zircona1 wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 8:21 am "You Are My Sunshine"

Came here to post this.

"Harvest Moon" by Neil Young

The second verse of the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows" is up there for me, too.

I'm sensing a theme in the songs that tear my heart out — comes from a long life of loving one person and the family we've made together.

"Everybody's Been Burned" by The Byrds.

My initial answer was 'A Sadness Song' by Current 93, but after a brief reflection, the correct answer is 'Tecumseh Valley' by Townes Van Zandt. (Though 'St John the Gambler' comes very, very close.)

'Tecumseh Valley' is a devastating song.

eephus wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 9:59 am On that front, I think if you're in the right/wrong frame of mind, then The End of the World is in the running. Also sounds amazing.

Love this song. And my opinion was probably colored by the Cocaine & Rhinestones episode about the Nashville Sound, but I like Brenda Lee’s version even more.

Original

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=th0yv ... ture=share

Sun City Girls version

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=j5bmV ... ture=share

mom had this on 45 and would play it endlessly

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=pUFpq ... ture=share

rsmurphy wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 2:48 pm ...and this banger

https://youtu.be/98lyaNSqPok

I come back to this time and again. It's fucking wonderful.

We need to curate playlists on some sort of accessible platform. YouTube might have the most of these?

I personally find a lot of Leonard Cohen both really sad but also funny, which is sorta how I do sad in real life so that makes sense.

Lots of Richard & Linda Thompson songs I could choose from but this one takes it for me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRwc_1sILkQ

M.H wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 6:26 pm 'Tecumseh Valley' is a devastating song.

There's a reason no one wants to go beneath the stairs at Gypsy Sally's.

losthighway wrote: Sun Jan 29, 2023 3:51 pm

M.H wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 6:26 pm 'Tecumseh Valley' is a devastating song.

There's a reason no one wants to go beneath the stairs at Gypsy Sally's.

This and Nothin’ (mentioned earlier) are both great. I usually think of “Marie” when I think of his saddest songs, but admittedly it’s in some ways a bleaker version of “Tecumseh Valley”.