Aural Fixation: Breakup Mix

Jessica Cassyle Carr
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Breakup Mix
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I’m not breaking up with anybody. I’m just breaking up with my job, so I made you this mix. We’ll always have the music!

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1) "You’re Gonna Miss Me" • The 13th Floor Elevators • The Psychedelic Sounds of The 13th Floor Elevators

Here Roky Erikson expresses perfectly the indignation involved in being emotionally abandoned.

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2) "Girl Don’t Tell Me" • The Beach Boys • Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)

The excellent B-side to the highly annoying cover "Barbara Ann." I promise to write!

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3) "Sorrow" • David Bowie • Pin Ups

Bowie laments an abusive woman in this cover of a merseybeat track.

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4) "Sonic Reducer" • Dead Boys • Young Loud and Snotty

Not necessarily a relationship song, but a good soundtrack for being angry at someone. Plus I had to—get it?! You know, the column?

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5) "Look Back In Anger" • Television Personalities • And Don’t The Kids Just Love It

The last track on one of the best albums ever—a fine piece of protopunk dealing with regrets and, indeed, anger.

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6) "You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory" • Johnny Thunders • So Alone

Self-loathing, hopelessness and amazing hair.

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7) "Telephone Line" • Electric Light Orchestra • A New World Record

She’s never going to talk to you again, Jeff Lynne.

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8) "Superstar" • Carpenters • Carpenters

Full-on heartbreak in sugary, easy listeningsville.

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9) "Breakaway" • Irma Thomas • Soul Queen of New Orleans

This is a jumpy little number about not being able to leave someone who’s mean to you.

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10) "Shivers" • Hamachshefot and Nick Cave • Mitkasot

Israeli musician Inbal Perlmuter covers
and duets with Nick Cave on this Boys Next Door-era song.

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11) "Feel a Whole Lot Better" • Flamin’ Groovies • Now

A Byrds cover about being better off without you.

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12) "Part Company" • The Go-Betweens • Spring Hill Fair

Breaking up, administered through the fully appealing conduit of Australian ’80s indie pop.

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13) "Take Me With You" • Morphine • The Night

A song about leaving.

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14) "Baby Blue" • Chocolate Watch Band • The Inner Mystique

A cover of Them’s take on Bob Dylan, far superior than previous versions.

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15) "The Universal" • Blur • The Great Escape

Just let them go.

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