Sad/melancholic songs you like?

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nikki_is_stellar
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05 Sep 2009, 9:26 pm

LostInBed wrote:

Seraphim wrote:

"Hallelujah" by k.d. Lang -- She has such emotion and angst.

Wow I love this song but my preferred version is by Jeff Buckley

I also love "Unloved" by Jann Arden

Amen to that. I absolutely love Jeff Buckley, one of my favorite singers.
"Lover You Should've Come Over" is probably my favorite song by him
some other songs I like would be:
Constant Knot, or Like Knives by City And Colour
Song To The Siren, or Once I Was by Tim Buckley (Jeffs dad)
Joga Covered by Ben Gibbard and Ben Barnett
His Hands Matched His Tongue by The Dear Hunter
Kissing You by Des'ree (from the Romeo & Juliette sdtk)

I could go on for days lol

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12 Sep 2009, 11:52 am

The first song is Tristan, and while I do like that song, the second half of the video, Sanvean, is mind-blowing and filled with lament. Lisa Gerrard is beyond words. The climax of Sanvean (4:21) made me feel like someone else could understand the way I feel.

If you've never heard the album Towards the Within or at least haven't watched DCD play it, I highly reccommend viewing this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5twt5oCUTM

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12 Sep 2009, 12:38 pm

The Verve - On Your Own

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQT_UzIMDZQ[/youtube]

takes me back this one, makes me feel sad and happy

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12 Sep 2009, 5:10 pm

More.

Miranda Lee Richards - Life Boat
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-sEgEHcffs[/youtube]

The National - All The Wine Is All For Me
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9yjOy9PqNY[/youtube]

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14 Sep 2009, 1:15 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBFG372HsW8[/youtube]

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14 Sep 2009, 1:42 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9XjzbEVhfg[/youtube]

:cry:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8R0eoGO7Gw[/youtube]

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14 Sep 2009, 2:20 pm

The Gathering (my favourite band)- Shrink
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ7fapVLdFs&feature=related[/youtube]

Evanescence- Field of Innocence (yes, I know the video is made up from bits of other videos)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHhmir7uSic[/youtube]

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15 Sep 2009, 6:57 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZq_jeYsbTs[/youtube]
Radiohead - How to Disappear Completely

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiiOpHEAda4[/youtube]
Coldplay - Easy to Please

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceP3K6WBJ_w[/youtube]
Porcupine Tree - Russia on Ice

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16 Sep 2009, 5:07 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmb69MdeJBc[/youtube]

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17 Sep 2009, 1:27 am

DavidK wrote:

The Gathering (my favourite band)- Shrink
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ7fapVLdFs&feature=related[/youtube]

Awesome. What do you think of The West Pole?

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17 Sep 2009, 5:17 am

Being seriously alexithymic, I need music to connect to and regulate emotions.

Several songs, which other posters have mentioned, help me connect to more frequently occurring sadness or emptiness.
1. The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel
2. My Immortal - Evanescence
3. Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks

For deeper sadness, emptiness or "češnja" (a feeling of longing) I usually turn to:
4. At Seventeen - Janis Ian
5. Reflections of My Life - The Marmalade
6. Theme from Mahogany - Diana Ross
7. My Eyes Adored You - Frankie Valli

And, in the darkest hours, the go-to song to help me back away from the edge:
8. Vincent - Don McLean

While not all of these songs are necessarily sad or melancholy, they are strongly assocatied with these all-too-common feelings for me, and receive a great deal of iPod airtime.

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18 Sep 2009, 6:45 am

Nirvana - Something In The Way.

I can never decide which version is bleaker:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y9VBWaNRaI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTpz-IUMioU

(for some reason it's not letting me embed - sorry...)

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18 Sep 2009, 10:29 pm

this has sad lyrics
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzWPgcZKxes[/youtube]

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21 Sep 2009, 10:57 am

Opeth - Face of Melinda
Amanda Palmer - Another Year
Porcupine Tree - Prodigal
Dave Matthews Band - The Dreaming Tree

Yeah, I know, it seems like a random selection the way it looks on paper. But these are my favorite melancholy songs.

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21 Sep 2009, 1:21 pm

Since most of the music I like is sad and/or angry (or something along those lines)...

[In no specific order]

"Memories", by Within Temptation. (this song makes me break out in goosebumps sometimes. I don't know why.)
"All I Need", by Within Temptation
"Forgiven", by Within Temptation
"Frozen", by Within Temptation
"The Pain", by Lacuna Coil
"Oblivion", by Lacuna Coil
"Without a Reason", by Lacuna Coil
"Lonely", by After Forever
"Empty Memories", by After Forever
"Nobody's Home", by Avril Lavigne
"Slipped Away", by Avril Lavigne
"Down Where I Am", by Demons And Wizards
"Darkness", by Disturbed
"Breathe No More", by Evanescence
"Missing", by Evanescence
"Solitude", by Evanescence
"Exodus", by Evanescence
"Hello", by Evanescence
"Like You", by Evanescence
"Lithium", by Evanescence
"The Only One", by Evanescence
"Field of Innocence", by Evanescence
"Away From Me", by Evanescence
"Slave", by The Evolutionaries
"You Found Me", by The Fray
"Cable Car", by The Fray
"Whatsername", by Green Day (I don't know if it's supposed to be sad, but....)
"You are Beautiful", by James Blunt
"Dearly Beloved", from the Kingdom Hearts soundtrack
"Roxas", from the Kingdom Hearts II soundtrack
"The Other Promise", from the Kingdom Hearts II soundtrack (and the piano collections version, and the Drammatica version)
"Missing You ~ Namine", from the Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections
"My December", by Linkin' Park
"Concrete Angel", by Martina McBride
"Endlessly", by Muse
"Hurt", by Nine Inch Nails
"Already Over", by Red
"Broken", by Seether
"Crazy", by Simple Plan
"Untitled", by Simple Plan
"Welcome to My Life", by Simple Plan
"The Last Night", by Skillet
"Shattered", by Trading Yesterday (It's more like hopeful-sad, if that makes sense)
"Passion", by Utada Hikaru
"Paradise", by Vanessa Carlton

.....A lot of songs. Lol.

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23 Sep 2009, 7:11 pm

This is one of my favorite songs of one of my favorite 'bands'

Stars of the lid - Tippy's demise:

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