Interactive Pool of Tears: The Crying Game edition

Interactive Pool of Tears # :-( -- aka the "Tears for Ears" edition of the Interactive Poll series.

A poll so sad it should be in negative numbers.
Sad, melancholic, gloomy, dour, miserable, depressing, woeful, sorrowful, tearful, not jaunty songs.



Rule one: mention up to four sad/ melancholic songs*, but you can only nominate one because one is the loneliest number.

Rule two: When the time comes, then it's time for your miserable self to vote for three options.

By the way, your choices can be in PA, but then please try to go for lesser-known ones. And you don't need to pick as a winner the one that made you the most miserable.

So, let the tears commence!

But I don't want to leave my message on a sad note, here is Ken to cheer people up:




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My choices:

Kazuki Tomokawa - Boya (Little Boy)



The Antlers - "Kettering"



Mentioned this in another of these methinks so I don't plan to nominate it, but this is my favourite (along with Nick Drake's "River Man") melancholic song.

Nick Drake - "Fruit Tree"



A strong favourite of mine:

Vashti Bunyan - "Winter is Blue"



Edited to add the contributor's usernames in order of the poster's first nominations appearance. And this edit:

* Bonus songs are acceptable. For instance, here are four that I'm considering nominating and another twenty that are bonuses (that I might nominate being the implication). ;) It's called a loophole, and loopholes only work well when they are exploited -- especially when at the gallows. That said, too many embeds could cause a black hole/ rip a hole in the fabric of space-time which would make my cry if I had time to cry.

And of course you can vacillate from your given songs up until I call for final nominations and choose something else entirely. I plan to put the choices up by Friday at some time, although Sadurday mourning would be more fitting.

The Nominations list:

Logan: Sufjan Stevens -"Death with Dignity"
TCat: Antony & the Johnsons - "The Lake"
jamesbaldwin: Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - "Far From Me" (live)
Meltdowner: Weyes Blood - "Wild Time"
Cristi: Anathema - "Our Last Goodbye"
mathman0806: Chris Cornell - "Like a Stone"
The Dark Elf: Young Dubliners - "One and Only"
someone_else: Tenhi - "Surunuotta"
Snicolette: Ray LaMontagne - "All the Wild Horses"
Lewian: Foyer Des Arts - "Könnten Bienen Fliegen"
suitkees: Narciso Yepes - "Romance (Jeux interdits)"
The Anders: Sebastian - "De grå katte"
dr wu23: Neil Young - "The Old Laughing Lady"
I prophesy disaster: Split Enz - "Stranger Than Fiction"
Moshkito - Fairport Convention - "Reynardine"

Let the Crying Game commence!

Edited by Logan - September 26 2020 at 16:38

I will find a song or two.  I love the gallows humour thing going on in this thread, already.  I will endeavour to find a few terribly lachrymose songs. 

The first is a tale of child sexual abuse. Very heavy subject and extremely sad, but the composition as well as the lyrics are brilliant...

Edited by The Dark Elf - September 22 2020 at 06:41

there are two really sad songs on The Cure's Wish album, I wanted to post, but maybe later. 

Edited by Cristi - September 22 2020 at 07:53

So far, these are my favorites from the Interactive Pool of Tears.....

I have listened to most everything posted, but have been feeling too despondent to even post my sad-faced reactions (except for my Patreon subscribers who get exclusive content of me at my most miserable) . I keep looking deep into Ken's big eyes to comfort me during this process, but really I know he only has eyes for that Barbie girl. Damn that hussy! Life in plastic, it's not fantastic, Ken.

P.S. Good stuff. :D

Edited by Lewian - September 22 2020 at 12:04

Edited by The Anders - September 22 2020 at 13:42