by Let's Wrestle

although it's almost sounds to jolly to be a break up song.

but if you want to get specific, then "lost cause" is undoubtedly the way forward - "the golden age" is a great song but lost cause is better for wallowing.

also: red house painters, "void" :'(

this has been posted more than anything else. even more than 'what music did you lose your virginity to', haterz.

joy divison

how beautiful you are... by the Cure
is amazing for this

the moon by the microphones.
http://www.myspace.com/elverumandsun , or the version on song islands if you really, really want a good reason to kill yourself.

by Frightened Rabbit.

Or most of their other songs, but that one's the best methinks.

Mercury Rev

by the cooper temple clause

pretty much the entire album of "see this through and leave" is perfect to blast after a break up!

all of it.

or maybe The National - about today

You want to be careful with that one, mind. It might push you over the edge.

"I didn't go to work for a month
I didn't leave my bed for eight days straight
I haven't hung out with any one, cos if I did I'd have nothing to say"

ouch.

All of it.

And also a second for "I Want You". Terrifying song.

Ryan Adams - Why do they leave
Dntel - Anywhere, anyone
The Wrens - Hopeless

wheat

the lyrics to that 'without permission' song that the national covered are horrible!

"every moment brings me down, when you're not around
but all i'm asking for is come back for just one day

so, where did you go?
and do you now know how to be happy?
see well it's pretty clear when you're not near me i am unhappy"

i can see this being on repeat for a while.....

Biffy's 'Joy. Discovery. Invention' pretty good- mainly for the line "If you want it get it" 'cause it made me realise all my ex could actualllly do is break my heart and thats feck all in the grand scheme of things : )

may be more appropriate for some break ups than others.

"ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space" by spiritualized and

"heartbreaker" by ryan adams

also try - "scary mary" by biffy

Beach Boys - Tears In The Morning, Caroline No
Kings of Convenience - Love is no big truth
Magnetic Fields - I don't really love you anymre
Paul Simon - Graceland

by the microphones, not the normal version the song islands one http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=182866755

I have nothing to add though, as my current soundtrack is silence. I think some fairly upbeat music is in order though...

It's probably the last song I'd want to hear if I'd just been dumped, so it might be just what you're looking for.

if you listen to this you won't get dumped

crushing.
sad, yet i suppose slightly hopefully lyrically.

'today was a pretty day, no disappointments, no expectations of your whereabouts.'

THINK ABOUT YOU WAY MORE THAN I'D LIKE.

a relentlessly bleak song. not necessarily break-up centred though.

ludovico einaudi.

if you want specifics, try the live version of 'eden roc' to get a bit uplifted, and then I Giorni to bring you back down again... or anything off Diveniere.

hot damn! you'll be weeping in no time.

Also, Famous Blue Raincoat, Master Song...

the Johnny Cash version of Hurt for moments like this

broken heart, i think i'm in love, all of ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space, really. and martha by tom waits

by The Get Up Kids.

Elliott Smith
oh and It Must Have Been Love - Roxette.
hah

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUgLyCp6aKI

#If there aint at least 10 beer cans in your front yard,
If there aint one new good thing in your old car,
If you aint breakin down, just thinkin bout the sound, of somebody mentioning her name...
Then you really never loved her anyway#

Ha ha ha... not really.

But, seriously...

Belle and Sebastian: I'm Waking Up to Us

Trash Can Sinatras: Orange Fell

I've no need for these, as it stands. But they're pretty good.

to kick yourself in the nuts

try "all else failed" by kind of like spitting.

23 - jimmy eat world
fight song - appleseed cast

Not Nice

None Shall Pass - Aesop Rock

It worked for me :)

for stuff by either Low or Okkervil River? I figure they must have something suitable but I can't decide....

If no one's already said that

The Concretes - Miss You (Rolling Stones Cover)
Willie Nelson - Permanently Lonely
Spoon - The Ghost Of You Lingers
Elliott Smith - Waltz #1 and I Didn't Understand
The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
Bon Iver - Flume
Okkervil River - Another Radio Song
Big Star - Holocaust and What's Going Ahn

Aaaand, massive guilty one here: When You're Gone by Bryan Adams and Mel C! It was on the radio today when I woke up, what can I say....

Any opinion on what the best Joy Division song for break-ups is? I'm stuck

And then they got back together but it was ment to be their final song.

the la's.