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Songs About Tragedy & Comedy

August 17, 2017
Blog
Column
Writer: Shoegazer
At: The Guardian

A List
 

Song

Artist

Recommended by

1

My Socks Gone Down My Shoe

Splodgenessabounds

WyngateCarpenter

2

(He'll Never Be An) Old Man River

This Is Serious Mum

trophyshy

3

Coffee, God & Cigarettes

Mischief Brew

EnglishOutlaw

4

Kev's Lament (It was Over)

Kevin Bloody Wilson

SpoilheapSurfer

5

Why'd Ya Do It?

Marianne Faithful

otenko

6

The Lyre Of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

DarceysDad

7

The Sea Is A Good Place To Think About The Future

Los Campesinos!

barbryn

8

Our Mutual Friend

Divine Comedy

frogprincess

9

History Lesson

Nicolas Jaar

untergunter

10

After We Shot The Grizzly

Handsome Family

Suzi

11

Teddy Bear

Red Sovine

TheAdulteratedCat

12

My Sister

Tindersticks

barbryn

B List
 

Song

Artist

Recommended by

1

The State I Am In

Belle & Sebastian

658spark

2

Kings Of The Animal Kingdom

Burning Hell

eastbriscoe

3

Toby, Take A Bow

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone

saneshane

4

Depreston

Courtney Barnett

sleekvigilantpuma

5

Never Get Out Of This World Alive

Hank Williams

elephantwoman

6

Profoundly In Love With Pandora

Ian Dury

Repofarea

7

No Laughing In Heaven

Ian Gillan

zarathusa

8

Knuckles The Dog (Who Helps People)

Killdozer

vanwolf

9

One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong

Leonard Cohen

Maggie B

10

Transfusion

Nervous Norvus

philipphilip99

11

Balada de la Trompeta

Raphael

alexito

12

Lilly The Pink

Scaffold

LyntonCrosby

13

That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore

Smiths

Ilikechips

14

Take Me Home

Snuff

BunjeeBill

15

Flowers On The Wall

Statler Brothers

mikedow

16

Tragedy

Steps

papersdeadboy

17

Tjildsen

Strijka (Armstrong & Miller)

TheSubhuman

18

Don't Jump Off The Roof Dad

Tommy Cooper

TheGreatPoochini

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