I do:

shannon wright
patti smith
alice in chains
radiohead
elizabeth anka vajagic
carla buzolich
chopin
nina simone
grant lee buffalo
neutral milk hotel
throwing muses/kristin hersh
leonard cohen
cat power
echo & the bunnymen
tarwater/ paula frazer
Mia doi Todd

any more?

Gregory And The Hawk

First time I heard her singing, I just wanted to hug her. Its not like she's rocking on a rocking chair crying out all her important organs, she is just lovely.

www.myspace.com/gregoryandthehawk

oh this is lovely
thank you!

Listen to Aimee Mann's "Lost in Space" album.


It's Aimee at her best, although i tend to think she never falters.

you're going to try and quantify all of sad music in its entirety? that covers at least 1/3 of all music ever written.

i used to abuse sad/depressing music like a drug. used to hit the repeat button 20 or 30 times. but i can't sustain that low feeling anymore. even tho sad music is still beautiful. i've been more into freak-out music. music that makes your head reel. and a lot of cute and catchy and sweet music. it think it just fits my chemical state a lot better now

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as you put depends of the chemical mood
but most people are terribly afraid of any unknown feeling so they classify everything as sad, i have to do as they say so they understand what I mean?
I can´t feel sadness without happiness, vice-versa, I don´t know if other people feel those things separately
i love desperation in music mixed with hope mixed with beauty
great thing about art put beauty in tragedy
calms you down

I listen to Death Cab for Cutie when I'm depressed or Sigur Ros maybe if I'm upset and want to calm down. I love sad music.

yeah. people who section off all that depressing/sad stuff really irritate me. indulge both freely. bipolarly.
do you have the same affinity for sunshine pop? cause i do. and sappy bittersweet stuff makes me bawl. i guess because it really heightens the irony of an honest letdown. but i don't cry over sad music. my eyes just kind of glaze over and i go into this heightened state of detachment.

sad songs that kept me company this winter:

Xiu Xiu - 'Sad-Redux-O-Grapher'
Do Make Say Think - 'Outer Inner & Secret' ...but i only like the expansive finale. the beginning part is blah up until the part where it starts to flutter & go off on another tangeant.
Low - 'Lazy' ..one of the only Low songs i like (so far)

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Ever noticed a good sunshine pop song is more likely to get tears out of you?
I love a good pop song

Xiu xiu ia amazing, I love it, there is some sense of humour to it that´s really unique.

i do !
and cat power is at the top of my list

holy crap, gregory and the hawk is yum. i love sad muzak like that (sung beautifully by a womna). i'm gonna check her out for sure. i

and yes, aimee's lost in space is just a perfect depression/drugged out album. "it's not"..... ah that song kills me.

i also love cat power, red house painters, shannon wright, julie doiron. lots. love mah sad, downcast songs.

Lucinda Williams takes the cake for being the most depressing artist ever.

I love her music. It suits my mood perfectly.

Check out these songs if you're interested ... Everything Has Changed, Minneapolis, Fruits Of My Labour, World Without Tears, Like A Rose, Am I Too Blue? Sweet Old World, Greenville, Jackson, etc.

I love sad music, though I try not to drown in it anymore.

Syd Barrett, some of Daniel Johnston...that's all I can think of right now.

I love sad music, but not exclusively. I mean, I love "Asleep" by the Smiths, and moody miserable shit by Patti Smith, Joy Division et al, and but I'd also take "Pray" by Take That over a kick in the seat of the pants.

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Elliot Smith, Bright Eyes, Jeff Buckley.

I will stand in my bedroom playing them full blast, one fist clenched, the other pounding my chest as tears run down my wailing face.

Lisa Germano...sad, melancholic stuff, she's got a nice brittle, husky voice. Very atmospheric guitars, scratchy violin etc. Try the album Geek the Girl for a start.

also:
Antony and the Johnsons ...dark, soul voice, piano, maybe a bit too dramatic, stagily considering your list but sad sad sad nevertheless.

I perfer to listen to sad, moody music. I love Kristin Hersh,Cat Power, Radiohead and Black box recorder. Even Nirvana and The The can be pretty depressing.

I go for later Nick Cave, some Marianne Faithful, The Cure (specifically Pornography and Disintergration) Tom Waits.

Strange, I always listen to Patti Smith to empower me.

oh god, everything about jeff buckley just makes me feel like i'm stuck in some kind of tragedy. i adore it.
and elliots sadness is beautiful.

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