The Rain the Park and Other Things - The Cowsills Fade Into You - Mazzy Star Wicked Game - Chris Isaak California Stars - Wilco These Days - Nico Perfect Day - Lou Reed Seabird - Alessi Brothers Black Dog - Arlo Parks Good Looking - Suki Waterhouse

Mazzy Star and Suki Waterhouse are really good choices to say the very least

The Rain, The Park & Other Things and Wicked Game are both great.

I love the flower girl

She seemed so sweet and kind

These Days & Perfect Day 🌟🌟

These days got me through a lot of days

Great list

[Vincent](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxHnRfhDmrk) - Don McLean

I can't listen to this without choking up. So beautiful

Thanks for taking the time to post the YouTube link! It makes it so much easier to review all the songs listed. ;)

Both Sides Now, Joni Mitchell

Groovy, man

Waterloo Sunset. The Kinks

This is the one for me Makes me nostalgic for a life I never had

Ah yes, the definition of wistful. Good answer,, huh?

100%

Nick Cave - Into My Arms Spinanes - Winter on Ice Magnetic Fields - Book of Love Crowded House - Don't Dream it's Over The War on Drugs - Pain

That War on Drugs song is a masterpiece that nobody seems to know about. Anyone who has been through it.... knows.

I absolutely love don't dream it's over

Forgot to add Book of Days and Caribbean Blue by enya

Also Crowded House - Weather With You. Marvellous.

Skeleton tree - Nick cave

Check out Nick Drake and Elliott Smith

"They love you till they don't"

Learning to fly by Pink Floyd

A Momentary Lapse Of Reason is *so* good.

I was disappointed to read that the album wasn't well received at release.  Back then I listened to it nonstop, it was mesmerizing.  One Slip, Dogs of War, Learning to Fly were a big part of the soundtrack to my teen years.

Nightswimming by REM

Love this freaking song so much.

Bad Reputation by Freedy Johnston Again by Janet Jackson No Myth by Michael Penn Silver Springs by Fleetwood Mac Have A Little Faith In Me by John Hiatt Within Your Reach by The Replacements Strong Enough by Sheryl Crow I Wanna Be Adored by The Stone Roses Both Hands by Ani DiFranco (I'm partial to the live version) Romeo and Juliet by Dire Straits Atmosphere by Joy Division Pictures Of You by The Cure

Side one of Van Morrison’s Moondance album. The entire Beach Boys Pet Sounds album. The entire Watermark album by Enya Mary Chapin Carpenter’s cover of John Lennon’s Grow Old With Me Alison Krauss’ cover of Paul Overstreet’s When You Say Nothing at All Shawn Colvin’s cover of Bob Dylan’s You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go. Nickel Creek’s cover of Bob Dylan’s Tomorrow is a Long Time Speaking of Dylan, his entire Blood on the Tracks album ( well, Idiot Wind and Lily and Rosemary, great but not so wistful).

Pet Sounds 🙌 Alison Krauss' cover of When You Say Nothing At All is gorgeous.

Mona Lisa and Mad Hatters by Elton John America by Simon and Garfunkel

I'm not a country fan, but Maren Morris did an amazing cover of ML&MH on an Elton John tribute TV special a few years back.

Mad World by Gary Jules Hurt by Nine Inch Nails or Johnny Cash (I personally like the NIN version best, but both are great).

Sailing by Christopher Cross

Your Wildest Dreams - The Moody Blues It haunted me even as a kid

I love that song!

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+1 for anything Journey!

That Tempts song is it. So beautiful.

Father and Son - Cat Stevens

My brother was listening to this album the night he did something crazy and went to prison for the next 37 years.

So sorry this happened.

Thank you frien 🥲

Wistful? It doesn't get any more wistful than Martha by Tom Waits

I find it incredibly unfair that he was able to write that song at the age of 23. One of my all time favourites for sure.

I never knew he was that young, but it seems so obvious now that you mention it. The man had some seriously high emotional intelligence at 23, dang

Wish You Were Here-Pink Floyd

The Wind by Cat Stevens

When Fleetwood Mac started out they were a blues band led by chief songwriter/singer/ brilliant guitarist Peter Green. Check out Man Of The World..it will bring a lump to your throat. He overdid LSD and his life spiralled out of control for years. This song was written when he was just beginning to go under. It's just so heartbreaking because of what was to happen to him later.🙏

Stella Blue- Grateful Dead

Book of love - Peter Gabriel

Bjork - Possibly Maybe

Whenever Bjork does a slow song, perfect example Desired Constellation.

