# Ultimate breakup CD - Need answers fast! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 14, 2008, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-breakup-cd-need-answers-fast/467965 "2008-10-14T23:28:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rack-a-Bones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rack-a-Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rack-a-Bones)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-breakup-cd-need-answers-fast/467965/41 "2008-10-15T17:48:56Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Jesus, is the guy dumping _you_? I was just thinking this as well How about “Used to Love Her” - Guns-n-Roses :eek: ETA: I’m pretty sure the OP is just kidding around. And I like how people are saying “don’t do it, but here are some ideas.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-breakup-cd-need-answers-fast/467965/42 "2008-10-15T18:26:29Z")
[“Black and White”](http://www.lyricsmania.com/lyrics/dbs_the_lyrics_21994/other_lyrics_52627/black_and_white_lyrics_548562.html) – The dB’s ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-breakup-cd-need-answers-fast/467965/43 "2008-10-15T19:50:23Z")
[Da DA DA!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAEauAKaed8) - **Trio** Ich lieb dich nicht, du liebst mich nicht. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-breakup-cd-need-answers-fast/467965/44 "2008-10-15T19:56:26Z")
_This is Not a Love Song_ - **Public Image Limited** , is a great break up song if they are into the music I like. Iknow we aren’t supposed to post lyrics her but it goes something like this: [repeat]This is not a love song[/repeat] There might be some other lyrics, but thats all irrelevent. The point they are trying to make is: This is not a love song. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-breakup-cd-need-answers-fast/467965/45 "2008-10-15T20:43:09Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > You did see in the OP where he said that he needed this mix CD about _fourteen years ago_? > > Why go with subtle: > > _I Hold Your Hand in Mine, Dear_, Tom Lehrer Yes I did. (oops). But then isn’t the question why is he holding on to something 14 years stale? 😕 Can’t go wrong with Lehrer, though. 😉 Maybe a little Alanis Morisette “You Oughta Know” or Mary Chapin Carpenter, “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her”. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-breakup-cd-need-answers-fast/467965/46 "2008-10-15T21:25:39Z")
Incubus - “Oil and Water” Bad Religion - “Honest Goodbye” OK Go - “Get Over It” Linkin Park - “Breaking the Habit” ---
**Author:** ![Ellakite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ccd318/32.png) [@Ellakite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellakite)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-breakup-cd-need-answers-fast/467965/47 "2008-10-15T21:34:26Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Yes I did. (oops). But then isn’t the question why is he holding on to something 14 years stale? 😕". Actually, in his very first post Saint Cad implies that it’s **the girl** who keeps holding on past the expiration date. He’s apparently putting together the CD because she “just couldn’t get the hint that it was over”. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-breakup-cd-need-answers-fast/467965/48 "2008-10-15T22:03:19Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Yes I did. (oops). But then isn’t the question why is he holding on to something 14 years stale? 😕 Not that I need to justify my request to you but . . . I was discussing with friend about an ex that held on (stalked) for 2 years after I broke up with her. He said, “You should have sent her a breakup CD.” I replied that 1. We didn’t burn our own CDs back then 2. Could you even get enough heartless & cruel breakup songs to make a CD? If anyone could answer #2, it would be the dope But thank you for implying that I am an asshole without knowing all of the facts. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-breakup-cd-need-answers-fast/467965/49 "2008-10-15T22:05:47Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Not that I need to justify my request to you but . . . > > I was discussing with friend about an ex that held on (stalked) for 2 years after I broke up with her. He said, “You should have sent her a breakup CD.” I replied that > > 1. We didn’t burn our own CDs back then > 2. Could you even get enough heartless & cruel breakup songs to make a CD? > > If anyone could answer #2, it would be the dope > > But thank you for implying that I am an asshole without knowing all of the facts. People imply that I’m an asshole without knowing all the facts all the time. I just have difficultyrebutting their claim as the unknown facts tend to support their over-hasty deductions. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-breakup-cd-need-answers-fast/467965/50 "2008-10-15T22:07:11Z")
There wasn’t such a concept as “mix tape” then? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-breakup-cd-need-answers-fast/467965/51 "2008-10-15T22:47:23Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > There wasn’t such a concept as “mix tape” then? 😃 Sure, but how to get all of the songs before itunes? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-breakup-cd-need-answers-fast/467965/52 "2008-10-15T23:07:50Z")
