The local note: the best break up songs

So you're being cheated on. Oh well, move on. Or do the same thing. Either way, sometimes love sucks. Suggested by Ty Watkins of The Hermits of SuburbiaHear El ChupaSKAbra perform it here.Remember the good times, even as they slip through your fingers.Suggested by Carl FrazzanoSee Dave Matthews Band perform it live at The Gorge.Sometimes, love dies and leads you into the honky-tonk arms of another. And that makes for great country song fodder.Suggested by Ramon WalsSee the duet sing it live.View the list »
This is the song you sing when a bad love just won't let you go.Suggested by Carl FrazzanoWatch Ben Harper perform it live on Dave Letterman.

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St. Valentine's Day, though a fabricated holiday, is usually a happy event, full of sappy love songs. But for a large portion of the population, it's a day to be avoided. So, in honor of the day after VD, we asked local Georgia artists about their favorite break up songs. Is love a cruel mistress? Check out the list below to find out.

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  • This is the song you sing when a bad love just won't let you go.Suggested by Carl FrazzanoWatch Ben Harper perform it live on Dave Letterman.
  • Sometimes, love dies and leads you into the honky-tonk arms of another. And that makes for great country song fodder.Suggested by Ramon WalsSee the duet sing it live.
  • Remember the good times, even as they slip through your fingers.Suggested by Carl FrazzanoSee Dave Matthews Band perform it live at The Gorge.
  • So you're being cheated on. Oh well, move on. Or do the same thing. Either way, sometimes love sucks. Suggested by Ty Watkins of The Hermits of SuburbiaHear El ChupaSKAbra perform it here.
  • When you're alone, a love song is the last thing you want to hear.Suggested by Ty Watkins of The Hermits of SuburbiaHear The Hermits of Suburbia perform it here.
  • When the road calls, the heart obeys. Maybe love will come back, maybe it won't. Only time will tell.Suggested by Mark MichelsonSee Led Zeppelin perform it live for Danmarks Radio.
  • Even when you find love it has a way of getting lost again.Suggested by Jason Grawey, photographerHear Mike Ness perform the honky tonk version of it here.
  • Sometimes, there are two people hopelessly in hate with each other. When love wears off, this is what will be left.Suggested by Dustin BarclayBarclay says it's the "best bitter break up song ever!"See The Mountain Goats perform it live at the Doug Fir Lounge.
  • What does a person yell at the emptiness left when the door slams and the love leaves? Just ask Jack White, he knows.Suggested by Michael Capps of DuendeCapps says it's his "go to jam for when I'm feeling bitter about a lady who's done me wrong. Jack White has an uncanny knack for turning a lover's scorn into notes and words."Hear The White Stripes perform it here.
  • Don't snub your nose at love. You might never find it again.Suggested by Jonathan PharisSee Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' official video for it here.
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, Atlanta New Music Examiner

Nicole Banister, poet, songwriter and contributor to ourvinyl.com, had been writing for over 10 years, and comes fresh from the Philip Schultz Writers Studio in New York. She is a firm believer in the integrity of the Atlanta music scene and the power of bringing young people and the arts...

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