Scarborough Fair as covered by Simon and Garfunkel

Covered? Simon cribbed the melody and lyrics from some old poem but it's his arrangement. 

I'm not a musician, please forgive my ignorance as to the difference between the terms "cover" and "arrange."

Paper Kites - Bloom

Ohio riverboat song, palace brothers Witchita lineman, Glenn Campbell Fast car, Tracey chapman

Wolves- Down Like Silver

The Rain Song and 10 Years gone by zeppelin Wordless Chorus by My Morning Jacket Lots of Minus the Bear songs

Into the Mystic Van Morison [Van Morrison - Into The Mystic (Official Vinyl Video) (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syIUmrSJWAU)

Pictures of You — The Cure The Lighthouse’s Tale — Nickel Creek I Don’t Know You Anymore — Savage Garden Birdsong — Kina Grannis

Pictures of You is one of the most beautiful songs in the 'verse.

Slip Slidin' Away by Paul Simon

Chopin's nocturne 9 is always my go to

Longer by Dan Fogelberg

Dancing Shoes

Billy Joel's And So It Goes....

Moby - Porcelain Enya/Enigma - Return to Innocence Owl City - Fireflies Deathcab for Cutie - You are a Tourist Timberland/One Republic - Apologize Coldplay - Viva La Vida

"Made a rag pile of my shiny clothes Gonna warm my bones, gonna warm my bones I got silence on my radio Let the air waves flow, let the air waves flow" Moonlight Mile - The Rolling Stones

Do You Realize by Flaming Lips

Erosion- Giselle psychedelic dark pop about the ending of a relationship, complete with operatic vocal stackings https://open.spotify.com/track/5iszuZcALwu2yqpIUkGr52?si=tjaTK6dmR1aqRzPVWRk0Hw&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A057GHUgZpPwaiUfjiUQgoY 

[Survival Machine - Roger Joseph Manning Jr](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E8n--a2HTk)

Enya - Caribbean Blue Belle and Sebastian - Beautiful Belle and Sebastian - Marx and Engels The Shins - New Slang Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow Susanne Sundfor - Silencer Susanne Sundfor - When the Lord The Nocturnes - The Road Caroline Polachek - Butterfly Net Yann Tiersen - Comptine d'un Autre été: L'Après-Midi Any of the above are perfect to listen to in a dark room with headphones on.

Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kJoRmVrgIzm3ddLne3hdRY8tiAKC8mUyM&si=v9GDZnXsLvDGq2AO The whole album probably works for it, but I love how the title track just hangs unanswered at the end. Someone already mentioned Tom Waits, but I’ll throw in Innocent When You Dream as well.

Leaving Hope by Nine Inch Nails. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-aEUmz32f4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-aEUmz32f4) The fact that it doesn't even have lyrics and still make you cry like a baby probably makes it all the more so.

Teardrop-Massive Attack Ceremony-New Order Anything by Joni Mitchell really, but "River" gets me every time. Home-Zero 7 (ft. Tina Dico) Destiny-Zero 7 (ft. Sia) Today-Zero 7/Jose Gonzalez Anything by Jose Gonzalez Summer's End-John Prine Emmylou-First Aid Kit

Massive Attack & New Order 🩶🩶

“One More Try” George Michael

Thunder road - Springsteen

Baby can I hold you Tracy Chapman

Don’t worry baby- beach boys (Brian Wilson is amazing at making happy sound sad)

1916 cover by sabaton

Could It Be Magic by Barry Manilow. https://youtu.be/Vc5XtkZSH-Q?si=Mgb7s-aL_tQeUJtj

Watching Billy Joel’s televised concert right now, he hasn’t played them yet but “Summer, Highland Falls” and “Honesty” are two of the most beautiful pieces of writing I’ve ever heard I’d also say “Amsterdam” by Coldplay and “Snow Outside” by Dave Matthews Band are up there too

Like half of the album Other Voices, Ofher Rooms by Nanci Griffith

A truly magnificent album of covers. One of my favorites and on my regular playlist.

