![]() But Siuil a Ruin is my favorite, and Anuna's is my favorite version of it.īillie Holiday always sounds sad to me, more so in tone than in lyrics. An acclaimed recording of the symphony - performed by the London Sinfonietta conducted by David Zinman with the solo part sung by soprano Dawn Upshaw - was released in 1993."Īnuna- Siuil a Ruin, and a lot of other traditional Irish tunes, are very sad. Of the three movements, the second - lasting about eight minutes - is probably the most frequently listened to. The first movement, an extended canon for strings, takes up around half the playing time it uses a battery of double basses to build slowly to an exquisite outcry from the soprano, before retreating to its foundation. The words of the first movement are from a 15th century lament the words of the second were written by a teenage girl, Helena Błażusiak, on the wall of a Gestapo prison cell in Zakopane and invoke the protections of the Virgin Mary the third movement is a folk song. Slow and contemplative, the three movements are composed for orchestra and soprano solo. Henryk Mikołaj Górecki's Third Symphony, "subtitled Symphony of Sorrowful Songs (Symfonia pieśni żałosnych). Posted by kookoobirdz at 12:23 AM on May 9, 2006 This is what they should have played at the end of Star Wars III when all the Jedi were getting mowed down by turncoat stormtroopers. "I'll be gooood, I'll be gooood, I'll be gooood, I'll be goooood." ![]() Just lovely, but portrays a sad pathetic desperation. A particular phase of life is over, like it or not. Love her enough to know she's better off without you. More fragile than the Fleetwood Mac version. Recognizing that you're wasting your life. Maybe the only sad song ever to mention charts and graphs.ĭido - Life for Rent. Postal Service - Nothing Better - Classic call-and-response, he-said/she-said. And the coolest sample sounds, most notably of a speeding racecar. How it can be gentle and heartwrenching at the same time must be why they call them "artists".įigurine - IMpossible. Ever since I saw it in that part of Forrest Gump where he's running to put the empty Jenny sorrow behind him, and this song is playing as he runs alone down an empty road, it has been redeemed from the too-characteristically-80s-to-be-applicable-now bin. Gotta do the remix to get the good synth, not the regular version.Ĭheezy? Maybe, but Bob Seger - Against The Wind. Properly sad 80's synth and anguished mood. Go out and drink too much and then come home and get drunkweepy about her 'cause she ain't comin' back. This is a newer entry but- Röyksopp - What Else Is There (Jaques Lu Cont Radio Mix). A sledgehammer in a silk glove (once it kicks in). If you've got any left in you, this'll wring it out. Must be the organ.Īnnie Lennox - Love Song for a Vampire. Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers to Cross - In my tragic funeral fantasy, this is playing. I know, I know, but sooo sad, the poor thing. Ditto.īeth Orton - I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine. Tracy Chapman - Baby Can I Hold You Tonight.
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