Put that in front of a slightly weary audience, feeling their age and infirmities as time goes by, and you can guarantee a few moistened eyes before the film has even got properly started. Sarah McLachlan. There's a key moment in this interview with Randy Newman composer of the soundtracks for all three Toy Story movies, plus Monsters Inc.
The only difference is that he's telling the most heartbreaking story in the world in just a couple of short verses: girl meets toy, girl loves toy, girl grows up, toy is left out for recycling. And rather than send a couple of flutes up, he gets Sarah McLachlan in to sing the eternal ache of being abandoned with such brutal efficiency it left a generation of children looking to their parents and asking: "Mummy, why are you sad?
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Let us know in the comments! Share this Post! Leave A Comment. Read News. Become a Fan. Moms and Babies. View Pregnancy Services. Patient Stories. Read Stories. Share your story with us. Researchers at the Tokyo University of the Arts and the RIKEN Brain Institute had 44 participants listen to different musical excerpts and then choose from 62 emotional words to describe their feelings.
Music that was deemed sad made participants feel somewhat upset, but mainly produced romantic and inspired emotions. Common descriptive words were: allured, wistful, nostalgic, and tender.
So listening to the sad stuff is a good thing—consider it iPod therapy. If we suffer from unpleasant emotion evoked through daily life, sad music might be helpful to alleviate negative emotion. Participants in the study were moved by classical music, but there are plenty of songs in other genres that are good to wallow in—er, I mean, utilize in your more miserable moments.
You're going to need several boxes of tissues for this one. The 90s mid-tempo jam is about longing for your beloved, but its heartbreak factor multiplies times a million when you realize that it was one of the last songs Selena recorded before her tragic passing in Let's put it this way: When this comes up on shuffle, remove yourself from any group situations or you might frighten someone with a sudden emotional outburst. How could you not with this epic, chest-cavity-filling track about watching helplessly as someone deals with overwhelming heartache?
So beautiful, so emotional, you'll find yourself welling up at the very least. It's Julien Baker, after all. This song is even sadder as an acoustic, which is why we've included this version featuring ol' Mac strumming his guitar while sitting on a tree stump in the woods. Anyone's who ever had to walk away from a toxic relationship for the sake of their own sanity will relate to this song a little too much.
Can a song make you feel shivery? Even though this track is outwardly a love song, you still get hints of past regrets, which—coupled with a massive hook—make for prime wrapped-up-in-a-blanket-burrito-on-the-floor material.
A song so melancholy you'll feel like you're an astronaut who's become untethered from the space station. Cole is a skilled storyteller, and in "Lost Ones," he tells the story of a couple that is forced to confront their respective traumas when they're faced with a major hurdle in their relationship.
Taking on the perspective of both the guy and the girl in each verse, the song gradually gets sadder and sadder until you realize that you've been straight weeping for four minutes and 23 seconds. Romy Madley Croft really goes for the jugular here with no-holds-barred emotion in her vocals. Doesn't hurt slash help that the subject matter is, once again, a relationship that didn't work out. United States. Type keyword s to search. Today's Top Stories. The New Power Dressing.
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