Songs for a "sad" play list

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  • GeordieGirl80s
    GeordieGirl80s Posts: 120 Member
    Guns N' Roses - November Rain
    Prince - Purple Rain
    Gary Moore - Parisienne Walkways & Still Got the Blues
    Loads of Evanescence songs (for me - My Immortal, Imaginary, My Heart is Broken, Sweet Sacrifice, Lithium, Lacrymosa, Your Star, Before the Dawn, Good Enough & The Last Song I'm Wasting on You)
    Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box (or the Evanescence cover version)
  • BriskaLynn
    BriskaLynn Posts: 23
    http://open.spotify.com/user/1237919474/playlist/4NBza3EkwRf8Z6XvJmcIwq

    That's my rainy day broken hearted just let me cry list.
  • srslybritt
    srslybritt Posts: 1,618 Member
    Fallout - Marianas Trench

    It's definitely not a pick-me-up, but it's got a quicker tempo.
  • DSTMT
    DSTMT Posts: 417 Member
    Orange Sky - Alexi Murdoch
  • heylookitsval
    heylookitsval Posts: 1,141 Member
    Snow Patrol- You could be happy
    A Great Big World- I don't wanna love somebody else


    These are obviously songs about a break-up.
  • Autk79
    Autk79 Posts: 286 Member
    I agree with Adele and Journey

    Say something- Christina Aguilar & A great big world
    Dont close your eyes- Keith Whitley
    Anymore- Travis Tritt
    A long goodbye- Brooks and Dunn
    Over you - Miranda Lambert
    Its getting better all the time- Brooks and Dunn
    Wake up lovin you-
    One last cry- Brian McKnight

    Gosh I could go on and on lol
  • phil6707
    phil6707 Posts: 541 Member
    Beth - Kiss (it's a ballad)

    Angie - Rolling Stones
  • broox80
    broox80 Posts: 1,195 Member
    bother-stone sour
  • broox80
    broox80 Posts: 1,195 Member
    Beth - Kiss (it's a ballad)

    Angie - Rolling Stones

    love Angie!!!! Such an awesome song!!!
  • pobalita
    pobalita Posts: 741 Member
    A second vote for "November rain" by Guns n Roses

    'Comfortably Numb' and "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd.
  • Charloo1990
    Charloo1990 Posts: 619 Member
    Omg to the OP I thought I was the only who did this lol. Sometimes I just love laying in bed with my ipod on loud and a bit of sad music that I can relate to.
    I like:
    Goo goo dolls - Iris
    Christina Aguilera - Hurt. Walk away. Soar and infact just the majority of her music.
    Destiny's Child - Emotions
    Beyonce - Listen
    Little Mix - little me and Change your life
    The Script - For the first time, break even and hall of fame.
    To name a few :)
  • dpwellman
    dpwellman Posts: 3,271 Member
    Well, it's hard to do sad in lieu of bittersweet, but. . .

    Thousand Foot Krutch - "Look Away"
    Bleach - "Rundown Town"

    And, well, c'mon: Samuel Barber - Adagio For Strings. . . (or if you like the choral version: "Agnus Dei")

    Bach's Aria in G is also somewhat sad-ish
  • Charloo1990
    Charloo1990 Posts: 619 Member
    Oh and Jessie J - Who you are and Big white room. Both amazing songs.
  • jimmyn6
    jimmyn6 Posts: 15 Member
    It's nice to know other people have their 'sad music' playlist too. lol. I see a lot of songs I have as well.

    All Out of Love - Air Supply
    Against All Odds - Phil Collins, though mariah carey has a nice cover
    Almost - Tamia

    but I have to say, the 80s/90s covers this playlist very well. lol
  • LianaG1115
    LianaG1115 Posts: 453 Member
    Peter Gabriel/Kate Bush - "Don't Give Up"

    Sarah McLachlan---almost everything depending on the level of depression!!!
  • p8liwag
    p8liwag Posts: 919 Member
    It must have been love- Roxette
  • LegendaryOrange
    LegendaryOrange Posts: 2,864 Member
    Tears in Heaven - Clapton
    I wish it were raining - Phil Collins
    'Round Here - Counting Crows
    Freshmen - The Verve Pipe
    I will always love you - Whitney Houston
  • sixout
    sixout Posts: 3,128 Member
    I just put Dust In The Wind on repeat.
  • no_russian
    no_russian Posts: 893 Member
    St. Augustine - Band of Horses
  • brightonbetty
    brightonbetty Posts: 4 Member
    Ah there's nothing like a bit of catharsis and music is excellent for it! :)

    My top 5:

    Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
    Hurt - Johnny Cash
    I Will Follow You Into the Dark - Death Cab For Cutie
    Waiting For My Real Life to Begin - Colin Hay
    Colorblind - Counting Crows
  • sixout
    sixout Posts: 3,128 Member
    Sometimes I turn on Let Her Cry, lay down in the shower and scream out "WHO HURT YOU HOOTIE?!" as I sob through the words.
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    I have days like that. Personally I like songs that let me float in melancholy. They resonate but never complete, if that makes sense.

