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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsSongs of sorrow...
Sad songs, poignant songs, even songs that are lachrymose. Maybe to bring a tear to the cheek, or a welling in the heart.
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Songs of sorrow... (Original Post)
malthaussen
Jun 2018
OP
I know Cocteau's and Liz well ... Heaven or Las Vegas is one of my all-time fave CD's ...
mr_lebowski
Jun 2018
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ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)1. China Doll, Grateful Dead
About a family member's suicide.
True Dough
(17,358 posts)2. Time on my hands could be time spent with you...
ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)3. Black Peter, Grateful Dead
Living this one. "A friend or two I love at hand"
MustLoveBeagles
(11,673 posts)4. nt
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)5. Ellis Paul - The World Ain't Slowing Down
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mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)6. Song of Sorrow, you say? Okay ... allow me to win the thread ;)
Last edited Sat Jun 16, 2018, 11:44 PM - Edit history (1)
The Late Great Jeff Buckley covering the Saddest Song The Smiths ever did ...
Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
And as I climb into an empty bed
Oh well, enough said
I know it's over still I cling
I don't know where else I can go
(over)
Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
See, the sea wants to take me
The knife wants to slit me
Do you think you can help me?
Sad veiled bride, please be happy
Handsome groom, give her room
Loud, loutish lover, treat her kindly
Though she needs you more than she loves you
And I know it's over
Still I cling
I don't know where else I can go
It's over ... over ... over
I know it's over
Though it never really began
But in my heart it was so real ...
And you even spoke to me and said:
"If you're so funny
Then why are you on your own tonight?
And if you're so clever
Then why are you on your own tonight?
If you're so very entertaining
Then why are you on your own tonight?
If you're so very good looking
Why do you sleep alone tonight?
I know!?!
Because tonight is just like any other night
That's why you're on your own tonight
With your triumphs and your charms
While they are in each other's arms"
It's so easy to laugh
It's so easy to hate
It takes strength to be gentle and kind
It's over, over, over
It's so easy to laugh
It's so easy to hate
It takes guts to be gentle and kind
It's over, over, over
Love is natural and real
But not for you, my love
Not tonight my love
Love is natural and real
But not for such as you and I, my love
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
lyrics by Stephen Patrick Morrissey
IcyPeas
(21,931 posts)8. Tim Buckley's song "Song to the Siren" sung by
Liz Frazer/This Mortal Coil (also of the Cocteau Twins)
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)11. I know Cocteau's and Liz well ... Heaven or Las Vegas is one of my all-time fave CD's ...
Love lots of the good ol' 4AD records (and of course Factory) from the 80's/Early 90's ...
Very cool cover, thanks!
FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)7. So many favorite Songs of Sorrow-here are just a few...
Rammstein-Ohne Dich
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Roxy Music-Just Like You
Zucchero and John Lee Hooker-I Lay Down
Peter Gabriel-Here Comes the Flood
Julien Baker-Go Home
Glorfindel
(9,740 posts)9. The Chieftans featuring Mick Jagger "Long Black Veil"
I think it's an eerie, sad masterpiece!
backtoblue
(11,347 posts)10. Tears in Heaven, Eric Clapton