I never found Swans to be miserable. Bleak yeah but not miserable. Same with Khanate.

Glen’s Goo by The Dead Texan?

Elizabeth Anka Vajagic - With hopes lost

I don't think anyone can find a song that's more miserable. (and beautiful)

For those that are interested - the tracklisting runs as follows:

Ornette: Lonely Woman
Hank - The Funeral
TG - Hamburger Lady
Cash - I see a Darkness
Queen - who wants to live forever
C93 (bpb) - Idumea
Low - In metal
Reed - the Kids
MCR - early sunsets...
Abba - the winner takes it all
Merle Travis - Little streams of whiskey

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The pipes and drums and military band of the Scottish Division - amazing grace
Diamanda - The thrill is gone
Kenny - Lucille
Dresden Dolls - Bad Habit
The Dubliners - The Auld Triangle
Spiritualized - Broken Heart
Carpenters - Goodbye to Love
Reed - Vanishing Act
Erasure - Hideaway
The Fall - the Acute
Dolly Parton - Down from Dover
Leadbelly - Goodnight Irene.

So thanks for all your contributions, none of which I've paid attention to. HOWEVER thanks. Knox, I'll certainly be looking into her more, and others, yeah, thanks.

I dont think that Cash version of I See a Darkness fits the misera-bill at all. I thinks its quite defiant. If i were going for a Cash cover id go for If You Could read my mind or (yes, i know) Hurt.
We could stick several other Caprenters songs in there too.
All your women things by Smog has always served to grind me down
Piglet by Arab Strap
Endless Plain of fortune by John Cale

Hurt definitlety fo Cash. One of the saddest songs ever. Too late now but Isolation plastic ono band is miserable.

The Cash choice is more about the person receiving the tape than the song itself. Otherwise it'd be Ira Hayes.

gotcha. have you heard the new cash release yet? It is great, like he is singing from the grave.

I have, didn't like it so much to be honest. I have more Cash albums than any person could reasonably want, I think I've overdone it with him.

It has taken me a couple of weeks to like it. Mostly its the words that pull me in. They all mean so much to me. Yeah I have them all too some I like some I don't depends on the period he was in I suppose.

Ornette and leadbelly are mighty good picks.

Looking at the tracklist something by dionne warwick or the shangri las would have fitted with that.

This is a fair point - unfortunately, I couldn't find a lot of that sort of fair in Glice towers. I think a lot of the compilations that they'd be on would've been lent to a certain pianist who really needs to stop sequestering records of mine amongst his.

leadbelly is great. jump down turn around an pick a bail a cotton pick a bale a cotton pick a bale a day