Best Anti-Love Songs (Appropriate for Today's "Holiday")

[Jester]

"Love Stinks" by J. Geils Band.
"I Used to Love Her But I Had to Kill Her" by Guns n' Roses.
"That Don't Impress Me Much" by Shania Twain.
"Down on My Knees Again" by Transvision Vamp. (Not exactly anti-love, but definitely more about sex than romance, so funny.)
"What's Love Got To Do With It?" by Tina Turner
"A Legal Matter" by The Who
"Wild Thing," Sam Kinison version.
"I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor.
"Gold Dust Woman" by Fleetwood Mac.

Feel free to jump in with your own, kids.

And to everyone, enjoy the real holiday today....it's Arizona's 98th birthday! Yep, that's right, on February 14, 1912, my home state of Arizona officially became the 48th State in the U.S. Happy Birthday, Zona! :love:

[Hobbs]

"Brokenheartsville" Joe Nichols
"Friends in Low Places" Garth Brooks
"Thunder Rolls" Garth Brooks
"She'll Leave you with a Smile" George Strait"
"You're Cheating Heart" Hank Williams
"Cry, Cry, Cry" Johnny Cash
"Cocaine Blues" Johnny Cash
"But it's Better if you Do" Panic at the Disco
"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" Panic at the Disco
"Thanks for the Memories" Fall Out Boy
"Postcards from a Plane Crash" Fall Out Boy
"Swing, Swing" All American Rejects

ed.

"Mr. Lonely" Bobby Vinton
"Mr. Brightside" The Killers
"Mr. Big Stuff" Jean Knight
"Walking After Midnight" Patsy Cline
"She's Got You" Patsy Cline

[dendawg]

"Everything About You," Ugly Kidd Joe
"If Looks Could Kill," Heart

[BookstoreEscapee]

She Hates Me (http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/puddleofmudd/shehatesme.html) - Puddle of Mudd

[Nurian]

Self-Esteem by the Offspring

[Jack T. Chance]

All by Disturbed... "The Game" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzAzZZBq1uE)
"Stupify" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQBNH3UFEC0)
"Mistress" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjErTAsaRVU)
"Deceiver" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPsYKDKCo6w)More to come as I remember them.

[rageaholic]

F U right back by Eamon

[Hobbs]

Here's a Quarter, Call Someone Who Cares- Travis Tritt
I Don't Want to be in Love (Dance Floor Anthem)- Good Charlotte

ed.
Guitars, Cadillacs- Dwight Yoakam

[lordlundar]

"Since you've been gone" - By "Weird" Al Yankovic :p

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

"Since you've been gone" - By "Weird" Al Yankovic :p

And another from the great Weird Al, "One More Minute."

[Jack T. Chance]

More... "Creep" by Radiohead (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxpblnsJEWM)
"Texas" by Ünloco (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jals-KUXpWo)
"Wicked Game" by Chris Isaak (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DMsgjqY6Wk)
"Something I Can Never Have" by Nine Inch Nails (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy5gXC2AgbY)
"Right Now" by SR-71 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ8EksTQH4c)
"She Was Dead" by SR-71 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjL7gZw8b_c)
"Here We Go Again" by SR-71 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QupsYgQ6EU)
"Close But No Cigar" by Weird Al Yankovic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtMU8nvZzOs)
"You Don't Love Me Anymore" by Weird Al Yankovic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWD5gdpt4Dw)

[BookstoreEscapee]

And another from the great Weird Al, "One More Minute."

Good Enough for Now (http://cuteoverload.com/2010/02/12/this-just-in-frolicking-and-mini-trunk-action/)...

...You're sort of everything I ever wanted...

[taxguykarl]

Paul Simon 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover (http://breakup-songs.com/paulsimon.html)

Kenny Rogers I Don't Need You (http://breakup-songs.com/kennyrogers.htm)

Nazareth Love Hurts (http://breakup-songs.com/nazareth.htm)

Neil Diamond Solitary Man (http://www.neildiamondhomepage.com/lyricpag.htm#SolitaryMan)

Gordon Lightfoot Carefree Highway (http://www.lyricsdepot.com/gordon-lightfoot/carefree-highway.html)

[CaroPhoenix]

The Late, Great Johnny Cash's cover of Nine Inch Nails': Hurt (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go)

[dalesys]

Hoyt Axton - You're The Hangnail In My Life

[TheSHAD0W]

They Might Be Giants - Twisting (http://popup.lala.com/popup/360569479528326004)

[El Pollo Guerrera]

"You Not Me" - Dream Theater
"Never Enough" - Dream Theater
"Trust" - Megadeth
"Almost Honest" - Megadeth

... and the last verse of Meatloaf's "Paradise By The Dashboard Light" makes it the greatest anti-love song ever.

