A couple days ago, my daughter was singing "Maybe" from Annie, and I actually irl teared up. That song is inappropriately sad. It should be illegal except under tightly controlled circumstances.
― mitt the hoopla (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 24 May 2019 13:36 (four years ago) link
41. This Mortal Coil - Holocaust (no I haven't heard the original but I can't see how it could possibly be any more sad - "your mother's dead", the rise and fall of strings and piano and one excellent performance by Howard Devoto)
― Bimble..., Wednesday, December 22, 2004 6:20 AM (fourteen years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Fucking hell, I can't imagine knowing this song without being aware of the Big Star original. It's the pinnacle of devastation.
― Brainless Addlepated Timid Muddleheaded Awful No-Account (Pheeel), Saturday, 25 May 2019 18:21 (four years ago) link
The Specials - I Can't Stand It
― kitchen person, Saturday, 25 May 2019 19:36 (four years ago) link
most of the "sad songs" people talk about are to me encouraging and uplifting, which i guess says a lot about me. people with the saddest voices in the world like robert wyatt singing about how it'll be ok, no really, just make me think "yeah, they have a point, it will be ok". to me a really sad song is something like "you can make it if you try" by sly and the family stone.
― Flood-Resistant Mirror-Drilling Machine (rushomancy), Saturday, 25 May 2019 19:42 (four years ago) link
I think I sort of know what you mean. Like, “what a wonderful world” fills me with deep deep despair
― brimstead, Saturday, 25 May 2019 19:53 (four years ago) link
Sad songs say so much, even when they’re in another language (Turkish, in this case):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdngjh5cy5ESezen Aksu • Kavaklar
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 26 May 2019 10:25 (four years ago) link
seasons in the sun
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 28 May 2019 17:45 (four years ago) link