Somber Songs

k_rock923 · 26th November 2006, 04:24

What songs are good for when you're sitting there reflecting on your life, the memories, all the people you don't see anymore and just contemplating the universe?

You know, the one that you want to come on while you're driving alone in the middle of the night thinking.

My favorite:

Rufus Wainwright - Hallelujah

squakMix · 26th November 2006, 06:22

Kruder and Dorfmeister - Gone

NJK · 26th November 2006, 14:48

Barclay James Harvest - One night

" everybody needs someone to love, everybody needs a friend
everybody needs someone to care"

eheiney · 26th November 2006, 16:34

It's not exactly songs (which may or not even be very somber) that I want to come on when I'm driving alone in the middle of the night thinking, but songs that, for whatever reason, will trigger this somber mood in me, and there are a number of them:

A Perfect Circle - Orestes
A Perfect Circle - 3 Libras
Don McLean - American Pie
Eagles - Desperado
Iron And Wine - Cinder And Smoke
John Mellencamp - Small Town
Lynyrd Skynyrd - The Ballad Of Curtis Lowe
Nine Inch Nails - Something I Can Never Have
Nine Inch Nails - A Warm Place
Nine Inch Nails - And All That Could Have Been
Ozzy Osbourne - Mama, I'm Coming Home
Pink Floyd - Mother (Well, most of The Wall, honestly.)
Radiohead - Subterranean Homesick Alien
Sigur RÃ³s - Glosoli (Thanks again, btw.

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The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight
Tool - Sober
Tool - Patient

Mattress · 28th November 2006, 21:56

Vibrasphere - Manzanilla
Xerxes - Blessed
Shpongle - ...And the Day Turned to Night
Claude Challe - Free at Last
Karsh Kale - Epic
Astral Projection - 10,000 Suns
Lemon Jelly - '64 aka Go
Banco de Gaia - We All Know the Truth (You Have God)

swingdjted · 29th November 2006, 07:21

massive attack songs - too many to list
my life with the thrill kill kult - resisting the spirit
pantera - planet caravan
pearl jam - indifference
depeche mode - 'little fifteen' or 'in your room' or 'pimpf'
metallica - nothing else matters
dead can dance - too many to list
led zeppelin - no quarter
many more but this should get you started

Mattress · 29th November 2006, 16:18

Also, pretty much the entire 'Are You Shpongled?' album by Shpongle. Maybe DMT gets a little crazy but the rest are very downtempo; meditative with a lick of electronic psychedelia.

Miluiel · 26th December 2006, 04:44

These are just really mellow and I really enjoy them:

New Slang -The Shins
Steps and Numbers -Appleseed Cast
Tonight, Tonight -Smashing Pumpkins
Don't Panic -Coldplay

ShyShy · 28th December 2006, 04:21

"The Heart asks Pleasure first" from the movie soundtrack "The Piano", played by Michael Nyman. That's the first song to come to mind.

Schmeet · 28th December 2006, 12:39

Future Sound of London - Cerebal

Bilbo Baggins · 28th December 2006, 16:31

Sigur Ros - Ebow

Boards of Canada.

And if I am in a metal mood, a playlist of Pelican, Isis and Red Sparowes.

swingdjted · 10th April 2007, 08:42

I guess it all depends on what kind of music you associate the past with.

I know this is a bigass bump, but I came back because I'm doing an all-nighter since it's spring break and I just felt like listening to music alone, not having any distractions.

I guess I should contribute since I bumped.

Metallica - Orion

My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Badlife

Enigma - Sadness

The Orb - Into the 4th Dimension or Outlands

Joydrop - Beautiful

Matchbox 20 - album title Mad Season, track 13 (I don't have the title, but look it up on amazon; it doesn't suck as much as the band's name would suggest it would)

Eric Clapton - (last half of the old version of) Layla - I play this on piano a lot when I'm trying to feel something. My last band used to close every show with this section of that song, and it was incredible every time.

For some reason, all those classic rock bands that would sing a song and then, after the singing was over, just jam afterwards - the second ('jam') half of the song was soooo much better than the song itself; I should someday record a set of CDs with just the second-half-of-the-song jam sessions of those bands. The radio stations always cut that stuff short and it pisses me off - some of the best music for reflection ever played. Even the jam sessions of metal bands imitated this (e.g. metallica's fade to black). Stuff like this makes me want to quit school counseling and go back to teaching music. Some of the stuff my students and I went through when looking at american popular music was amazing and I miss it.

Take a look at your classic rock collections and remember to pay attention to those jam sessions if the songs have them. There's no lyrics during them to distract you from what you have on your mind, and the music seems to be just perfect for whatever it is that you're thinking about. You'll thank yourself.

Mobasup0 · 4th June 2007, 12:42

*crap removed*

watadoo · 5th June 2007, 19:51

The heart of the matter by Don henley. always makes me slightly miss my ex wife for about 30 seconds

26th November 2006, 04:24	#1
k_rock923 \m/ (Forum King) Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: /bin/bash Posts: 7,850	Somber Songs What songs are good for when you're sitting there reflecting on your life, the memories, all the people you don't see anymore and just contemplating the universe? You know, the one that you want to come on while you're driving alone in the middle of the night thinking. My favorite: Rufus Wainwright - Hallelujah Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.