[mikoyan29]

Love on the Rocks - Neil Diamond
She got the Mine, I got the Shaft - Jerry Reed
I Don't Care ABout You - Fear

[JoitheArtist]

I still maintain that Jo Dee Messina has some of the best breakup songs EVER.

Bye Bye (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNOUNFNYAmA)

My Give A Damn's Busted (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFG9dwolo3Q) (my personal favorite--I think i dated this jerk!)
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Independence Day (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0zFm55fKKc)--Brave Saint Saturn

Enamel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8zmRo5aly4)--Brave Saint Saturn (sorry for the crappy vids on these two, only vids I could find that weren't from a live performance) (I should also state that this is probably my favorite band :) )

[Cazzi]

Bye Bye Love - The Everly Brothers ;)

[Boggles]

More Than You Deserve - Meat Loaf

[JoitheArtist]

Oh, I forgot "Lover's Cross," by the much-missed Jim Croce.

[Hobbs]

You Give Love a Bad Name -Jon Bon Jovi

[Eireann]

"Talk To You Later" by the Tubes
"Run For Your Life" by The Beatles
"You Can't Do That" by The Beatles
"Break On Through" by The Doors
"You Won't See Me" by The Beatles

[Lace Neil Singer]

Some of these might have already been mentioned; anyway, here's a selection of songs off a tape I made several years back when I'd split from my boyf. It was temporary; I played the tape to him after we got back together. XD


Cold Ethyl - Alice Cooper
Fuck Off And Die - Peppermint Creeps
Creep - Radiohead
I Love To Say Fuck - Murderdolls
Nowhere To Run - Kiss
Dancing On Glass - Motley Crue
You Give Love A Bad Name - Bon Jovi
Tainted Love - Marilyn Manson
I Just Wanna - Kiss

I'm not really a bitch... honest! :lol:

[MadMike]

""Trust" - Megadeth
"Almost Honest" - Megadeth


Dave Mustaine said in an interview that quite a few of the songs on that subject were inspired by an ex-girlfriend. There are quite a few of them besides the ones you listed. One time in concert, right before they played "Tornado of Souls", he said he couldn't understand why so many bands ruined their albums by putting love songs on them. He said they closest thing they had to that was "Boy meets girl, boy likes girl, girl doesn't like boy, boy kills girl."

Here's a few more:
"Tears in a Vial" -- Megadeth
"I Know You're Fucking Someone Else" -- Type O Negative
"Loving the Sinner" -- Annilhilator
"Snake in the Grass" -- Annihilator
"Pride" -- Annihilator
"Nothing to Me" -- Annihilator
"Finale" -- Anthrax
"Fade Away" -- Diecast
"Love is for Suckers" -- Twisted Sister
"Disease" -- Biohazard
"Eat Your Heart Out" -- Dio
"Liar" -- Grim Reaper
"Private Property" -- Judas Priest
"Love You to Pieces" -- Lizzy Borden
"I Don't Believe in Love" -- Queensryche

[Lace Neil Singer]

Also on the tape; Heart Of Chrome by Kiss. That is a brilliant anti love song. XD

[BookstoreEscapee]

Snuff (http://www.elyrics.net/read/s/slipknot-lyrics/snuff-lyrics.html) - Slipknot

[XCashier]

I Hate Myself For Loving You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44AuE1jczuo) -- Joan Jett
Where Were You When I Needed You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmQsCRFycaQ) -- The Grass Roots (also covered by The Bangles)
The Dummy Song -- Louis Armstrong (this one's funny, but I can't find a link to it)

[Jester]

Before I forget, I came up with a few more in the shower this morning (then promptly forgot to add them):

"Hit Me With Your Best Shot" by Pat Benatar.
"Who Will You Run To" by Heart.
"If Looks Could Kill" by Heart. (I highly recommend listening to this one, as anyone who has ever hated an ex will relate. Hilarious, actually.)
"Stop Draggin My Heart Around" by Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty.

