Because Sad Songs, Sad Songs Say So Much..

[tangerinedream]

Is that supposed to make me feel better


I have also remembered

The Skye Boat song (and I live on Skye!!!)


aand I used to listen to Leonard Cohen on purpose when I wanted to feel depressed

and 'Who Knows Where the Time Goes' by Fairport Convention. Now that IS a heartbreaker.

Mogwai once promised to release a cover of 'The Skye Boat Song' which reminds me of another sad song, which even has the lyric 'sad songs' in it, which is cody by the aforementioned Mogwai. I like that in a sad way an awful lot.

 

[pennimania]

Mogwai once promised to release a cover of 'The Skye Boat Song' which reminds me of another sad song, which even has the lyric 'sad songs' in it, which is cody by the aforementioned Mogwai. I like that in a sad way an awful lot.

I just like Mogwai anyway

 

[Firky]

they're really FUCKING LOUD live

 

[tangerinedream]

Mogwai are TREMENDOUS

 

[tangerinedream]

Just to complete the circle, the Mogwai EP with the brass band on it is ace too

I wonder if I can make a tenuous link to every post on this thread with a Mogwai song...

I think I will go to bed instead

 

[moose]

Brass bands

Me too! Especially if they're playing something particularly stirring like Abide With Me.

 

[Dj TAB]

Orbital - Halcyon and on
William Orbit - El Ninjo
There is a cat stevens track as well but I dont know the name of it...

 

[Julie]

So many but one that always makes me choke up, especially when watching the video, is I Was Only 19 - Redgum.

 

[pk]

"Prelude in C Major" - Johann Sebastian Bach

 

[Pugwall7]

Willie Nelson -Always on My Mind

 

[The Groke]

A random selection that springs to mind right now:

I see a Darkness - Bonnie Prince Billy

John Wayne Gacey Jr - Sufjan Stevens

Let me In - REM

Simon and Garfunkle - The Boxer

Simple Things - Zero 7

A Wolf among Wolves - Prince Billy again!

Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber

Purple Rain - Prince

 

[milesy]

glen campbell - "wichita lineman"

 

[exosculate]

Great thread.

see also the johnny cash version of desperado and he managed to make that sound incredibly sad and meaningful, whereas the original is just corny. that covers album he did is a good example of the power of a decent singer

Totally agree - Cash was a bloody genius.

 

[exosculate]

I see a Darkness - Bonnie Prince Billy

This song is absolutely beautiful in the original - also fantastic as a cover by Cash too.

 

[Shirl]

Brass bands, Steel bands (but only if they're live and in the open air, especially if they're moving down the street)

I thought I was the only daft bat to cry along with bands like like I'm glad to know I'm in good company

 

[madamv]

Oh so many of the above tracks....

Another to add to the list

If you go away - Jacques Brel or Marc Almond.

I like Marcs version cause hes my man, and I know his voice, all the rumbles and snags... But Brel is wonderful too..

The most beautiful girl in the world - Charles Aznevour

Always gets me sobbin

 

[bluestreak]

this thread makes me want to cry....


leonard cohen does it for me, waiting for the miracle.... *sobs*

i cried last night a little bit during radiohead's fake plastc trees. but it was a really storming gig, and i am a little emotionally fraught at the moment.

 

[Dubversion]

If you go away - Jacques Brel or Marc Almond.

I like Marcs version cause hes my man, and I know his voice, all the rumbles and snags... But Brel is wonderful too..

have you heard dusty's version - all bottled up pain and quiet dignity, and a bit in French.

 

[The Groke]

This song is absolutely beautiful in the original - also fantastic as a cover by Cash too.

Agree on both acounts.

 

[Iam]

house of pain, faster pussy cat

Amongst the worst examples of hair metal balladery ever.

Bad Firky.

 

[mauvais]

Bullet Proof - Radiohead
Thinking About You - Radiohead
Palimpsest - (Smog)
Not Ready Yet - Eels
Climbing To The Moon - Eels
Evaporated - Ben Folds Five
Central Reservation - Beth Orton

 

[felixthecat]

Many Rivers To Cross - Jimmy Cliff
Hurt - Johnny Cash
The Price I Pay - Billy Bragg
Don't Throw it All Away - Barrington Levy

 

[onemonkey]

Lowkey - 100 bars for my brother

 

[Firky]

i cried last night a little bit during radiohead's fake plastc trees. but it was a really storming gig, and i am a little emotionally fraught at the moment.

not jealous at ALL

 

[k_s]

Eels- its a motherfucker
Weezer- burndt jamb
The cure- pictures of you
Ben folds- magic
The pogues- a pair of blue eyes
Johnny Cash- give my love to rose

^^^
first heard this a couple of days after a friend died- i sobbed like a twat My flatmate walked in and asked me what was wrong, I played the song again by way of explanation, and burst into tears again. She suggested that i should perhaps stop listening to this song...

 

[madamv]

have you heard dusty's version - all bottled up pain and quiet dignity, and a bit in French.

I havent heard it no. And I have a special place for Dusty cause my mum loved her.

Praps you could bring it to PRoD and play it as the last dance so we can all be off our nuts and weeping into our beer

 

[tastebud]

For some reason Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley always makes me want to cry. Dunno why but I love the song a lot.

leonard cohen does it for me, waiting for the miracle.... *sobs*

Leonard Cohen makes me really happy. Joyful even!

 

[Strumpet]

I like Rufus Wainwrights version of that song.

 

[marty21]

"Hurt" by Johnny Cash genuinely makes me cry everytime, yet it's just about the most beautiful song ever.

beautiful song

 

[Orang Utan]

The Rah Band - Clouds Across The Moon