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Mr. Cave has qwuite the knack for writing sad, dark ballad, that's for sure! There is particular track from his ...And No More Shall We Part... album, called Love Letter, I think and it breaks me in two every time I hear it.
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Green Days Misery is quite a sad song.
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I went through this thread.... and went through some of my sad Playlists.
I have a hard time understanding what is Indie and what isnt considering it has a couple meanings. Heres a few... The eels- Its a Mother****er RadioHead- Pyramid Song (didnt feel like I needed to post a link) Chad Vangaalen - Willow Tree Akron Family - Dont be Afraid Your Already Dead |
Anything by antony and the johnsons, at all, whatsoever. That shtuff is so depressing I can't ever listen to it. -____-
"Samson" by Regina Spektor is so beautiful and sad that my heart aches any and every time I hear it. |
These songs truly can play on emotions.
Múm - We Have A Map Of The Piano !!!- Infinifold |
Insulated- Mansions
This song is a complete downer and can only be enjoyed if the listener is miserable. No Children- The Mountain Goats Depressing, and darkly hilarious, perfect for a bad mood! |
Not from a band that you'd think of for a sad song, but Queen's "One Year of Love" is a good one.
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Charlemagne, aren't the Mountain Goats cool like that? They have these heartbreakingly sad songs with these great littlwe bits of dark humour rolled into them... I love that!
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All of Side Two of Lou Reed's Berlin - Caroline Says II/The Kids/the Bed/Sad Song
Big Louise - Scott Walker Decades - Joy Division I Can Never Go Home Anymore - The Shangi-Las Hurt - The Johnny Cash version Dark White - The Music Machine No Distance Left to Run - Blur (Esp. while playing 13 all the way to the end including Optigan 1) I'll think of more... |
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I Believe in You - Talk Talk
Story of the Blues (Part 1) - Wah! Another Tear Falls - The Walker Brothers Just Say Goodbye - The Walker Brothers The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore - The Walker Brothers |
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a few personal favorite sad depressing songs that im not sure anyone has already mentioned and not all classed as "indie" but still give me that lump in my throat!
Bright eyes - its cool we can still be friends damien rice - 9 crimes freightened rabbit - poke the moody blues - nights in white satin (for when your feeling sorry for yourself) Elbow - Friend of ours (about his best friend who died) glen hansard and marketa irglova - the hill Glen Hansard - Everytime (britney cover....trust me on this one!) Kelly jones - nothing compares to you (sinead o'connor cover..beautiful)! Eliott smith - between the bars Swell season (glen hansard) - in these arms Beck - already dead Radiohead - exit music for a film Amanda palmer - i will follow you into the dark (deathcab for cutie cover) mumford and sons - liar Jerry fish and the mudbug club - where the sun dont shine (personal favorite) Villagers - on a sunlit stage Bright eyes - for you imogen heap - hide and seek snow patrol - you could be happy coldplay - the scientist Jams taylor - fire and rain Johnny cash - Hurt Gary jules - mad world coldplay - fix you goo goo dolls - iris the beatles - yesterday john lenon - imagine Damien rice - the blowers daughter nick cave and the bad seeds - love letter the verve - bittersweet symphany iv hoads more but il be here all night in dat case! all thes songs make me wana cry! |
Sister Morphine - Marianne Faithfull
Where Was Your Heart (When You Needed It Most) - Soft Cell I Wish I Never Saw the Sun Shine - The Ronettes Two Worlds Collide - Inspiral Carpets Rhymes of Goodbye - Scott Walker Life Becoming a Landslide - Manic Street Preachers |
Listen to BODYBAG by THE FILMS. An awesome band overall.
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no mention of carissa's wierd is a shame. i'm a fanboy (they're my avatar and sig), but some of their most heartbreaking songs make death cab for cutie look like ABBA
so you wanna be a superhero september come take this heart away you should be at home here brooke daniels' tiny broken fingers low budget slow motion soundtrack song for the leaving scene all apologies all smiles, yours truly, ugly valentine you should be hated here and many more other breakers of my heart casiotone for the painfully alone - killers elliott smith - pitseleh the national lights - swimming in the swamp the smiths - i know it's over galaxie 500 - tugboat marissa nadler - diamond heart smog - red apples sun kil moon - carry me ohio red house painters - katy song the mountain goats - pale green things deer tick - smith hill sunset rubdown - the empty threats of little lord jesca hoop - angel mom parenthetical girls - stolen children neutral milk hotel - oh comely/two-headed boy pt. 2 wye oak - if children were wishes nick drake - place to be iron & wine - sodom, south georgia polly scattergood - i hate the way |
Gwesy, you mentioned Love Letter by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and I completely and totally agree with that cdhoice... beautifully penned song, very mournful, regretful lyrics, just the epitome of a sad song, by the Master himself!
