Even though I begged for another week to complete my SAD CD mix, I finalized the track listing today. I’ve got an idea for the artwork, but I’m out of CD labels, so I can’t print it out yet anyway (not only that, I have to buy them somewhere besides the usual place after last night.) After reading today’s post, I see that Ms. Music Whore is about at the same progress point as I.
At first I thought it would be tough to find music to fit the theme, it wasn’t really easy, but it wasn’t really that hard. I resisted filling up half the CD with one song, the live version of Whipping Post by the Allman Brothers Band. I knew the first song I wanted to use, Sad Old Red by Simply Red, and from there it just progressed. Being some one who doesn’t really listen to the lyrics all the time, just the overall feel, some of these songs may not actually be sad, but they sound that way to me (complete list is in the extended entry.)
I wonder if picking out 17 sad songs is the root cause of my depressive outlook the last couple of days, or has it just been the low 40 degree rainy days?
1. Simply Red – Sad Old Red
2. Jann Arden – Unloved
3. Nina Gordon – The End Of The World
4. The Sundays – Wild Horses
5. Eric Clapton – Tears In Heaven
6. Rod Stewart – Mandolin Wind
7. Suzanne Vega – (I’ll Never Be) Your Maggie May
8. K.D. Lang – Lock, Stock And Teardrops
9. The Mavericks – What A Crying Shame
10. Dwight Yoakam – A Thousand Miles From Nowhere
11. Soul Asylum – Runaway Train
12. R.E.M. – Everybody Hurts
13. 10,000 Maniacs – Anthem For Doomed Youth
14. Neil Young – Helpless
15. Bob Dylan – You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
16. The Smithereens – In a Lonely Place
17. Lita Ford (with Ozzy Osbourne) – Close My Eyes Forever
I’m keeping my track list a secret until I can find the proper artwork.
Art has been my enemy lately..well that and my whole computer…
I’m already in a depression. That CD would knock me over the edge.
The Tracklist and art are up at my blog via linky.