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I'm listening to Jacques Brel right now. What else y'all got for me? All genres and languages welcome.

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[–] Thavron@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Anything acoustic by Chris Cornell.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

I really like Soundgarden. I haven't listened to his solo material before. It's probably a good time to start. I remember when he passed, It's still hard to believe he's gone.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Shower in the dark day, clean sparks diving down
Cool in the waterways, where the baptized drown....

[–] lakemalcom10@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Audioslave is also great, though not acoustic

[–] LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My go to when I'm suicidal is the Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails. It's the perfect album when I need to feel okay with not being okay. Also gives my depression a name and a face that I can insult and yell at when my brain is being mean to me.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I love NIN, I have the album on CD. Pretty Hate Machine is still one of my all-time favorites. Probably a good time to listen to it again.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I call random customer service phone lines and wait in line and then hang up after 30 seconds of listening to the saddest person on earth asking if I'm there or if I can hear them.

[–] arthur@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt"

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Great cover by an amazing artist. I hadn't listened to his version in a while. It's still so good. Thank you!

[–] fool@programming.dev 5 points 2 weeks ago

I reserve some wordless music for when my sadness gets critical. That way, they always sound bittersweet without me listening them to death.

  • LouriΓ©'s 5 PrΓ©ludes Fragiles. Makes me feel aware of how easy I am to break at the moment, but also how pretty survivalism through fragility can be.
  • Ravel's Pavane for a Dead Princess. It's not about a dead princess, just one in the past, but it makes me feel like I'm that princess, rich and sad and stepping around in a bright, cream-beige ballroom. Instead of just solely sad.
  • Debussy's Images. II. Hommage Γ  Rameau. A quiet plaintiveness with occasionally rising energy helps me tend closer to neutrality.
  • Stanchinsky's Prelude in the Lydian Mode. As the n-tuplets get desperate, I get desperate to fix everything. But then the curses stop and we return to a pretty but occasionally sickly quiet. The nonsenses are pinpricks in its floral thoughts.
  • Glinka/Balakirev's The Lark. Reminds me that I'm fluttering, not just floundering.

In any order, but I usually start with the Fragile Preludes (especially the middle few of the set). Lyrical songs are usually for higher energy/mood to me

[–] HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Chon or Strawberry Girls. They are both upbeat, neat and will turn your teardrops sweet.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Both bands slap. I especially liked Agua Verde by Strawberry Girls. Thanks for the recommendation. I love prog music.

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[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

Alan Walker has some bangers. Personal favourites are On My Way, Not You, and End of Time

Alec Benjamin is also amazing. Favourites are If I Killed Someone For You and Boy in the Bubble

Also Pokemon Mystery Dungeon has some of the best instrumental-only pieces IMO. Don't Ever Forget from PMD Explorers is my all time favourite sad song (partly because of the context around when that song played in game but it stands just as well on its own).

[–] fjordbasa@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Mad World Covered by Gary Jules

Last Kiss Covered by Pearl Jam

Curse of the Blackened Eye by Orville Peck

[–] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Last Kiss Covered by Pearl Jam

Oh second on this

[–] AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Type O Negative, doom and gloom is my cup of tea even when I'm not sad lol.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

She's in love with herself.....
She likes the dark....

[–] shapesandstuff@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

Usually angry music like melodic black metal or heavy stoner/doom. somehow gives me the right energy to get out of the slump.

[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
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I like to listen to dodie sometimes

I don't , it'll just make me cry harder and longer and that's exhausting

[–] coriza@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

There is a bunch of melancholic songs but what that always comes to mind and I enjoy since I was a teenager is this 3 songs by Moby:

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I listened to all three. Number 3 is the saddest and cutest thing I ever seen. Thank you!

Edit: The sad little aliens are pretty relatable too

[–] coriza@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I am really happy you enjoyed :)

The sad little aliens are pretty relatable too

Right?

