Cheaters never prosper
And I'll bet they thought they were soooo clever creating ghost ads with actual ghosts. I'd say more on the subject, but we already did the dead celebrity thing last year and I have a shitload of depressing songs to get to.
First, a huge thank you to everyone who responded to last week's call. I was quite literally overwhelmed, with my inbox choking on Mp3 files. My apologies to those whose e-mail bounced back as a result.
My original intent was to filter this list but I quickly realized that tragedy, like comedy, is subjective. If your parents told you they were getting divorced while Mmmbop was playing on the radio, who am I to say it's not a sad song? Which is not to say these songs didn't make me sad. On the contrary, I made the serious mistake of reading this story while listening to your submissions and holding my sick daughter. I was weeping by the third paragraph. By the sixth, I had completely lost control. I'm largely disinterested in hockey (by Canadian standards, anyway) but tonight I'll be rooting for the Sens in honour of that little boy.
The list:
- Grace is Gone – The Dave Matthews Band (Patrick, Jen)
- Tears in Heaven – Eric Clapton (Christopher)
- Last Kiss – Pearl Jam (Krystal)
- Mad World – Gary Jules (Raven)
- There's No Way Out Of Here – David Gilmour (Brian)
- Hide and Seek – Imogen Heap (Michael)
- Suicide Is Painless – Johnny Mandel (Kevin)
- Farewell – Apocalyptica (Doryen)
- Oh Happy Day – The Edwin Hawkins Singers (Greg)
- Hate Me – Blue October (Radovan)
- Life of a Salesman – Yellowcard (Jamie)
- Take Me With You When You Go – The Jayhawks (Chris)
- I Hope You Live Long – Rock Plaza Central (Chris)
- River Flows In You – Yiruma (Jacqui)
- Almost There – Pedro the Lion (Léandre)
- Street Spirit – Radiohead (Caz)
- Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime – Beck (Caz)
- At Seventeen – Janis Ian (Dance)
- Comptine D'un Autre Été: L'après-midi – Yann Tiersen (Graham)
- Time In A Bottle – Jim Croce (Lorelei)
- Sixty Years On – Elton John (Brian)
- Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten – Avro Pärt (Michelle)
- I Will Follow You Into The Dark – Death Cab for Cutie (James)
- 9 Crimes – Damien Rice (Barbara)
- Vellai Pura Ondru – KJY (Chandrachoodan)
- Beloved Wife – Natalie Merchant (Patrick)
- Miss Misery – Elliot Smith (Patrick)
- Space Oddity – David Bowie (Stewart)
- Szerelem, Szerelem – Marta Sebastian (Doru)
- Hurt – Johnny Cash (Ren)
- Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? – Chicago (Ren)
- Ave Maria – Schubert (Saro)
- He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother – The Hollies (Saro)
- Cat's In The Cradle – Harry Chapin (Victor)
- Going to a Town – Rufus Wainwright (Marie)
- Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol (Paul)
- Christmas Time Is Here – Vince Guaraldi (Kate)
- Brick – Ben Folds Five (Helen)
- Fell in Love – Moxy Fruvous (Steve)
- Good Enough – Sarah McLachlan (Angela)
- So This Is Christmas – John Lennon (Simon)
- Try – Nelly Furtado (Karen)
- Rainbow Connection - Kermit the Frog (Jen)
- Hole In The River – Crowded House (David)
Man... what a bummer. Happy birthday, Star Wars.
