OH girl, that is SUCH an awesome song!!!

I have to say, though, that if I were going through a breakup, I would want to hear that Independent Women song by Destiny's Child.

What independent women song?

HOw about the whole Waiting to Exhale Soundtrack?

Also:

anything by Fiona Apple
Carl THomas "Emotional" - hey there has to be a sorrow point, right?
Brandy "Almost Doesn't COunt"
Lauryn Hill "X Factor" "When It Hurts So Bad"

and my #1 pick: Lauryn Hill "I Used to Love HIm"

WOW, is Fiona in a bad mood or what??! ;)

Actually there are 2 kinds of breakup songs:

1. The person is a jerk and you want to tell them to go screw themselves.

2. You still love the person and you want to wallow.

Best screw-you: "Someday" by Mariah Carey
Best wallow: "Anything For You" by Miami Sound Machine

One more...

Godsmack - Alive

"It's safe to say
You were never alive
A big part of you has died
And by the way
I hope you're satisfied!"


TG

UGLY - Violent Femmes

"when you smile or a frown
I'm so tired of you be'in around
engaged in some sexual acts
we'll I'm just gonna have to tell you all the facts
what could that be about,
well here's a clue
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh yeah
so ugly
I'm tellin' you strait
so ugly
don't make a mistake
cause your ugly
I'm tellin' you that
I say why why
why would I lie to you
why would I lie
why would I lie
your so ugly"

note:

the above is a joke...but it's a funny song

Dashboard Confessional - "Ender will save us all" or "Hands Down" (note - just don't listen to these guys if you've just broken up)

Sublime - "Chica Mi Tipo" or "Slow Ride"

Long Beach Dub Allstars - "Sunny Hours" or "Free Love"

Better than Ezra - "Rosalina"

the Get-Up Kids - "Michele (with one 'L')"

the Pharcyde - "Passing Me By"

I choose Brian McKnight's Anytime. When that song first came out, I was a junior in high school and I had just broken up with my boyfriend who was in college. I listened to that song a lot because it was exactly the way I was feeling.

Then Brian McKnight had to go ruin the song for me in this interview he did. They asked him if he had written the song to someone and he said something along the lines that he has never felt that way...he's never had a girl break his heart...he just wrote the song for the sake of writing a song. Kinda takes the emotion out of the song when you find out that the artist never really had those feelings.

sukiyaki and again are two great songs, depressing, but great

There is no e in Crow... sorry, I am picky since she is my 3rd cousin and we have the same last name.

TG

okay..i know very predictable of me to reply to this but that's okay :)

i totally forgot about this song..but i've gotta say my favorite part comes right before this quote : "What'd you think that I was gonna do, Curl up and die just because of you? I'm not that weak you know.."

ps - how freakin awesome is this song live? *sigh*

"Don't Think Twice" Bob Dylan
- you just kinda wasted my precious time...
but don't think twice... it's alright

Also have to vote for almost all of "Dilate" by Ani DiFranco
Especially one song that goes...
"How could you take almost everything...
Then come back for the rest"
Singing along is very cathartic because she's practically screaming.

Angry breakup:
The Last Song Ill Ever Write about a Girl-The Ataris
Road to Recovery-Rufio
Sad Breakup:
Rough Draft-Yellowcard
Summer Wind was Always Our Song-The Ataris