Sad songs say so much.

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Anonymous wrote:I will see your recommendation of radiohead's high and dry and raise you with fake plastic trees. Old radiohead is the best radiohead.

Anyone old enough to remember the Smith's please please please let me get what I want?

Yes! From Pretty in Pink.

[Anonymous]

Nightswimming by REM makes me cry every time and I don't know why.

[Anonymous]

David Nail -- the secret

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all I wanted by paramore

https://youtu.be/W7nmB20qJv4

fade into you by mazzy star

https://youtu.be/ImKY6TZEyrI

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Anonymous wrote:all I wanted by paramore

https://youtu.be/W7nmB20qJv4

fade into you by mazzy star

https://youtu.be/ImKY6TZEyrI

Such an underrated band. My kids and I love them.

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Many by Modest Mouse. This one comes to mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5pojx6kflw

[Anonymous]

Repeating some....

George Michael's rendition of Tonight
Sinead O'Conner, Nothing Compares 2 U
Eric Clapton, Tears in Heaven

Adding
Dire Straits, Why Worry - somehow heartbreaking and uplifting at the same time
Several by Portishead - Glory Box or Sour Times, to start with

[Anonymous]

Casimir Pulaski Day by Sufjan Stevens

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many by Modest Mouse. This one comes to mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5pojx6kflw

Real and honest. Silence at the end to ‘edit the sad parts’

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Repeating some....

George Michael's rendition of Tonight
Sinead O'Conner, Nothing Compares 2 U
Eric Clapton, Tears in Heaven

Adding
Dire Straits, Why Worry - somehow heartbreaking and uplifting at the same time
Several by Portishead - Glory Box or Sour Times, to start with

I have a tough time listening to this one knowing the back story about for whom it was written, his sons tragic accident. Beautiful song.
John Martyn does glorybox in a more raw sultry way I love: https://youtu.be/Vl9o8zGESe0

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nightswimming by REM makes me cry every time and I don't know why.

Yes! To me it's so lonely and reflective and makes me think of time moving on. The best is listening to it in the car at night on dark, out of they way, roads.

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I love listening to sad music. But for me it’s not necessarily that I want the lyrics to be sad, it more the de eling from the music itself. I call it melancholy music, and I have a playlist of it. Here are some of my favorites.

Don’t Cry - Guns N Roses
Never Tear Us Apart - INXS
Don’t Dream It’s Over - Crowded House
Ex Factor - Lauryn Hill
Lately - Stevie Wonder
Can’t Get You Off My Mind - Lenny Kravitz
Time after Time - Cindi Lauper
Your House - Alanis Morissette
Redemption Song - Bob Marley
Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack (or Lauryn Hill)
Anytime - Brian McKnight

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Little Motel- Modest Mouse
Two, Epilogue -The Antlers
There is a Light that Never Goes Out, Never Had No one Ever-The Smiths
Fourth of July, Death With Dignity- Susan Stevens
I’m not yours- Angus and Julia Stone
Paradise, The River- Bruce Springsteen
I Get Overwhelmed-Dark Rooms
Between the Bars-Elliott Smith
Blood-The Middle East

[Anonymous]

Good Feeling - Violent Femmes

[Anonymous]

Some really great postings! Smiths, Marley, Femmes, Antlers , love Neil Finn
I wanted to add another Elliot Smith: Waltz#2
So talented yet such a tortured soul