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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

What do you play when you are feeling low; I mean when you feel real low,

what's your sad songs?

I play an instrumental (Watermelon on Easter Hay) 9 minutes long, its not relatively sad, but used to make love with someone I miss dearly with this playing in the back ground

what's your sad song / music

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Samson by Regina Spektor breaks my hearts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p62rfWxs6a8

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

One Day - Gary Moore

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I try to avoid sad songs when I'm in a sad mood as it makes it worse.

Carry you Home - James Blunt

How do I Live - Leann Rimes

Remind me of two special people I've lost.

Sarah

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sad songs by elton John

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Blasphemous Rumours ..Depeche Mode

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By *id unviciousMan
over a year ago

Ipswich

Small town boy.. Bronski beat

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Pretty Baby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL1HKICB69s

(I fell in love with you)

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By *eMontresMan
over a year ago

Halesowen

"What do you play when you are feeling low; I mean when you feel real low,

what's your sad songs?

I play an instrumental (Watermelon on Easter Hay) 9 minutes long, its not relatively sad, but used to make love with someone I miss dearly with this playing in the back ground

what's your sad song / music"

Do you mean Watermelon in Easter Hay? (The full title is "Trying to play a guitar solo with this band, is like trying to grow a watermelon in Easter Hay" very few of even the geekiest of Zappa geeks know this).

A delightful piece - apart from the superb playing, demonstrating how a simple phrase can be developed and layered without getting boring or sounding repetitive, even though it repeats throughout, if you aren't a musician it's easy to miss the weird time signature. It alternates between standard 4/4 and 5/4, or it's in 9/8, however you want to call it, yet it flows so beautifully.

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By *ldestswingerintownMan
over a year ago

Lancaster

Not sure of the title but it's the song that Elton John did for his dead roadie - "Song for Guy"? Wonderful lyrics: "life is a temporary thing".

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"What do you play when you are feeling low; I mean when you feel real low,

what's your sad songs?

I play an instrumental (Watermelon on Easter Hay) 9 minutes long, its not relatively sad, but used to make love with someone I miss dearly with this playing in the back ground

what's your sad song / music

Yes

Watermelon in Easter hay; used to make love endlessly with this playing loud in the background

4 minutes in the guitar really kicks off, blows my mind today same as it did 30 years ago

Play loud

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By *eMontresMan
over a year ago

Halesowen

I just love Zappa. If you asked me my top 100 favourite tracks, they'd probably all be Zappa, though the odd Steely Dan one might make the cut.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Farewell is a lonely sound...Jimmy ruffin

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What becomes of the broken hearted.... Jimmy ruffin

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Alibi by 30 seconds from Mars or save me by gotye

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By *eMontresMan
over a year ago

Halesowen

"What becomes of the broken hearted.... Jimmy ruffin

I can't stop myself from singing "What became of the bloke who farted" along to this

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

A sad song don't need to be sad, just brings back some memories I wish I still had to share with someone special;

Stay free the clash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kii3xosrHtc

songbird Fleetwood mac

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRpNpfFi_ok

Silver Springs Stevie Nicks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aagJBxY6FxE

Picture Kid Rock/sheryl crow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idFJkZQmN38

Need you now Lady Antebellum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM213aMKTHg

Live like you were dying Tim McGraw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9TShlMkQnc

Don’t take the girl / Tim McGraw don’t take my wife

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vn6QdqxK3g

Me and Tennessee Gwyneth Paltrow & Tim McGraw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34NDxaK8fFk&list=PL2F4FD59424A932FB&index=3

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What becomes of the broken hearted.... Jimmy ruffin

I can't stop myself from singing "What became of the bloke who farted" along to this"

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

The blizzard jim reeves

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

in the ghetto and old shep ...Elvis P

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

"in the ghetto and old shep ...Elvis P"
in the ghetto is my all time favourite sonf

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Oh dont cry daddy

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

Suicide is Painless (MASH Theme)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIIqYqtR1lY

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By *inkyKellyCDTV/TS
over a year ago

Coventry

I'd almost forgot about Watermelon In Easter Hay! I tried getting into some Frank Zappa stuff, not that much stuck but I loved that song.

Only 3-4 songs have ever made me cry but last night a friend linked me to a show Amanda Palmer played last night (streamed live, with guests including Anna Calvi who's a genius), I'm barely familiar with any of her stuff but thought I'd watch - she played Bigger On The Inside, about the then-recent death of two close friends and at several points it was too much of a struggle to hold back the tears

You could see her doing the same, heh. A very good song though, beautiful :]

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

U2- Running to Stand Still

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvUI-s4Azw4

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Sorry seems to be the hardest word diana ross

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Autumn Leaves by Eva Cassidy..

couldn't even begin to explain without being in tears...

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

Billie Holiday - Solitude

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eLl84iMsrQ

Pretty much anything by Bille Holiday

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bring me sunshine by Morecambe and Wise. Sorry i thought you meant the condition SAD.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mary J Blige - Your Child

Come Ye Disconsolate (hymn)

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

Fire And Rain - James Taylor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3uaXCJcRrE

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By *arksMan
over a year ago

in the centre

"U2- Running to Stand Still

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvUI-s4Azw4"

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By *arksMan
over a year ago

in the centre

"Fire And Rain - James Taylor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3uaXCJcRrE"

This reminds me of a lost part of my life

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

Buena Vista Social Club-Chan Chan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnFfKbxIHD0

A beautiful, mournful tune. Anyone who speaks Spanish might have another view

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Fairytale of new york

Diamondsmiles

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

And I was playing this the other night...

Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7cbmHGnzP4

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Perfect memory by remyzero xx

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

Wicked Game - Chris Isaak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvvX5QM4z3Y

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

Paul Simon - Hearts and Bones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ425RKCqco

Not an especially sad song but deicate and beautiful and has memories of a lost friend.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Stairway to heaven

Led zeppelin?

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

ROBIN HOOD - OCEAN COLOUR SCENE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1IiywCsFbU

(simultaneous OCS posts

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Old red is back

Prettiest eyes

I sail this ship alone

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By *iBBWLondonWoman
over a year ago

London

When I'm feeling low, or lacking in confidence, for whatever reason, I play Roar by Katy Perry - makes me feel like I can do almost anything...usually

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

U2 - With Or Without You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmSdTa9kaiQ

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

The river

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sweet Disposition - Temper Trap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxKjOOR9sPU

Not a traditionally sad song but hurts every time I hear it

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

The Pogues - A Rainy Night In Soho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSyL-TrD_2g

(simultaneous Pogues post)

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Suzanne

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

So Low - Ocean Colour Scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf6sxyKl6g8

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

As with happy songs I have list as long as my arm. As I've been getting over my last relationship I've found I can't listen to Led Zeppelin or My Dying Bride without tearing up. We bonded over those two bands when we met and songs Tangerine or That's The Way really get to me

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

I dont want to talk about it

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Seven spanish angels

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By *ittleman300Man
over a year ago

tralee

The pogues,love you till the end

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Old red is back

Prettiest eyes

I sail this ship alone"

Can't beat The Beautiful South for both sad & happy songs. Good choice here

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By *ervent_fervourMan
over a year ago

Halifax

Elgar's Cello Concerto.

Especially in the late autumn for some reason.

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By *ervent_fervourMan
over a year ago

Halifax

And sometimes Forever Young by Dylan.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

In the arms of an angel

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My Immortal - Evanescence

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By *ervent_fervourMan
over a year ago

Halifax

Man of the World by Fleetwood Mac

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By *ervent_fervourMan
over a year ago

Halifax

New England by Billy Bragg

Sort of.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bill withers lean on me

Marmalade reflection's of my life

The Beatles she's leaving home

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By *ervent_fervourMan
over a year ago

Halifax

You've reminded me: Mother by Lennon!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Stray by aztec camera

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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago

West Wales and Cardiff

"Elgar's Cello Concerto.

Especially in the late autumn for some reason."

Good shout. The first time I played it in an (amateur) orchestra, I started getting teary in the first movement - that famous bit when the cello does this amazing crescendo and the orchestra comes piling in as the soloist reaches the highest note.

When I'm really down, only classical or old soul records really cut the mustard.

It got mentioned in another thread the other day, but think it'd be Barber's Adagio for Strings for me. They played it at the Proms a few days after 9-11. Amazingly emotional.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My Immortal - Evanescence"

definitely....

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By *ervent_fervourMan
over a year ago

Halifax

Aye. The solo cello is so plaintive at the beginning.

Gorecki's Symphony 3 used to really get me too(not played it in a while).

WOW for you to have been part of it though!

i find Mozart's Requiem a bit disturbing n all.

"Elgar's Cello Concerto.

Especially in the late autumn for some reason.

When I'm really down, only classical or old soul records really cut the mustard.

It got mentioned in another thread the other day, but think it'd be Barber's Adagio for Strings for me. They played it at the Proms a few days after 9-11. Amazingly emotional."

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

"Elgar's Cello Concerto.

Especially in the late autumn for some reason.

Sublime.

Jacqueline du Pré - Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 85

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOzatzJEnSo

It was Elgar's last major piece and he'd suffered from writer's/composer's block for a number of years previous. It was written shortly after the end of WWI.

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By *ervent_fervourMan
over a year ago

Halifax

Ooh. Last movement of Tchaikovsky's Pathetique?

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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago

West Wales and Cardiff

"Elgar's Cello Concerto.

Especially in the late autumn for some reason.

Sublime.

Jacqueline du Pré - Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 85

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOzatzJEnSo

It was Elgar's last major piece and he'd suffered from writer's/composer's block for a number of years previous. It was written shortly after the end of WWI.

She was amazing Joe.

Actually - my sad piece is actually the Brahms Requiem. The whole thing. I'm not a big Brahms-head, but I adore it.

When I'm right in the depths, it's the one piece that makes sense to me and bring solace. comfort and hope).

This is a truly beautiful performance of it (it's over an hour, so It's daft posting it really, but "what the hell")!

http://youtu.be/dJelOS-fjrY

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By *ervent_fervourMan
over a year ago

Halifax

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By *ervent_fervourMan
over a year ago

Halifax

I've got the Du Pre version coupled with Kwung ya Chung's interpretation of the violin concerto on one of my discs. Rhapsodic both!

Will check out the Brahms in a bit(ta).

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Keane, Bedahaped.

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