Songs That Make Me Feel Sad

Submitted by julesyoung on Thu, 11/22/2007 - 03:26
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  1. 7 Rooms Of Gloom - The Four Tops
  2. 24 Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney
  3. All By Myself - Shirley Bassey
  4. Alone Again, Naturally - Gilbert O'Sullivan
  5. Anyone Who Had A Heart - Dionne Warwick
  6. Apartment Nr. 9 - Faron Young
  7. The Bitter End - Placebo
  8. Blasphemous Rumours - Depeche Mode
  9. Blue American - Placebo
  10. Blue Bayou - Roy Orbison
  11. The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel
  12. Breakfast In America - Supertramp
  13. Burger Queen - Placebo
  14. Candle In The Wind - Elton John
  15. Can't Stop Loving You - Phil Collins
  16. Cara Mia - Jay & The Americans
  17. Colorblind - Counting Crows
  18. A Cowboy And A Dancer - Tracy Byrd
  19. Cuddle Up - The Beach Boys
  20. Dead End Street - The Kinks
  21. Death Trip - Cockney Rebel
  22. Destination Anywhere - Martha Reeves
  23. Divorce - Tammy Wynette
  24. Don't You Want Me - The Human League
  25. Drive - The Cars
  26. Drunken Driver - Ferlin Husky
  27. The End Of The Rainbow - Richard & Linda Thompson
  28. For What It's Worth - Placebo
  29. Goodbye To Love - The Carpenters
  30. House Without Windows - cliff Richard/ Gene Pitney
  31. Hurricane - Bob Dylan
  32. Hurt - Johnny Cash
  33. I Am A Rock - Simon And Garfunkel
  34. I Am I Said - Neil Diamond
  35. I Apologize - P.J. Proby
  36. If You Leave Me Now - Chicago
  37. I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Tom Jones
  38. In My Room - The Walker Brothers
  39. Is That All There Is? - Peggy Lee
  40. I Think It's Going To Rain Today - Dusty Springfield
  41. It Was A Very Good Year - Frank Sinatra
  42. I've Gotta Get A Message To You - Bee Gees
  43. Joanna - The Walker Brothers
  44. Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello - Elvis Presley
  45. Lady Lynda - The Beach Boys
  46. The Last Letter - "Tennessee" Ernie Ford
  47. A Legal Matter - The Who
  48. Life On Mars - David Bowie
  49. The Long And Winding Road - The Beatles
  50. A Lot Of Things Different - Kenny Chesney
  51. Lover's - The Walker Brothers
  52. The Man Who Sold The World - Lulu
  53. Miles From Nowhere - Cat Stevens
  54. Mother And Father - Madonna
  55. My Boy - Elvis Presley
  56. My Immortal - Evanescence
  57. My Prayer - The Platters
  58. Nature Boy - Nat King Cole
  59. Nobody's Perfect - Madonna
  60. Nobody Wins - Elton John
  61. Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
  62. Nothing Comes Easy - Sandy Shaw
  63. Old Shep - Red Foley
  64. Only Love Can Break A Heart - Gene Pitney
  65. Only The Lonely - Roy Orbison
  66. Passive Agressive - Placebo
  67. Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones
  68. Pass The Gun Around - Alcie Cooper
  69. Patches - Clarence Carter
  70. Pretty Paper - Roy Orbison
  71. Rag Doll - The Four Seasons
  72. Ramblin' Rose - Nat King Cole
  73. Rubber Bands And Bits Of String - Telly Savalas
  74. Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town - Kenny Rogers
  75. Sara - Bob Dylan
  76. Send In The Clowns - Judy Collins
  77. September Song - Frank Sinatra / Tony Bennett
  78. She's Leaving Home - The Beatles
  79. Solitaire - The Carpenters
  80. Solitary Man - Neil Diamond
  81. Someday Never Comes - Creedence Clearwater Revival
  82. Someone Saved My Life Today - Elton John
  83. Song Sung Blue - Neil Diamond
  84. The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore - The Walker Brothers
  85. Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
  86. Ticking - Elton John
  87. Till - Tony Bennett
  88. Till The End Of Time - Perry Como
  89. Tiny Dancer - Elton John
  90. Today I Killed A Man - P.J.Proby
  91. Train Of Love - Neil Young
  92. Under The Bridges Of Paris - Eartha Kitt
  93. What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted - Jimmy Ruffin
  94. You Don't Bring me Flowers - Neil Diamond & Barbara Streisand
  95. Younger Days - Tom Jones
pistolpete03/15/2008

Try " Fallen Angel" by Robbie Robertson

0dysseus03/16/2008

What a fantastic song.

More than a decade after The Last Waltz Robbie Robertson finally releases a solo album. It was completed amid such sturm und drang that an Encyclopedia of Rock I used to own lists him as dying in some hotel room in 1986. "Fallen Angel" is the first track./

Garth Hudson contributes his swirling keyboards in tribute to fallen Band-mate Richard Manuel, dead less than a year by suicide. Peter Gabriel's backing vocal is literally summoned by Robertson, "Come down Gabriel and blow your horn." I get goose pimples.

"Fallen Angel" leads off the album with a drum heartbeat. Producer Daniel Lanois uses the same kind of fade-in wash of keyboards and guitar that opens U2's The Joshua Tree and Peter Gabriel's Us albums.

Somehow Lanois polished off Robertson's album while producing So for Peter Gabriel and The Joshua Tree. Musicians from both projects make contributions to every track. In spite of the chaotic, disjointed recording sessions Lanois manages to make the album's sound a cohesive, seamless whole.

The album Robbie Robertson came in the middle of a remarkable run by Daniel Lanois. Over five years he produced So, The Joshua Tree, his own Acadie, Bob Dylan's Oh Mercy, the Neville Brothers' Yellow Moon and U2's Achtung Baby. Has any producer outside of George Martin ever been on such a roll?

Here is What is ships tomorrow... oohf! Pricey.

pistolpete03/19/2008

Thanks for that excellent follow up. It truly is a hauting and memorable song!

0dysseus04/10/2008

In a post predating yours by some twenty-two hours and eight minutes, Daslob makes the observation that "Fallen Angel" could have been included on Peter Gabriel's So album. In a Lanois tribute that I could have written he (Nick Deriso) makes it a point to not forget The Unforgettable Fire:

Long before Lanois and co-producer Brian Eno would find multi-platinum success with The Joshua Tree -- and long before all the multi-platinum babes were prattling and humming outside the every tour bus stop worldwide -- U2 was still a little rough...

[W]hat followed was one of the band's most experimental recordings... you have to admire both the ambience and ambition in any recording captured (really) inside of a castle. No surprise, it leads to moments of shimmering brilliance -- including the title track and, of course, the better-known "Pride."" Desiro has also written the best precis analysis of Us I've ever read.