Songs you listened to over and over when your heart got broke...

[diebitter]

And how long did it take to get over?

Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
Style Council - Paris Match (I'm guessing most of you won't know this)
The Theme from The Incredible Hulk (I'm not kidding!)

time: 18 months, give or take a month

[Hornacek]

All Out of Love- Air Supply

[Soul Daddy]

The Smiths - I Know It's Over

[coffeecrazy1]

Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Black - Pearl Jam
I Want Love - Elton John

time: 10 months

[Alobar]

some jewel song I cant remember the name of. and whatever track 2 is off the first chevelle CD.

a couple weeks of nonstop play. Intermittently for several months thereafter

[codewarrior]

Skin by Rascal Flats. It's about a little girl with cancer. I can't listen to it.

(Edit: thought thread title was songs that break your heart. d'oh /images/graemlins/ooo.gif)

Sarah Beth is scared to death
To hear what the doctor will say
She hasn't been well
Since the day that she fell
And the bruise, just won't go away
So she sits and she waits with her mother and dad
Flips through an old magazine
Till a the nurse with a smile
Stands at the door
And says will you please come with me

Sarah Beth is scared to death
Cause the doctor just told her the news
Between the red cells and white
Something's not right
But we're gonna take care of you

Six chances in ten it won't come back again
With the therapy were gonna try
It's just been approved
It's the strongest there is
I think we caught it in time

Sarah Beth closes her eyes
And she dreams she's dancing
Around and around without any cares
And her very first love is holding her close
And the soft wind is blowing her hair

Sarah Beth is scared to death
As she sits holding her mom
Cause it would be a mistake
For someone to take
A girl with no hair to the prom

For, just this morning right there on her pillow
Was the cruelest of any surprise
And she cried when she gathered it all in her hands
The proof that she couldn't deny

Sarah Beth closes her eyes
And she dreams she's dancing
Around and around without any cares
And her very first love was holding her close
And the soft wind is blowing her hair

Its quarter to seven
That boys at the door
And her daddy ushers him in
And when he takes off his cap
They all start to cry
Cause this mornin where his hair had been
Softly she touches just skin

And they go dancin
Around and around without any cares
And her very first true love is holding her close
And for a moment she isn't scared

Burn - Usher
Truly - Lionel Ritchie
Stuck on You - Lionel Ritchie
Still - Lionel Ritchie

I recommend Lionel Ritchies -Truly the love songs compilation album when your soul gets ripped out.

[swede123]

I'm sure this qualifies me for pussy of the day honors...

Dixie Chicks - You Were Mine.

Though I was probably more on the giving end of the heart-breaking than her, being the one breaking up. It is still a bit of an issue for the girl in question, four years later - yeah, that's how incredible I am.

Swede

[tripp0807]

When my roommate in college broke up with his g/f of 6 years, I heard "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd for about 2 months.

[coffeecrazy1]

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The Smiths - I Know It's Over

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Crushingly, Jeff Buckley does a medley of Hallelujah and this song on Mystery White Boy(live album). That version just devastates me.

[nyc999]

I had a roommate in college who stayed loyal to his girlfriend over a summer while she studied abroad. She dumped him on her second day back, new boyfriend in tow.

For the following 2 months, only song he ever played in our apartment was "Whipping Post" by the Allman Brothers.

[M2d]

don't turn around-Aswad
Wild World-Maxi Priest

maybe...5 months

[Slow Play Ray]

Skid Row - I Remember You

[istewart]

This is a [censored] gay reason to listen to a song.

[diebitter]

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This is a [censored] gay reason to listen to a song.

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I agree. I have no idea why I or anyone else would torture themselves this way either. I just did.

[Dominic]

"Lucky" by til tuesday
"Heart of the Matter" by Don Henley

[FouTight]

I think the correct answer is No Woman No Cry.

This may be the correct answer for any thing though.

[MikeSmith]

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And how long did it take to get over?

Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
Style Council - Paris Match (I'm guessing most of you won't know this)
The Theme from The Incredible Hulk (I'm not kidding!)

time: 18 months, give or take a month

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"mr brightside" -the killers
Anything by Dashboard Confessional

to hell with her!

[asofel]

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Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Black - Pearl Jam
I Want Love - Elton John

time: 10 months

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pearl jam black is an excellent song, especially for this question.

"I know some day you'll have a beautiful life,
I know you'll be a star,
In somebody else's sky, but why.......why......whyyyy....
Can't it be........can't it be mine........."

[BCPVP]

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Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley

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Freaky. Same song for me.

Whiskey River - Willie Nelson
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams
Seven Briges Road - The Eagles
He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones
The Sky Is Cryin' - Stevie Ray Vaughan
She's Got You - Patsy Cline
Just the Way You are - Billy Joel
...and a few others.

Time: I'll let you know.

Yup. Hallelujah.

I'll also agree with Rascal Flatts - Skin, just because it can make me cry, not because it really relates.

[istewart]

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Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley

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Cliche. Same song for me.

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FYP

[PokerFink]

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I had a roommate in college who stayed loyal to his girlfriend over a summer while she studied abroad. She dumped him on her second day back, new boyfriend in tow.

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If he murdered her in cold blood, and I was on the jury, I would let him walk.

Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory

(the entire CD except for the last song)

[SossMan]

Come pick me up - Ryan Adams

[Georgia Avenue]

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"Heart of the Matter" by Don Henley

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Haha...I remember listening to that over and over after my 6th grade gf dumped me. She never even let me kiss her w/tongue and I thought my life was over. Then I listened to "Dirty Laundry" and started kicking ass again. HOOOrah!

More recently...
"Pictures of You" is impossible to listen to, even now. I don't remember the girl's name but I remember driving to school with my Mom and bursting out crying by the second verse. She said I was a big pussy. Then she made me eat dog food. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Eurotrash]

wow, Stew, looks like Stuey got you a nice avatar as well.

the resemblance is hilarious. I couldnt help but notice it every time I saw Andy Black on TV

End of the Road/Yesterday/It's So hard to Say Goodbye/End of the Road- Boyz II Men

Comedy "It's Raining Men" option.

Right Said Fred - I'm too sexy
Nelson - Love and Affection

LOL, j/k, good call with dire straits, here goes:

Depeche Mode - Somebody
Howie Day - She says
Def Leopard - I'd miss you in a heartbeat
Mayy Star - Fade into you

[esknights]

Jude - King of Yesterday
Vertical Horizon - Best I Ever Had
A lot of Counting Crows

[CollinEstes]

"I didn't want to say goodbye." By Ari Hest

Easily the sadest song ever written, instead of leaving in the song the girl is dead, which for was more fun to think about.

Here's a taste:

I get cards and Bouquets,
But they can't take your place.
And I have dreams about us,
but I always wake up.

I can ask,
I can plead,
I can beg down on my knees.
For a reason, for a sign.
But the answer I won't find.

[MonkeeMan]

Look no further than Motown...

Artist: Jimmy Ruffin
Song: What Becomes Of The Broken-hearted

Artist: Little Anthony and the Imperials
Song: Tears On My Pillow

Artist: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Song: The Tracks Of My Tears

[johnnycakes]

"No Children" by the Mountain Goats
I felt like I almost exploded the first time I heard it. The lyrics are brutal.

