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Need help finding sad songs.

coldbird.coldbird. Registered User regular
edited March 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
Yea.

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  • D.T.D.T. Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    How sad, and under what context?

    Like, Journey's "Open Arms" is really fucking sad, given the right context.

    Barber's Adagio for Strings is epically sad.

    Def Leppard's "Love Bites" is romatically (albeit very cheesy) sad.

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  • meekermeeker Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Gary Jules - Mad World


    on repeat...

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  • RegrettableRegrettable Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    As a quick top 5 I'd suggest:
    Elliott Smith - Condor Ave.
    Modest Mouse - Dramamine
    Explosions in the Sky - A Song For Our Fathers
    Of Montreal - The Repudiated Immortals
    The Gothic Archies - Dreary, Dreary (though perhaps a bit too ironic if you're genuinely sad)

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  • jpegjpeg ODIE, YOUR FACE Scenic Illinois FlatlandsRegistered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Of Montreal's Icons, Abstract Thee EP

    Sufjan Stevens - Pittsfield and Casimir Pulaski Day both really get to me.

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  • ddahcmaiddahcmai Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Counting Crows - Colorblind

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  • KhaczorKhaczor Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Most Radiohead.

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  • DakDak Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Whiskey Lullaby - Brad Paisley

    Boston - Augustana

    The Forgotten Arm album by Aimee Mann. It tells the story of a couple and every song makes me want to kind of die.

    Get Lonely - The Mountain Goats (holy jesus so depressing.)

    Forgiven - Deb Talan

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  • The EverymanThe Everyman Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Lux Aeterna from the Requiem for a Dream soundtrack.

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  • Folken FanelFolken Fanel anime af When's KoFRegistered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Pearl Jam - Black
    Gomez - Notice

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  • DioltasDioltas Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Simon & Garfunkle - The Dangling Conversation

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  • embrikembrik Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Battleship Gray (or Grey... I don't remember :) ) - DJ Tiësto / Kirsty Hawkshaw
    Eternity - Robbie Williams
    Bridge Over Troubled Water and The Only Living Boy in New York - Simon & Garfunkel
    Tonight Is the Night I Fell Asleep at the Wheel - Barenaked Ladies
    The Luckiest and Fred Jones, Pt 2 - Ben Folds
    My Way - Frank Sinatra - I know, odd choice, but if you listen to the lyrics, a lot of it is kinda sad.

    Also - Film soundtrack related - especially sad/moving if you've seen the films
    Hymn to the Fallen from Saving Private Ryan
    I Could Have Done More from Schindler's List
    Comptine D'un Autre Ete - L'après-midi - Amelie (Admittedly, I don't know French, so I don't know if that's the right title, etc)

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  • Captain AwesomeftwCaptain Awesomeftw Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Hallelujah- By either leonard cohen, jeff buckley, or rufus wainwright

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  • SliverSliver Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    There are a lot of different ways to interpret "sad"

    Don Mclean - Babylon (Watching your home burn to the ground.)
    Offspring - Gone Away (Death of a loved one)
    Chet Atkins - Still can't say goodbye (Death of a father.)
    Tool - Prison Sex (Sexual abuse)
    Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt (addiction)
    Foo Fighters - Everlong (Missing a long lost friend.)

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  • PootPoot Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    The Streets-Dry Your Eyes

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  • WagsWags Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Maggie by Colin Hay

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  • DakDak Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Captain Awesomeftw wrote: »
    Hallelujah- By either leonard cohen, jeff buckley, or rufus wainwright

    or k.d. lang

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  • tony_importanttony_important Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    "Bad Diary Days" - pedro the lion

    "Lonely Lonely" - Feist

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  • deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    source decay - the mountain goats

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  • clsCorwinclsCorwin Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Taps

    Especially sad if you've been in the military.

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  • crakecrake Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    cowboy junkies, ftw.

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  • VeritasVRVeritasVR Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    ddahcmai wrote: »
    Counting Crows - Colorblind

    I think most of Counting Crows album "August and Everthing After" is sad (minus "Rain King" and "Mr. Jones"), but also very good.

