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
a fair few songs have broken my heart but I don't think I'd say any have crushed my soul. it sounds unpleasant
― ogmor, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 11:58 (seven years ago) link
xp re Cat Power - "Colors and the Kids" -- love this song, even learned to play it on piano, but I can't listen to it anymore bc it reminds me TOO much of (already mentioned upthread) Sandy Denny's solo piano demo of "No End"
― bernard snowy, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 13:10 (seven years ago) link
I listened to a bunch of songs when I was still a bag of hormones with a newborn baby and they all turn me into a blubbering mess now.
― kinder, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 13:23 (seven years ago) link
Tori Amos's voice in particular, can't even listen to a cover of Take on Me without going wibbly
― kinder, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 13:24 (seven years ago) link
Alice In Chains - 'Nutshell'Amy Winehouse - 'Wake Up Alone'Beach Boys - 'All I Wanna Do'Beck - 'Steal My Body Home'Blur - 'Sing'Buffalo Springfield - 'Expecting to Fly'Cocteau Twins/Harold Budd - 'Why Do You Love Me'Corinne Bailey Rae - 'I Would Like To Call It Beauty'Cynthia Dall - 'Wastebasket Kid II'Drag City Supersession - 'Nothing Rises to Meet Me'Gil Scott-Heron - 'Pieces of a Man'Joe Jackson - 'Breaking Us In Two'Juliana Hatfield - 'The Lights'Kermit the Frog - 'Bein' Green'Laura Nyro - 'You Don't Love Me When I Cry'Lisa Germano - 'Around the World'Marit Larsen - 'Under the Surface'Prince - 'Sometimes it Snows in April'Rilo Kiley - 'A Better Son/Daughter'Sade - 'It's Only Love That Gets You Through'Simon & Garfunkel - 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'Smog - 'Back In School'Spinanes - 'Hawaiian Baby'Syd Barrett - 'Last Night'
― Froyo On My Slacks (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 13:49 (seven years ago) link
Can't have American Music Club suggestions without "Kathleen"
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 15:12 (seven years ago) link
Soul Coughing - "Maybe I'll Come Down" always gets to me, especially knowing how close M. Doughty was to death at that point
― frogbs, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 15:14 (seven years ago) link
and oh yeah. "The Silent Boatman" by Parliament. WROOOONK
More American Music Club: "Why Won't You Stay" and "Sick Of Food"
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 15:15 (seven years ago) link
OHHHHH I almost posted 'The Silent Boatman', good call.
― what is the lever disease? (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 15:33 (seven years ago) link
Three favorites I forgot - Kate Bush - This Woman's Work (Sadly or not, will always associate this with its "She's Having a Baby" use)Paul Kelly - How to Make GravyThe Weakerthans - Plea from a Cat Named Virtute ("I know you're strong.")
I like "wibbly" as a description. If iPod listening to these at work, have to make sure it's not pre-meeting, to avoid watery eyes.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 16:24 (seven years ago) link
80% of all Hank Williams songs, even some of the happy ones
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 16:26 (seven years ago) link
Rickie Lee Jones - On Saturday Afternoons in 1963. (The part that gets me is when the orchestra comes in - "Years go by...years go by...")Melanie - Some Say (I Got Devil)Marianne Faithfull - Who Will Take My Dreams AwayThinking Plague - Fountain Of All TearsTindersticks - Walking
― Pheeel, Thursday, 22 December 2016 01:03 (seven years ago) link
Take it to the limit
― a but (brimstead), Thursday, 22 December 2016 01:48 (seven years ago) link
Lee Hazlewood - My Autumn's Done Come
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Thursday, 22 December 2016 02:49 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW6YQYlftCE
i know people here don't like the guy who sings this but:
i know i'm not supposed to say i'm sorryi know you've had more loves than mata haribut you're the star of my life storyand i'm so sorry
― Treeship, Thursday, 22 December 2016 02:53 (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