26th November 2006, 06:22	#2
squakMix wwwyzzerdd (Forum King) Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,458	Kruder and Dorfmeister - Gone Check out my music

26th November 2006, 14:48	#3
NJK FRISIAN (MOD) Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: in a house Posts: 16,104	Barclay James Harvest - One night " everybody needs someone to love, everybody needs a friend everybody needs someone to care" Each Thursday a new show on Celtica Radio with Darkwave music. WINAMP SHOUTCAST

26th November 2006, 16:34	#4
eheiney und keine Eier! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: MI, USA Posts: 1,374	It's not exactly songs (which may or not even be very somber) that I want to come on when I'm driving alone in the middle of the night thinking, but songs that, for whatever reason, will trigger this somber mood in me, and there are a number of them: A Perfect Circle - Orestes A Perfect Circle - 3 Libras Don McLean - American Pie Eagles - Desperado Iron And Wine - Cinder And Smoke John Mellencamp - Small Town Lynyrd Skynyrd - The Ballad Of Curtis Lowe Nine Inch Nails - Something I Can Never Have Nine Inch Nails - A Warm Place Nine Inch Nails - And All That Could Have Been Ozzy Osbourne - Mama, I'm Coming Home Pink Floyd - Mother (Well, most of The Wall, honestly.) Radiohead - Subterranean Homesick Alien Sigur RÃ³s - Glosoli (Thanks again, btw. ) The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight Tool - Sober Tool - Patient Spiral out, my friend. You will find your way back to yourself, we all will. I'll be waiting, and shall see you on the other side...

28th November 2006, 21:56	#5
Mattress Forum King Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 4,577	Vibrasphere - Manzanilla Xerxes - Blessed Shpongle - ...And the Day Turned to Night Claude Challe - Free at Last Karsh Kale - Epic Astral Projection - 10,000 Suns Lemon Jelly - '64 aka Go Banco de Gaia - We All Know the Truth (You Have God) Besides shooting out a big blank from your buttock, you can feel as if your root chakra leaked sweet hot mucus.

29th November 2006, 07:21	#6
swingdjted DRINK BEER NOW (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northern West Virginia Posts: 10,064	massive attack songs - too many to list my life with the thrill kill kult - resisting the spirit pantera - planet caravan pearl jam - indifference depeche mode - 'little fifteen' or 'in your room' or 'pimpf' metallica - nothing else matters dead can dance - too many to list led zeppelin - no quarter many more but this should get you started Don't forget to live before you die.

29th November 2006, 16:18	#7
Mattress Forum King Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 4,577	Also, pretty much the entire 'Are You Shpongled?' album by Shpongle. Maybe DMT gets a little crazy but the rest are very downtempo; meditative with a lick of electronic psychedelia. Besides shooting out a big blank from your buttock, you can feel as if your root chakra leaked sweet hot mucus.

26th December 2006, 04:44	#8
Miluiel Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1	These are just really mellow and I really enjoy them: New Slang -The Shins Steps and Numbers -Appleseed Cast Tonight, Tonight -Smashing Pumpkins Don't Panic -Coldplay

28th December 2006, 04:21	#9
ShyShy Amazon Bush Woman Forum Queen Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Sticks, Queensland Posts: 8,066	"The Heart asks Pleasure first" from the movie soundtrack "The Piano", played by Michael Nyman. That's the first song to come to mind.

28th December 2006, 12:39	#10
Schmeet Major Dude Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: The timid west Posts: 1,444	Future Sound of London - Cerebal

28th December 2006, 16:31	#11
Bilbo Baggins Wind Chime of the Apocalypse Join Date: May 2000 Location: The Forest Posts: 17,228	Sigur Ros - Ebow Boards of Canada. And if I am in a metal mood, a playlist of Pelican, Isis and Red Sparowes.

10th April 2007, 08:42	#12
swingdjted DRINK BEER NOW (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northern West Virginia Posts: 10,064	I guess it all depends on what kind of music you associate the past with. I know this is a bigass bump, but I came back because I'm doing an all-nighter since it's spring break and I just felt like listening to music alone, not having any distractions. I guess I should contribute since I bumped. Metallica - Orion My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Badlife Enigma - Sadness The Orb - Into the 4th Dimension or Outlands Joydrop - Beautiful Matchbox 20 - album title Mad Season, track 13 (I don't have the title, but look it up on amazon; it doesn't suck as much as the band's name would suggest it would) Eric Clapton - (last half of the old version of) Layla - I play this on piano a lot when I'm trying to feel something. My last band used to close every show with this section of that song, and it was incredible every time. For some reason, all those classic rock bands that would sing a song and then, after the singing was over, just jam afterwards - the second ('jam') half of the song was soooo much better than the song itself; I should someday record a set of CDs with just the second-half-of-the-song jam sessions of those bands. The radio stations always cut that stuff short and it pisses me off - some of the best music for reflection ever played. Even the jam sessions of metal bands imitated this (e.g. metallica's fade to black). Stuff like this makes me want to quit school counseling and go back to teaching music. Some of the stuff my students and I went through when looking at american popular music was amazing and I miss it. Take a look at your classic rock collections and remember to pay attention to those jam sessions if the songs have them. There's no lyrics during them to distract you from what you have on your mind, and the music seems to be just perfect for whatever it is that you're thinking about. You'll thank yourself. Don't forget to live before you die.

4th June 2007, 12:42	#13
Mobasup0 Banned Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 8	crap removed

5th June 2007, 19:51	#14
watadoo JEDI MASTER Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Canyon, CA with a bunch of hippies Posts: 1,336	The heart of the matter by Don henley. always makes me slightly miss my ex wife for about 30 seconds "Which is worse, ignorance or indifference?" "I don't know, and I don't care."

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