SSOTD
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Posting sad songs daily. I love music that makes me feel something. I hope you enjoy
High and Dry by Radiohead. Really sad song! "You'd kill yourself for recognition. Kill yourself to never, ever stop." About a failed relationship and the band's success. Overall, about fear of the spotlight and fear of abandonment. #musicsky #Nowplaying #highanddry youtu.be/7qFfFVSerQo
Radiohead - High and Dry
YouTube video by Radiohead
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It's A Shame About Ray by the Lemonheads. Classic SSOTD, takes me right back. "I've never been too good with names The cellar door was open, I could never stay away." Based on an article about a homeless teen who resorted to prostitution. It's a shame. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/NdU0fQzt0h8
The Lemonheads - It's A Shame About Ray (Official Video)
YouTube video by firerecords
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The Great Escape by Patrick Watson. This is one of my favorites and a great Friday SSOTD. "Bad day and looking for a way home. Looking for the great escape. Gets in his car and drives away. Far from all the things that we are." Eat up all the Gray! #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/YA2h9PrIUxs
Patrick Watson - The Great Escape (Official Video)
YouTube video by Secret City Records
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I am California by John Craigie. Listening to this a lot. "Blinded by your shadows. Fading all your love. You don't know how deep you are." Written as a metaphor about a breakup with somebody always leaving and about his hometown. We are California! #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/7wldRoZenss
John Craigie - I Am California - Westy Sessions (presented by GoWesty)
YouTube video by Westy Sessions
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Lost Cause by Beck. Really sad song from Beck. "Your sorry eyes, they cut through bone. Make it hard to leave you alone. Leave you here wearing your wounds. Waving your guns at somebody new." Written after his girlfriend cheated on him. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/qkNa5xzOe5U
Beck - Lost Cause
YouTube video by BeckVEVO
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Big Black Car by Gregory Alan Isakov. Another great one! "The past, she is haunted, the future is laced. Heartbreak, you know, drives a big black car. I swear I was in the back seat, just minding my own." Basically, being a helpless passenger to heartbreak. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/JgumMOMHpns
Big Black Car
YouTube video by Gregory Alan Isakov - Topic
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Suitcase Full of Sparks by Gregory Alan Isakov. This is a great SSOTD! "And I quit flashing smiles, and running wild. Yeah, I'm just trying to find my way to you." A metaphor for the journey of life made meaningful by love. Good weekend message. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/ySP25A2Rx3g?...
Suitcase Full of Sparks
YouTube video by Gregory Alan Isakov - Topic
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Let Me Live By the Side of the Road by Lael Neale. Sad, deep and short banger. "There are those who leave such long shadows. There are those who’ve loved and those who cried. In fields of flowers gave their lives." Based on a poem, and about compassion. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/07-a7-SWYe4
Lael Neale - Let Me Live By the Side of the Road (Official Video)
YouTube video by Lael Neale
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If It Isn't Love by New Edition. Great song and video. "I don't love her, I tried to tell myself, but you can see it in my eyes. So don't deny, I can't fool no one else. The truth is in the tears I cry." Basically, he left her and realized he was in love. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/ReI6gvzVP0Y
New Edition - If It Isn't Love
YouTube video by NewEditionVEVO
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Little Boxes by Malvina Reynolds (Regina Spektor). Dystopian and anti-capitalist. "And the boys go into business and marry and raise a family. In boxes made of ticky-tacky and they all look just the same." About the rise of suberbia. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/7zXWh0N-ZSE?...
regina spektor - Little Boxes (Malvina Reynolds Cover)
YouTube video by TheSpektography
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God Only Knows by the Beach Boys. Classic sad song. "If you should ever leave me, though life would still go on, believe me. The world could show nothing to me, so what good would living do me?" Saddest lyrics ever. #musicsky #nowplaying #petsounds youtu.be/NADx3-qRxek?...
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by TheBeachBoysVEVO
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Margaret by Lana Del Ray and the Bleachers. Timely, sweet and sad. "And when you're old, you're old like Hollywood and me. The diamond on your ring. The soul that you bring to the table. The one that makes me sing, in a minor key." Poetry! #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/KSbmJNIwJFY
Lana Del Rey - Margaret (official music video) ft. Bleachers
YouTube video by Young Heart
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You by Keaton Henson. Sad song by the great Keaton. "If you must die, sweetheart, die knowing your life was my life's best part" and "If you must work, work to leave some part of you on this earth." About life and death in others arms. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/f2fCcggNkTs
Keaton Henson - You
YouTube video by KeatonHensonVEVO
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Feathers by Florist. Great band and deep song. "Someone told me once "you better not let this pass". Sometimes I think I have too many pasts." A meditation on the cycle of life and how we shape and are shaped by it. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/uOcJopJpN5g?...