Lyrics:
I hope that our few remaining friends
Give up on trying to save us
I hope we come up with a failsafe plot
To piss off the dumb few that forgave us
I hope the fences we mended
Fall down beneath their own weight
And I hope we hang on past the last exit
I hope it's already too late
And I hope the junkyard a few blocks from here
Someday burns down
And I hope the rising black smoke carries me far away
And I never come back to this town
Again in my life
I hope I lie
And tell everyone you were a good wife
And I hope you die
I hope we both die

I hope I cut myself shaving tomorrow
I hope it bleeds all day long
Our friends say it's darkest before the sun rises
We're pretty sure they're all wrong
I hope it stays dark forever
I hope the worst isn't over
And I hope you blink before I do
Yeah I hope I never get sober
And I hope when you think of me years down the line
You can't find one good thing to say
And I'd hope that if I found the strength to walk out
You'd stay the hell out of my way
I am drowning
There is no sign of land
You are coming down with me
Hand in unlovable hand
And I hope you die
I hope we both die

[Cancuk]

Rock n' Roll ain't noise pollution - AC/DC

[housenuts]

goo goo dolls - iris

Kayleigh by Marillion.

I don't know why.

[xadrez]

Otis Redding, the entire box set, on repeat.

[Macdaddy Warsaw]

Heh, it's actually pretty funny, but I listened to a lot of Les Os by The Unicorns, which is like...not really a sad song. But one lyric is like, "Is this love of our's a lie?"

Anyway, it took like 6 months to get over it, I would say after a 12 month relationship. We were actually "together" for like 18 months, but the last 6 (the getting over it part) were just hell. Anyway...I remember the moment I got over it was one late night listening to the song "Cherry" by Ratatat, which has no lyrics. It just clicked.

[pryor15]

either

"Jen Doesn't Like Me Anymore" by Less Than Jake

or

"How to Fight Lonliness" by Wilco

Elliot Smith- Miss Misery
Johny Cash- Hurt
Coldplay- The Scientist

still not over it

[Fabian]

Within Temptation - Our Farewell

[offTopic]

Hi diebitter,

nutsack the band, part 2 (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=exchange&Number=3472649&S earchpage=1&Main=3472649&Words=band+mike+l.&topic= &Search=true#Post3472649)

Cacophonically yours,
offTopic

[tdarko]

die, die my darling- the misfits/metallica

[ChipWrecked]

Sad: Dylan's 'Blood on the Tracks'

Mad: Joe Jackson's 'Look Sharp'

"Those happy couples ain't no friends of mine"

Albums, I know, that's just the way I did it.

[thatpfunk]

Haligh, Haligh, A Lie, Haligh - Bright Eyes

[censored] bitch

[TheBlueMonster]

"Golden Age" - Beck

[TiK]

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The Smiths - I Know It's Over

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Crushingly, Jeff Buckley does a medley of Hallelujah and this song on Mystery White Boy(live album). That version just devastates me.

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[censored], I really wanted to download this song, but iTunes has the album, but not that song. [censored].

[MrWookie47]

Reel Big Fish - Everything Sucks
Puddle of Mudd - She [censored]' Hates Me.
SR71 - Right Now


I tend to be cynical when I'm dumped.

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I tend to be cynical when I'm dumped.

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Me too. Go figure.

[DMBFan23]

Halloween - Dave Matthews Band
The Stone - Dave Matthews Band
Ramble On - Led Zeppelin
Put it in your mouth - Akinele
Freaky Tales - Snoop Dogg
[censored] You Tonight - Biggie and R Kelly

[DMBFan23]

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Elliot Smith- Miss Misery
Johny Cash- Hurt
Coldplay- The Scientist

still not over it

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this is a great list

[Gunny Highway]

These are some great lists. But when you've had your heart broken do you prefer songs that help you get over it or songs that let you wallow in your own misery for awhile?

[tdarko]

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"Golden Age" - Beck

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i like your taste but i think you are wasting a good song here. now you are going to associate such a great song with this whore.

i suggest you make your self a 7 & 7 and then with the edge of the glass crush up some Vicodin into a fine powder and pour it into your cocktail and listen to this record. much better this way.

If you don't know this song or artist I recommend you dowload this from somewhere...its on ITunes

Bill Withers - Hope She'll be Happier

From his Live at Carnegie Hall Album

[chesspain]

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The Smiths - I Know It's Over

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Crushingly, Jeff Buckley does a medley of Hallelujah and this song on Mystery White Boy(live album). That version just devastates me.

