i need it

[Opus(sy)2]

Originally posted by Board
We did a kind of similar thread not so long ago. I tried searching for it, but it was probably before the "facelift" of this page, so I think it's gone.
Anyway, then a guy asked for depressing songs and I posted some I usually call beautiful and sad songs. All non-metal songs. Since then a similar subject was brought up at Roadrunner's "In the pit" and I went through my entire record collection, found all the songs that categorized and put them in order. The higher the position the song have, the better I think it is. I saved my post on my computer, so I can give it to you here:
The stuff I will post is something that affects me as it "touches my feelings" if I can sound that corny and wuzzy. It's hard to explain this feeling, but it's something that's very sad, but at the same time extremely beautiful. Energy and agression and all that shit can be good, superb and shit, but for me it can never really reach the same heights as sad and beautiful music.
For me, music is kind of the same as films. An action movie can be compared to metal or funk, which I also listen to, as it also has energy and all that stuff, but for me it can never reach the heights movies like Breaking the Waves, Schindler's List, The Green mile and Awakenings does! It's hard to explain as a picture says more than 1000 words as you say, but it's like it sends chills down your spine. Metal doesn't do this to me. The closest I have come to this in metal is probably
Opeth "Dirge for Novembre" (the lead guitar riff when the distorted guitar comes in and the ending of the song!)
Opeth “Demon of the fall” (the riff where he sings “Runaway, runaway”)
The 3rd and the Mortal's "Why so lonely"
Theatre of Tragedy's "...a distance there is..." (Which only consists of piano, vocals, timpanies & cello) & "On whom the moon doth shine",
The Gathering "Leaves"
Type O Negative "World coming down" (the quiet part where he sings "How quickly pass the days..." and it just gets better when those gregorian chants comes on top.)
Type O Negative "Bloody kisses (a death in the family)" (in the end where he sings "Don't die...on me")
Dark Tranquility “Lethe” (The acoustic intro & outro)
Metallica “To live is to die” (approx. in the middle of the song, where there’s a riff that sounds like it’s being played through a telefone.)
Living Colour “This is the life”
Living Colour “Nothingness"
Danzig "Let it be captured"
Soundgarden “4th of July”
Iron Maiden "Rime of the ancient mariner" (after the narration and that "The curse it lives on in their eyes…" part)
Joe Satriani "The forgotten part II"
Joe Satriani "War"
Joe Satriani "Down, down, down"
And a song by The Abyss which I don't know the name of.

Type O Negative is my favourite band, but they don’t give me this feeling except very faint in the two songs mentioned. They give me this sombre mood, which I haven’t really heard in any other music, except Mozart’s “Requiem” and John Barry’s soundtracks to “The lion in winter” and “The last valley”.
As I said I also have loads of funk records from the 70’s. It’s kind of the same with that as with metal. I listen to funk for the energy and the groove, but it can’t really be more than that. The only songs in funk(related) things I’ve found that comes close to give me this feeling are:
Minnie Riperton: “Reasons” (partly because of her amazing voice)
Graham Central Station: “Forever” (more of a soul track from a funk band)
Graham Central Station: “People” (more of a soul track from a funk band)
Graham Central Station: “Have faith in me” (more of a soul track from a funk band)
And I don’t really think there’s more of that.
Okay, I'll start on the list and see if I can find all the stuff I find emotional in my record collection. I went through my entire record collection (1122 records!), so it took me a while to write all this shit. They are ordered, so that the best are listed first and the "least good" are listed last. The last songs I wouldn't categorize as superb and they only give me a little of this feeling.