Okay, now I'll go back to the start of this thread and see what everyone else came up with. :lol:

[Jester]

I also have to add "Before He Cheats" by Carrie Underwood. I am not a fan of country music at all, but I am a fan of revenge, and the protagonist in the song just goes haywire on her scumbucket of a man. Classic. Any guy who has ever had a car he loved will understand why this is so evil.

And ya know what? I'm mad at myself AND at all of you for not mentioning perhaps one of the greatest non-romantic anti-love songs of all time. I know a lot of you are thinking that Mr. Classic Rock here is going to break out with some song from a Sixties band, but you're wrong. I have to bow and give props to Pink for possessing that title with her freakin' classic "U + Ur Hand (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amrCIOvF-WM)." How can you not love a girl who just about spits out these lyrics:

"I'm not here for your entertainment
You don't really want to mess with me tonight
Just stop and take a second
I was fine before you walked into my life
Cause you know it's over
Before it began
Keep your drink just give me the money
It's just you and your hand tonight"

As a guy who hangs out with girls who often get hit on by clueless lameass douchebags, I LOVE this song. (So do most of them, incidentally.)

Keep your drink just give me the money, indeed. Classic.

[JoitheArtist]

give props to Pink for possessing that title with her freakin' classic "U + Ur Hand (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amrCIOvF-WM)."

Dammit, how'd I forget that one? I LOVE that song!

[El Pollo Guerrera]

Found another one...

Poor Ol' Broken Hearted Me - The Trews (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHX7ZSz9FVo)

WITH COWBELL!

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u25/kuraina_uma/cowbell.gif

[Racket_Man]

a little offbeat for an anit-VD song and I am not really a country fan but a friend turned me on to this song.
Rascal Flatts - Backwards (or What do you get when you play a country song backwards??)
not the official video (could not find it other than the acoutic verson from the Hanna Montana movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gMjPH3P8eY

[Eireann]

"I'm Looking Through You"
"You're Gonna Lose That Girl"

Yep, The Beatles REALLY knew how to do it!

[RavenStarr]

A Little Piece Of Heaven by Avenged Sevenfold

[mikoyan29]

I Ain't Tha One - NWA

[Sheldonrs]

"What Part Of NO Don't You Understand" Lorrie Morgan

[jedimaster91]

I have to bow and give props to Pink for possessing that title with her freakin' classic "U + Ur Hand (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amrCIOvF-WM)."

I used to dance with a girl that for the longest time didn't understand what the song was about and was totally shocked and appalled when she finally figured it out. Being the public school graduate that I am, I got it the first time. :devil: Great man-hater song.

I'm going to have to add:

Don't Stay by Linkin Park
Fighter by Christina Aguilera
I'll Take You Back by Brad Paisley
Love Should Be a Crime by O-Town
Kiss This by Aaron Tippin
White Horse by Taylor Swift

[Eireann]

"The Great Pretender", by The Platters
"Working My Way Back To You", by The Four Seasons. The tune is catchy as all hell, but when you listen to the lyrics, you find out that the narrator is singing about how badly he treated his former girlfriend, and cheated on her, and now that he's without her, he just can't go on, so he's determined to get her to take him back. Bleah

[tropicsgoddess]

"Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)" Eamon

"Caught Out There" Kelis (she actually screams in the chorus " I HATE YOU SO MUCH RIGHT NOW!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAGH!!!")

*ETA...I guess since the songs in the topic are supposed to be more FUCK YOU in terms of love, I had to update my post*

[Jester]

I was at work today and another painfully obvious one hit me, and I am shocked no one here got it.

"You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morrisette. The original Angry Chick with the original Angry Chick song. And if you listen to this song, and know what she is saying, MAN is that one angry freakin' chick!

All that said, this song still vibrates with hatred and contempt. You can hear the sarcasm dripping off the walls when she sings "I'm sure she'd make a really excellent mother."

And there are few better and more hateful-towards-an-ex lines in all of music than this:

"It was a slap in the face how quickly I was replaced
Are you thinking of me when you fuck her?"

