I need some good heartbreak songs from the female perspective.

The more heart-wrenching and sad, the better.

Rachael Yamagata
Ani DiFranco
Imogen Heap


But I'm so bored with those. ANY help would be awesome.

i gets not love :-(

well you have to give these things time...

and you're asking for songs but only give artists names wierd...

St Vincent - Marry Me

really the closest thing that comes to mind for me.. plus i'm really enjoying this titus andronicus album.....

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
Portishead - Roads
Liz Phair - Shatter

martha wainwright - B.M.F.A (cant use all the curse words in the forum, haha)

Neko Case - Wish I Was The Moon

LOVE the martha wainwright song!!
and the neko case!


sorry i didn't mention any songs..
i will list a few..

glen hansard - all the way down (probably more folk)
alice peacock - taught me well
rachael yamagata - reason why
vienna teng's version of cannonball

maybe i should be in the folk forum??

sorry guys...and thanks again for the help!

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Originally posted by Hophead:
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
Portishead - Roads

Definitely yes on these, and on the Neko as well. I'm kind of blanking right now, but I'll check back in with other suggestions once I've dug through my collection.

Hello Saferide - "Loneliness is Better When You're Not Alone"
Hello Saferide - "I Thought You Said Summer Is Going To Take the Pain Away"
Hello Saferide - "Last Bitter Song"


She's the best when it comes to writing great lyrics on relationships without being cheesy or sappy. Also an outstanding songwriter. I wish you could get her albums in the US.

Here are some favorites, with corresponding links to download/stream...except for the first song, which I could only find tucked away in a podcast...hope this helps!

Harmony Trowbridge - No Photographs
Meg Baird -Do What You Gotta Do
Katie Dill - The Body's Only Rental
Mirah -We're Both So Sorry
The Postmarks -Goodbye
Nina Nastasia - Why Don't You Stay Home
Cat Power - Too many to mention...

Neko Case has quite a few, actually. "Twist the Knife" is a tearjerker.

beth orton - this one's gonna bruise
blonde redhead - for the damaged
gillian welch - i had a real good mother and father

these are pretty good, sad songs.

some really good songs are mentioned above, here are some of mine:

cat power - metal heart
cat power - good woman
cat power - where is my love
cat power - hate
feist - the water
feist - lonely lonely
feist - the park
feist - now at last
blonde redhead - the dress
fiona apple - not about love
fiona apple - oh well
fiona apple - o sailor
hooverphonic - battersea
hooverphonic - eden
the magic numbers - take me or leave me
the pipettes - a winters sky
the pipettes - because it's not love (but it's still a feeling)
the pipettes - one night stand
toni collette & the finish - beautiful awkward pictures
toni collette & the finish - tender hooks
toni collette & the finish - cowboy games
imogen heap - hide and seak
the bird and the bee - i'm a broken heart
the bird and the bee - spark
imani coppola - black and white jingle #1
imani coppola - black and white jingle #2

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