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I adore Indie music, and can def reccomend you "Paris" by Friendly Fires....it's not really sad, but it's really romantic and I even cried a few times)
so, listen to it if you haven't yet) as for the saddest song, listen to Emiliana Torrini "Serenade" or Kings of Convenience "Peactime" |
Im sure these have all been said but...
Martha- tom waits sad song- screaming jets blowers daughter- Damien rice no suprises- radiohead hallelujah- Jeff Buckley/leonard Cohen disarm- smashing pumpkins 3 libras- a perfect circle river- Joni Mitchell fire and rain- James Taylor at least that's what you said- wilco |
Good call on Joni Mitchell there.
Off my head songs that, in the right mood, will turn me into a blubbering mess: Roddy Hart - Wake Up Kate Bush - This Woman's Work Elliott Smith - Pitseleh The Avett Brothers - The Ballad of Love and Hate The Mountain Goats - Game Shows Touch Our Lives Red House Painters - Mistress [Piano Version] Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See a Darkness eels - Ant Farm The Magnetic Fields - Busby Berkeley Dreams Okkervil River - A Stone Why? - These Few Presidents Trembling Blue Stars - Sometimes I Still Feel the Bruise Tori Amos - China Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day Shearwater - Nobody Cat Power - Colors and the Kids Dinosaur Jr - Not the Same Fiona Apple - Never is a Promise The Swell Season - This Low Califone - Funeral Singers |
Fuel "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)"
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Can't remember if I already posted...
It's a Mother****er - EELS Melt into the Walls - Pilate Something I can never have - NIN Hurt - NIN Hate Me- Blue October Love will tear us apart - Joy Division My Immortal - Evanescence Sometime Around Midnight - ATE Please me like you want to - Ben Harper Hasn't Hit Me Yet - Blue Rodeo Call and Answer - Barenaked Ladies No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley Streets of Philly - Bruce Springsteen Glycerine - Bush Joey - Concrete Blonde Misguided Angel - Cowboy Junkies Boys Don't Cry - The Cure Sometimes I wake up Crying - Dixie Chicks In The Heart of the Matter - Don Henley I will always love you - Dolly Parton Version Wasted time - Eagles Teacher -George Michael F.O.D - Greenday November Rain - Guns and Roses Why did you mess with forever? - John Mayer Just Like Honey - Jesus and the Mary Chain |
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"John Wayne Gacy, Jr." -Sufjan Stevens.
Oh, and "Twilight" by Elliott Smith. |
I'd nominate the entire tracklisting of The Sunset Tree by The Mountain Goats.... it' quite a tear jerking album when you realise the heartbreaking thread through all the songs... beautiful and wonderfully penned and incredibly insightful are other adjectives I'd use to describe it, as well as sad...
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I've always found "The Long and Winding Road" by the Beatles to be sad, **** forgot this was the alternative thread, the first one that pops into my brain would be "Back to the Old House" by the Smiths. I find that a to be a sad song. Johnny Cash's version of Hurt is sad too.
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Practically everything by Low has a sad, haunting quality. 'Sunflower' is one of my favourites, though.
And I second whoever just said 'River' by Joni Mitchell. |
O'Children by Nick Cave. It's very beautiful, deep, and sad. Somewhat like a gospel. It always gets me lol. I'm listening to It now lol.
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My Will is Good by Port O'Brien is pretty sad.
Time In A Bottle by Jim Croce is heart wrenching. Just the thought that once you finally find what you love, you don't have time for it. Even more sad considering he dead very young. |
To me, Richard Marx - I'll Be Right Here Waiting For You is a very sad song...
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Dashboard's Remember to Breath...forever a song that will hit so hard. So beautiful.
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Creep by Radiohead!
Does that count?
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Tim McGraw - Lay Me Down
"The saddest"? I don't know. But pretty damn sad.. |
Ill always love the song "Jealous Guy" by John Lennon
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Radiohead- no surprises
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'Blood' by The Middle East
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The Smashing Pumpkins cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide."
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