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a great break-up CD (i.e., soaked in relationship grief and sadness via song) is Me'Shell Ndegeocello's "BITTER"... very sad album about a lover who just bailed on her... highly recommended.

 

 

Chico

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Lincoln Park "One step closer"

 

Good stuff!

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I can't listen to Ushers My Boo, my ex called me his Boo. It is just wierd to me, when I first heard that song I thought to myself how strange, but at least I know that the song has to remind him of me.

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I listen to

"all things must pass" by George Harrison

"Blue" by Joni Mitchell (that album is amazing for heartbreak)

"Rabbitt Songs" Hem

"A Boot and A Shoe" Sam Phillips

"Figure 8" Elliot Smith

anything by Badly Drawn Boy

anything by Nick Drake

and good country like Johnny Cash or Kris Kristofferson.

 

mellow and sad.

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Isabella that is exactly why it cheers me up...it was my pet name from my EXH!!!

Usher's song, My Boo makes me smile!! ;):D:bunny:

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R.E.M. - "Country Feedback"

 

Definitely one worth listening to.

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Human Nature by Madonna

 

Anything by Disturbed

 

Vas

 

Lorainna McKinnet (i know thats spelled wrong)

 

Patience G&R

 

Anything by Imperial Crystalline Entombment

 

Remember by AutumnTears

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"Heart of Gold" by Neil Young. Usually after a breakup.

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"White Ladder" by David Gray really helped me pull through after a breakup...very soothing and melodic.

 

I like to hear Portishead's "Sour Times" when I'm upset. I also like Ben Folds Five's "Song for the Dumped" but then I start to laugh when I think of the video; in one scene a little girl is burning a Ken doll's face with an iron. Priceless.

 

And yes, this is soooo cliche, but I'd also have to add "Everybody Hurts" by REM.

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Red hot chilli peppers-under the bridge

 

because...i don't ever want to feel...

like...

i did that day....

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"I Might Be Wrong" by Radiohead.

 

I also like "Karma Police" ;)

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any morrisey album will do. and country tunes.

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"Gone Out of My Mind" - Steve Wariner

 

Google the lyrics. They hit home. Better to music, worse when you're blue, but I still like the tune, and always will.

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Radiohead is always a good choice.

 

Also:

 

"Just Perfect" by Ryan Montbleau for when you miss him/her.

"Show Me a Little Shame" by Ben Harper when you feel like telling him/her off

And my personal favorite for sheer unadulterated crying material - Done Wrong by Ani DiFranco

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Such a great voice and when he was with the smiths the music was almost happy and he was crooning some seriously depressing sh**. I love Morrissey and the hurt in the songs makes me feel I am not alone in my world of pain.

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One of my favorites!!! Jack Johnson..... His music is awesome!! anyone heard of him or listen to his songs! I'm also so happy because yeterday i found out he has a NEW CD coming out in march i'm so excited. one of the singles was released the day me and my ex broke up and he call me telling me and i was like did you listen to the lyrics............. its scary cause it explains exactly how i feel towards him and the song is title....Sitting, Waiting, and Wishing....... It is the best ever and i can't wait to hear the rest of the songs!!!

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My depressed songs would be:

 

No Doubt- Don't Speak

Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the bridge

Faith Evans & P. Diddy - Missing You

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Get Rhythm - Johnny Cash

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Alicia Keys – If I Aint Got You

“Some people want it all

But I don't want nothing at all

If it ain't you baby

If it ain't you baby

Some people want diamond rings

Some just want everything

But everything means nothing

If I ain't got you”

 

Natalie Merchant – Carnival

“Have I been blind

Have I been lost

Inside my self and

My own mind

Hypnotized

Mesmerized

By what my eyes have seen?

Have I been wrong

Have I been wise

To shut my eyes

And play along

Hypnotized

Paralyzed

By what my eyes have found”

 

Dido – White Flag

“Well I will go down with this ship

And I won't put my hands up and surrender

There will be no white flag above my door

I'm in love and always will be

And when we meet

As I'm sure we will

All that was then

Will be there still

I'll let it pass

And hold my tongue

And you will think

That I've moved on”

 

Crossfade – Cold (ex dedicated this to me after split)

“I never really wanted you to see

the screwed up side of me that i keep

locked inside of me so deep

it always seems to get to me

I never really wanted you to go

so many things that you should have known

I guess for me there's just no hope

I never meant to be so cold”

