So I've just been dumped.....

Bones McCoy

Any good break-up songs you guys can think of? I'm trying to ease off of 'SOLAT' and 'RVM' to something a little more... um... forgivie-er...

armanHammer

Rearviewmirror isn't a breakup song..

Black might be good

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

hmm, i just got dumped, but i got through with

ledbetter, porch, RVM and then finally alive on repeat a bajillion times.

i got more depressed, but then realized she was a total bitch. now i feel better! thanks PJ!

Rhinocerous Surprise

How about some Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns?
'This is my kind of love
It's the kind that moves on
It's the kind that leaves me alone'

Or Call Me A Dog... Sorry, that might be more insulting to you than anything else. LOL

My band has a song called Too Good For You:
'I'm too good for you
But you're still mine
I don't need you
Get your ass in line
You're wastin my money
And wastin my time
I don't need you
Get your ass in line'

Hope that helps...

Kovo

When that happened to me, I found Garden to be the closest to how I felt. Not really the lyrics, just the mood and sound of the song.

moegossard

Parting Ways.... hate to be obvious

Moonchild

light years, footsteps, if you want to remember fondly
not for you or animal if you're feeling bitter......

hard_to_imagine

i just got through a break up, i wasn't dumped, but it was horrible all the same. All i wanted to listen to were things like Save you and DtE, if i had listened to something like light years i would have just balled my eyes out

BinFrog

Devil Woman by the Phunk Junkeez.

Rhinocerous Surprise

It's So Easy - Guns n' Roses

'I see you standin there
you think you're so cool
Why don't you just
FUCK OFF!'

'You get nothin for nothin
If that's what you do
Turn around bitch I got a use for you
Besides, you ain't got nothin better to do
And I'm bored!'

Dabba

Ben Folds Five "BITCH" not very forgiv-y but it's uplifting.

STXLAX

armanHammer wrote:

Rearviewmirror isn't a breakup song..

Black might be good

I used RVM as a breakup song. Seeing a relationship after it has passed. Always so much clearer.

Also: Black, Light Years, Thumbing My Way, Nothingman, Other Side, Footsteps, PRESENT TENSE, Parthing Ways, Porch, Wash, Indifference, Not For You...Enjoy

whoYOUare

parting ways, indiffernce, more or less any of the album closers are good.

up in my tree...

Definitely REEEEARVIEEEEWMIIIIIIIIIRRROWWWWWW!!! That's the best one if you're feeling angry and want to scream or curse someone! I'd chose this powerful song!

armanHammer

STXLAX wrote:

I used RVM as a breakup song. Seeing a relationship after it has passed. Always so much clearer.

Also: Black, Light Years, Thumbing My Way, Nothingman, Other Side, Footsteps, PRESENT TENSE, Parthing Ways, Porch, Wash, Indifference, Not For You...Enjoy

It's good that you have your own interpretation of RVM, but judging from the line "I guess it was the beatings, made me wise" and "the shades are raised" (when compared to 'Daughter') it's a song about child abuse.

Other Side is not about a breakup either, but whatever floats your boat.

BackwardsBlues1

Black has been saying a lot to me in similar situation lately...especially "all 5 horizons revolved around the sun, now the air I've tasted and breathed has taken a turn."

Bones McCoy

Thanks, guys. I think I'm past the worst of it. And you know, Ed's right. You DO see things clearer in hindsight.

brain of c

Bones McCoy wrote:

Thanks, guys. I think I'm past the worst of it. And you know, Ed's right. You DO see things clearer in hindsight.

damn it, jim.....i'm a doctor, not dear abby......

armanHammer

cornellsgurl wrote:

RVM is about his stepdad, is it not? Personally, I think footsteps might work cuz it SOUNDS like a breakup song even though its not really. Hmmm...light years, while I love it usually, might drive me to have a meltdown if i listened to it after a bad breakup, probably other side too...i see what was meant by the other side comment, it's about the end to a relationship ultimately even though its not about a breakup.

Yes it is.

Innocent_Bystander

I just went through a break-up. I was with this girl for 4 years and it seemed great, but shit happens I guess...

I have been listening to Black for awhile and also writing and playing my own when Pearl Jam can't hit the nail on the head (they usually do though).

Hard times, but Pearl Jam always helps.

Beav

From personal experience, crying your eyes out while singing along with the "It's OK" tag from TB2000 is good venting.