I didn't know Jacques Brel by name but I when to check it out and the first YouTube suggestion was Ne me quittes pas and I recognize it, very sad and very beautiful indeed.

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[–] spencer@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Deadowl87@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Damien Rice Wet

[–] Tropper@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

I usually listen to the album Still Can't Kill Us (Acoustic Sessions) by Icon for Hire.

When I feel really miserable I listen to the album I Went to Hell and Back by As It Is.

[–] inlandempire@jlai.lu 2 points 2 weeks ago

Try some of Matt Elliott, it's going to crush you

[–] kamills@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Right Next To The Right One by Tim Christensen. It's a nice mellow song

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[–] small44@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Eyedea especially the song Even shadows have shadows

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Ashnikko, she's great. By my understanding, some of her music was a way to process her feelings.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 2 weeks ago

The band Spanish Love Songs.

[–] BellaDonna@mujico.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

Portishead - Roads ( live version from the CD plz ) Carla Morrison - Dime Mentiras Sasha Sloan - The Only ( Two Lanes Remix )

[–] pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

EDEN - vertigo (album)

[–] Bonifratz@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Schnittke's Choir Concerto.

[–] No1ButtMe@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

The National and Bon Iver should be on this list.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, the tearjerkers:

Emmylou Harris - Boulder to Birmingham and Red Dirt Girl

Lucinda Williams - Sweet Old World

So good, so sad, so cathartic.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

When I'm feeling what I can only describe as 'general despair at the state of things' (weltschmerz?) I have to admit that Babylon Zoo's Spaceman does a great job in vocalising what I feel.

[–] Luffy879@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Down down down my itchy, Red water by rehab

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Smog - The Well

or some Brad Sucks

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Well if you're already into Brel... I can confidently give you Brassens. I consider him to have been the greatest poet. It's difficult to convey just how beautifully he told mundane things (les copains d'abord, l'orage...), how he made life and death sweet (le testament, la prière...), how he brought the humblest people under the limelight (la complainte des filles de joie, l'auvergnat...), and elevated already beautiful works of poetry (Paul Fort, Victor Hugo) into musical classics (Gastibelza, le petit cheval...).

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I listened to those Brassens tracks you recommended. I quite liked them. I must confess I don't speak any French but I enjoyed them. "Les copains d'abord" was probably my favorite of the four. I looked up the translation, It's a sweet song. Thanks for the recommendation!

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago

I'm glad, les copains d'abord is perhaps his biggest classic. Have a good one 🎡

[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I've found that Charlie Cunningham has some stuff that can really motivate or put stuff in perspective. Stuff like Pathways or Headlights can feel like a hand on the shoulder.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I listened to both tracks. He has a really great voice. Reminds me of the time I spent in high school listening to indie lo-fi music. I'll check out more of his music.

[–] hactar42@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

It depends, if I'm feeling cathartic then I'll listen to something like Gary Clark Jr. - When My Train Pulls In

If I want to feel better then Electric Callboy - We Got the Moves

If I want to get angry then Off With Their Heads - Clear The Air

[–] Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

"Real Big Sky", Emma Ruth Rundle: https://youtu.be/bspwpdTvaUw

"For Everything a Reason", Carina Round: https://youtu.be/AKqgE8z7PcA

"A Singularity - Re-Imagined by Carina Round", Puscifer: https://youtu.be/ORcrjdXD0Xk

"Moon", All the Luck in the World: https://youtu.be/hLZpvWvNdZo

"Dark Eyes", All the Luck in the World: https://youtu.be/3sySciqN1x0

"Round Here", The Counting Crows: https://youtu.be/SAe3sCIakXo

"Move Me", Badflower: https://youtu.be/j2iM1mYuYD8

".haunted.", Dead Poet Society: https://youtu.be/xYclMPNwy0E

But if I'm being honest like 75% percent of what I listen to is sad. Lmk if anyone wants more.

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