The 15 Song Album collection:

[scottjoplin]

01 - Melancholy Man - The Moody Blues
02 - Still I'm Sad - The Yardbirds
03 - Six More Miles - The Residents
04 - Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel

 

[system7]

I thought Link Wray was quite cheerful actually. As a man who grew up with the sentimental Folkie nonsense of people drowning in the Irish Sea.

But the master of misery was possibly Leonard Cohen.

Leonard Cohen - Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye (Audio) - YouTube

Music to slit your wrists to. Actually I found his melancholy quite cheerful.

01 - Melancholy Man - The Moody Blues
02 - Still I'm Sad - The Yardbirds
03 - Six More Miles - The Residents
04- Bookends -Simon and Garfunkel
05- Hey, that's no way to say Goodbye -Leonard Cohen

 

[AllenB]

01 - Melancholy Man - The Moody Blues
02 - Still I'm Sad - The Yardbirds
03 - Six More Miles - The Residents
04 - Bookends -Simon and Garfunkel
05 - Hey, that's no way to say Goodbye - Leonard Cohen
06 - All By Myself - Eric Carmen

 

[scottjoplin]

I think Leonard Cohen has a wicked, dry, sense of humour

 

[HollowState]

01 - Melancholy Man - The Moody Blues
02 - Still I'm Sad - The Yardbirds
03 - Six More Miles - The Residents
04 - Bookends -Simon and Garfunkel
05 - Hey, that's no way to say Goodbye - Leonard Cohen
06 - All By Myself - Eric Carmen
07 - Fly Away - Corrinne May

 

[MartyMG]

Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Taxland, New Jersey
01 - Melancholy Man - The Moody Blues
02 - Still I'm Sad - The Yardbirds
03 - Six More Miles - The Residents
04 - Bookends -Simon and Garfunkel
05 - Hey, that's no way to say Goodbye - Leonard Cohen
06 - All By Myself - Eric Carmen
07 - Fly Away - Corrinne May
08 - Mud In Your Eye - Orange Juice Mud in Your Eye - YouTube

 

[soundchaser]

01 - Melancholy Man - The Moody Blues
02 - Still I'm Sad - The Yardbirds
03 - Six More Miles - The Residents
04 - Bookends -Simon and Garfunkel
05 - Hey, that's no way to say Goodbye - Leonard Cohen
06 - All By Myself - Eric Carmen
07 - Fly Away - Corrinne May
08 - Mud In Your Eye - Orange Juice Mud in Your Eye - YouTube
09 - Happy Returns - Steven Wilson Steven Wilson - Happy Returns (from Hand. Cannot. Erase.) - YouTube

 

[gasboss775]

01 - Melancholy Man - The Moody Blues
02 - Still I'm Sad - The Yardbirds
03 - Six More Miles - The Residents
04 - Bookends -Simon and Garfunkel
05 - Hey, that's no way to say Goodbye - Leonard Cohen
06 - All By Myself - Eric Carmen
07 - Fly Away - Corrinne May
08 - Mud In Your Eye - Orange Juice Mud in Your Eye - YouTube
09 - Happy Returns - Steven Wilson
10 - Forever Autumn - Justin Hayward

 

[barryso]

01 - Melancholy Man - The Moody Blues
02 - Still I'm Sad - The Yardbirds
03 - Six More Miles - The Residents
04 - Bookends -Simon and Garfunkel
05 - Hey, that's no way to say Goodbye - Leonard Cohen
06 - All By Myself - Eric Carmen
07 - Fly Away - Corrinne May
08 - Mud In Your Eye - Orange Juice Mud in Your Eye - YouTube
09 - Happy Returns - Steven Wilson
10 - Forever Autumn - Justin Hayward
11 - Nether Lands - Dan Fogelberg

 

[Galu]

I was not looking for depressing tunes, Steve, just melancholic songs.

We don't want to be heading into a 'Gloomy Sunday'!

