songs that overwhelm you with melancholy joy

[petemcp]

The Shop Assistants - Somewhere in China

 

[Flex Your Head]

The Shop Assistants - Somewhere in China

**** yeah! I remember Alex mumbling the words a bit to this, and then she started crying half way through Before I Wake... at the Escape Club all those years ago.



There was barely a dry eye in the house.

 

[petemcp]

Never got the chance to see them unfortunately, I lived in Germany 1984-1988

 

[Flex Your Head]

Clinic - Distortions



"I've pictured you in coffins..."

Just played this and has goose-pimples throughout. The climb to the last 30 seconds and the tempo change are just magnificent.

 

[petemcp]

 

[tinycowboy]

Re Galaxie 500: I like to imagine that the lyrics to Tugboat are "I just want to be a top accountant". Makes it even more wistful...

 

[tinycowboy]

[yt]3MhDS6L0MTY[/yt]

 

[Carrot Cruncher]

Could be a few BSP tracks, but in my eyes, it's this one...

 

[Staly]

 

[Staly]

 

[Surf's Up]

How about "Random Rules" by the Silver Jews?

 

[Mr Banana]

Ace thread...for every moment I think NSC is a bag of tiresome shite I remember how much good music I've picked up from it over the years

[yt]eWj9MQ5PvLA[/yt]

[yt]M-dvaE-VVRk[/yt]

[yt]X4mTTprO2qU[/yt]

 

[Quinney]

Some great tracks on here, these threads always end up costing me a fortune.

 

[Trufflehound]

Over 150 posts into a thread about melancholy music without a single mention of Tindersticks?

Time to change that:

[yt]yoXW0WS_M7E[/yt]

 

[Trufflehound]

And a couple more beauties:

[yt]icC4O5mq_-4[/yt]

[yt]KEv6DhQfo8Q[/yt]

 

[smillie's garden]

Somebody already posted a Go-Betweens song, but this is the one that always gets me:

 

[Harry H]

Puff Daddy-I'll be missing you.
Luther Vandross-Brown eyed girl.
Cat Stevens-Father to son.

Guaranteed to make me boo.

 

[Tarpon]

Never tire of this

 

[BadFish]

Ride - Dreams Burn Down


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5zTuVhNs5c

 

[Kazenga <3]