I’m listening to Jacques Brel right now. What else y’all got for me? All genres and languages welcome.

  • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mlEnglish
    5·
    1 month ago

    I call random customer service phone lines and wait in line and then hang up after 30 seconds of listening to the saddest person on earth asking if I’m there or if I can hear them.

  • Theo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 month ago

    Chon or Strawberry Girls. They are both upbeat, neat and will turn your teardrops sweet.

    • daggermoon@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      1 month ago

      Both bands slap. I especially liked Agua Verde by Strawberry Girls. Thanks for the recommendation. I love prog music.

      • Theo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 month ago

        Mini Ripper by Strawberry Girls is my favorite. Also if you haven’t already checked 'em out: Thank You Scientist is a good prog rock band.

    • daggermoon@lemmy.worldOP
      3·
      1 month ago

      I listened to all three. Number 3 is the saddest and cutest thing I ever seen. Thank you!

      Edit: The sad little aliens are pretty relatable too

      • Coriza@lemmy.world
        3·
        1 month ago

        I am really happy you enjoyed :)

        The sad little aliens are pretty relatable too

        Right?

        I didn’t know Jacques Brel by name but I when to check it out and the first YouTube suggestion was Ne me quittes pas and I recognize it, very sad and very beautiful indeed.

        • daggermoon@lemmy.worldOP
          1·
          28 days ago

          I found his music through Seasons in the Sun which is a rough translation of Brel’s song Le moribond. Now I can’t listen to the English version, it’s worse in every way. His music can be very sad and also beautiful as you said. He was a very talented artist.

  • fool@programming.dev
    3·
    1 month ago

    I reserve some wordless music for when my sadness gets critical. That way, they always sound bittersweet without me listening them to death.

    • Lourié’s 5 Préludes Fragiles. Makes me feel aware of how easy I am to break at the moment, but also how pretty survivalism through fragility can be.
    • Ravel’s Pavane for a Dead Princess. It’s not about a dead princess, just one in the past, but it makes me feel like I’m that princess, rich and sad and stepping around in a bright, cream-beige ballroom. Instead of just solely sad.
    • Debussy’s Images. II. Hommage à Rameau. A quiet plaintiveness with occasionally rising energy helps me tend closer to neutrality.
    • Stanchinsky’s Prelude in the Lydian Mode. As the n-tuplets get desperate, I get desperate to fix everything. But then the curses stop and we return to a pretty but occasionally sickly quiet. The nonsenses are pinpricks in its floral thoughts.
    • Glinka/Balakirev’s The Lark. Reminds me that I’m fluttering, not just floundering.

    In any order, but I usually start with the Fragile Preludes (especially the middle few of the set). Lyrical songs are usually for higher energy/mood to me

  • Vinny_93@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 month ago

    I’ve found that Charlie Cunningham has some stuff that can really motivate or put stuff in perspective. Stuff like Pathways or Headlights can feel like a hand on the shoulder.

    • daggermoon@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      1 month ago

      I listened to both tracks. He has a really great voice. Reminds me of the time I spent in high school listening to indie lo-fi music. I’ll check out more of his music.

  • HiddenLayer555@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    1 month ago

    Alan Walker has some bangers. Personal favourites are On My Way, Not You, and End of Time

    Alec Benjamin is also amazing. Favourites are If I Killed Someone For You and Boy in the Bubble

    Also Pokemon Mystery Dungeon has some of the best instrumental-only pieces IMO. Don’t Ever Forget from PMD Explorers is my all time favourite sad song (partly because of the context around when that song played in game but it stands just as well on its own).