I have an iTunes playlist I call "Funeral Mix"

[Kire]

I don't know why, but for many years now I have been collecting the saddest songs. It started I guess not soon after 1997, the year when I was hospitalized with Depression and Schizo-Affective disorder, following a couple of years of intense drug addiction and manic delusions (involving my ex-girlfriend's dead brother's ghost and a restraining order).

Anyway, back then, I was able to keep them burned on one blank compact disc, only 18 or 20 songs, maximum. Now, that I have iTunes, I have just been collecting songs and putting them in there. There are 69 songs, now.

Edit: They are listed as song title, then artist, then album. I hope it's not too confusing. It'd be a lot of work to make it crystal clear.

• Fly Away From Here Aerosmith Just Push Play
  
• One Aimee Mann Magnolia
  
• Don't Answer Me The Alan Parsons Project The Definitive
• Collection (2 of 2)
  
• That I Would Be Good Alanis Morissette Alanis Unplugged
  
• The Scarlet Tide Alison Krauss Cold Mountain
  
• You Will Be My Ain True Love Alison Krauss Cold Mountain
  
• The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down The Band The Band: Greatest Hits
  
• Eleanor Rigby The Beatles Revolver
  
• Lonesome Tears Beck Sea Change
  
• Bessie Smith Bob Dylan The Basement Tapes (1 of 2)
  
• Not Dark Yet Bob Dylan Time Out of Mind
  
• Laura Laurent Bright Eyes Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
  
• Something in the Night Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town
  
• The Scientist Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head
  
• Everything's Not Lost Coldplay Parachutes
  
• I'm Still Remembering The Cranberries To the Faithful Departed
  
• Will You Remember? The Cranberries To the Faithful Departed
  
• Who'll Stop the Rain Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo's Factory
  
• The Other Side David Gray A New Day at Midnight
  
• White Flag Dido Life For Rent
  
• My Lover's Gone Dido No Angel
  
• Too Soon Eastmountainsouth Eastmountainsouth
  
• Someone Saved My Life Tonight Elton John Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
  
• I Think I'm Going to Kill Myself Elton John Honky Chateau
  
• Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World Israel Kamakawiwo'ole Facing Future
  
• Hallelujah Jeff Buckley Grace
  
• Many Rivers to Cross Jimmy Cliff The Harder They Come
  
• Hurt Johnny Cash American IV: The Man Comes Around
  
• I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Johnny Cash American IV: The Man Comes Around
  
• Dust in the Wind Kansas The Best of Kansas
  
• Smile Like You Mean It The Killers Hot Fuss
  
• Blue Bayou Linda Ronstadt Greatest Hits Vol. II
  
• Perfect Day Lou Reed Transformer
  
• Come to Jesus Mindy Smith One Moment More
  
• Everyday Is Like Sunday Morrissey Bona Drag
  
• A Man Needs A Maid Neil Young Harvest
  
• The Needle And The Damage Done Neil Young Harvest
  
• Tonight and the Rest of My Life Nina Gordon Tonight and the Rest of My Life
  
• Hurt Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral
  
• I Wish It Would Rain Down Phil Collins Hits
  
• The Toys Go Winding Down Primus Frizzle Fry
  
• Bob Primus Pork Soda
  
• When Doves Cry Prince Purple Rain
  
• Everybody Hurts R.E.M. Automatic for the People
  
• The Apologist R.E.M. Up
  
• Lonesome Town Rick Nelson Pulp Fiction
  
• Love in Vain The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed
  
• Let It Bleed The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed
  
• Wild Horses The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers
  
• You Gotta Move The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers
  
• Blue Bayou Roy Orbison In Dreams-Greatest Hits
  
• Oh What a World Rufus Wainwright Want One
  
• I'm Going Home Sacred Harp Singers At Liberty Church Cold Mountain
  
• Idumea Sacred Harp Singers At Liberty Church Cold Mountain
  
• By Your Side Sade Lover's Rock
  
• King of Sorrow Sade Lover's Rock
  
• I Will Remember You Sarah McLachlan Mirrorball
  
• Angel Sarah McLachlan Surfacing
  
• Jenny Sleater-Kinney Dig Me Out
  
• Fallen Horses Smash Mouth Astro Lounge
  
• I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying Sting I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying
  
• What Would You Give In Exchange? Three Pickers The Three Pickers
  
• Flower's Grave Tom Waits Alice
  
• House Where Nobody Lives Tom Waits Mule Variations
  
• One U2 Achtung Baby
  
• Wake up Dead Man U2 Pop
  
• With or Without You U2 The Joshua Tree
  
• No Depression Uncle Tupelo 89/93: An Anthology
  
• I Am Trying to Break Your Heart Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
  

I don't know why, but I thought that this forum would be a good place to put it.

