Songs for a "sad" play list

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  • sixout
    sixout Posts: 3,128 Member
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    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
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    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
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    Toy soldier: Martika
    What might have been: Little Texas
    Still they ride: Journey
    So close: Hall and Oates
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 7,717 Member
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    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
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    Still I'm Sad - Yardbirds

    Possibly the most mournful song ever sung.
  • Wenchilada
    Wenchilada Posts: 472 Member
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
  • SusanL222
    SusanL222 Posts: 585 Member
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    Almost anything by Enya and Eva Cassidy.
  • MSeel1984
    MSeel1984 Posts: 2,297 Member
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    Awesome suggestions, everyone.

    It's coming along nicely.
  • magic8ballkr
    magic8ballkr Posts: 35
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    D!ck Gaughan - Craigie Hill
  • JovanValor
    JovanValor Posts: 2,114 Member
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    Bruno mars- Talking to the moon
  • sabified
    sabified Posts: 1,051 Member
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    Mena Maria - Just hold me
    Sia- Breathe me
    Kate Bush - This woman's work
    Almost anything by Enya and Eva Cassidy.

    Eva Cassidy's cover of Fields of Gold is amazing
  • Rosie_McA
    Rosie_McA Posts: 256 Member
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    Papa Roach - Scars (acoustic version).
    Cavo - Never Gonna Hurt.
    Dead Sara - Dear Love.
    Robyn - Be Mine.
    3 Doors Down - Here Without You.
  • Rosie_McA
    Rosie_McA Posts: 256 Member
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    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

    How could i have missed A Fine Frenzy - Almost Lover. My eyes well up every time I listen to that song.
  • hookilau
    hookilau Posts: 3,134 Member
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    My Immortal - Evanescence
    Say Something - A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera
    :sad:
  • stuart160
    stuart160 Posts: 1,628 Member
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    My Immortal - Evanescence
    Say Something - A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera
    :sad:
    Props on adding My Immortal probably one of the most haunting songs ever..

    Nothing Compares to You - Sinead O'Connor
    He Stopped Loving Her Today- George Jones
    Whisky Lullaby- Allison Krause & Brad Paisley
    I'll be blue for you- Oak Ridge Boys

    Sorry in a country state of mind today..
  • JenAndSome
    JenAndSome Posts: 1,893 Member
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    I don't know if anyone said it already because I don't have time to go through all of these, but my go-to song when I feel that way is Tuesday's Gone by Lynyrd Skynyrd.

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