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    Posted: April 21 2006 at 10:17
Ever get those moments when you really want too get sad by listening to a beautiful sad song?

I do every once and a while.

And one time I got really bored and wrote a playlist on ITunes of nine tracks by different artist that were sad and creepy. The last four tracks, by the time your done with them, you just are depressed. They are:

  • Heart attack in a Layby- Porcupine Tree
  • Hello-Evanescence (VERY far from Prog, I know, but that song is REALLY sad)
  • John Wayne Gacy Jr.- Sufjan Stevens (I think he's prog)
  • Song for a Dead Friend- Kevin Gilbert
And thats that. You guys got any really sad songs?
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Rbert wyatt songs make me sad...
In the album "Broken China" by Rick Wright there couple of songs that can make think that the world is all bad, buy is not...
...live for tomorrow...
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Porcupine Tree - A smart Kid. I was shocked the first time I heard it. One of the best songsa from PT

Pain of salvation - Second Love. Another heart breaking song that MR. Gildenlow pours out his emotions.

King Crimson - Island.   A very sad song that when you finish hearing the album your left with a sense of ...well... sadness. Epitaph.   one of the best saddest song that KC has ever done.

Sigur Ros - Heysatan.   A song that tells the story of an old man who's pasing away looking at the sea so you can imagine how sad it is

Riverside - I believe.   there are alot of sad/mellow songs from this band but this one stands out in the first album.


There you go. From the top of my head Smile... oops, I mean Cry

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Galadriel by BJH always brings tears to my eyes. beautiful song.
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"Please don't ask" from Duke -
 
"Oh, but I miss my boy
I hope he's good as gold..."
 
Gets me every time.
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Pain Of Salvation - Second Love
 
I never will get tired of saying that this is the most beautifull sad song in music.
We were always be much human than we whish to be.
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For me, nothing even comes close to the emotion stirred from "Heart Attack in a Layby".
 
...but... in an effort to add something to the thread, I'll say "Visions of Angels" - Genesis.
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Without a dobut:

Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of Darkness.

One of the most saddest albums I've heard... And really prog too. Only one song longer than 60 minutes.
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Mogwai - Take me somewhere nice (and almost all their songs)
 
Sigur Rós - same here
 
King Crimson - Island, Epitaph, Trio
 
Pink Floyd - Green is the Colour
 
Anekdoten - For Someone
 
Opeth - Hope Leaves
 
Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
 
A Perfect Circle - 3 Libras (a really sad love song)
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Yanqui U.X.O. - Godspeed You Black Emperor!

You'll fee like crap after you listen to this whole album.
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KC - Epitaph
Pink Floyd - When the Tigers Broke Free, Hey You
Rush - Losing It
Deep Purple - Soldier of Fortune
Peter Gabriel - Mercy Street, Don't Give Up
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"Through Her Eyes" by Dream Theater (I can't make it through it without developing a lump in my throat)
"Afraid Of Sunlight" by Marillion (The song just aches, but it's so beautiful)

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This Side of the Looking Glass by Peter Hammill has my bottom lip quivering, as does most of the album "Over".

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Originally posted by Ghost Rider Ghost Rider wrote:

Pink Floyd - When the Tigers Broke Free

That's the only Pink Floyd song that still depresses me. Maybe it's becuse I love wordless choirs.
 
Honestly, most songs don't depress me anymore, as I've listened to them many times.


Edited by Ghandi 2 - April 21 2006 at 12:03
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She's Leaving Home (The Beatles)
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VDGG- Lost
          A House With No Door
          My Room (Waiting For Wonderland)
Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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The Beatles - The Long and Winding Road & Asia 'Ready to go Home. Two lovely songs with perfect arrangements.
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I SAW YOU TODAY Anthony Phillps
MOONSHOOTER Anthony Phillips
THE MEETING ABWH
I FEEL SO LOW Porcupine Tree
IF Pink Floyd
THE CALL Michael Brook
SHOOT HIGH AIM LOW Yes
SHE CHAMALEON Marillion
ONE TIME King Crimson
MERCY STREET Peter Gabriel
DON'T HATE ME Porcupine Tree
BOUNDLESS Asia Minor
CIELO DI CARTA Montefeltro
L'EXIL Harmonium
ALL THE KING'S HORSES Mastermind
A GENTLEMAN'S EXCUSE ME Fish
WAITING TO HAPPEN Marillion
FITA NOUS MEUS OLHOS Heiner Goebbels
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There's so many sad (but beautiful) songs that is almost impossible to rank or even mention...
... E N E L B U N K E R...
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mmm...
  • Mostly Autumn - The gap is too wide (this song really is beaty thrue sadness)
  • Steve Hackett - Shaddow of the Hierophant (dont know if sad...but´s very moody)
  • VDDG - Aplague of lighthouse keeper (very sad lyrics...sad and twisted)
  • Yes - Soon (it´s not a song, bu a movement of a song...but its so sad...)
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Starless by King Crimson.

Bleak yet beautiful lyrics and the instrumental part is like a trip to hell and back.
But don't listen to it if you're suicidal.
My Doc Told Me I Have Doggie Head.
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