 

Mario- Let Me Love You

“You should let me love you

Let me be the one to

Give you everything you want and need

Baby good love and protection

Make me your selection

Show you the way love suppose to be”

 

Blackstreet – Don’t Leave me

“When you say you love me it don’t mean a thing

If you care, you’ll be there, like you used to be, yeah

I’m searching for the words to make you realize

That I really, really want you to stay, oh

Tears of frustration I hold inside

But if you walk away

You’ll make this grown man cry”

 

Korn – Here to Stay

“The hurt inside is fading

This sh**s gone way to far

All this time I’ve been waiting

Now I cannot grieve anymore

For what’s in side awaking

My god I’m not a w****

You’ve taken everything

And now I cannot give anymore”

 

These are the ones that phase me the most.

soosad

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I think it depends on how you are hurting and how you want to feel. Sometimes when I am down about my ex, I do want to hear traditionally sad songs. But other times, truly depressing music just drives me down deeper and I don't think that is a good thing. When I am hurting real real bad, I listen to Linkin Park. Their lyrics are bleak and always about pain, loss, or alienation. It reaches me but gives me strength also. Some of their best on these subjects are "With You," "By Myself," "In The End," "Pushing Me Away" and basically the entire Meteora album which, lyrically, is hugely depressing and empowering at the same time. "Somewhere I Belong" has been my personal theme song since my breakup.

 

Some traditionally depressing songs that I like are:

 

"All My Little Words" by The Magnetic Fields

"Only One" by Yellowcard

"Ghost" and "Left Me A Fool" by the Indigo Girls

 

And I'll second the Morrissey nomination as well, although it kills me to hear his music because he is my ex's favorite artist. But some of his (or The Smiths) most hurting songs are "There is a light that never goes out," "Heaven knows I'm miserable now" and "I know it's over."

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I am just starting to get into the band Yellowcard and I am finding that many of their songs are also about loss. One that touched me in particular is "Empty Apartment." My ex left me for another man, whom she decided she was in love with and wanted to move in with a month after she met him. So when I heard this song for the first time and this lyric in particular, I basically lost it:

 

"Waking up from this nightmare

How's your life? What's it like there?

Is it all that you thought it would be?

Does it hurt when you think about me

and how broken my heart is?"

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Alanis Morrisette and Boyz II Men (DOING JUST FINE)

 

There was a time when I thought life was over and out

When you went away from me

My dying heart made it hard to breathe

Would sit in my room

Because I didn't want to have to go out

And see you walking by

One look and I'd break right down and cry

Never meant to take your love away

But you can save your tired apologies

'Cause it may seem hard to believe

I'm doin' just fine

Getting along very well

Without you in my life

I don't need you in my life

I'm doin' just fine

Time made me stronger

You're no longer on my mind

You were my earth

My number one priority

I gave me love to only you

Anything you'd ask of me

I would do

But somewhere down the road

You felt a change in the weather

And told me that you had to journey on

A kiss in the wind and your love was gone

Now you say you never meant to play your games

Boy, you know it's far too late

Because you let our love just fall apart

You no longer have a heart

When you said goodbye

I felt so all alone

There were times at night I couldn't sleep

My heart was much to weak to make it on my own

Baby after all the misery

And pain you put me through

So unfair to me boy

're no longer my world

And I ain't missin' you at all

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My Depressive Playlist (in no depressive order):

 

Coldplay The Scientist

Travis why does it always rain on me?

Nirvana Jesus dont want me for a sunbeam

Avril Im With You

Five For Fighting superman, 100 years

The Cranberries Miss you when you're gone..Linger...Put me Down..etc

Smashing Pumpkins Bye June, Daphne Decends,

Linkin Park My December, Numb

No Doubt Simple Kind of Life. Ex Gf, Happy Now?

Moby Porcelain

Keane somewhere only we know

Nirvana Man who sold the world

Fionna Apple Sullen Girl

any songs by Radiohead

Weezer Only in Dreams

311 Amber

Celine All By Myself

A-ha Forever not Yours

Andru Donalds Save me Now

Mariah Cant Live

REM losing my religion

 

 

and the list goes on. Thank God at least I have Music! :-D It might not keep me warm in bed at nite but it kept my sanity :p

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this is a funny one, but,

 

Lady in Red - by Chris Deburg

 

is a good one when you're down.

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