shared&t=76) (performed with Daryl Hall with some smokin’ lead guitar by Todd) ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-up-its-easy-to-do/1017401/66 "2025-04-26T10:40:57Z")
Garbage, “Cup of Coffee” (2001) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/AMqu4ml-ksQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Garbage - Cup Of Coffee (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMqu4ml-ksQ) ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-up-its-easy-to-do/1017401/67 "2025-04-26T10:58:03Z")
If you want a great cover of Dolly Partons “almost at breakup point” song, and you like both country and West African music, then.. my friends: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/C-9TzEUfQV4/maxresdefault.jpg "The Congo Cowboys | Jolene | 23 January 2024") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-9TzEUfQV4) I am fortunate to be long-term friends with a bunch of the band members. (God, I dislike Discourse in so many ways. Sorry, you will probably have to copy/paste) ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-up-its-easy-to-do/1017401/68 "2025-04-27T16:54:06Z")
Goodbye by Steve Earle. More a song about drifting apart than a formal breakup, but if anything the sadder for that. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YG5q-SikGJ8/maxresdefault.jpg "Goodbye") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG5q-SikGJ8) ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-up-its-easy-to-do/1017401/69 "2025-04-27T18:42:53Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > Goodbye by Steve Earle. This caused me to flash on a song about a very, very permanent breakup: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Gw7gNf_9njs/maxresdefault.jpg "The Chicks - Goodbye Earl (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw7gNf_9njs) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-up-its-easy-to-do/1017401/70 "2025-06-01T17:25:22Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Are we going for “best breakup song for wallowing in your own self pity?” or “best fuck you breakup song!” > > Cuz for the former it’s “Against All Odds” by Phil Collins. > > The latter, there are many I like. > “Song for the Dumped” by Ben Folds Five > “You Oughtta Know” Alanis Morisette > > I really like this verse by Chance the Rapper in the Action Bronson song “Baby Blue”: > > > I hope you get a paper cut on your tongue > > From a razor in a paper cup > > I hope every soda you drink already shaken up > > I hope your dreams dry like raisins in the baking sun > > I hope your titties are all saggy in your early twenties > > I hope there’s always snow in your driveway > > I hope you never get off Fridays > > And you work at a Friday’s that’s always busy on Fridays > > I hope you win the lottery and lose your ticket > > I hope it’s Ben and Socrates poop all up in your kitchen > > I hope the zipper on your jacket get stuck > > And your headphones short, and your charger don’t work > > And you spill shit on your shirt > > I hope your tears don’t hurt, and I can smile in your face > > Cut my losses, how Delilah changed my locks to a fade > > I hope you happy, I hope you happy > > I hope you ruined this shit for a reason, I hope you happy (Igh!) I was waiting for someone to mention [“Song for the Dumped.”](https://youtu.be/XVk_e31dnlE?si=E5esQnS2U9P3tE6h) An absolutely fantastic breakup song. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-up-its-easy-to-do/1017401/71 "2025-06-01T18:33:12Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PidN7lPr4F0/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-AoAC8AGKAgwIABABGGIgYihiMA8=&rs=AOn4CLCyiV3rlmwc--pMfblmfQjoEBvWDA "Nick Cave Barry Adamson The Sweetest Embrace") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PidN7lPr4F0) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-up-its-easy-to-do/1017401/72 "2025-06-01T18:59:05Z")
Also, there’s Todd’s “The Very Last Time” Beatles: “Long and Winding Road” “Hide Your Love Away” “Don’t Pass Me By” {always thought that was some hokey country cover, but nope - Ringo’s first song he wrote) “I’ll Follow the Sun” “I’m Looking Though You” “Run For Your Life” “For No One” “Another Girl” “Girl” “No Reply” “Ticket To Ride” “Yesterday” would “Sexy Sadie” qualify? I’ll bet the Stones have a few ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-up-its-easy-to-do/1017401/73 "2025-06-01T19:10:47Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > “Hide Your Love Away” Allegedly not about a former lover, but about Brian Epstein having to hide his homosexuality. > [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > would “Sexy Sadie” qualify? Also not about a lover, but Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-up-its-easy-to-do/1017401/74 "2025-06-01T19:20:13Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > I’ll bet the Stones have a few Their only great breakup song I can come up with is “Angie”, most of their others are just mean put downs of exes like “Yesterday’s Papers” or “Out Of Time”. ETA: another great breakup song they did was “Love In Vain”, but of course that’s a Robert Johnson cover. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-up-its-easy-to-do/1017401/75 "2025-06-01T19:27:15Z")
The Violent Femmes, “Fat” is a favorite, though it might not please everyone. A kind of incel anthem before there were incels. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0SyKBTBnT0I/maxresdefault.jpg "Fat") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SyKBTBnT0I) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-up-its-easy-to-do/1017401/76 "2025-06-01T19:55:24Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I could fire up my old harddrive, but it belongs in a tower, runs on a Windows file system and I would have to do some serious backflipping computer acrobatics to get to to work with my Mac. > > Maybe one day I will return to Windows boxes, and I will see what I can retrieve. Any external drive you can plug in will work on a Mac or a PC … heck, might be worth it to buy a portable hard drive ([4 TB for $99](https://www.bestbuy.com/site/seagate-4tb-external-usb-3-0-portable-hard-drive-with-rescue-data-recovery-services-black/6549781.p?skuId=6549781&ref=212&loc=18475628573&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=18469438542&gbraid=0AAAAAD-ORIj04kvB7jrR_yJCC_4xpuoNR&gclid=Cj0KCQjw9O_BBhCUARIsAHQMjS6gJLBsP1NKs6XM_waNlioO1cRFPHJh92LtZDWOjrpvDuXu91EoNxcaAqJqEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds) at Best Buy), (8TB for 149 and so on). Worth every penny for the hit of Napster Nostalgia… I need to pull out some old drives and see what’s on there (in the last days of file-sharing, I’d search for “Duets” and got some great harmonizing, from artists I’d never heard before). ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-up-its-easy-to-do/1017401/77 "2025-06-01T20:46:16Z")
This one holds a special place in my heart: > [https://youtu.be/j4AfyQNAb8c](https://youtu.be/j4AfyQNAb8c) 15–23 June, 1975, the happiest week of my life. ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-up-its-easy-to-do/1017401/78 "2025-06-01T20:50:40Z")
I think that’s just keyboards supporting the solo. But I like the song and will check out the band. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-up-its-easy-to-do/1017401/79 "2025-06-01T21:02:45Z")
> [@solost](#): > > The Grim Reaper does the breaking up: > **[Paint it Black](https://youtu.be/O4irXQhgMqg)** If you don’t think Paint It Blacks works, the happy, sunny Turtles also called on the Grim Reaper. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PQ9VHRDZn8k/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGH8gSSgYMA8=&rs=AOn4CLASD3WOye6JVWytqxDBsFazq5K4pA "The Turtles - Grim Reaper Of Love") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ9VHRDZn8k) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-up-its-easy-to-do/1017401/80 "2025-06-01T22:20:21Z")
I think my joke may have been a little too subtle. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/aKG89jm79kc/maxresdefault.jpg "I Hear A Symphony") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKG89jm79kc) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-up-its-easy-to-do/1017401.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-up-its-easy-to-do/1017401.md?page=5)