Even "columbine" is sad as fuck
― calstars, Monday, 19 December 2016 23:27 (seven years ago) link
"Didn't we" by Jimmy Webb
― Neanderthal, Monday, 19 December 2016 23:29 (seven years ago) link
(I credit Webb cos it could be anybody's performance of the song really, Sinatra's, Harris's ,etc). like literally an elder gentleman almost sang that at karaoke the other night and I was happy as hell he aborted midway through. too much baggage tied to that one.
― Neanderthal, Monday, 19 December 2016 23:31 (seven years ago) link
Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski DayGillian Welch - I'm Not Afraid to Die
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Monday, 19 December 2016 23:34 (seven years ago) link
also even tho you obv ain't supposed to root for the guy, always found poor Jud's "Lonely Room" from Oklahoma misery inducing
― Neanderthal, Monday, 19 December 2016 23:35 (seven years ago) link
Folkal Point - Sweet Sir GalahadSofties - Hello RainPoppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy?Kathy & Carol - Just a Hand to HoldHope Sandoval - Down the StepsKristin Hersh - The LetterMarianne Faithfull - Late Victorian HolocaustLhasa - I'm Going InStina Nordenstam - Soon After Christmas (live version)Brian Wilson - Still I Dream of ItNina Nastasia - Bird of CuzcoCurth Boettcher - Another Time (demo)
and that one Sol Seppy song and all of those TVZ songs
― memories of a cruller (unregistered), Monday, 19 December 2016 23:43 (seven years ago) link
so many fragile souls on ilx it can't be healthy
Violeta Parra - Gracias a la VidaRadka Toneff - The Moon's a Harsh Mistress
― memories of a cruller (unregistered), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 00:05 (seven years ago) link
chappaquiddick skyline - leave me aloneelliott smith - needle in the hay et alred house painters - silly love songs
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 01:13 (seven years ago) link
joy division - dead souls
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 01:18 (seven years ago) link
paul simon--american tune
― estela, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 01:24 (seven years ago) link
Eels - Medication is Wearing Off/Electro-Shock Blues
― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 01:32 (seven years ago) link
morphine - funeral for miles davis
― calstars, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 02:27 (seven years ago) link
rachels - wally, egon, and models in the studio
― calstars, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 02:33 (seven years ago) link
no other - gene clark
― calstars, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 02:37 (seven years ago) link
kind of too many to name, you know?
any gram parsons track
― calstars, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 02:38 (seven years ago) link
hickory wind and hot burrito #2 to start with
― calstars, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 02:39 (seven years ago) link
liz phair - shane / nashville
― calstars, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 02:42 (seven years ago) link
combination Taco Bell Pizza Hut
― a but (brimstead), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 02:47 (seven years ago) link
Junior senior - boy meets girl
― calstars, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 03:05 (seven years ago) link
David Ruffin - "My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)"
The Who - "Empty Glass"
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 03:19 (seven years ago) link
land of talk - all my friends
― calstars, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 03:24 (seven years ago) link
Vickie Carr - It Must Be Him Bonnie Raitt Too Long at the Fair
― JacobSanders, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 03:30 (seven years ago) link
― calstars, Monday, December 19, 2016 8:42 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Uuuuuuuuuugh, if we get into songs from that era with a similar level of aural melancholy about them and which prompted me to pull a comforter over my head and listen to them on repeat as the autumn sun went down and I meditated on the existential crisis of being fifteen, I will be here literally all day long.
― Froyo On My Slacks (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 04:19 (seven years ago) link
A handful of tracks from Horse StoriesAnother handful of tracks from Moon Pix
― Froyo On My Slacks (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 04:21 (seven years ago) link
just gonna list a bunch of Elliott Smith songs in descending order of abyssal depression
PitselehStrung Out AgainEverything Reminds Me of HerI'm Doing OK, Pretty GoodBetween the BarsThe Biggest LieTwilight
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 04:35 (seven years ago) link
oh fuck how could I forget
In This Hole - Cat Power
the song I'm listening to right now:Silver Jews, "Death of an Heir of Sorrows"
― bernard snowy, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 04:38 (seven years ago) link
Sandy Denny - No End (especially the home-recorded solo piano version)
― bernard snowy, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 04:42 (seven years ago) link
songs that, while perhaps too enervated to actually crush a soul, are just perfect for listening to with a crushed soul:
- Crooked Fingers, "Sleep All Summer"- Songs Ohia, "Being In Love"
― bernard snowy, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 04:53 (seven years ago) link
Charlie Rich - Feel Like Going Home (especially the demo version with him on solo piano)
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 05:02 (seven years ago) link
John Cale "I Keep a Close Watch" and basically every other track off Music for a New Society, to some degree
― albvivertine, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 05:23 (seven years ago) link
the wrens - 13 months in 6 minutes
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 05:56 (seven years ago) link
Randy Newman - I Think It's Going To Rain Today.
I feel like I woke up with this in my head every day through November.
