50 Songs for Sadness

I don't know what "most people" listen to when they're feeling down. For some, it might be happy music to try to cheer themselves up. I bet there's quite a few (if not most), however, that do what I do: they listen to music that provides a sort of soundtrack for what they're going through. Something that they can tune in to which gives their mind a point of reference and focus, as opposed to the flurry of random thoughts that might otherwise ensue. The lyrics don't necessarily need to be related; it's the feeling you associate with the music that's important.

Tonight I decided to compile a list of 10 songs that I go back to during such times, with no more than one song per artist (which sometimes made for difficult decisions). Well, the list quickly grew to 50, and I could probably get it to 100 without much more effort! I need get to bed soon, though... They are listed below, sorted alphabetically by artist name - not by preference. I will italicize my top ten, however. I am curious to hear your comments on this somewhat eclectic list, as well any additions you might propose.

1. Air - "All I Need"
2. Alice In Chains - "Down In A Hole"
3. Beatles - "Yesterday"
4. ? - "Black Snake Moan" (acted by Samuel L. Jackson)
5. Cat Power - "Babydoll"
6. Chavela Vargas - "La Llorona"
7. Clint Mansell - "Requiem for a Tower" (from the movies "Requiem for a Dream" and "Sunshine")
8. Coldplay - "A Rush of Blood to the Head"
9. Dead Can Dance - "How Fortunate the Man With None"
10. Empty Grave - "Under My Skin"
11. Eurythmics - "Here Comes The Rain Again"
12. Everlast - "What It's Like"
13. Frou Frou - "Let Go"
14. Gary Jules - "Mad World" (from the movie "Donnie Darko"; original by Tears for Fears)
15. Gnarls Barkley - "Who's Gonna Save My Soul" (crazy video)
16. Gorillaz - "El Mañana"
17. Gustavo Santaolalla - "The Wings"
18. Jane's Addiction - "Three Days"
19. Jeff Buckley - "Halleluja"
20. Johnny Cash - "Hurt" (original by Nine Inch Nails)
21. Kansas - "Dust In The Wind"
22. Led Zeppelin - "The Battle of Evermore"
23. Lhasa de Sela - "De Cara a la Pared"
24. Meghan Coffee - "Nightingale"
25. Metallica - "Unforgiven"
26. Moby - "Porcelain"
27. Neil Young - "Old Man"
28. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "Do You Love Me"
29. Nick Drake - "One of These Things"
30. Nirvana - "Something in the Way"
31. October Project - "Bury My Lovely"
32. Peter Murphy - "Keep Me From Harm"
33. Pink Floyd - "Comfortably Numb" (from the album/movie "The Wall")
34. Portishead - "Sour Times"
35. Radiohead - "Street Spirit (Fade Out)"
36. Sia - "Breathe Me" (Mylo Remix)
37. Sinéad O'Connor - "Troy" (almost chose "Feel So Different")
38. Steve Baker & Carmen Daye - "For Whom The Bells Toll" (from the movie "Donnie Darko")
39. Stevie Nicks / Fleetwood Mac - "Landslide" (Smashing Pumpkins does a great cover)
40. Sting - "Shape of my Heart" (from the movie "Léon"/"The Professional")
41. The Cure - "The Same Deep Water As You"
42. The Doors - "The End"
43. The Future Sound of London - "Papua New Guinea"
44. The Mars Volta - "The Widow"
45. The Smiths - "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore"
46. The Verve - "Bitter Sweet Symphony"
47. Tom Waits - "Dirt in the Ground"
48. Tool - "Forty Six & 2"
49. U2 - "Tomorrow"
50. Zero 7 - "In the Waiting Line"