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favorite sad songs

skeeter
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Re: favorite sad songs May 17, 2006 at 07:02 PM UTC #
"And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" - The Pogues
ggw
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Re: favorite sad songs May 17, 2006 at 07:07 PM UTC #
In My Life - The Beatles
thirsty moore
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Re: favorite sad songs May 17, 2006 at 07:15 PM UTC #
Even more depressing because it's real.

Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
"And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" - The Pogues
bunnyman
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Re: favorite sad songs May 17, 2006 at 07:17 PM UTC #
The back to back of "Everything Reminds Me of Her" and "Everything Means Nothing to Me" by Elliott Smith (off of Figure 8) is some of the saddest, most devastating music I've ever heard. Those songs never fail to make me stop whatever I'm doing…stunning stuff. The fact that he's gone makes them all the more intense.
ggw
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Re: favorite sad songs May 17, 2006 at 07:20 PM UTC #
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
adhokai
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Re: favorite sad songs May 17, 2006 at 07:27 PM UTC #
Bird Stealing Bread-Iron & Wine
grotty
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Re: favorite sad songs May 17, 2006 at 07:27 PM UTC #
Originally posted by tinygee:
afghan whigs- the slide song
afghan whigs- when we two parted
I would add: Afghan Whigs ~ My Curse
Venerable Bede
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Re: favorite sad songs May 17, 2006 at 07:30 PM UTC #
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
ahhh!!! how could i have forgotten that one.
chaz
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Re: favorite sad songs May 17, 2006 at 07:54 PM UTC #
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
Her islands and bays are for sportsmen!
adhokai
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Re: favorite sad songs May 17, 2006 at 07:55 PM UTC #
I'll also add:

The Slide Song-Spiritualized
Fico
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Re: favorite sad songs May 17, 2006 at 08:02 PM UTC #
some I usually go for on sad days:

Blur - Sweet Song
Elbow - Puncture Repair, Asleep in the Back, Switching Off
French Kicks - Trial of the Century
The National - Baby we'll be fine
Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide
Oasis - Talk Tonight
SPARX
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Re: favorite sad songs May 17, 2006 at 08:03 PM UTC #
Originally posted by SPARX:
Sad Song - Lou Reed
The more I think about, the 2 songs prior to that one on Berlin, The Kids and The Bed belong here as well. In fact,those 3 could go in the 3 song in a row thread from awhile back. It would be hard to top Berlin as a whole at being probably the saddest and most depressing release ever, while still being completely captivating.
MindCage
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Re: favorite sad songs May 17, 2006 at 08:15 PM UTC #
Billy Ocean's "Carribean Queen" usually sheds a tear to my eye… ;)

MindCage
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kookiemnstr8
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Re: favorite sad songs May 17, 2006 at 08:37 PM UTC #
Oh god, Elliott Smith.

And Transatlanticism (mostly just the song, but to some extent the album)- DCFC.
thingsfallapart
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Re: favorite sad songs May 17, 2006 at 09:36 PM UTC #
Bob Dylan–If You See Her, Say Hello

Saddest. Song. Ever.

Although the whole album is devastating.
fooschae
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Re: favorite sad songs May 17, 2006 at 11:05 PM UTC #
The The - Bluer Than Midnight
diedslippy
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Re: favorite sad songs May 18, 2006 at 01:07 AM UTC #
Tom Waits - Ruby's Arms
Bob Dylan - You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
lily1
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Re: favorite sad songs May 18, 2006 at 01:24 AM UTC #
this woman's work-kate bush
Relaxer
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Re: favorite sad songs May 18, 2006 at 03:06 AM UTC #
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
In My Life - The Beatles
How is this sad? It feels almost celebratory to me.

Jesus & Mary Chain 'Something Wrong' is my favorite sad song.
you be betty
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Re: favorite sad songs May 18, 2006 at 03:18 AM UTC #
Waltz #2 is CLASSIC.
The entire Death Cab library works quite well for me - anything off of We Have The Facts or Transatlanticism will have me bawling.
"Green Eyes" and "Amsterdam" by Coldplay
"The Longest Winter" by Pedro the Lion (and everything on that album)
then there's some stuff by U2
and Dashboard Confessional
and The Ataris
and…and…
And, well, as much as I was unimpressed with The Format's Interventions and Lullabies, their song "On Your Porch" is an amazing track.


…and I'm going to stop now. I could make an eternal list of wallowing. But I won't.
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