Songs that make you sad

This is my response to the 'songs that make you happy' thread. Post soul-crushing tunes here.

Easy peasy. Anything by Elliot Smith. 
 

No Children by The Mountain Goats. It gets some extra points for how perfectly it got used in Moral Orel, which is a silly but ultimately devastatingly depressing show about puppets.

  On 4/23/2021 at 4:55 PM, beerwolf said:

Easy peasy. Anything by Will Smith. 
 

 

I think the other Will (the i.am one) is considerably worse.

(i have bipolar so i have quite a few of these lined up)

Oooh yeah burial definitely deserves a mention here!

som1 help how do u overcome the nostalgia sadness that  a music gives from your childhood so you can get rid of that bitch shit and just enjoy the music again

  On 4/23/2021 at 10:05 PM, cyanobacteria said:

som1 help how do u overcome the nostalgia sadness that  a music gives from your childhood so you can get rid of that bitch shit and just enjoy the music again

learn music theory then analyze the tune, should kill the nostalgia instantly. it worked for me anyway.

  On 4/23/2021 at 10:15 PM, brian trageskin said:

learn music theory then analyze the tune, should kill the nostalgia instantly. it worked for me anyway.

is the fear real that if you know music theory it kills the magic of the muysic

  On 4/23/2021 at 10:43 PM, cyanobacteria said:

is the fear real that if you know music theory it kills the magic of the muysic

you think that happened to beethoven or ligeti

  On 4/23/2021 at 10:54 PM, xox said:

you think that happened to beethoven or ligeti

truer words have rarely been spoken on this forum. 

this misguided notion needs to disappear once and for all: learning music theory doesn't kill the magic, just as learning how to use any tool doesn't kill the magic. on the other hand, misusing your tool does, and having nothing but shitty ideas does. the magic is in yourself, not in the music (sounds like a tacky slogan, i know, sorry about that). if the magic disappears once you've learnt music theory, that just means there wasn't much magic in you to begin with, imo.

  On 4/24/2021 at 12:01 AM, brian trageskin said:

truer words have rarely been spoken on this forum. 

this misguided notion needs to disappear once and for all: learning music theory doesn't kill the magic, just as learning how to use a tool doesn't kill the magic. on the other hand, misusing your tool does kill the magic, and having nothing but shitty ideas do. the magic is in yourself, not in the music (sounds like a tacky slogan i know, sorry about that). if the magic disappears once you've learnt music theory, that just means there wasn't much magic in you to begin with, imo.

totally agree! that's why i set my goal to learn the theory. lot's of other thing to do before that but i hope to start in summer. finally, id say!

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