Ray Connif & his Orchestra and chorus: ”Summertime”
Bill Withers: “Ain’t no sunshine”
Teddy Wilson: “’Round Midnight”
Virgil Warner & Suzi Jane Hokom: “Lady Bird” (written by Lee Hazlewood)
Virgil Warner & Suzi Jane Hokom: “Summer wine” (written by Lee Hazlewood)
Marvin Gaye: “Mercy mercy me (the Ecology)”
Geoff Love: “Theme from the Persuaders”
Ernest Gold “Theme of Exodus”
Marvin Gaye: “What’s going on”
Procul Harum: “A Whiter Shade of Pale”
Oscar Peterson: “Wheatland”
Dusty Springfield: “Summer is over”
Stevie Wonder: “Golden Lady”
The Animals: “House of the rising sun”
Marvin Gaye: “Life is for learning”
Bob Tracy und seine grosses orchester: “Summertime”
Stevie Wonder: “They won’t go when I go”
Jimi Hendrix: “Little Wing”
Dusty Springfield: “You don’t own me”
Sam Wyatt 1000 Strings Symphony: “Summertime”
Oscar Peterson: “Hymn to Freedom”
Lee Hazlewood: “Wait and see”
Lee Hazlewood: ”Forget Marie”
The Moody Blues: “When you’re a free man”
John Barry: “Midnight Cowboy”
John Barry: “He catches her” (from "Until September)
Lee Hazlewood: “The night before”
Lee Hazlewood: “What’s more I don’t need her”
John Barry: “Have you got a story for me?” (from "Out of Africa")
Sam Cooke: "A change is gonna come"
Gabor Szabo: “Sealed with a kiss”
Dick van Dyke & Julie Andrews: “Chim chim cheree”
John Barry: “End title – Petulia” (from "Petulia)
Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann: “Dansevise” (a Danish song - winner of the eurovision song contest in 1963)
Procul Harum: “A salty dog”
Ray Conniff & Billy Butterfield: “A love is born”
Sissel Kyrkjebø: “Summertime”
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood: "Paris Summer"
Beatles: "While my guitar gently weeps"
The Strings of the Philidelphia Orchestra “Fantasia on Greensleeves”
Shocking Blue: “California here I come”
Procul Harum: “In held twas in I: a) Glimpses of Nirvana”
Randy Edelmann: “Promentory” (from "The last of the mohicans")
Sam Clayton & His Orchestra: "Yesterdays" (not the Beatles song)
Love: "Everybody wants to live"
Grethe Ingmann: "Sagt med et kys" (Danish version of “Sealed with a kiss”)
Lee Hazlewood: "Bye Babe"
Rassan Roland Kirk: "Ain't no sunshine"
Lee Hazlewood: "My autumn's done come"
Lee Hazlewood: "I am, you are"
Lee Hazlewood: "For one moment"
Pee Wee Russell: "Angel eyes"
Lee Hazlewood: "Your sweet love"
Stevie Wonder: "Sixteen tons"
Toni Harper: "'Round midnight"
Maurice Jarre: "Main title" (from "Doctor Schiwago")
Paul Mauriat: "Over the rainbow"
Lee Hazlewood: "Come on home to me"
Judy Garland: "Over the rainbow" (she played Dorothy in "The wizard of Oz" and sang this song)
Alzo: "Some people"
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood: "Summer wine"
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood: "Lady bird"
Gene & Debbe: “Anyway you want me”
Lee Hazlewood & Suzi Jane Hokom: “Summer wine”
James Brown: “It’s a man’s man’s man’s world”
Crowded House: "Don't dream it's over"
Chambers Brothers: "Blues get off my shoulder"
Cris Williamson: "Last sweet hour"
Henry Mancini: "A day in the life of a fool"
Tom Jones: "Ain't no sunshine"
Nelson Riddle: "Daisy (What'll I do)"
Nelson Riddle: "What'll I do/Ain't we got fun (medley)" (only the "What'll I do" part)
Lee Hazlewood: "Paris Bells"
Michael Jackson: "Ain't no sunshine"
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood: "Some velvet morning" (although Nancy sings terribly out of tune!)
Billy Vaughn and his orchestra: "Summertime"
Lee Hazlewood: "Friday's Child"
Erroll Garner: "My funny valentine"
Frank Valdor: "Summertime"
Frank Valdor: "Chim-chim-cherie"
Robert Mandell and his orchestra: "Chim-chim-cherie"
Marty Robbins: "Summertime"
Sidney Bechet: ”Summertime”
Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble: ”Mahk Jchi”
John Barry: "Candlelight" (from "Until September")
John Barry: "The real thing" (from "Until September" – sounds pretty similar to "Candlelight")
John Barry: "Foreplay" (from "Until September" - sounds pretty similar to "Candlelight")
Shirley Bassey: "What are you doing the rest of your life?"
Mozart: “Requiem” (from “Requiem”)
Horst Jankowski: "Clair de lune"
Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald: ”Summertime”
Donovan: "Donna Donna"
Sissel Kyrkjebø: "Vårvise"
John Barry: “Follow follow” (fra “Follow me”)
New Symphony Ochestra of London: "Summertime"
John Barry: "The girl with the sun in her hair"
Thelonious Monk: "'Round midnight"
Miles Davis: "Summertime"
Jackie Gleason: “My funny valentine”
Nick De Caro: "Caroline, No"
Cream: “World of Pain”
The Moody Blues: “Candle of life”
Lee Hazlewood & Suzi Jane Hokom: "Sand"
Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra: "Sand"
Lionel Hampton: "Summertime"
The Moody Blues: "The land of make-believe"
Natalie Cole: "Nothing stronger than love"
The Moody Blues: “Nights in white satin”
Birgitte Grimstad: "Noget om helte" (a danish song)
New Symphony Orchestra of London: "Greensleeves"
Nancy Sinatra: "Long time woman"
Peter Cofield: "People everywhere"
Bent Fabricius-Bjerre: "Når skyggerne bliver lange" (a danish song)
Sam Cooke: "Summertime"
Lee Hazlewood: “The old man and his guitar”
Henry Mancini: "Love theme from Romeo and Juliet" (the 60's film)
Detroit Emeralds: “Love has come to me”
Johnny Mathis: "No love (but your love)"
Richard Clayderman: "Summertime"
Johnny Mathis: "Come to me"
Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra: "Sundown, sundown"
Beatles: "Girl"
Maffitt/Davies: "Forest lawn"
Billy Vaughn: "It's a lonesome old town"
Tim Buckley: “Pleasant street”
John Barry: “The Dove (Main title)”
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood: "Arkansas Coal (Suite)"
Billie Holiday: "Summertime"
Beatles: "And I love her"
Billy Vaughn: "Moon over Miami"
The Four Tops: "Simple game"
Julian Lennon: “Saltwater”
Pop-Tops: “Mamy blue”
Patrice Rushen: "(She will) Take you down to love"
Patrice Rushen: "Where there is love"
U2: “One”
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds + Kylie Minogue: “Where the wild roses grow”
Benny Andersen & Povl Dissing: "Svantes Svanesang" (a danish song)
John Barry: “A Christmas song” (from “The last valley” soundtrack)
Gene & Debbe: “Let it be me”
Dusty Springfield: “The corrupt ones”
Gasolin: “Masser af success” (A Danish song)
Dusty Springfield: "Anyone who ever had a heart"
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood: "Congratulations”
John Barry: “How beautiful you make me” (fra “The lion in winter”)
Yes: “Mood for a day”
Nancy Sinatra (John Barry): “You only live twice”
Nelson Riddle: “Time and space”
Isley Brothers: "Lover's eve"
Chris Isaak: “Wicked game”
Nelson Riddle: “Rachel”
The Corrs: “Radio” (mostly the verse+bridge)
The Corrs: “Closer” (mostly the piano riff)
The John Barry Seven: “The human Jungle” (horn)
Benny Andersen & Povl Dissing: "Svantes Forårssang" (a danish song)
Lee Hazlewood: "Rosacoke street"
Elton John: “Goodbye yellow brick road”
(Elton John: “Sorry seems to be the hardest word”)