Feathers
YouTube video by Florist - Topic
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Famous Blue Raincoat by Leonard Cohen covered by Marissa Nadler. Great cover of a classic song. "And you treated my woman to a flake of your life and when she came back, she was nobody's wife." A tale of adultery, deceit and a stolen raincoat. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/O_HaKXw7pWw
Marissa Nadler - Famous Blue Raincoat
YouTube video by Rom Amit
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The Indie Queens are Waiting by Dan Mangan. Love this SSOTD. "But I was poking and sort of prodding and Kind of hoping. Always watching for a reaction." A mix of nostalgia and unrequited love #musicsky #nowplaying #musicchallenge youtu.be/J5RIHff3oas
The Indie Queens Are Waiting - Dan Mangan
YouTube video by Dan Mangan
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Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You by Colin Hay. This song kills me. "Your face it dances and it haunts me. Your laughter is still ringing in my ears. I still find pieces of your presence here." I really feel this song. #musicsky #nowplaying #musicchallenge youtu.be/ATA4JAwZ15I?...
I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You
YouTube video by Colin Hay - Topic
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Jealous Guy by John Lennon covered by Hurray for the Riff Raff. Love this cover (you will too). "I was feeling insecure, you didn't love me anymore, I was swallowin' my pain." Such a true song about the cause of jealousy. #musicsky #nowplaying #johnlennon youtu.be/vXb2s0CEmgA
Jealous Guy
YouTube video by Hurray For The Riff Raff - Topic
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For No One by the Beatles. Sad classic. "And in her eyes, you see nothing. No sign of love behind the tears, cried for no one. A love that should have lasted years." Love that has died, and you can see it in her eyes. #musicsky #nowplaying #beatles youtu.be/ELlLIwhvknk
For No One (Remastered 2009)
YouTube video by The Beatles - Topic
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Cavalier by James Vincent McMorrow. A truly beautiful, sad song. "Speak until the dust settles in the same specific place, light refused to go." Those are some of the saddest lyrics I have heard. #musicsky #nowplaying #musicchallenge youtu.be/j0DvjgagJko
James Vincent McMorrow - Cavalier
YouTube video by JamesVMcMorrowVEVO
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Tiger Mountain Peasant Song by Fleet Foxes. Mystical and sad. "In the town one morning I went staggering through premonitions of my death. I don't see anybody that dear to me." Existential song about death, grief, and murder. #musicsky #nowplaying #musicchallenge youtu.be/hdBeP47lxRI
Fleet Foxes - Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
YouTube video by Bloo Music
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Blue Vein by Lael Neale. Raw and sad song. "Kneel down to your mom. Hold on to your dad's hands. Maybe they're dead, yet don't forget." That lyric makes me cry. Written on New Year's and felt like a resolution. #musicsky #nowplaying #musicchallenge youtu.be/XQ4KobnpZcY
Lael Neale - Blue Vein [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
YouTube video by Sub Pop
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Famous by Hailaker, Lowswimmer, Jemima Coulter. Love this SSOTD, check it out! "And I'm too tired to try to be gracious. I′m probably blameless, probably." A song about the complications of being yourself and love. #musicsky #nowplaying #musichallenge youtu.be/TEYyVjrL0Yc?...
Famous
YouTube video by Hailaker - Topic
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Take Another Little Piece of My Heart by Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Berns (Big Brother and the Holding Company featuring, Janis Joplin). Sad banger! "never, never, never hear me when I cry at night, babe, and I cry all the time!" Heartbreaking version. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/VMltlRbLOVI?...
Janis Joplin- Take Another Piece Of My Heart Live
YouTube video by andreacorr555
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The Lion's Roar by First Aid Kit. Starting this week like a lion may be leaving like a lamb. "She plays a tune for those who wish to overlook, the fact that they've been blindly deceived by those who preach and pray and teach." Deep song by Swedish sisters. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/gekHV9DIjHc
First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by FirstAidKitVEVO
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Ab's Song by The Marshall Tucker Band. Short and perfect. "If I die at 23, won't you bury me in the sunshine? Please let me know that you're still mine." Basically, love never dies, even when the grass grows over me. Written for his wife. #musicsky #nowplaying. youtu.be/FLx4BeinzzY
AB's Song - Marshall Tucker Band
YouTube video by Gastón
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Straight and Narrow by Sam Barber. Killer of an SSOTD. "When there's a storm raging in your soul. You gotta thank God that you're still growing old." Overall, be authentic and don't live with regrets. Sometimes we all have storms raging in our soul. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/uqomAmZsbHM?...
Sam Barber - Straight and Narrow
YouTube video by Sam Barber
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Such A Simple Thing by Ray LaMontagne. Haunting SSOTD. "Tell me what you're feeling. I can take the pain. Tell me that you mean it that you won't leave again. Basically, my heart is like paper and yours is like a flame! #musicsky #nowplaying #true youtu.be/6POcQ5wiUa4
Ray LaMontagne - Such A Simple Thing (Official Audio)
YouTube video by raylamontagneVEVO
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Roslyn by Bon Iver and St. Vincent. Deep and sad and deep. "Up with your turret. Aren't we just terrified? Shale, screen your worry from what you won't ever find." A song of analogies and poetry of love and loss. #musicsky #nowplaying #BonIver youtu.be/MZSCXE4CpCA
Bon Iver & St. Vincent - Roslyn (Lyrics)
YouTube video by Aurora Vibes
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