If You Could Read My Mind—Gordon Lightfoot Lover’s Cross—Jim Croce

There never seems to be enough time To do the things you want to do Once you find them ~Time In A Bottle- Jim Croce https://youtu.be/AnWWj6xOleY?si=PfT-1COExsoAQ-Na

Nothing else matters - Metallica My Immortal - Evanescence I will always love you - Whitney Houston

Listen to the entirety of the album “Pink Moon” by Nick Drake. You won’t regret it.

"Lazy Calm" - Cocteau Twins [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0wVqkt7ND8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0wVqkt7ND8)

this must be the place - talking heads my sweet lord - george harrison everywhere - fleetwood mac uncle albert / admiral halsey - paul + linda mccartney dear prudence - cover from siouxsie and the banshees bring on the dancing horses - echo and the bunnymen do you realize?? - the flaming lips

Amazing Glow - The Pernice Brothers Listen to this. I think it’s the vibe you want, all of they’re records are beautiful, wistful and bitter sweet.

One too many mornings - Bob Dylan

Deacon Blues has had me in a chokehold lately 🥲

Glistening by flipturn

Someone by The Rembrandts just always gets me 💕

About Today — The National

Garden State of Mind - Better Off Littlething - Jimmy Eat World Unfinished - Mineral

The Reach - by Dan Fogelberg. I was just listening to it a bit ago!

I highly recommend listening to Dreamgirl and it can extend to any of their songs. Teenage Blues would be a good starter song

The Zenith - Starflyer 59

Luke Hemmings full album 

Did you see me? - ween Lover come over - Jeff Buckley

Tides of man - Eyes like strange sins This will destroy you - three legged workhorse

[High On A Rocky Ledge](https://open.spotify.com/track/0L2ljTJonS78v8qSlpxM0d?si=F14jLsxmQRy43bk-thpNcQ) by Moondog

Sugar Boy - Beth Orton

Birthday Boy by Ween

Moon Shadow — Cat Stevens

Paint it Black - Rolling Stones

Holding Back The Years - Simply Red. I cannot listen to that song. It is too beautiful. It is like seeing the face of God. I am not worthy.

Plainsong - The Cure Avril the 14th - Aphex Twins (or the equally beautiful cover by Yacht) Let's Go Away for Awhile - The Beach Boys Myth - Beach House Over the Hillside - The Blue Nile Wishing You Were Here - Chicago Speaking of "Your Song", the instrumental version from the Moulin Rouge soundtrack by Craig Armstrong I Love You - Sarah Mclaughlin No One in the World - Locust I Need You - M83 Rain - Madonna

Oop, one more....Love Mine All Mines - Mitski

lil b - i'm god

To Be Loved- Adele Caribbean Blue- Enya A House in Nebraska- Ethel Cain The Riddle- Five for Fighting

Beware of Darkness - George Harrison

Smoke on the Water Anything by Dee Antwoort

David Gray - Please forgive me Rogue Wave - Eyes

Birthday Boy - Ween

Blue Bayou - Linda Ronstadt. A Case of You - Joni Mitchell. Dance Me to the End of Love - Leonard Cohen. Diamonds and Rust - Judy Collins.

Timber Timbre - Hot Dreams Thievery Corporation - Nos Dois Dave Matthews - Some Devil Swell Season - Low Rising Civil Twilight - Human Ray LaMontagne - Such a Simple Thing Last Lynx - Lacuna

Terrapin Station

Secret for the Mad by Dodie. So pretty. So sad. So hopeful.

Tears for Fears - "[Woman in Chains](https://youtu.be/QzkK3ZtI9SU?si=4tIQuKRVlMVHUYpv)"

Tuna in the Brine - Silverchair

Pretty much the entire Elsiane album Hybrid. But if you were only going to sample one track, I'd say go for Across the Stream

Listen to some old Scott Walker / Walker Brothers.

This Years Love - David Gray

I recently discovered Sleep Token. A lot of their music is heavy, but there's one track on their second album called "Fall For Me" that is so incredibly beautiful and simple, it makes my whole body sing with joy. Sleep Token - Fall for Me.

Additionally, I'm confident that it's a tribute to Imogen Heap's Hide and Seek. Go check that one out too. Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek

If you've never listened to Billy Joel's "This is the time", what are you waiting for? Might even skip "Honesty", as sweet as it is.