If someone comes up to me and asks me to recommend some good music, I'd recommend these songs over metal at ANY time (maybe except for the last 5-10 songs)!!! I think there's so much more in this sort of stuff than in metal. It's like Elton John said "Sad songs say so much" (althought that's a crappy song!).
It's maybe a little stupid that "Summertime" is mentioned that many times, as it's my favorite track of all time! It's not especially Ray Conniff's version so much that I adore, although it’s the absolute best track I’ve ever heard, but more George Gershwin's composition as such that I find divine!
We also discussed this on www.ultimatemetal.com not so long ago. Here's a link to that discussion: http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=35030

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST

cryptopsy - phobophile

 

[Insania]

FORBIDDEN -- Spiral Depression. It's also depressingly too fuckin' short, depressing on so many levels...

 

[FailingAcension]

@Board:
Over the rainbow?

 

[Board]

Originally posted by FailingAcension
@Board:
Over the rainbow?

If the song is done right it can be superb. If done wrong it can be terrible! The two versions I've mentioned are superb IMO, but I've also heard versions that destroyed the song completely.

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST

Yeah, I know it's a long list, but as I said I have loads of records and I usually buy 60's and 70's stuff and I think that's why i'm able to make such a long list! I can't really find stuff like that from the 80's, 90's & 2000's (except the few mentioned there). Diversity in musical taste is a good thing IMO.

¿Por que no uno hables español? Yo no hablo Noregian.(or whatever )haha...yo estudio español en esquela...(not very well )

In Denmark we speak Danish.

