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Thomas Ligotti's Top Eleven Sad Songs
Neddal Ayad has provided a list of Thomas Ligotti's top eleven sad songs:
Junkies, Thieves and Crazies Need Not Apply: Thomas Ligotti Knows Sad Songs Perhaps this odd subject lurked to the surface during the outstanding interview of Tom conducted by Neddal, Literature Is Entertainment Or It Is Nothing. Neddal sent the link without further explanation, therefore one can only speculate - or perhaps ask him directly. I would do so now, only I have been waylaid by the grapes of sloth. |
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Here are a couple of sad songs that have stuck in my head for years:
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My saddest song has always been Lenoard Cohen's "The Stranger Song." This particular live performance, with its deadpan delivery, never fails to work its dreadful magic on the heart:
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It seems that the original list was much longer and had been paired down, either by Neddal's personal affinity or through the whims of a random seed generator. Tom compiled this list from memory, although some of the artists names and song titles were checked on the Internet for accuracy. The songs are listed herein by artist name in lieu of preference or degree of sadness, as should be strongly evident once the list itself begins.
LIGOTTI’S SAD SONG LIST (Note: These songs are listed according to the artist or artists who had a hit with them, not by the original artist of artists to record the songs or by the songwriters.)
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A song that never fails to sadden me is "I Talk to the Wind" by King Crimson.
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Low's version of "I started A Joke" is infintely more melancholy than the Bee-Gees. It can be found on the "A Lifetime of Temporary Relief" compilation.
My Top 5 1."Goodbye" by Mark Eitzel "A dowsing rod trembles over the underground stream frozen water pouring through the dark empties through the well that was my dream loss of faith loss of heart" 2."Sea" by Codeine (or "Loss Leader") "Put your hand in my good hand Promise not to leave this dry and barren land" 3."The Biggest Lie" by Elliott Smith 4."Cold White Christmas" by Casiotone For the Painfully Alone 5."The Leaves Grow Old and Fall and Die" by Hood |
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My list
American Music Club - Sick of Food American Music Club - Jesus´ Hands Syd Barett - Dark Globe Hood - With Branches Bare Mark Lanegan - The River Rise Current 93 - The Bloodbells Chime The Cure - In Between Days Radiohead - Street Spirit (fade out) Nick Cave - Hallelujah Elliott Smith - Between the Bars Talk Talk - Myrrhman This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren Big Star - Holocaust Big Star - Morpha Too Beck - Sing it Again Steve Roden - Airria (Hanging Garden) Tindersticks - A night In Swans - Song for a Dead Time (Jarboe version) Rollerskate Skinny - All mornings Break Legião Urbana - Ventos no Litoral Nick Drake - Way to Blue Nick Drake - Fly Nick Drake -Place to Be Skip Spence - Little Hands Roy Orbison - It´s Over Rebeca Del Rio - Llorando (Crying) (a Roy Orbison cover sung in spanish, featured in its entirety on the movie Mulholland Dr.) |
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I hadn't planned to post again to this thread. Or, to put it another way, I had planned not to post again to this thread. But remembering sad songs is a compulsive pastime, so here are some more:
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, "Helpless" Bob Dylan, "Percy's Song," "One Too Many Mornings," "Shelter from the Storm" Led Zeppelin, "Tangerine," "That's the Way" Guns 'N' Roses, "Estranged" Van Morrison, "Madame George," "Slim Slow Slider" Rolling Stones, "Angie" Bruce Springsteen, "The River," "Atlantic City" Syd Barrett, "Baby Lemonade," "Wined and Dined" Rod Stewart, "Mandolin Wind" Emmylou Harris, "Sweet Old World" (cover of Lucinda Williams song) Steely Dan, "Midnight Cruiser," "Deacon Blues" John Mellencamp, "Jackie Brown" Sonic Youth, "Tunic (Song for Karen)" The Verve, "Bittersweet Symphony," "The Drugs Don't Work" Eagles, "Desperado" Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, "Lucky Man" Elton John, "Empty Garden" |
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I'd tend to agree with the mention of Lou Reed's "Sad Song", although I think the entire second side of Berlin pretty much qualifies as one single, unbelievably sad song.
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