 

[ItsAllInMyHead]

01 - Melancholy Man - The Moody Blues
02 - Still I'm Sad - The Yardbirds
03 - Six More Miles - The Residents
04 - Bookends -Simon and Garfunkel
05 - Hey, that's no way to say Goodbye - Leonard Cohen
06 - All By Myself - Eric Carmen
07 - Fly Away - Corrinne May
08 - Mud In Your Eye - Orange Juice Mud in Your Eye - YouTube
09 - Happy Returns - Steven Wilson
10 - Forever Autumn - Justin Hayward
11 - Nether Lands - Dan Fogelberg
12 - How Soon Is Now - The Smiths

 

[system7]

Flippin Heck, the Smiths exceed my idea of tolerable depression! Congrats.

I am struggling to find something less pleasurable. But may have found it:

01 - Melancholy Man - The Moody Blues
02 - Still I'm Sad - The Yardbirds
03 - Six More Miles - The Residents
04 - Bookends -Simon and Garfunkel
05 - Hey, that's no way to say Goodbye - Leonard Cohen
06 - All By Myself - Eric Carmen
07 - Fly Away - Corrinne May
08 - Mud In Your Eye - Orange Juice Mud in Your Eye - YouTube
09 - Happy Returns - Steven Wilson
10 - Forever Autumn - Justin Hayward
11 - Nether Lands - Dan Fogelberg
12 - How Soon Is Now - The Smiths
13- The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony

Another horror:
The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony (Official Music Video) - YouTube

Let's get this over with. I feel a strong need for cheerful music.

 

[scottjoplin]

Ok Broken Hearts Are For ******** - YouTube

 

[myleftear]

Ok Broken Hearts Are For ******** - YouTube

BTW: Zappa - Official Trailer - YouTube

 

[fasterbyelan]

01 - Melancholy Man - The Moody Blues
02 - Still I'm Sad - The Yardbirds
03 - Six More Miles - The Residents
04 - Bookends -Simon and Garfunkel
05 - Hey, that's no way to say Goodbye - Leonard Cohen
06 - All By Myself - Eric Carmen
07 - Fly Away - Corrinne May
08 - Mud In Your Eye - Orange Juice Mud in Your Eye - YouTube
09 - Happy Returns - Steven Wilson
10 - Forever Autumn - Justin Hayward
11 - Nether Lands - Dan Fogelberg
12 - How Soon Is Now - The Smiths
13- The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony

14 - Sad Sad Day - Muddy Waters

 

[myleftear]

01 - Melancholy Man - The Moody Blues
02 - Still I'm Sad - The Yardbirds
03 - Six More Miles - The Residents
04 - Bookends -Simon and Garfunkel
05 - Hey, that's no way to say Goodbye - Leonard Cohen
06 - All By Myself - Eric Carmen
07 - Fly Away - Corrinne May
08 - Mud In Your Eye - Orange Juice Mud in Your Eye - YouTube
09 - Happy Returns - Steven Wilson
10 - Forever Autumn - Justin Hayward
11 - Nether Lands - Dan Fogelberg
12 - How Soon Is Now - The Smiths
13- The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
14 - Sad Sad Day - Muddy Waters
15 - Sad Song - Lou Reed

 

[myleftear]

Things turning sour over time

01 - Decisions - Chilly Gonzales

 

[drewburn]

01 - Decisions - Chilly Gonzales
02 - St James Infirmary - Cab Calloway

 

[Flied Egg]

Flippin Heck, the Smiths exceed my idea of tolerable depression! Congrats.

I am struggling to find something less pleasurable. But may have found it:


13- The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony

And to complete the melancholy: the guy who wrote the tune died without receiving a penny in royalties

The Last Time - The Andrew Oldham Orchestra - YouTube

 

[Flied Egg]

01 - Decisions - Chilly Gonzales
02 - St James Infirmary - Cab Calloway
03 - Say Hello Wave Goodbye - Soft Cell