Please feel free to add to this list by making recommendations in your replies.

Warm regards,
Kire

[alittlelark]

1. Wow, many of my favorites.

Am I that dark?

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. I've made 2 CDs for my dad, another one is coming, and he has his own list

he wants me to do up as well. He, too, likes the sad songs and finds them cathartic. Esp the love songs.

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Some of the songs

"My Heart will go on" Celine Dion (Titanic)
"I will Find You" Clannad (Last of the Mohicans/Banba)
"Longer" Dan Folgelberg
"Keep on Lovin' You" REO Speed Wagon greatest hits
"He moved through the fair" Sinead o'connor/The Chieftains
"It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday" Boys II Men
“Can’t Fight this feeling any Longer” REO SPeedwagon
“Dog and Butterfly” Heart
“Song for a Winter’s Night” Gordon Lightfoot
“The Lass of Glenshee” Altan
“You’re the One” Clannad
“You were meant for Me” Jewel
“How Do I live” Leann Rimes
“One Lonely Night” REO Speedwagon
“In the Still of the Night” Boys II Men
“Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” CSNY
“Someday We’ll be Together” The Supremes
“You’re my Everything” The Temptations
“Never my Love” The Association
“Since I don’t Have You” Brian Setzer
“She’s a Rainbow” The Rolling Stones
“Yesterday” The Beatles
“Back in my Arms Again” The Supremes
“Tuesday Afternoon” The Moody Blues
“I ain’t got Nothin’” The Temptations
“Bring it on Home” The Commitments
“Let it Be” The Beatles
“Reflections” The Supremes
“I Wish it would Rain” The Temptaions
“Time of the Season” China Beach soundtrack
“Save your heart for Me”
“I want to hold your hand” The Beatles
“Nothing But Heartaches” The Supremes
“Everything that Touches You” The Association
“Just one Last Look” The Temptations
“You’re All I need to Get By” Marvie Gaye & Tammi Terrell
“Sleepwalk” Brian Setzer
“My World is Emtpy Without You” The Supremes
“Nights in White Satin” The Moody Blues
“Since I Lost You” The Temptations
“No Fair at All” The Association
“Rescue Me” Fontella Bass
“Ticket to Ride” The Beatles
“Some Things You Never Get Used to” The Supremes
“Why Did She Have to Leave Me?” The Temptations
“Unchained Melody” The Righteous Brothers
“Cherish” The Association
“The Long and Winding Road” The Beatles
“Whispers” Jackie Wilson
“Love is here, and Now You’re Gone” The Supremes
“Baby, Baby I Need You” The Temptations
“We Love” The Association
“Hey Jude” The Beatles
“Angel Baby”
I will remember you-Sarah Mclachlan
West Side Story -Somewhere there is a place for us.
Good night my love (I think that is the title)
Impossible Dream from Man of LaMancha
How am I Supposed to Live without you-Michael Bolton
Miss You Liike Crazy-Natalie Cole
If You Leave Me Now-Chicago
Here and Now-Luther VanDross
Now and Forever-Richard Marx or Carol King
I Miss You-Klymaxx
I Know I’ll Never Love This Way again-Dionne Warwick
Don’t Know Much-Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville
If EverYou’re in my arms again-Peabo Bryson
Weekend in New England-Bary Manilow
You make me feel brand new-Simply red
Where Do Broken Hearts Go-Whitney Houston
I Will always love you-Whitney Houston
Have I told you lately that I love you-Van Morrison
Just the way you are-Billy Joel
She’s Out of My Life.-Michael Jackson
From this Moment-Shania Twain
You Decorated My Life-Kenny Rogers
You Mean the World to Me-Toni Braxton
You’re in My Heart, Your’e in My Soul-Rod Stewart
I’ll Give You a Daisy a Day-?????
Endless Love-Lionel Ritchie & Diana Ross
Truly, Madly, Deeply-Savage Garden
I Honestly Love You-Olivia Newton John
Grow Old with Me-Mary Chapin Carpenter
The First Time Ever I Saw your Face-Roberta Flack
Come Back to Me-Janet Jackson
Never Gonna Let You Go-Sergio Mendes
Johnny Angel-Shelly Fabares
I Love How You Love Me-the Paris sisters
To Where You Are-Josh Groban
Right Here Waiting-Richard Marx

[Kire]

4. I'm glad I posted this here.

The new version of iTunes sucks, so I lost my playlists. This definitely helps things.

Everything's Not Lost, indeed.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Yeah. I have often found having a duplicate of something on

the 'internets' helps that way. :)