Here are the songs I spin when I’ve been dumped or dump: Love Stinks – J. Geils American Woman – The Guess Who or Lenny Kravitz cover No Time Left for You – Guess Who Won’t Get Fooled Again – The Who ---
**Author:** ![kalmia\_latifolia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8797f3/32.png) [@kalmia\_latifolia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kalmia_latifolia)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-breakup-cd-need-answers-fast/467965/53 "2008-10-16T00:19:14Z")
“don’t leave the light on baby” by belle and sebastian ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-breakup-cd-need-answers-fast/467965/54 "2008-10-16T01:03:21Z")
As long as we’re looking at a mix; U2 - _One_ (if the other person was very demanding and gave nothing) and _So Cruel_ Alanis Morrissette: _You Aughta Know_ (If he left you) and _Not All Me_ (if you got blamed for everything) Everclear - _Now That It’s Over_ Fleetwood Mac - _Go Your Own Way_ Huey Lewis & The News - _If This Is It_ Jim Croce - _One Less Set Of Footsteps_ Natalie Imbruglia - _Leave Me Alone_ REO Speedwagon - _Time For Me To Fly_ ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-breakup-cd-need-answers-fast/467965/55 "2008-10-16T01:05:12Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > > [@Ludovic](#): > > > > There wasn’t such a concept as “mix tape” then? 😃 > > Sure, but how to get all of the songs before itunes? You drop her a hint that “If you loved me, you’d buy me \”, “You know what I’d really like? \.”, and so forth until you have enough. Cause that’ll make it all the more painful. ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-breakup-cd-need-answers-fast/467965/56 "2008-10-16T04:21:27Z")
(Psst: It’s Yankovic, not Yankovich.) Forget About The Boy, from Thoroughly Modern Millie, always appears on the mixes I make for myself post-breakup. What Is This Feeling? from Wicked is all about loathing, and that was on at least one of the breakup mixes. Los Angeles, by SUGARCULT, has the lyric “I want a girl that won’t talk back”- so it could work. ---
**Author:** ![Charger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@Charger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charger)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-breakup-cd-need-answers-fast/467965/57 "2008-10-16T05:16:14Z")
“She Ain’t Pretty (She Just Looks That Way)” - Northern Pikes ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_Mann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@Rich\_Mann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_Mann)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-breakup-cd-need-answers-fast/467965/58 "2008-10-16T05:33:51Z")
From Offspring’s _Americana_ CD: “She’s Got Issues” and “Why Don’t You Get a Job” Both would work in the right situations. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-breakup-cd-need-answers-fast/467965/59 "2008-10-16T05:35:29Z")
Lucinda Williams “It’s over, I know it but I can’t let go” Some of those words may be the actual title. ---
**Author:** ![nani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58956e/32.png) [@nani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nani)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-breakup-cd-need-answers-fast/467965/60 "2008-10-16T08:46:14Z")
How can a thread like this get past a page without a mention of Usher’s masterpiece “[Let it Burn](http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=H_EKE6QYWfc)”? _Girl, understand why See it’s burning me to hold onto this I know this is something I gotta do But that don’t mean I want to What I’m trying to say is that I-love-you I just I feel like this is coming to an end And its better for me to let it go now than hold on and hurt you I gotta let it burn_ Got me through some hard times… 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-breakup-cd-need-answers-fast/467965.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-breakup-cd-need-answers-fast/467965.md?page=4)