― Pheeel, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 09:29 (seven years ago) link
Death Cab for Cutie - Photobooth
They pretty much bank on doing soul crushing pop so almost every song by them applies. This Julien Baker cover is specially heartbreaking:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SIqyp3GLd0
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 23:20 (seven years ago) link
Reposting from the Lhasa de Sela thread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO0wh5Zc6fA&
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 23:53 (seven years ago) link
Radiohead - No Surprises
― LimbsKing, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 23:55 (seven years ago) link
Another handful of tracks from Moon Pix― Froyo On My Slacks (Old Lunch)
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 03:08 (seven years ago) link
otm about No Surprises, the first line of that song pops up in my head fairly frequently
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 03:14 (seven years ago) link
Blank Page - The Smashing Pumpkins
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 03:15 (seven years ago) link
the latest Sufjan is as bleak as advertised, yeesh. love it, though.
hmm, "Dark Globe" by Syd Barrett
― rip van wanko, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 04:17 (seven years ago) link
"No Sense" ftw― attention vampire (MatthewK), miércoles 21 de diciembre de 2016 3:08 (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 06:24 (seven years ago) link
Silver jews – trains across the seabark psychosis – a street scenehank williams – alone and forsakenbruce springsteen – racing in the streetgeeshie wiley – last kind wordsthin lizzy – honesty is no excuse
― An Alan Bennett Joint (Michael B), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 08:22 (seven years ago) link
Johnny Cash - "Hurt"Crack the Sky - "Long Nights"The Kinks - "See My Friends"Tim Hardin - "Don't Make Promises"Blink-182 - "Adam's Song"Phenomenal Handclap Band - "15 to 20"Nick Drake - "Time Has Told Me"Beulah - "A Man Like Me"Stone Sour - "Bother"Sam Cooke - "A Change is Gonna Come"Joy Division - "Love Will Tear Us Apart"Ben E. King - "I (Who Have Nothing)"
― Lee626, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 08:29 (seven years ago) link
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Monday, December 19, 2016 9:56 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
That song fucking crushes me
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 08:37 (seven years ago) link
Cat Power - Color and the KidsSmog - To Be of UseWaxahatchee - BathtubTom Waits - TimeJoni Mitchell - A Case of YouRihanna - Higher
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 08:42 (seven years ago) link
Yup, Colours and the Kids is the track for me off Moon Pix.
― Sunn O))) Brother Where Art Thou? (Chinaski), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 08:53 (seven years ago) link
How could I forget Boulder to Birmingham? That utterly crushes me.
― Sunn O))) Brother Where Art Thou? (Chinaski), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 09:02 (seven years ago) link
God, I forgot the emotional shotgun that is Nick Drake's "Place to Be". Also Radiohead's "Pyramid Song" but that's amplified by a personal experience for me.
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 11:00 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjZ7x4mkaxE
That's the way things goAll people's changes they growI hide in this roomLet's hope it's not wastedOh, it's such a shame
― Treeship, Thursday, 22 December 2016 03:18 (seven years ago) link
this one though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzWYUomBpwg
Surely don't stay long I'm missing you now.It's like I told you I'm over you somehowBefore I close the doorI need to hear you say goodbyeBaby won't you change your mind?
this one isn't fair because it's one of the best songs ever
― Treeship, Thursday, 22 December 2016 03:30 (seven years ago) link
Terry Callier - Dancing GirlFor Against - DaylightJoy Division - Twenty Four HoursChristian Death - The DrowningCeremony - I Heard You Call My NameComsat Angels - On the Beach
― larry appleton, Thursday, 22 December 2016 04:18 (seven years ago) link
If I'm reaching for the crushing Mazzy Star, I'm reaching for "Into Dust".
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Thursday, 22 December 2016 04:58 (seven years ago) link
That reminds me ...
Jackson C. Frank - Milk and Honey
I messed up someone's day after recommending that one.
― larry appleton, Thursday, 22 December 2016 05:01 (seven years ago) link
Started a playlist of this thread last night. Looked at it this morning and thought "Oh god, what have I done," as putting all these depressing songs together in one place is possibly not the best idea anyone has ever had. But still.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUh3oHWXrJrRKOH5MrGVHmbNqiU5gyJdT
― Pheeel, Thursday, 22 December 2016 09:58 (seven years ago) link
yes, Pheel! i need this right now, these can be soothing when you're in distress...
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 22 December 2016 13:53 (seven years ago) link
Nillson / Don't Forget Me (or Marianne Faithful's version)
― mahb, Thursday, 22 December 2016 14:26 (seven years ago) link
"Alien Observer" - Grouper
Look into the night skyLooking towards the big lightsLooking towards the freeway Morning subway passes by my window
I feel it in the darknessI need to feel it sometimesI need to fall asleepMorning never is too far behind
Gonna take a spaceshipFly back to the starsAlien observerIn a world that isn't mine
― flappy bird, Thursday, 22 December 2016 19:47 (seven years ago) link
The Associates - Party Fears Two
― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Thursday, 22 December 2016 21:25 (seven years ago) link
Kate Wolf singing Sandy Denny's 'Who Knows Where the Time Goes?':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgauX0bnN-0
my soul:
https://i.imgur.com/jb9Hmh9.gif
― ilxor-com-dog-meat-drawer-7-840-x-600.jpg (unregistered), Friday, 27 July 2018 16:48 (five years ago) link
reminded me ofhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD1UY6KK-bc
― kinder, Thursday, 9 August 2018 21:44 (five years ago) link
But that cover does nothing to my soul compared to the original. Sandy Denny's voice is the ultimate soul crusher:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oBMDcLf6WA
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 15 August 2018 17:50 (five years ago) link