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Posting sad songs daily. I love music that makes me feel something. I hope you enjoy
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SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · Nov 27
When you are sad and listen to a sad song, your brain releases a neurochemical that soothes you. It is the same one that is released between mothers and infants during nursing. Basically, I am uplifting the world, one song at a time! #sadsongs #uplifting #happiness
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Party Song by the great Keaton Henson. "i'm sorry, can't make your party, I'll be busy burning." About lost love and his feelings seeing her with a new love. "and I'm afraid I'd kill your lover while your back was turned." Keaton Henson is perfect. #musicsky #nowplaying
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Party Song
YouTube video by Keaton Henson - Topic
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December 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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By Your Side by Sade. Smooth SSOTD! "You think I'd leave your side, baby. You know me better than that." Powerful song about love overcoming life's hardships. Brings me right back to that time and those feelings. #musicsky #nowplaying #sade
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Sade - By Your Side - Official - 2000
YouTube video by SadeVEVO
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December 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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I'd Have To Think About It by Leith Ross. Love this! "You never loved the same amount." About never getting over love, even when it was not great. The devastating line "I love you more than my future spouse." Written about a lost love. #musicsky #nowplaying #thinkaboutit
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I'd Have To Think About It
YouTube video by Leith Ross - Topic
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December 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Creep by Stone Temple Pilots. Great unplugged version. "All's I got is time, got no meanin', just a rhyme." "Think you're kind of neat, then she tells me I'm a creep." Scott Wieland said it was about growing up and not knowing where you fit. #musicsky #nowplaying #halftheman
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Stone Temple Pilots - Creep (MTV Unplugged) (MTV Hits LA)
YouTube video by Matias Zarate
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December 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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A Day in the Life by the Beatles. Deep SSOTD. "He blew his mind out in a car. He didn't notice that the lights had changed." Lennon wrote the first part after he read about the death of his friend. Originally banned for the last line. #musicsky #nowplaying #beatles
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The Beatles - A Day In The Life
YouTube video by TheBeatlesVEVO
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December 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Bag of Bones by Mitski. Powerful and beautiful SSOTD. "Mercy on me, would you please spare me tonight? I'm tired of this searching, would you let me go?" The song is about seeking sexual validation but left feeling empty. Shake this poet out of the beast! #musicsky #nowplaying
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Mitski - Bag of Bones (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Mitski
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December 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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The Freshmen by the Verve Pipe. Nostalgic and sad. "For the life of me, I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins, we were merely freshmen." About a love triangle, leading to abortion and suicide. Tragedy to a catchy tune. #musicsky #nowplaying #freshman
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The Verve Pipe - The Freshmen (Official Video)
YouTube video by VervePipeVEVO
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December 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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This Year's Love by David Gray. Perfect holiday sad song. "This year's love had better last. Heaven knows it's high time." I like this song because it shows contrast between fear, desperation and elation that comes with finding love. #musicsky #nowplaying #sweepme

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DAVID GRAY - This Year’s Love (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by David Gray
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November 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Hello in There by the great John Prine. Deep and classic SSOTD. "Well it's been years since the kids had grown. A life of their own and left us alone". About the loneliness and isolation of old age. Also, the importance of showing kindness. #musicsky #nowplaying #hellointhere

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John Prine - Hello In There (Live From Sessions at West 54th)
YouTube video by John Prine
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November 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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I Know Places by Lykke Li. Heartbreaker of a song! "The high won't fade here, babe. No, the high won't hurt here, babe." Great Swedish singer. "coming home, come unfold, babe." About addiction, love and safety. #musicsky #nowplaying #unfold!
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Lykke Li - I Know Places
YouTube video by cjerrr
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November 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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How Soon is Now? by the Smiths. Sad all the way through. "You shut your mouth, how can you say, I go about things the wrong way? I am human and I need to be loved, just like everybody else does." Shy, lonely and desperate for love. Like all of us. #musicsky #nowplaying #smiths
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The Smiths - How Soon Is Now? (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by The Smiths
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November 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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O-o-h Child by The Five Stairsteps. Straightforward SSOTD.
"Some day when your head is much lighter." Some great covers of this song. Bittersweet song because things are bad now but someday! Released during the civil rights movement. #musicsky #nowplaying #hope
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The Five Stairsteps - O-o-h Child (Audio)
YouTube video by LegacyRecordingsVEVO
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November 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Mama, You Been on My Mind by Bob Dylan covered by Jeff Buckley. Love this SSOTD cover. Oh the lyrics! "perhaps it is the color of the sun cut flat and covering the crossroads I'm standing at." Written about a recent breakup, i about yearning and distance. #musicsky #nowplaying
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Mama, You Been on My Mind (Studio Outtake - 1993)
YouTube video by Jeff Buckley - Topic
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November 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Helpless by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Great SSOTD for a Friday! "And in my mind I still need a place to go. All my changes were there." Written about Neil Young's childhood battle with Polio. About nostalgia, pain and love, like all sad songs :) #musicsky #nowplaying #CSNY