 

[freeze]

Dream Theatre-Space Dye Vest

 

[97reb]

You people are too depressing!

 

[despair]

sentenced - mourn.. ive cryed too many times with this riff..
anathema - alternative 4
anathema - one last goodbye
metallica - fade to black (THE lyrics)
savatage - believe
manowar - mountains
manowar - guyana
nevermore - forever
helloween - a tale that wasnt right
opeth - demon of the fall
opeth - to bid u farewall
pink floyd - wish you were here
rotting christ - a dead poem
burzum - det som en gang var
guns n roses - november rain

 

[wolf]

Death's "voice of the soul",is this an instrumental?

 

[Mocika]

Do u know Celestial Season's Solar Lovers album?

 

[Board]

Have anyone else found anything else?
I have found a song by The Sunshine Company called "Willie Jean" (and no, it's not a type of Billie Jean!).
Although it's kind of a straight forward 60's pop song I guess Peter Sarstedt's "Where do you go to my lovely" is a little sad too, especially during the last verse and chorus when the strings come on.
And here's one you might now (as I assume none of you listen to 60's music like I do): Pearl Jam "Indifference"!

 

[SoulVomitor]

My finger is tired from all the fucking scrolling....I'm still laughing at that 1st reply with the Nile song. I have to say "Return to Serenity" by TestAmenT.

 

[union9]

For me.
Don't know the name of the song but it was done by Mazy Star.
Hurt-NINE INCH NAILS
Touched-VAST
The song Water Ship Down by someone who escapes me now.
Solitude performed by CATHEDRAL
And,as cheesy as it sounds,Suicide Note Part 1-PANTERA

 

[willj56]

Hmmmm, there are dozens... at this moment in time i'd say Opeth - Bleak

 

[Nocturnal Emperor]

Voice Of The Soul by Death is absolutly beautiful.

 

[NastyJoan]

For me one of the most depressinng song is from Anathema's Alternatice 4 album, and it's called Lost Control

Just the entering words......."Life has betrayed me once again......."

How that cannot be depressing??????

 

[St. Vitus]

Originally posted by Mocika
Do u know Celestial Season's Solar Lovers album?

Hell yes, I do. A fantastic album.

Being a doom freak, I could go on and on about various sad songs that have moved me in the past. But my top pick at this time might have to be Black Sabbath - Wheels of Confusion / The Straightener. Such a beautiful song....

"So I found that life is just a game
But you know there's never been a winner
Try your hardest, you'll still be a loser
The world will still be turning when you're gone"

Gee....thanks!

 

[Doom]

Empyrium - Mourners
Empyrium - Lovers Grief
Empyrium - Der Nix
Agalloch - A Deolation Song
Agalloch - Haunting Birds
My Dying Bride - For My Fallen Angel
The Gathering - Sand And Mercury

 

[MyEyesBleed]

Most depressing/hauntingly beautiful...

hmm, in MY mind


Gary Jules - Mad World

a cover of a Tears For Fears song, done NOTHING like the original. It's just piano and vocals. It's roughly the emotional equivalent of watching Requiem For A Dream and listening to that poem Jimmy Stuart read on Johnny Carson about his dog dying.

As for metal songs...I don't really listen to metal for haunting, depressing sounds...in general I listen to metal for it's brutality and dark sound. Maybe some darkwave/ambient type stuff like Sleep or whatever...but I wouldn't consider that metal just because it's usually made by people who are or have been in metal bands.

 

[King Of Terror]

Paragon Of Beauty - "This Impossible Moment"
Green Carnation - "End Of Journey"
Katatonia - "For My Demons"
Poema Arcanus - "Latent Eclipse"

 

[plfffffft]

Songs that always put me in the mood to kill myself(or get really really drunk, whichever's easiest at the time):


Metallica- To Live is To Die
Pearl Jam - Black
Nirvana - Something in the Way
Nine Inch Nails - Hurt
Marilyn Manson - The Minute of Decay
Marilyn Manson - Man that you Fear(Acoustic version)
Iced Earth - A Question of Heaven
Opeth - Demon of the Fall
Opeth - Bleak
Opeth - To bid you Farewell
From Autumn to Ashes - Short Stories with Tragic Endings
From Autumn to Ashes - Chloroform Perfume
Weezer - Butterfly(Sorry, but I do like a lot of Weezer's stuff)
A Perfect Circle - 3 Libras(So goddamn beautiful)