# Need un-nice songs for (female) ex. Dets within **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 5, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-un-nice-songs-for-female-ex-dets-within/458936 "2008-08-05T17:08:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-un-nice-songs-for-female-ex-dets-within/458936/21 "2008-08-05T18:38:56Z")
[QUOTE=DianaG] Some plans/phones allow you to choose what a particular person in your address book hears when they call you. A friend of mine has his phone set up so that I hear Green Day’s _Church on Sunday_ when I call him, even though everyone else hears some heinous country soung. [/QUOTE] cool never ehard of this in the UK. All I ever hears is the usual ringing sound ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-un-nice-songs-for-female-ex-dets-within/458936/22 "2008-08-05T18:43:39Z")
“Never Talking to You Again” by Hüsker Dü. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-un-nice-songs-for-female-ex-dets-within/458936/23 "2008-08-05T18:58:18Z")
Bob Dylan… “Like a Rolling Stone” Once upon a time you dressed so fine You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn’t you? People’d call, say “Beware doll, you’re bound to fall” You thought they were all kiddin’ you You used to laugh about Everybody that was hangin’ out Now you don’t talk so loud Now you don’t seem so proud About having to be scrounging for your next meal How does it feel How does it feel To be without a home Like a complete unknown Like a rolling stone? -or- “Positively 4th Street” I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes and just for that one moment I could be you. Yes, I wish that for just one time You could stand inside my shoes You’d know what a drag it is to see you. Bob gives good venom. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-un-nice-songs-for-female-ex-dets-within/458936/24 "2008-08-05T19:04:16Z")
The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s theme) from Star Wars. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-un-nice-songs-for-female-ex-dets-within/458936/25 "2008-08-05T19:05:20Z")
A friend of my husband’s uses the theme from Jaws for his ex. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-un-nice-songs-for-female-ex-dets-within/458936/26 "2008-08-05T19:10:00Z")
Instrumental? Chopin’s Funeral March. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kyFyAqLtHq8/hqdefault.jpg "Classical - Chopin - Funeral March") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyFyAqLtHq8) Queen/Death on Two Legs Not a song but a sound effect: the “Ree, ree, ree” violin from the shower scene in “Psycho.” ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-un-nice-songs-for-female-ex-dets-within/458936/27 "2008-08-05T19:12:42Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] A friend of my husband’s uses the theme from Jaws for his ex. [/QUOTE] Simple, yet classic. An excellent choice. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-un-nice-songs-for-female-ex-dets-within/458936/28 "2008-08-05T19:14:48Z")
The Bitch is Back by Elton John Anything But Down by Sheryl Crow [QUOTE=One And Only Wanderers] this is a good point. All she will hear is ring eing, unless she is in the habit of calling him from the same room. [/QUOTE] Of course the one time this happens is worth the trouble, IMO. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-un-nice-songs-for-female-ex-dets-within/458936/29 "2008-08-05T19:23:20Z")
_I’ll Be Coming Home to You_ by the Statler Brothers. Be sure to get the updated version, as one line goes _“When the lights go on at Wrigley Field, I’ll be coming home to you.”_ It’s kind of a “I’ll come back to you when Hell freezes over” kind of song. ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-un-nice-songs-for-female-ex-dets-within/458936/30 "2008-08-05T19:34:22Z")
Dazed and Confused by Led Zeppelin “Lots of people talk and few of them know, Soul of a woman was created below.” And it has the biggest bad-ass riff ever. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-un-nice-songs-for-female-ex-dets-within/458936/31 "2008-08-05T20:21:23Z")
“Further On Up The Road” ("…somebody’s gonna hurt you like you hurt me.") It’s an old blues song but Eric Clapton does a great version. When I got divorced it was one of my favorite songs on this theme. “Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright” by Dylan ("…you just kinda wasted my precious time") was another. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-un-nice-songs-for-female-ex-dets-within/458936/32 "2008-08-05T20:26:23Z")
_Song for the Dumped_ by Ben Folds Five, excerpts below: So you wanted To take a break Slow it down some And have some space Well fuck you too Give me my money back Give me my money back Give me my money back You bitch I want my money back I want my money back And don’t forget To give me back my black T-shirt ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-un-nice-songs-for-female-ex-dets-within/458936/33 "2008-08-05T20:44:50Z")
When my ex calls me I have my phone play a snippet of The Saw Doctors " I Useta Love Her" " I useta love her, I useta love her once Long long time ago its gone, all my loving is gone gone gone gone" ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_2Times](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b2d939/32.png) [@Jimmy\_2Times](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_2Times)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-un-nice-songs-for-female-ex-dets-within/458936/34 "2008-08-05T20:48:40Z")
F\*ck It - by Eamon ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-un-nice-songs-for-female-ex-dets-within/458936/35 "2008-08-05T20:55:02Z")
[QUOTE=MikeG] When my ex calls me I have my phone play a snippet of The Saw Doctors " I Useta Love Her" [/QUOTE] That reminded me of another. I think it’s called “All Over Now” the version I’m familiar with is by Johnny Winter. (“I used to love her…but it’s all over now”) I think it was an older song by another artist. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-un-nice-songs-for-female-ex-dets-within/458936/36 "2008-08-05T21:02:37Z")
[QUOTE=River Hippie] That reminded me of another. I think it’s called “All Over Now” the version I’m familiar with is by Johnny Winter. (“I used to love her…but it’s all over now”) I think it was an older song by another artist. [/QUOTE] ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JzjLX7BjJJM/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/JzjLX7BjJJM?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque Rolling Stones? ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-un-nice-songs-for-female-ex-dets-within/458936/37 "2008-08-05T21:16:33Z")
[QUOTE=lobotomyboy63] ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JzjLX7BjJJM/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/JzjLX7BjJJM?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque Rolling Stones? [/QUOTE] Yep, that’s it! Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-un-nice-songs-for-female-ex-dets-within/458936/38 "2008-08-05T21:25:00Z")
[QUOTE=River Hippie] Yep, that’s it! Thanks. [/QUOTE] A Bobby Womack song originally. Good one. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-un-nice-songs-for-female-ex-dets-within/458936/39 "2008-08-05T21:28:32Z")
[QUOTE=MikeG] A Bobby Womack song originally. Good one. [/QUOTE] I didn’t know who did it originally but I know they “covered” lots of stuff others wrote, especially early on. Took me awhile to realize it was them—seems too twangy, almost country/western. [tangent]Another tune I never associated with the group: Tired of Waiting for You/Kinks [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz64hWng2vM&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz64hWng2vM&feature=related) [/tangent] ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-un-nice-songs-for-female-ex-dets-within/458936/40 "2008-08-05T21:29:10Z")
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle] One More Minute, Weird Al. [/QUOTE] ooooooh - that’s GOOD. I was thinking of “Virus Alert”, also by Weird Al (it’s my all-purpose ringtone, actually) but yours is FAR better. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-un-nice-songs-for-female-ex-dets-within/458936.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-un-nice-songs-for-female-ex-dets-within/458936.md?page=3)