"Working My Way Back To You", by The Four Seasons. The tune is catchy as all hell, but when you listen to the lyrics, you find out that the narrator is singing about how badly he treated his former girlfriend, and cheated on her, and now that he's without her, he just can't go on, so he's determined to get her to take him back.

Lame, yes. But anti-love or anti-romance? The narrator is trying to get back the woman he wronged. I love ya, Eireann, but I don't think this song quite fits the bill. I will admit, though, that I never really listened to the song enough to realize what a shitbag the singer was being to his chick. Just thought he lost her and was trying to get her back. Never thought about it much. Thanks for that!

"Here I Go Again" Whitesnake

I read the lyrics. I don't see how this is anti-love at all. Seriously, I just don't get it. :shrug:

[El Pollo Guerrera]

"You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morrisette. The original Angry Chick with the original Angry Chick song. And if you listen to this song, and know what she is saying, MAN is that one angry freakin' chick!

Agreed. I remember hearing it for the first time and thinking "Wow... She is REALLY pissed at someone." You just don't get to that level of emotion just by sitting with a pad and paper and spitballing ideas.

[Jester]

I remember hearing that song for the first time....well, hearing it several times and then really listening to it for the first time, and thinking "Who the hell IS this chick?" I bought the Jagged Little Pill album knowing only that song and the name of the artist, who at that time was not really well-known. (Great album, incidentally.)

And yes, the hatred is palpable. She virtually spits some of the lines in the song. And while I don't always believe everything I hear, many sources have indicated that the source of her wrath was Dave Coulier, most famous for his role as Uncle Joey on "Full House." Morrisette has never confirmed this, or who the song is about, but most rumors center on Coulier, and Coulier himself has said he believes the song is about him. Whomever it is about, they pissed this chick off something fierce, and created one of the best anti-love songs AND one of the best revenge songs ever penned. One thing is certain, though: it sure as fuck wasn't me! :lol:

[El Pollo Guerrera]

I bought the Jagged Little Pill album knowing only that song and the name of the artist, who at that time was not really well-known.

In the US, that is... She had some earlier success in Canada earlier. I remember her when she was "too hot to hold" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar7afdfBHj4). :D

[Jester]

Well, of course in the U.S. Remember, while Arizona is a border state, it is not exactly bordering Canada. And other than a few trips to Mexico, I have spent my entire life in the U.S. By "relatively unknown" I guess I meant "relatively unknown to me, my friends, my coworkers, the majority of people in my country, and most musical fans and radio stations within U.S. borders." Better? :lol:

[Eireann]

Lame, yes. But anti-love or anti-romance? The narrator is trying to get back the woman he wronged. I love ya, Eireann, but I don't think this song quite fits the bill. I will admit, though, that I never really listened to the song enough to realize what a shitbag the singer was being to his chick. Just thought he lost her and was trying to get her back. Never thought about it much. Thanks for that!

Think about it, Jester. The guy isn't thinking about HER feelings. He doesn't GIVE a shit how much she may still be hurting after the way he cheated on her ("When you were so in love with me/I ran around like I was free/Thought I could have my cake and eat it too..."). He just cares about the fact that HE is now single and doesn't like it. He couldn't care less that the best thing for her, is to be away from the kind of guy who would cheat on her. He only cares about his feelings, just like he did when they were together. If he really felt anything like respect for her, he would stay the hell away and vow to be a better person, NOT to try to screw up her life even further by trying to force his way back into it. That's not romantic; it's selfish and obsessive.

[Jester]

Absolutely it's selfish and obsessive. There are a lot of "love" songs that are just that. And as much as a smack in love's face such songs are, they are not directly anti-love songs, such as some of the other ones we mentioned. I see your argument, but the song is really only anti-love in an esoteric way, by being a bad love song.

There are tons of bad love songs out there. It's the blatantly "fuck love" or "fuck you who I used to love" songs that I was (and still am) after here. Make sense?

[Eireann]

Absolutely it's selfish and obsessive. There are a lot of "love" songs that are just that. And as much as a smack in love's face such songs are, they are not directly anti-love songs, such as some of the other ones we mentioned. I see your argument, but the song is really only anti-love in an esoteric way, by being a bad love song.