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Helpless
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November 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Let Her Go by Passenger. A lot of sad words for a basic sad idea. "'cause love comes slow and it goes so fast." Also, "everything you touch surely dies." A lot of sadness about not realizing what you have until it's gone. #musicsky #nowplaying

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Passenger | Let Her Go (Official Video)
YouTube video by Passenger
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November 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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The Only Exception by Paramore (Acoustic). This is a tearjerker. "When I was younger, I saw my daddy cry. He broke his own heart." The song is about losing faith in love until you find someone to love and then they leave. I mean come on! #musicsky #nowplaying #paramore
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PARAMORE - THE ONLY EXCEPTION - ACOUSTIC - 2010
YouTube video by Paramore History
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November 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Bygones by Keaton Henson. First, I love anything by Keaton Henson! This is a devastating song. "I am going to live if it kills me." and my favorite line "I got all my baby teeth, all buried underneath my grown ones." Anxiety & failed escape through art. #musicsky #nowplaying #me
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Keaton Henson - Bygones (Lyrics)
YouTube video by Sonic Lyric
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November 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Ask by the Smiths. This song has been in my head all week. An upbeat SSOTD, but always makes me a little sad. "writing frightening verse to a buck-tooth girl in Luxembourg." Overall, if it's not love, then it's the bomb that will bring us together. #musicsky #nowplaying #smiths
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The Smiths - Ask (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by The Smiths
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November 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Usually, I post a sad song of the day but, today I am posting a sad poem of the day. This one gets me to my bones:
November 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Randy by Big Thief. Love this song! "I haven't left the house much lately and you don't come around here anymore." It is about a person going crazy and needing Randy to make it ok. We all need a Randy, I know I do. #musicsky #nowplaying #lenkler

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Big Thief - Randy [Official Audio]
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November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Reposting this classic. My eyes are open today! #musicsky #nowplaying #pale
ssotd.bsky.social SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social · Dec 11
Today the SSOTD is a classic. A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum. This is such a beautiful song. There is quite a story of the lead singer Gary Brooker and this song. "although my eyes were open, they might just as well have been closed."
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PROCOL HARUM - A Whiter Shade of Pale - STEREO
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November 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Take On Me by a-ha. The unplugged version is really sad. My favorite line is "It's no better to be safe than sorry. Take on me!" It has one of the hardest to sing choruses and an innovative music video, about a last chance at love. "your shyin' away" #musicsky #nowplaying
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a-ha - Take On Me [ Live From MTV Unplugged, Giske / 2017 ]
YouTube video by ahaVEVO
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November 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Helplessly Hoping by Crosby, Stills & Nash. Was written about Stephen Stills' struggles after a break-up. Using illiteration and wordplay. "Gasping at glimpses of gentle true spirit, he runs, wishing he could fly." About lost love and vunerability. #musicsky #nowplaying

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Helplessly Hoping (2005 Remaster)
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October 31, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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New Slang by the Shins. Listen, it will change your life, I swear. "Gold teeth and a curse for this town were all in my mouth. Only, I don't know how they got out dear." Feeling trapped and escaping and lost love. #musicsky #nowplaying #shins
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The Shins - New Slang [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
YouTube video by Sub Pop
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October 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) by Green Day. Very meloncholic SSOTD. "So take the photographs and still frames in your mind. Hang it on the shelf in good health and good time." Overall, hold on to every moment, even though it may be tough. #musicsky #nowplaying #life
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Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) [Official Music Video] [4K UPGRADE]
YouTube video by Green Day
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October 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM