Breaking up is easy to do

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A friend of mine has recently broken up with his girlfriend, well, I say recently but she moved out to clear her head a couple of months ago = the death knell. I want to put together a CD to try and cheer him up and what I'm after is some song suggestions.

I'm thinking of "curl up on the sofa and rock gently back and forth whilst dwelling on it" songs moving through to "it's not the end of the world, get over it" songs, so hopefully he'll finish the compilation in a better frame of mind than he started it. If you want to nominate a track number on this journey (say 1 to 15) then that would be helpful.

― Alfie (Alfie), Thursday, 17 October 2002 18:46 (twenty-three years ago)

There's usually one album that I fix on post-break up, many years ago it was the "Victorialand", to this day "The Thinner The Air" makes me feel tearful. Last time I broke with someone, I used to listen to Thieves "Unworthy" over and over, (a 2 or 3 on the scale).

― Alfie (Alfie), Thursday, 17 October 2002 18:50 (twenty-three years ago)

"Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life"

― Siegbran (eofor), Thursday, 17 October 2002 18:51 (twenty-three years ago)

Descendents, "Pep Talk."

― hstencil, Thursday, 17 October 2002 18:51 (twenty-three years ago)

1. Start - the jam
7 1/2 Stuck in the middle with you
15 The end - the beatles

― Geoff, Thursday, 17 October 2002 18:52 (twenty-three years ago)

um.......my ex LIVED on dylans 'time out of mind' for weeks, but i would only suggest track 1 'love sick' as a first song, then move on to something more uplifting for sure.( it is one to dwell on whilst rocking on your sofa alone and crying.)or perhaps 'standing in the doorway', equally awful and sad.

― donna (donna), Thursday, 17 October 2002 18:54 (twenty-three years ago)

Just give him a copy of Kid A by Radiohead and tell him to wollow in it for a few days.

― mt, Thursday, 17 October 2002 18:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Death Cab for Cutie's "Photobooth" is nice and melodic with just the right amount of mournful. It's basically about a guy looking back on a relationship and realizing he needs to move on. I'd put it somewhere in the middle just because it's a still a bit of the sad side.

― Claire (Claire Miccio), Thursday, 17 October 2002 19:02 (twenty-three years ago)

"Love Sick" to "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" is quite a leap, I might have to make it a double. BTW, he's a bit of a blues buff, so any obscure suggestions from that genre would be appreciated.

― Alfie (Alfie), Thursday, 17 October 2002 19:10 (twenty-three years ago)

masters of the hemisphere s/t'
kissing book 'lines and colours'
so perfect

― ddd, Thursday, 17 October 2002 19:11 (twenty-three years ago)

what hstencil said... (or what i said about a week ago)

― gygax!, Thursday, 17 October 2002 20:21 (twenty-three years ago)

A great "get over it" song is Honeybunch's My Contribution to the Greenhouse Effect

"My present to
The world we knew
Is to burn it to the ground and start anew"

The Church - "No Explanation" is a great mid-point.

The best curl up on the couch and die tune is Karl Hendricks Trio and The Last Thing You'll Ever Do For Me.

"Hold me down
Kiss me and cut my throat
Lie down here next to me
And let my blood flow"

keith

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Thursday, 17 October 2002 21:38 (twenty-three years ago)

who could call my name without regretting
who could see beyond this my darkness
and for once save their own prayers
who could mirror down just a little
of their sun

how could this go so very wrong
that I must depend on darkness
would anyone follow me further down
how could this go so very far
that I need someone to say
what is wrong
not with the world but me

who could call my name without regretting
who could promise to never destroy me
tonight my head is full of wishes
and everything I drink is full of her

― Siegbran (eofor), Thursday, 17 October 2002 21:47 (twenty-three years ago)

the field mice song 'willow' is the most polite break-up song ever.

― keith (keithmcl), Thursday, 17 October 2002 23:00 (twenty-three years ago)

polite? that song makes me weep uncontrollably.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 17 October 2002 23:22 (twenty-three years ago)

one minute man

― boxcubed (boxcubed), Friday, 18 October 2002 01:34 (twenty-three years ago)

how about you am i " heavy heart."
cool song. good for break-up aftermath.

― donna (donna), Friday, 18 October 2002 02:15 (twenty-three years ago)

Flipper's "Life" is always a tonic in these situations

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 18 October 2002 02:45 (twenty-three years ago)

willow is polite though, and it can still be sad as well. it's almost precise in outlining the case. having your new girl sing it to the old one is kinda cold.

― keith (keithmcl), Friday, 18 October 2002 02:53 (twenty-three years ago)

I wonder if Bob Wratten intends to come off as as much of a bastard as he does...

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Friday, 18 October 2002 03:02 (twenty-three years ago)

_Seamonsters_ is pretty heart-wrenching for the "lie on the sofa" part of the tape...

― Clarke B., Friday, 18 October 2002 03:41 (twenty-three years ago)

Flying Burrito Brothers, "Hot Burrito #1"
Jane Siberry, "Love Is Everything"
Kinks, "Days"

― Underclocked, Friday, 18 October 2002 08:06 (twenty-three years ago)

you mentioned he's a bit of a blues buff, so:

Mark Lanegan - I'll Take Care of You
Gun Club - Port of Souls

― willem (willem), Friday, 18 October 2002 08:43 (twenty-three years ago)

" i count the blessings that took u away from me
- i don't miss what you got i don't miss
what you do, so now i raise my glass and
drink a toast of bitterness to you"

an excess of the word 'you' there to be sure, but
still.

'bitter' - lush.

― piscesboy, Friday, 18 October 2002 10:34 (twenty-three years ago)

"Sun comes up Tuesday morning" Cowboy Junkies is all about breaking up, feeling sad but also appreciating singledom

― H (Heruy), Friday, 18 October 2002 10:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Alex Chilton-Free Again

― Possum Slimm (Possumslimm), Friday, 18 October 2002 20:08 (twenty-three years ago)

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