There are tons of bad love songs out there. It's the blatantly "fuck love" or "fuck you who I used to love" songs that I was (and still am) after here. Make sense?

The "protagonist" in the song also doesn't mention actually being in love with his former girlfriend. He just says how lonely he is, and how he can't go on without her. He knows she was in love with him, and he screwed it up, but not that he was ever in love with her, or is now.

I've also heard of a song - and it's truly horrifying; I hope I never actually hear this song - called:

"He Hit Me And It Felt Like A Kiss", by a group called The Crystals.

Dave Barry wrote about this in Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs. It's listed under a chapter titled, "Songs Women Really Hate".

[Jester]

The "protagonist" in the song also doesn't mention actually being in love with his former girlfriend. He just says how lonely he is, and how he can't go on without her. He knows she was in love with him, and he screwed it up, but not that he was ever in love with her, or is now.

More evidence that this is a bad love song, not an anti-love song. Thank you for illustrating my point. :D

[Eireann]

More evidence that this is a bad love song, not an anti-love song. Thank you for illustrating my point. :D

No need to thank me; I haven't illustrated anyone's point but my own. :D

[Eric the Grey]

Chipping in a bit late, but my favorite anti-love song has always been:

Concrete Blonde - The Beast (http://www.youtube.com/watch#playnext=1&playnext_from=TL&videos=G2MagPJYCls&v=bBEHGQqne_M) (although that entire album is the ultimate album of break-up songs.

Although Voltaire has a fine album called Boo Hoo, which he depicts as songs you send to someone you have broken up with. Songs such as See You In Hell (http://www.youtube.com/watch#playnext=1&playnext_from=TL&videos=8EX4ulWW6Rg&v=xoLtz3W7GNA) :lol:



:cool: Eric the Grey

[BrenDAnn]

Here are a few, off the top of my head (and my iTunes list lol):

"Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia
"Bye Bye Boyfriend" by Fefe Dobson
"Dear Lie" by TLC
"Don't Speak" by No Doubt
"Hot N Cold" by Katy Perry
"A Loaded Smile" by Adam Lambert
"Lover I Don't Have To Love" by Bright Eyes
"Take A Bow" by Leona Lewis (or Beyonce, both songs are good)
"Stronger" by Britney Spears
"Shut Up" by kelly Osbourne--not exactly anti-love but lemme tell you, that song is GREAT for getting some aggression out!
"Decode" by Paramore
and, one of my personal favorites that always gets played at top volume, and sang along with: "Gives You Hell" by The All-American Rejects

My list got longish, and no links, sorry, but these are just a few I came up with!

[Jester]

"Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia

Oh, good one!

A couple more I thought of:

"Voices Carry" by 'til tuesday.

And a classic: "Heartbreaker" by Pat Benatar.

[jedimaster91]

Sorry to drag up an old thread, but I heard this song the other day and had to post it. It's a country song that even if you don't like country, you'll love this song.

I'll Pray for You (http://www.onlylyrics.com/hits.php?grid=8&id=1040119)
Jaron and the Long Road to Love

[telecom_goddess]

I didn't look thru all the posts but did anyone mention You Can Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac?

[Jester]

I hate country.

But that song is awesome!

"I pray your tire blows at a hundred and ten." Classic!

(For the record, I can tell you that it is not any fun to have your tire blow out at eighty....I can tell you this from experience. Nope, no fun at all.)

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Woman To Woman by Concrete Blonde

[Jack T. Chance]

If this has already been mentioned, I apologize. I just don't remember seeing it...

one of the greatest and SADDEST songs ever written about a broken heart that never mended...

"He Stopped Loving Her Today" by George Jones (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuj0SkXm0Hc&NR=1)

[Jester]

I don't believe it was mentioned, but this thread was more along the lines of "FUCK YOU!" anti-love songs, not "oh that is so SAD" songs about how love went sour.

Just saying.

[Jack T. Chance]

I don't believe it was mentioned, but this thread was more along the lines of "FUCK YOU!" anti-love songs, not "oh that is so SAD" songs about how love went sour.

Just saying.And that's what happens when people bump a thread up after several months of inactivity... I start to forget the finer points of the topic. :ashamed: