I love sad music

I'm talking about music that when you're feeling down will make you feel worse. I don't want uplifting or inspirational. Some of Chopin's more melancholic works can do it for me. I don't listen to country, but George Jones singing "It's a good day for the roses" is about as sad a song as you will find. Leonard Cohen's "Alexandra leaving" is another sad song. I have everything Davis and Coltrane recorded, so I'm looking for recommendations for the most beautiful but depressing music you've ever heard. I want to hear a violin, my favorite instrument, that will bring tears to your eyes. I know this is a strange request but some of the best music comes from dark places. Thanks

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cakyol Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 940 posts 08-16-2022 at 02:42am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete If you would like to listen to a 'lovers break up" sad song, try this. The voice is spectacular. It won the 2020 Germany's Voice competition. She is a Turkish lady singing a Turkish song. Wait for the crescendo for her real talents. The first video is the competition video, the second the published version of the song.
serjio Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 371 posts 08-16-2022 at 03:01am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete sorry if someone already mentioned this but in general for masochists (when you feel bad) I recommend watching the film "Where Dreams May Come" 1998
bdp24 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 9,915 posts 08-16-2022 at 08:19am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Has anyone mentioned "Strange Fruit", made famous by Billie Holiday? I love melancholy music (isn’t melancholia the natural human condition? It’s been mine since watching in horror as my mother slowly, painfully succumbed to brain cancer when I was 14-15), such as "’Til I Die" by Brain Wilson, found on The Beach Boys Surf’s Up album. Quite far removed from his "Fun, Fun, Fun" ;-) . But then those lyrics were written by Mr. Fun himself, Mike Love.