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Dan B

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Re: Songs that make you sad...
« Reply #15 on: December 06, 2007, 11:47:09 PM »
"You Will Miss Me When I Burn" - Palace Brothers

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Re: Songs that make you sad...
« Reply #16 on: December 07, 2007, 08:24:23 AM »
Walk Straight Down the Middle, and This Woman's Work, both by Kate Bush

Elvis Costello - Ship Building

Jeff Beck (or is it Christopher Guest? I can no longer distinguish them in my mind) - 'Cause We've Ended as Lovers




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Re: Songs that make you sad...
« Reply #17 on: December 07, 2007, 08:46:56 AM »
'soaps' by arab strap.
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Re: Songs that make you sad...
« Reply #18 on: December 07, 2007, 12:14:54 PM »

That guy from The Dirty Three --his guitar is just so beautiful on that whole Moon Pix album.  Still, If I heard this fresh now, I'd probably just be like "meh".  Which is my response to nearly everything new that I ever hear.

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There's something I've noticed about these lists of songs.  I suspect I'm about average age for a FOT but 5-10 years older than most of the people who have posted on this thread.  The more recent stuff people mention, like Belle & Sebastian, Iron & Wine, and Cat Power, strike me as "sad," but don't actually make me sad.  And my own sad songs are all from the 70s and 80s.  I suspect that sad songs are mostly sad by personal association, maybe nostalgia for a period of time that will never come back.

I also have a sad feeling surrounding the music I was listening to in 1996, which was a particularly rough time in my life, but none of it was sad-sounding: Bjork, Red Hot Chili Peppers, White Zombie, The Wu-Tang Clan.  And I've got a hopeful feeling surrounding other music, anxiety around still other music, etc. etc.

I'm not going to compare pop music to Proust's madeleine here, in case anyone's wondering.
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Re: Songs that make you sad...
« Reply #19 on: December 07, 2007, 12:27:08 PM »
After attending a funeral last week, Lars Gullin's Danny's Dream will never sound the same to me again. Damn.

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Re: Songs that make you sad...
« Reply #20 on: December 07, 2007, 12:57:13 PM »
Jim Jackson - Old Dog Blue

Magetic Fields - Love goes home to Paris in the spring
This one kills me because the music is so good. One of my favorites by them.

Silver Jews - Random Rules
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Re: Songs that make you sad...
« Reply #21 on: December 07, 2007, 01:06:48 PM »
I know what you mean, Jason. But most of mine are still sad sounding because that's the sort of music I tend to listen to.

Although I'm not particularly nostalgic for my past long-term relationship, these songs make me really sad both because they remind me of that time and they're also just inherently melancholy:

Dramamine by Modest Mouse

Heaven is a Truck by Pavement

They also remind me of my awful college roommates which is a whole other sad story...
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Re: Songs that make you sad...
« Reply #22 on: December 07, 2007, 01:26:00 PM »
A Parting Glass by the Clancy Brothers always makes me sad. And Imagine by John Lennon (What? Don't Judge!)

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Re: Songs that make you sad...
« Reply #23 on: December 07, 2007, 01:34:56 PM »
"Shake You Donkey Up" by XTC
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Re: Songs that make you sad...
« Reply #24 on: December 07, 2007, 02:06:03 PM »
I know what you mean, Jason. But most of mine are still sad sounding because that's the sort of music I tend to listen to.

Although I'm not particularly nostalgic for my past long-term relationship, these songs make me really sad both because they remind me of that time and they're also just inherently melancholy:

Dramamine by Modest Mouse

Heaven is a Truck by Pavement

They also remind me of my awful college roommates which is a whole other sad story...

Yeah, Modest Mouse are definitely one of those "sad" bands, but actually I find them more cathartic than sad.  Hoo boy, though, awful college roommates.  Ironically, one of my worst roommate experiences took place around the same time I discovered WFMU but thankfully the station isn't tainted by the association. 

I've always thought "Heaven is a Truck" was a funny song, though maybe I've never listened closely enough.
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Re: Songs that make you sad...
« Reply #25 on: December 07, 2007, 03:09:55 PM »
Jandek - "The Electric End"

I listened to this at work yesterday - all 19:39 of it. Ew, brother. If anyone has medals or cookies, I will take one of either, please.

I was considering asking Tom to review a Jandek record, but, for his sake, I thought better of it.
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Re: Songs that make you sad...
« Reply #26 on: December 07, 2007, 03:17:20 PM »
I also forgot Radiohead's "Optimistic."  That song makes me want to cry.
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Re: Songs that make you sad...
« Reply #27 on: December 07, 2007, 03:21:51 PM »
Good Feeling - Violent Femmes
Dog On Wheels - Belle and Sebastian
Think About Your Troubles - Harry Nilsson
Don't Dream Its Over - Crowded House
Perfect Day - Lou Reed
I'm Not Like Everybody Else - The Kinks
I Remember California - R.E.M.

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Re: Songs that make you sad...
« Reply #28 on: December 07, 2007, 05:18:17 PM »
Jandek - "The Electric End"

I listened to this at work yesterday - all 19:39 of it. Ew, brother. If anyone has medals or cookies, I will take one of either, please.

I was considering asking Tom to review a Jandek record, but, for his sake, I thought better of it.

I keep hoping that Jandek will revealed as the art prank that he should be. You, sir have earned the golden goatee medal of masochistic patience.

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Re: Songs that make you sad...
« Reply #29 on: December 07, 2007, 05:49:37 PM »
"Cattle and Cane" by the Go-Betweens
"Holding Back the Year" by Lou Barlow
"Shipbuilding" by Elvis Costello (Dave, I'll come to Knoxville and we can cry about it together)
"Changes" by Phil Ochs (the child of weepie hippies that I am)