Songs you listen to when you are sad?

Damn, you beat me to this thread. I was gonna make it as soon as I had my playlist ready, which is still not ready btw but I will update here once I'm done wallowing in my own sadness. I can't recognize a single song in yours besides "Chop Suey" so this should be a fun way to find new gloomy beats.

REVELING ON YOUR OWN MISERY FTW (I don't care how contradictory that sounds).

 

"The Child In Us" - Enigma
"Goodbye, Milky Way" - Enigma
"Return to Innocence" - Enigma
"Swimming Home" - Evanescence
"Oceans" - Evanescence
"Taking Over Me" - Evanescence
"Secret Door" - Evanescence
"Imaginary" - Evanescence
"Going Under" - Evanescence
"Helena" - My Chemical Romance
"Cancer" - My Chemical Romance
"Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" - The Killers
"When You Were Young" - The Killers
"Somebody Else" - Bleu
"White Horses" - Moby
"Division" - Moby
"Mistakes" - Moby
"Protection" - Massive Attack
"Mysterons" - Portishead
"Only Time" - Enya
"Somewhere" - Barbra Streisand
"The Phantom of the Opera", "The Point of No Return", and "Think of Me" - The Phantom of the Opera

 

Well, I usually listen to Amnesiac by Radiohead...I love that album so much, and it ends off perrrffeectllyyy...
I dont think I can list single songs, but the albums i listen to include Plastic Beach by Gorillaz, XO by Elliott Smith, Parachutes by Coldplay, and OK Computer by Radiohead.

 

sucker for any keaton henson when I'm feeling down

 

Bands I listen to when I'm sad:
Woods of Ypres
Ghost Bath
Silencer
Xasthur
Burzum
Eternal Valley
Thy Light
Wolves in the Throne Room

 

Mostly Song of the Caged Bird by Lindsey Stirling

---------- Post added 29th Nov 2014 at 04:17 PM ----------

And elements by Lindsey Stirling

 

I try to not stick to a single song/songs. Mostly browse around the internet, choosing stuff that i feel like listening to in the moment. Due to the nature of my "listening habits" i think it would be counter productive to try and list most of the songs i tend to gravitate towards, in times of depression. So i've decided to list, just two. These are by no means, my favorites, but i do like them.

[YOUTUBE=eFCIKcn8m_w]Tsuisou[/YOUTUBE]
[YOUTUBE=RqxmFkmEoZQ]Kizuna[/YOUTUBE]

Alright, i know i said two songs, but i feel that i must mention this one as well, as it has been "used" quite often, in the past month, as means to force myself to combat feeling numb. One does need to cry from time to time, unfortunately, this song didn't do it for me.

[YOUTUBE=TEsJW9KXuOc]If I Die Young[/YOUTUBE]

 

This album always makes me feel better if I'm feeling down especially track 13

 

I usually start with sad songs and then I get so into the music that I gradually cheer up and start listening to more upbeat stuff

The Funeral- Band of Horses
Adam's Song- blink-182
Yer Blues- The Beatles
Battery in Your Leg- Blur
Butterfly- Weezer
Demon To Lean On- Wavves
How Soon Is Now?- The Smiths
Asleep- The Smiths
Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want- The Smiths
No Surprises- Radiohead
Dramamine- Modest Mouse

 

To expand my playlist

All Fall Down by One Republic
Beyond the Veil by Lindsey Stirling
Colors of the Wind Multilanguage Version
Elements (and orchestral version) by Lindsey Stirling
Everytime We Touch (Slow Version) by cascada
I See the Light Multilanguage Version
My Immortal by Evanescence
My Immortal (cover) by Lindsey Stirling
Night Vision by Lindsey Stirling
Part of Your World Multilanguage Version
Pills N' Potions by Nicki Minaj
Save Me by Nicki Minaj
Song of the Cage Bird by Lindsey Stirling
Take Flight by Lindsey Stirling

 

When I'm sad I try to listen to happy music, so any kind of ragtime music will be what I'm jamming to.

Joplin is the best.

 

Into The Ocean - Blue October

Jesus Christ - Brand New

Objects In Space - La Dispute

Hand Cuffs - Brand New

Such Little Hands - La dispute

Hate Me - Blue October

By end of all these songs you might be maximum over sad.

