Sad Songs

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Where is the line between the music whose sadness you enjoy and the music whose sadness you don't?

What is the saddest song you can listen to? And the saddest song you can't?

Comments

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

I'm a huge fan of old soul and old country, so half of what I listen to is overtly sad, and I love it. Occasionally a song gets to me for personal reasons, which can make it hard to listen to, but that is always temporary in my experience.

One of the saddest songs ever in content, though not in style, is 'Die Alone Screaming' by UltraViolence. We get a very upset-sounding woman repeatedly saying "Hold me - I don't want to die alone" and an aggressive male voice yells "We all die alone!" and hardcore industrial techno bangs in.

Lots of rap numbers, including a few Wu tracks, are very sad, but this is often on the theme of remembrances of their childhoods, and lost parents or siblings. I don't hear that tone in tracks about current matters very much, though actually there is quite a bit on The Game's last album about his rift with Dre which would fit.