Originally Posted by Yoda
How did I not notice this post for over two years? Brick turns me into a total mess. It's fantastic, yet I literally avoid listening to it.
I don't avoid it--I embrace it, and let myself blubber.
How the hell
did you miss that post for so long??? It was maybe my greatest post ever, I'll have you know.
But I'm glad this thread's back up, 'cause I think I'm going to make a list right nyah of the songs that would be on my perfect depressed-and-wallowing-in-the-pain mix tape.
So here we go, in no particular order except the way they pop out o' my memories...
The aforementioned "Brick" (of course)
"Freakish," Saves the Day
"Wish You Were Here," Pink Floyd
"Left and Leaving," the Weakerthans - also "Pamphleteer"
"How's It Gonna Be," Third Eye Blind - add "God of Wine"
"Baker Baker," Tori Amos - also "Baker Baker," "Mother" and "The Wrong Band" (hey, Tori does depressing, and does it well)
"A Long December," Counting Crows - and "Anna Begins"
"I Am, I Said," Neil Diamond
"She's a Part of Me," Samiam
"Hurt" - Either version, really, but Johnny's will elicit stronger emotions, always, from me
"Not an Addict," K's Choice
"Cease," the Greg Graffin solo version
"A Jack With One Eye," Texas is the Reason - also "Nickel Wound" and "The Drinking Song"
"The Living Years," Mike and the Mechanics
"Cheer," Descendants - and "Hope," "Clean Sheets" and "Sour Grapes," too
"To Say Goodbye," Patty Loveless
"Angel," Sarah McLaughlan - also "Ice Cream"
"Fly Away," Poe
"Jesse," Paw
"Vindicated," Dashboard Confessional - Although I don't cry when I hear this one, oh, my, do I scream my g*ddamn throat out during the chorus...
"Trusty Chords," Hot Water Music
"Don't Sit Down," Oblivion
"29," Gin Blossoms
"You've Got Her In Your Pocket," the White Stripes
The "Mother Earth, Father Time" song Charlotte sings in
Charlotte's Web
"I Am a Rock," Simon and Garfunkel - also "Sounds of Silence"
"Sunday Bloody Sunday," U2 - add in "With or Without You"
"Nightswimming," REM
"Tomorrow Wendy" and "Joey," Concrete Blonde - These two songs are a set, really--and add in "By the Side of the Road" and "Happy Birthday," while you're at it...
"Hallelujah," Rufus Wainwright
"This Woman's Work," Kate Bush
"Soul to Squeeze," Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Scientist," Coldplay - probably "Yellow," too
"Tiny Dancer," Elton John - ...and, oh hell, "Candle in the Wind," too
"The Man Who Sold the World," the Nirvana acoustic version
"Forever," Dropkick Murphys - and "The Torch"
"Strawberry," Everclear - and that anthem for all Children of Divorce out there, "Everything is Wonderful Now"
"How Soon is Now?" the Smiths
"Adams Song," Blink 182 - also "Miss You," although I'm a bit tired of it at this point
Christ, there's too many. Just too damn many. But this seems like a good stopping point for now--with the door wide open for additions...
So what's on your ultimate wallowing mix? Remember, this is all about wallowing, so nobody get cute and say, "I always listen to HAPPY songs when I'M sad, you big SILLY!"
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