[rhythmdevils]

excluding classical and opera, what is the saddest music you have ever heard?

happy music is great. but sometimes i really need depressing music. it helps me work through things im feeling and thinking about. its good for sitting and brooding over things.

lets see, ive got

Radiohead (duh)
jeff buckley
cat power
elliot smith
leonard cohen
jesse sykes
nick drake
townes van zandt

anyone else really enjoy slow/depressing music sometimes?

 

[Naris]

I find the song "Gravedigger," by Dave Matthews to be really, really depressing. Especially the accousitc version. I don't actually know why, it just is. My 2 cents

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EDIT: And I like depressing music too when the occasion calls for it. Though I prefer happy music... I tend to have moods based on what I'm listening to... weirdo...

 

[calvinoa,,!]

Jeff,the one and only

 

[Nacher]

From the dark metal region, Shape of Despair - Angels of Distress is definetly one of the saddest albums ever done. Some tracks from neo-classical/darkwave Elend are also one of the most depressing and sad compositions I have ever heard.

 

[Edwood]

Anything Morrissey.

-Ed

 

[jpelg]

Damien Rice
Beth Gibbons

Quote:

Anything Morrissey.

LOL! That is such a cliche nowadays that it's hilarious

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[wakeride74]

Stabbing Westward
Dredg
Tool

or for that ominous chamber music sound Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares takes the cake!

 

[Ttvetjanu]

Some Nine inch nails?

 

[Jasper994]

Country music is where it's at when it comes to sad music...

 

[saint.panda]

Schönberg's "Transfigured Night" (Verklärte Nacht) immediately came into my mind although it's probably not meant to be sad.

 

[gratefulshrink]

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Originally Posted by Jasper994 Country music is where it's at when it comes to sad music...

Possbily, but people, the Blues is the name of an entire genre of music for a reason. If you want sad, pathetic, broken-hearted songs, just listen to some John Lee Hooker or Son House or Robert Johnson or Lightinin' Hopkins.

 

[gratefulshrink]

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Originally Posted by saint.panda Schönberg's "Transfigured Night" (Verklärte Nacht) immediately came into my mind although it's probably not meant to be sad.

Yes, but the OP didn't want to include classical.

 

[ricardo diaz]

Elliott Smith's XO and From a Basement on a Hill.
I've heard of Nick Drake, but never heard his music.
Aimee Mann's Lost In Space.


A lot of the music I listen to is angry, and usually with the angry music is sadness to a degree. Frustration, etc.

(I don't want to say my favorite band on here, sorry. I'm a snob.

But if you really want to know, then I'll give it up like that, as long as you promise to appreciate and love it as much as I have, hahaha.)

 

[false]

Any of the first three albums from Blackheart Procession. Also the soundtrack to Requeim for a Dream.

 

[BRBJackson]

A Silver Mt. Zion's "He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts Of Light Sometimes Grace The Corners Of Our Rooms" can just put me in tears sometimes. The fact that it's written about a beloved deceased pet makes it that much more poignant to the animal lover in me.