'Sad' Songs - inspiration please!

[BassMama]

This is going to sound very weird.. but:

My band have been asked to play a gig at an underground festival.. basically, the set is to consist of 3 hours of songs that will (quote) 'make people cry, in an uplifting way. Songs that will get you in the gut (any genre)'

NOW - the examples they gave were things like

Bon Jovi - ill be there for you
Rod Stewart - Handbags and Gladrags
Oasis - Little by little
Robbie - Come Undone
My Chemical Romance - Black parade

There were more.. I cant remember now!

Anyway - I rand the lads and we're all quite up for it as its not really the sort of thing we do. We have 4 months to practise, and learn all the new songs.

SO - our 'homework' is to each come up with 30 suggestions, and then we'll choose 30 songs out of the 150 to do.

So - any help with my list would be HUGELY appreciated!

Oh yes - definitely Perfect Day...lovely!

When September ends by Green Day
or Everlasting or This is Yesterday by the manics. Just the way I'm feeling by Feeder

Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Always on my mind - by whoever did that first
Joy Division - take your pick there...
Tindersticks - another terrifically depressing band.

The versions I know of "Always on My Mind" are by Willie Nelson, with a version several years later by Pet Shop Boys.

Agree with SpawnChorus about "Hallelujah" in one of its many guises, whether the original Leonard Cohen or subsequent covers by Jeff Buckley, kd lang or Rufus Wainwright. I cry every time I listen to it

Father and Son - but see if you can sing the Cat Stevens version, not the Boyzone one
Agree with Comfortably Numb, but also Wish You Were Here.
I Grieve by Peter Gabriel

Nick Drake, place to be

or probably many other nick drake

macey gray
i try to walk away song

The River by Bruce Springsteen and on the same lies, Paradise by the dashboard light by Meatloaf

lines not lies

Hallelujah is gorgeous.

Asleep - The Smiths

How Soon Is Now - The Smiths

Darklands - Jesus And Mary Chain

Bed of roses - Bon Jovi

More than words - Extreme

Show me Heaven - Maria someone!

Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton

Sometimes you can't make it on your own - U2

One - U2

Fix you - Coldplay

Yellow - Coldplay

Bedshaped - Keane

Chasing cars - Snow Patrol

My friends - Chilli Peppers

Pinkchampagne - it's a gorgeous song, by Maria McKee.

"make people cry, in an uplifting way"

janeite, I'm trying to remember where the uplifting bit comes in with Asleep

freebird by lynyrd skynrd, but omg that would be hard to play

bridge over troubled water - simon and garfunkel?

Lol Pointydog - but it's a lovely song, so I feel happy when I hear it anyway!

For lovers-wolfman ft pete docherty
High and dry-radiohead

oo. It's about the only SMiths song that does depress me.

Run by Snow Patrol makes me cry too...

This Woman's Work - Kate Bush - makes me sob
also Heaven - DJ Sammy's Candlelight mix (Bryan Adams did it originally)

you could be happy - snow patrol

makes me really struggle not to cry atm

Thanks, EB - it was bugging me!

Thought of a couple more.

You do something to me - Paul Weller

With or without you - U2

High and dry - Radiohead

Hey Dude - Beatles

Long and winding road - Beatles

Something inside so strong (can't remember the singer!)

something inside - labi siffre

He ain't heavy, he's my Brother is another good one too - The Hollies (not sure if anyone else did that one)