Music Playlist: Songs For A Divorce Party

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• 1 - uao

  Oct 12, 2005 at 8:15 pm

  Bah! I was planning to do a 'divorce' playlist for some time, and never got around to it.
  
  Nice list, Robert, but where's "D-I-V-O-R-C-E"?
  
  ;-)

• 2 - Robert

  Oct 12, 2005 at 8:24 pm

  I take it you mean Tammy Wynette's
  "D-I-V-O-R-C-E'?
  
  If so, good question. Of course, there are thousands of divorce songs and Tammy's is up there on the list, however I wanted this list to be more of an empowering "Fuck You" kinda Divorce Party playlist. Tammy's song would better serve the "get drunk and slash-your-wrists" divorce party.
  
  

• 3 - Mark Saleski

  Oct 12, 2005 at 10:22 pm

  Liz Phair's "Divorce Song":
  
  And the license said you had to stick around until I was dead
  
  But if you're tired of looking at my face, I guess I already am
  
  
  ...ouch

• 4 - Lono

  Oct 12, 2005 at 10:48 pm

  Great Gatsby's ghost, where the hell is Bob Dylan on list? Bob wrote one of his absolute masterpieces entirely about an ugly divorce... Blood on the Tracks.
  
  Want bitterness, how about this lyrical gem from 'idiot wind' - "You're and idiot babe, it's a wonder you can even feed yourself"
  
  When people pile accolades up to Bob about that album he dismisses them with "why, it is a horribly album about a horrible time". I find it the only listenable Dylan album post Blonde on Blonde

• 5 - Jean

  Oct 14, 2005 at 1:17 pm

  I'd add Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone" to update the list a little...

• 6 - Robert Burke

  Oct 14, 2005 at 4:52 pm

  You won't find any Kelly Clarkson in my playlists. If you want that trash watch MTV.

• 7 - Simon

  Jun 06, 2006 at 4:41 pm

  From the UK, you must add The Kaiser Chiefs "Every day I love you less and less".

• 8 - Kelli

  Mar 28, 2007 at 10:03 am

  A little dated, but how about the song from Rogers and Hamerstein's "South Pacific" : I'm gonna wash that man right outta my hair
  (Nellie & Cable)

• 9 - Anykid America

  Oct 19, 2007 at 3:22 am

  that's all nice and good but there are songs that show the real side to divorce...the pain of those with no choice in the matter. The children. Try Blink 182's Stay Together for the Kids, or Sanctus Real's Don't Give Up. I've no home because my parents decided that it was ok to break a vow. Selfishness is the strongest proponent for divorce. I don't want to hear all your stories of those who are abused in marriage. The fact is most divorces are not because of abuse they are because of selfishness. Millions of children have their home ripped from them. That is not JUSTICE!

• 10 - Divorce Party

  Nov 13, 2007 at 2:06 pm

  AWSOME list! i love it, lol!

• 11 - JR

  Dec 12, 2007 at 7:50 am

  Does she know how you told me youd hold me
  Until you died, til you died
  But youre still alive
  
  -You Oughta Know, Alanis Morissette
  

• 12 - ss

  Jan 25, 2008 at 2:57 pm

  Over You by Daughtry. For those of us who didn't see it coming.

• 13 - Heather

  Feb 27, 2008 at 6:57 pm

  I did a search cuz I'm looking for songs to make a CD for my friend whose going through divorce and this page was first in the list. You guys have got some good ones!
  
  Celine Dion's got 3 good ones on her new Taking Chances album.
  
  Fade Away - Though I have regrets, I'll learn to forget, And just keep moving on. Cause when love is gone, You have to be strong. Once touched by pain, You're not the same...
  
  I got nothin left - Anybody ever tell you that you've got nerve, Treatin' my love like just another word. Tired of giving love to you that you don't deserve, So this is one way of saying it's over
  
  Cause I got nothing left, I gave you my best
  And you treated it worthless, So I got nothing left
  
  Anybody ever tell you that you're gonna learn
  Trust and respect are two things you must earn
  When it came to lovin' me you just weren't concerned. You never gave a damn so I guess now it's my turn
  
  And This Time - The life I meant to lead, Won't slip away from me..
  
  'Cuz this time is the last time, I know that my eyes have seen too much. This nightmare is not fair And I've had enough. You break me, and as I bleed, You just say you're sorry, You call this love? But this time your lies Are not enough, This time..
  
  ok, well i could paste the whole song, but they're worth a listen.
  
  Thanks much!

• 14 - Michelle Fisher

  Mar 01, 2008 at 10:10 am

  How about Razorlight "Who Needs Love?"

• 15 - jimmy

  Jun 20, 2008 at 5:13 pm

  say it aint so by weezer.
  
  and
  
  stay together for the kids by blink 182.

• 16 - Douglas Mays

  Jun 20, 2008 at 7:37 pm

  "Legal Matter" by the Who.
  
  DM

• 17 - not divorced yet

  Jun 26, 2008 at 7:19 pm

  "Bitch" by Apoptygma Berzerk

• 18 - bernice

  Jul 17, 2008 at 11:23 am

  graet playlist! here are some suggestions:
  (I hate) everything about you - ugly kid joe
  Beat it - Michael Jackson
  Kiss my ass - ted nugent
  My give a damn's busted - jo dee messina
  she hates me - puddle of mud
  the thrill is gone - bb king
  you're not good - linda rondstadt
  you're so vain - carly simon

• 19 - Couple more

  Oct 13, 2008 at 8:38 pm

  Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women:
  
  (No Need) Pissin’ On A Skunk.
  
  It Takes a Mighty Good Man (to be better than no man at all)
  
  Sassy stuff.

• 20 - Derrald

  Jan 09, 2009 at 8:19 pm

  The ultimate divorce album: Here, My Dear by Marvin Gaye

• 21 - Amy

  Jul 26, 2009 at 6:58 pm

  I'm partial to a little fun in my divorce:
  
  Break Up School by Bill Parsons
  Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend by Marilyn Monroe