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k.d. lang has a version of Hallelujah which is rather haunting as well.

[coffeecrazy1]

If you like Buckley, download the album...it is very much worth it.

[mlh2e]

Alone/Sweet Pain by Blues Travler
Turn My Head - Live

[Los Feliz Slim]

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Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet

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Freshman year of college I made a 90-minute tape of nothing but this song, because I was an enormous douchebag. God, do I ever wish I knew then what I know now.

[mason55]

There's some seriously bad replies in here.

All of the album Blue by Joni Mitchell seems like a good choice (it just came on my playlist while I was reading the thread)

[GAL]

Sting: when we dance

"if he loves you like i loved you"

[EMcWilliams]

Weezer- The Good Life (or for that fact just about anything from Pinkerton)

[Quinn Warren]

Beck- Lost Cause
Will Oldham- Now I See a Darkness

I'm definately a wallower.

The most tearjerking I've found however is:

Carry me Ohio by Sun Kil Moon. A sample:

"what about the sweetness we knew
what about what's good, what's true
from those days

can't count
to all the lovers i've burned through
so why do i still burn for you
i can't say

sorry that
i could never love you back
i could never care enough
in these last days"

[man]

I generally listen to songs that praise the girl for some reason.

"You're My Angel" Fenix Tx (I have a weird thing for this song)
"Romeo and Juliet" Dire Straits is also a good one as others have said.

but on the wallowing side, at the end of the summer I listened to "dry your eyes" by the streets about twenty times in a row as I cried myself to sleep in an emotional drunken haze.

it took me around a month to get over her.

edit: on second thought, the correct answer is actually "bye bye love" by ray charles. seriously, guys, if you listen to this song enough, you'll get over her 20-30% faster.

[vexvelour]

The Postal Service - entire damn thing except that REALLY sad #8 song.

Cake - to make me feel better.

Stabbing Westward - can't get any better breakup music than this.

[marsvolta619]

The winner is Saves The Day - As Your Ghost Takes Flight

The last time that I saw you, August of '99,
I should've had my hammer and a few rusty spikes
to nail you on a wall and use bottles to catch your blood
and display you for the neighbors so they know your time had come.
And I'd drink your blood and feel it dripping down my throat
as it heads for my heart.
And as your body sags and the stench rises in vain,
the people on the street are collecting in dismay.
Before your eyes your head lifts towards the sky
and that's the last thing they'll remember of you.
And I'd drink your blood and feel it dripping down my throat
as it heads for my heart.
You've become a ghost.
You're floating somewhere in between
the waking world and a landscape of dreams.
Well it's nothing but dying.
You've got a grenade stuck in your teeth and you're pulling at the pin.
You're an illusion, just a shadow flickering underneath the sun.
And I'd drink your blood and feel it dripping down my throat
as it heads for my heart.


Reggie and the Full Effect - What the Hell is Contempt, Get Well Soon, What the Hell is Stipulation
Saves The Day - Stay What You Are album and Through Being Cool album

[Los Feliz Slim]

Just remembered another:

Against All Odds - Phil Collins

Eighth grade. Never even dated the girl, but upon finding out she wanted no part of me, it was an all-night festival of this song.

[imported_anacardo]

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Just remembered another:

Against All Odds - Phil Collins

Eighth grade. Never even dated the girl, but upon finding out she wanted no part of me, it was an all-night festival of this song.

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I don't mean to mock your teenage heartbreak, m'man, but the soundtrack to your Parade of Tears is very, very amusing to me. /images/graemlins/smirk.gif

[ChipWrecked]

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There's some seriously bad replies in here.

All of the album Blue by Joni Mitchell seems like a good choice (it just came on my playlist while I was reading the thread)

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Yes, 'River' is probably the single best breakup song of all time.

[surfinillini]

What about LOSING MY RELIGION by REM.

