Do you have any favorite melancholic songs?

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If you know any sad or melancholic songs please share them here! :)

Here are the absolutely saddest songs I have found so far;

-(Brad Paisely & Alison Krauss - Whiskey Lullaby)-


-(A.A. Bondy - A slow parade)-


-(Sarah McLachlan and P!nk- Angel)- [Thanks San!]

-(Damien Rice - 9 Crimes)-


-(Johnny Cash - Hurt)-


-(Damien Rice - Lonely soldier)-


-(Vince Gill - Go rest high on that mountain)-


-(Coldplay - Gravity)-



And here are my favorites (Ignoring the ones in above's list):

-(A Fire Inside - Morningstar)-


-(Seether - Love Her)-


-(Pain of Salvation - Dust in the wind)-


-(Marilyn Manson - Coma white)-


-(AFI - God called in sick today)-


-(AFI - This time imperfect)-


-(Pain of Salvation - Cribcaged)-


-(Judas Priest - Angel)-


-(Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah)-


-(Damien Rice - What if I'm wrong)-


-(Metallica - The Unforgiven)-


-(King Crimson - Starless)-


-(King Crimson - Epitaph)-


-(Midnight Choir - Muddy River Of Loneliness)-


-(Dream Theater - Wither)-


-(Goo Goo Dolls - Iris)-


-(Thriving Ivory - Angels on the moon)-


-(The Smashing Pumpkins - The beginning is the end is the beginning)-



More songs with a melancholic vibe;

-(Angra - A monster in her eyes)-

-(Angra - Bleeding heart)-


-(Black Lab - This night)-

-(Bob Dylan - The Times they are a Changin')-


-(Dream Theater - Endless Sacrifice)-

-(Dream Theater - The Count of Tuscany)-


-(Glen Hansard - Bird of sorrow)-

-(Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly)-


-(Guns N' Roses - Civil War)-

-(Guns N' Roses - Don't Cry)-


-(James Blunt - Same mistake)-

-(Judas Priest - Lost love)-


-(Kathleen Edwards - A Soft Place To Land)-

-(Kylie Minogue & Nick Cave - Where the Wild Roses Grow)-


-(Pain of Salvation - Second Love)-

-(Pain of Salvation - Undertow)-


-(Seether - Careless whisper)-

-(Seether - Walk away from the sun)-


-(Sonata Arctica - Replica)-

-(The Cure - Apart)-


-(Thirteen senses - Into The Fire)-

-(Wintersun - Sadness and hate)-
 
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I always liked
Joni Mitchell - Song for Sharon
I don't often listen to melancholic songs these days...
 
Evanescence & Seether - Broken
Pretty much every slower/darker song by Evanescence, especially 'The Other Side' & 'Lost in Paradise'
Disturbed - Darkness
Cradled in Love & Carnival of Lust - Poets of the Fall
Wilder Wein & Ohne Dich - Rammstein

Probably plenty more. I don't listen to the 'typical' melancholic songs though, I like it quite aggressive, even if it's sad. Guess that says a lot about me. ;)
 
Seriously..... you guys got some schooling to be learned about melancholy.
Mommas and the Papas. California Dreaming
[if that doesn't stir feeling with in you, you MUST be a granite statue!]
Linda Rondstant. Blue Bayou
Chris Isaak. EVERYTHING HE WROTE! (especially wicked game, also, let me down easy)
Cranberries..... When you're gone. (and many others)
Dido. White Flag
Cowboy Junkies. Sweet Jane (and others) REALLY listen to their version of Blue Moon.
um.... and a few more. :waving:
now THERE"S some seriously painful meloncholia for you!
 
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I have loads but here is a few I can think of on the spot.
Tar and cement, it's an oldie but a goodie. I'm not sure who sings it though?
Sad but true by Metallica (and the entire black album plus a few others of theirs)
Cats in the cradle by cat Stevens
Bring me to life by evenesence
Wings beneath my wings by Bette milder
 
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Just some that come into my mind but I could write an endless list :

French songs :

Edith Piaf - Hymne à l'amour
Léo Ferré - Pépée

French Rap :

IAM - Nées sous la même étoile
Manau - L'avenir est un long passé

Int Rap :

Cunninlynguists - the gates (feat Tonedeff)
Eminem - Kim


Classical/Baroque :

Antonio Lotti - Crucifixus
Samuel Barber - Adagio for strings

Post-rock :

Sigur Rus - Vaka
World's end girlfriend - We are the massacre

Singer/songwriter :

Mazzy Star - Into dust
Matthew Ryan – Follow The Leader

Atmospheric Black Metal :

Wedard - Einsamer Winterweg
Summoning - land of the dead

Power Metal :

Masterplan - Wounds
Shadow gallery - crystalline dreams

Future pop :

VNV Nation - Carry you
VNV Nation - Illusion

Shoegaze/Drone :

The Angelic Process – The Resonance of Goodbye
The Angelic Process – Burning in the Undertow of God

Alternative Rock :

Staind - Outside
Stone sour - Zzyzx Rd.

Industrial Metal :

Nine Inch Nails - Right where it belongs
Nine Inch Nails - Something I can never have

Electronic :
Moby - when it's cold I'd like to die
Emma Hewitt - Miss you paradise
 
Beck Sea Change (The whole album)

James Blake - I never learned to share

Damien Jurado- Happy Birthday John

Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine

Simon and Garfunkle- The only living Boy in New York

Any Joy Division
 
Here's a song that you've never heard of (probably) that screams of melancholia, and I really highly recommend:
Sherry Fraser by Marcy Playground.
Seriously, check it out.
Here's one:
INXS Never tear us apart.
......
Pet Shop Boys.
Domino Dancing (not everyone will like that song, but it strikes a chord with me)
 
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Melancholy, and just downright depressing, is Bang Bang by Nancy Sinatra. I first heard this in the Kill Bill movie(s).
It's twice as depressing without the dance track.
Still. I like it. :D
 
Thanks for all the answers. I haven't had time to listen to them all, but I will, eventually.

The other day I heard "The Ballad of Emma Deloner" From Midnight Choir, I guess it is somewhat melancholic, so I'm posting it here.

If I find more songs, I will update this post with them.

Have a nice week everybody!
 
Guns N Roses - November Rain
 
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