    I played "Raining in Baltimore" on repeat for a while. The first line is, "The circus is falling". Then it just gets better/worse.

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  • GrundlterrorGrundlterror Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Sigur Ros - The Nothing Song

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  • What's her faceWhat's her face Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Arnhem - Michael Giacchino (Medal of Honor: Frontline OST)


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  • SamiSami Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Connie Francis - I Will Wait for You
    Deftones - Change(in the house of flies)
    Moulin Rouge Soundtrack - El Tango de Roxanne
    Bush - Letting the Cables Sleep
    Radiohead - Karma Police

    really anything by Tool or A Perfect Circle

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  • DocDoc Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2007
    Cry Me a River
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=HctmxY7Sk8s (not the original or the most famous, but a good rendition)

    Also, Blues music is good.
    http://www.amazon.com/Blues-Eric-Clapton/dp/B00000JNMN

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  • KurnDerakKurnDerak Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Everlast - What its Like
    Iced Earth - Question of Heaven
    Metallica - Unforgiven, Unforgiven II, Outlaw Torn, Hero of the Day, Bleeding Me, Mama Said, Low Man's Lyric
    Megadeth - A Tout Le Monde
    Sarah McLachlan - Full of Grace

    See, there are so many different forms of sad songs, that being more specific would help a lot.

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  • JermJerm Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Fleetwood Mac - Gypsy
    Smokey Robinson - Cruisin'

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  • Al_watAl_wat Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Doc wrote: »

    Also, Blues music is good.
    http://www.amazon.com/Blues-Eric-Clapton/dp/B00000JNMN


    Beat me to it. Most of Eric Clapton's music could be what you are looking for.

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  • AximAxim Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    these are pretty great suggestions dudes

    uhh.. unkle's never, never, land is pretty awesome for mellow stuff

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  • linkswordlinksword Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Elderly Woman Behind a Cash Register in a Small Town - Pearl Jam

    Missed the Boat - Modest Mouse

    These just came on, and both seemed to fit the mood. It's probably worth noting that the music of the song sets a mood for me more than the lyrics do. This is pretty subjective as well, cause a lot of songs evict different emotions in different people.

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  • DeusfauxDeusfaux Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral, Hurt, etc

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  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Piano Man by Billy Joel is one of my favorite 'sad' songs.

    That and 'You Never Know' by Immortal Technique, if hip hop is your thing.

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  • AldoAldo Hippo Hooray Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Totenlieder & Ô Paradis - Sin sabor

    A Finnish song iirc, it's extremely sad, even if you don't understand a word of it.

    Uh, why are you looking for sad songs anyways?

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  • gneGnegneGne Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Hip-Hop allowed too?

    OutKast - Elevators (Me & You)

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  • FawkesFawkes __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2007
    It's Raining Men, the Geri Halliwell version. Totally sad. If you listen to it, you will be sad too.

    In the not joking realm, not exactly songs, but... Chopin Prelude in E Minor, Largo, Mozart Concerto no. 23 in A Major, Movement 2 (Andante), and Rachmaninov Piano Concerto no. 2, Movement 2 (Adagio Sostenuto)... are what a piano would sound like if it were suicidal.

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  • DrakmathusDrakmathus Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    boulevard of broken dreams. Not the green day song. The lounge song, sung slowly. Not fast like tony bennett sang it for goodfellahs.

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  • HlubockyHlubocky Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    As has been mentioned before (but I'll second it), anything on August and Everything after, especially Raining in Baltimore, Round Here, and Anna Begins (my personal favorite).

    Also, I didn't see anyone mention 'Hello', by Evanescence. This one really kills me.

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  • OhioOhio Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Nada Surf - Paper Boats

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  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Sam Stone by John Prine

    you'll never find a more sad song because you'll be too sad to look for one.

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  • clsCorwinclsCorwin Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Landslide. I think Smashing Pumpkins version would fit the mood best.

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