    I am SUPER eclectic too so all might not be for everyone.
    I like spiritual overtones too.

    Anywho....

    Time by Tenth Avenue North
    http://youtu.be/XAVHeVDML5k

    이루마 - River Flows in You
    http://youtu.be/7maJOI3QMu0

    Pie Jesu -Andrew Lloyd Webber
    http://youtu.be/OhOstwxcwWs

    Sigur Ros - Olsen Olsen
    http://youtu.be/8LeQN249Jqw

    Ry Cooder's Feelin' Bad Blues put down hot by MaXiM
    http://youtu.be/RfMo_mNIt7U

    My favorite piper, Bruce Gandy does Lament for the Children
    http://youtu.be/eKRZFNpI6hg

    Navajo Healing Song By The Navajo & The Sioux
    http://youtu.be/x1uJidwo77s

    Árstíðir - Heyr himna smiður
    http://youtu.be/e4dT8FJ2GE0

    #34 - Dave Matthews Band
    http://youtu.be/3GLdx2sq3vA

    New Orleans Instrumental No. 1 - REM
    http://youtu.be/-DdqLVbnxAs

    Makambo - Geoffrey Oryema (one of the most beautiful songs I've ever experienced.
    http://youtu.be/sWpERZAIy3E

    LAKOTA - To Walk the Red Road
    http://youtu.be/R2fhKCWRTBE

    Līgo
    http://youtu.be/C8Q_KVLDR9c

    Agnus Dei - Jotta .A
    http://youtu.be/XN2UydzUOQU
  • gregp2012
    gregp2012 Posts: 26 Member
    Toy soldier: Martika
    What might have been: Little Texas
    Still they ride: Journey
    So close: Hall and Oates
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 7,993 Member
    Hospital by the Modern Lovers is one of the most tragic songs I know of.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91U4_UfhSSw&feature=kp
  • aedreana
    aedreana Posts: 979 Member
    Still I'm Sad - Yardbirds

    Possibly the most mournful song ever sung.
  • Wenchilada
    Wenchilada Posts: 472 Member
    Sometimes I turn on Let Her Cry, lay down in the shower and scream out "WHO HURT YOU HOOTIE?!" as I sob through the words.

    *sits back down, has a beer, and feels sorry for herself*


    Okay, so, my top 10:

    The Bed Song - Amanda Palmer
    Rootless Tree - Damien Rice
    Say It to Me Now - Glen Hansard
    Stars are Underground - The Frames (what can I say, I'm a sucker for sad Irishmen)
    The Chain - Ingrid Michaelson
    Your Winter - Sister Hazel
    Another Horsedreamer's Blues - Counting Crows (but let's be honest - ALL THE COUNTING CROWS :sad: )
    Into My Arms - Nick Cave
    Everyone's Waiting - Missy Higgins
    When She Loved Me - Sarah McLachlan

    If you've got Spotify, this playlist called #WeepingSongs is a good place to start: http://open.spotify.com/user/spotifyusa/playlist/2Fs4jaaWrqFNLcjQRuFx1l
  • RayLeen19
    RayLeen19 Posts: 106
    The songs by Kill Hannah are pretty sad. However I do not recommend listening to such depressing things to make yourself cry. Instead perhaps go to a hospital and help take care of some of the children in there. It will force you to not cry and to have the pleasure to play and get to know some very sweet children. It should make you feel better pretty quickly!
  • blytheandbonnie
    blytheandbonnie Posts: 3,275 Member
    Bonny Portmore - Loreena Mckennitt
    Drive - The Cars
    Wonderful Life - Alter Bridge (Yeah, this one's a bit heavy, but it makes me cry)
  • Lilly_the_Hillbilly
    Lilly_the_Hillbilly Posts: 914 Member
    Cheers Darlin by Damien Rice
    All the World is Green by Tom Waits
    Numb by Portishead
    Even If Love by Bonny "Prince" Billy
    Only You by Portishead
    Walking After You by Foo Fighters.

    That's just off the top of my head.
  • Building_Bulk
    Building_Bulk Posts: 20,596 Member
    Here are just a few of my favorites.

    A Fine Frenzy - Almost Lover
    Matthew Perryman Jones - Only You
    Love and Theft - Thinking of You (and Me)
    Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly
    Ben Rector - When a Heart Breaks
    Brad Passons - Stuck With You
    Bruno Mars - Talking To The Moon
    Chris Isaak - Somebody's Crying
    Craig Morgan - Everywhere I Go
    Enrique Iglesias - Somebody's Me
    James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover With
    John Mayer - Dreaming With a Broken Heart
    Jonny Lang - Missing Your Love
    Joshua Radin - I'd Rather Be with You
    Lifehouse - From Where You Are

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