Der Leiermann by Schubert played on guitar by Charlie James
Thanks for that now I will have to start practicing.
Pretty much anything from Jason Molina
Or a spot of Codeine?
Just been listening to Der Leiermann from Schubert's Winterreisse. The definition of melancholy.
... Barber's Adagio for Strings
Still very sad but try to keep your hands below shoulder hight when it drops
Hobart Paving – St Etienne
One of my top melancholy picks too.
Here's another track that's always given me the feels...
And you'd have to be very brave to cover Mazzy Star's Fade Into You, but J Mascis more than does it justice. More melancholy than the original?
And the whole of Dylan's Blood on the Tracks.
Anything by Phoebe Bridgers, who is awesome by the way, but Funeral and Killer would be a good start...
'you never knew me' by Magazine.
It's probably one of my favourite songs of all time
That tempo...
Streets of love by Rolling Stones. I actually cried on a bus because of that song once
Great call Fingerbang!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2xhmPectY9U
And if you can watch this video without crying you have a heart of stone
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nXbEFTv9zr0
Lots of TVZ that fits the bill
"Theres only two types of music in the world, the blues and zippitydoodah and this aint zipittydoodah" Townes Van Zandt
Enough of the sad stuff have a laugh.
Enough of the sad stuff have a laugh.
FFS that's not even related to funny, more than anything else anyone had posted you are trying to drive people to suicide with that humourless shit!
And back to some proper music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBrd_3VMC3c&ab
Richard Thompson - How will I be simple again?; Devonside; Down where the Drunkards Roll; Sisters; Calvary cross and quite a lot more ...
Leonard Cohen - Last Year's man, Avalanche, in fact the whole of "Songs of Love and Hate" should do it.
Fairport Convention - Who know where the Time goes
Sandy Denny - Solo
Joni Mitchell - Amelia
Traditional - Banks of the Nile; Four Loom Weaver etc etc etc.
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds- Mercy Seat and many more .....
Yes, I am a 'Certain age'.
Leonard Cohen should do the trick.
But hide the knives first.
When you 'get' Leonard, you won't feel suicidal.
I very nearly started a very similar thread myself quite recently – I was going to lead with
Then go on to suggest
And the absolutely magnificent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTUS9iU2lbw
The could make a Cbeebies presenter mope.
I posted that earlier and do love it.
I also however love this version too
Takes a while to get going, but this has an lovely kind of gentle melancholia.
Interesting to contrast with the Kid Loco remix, which makes the same tune feel a bit brighter and more hopeful.
M.YOUTUBE.COM When the author heard Cash’s version of Hurt he said it was like losing your girlfriend. He didn’t own the song any more. One of my absolute favourite tracks.
Richard Thompson you say...
When the author heard Cash’s version of Hurt he said it was like losing your girlfriend. He didn’t own the song any more. One of my absolute favourite tracks.
Very powerful and moving. Even more so hearing it with the video as well.
Lamb.. 'Gabriel'
So much good music here! Really pleased to see the Jazz Butcher, among many others.
Have I just missed it or has no one posted this - the album cover alone should do it...
I have a playlist entitled “Low” so this is very easy...
Phil Campbell’s Cried Some Diamonds always brings a tear to my eye
Totally haunting song from Danny Cavanagh and Anneke van Giersbergen.
Written by Liverpool band Anathema, I think about the passing of their dad (there were three brothers in the band). Anneke has the most amazing voice.
Nice version of Time after Time by same girl... (bit of a long intro, but quite charming nonetheless)
if youtube, just below the video is a share button which gives you a link to copy. Put this in directly, and the video appears.
That doesn't seem to work for me. When I do a "Preview" it just shows the link url, no video window.
Will it work if I actually "Post" it?
I don't get a preview option when I post. I just paste the link in the white box and hit submit. Seems to work for me.
I don’t get a preview option when I post. I just paste the link in the white box and hit submit. Seems to work for me.
Thanks...it works.
"One fine day" from Madam Butterfly .... Maria Callas singing.
It always makes me well up.I don't really know why but it does.
My two.
^^^
Northern Sky somewhere up page is one of my favourite songs, but on this thread Nick Drake feels a bit like cheating. But all time biggest selling rapper also sounds sad most of the time, for some reason...
I don't think anyone has posted this yet.
Zappa's "Watermelon in Easterhay" does it for me. Someone played it for me back in 1982 when I'd just lost someone very close to me, and it's haunting, beautiful, and carries such a sense of loss and longing for what might have been. Best heard on a decent stereo, or at least some good headphones.
I won't post the link because the spoken intro is sweary, but it's easy enough to find.
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Oooh, I'm going to have to take some time listening to all of this. Can't right now - spinning through while the wife watches Bake Off.
These are a few I'd like to add. All of them have moved me very much. As others have said, all of Nick Drake's could go on here. Pretty sure he never did an equivalent of Bowie's Laughing Gnome? Leonard Cohen, I've never really got. Maybe later..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnHoqHscTKE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb4yfCTuU-M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp5a3ksuDUU
Has Jeff been on yet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxfE6PJmGS8
The theme to Schindler’s List could also be added here too. It may slip towards bleak rather than melancholy.