 

Enya, Kate Bush, Panpipes, Instrumental covers of popular songs
parody songs and Comedic ones

 

Johnny Cash - "Man in Black"
Not a sad song in the sense, it's about self-pity or overwhelming emotions. However, it is a sad song, because it addresses a few things. Also, it's Johnny Cash, so you know, he's going to make it sadly sobering. I tend to listen to this, if I'm feeling sad but want a reminder that, you know, life is what you make it.

The Rolling Stones - "Paint it Black"
Fairly sad-sounding at times, with bouts of liveliness. I think that's why I like it, because it acknowledges sadness but also, a chance, at things turning around. Of course, the lyrics can betray the sound of the song.

Nightwish - "End of All Hope"
An epically-sounding sad song. As you can probably tell, from the title of the song, it's about everything crashing down around you, and experiencing a mental, emotional, and spiritual fucking of crippling severity. However, if I were ever faced with a hopeless situation, this is the song I'd want playing, because, despite the futility it speaks of, it still, though very nominally, expresses a defiant hope.

Staind - "Outside"
Beautiful song. You can feel the sadness of it, especially near the final hook. Not much else to say, except, when I hear this song, I have a tendency to belt out the chorus.

Pink Floyd - "Goodbye, Blue Sky"
Very foreboding sound. Despite it's melodic parts, it easily reminds you of the coming destruction, and the sadness tagging along. I've also considered having this song, playing, at my funeral.

Alice in Chains - "Heaven Beside You"
I'll let the band's guitarist's own words, speak about this song:

"Another attempt to reconcile the fact that my life and paths are tearing me apart from the person I love.
All the songs I write about her are a way for me to maybe speak to her, express things I could never express."​

Kansas - "Dust in the Wind"
This fucking song. It lures you in with it's beauty, then crushes your optimism with defeating lyrics. You want to talk about futility and insignificance, here it is, in a pretty-sounding package.

Apocalyptica - "Farewell"
This song doesn't need words. It's sound, alone, lets you know, how heavy you should feel.

Metallica - "Nothing Else Matters"
Beautiful-sounding song. While not as sad as the title may elude it to potentially being, it still has remnants of sadness. It's about being far away from somebody, who you deeply care about. So, it's sad, in a different way.

Metallica - "Fade to Black"
Now this song, is really sad. It's about, basically, losing the will to live, and contemplating the next step, to ease or end the uselessness one succumbs to. Also, it has a very pretty sound in instrumental terms.

Metallica - "One"
Yes, I know. THREE Metallica songs. What can I say? I like Metallica, well, Black Album and before.

As for the song itself. It's a realization of sadness for the listener. See, the song is about a wounded soldier. How wounded? This soldier cannot see, cannot hear, cannot speak, and cannot move. They're trapped in their mind, an agonizing darkness, and incapable of escaping -- to regain their senses, to seek out another for comfort, or to even tell another, to put them out of their misery. They simply exist, with only the desire to die, keeping them alive. Irony at it's cruelest.

Imagining that kind of situation, is not only slightly frightening, but saddening as well.

System of A Down - "Soldier Side"
My favorite System of a Down song. The lyrics convey despair, God's abandonment, and the futility of conflict. Depressing subjects, I'm sure, but at the same time, this is one of my work out songs. Why? Well, to put it simply, it's a sobering reminder, of why I keep progressing forward. In that regard, it's also inspiring.

 

So much good taste in music in this thread afsdgasf

I'll be back for here when I get on my laptop

 

My sad playlist consists of Pete Murray, two albums Feeler and Opportunity, I do listen to songs with depressing subject matter but they aren't part of my sad playlist.

 

-I Wish by Graham Coxon
-Oceans by Suede
-Here by Pavement
-Atmosphere by Joy Division
-Damaged by Primal Scream

 

After the Storm - Mumford and Sons
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Ocean Bed - Zoo Kid
The Scientist - Coldplay
See the Sun (Alternate Version) - The Kooks
Smother - Daughter
Skinny Love - Bon Iver
Snaggletooth - Vance Joy
Liar - Mumford and Sons
Sunburn - Ed Sheeran

 

If I go through a breakup in the future, I will totally be listening to this on repeat.

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