Oh wait, that Brenda's song when Dylan broke up with her...nevermind /images/graemlins/blush.gif

[whiskeytown]

Rosie Thomas - When we were small...

mostly sparse piano and a very high, almost childlike voice singing songs of loss...

damned album nearly had me jumping off a roof - jesus..

Kate Rusby's stuff is pretty good too - all her songs are sad breakup songs...

I like this one for some reason - about a guy who dies and watches his true love from the gravesite find another guy who takes all the property and the woman and so he's launching curses from the grave -

all Kate's songs are sad - for some reason, even after I got thru the breakup, the chorus in this one still hits me -

"Out in the fields where the lark it flies
over the earth where my heart lies
oh how it sings when the west winds blow
out in the field where no one goes

Oh how the cold will you let me in
if you could me speak where would I begin
Time it is passed now and I roam free
Is it wrong to wish you still need me
Is it wrong to wish you still need me

Out in the field where the lark it sings
here I was waiting for all these things
there I stood and there I fell
out in the field that I know well

Oh how the cold will you let me in
if you could me speak where would I begin
Time it is passed now and I roam free
Is it wrong to wish you still need me
Is it wrong to wish you still need me

Out in the field where the lark resides
Here I'll remain where my heart can hide
Only the lark and the west winds know
Out in this field where no one goes

Oh how the cold will you let me in
if you could me speak where would I begin
Time it is passed now and I roam free
Is it wrong to wish you still need me
Is it wrong to wish you still need me"

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Also some Bill Mallonee - esp. during his dark phase...

out beneath the milky way
trying to find a place to stay
it got harder after time
became this line you crossed and somewhat undefined

now i'm drifting
beneath those things that held me up
all those thing my hands could touch
like my lips upon yours
they're all gone
that's all gone

that piece of the romantic
always dies a death that's tragic
and the part that felt so clean and new
that's now vanished inside you

now i'm drifting
beneath those things that held me up
all those thing my hands could touch
like my lips upon yours
they're all gone
that's all gone

never underestimate
distance is a feather or a crushing weight
somewhere in the darkest night
lost your locket full of moonlight

now i'm drifting
beneath those things that held me up
all those thing my hands could touch
like my lips upon yours
they're all gone
that's all gone

[Landon_McFly]

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I think the correct answer is No Woman No Cry.


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True Statement

Jay-Z's - Song Cry is my personal fav. It's the story of every relationship I've ever been in lyric for lyric.

"They say you can't turn a bad girl good, but once a good girl's gone bad... she's gone forever, I mourn forever, man I gotta live with the fact I did you wrong forever."

"Can't see it comin down my eyes, so I gotta make the song cry"

[censored] Classic

The unplugged version that lasts 7 mins gives me goosebumps everytime.

Truly classic material.
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i like listening to people sadder than me when i'm sad

rosette :: crushed
mazzy star :: halah
daniel bedingfield :: never gonna leave your side
the arcade fire :: cars and telephones

[PocketJokers72]

didn't see a single Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares To You....

weird...maybe I'm the only one who ever got dumped at the prom in 1990.

[utmt40]

All Out Of Love by Jagged Edge

Edit: I also listened to "Superhuman" by Ginuwine (Awesome song by the way)

[bugstud]

some really interesting selections here. I think I'd do the sad stuff mentioned, then pantera and its would come on and I'd start breaking [censored].

[utmt40]

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I think the correct answer is No Woman No Cry.


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True Statement

Jay-Z's - Song Cry is my personal fav. It's the story of every relationship I've ever been in lyric for lyric.

"They say you can't turn a bad girl good, but once a good girl's gone bad... she's gone forever, I mourn forever, man I gotta live with the fact I did you wrong forever."

"Can't see it comin down my eyes, so I gotta make the song cry"

[censored] Classic

The unplugged version that lasts 7 mins gives me goosebumps everytime.

Truly classic material.
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I just downloaded this song and its awesome man. nh.

[Evan]

Counting Crows - Raining in Baltimore

"There's things I'll remember, things I'll forget
I miss you, I guess that I should"

A while.