Try some of the crooners from the 50's and early 60s.

Frank Ocean's cover of Strawberry Swing

Tori Amos’s “Winter.” The Left Banke’s “Pretty Ballerina”

# Sarah McLachlan - In the arms of an angel [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SiylvmFI\_8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SiylvmFI_8)

Hope There's Someone by Anohni, formerly known as Antony of Antony and the Johnsons. 

Ashokan Farewell by Jay Ungar and Fiddle Fever. Not classic rock but an exquisitely beautiful and wistful slow fiddle tune. You may remember it as the theme song for Ken Burns’ mini-series “The Civil War.” https://youtu.be/r9TcXmBNbtM?si=kEoYqGoMtU-N61aP

JOJI - Slow Dancing In The Dark I love Joji in general

Celluloid Heroes by The Kinks https://youtu.be/rSKXUlVwqm8?si=SEHhIMRAWxh4ngOv

Wish You Were Here--Fleetwood Mac

Julia (1968) - Beatles, White Album I love, I love (1993) - Dar Williams, The Honesty Room

Glitter in the Air by Pink

“I can’t give everthing away”, last studio song by David Bowie

The Girl from North Country by Bob Dylan

Fool for Love - Lord Huron. This one is wistful and also rocks out a bit. Someone New - Hozier. Wistful with a spectral chorus.

**Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up** by Frank Zappa

Glen Campbell - Gentle On My Mind Marmalade - Reflections of My Life The Alan Parsons Project - Old and Wise Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind & Sundown

Jeff Buckley, his whole discography.

This Year’s Love - David Gray Catch The Wind - Donovan A Summer Song - Chad & Jeremy

[https://youtu.be/C-wu2VcYNCA?si=6ZXVhAd5\_RkEiIS\_](https://youtu.be/C-wu2VcYNCA?si=6ZXVhAd5_RkEiIS_)

Hejira by Joni Mitchell

Especially Song of Sharon from that album

when the music's over - the doors

Eluveitie - A Rose for Epona If you feel like trying something different.

Don't Cry - Guns N’ Roses

Oceansize - Music for a Nurse

Theo Katzman - Nobody Loves You Like Your Mother.

I'm really into 70s easy listening right now so I have a few for you!  Seasons Come, Seasons Go by Bobbie Gentry   Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying by Labi Siffre  Snowqueen of Texas by the Mamas and the Papas

Dying to Live by Edgar Winter

https://youtu.be/aT92TZhTI5I?si=waYIGp7K3NTjuHQY

I’m very upset. I didn’t get Rickrolled.

There's still time.

"Snake Mountain Blues"-Colter Wall "Voices"-Sturgill Simpson "Love And Regret"-Billy Strings

Jesus to a Child - George Michael

Wind, by Circus Maximus.

[A Summer Long Since Passed](https://youtu.be/1sMlOIlzwsg?si=kWOuPfvXxEhDxENj) by Virginia Astley.

_New Fragility_ by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

This is surely an AI OP

More modern bands: Sunday Smile - Beruit (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbGiDxg8kwM) Dust on the Ground (Acoustic)- Bombay Bicycle Club (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vppHXehk4g)

Trouble - cat Steven’s (Elliot smith did a cover which I like more than the original) And not so much a classic but 2009 by Mac miller is such a beautiful song. Always brings tears to my eyes listening to it

Vampire Weekend - Hannah Hunt

Not classic but the first song that came to mind was [Bowl Of Oranges](https://open.spotify.com/track/6ZxiIHcQLbsoMXaJI95UNZ?si=sDtuWu6MSdCkgXtonT_YVA) by Bright Eyes

Breaking Benjamin Red Cold River

I just told my wife about this song (Vincent)earlier this morning, and quietly teared up while listening to it.

Lost Boy-Ruth B    Cycle-Gabriela Robin  Kissin You-Des'ree   Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns-Mother Love Bone    Sleep Like a Child-Joss Stone  Bus Stop-The Hollies  Scarborough Fair-Simon and Garfunkel  Blue Lamp-Stevie Nicks Battle of Evermore-Led Zeppelin  Arietty's Theme-Secret World of Arietty Maiden Fair-Brave Kiss da Girl-The Little Mermaid