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To counter the sassy breakup songs thread, now share the sappiest relapse-inducing mushy breakup songs - not mere love songs, but rejection/unrequited love songs that make you want to jam forks into your eardrums following a breakup.

Again - Janet Jackson
Don't Speak - No Doubt
Cryin' - Aerosmith

One exception that must be on the list regardless:

I Just Called to Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder (a requisite per High Fidelity )

The World Has Turned And Left Me Here - Weezer
How To Survive A Broken Heart - Ben Lee
Anybody Seen My Girl - Keb' Mo'
Don't Try To Explain - Keb' Mo'
Stormy Weather - there are many versions of this, but I like Etta James'
Anything To Say You're Mine - Etta James
Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer - Stevie Wonder
All Miles Davis music*
Lots of Bob Dylan*

(*My most recent lost love was a trumpet playing Davis and Dylan fan. I also can't listen to any The Who. Those were his favorite artists, so that's why that's up there for me.)

I've got two; CELINE DION- THINK TWICE (aaagh the worst break-up song ever!!!!!!!!)
AVRIL LAVIGNE- I'M WITH YOU (Even though I hate her I remember hearing the song after I broke up with my boyfriend and it touched me in a little way)

I guess I don’t have a lot of sappy/mushy breakup songs, but I do have a big list of depressing rejection tunes.

Lynard Skynard – Tuesday’s Gone (I recommend, Metallica’s cover of this, but it’s not quite as sad)
Puddle of Mudd – Blurry
Pearl Jam – Black
Pearl Jam – Nothingman (but of course)
Counting Crows – Long December
Soul Asylum – Misery
Stabbing Westward – What do I have to do (there is just so much frustration in this song, it’s great)
Toad the Wet sprocket – All I want
Tom Petty – You don’t know how it feels
Stone Temple Pilots – Creep
Black Crows – Seeing Things

And if you are looking for some real tear jerkers, I recommend:
Ben Harper – “Walk Away”, “Pleasure and Pain”, and “Roses from my friends”

What, no Air Supply?



I'm All Out of Love

Making Love (Out of Nothing At All)

Billy Vera and the Beaters - At This Moment

I second Again by Janet Jackson.

Toni Braxton - Unbreak My Heart. Ugh.

nothingman wrote:Stabbing Westward – What do I have to do (there is just so much frustration in this song, it’s great)

Whoa, this brought me way back. I saw Stabbing Westward a long time ago, I think in 1996 when I was in eighth grade. Awesome concert! It turned out that my first guitar was the same model as the lead singer's. Great suggestion, nothingman.

One more for me:
I Want You To Want Me - Cheap Trick (I can't really tell if this is mushy/sad or happy really. But the bridge has kind of sad lyrics:
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?
Feelin' all alone without a friend you know you feel like dyin'
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?
I don't know. I like that song anyway.)

And I just thought of this: how about The Cure? The one song that sticks out at me at this moment is "A Night Like This". There's a great cover of this in Smashing Pumpkin's The Aeroplane Flies High b-sides box set.

And how about the Pumpkins? I've listened to Siamese Dream a few times recently and I can't tell if it's kick ass empowering or just sad bastard music. Maybe a little of both, but all I know is that album usually makes me feel a little bit better.

Journey's Greatest Hits is a Sad Bastard album.

"Open Arms"
"Don't Stop Believin'"
"Faithfully"
"Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)"

I used to play Journey songs when my relationships ended. One of my roommates in college freaked out. "Dude, she dumped you," he said. "Play some [Angry Bastard] music!"

oh my god i love the saddies... these are must hears for all of you... please for the sake of the broken hearted download these songs

rocky votolato - victims
onelinedrawing - pollyanna

probably the two most saddest songs on the planet at this moment.. ouch, but in a good way