DM, that song kicks arse. Wanted to include that also with my list of songs. You should also hear "Ordinary Day" and "Pretty Baby", the 2 other great songs on that album.
Toad the Wet Sprocket- all she said will my bride sleep tonight softly believe the words as always lying and she sleeps and dreams lord knows what but it's not for me to be there and she knows she isn't there for me it's just a way of protecting and will my bride believe the lie says it's all right; still together 'til we die but she knows that words aren't always always what we mean to say but still she says she loves me anyway that's all she said one more word she speaks and says good night she would believe enchanted lies I wait for her but still inside she's dreaming of Valentino's eyes far away in someone else's night it isn't wrong but still it isn't right that's all she said perfect.....
The American songbook is filled with breakup songs that are heartrendingly sad. Porter, Rodgers and Hart, Gershwin, Ellington... 'Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye'. 'I Got it Bad and that Ain't Good'. 'One For My Baby'. 'But Not for Me'... it's endless. Listen to Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely and just *try* not to wallow pleasurably in angst. I think John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band's 'How Do You Sleep?' ('you c*nt!') qualifies - John b****ing at Paul is still a breakup! For some reason I find Buzzcocks' 'Ever Fallen in Love' really poignant. The best deeply bitter sexual jealousy/breakup songs (I maintain along with others here that many a breakup song should be really pissed off, a la Ben Folds) are often punk or punk-influenced. Half of Elvis Costello's entire catalogue is quite disturbing on occasion - listen to 'I Want You' sometime. Or 'Alison' - that song's actually about wanting to kill his ex. 'I think somebody better put out the big light...' This is arguably his saddest one, though. Almost Blue Almost blue Almost doing things we used to do There's a girl here and she's almost you Almost all the things that your eyes once promised I see in hers too Now your eyes are red from crying Almost blue Flirting with this disaster became me It named me as the fool who only aimed to be Almost blue It's almost touching it will almost do There's a part of me that's always true...always Not all good things come to an end now it is only a chosen few I've seen such an unhappy couple Almost me Almost you Almost blue
Sad Songs - Elton John She's out of my Life - MJ Against All Odds - Phil Collins "how can you just walk away from me . . .. when i all i can do is watch u leave" Phil has a lot of them Rocket River
Excellent choice!!! If You See Her, Say Hello If you see her, say hello, she might be in Tangier She left here last early spring, is livin' there, I hear Say for me that I'm all right though things get kind of slow She might think that I've forgotten her, don't tell her it isn't so. We had a falling-out, like lovers often will And to think of how she left that night, it still brings me a chill And though our separation, it pierced me to the heart She still lives inside of me, we've never been apart. If you get close to her, kiss her once for me I always have respected her for busting out and gettin' free Oh, whatever makes her happy, I won't stand in the way Though the bitter taste still lingers on from the night I tried to make her stay. I see a lot of people as I make the rounds And I hear her name here and there as I go from town to town And I've never gotten used to it, I've just learned to turn it off Either I'm too sensitive or else I'm gettin' soft. Sundown, yellow moon, I replay the past I know every scene by heart, they all went by so fast If she's passin' back this way, I'm not that hard to find Tell her she can look me up if she's got the time.
Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House The Wind Cries Mary - Jimi Hendrix Experience Thirteen - Big Star Yesterday - The Beatles
Michelle Branch - Goodbye to You goodbye to you goodbye to everything that i knew you were the one i loved the one thing that i tried to hold on to...
DM - Great song! I was thinking the same thing. All the rest are good too! I love break up songs although I hate breaking up. Can't think of any right now. Maybe later! I know I know some more...
No song depresses me more than The Rain Song by Led Zeppelin. This is the springtime of my loving - the second season I am to know You are the sunlight in my growing - so little warmth I've felt before. It isn't hard to feel me glowing - I watched the fire that grew so low. It is the summer of my smiles - flee from me Keepers of the Gloom. Speak to me only with your eyes. It is to you I give this tune. Ain't so hard to recognize - These things are clear to all from time to time. Talk Talk - I've felt the coldness of my winter I never thought it would ever go. I cursed the gloom that set upon us... But I know that I love you so These are the seasons of emotion and like the winds they rise and fall This is the wonder of devotion - I see the torch we all must hold. This is the mystery of the quotient - Upon us all a little rain must fall.
Is it normal to get pissed off while listening to Joy Division? I wanna drive faster and just scream!!! Don't mess with me when I'm driving while JD
'One More Chance' Janet 'Everytime It Rains' Ace of Base 'Love Is' Vanessa Williams w/ Brian McKnight 'I'm Still Breathing' Toni Braxton 'Ghost of You and Me' BBMak 'Right Here Waiting' Richard Marx 'Careless Whisper' George Michael Thats it! --rockit
Oh, 'Thirteen'! Great, great song. Add 'The Ballad of El Goodo' to the list, too. 'Years ago my heart was set to live... but I've been trying hard against unbelievable odds...' If I could work out what on earth Neil Finn is talking about I'm sure half of Crowded House's catalogue would be relevant. I've owned all their albums since their release dates and I'm still in the dark. Kitchens? Shoes? Catholicism? Cunnilingus? I forgot a complete pissed-off classic - Split Enz' 'I See Red'. 'Squeeze me out of your life/Down the drain like molten toothpaste/I feel used/and spat out...'
I remember listening to song for the dumped by Ben Folds Five for several days straight after a crappy breakup. Then I'm usually smart enough not to date for at least six months after that. Unfortunately I forget how much it sucks to break up and I start dating again. Thanks to this thread I'll try and avoid dating for another six months. B
Pretty much any New Found Glory song One that comes to mind right now is Sonny I dont really feel like typing out the lyrics
