Life Sucks, and Then You Die: Songs of Disillusionment, Despair and Death

[dreamshark]

Okay, I've finally got it. Thanks to thorintatge for helping me fine-tune the order, and for pointing out that if I was going to arrange them in that particular fashion I should use the obvious title.

Here's the concept. I started out with songs that generally reflect the disillusionment, depression and despair theme, using nature and color to illustrate the point until we are just wallowing in tears. Then we get a small selection of some of the things we might be depressed about from my copious collection of songs about personal tragedy (missed planes, dead girlfriends, alienation and loneliness). Then a long side trip into a very unhealthy sounding neighborhood, and finishing up with a melancholy but oddly peaceful song about death.

Here's the playlist:

I Am A Rock - Simon & Garfunkel
Avalanche - Leonard Cohen
Lemon Tree - Peter, Paul & Mary
Leaves That Are Green - Simon & Garfunkel
Green Grows The Laurel - Mick Moloney
Little Green - Joni Mitchell
Blue - Joni Mitchell
Girl Of Constant Sorrow - Joan Baez
Crying - Don McLean
Cry, Cry, Cry - Johnny Cash
Crying In The Bathtub - Nate Bucklin
Early Mornin' Rain - Peter, Paul & Mary
Ebony Eyes - The Everly Brothers
Polly Von - Peter, Paul & Mary
Stranger Song - Leonard Cohen
People Are Strange -The Doors
Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
Ramblin' Boy - Tom Paxton
Aragon Mill - Gordon Bok, Ann Mayo Muir & Ed Trickett
Desolation Row - Bob Dylan
Brokedown Palace - Grateful Dead