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Thursday, September 07, 2006

Wanted: Candidates for a new Sad Mix

I'm making a sort of sad mix cd. So anybody want to give me suggestions: breakup songs, etc.?

So far, I know I'll have "Woke Up New" by the Mountain Goats and Will Oldham's "New Partner."

What else?

11 comments:

andy mr. said...

Chelsea Hotel #2 by Leonard Cohen.

Common Sense said...

"To Be of Use"

--Smog

Ash said...

Howard Tate "Get it While You Can"
My Morning Jacket "Where to Begin"
Prince "How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore"
Ray Charles "Funny But I Still Love You"
Joe Cocker "Bye Bye Blackbird"
Wilco/Big Star "Thirteen"
Johnny Cash "Hurt"
Judee Sill "The Kiss"
Tom Waits "Waltzing Matilda"
Tom Waits "Alice"
Wilco/Daniel Johnston "True Love Will Find You in the End"
Wilco "Another Man's Done Gone"
Cardigans "Bluest Eyes in Texas"
Ryan Adams "Come Pick Me Up"

gina said...

I imagine post-Tennenbaums this is rather cliche, but Nico's These Days.

Diana Marie Delgado said...

The Damned/Alone Again Or

Will get back to you on this...
Trust. Got collections.

julie said...

Jonatha Brooke - "Inconsolable" and "West Point"
Lucinda Williams - "I Envy the Wind" and "Blue"
Bob Dylan - "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright"
Brandi Carlile - "What Can I Say"
Van Morrison - "Tupelo Honey"

betsy said...

postal service "nothing better"
modest mouse "polar opposites"
nina simone "lilac wine"
tom waits "falling down"
tom waits "cold cold ground"
tom waits "had me a girl"
pavement "we dance"
sufjian stevens "john wayne gacy jr"
sun kil moons cover of "neverending math equasion"
ryan adams "come pick me up"
the wrens "happy"
neutral milk hotel "two headed boy"
magnetic fields "i dont wanna get over you" (obvious one, but great song)
the decemberists "of angels and angles"
death cab "your heart is an empty room"

maybe i should just make you a mix...

Charles said...

"I Shall Believe," Sheryl Crow.

Anonymous said...

Speaking of the Mtn. Goats - anything from The Ten Thousand Songs of Peter Peter Hughes.

Oliver de la Paz said...

The Walkmen "The Rat"
Aimee Mann "Nothing is Good Enough"
Bonnie 'Prince' Bille/Will Oldham "Grand Dark Feeling of Emptiness"
Scud Mountain Boys "Silo"
Ryan Adams "Come Pick Me Up" (Yes, I know it's already listed twice, but it's damn good.)
The Innocence Mission "That Was Another Country"
The Sundays "Wild Wild Horses" (cover)
Imogen Heap "Hide and Seek"
The Cure "Disintegration" (The Whole Album)
Eliot Smith "Somebody That I Used To Know"
Kings of Convenience "I Don't Know What I Can Save You From"
Jose Gonzalez "Remain"
Nina Simone "Who Knows Where The Time Goes" (From her live "Black Gold" album)
Mazzy Star "I've Been Let Down"
Richard Thompson "Small Town Romance"
Son Volt "Tear Stained Eye"
Low "Medicine Magazines"
Beck "Nobody's Fault But My Own"
Ben Harper "Give A Man A Home"
Cat Power "Metal Heart"
Chris Isaak "Changed Your Mind"

. . . I better stop. People will think I'm a melancholic fellow.

Anonymous said...

mountain goats - no children