Wallowing music recommendations from Steve-o ============================================ Note that these songs are not necessarily about unrequited love -- they are just sad songs that I find facilitate wallowing. REM: You Are The Everything (Green) Untitled 11 (Green) Everybody Hurts (Automatic For The People) Nightswimming (Automatic For The People) Sweetness Follows (Automatic For The People) Losing My Religion (Out Of Time) Belong (Out Of Time) Jewel: Foolish Games (Pieces Of You) Don't (Pieces Of You) You Were Meant For Me (Pieces Of You) Near You Always (Pieces Of You) Painters (Pieces Of You) Absence Of Fear (Spirit) Enter From The East (Spirit) Indigo Girls (mostly Emily's stuff): River (1200 Curfews) History Of Us (Indigo Girls) Love's Recovery (Indigo Girls) Strange Fire (Strange Fire) Left Me A Fool (Strange Fire) Romeo And Juliet (Rites of Passage) Cedar Tree (Rites of Passage) Love Will Come To You (Rites of Passage) Ghost (Rites of Passage) Language Or The Kiss (Swamp Ophelia) Power Of Two (Swamp Ophelia) Fare Thee Well (Swamp Ophelia) Mystery (Swamp Ophelia) Deconstruction (Become You) She's Saving Me (Become You) Collecting You (Become You) Pet Shop Boys: (All can be found on their collection, "Discography".) Always on my mind Rent Where the streets have no name What have I done to deserve this? Love comes quickly Heart Musicals, Movies, and TV: My Hero, from "Randy Newman's Faust" Feels Like Home, from "Randy Newman's Faust" Heaven Help My Heart, from "Chess" The American And Florence / Nobody's Side, from "Chess" I Know Him So Well, from "Chess" Someone Else's Story, from "Chess" (Broadway version only) On My Own, from "Les Miserables" A Little Fall Of Rain, from "Les Miserables" The Dance, from "Miss Saigon" Sun And Moon, from "Miss Saigon" I Still Believe, from "Miss Saigon" Please, from "Miss Saigon" Think Of Me, from "Phantom of the Opera" All I Ask Of You, from "Phantom of the Opera" Storytime, from "Edward Scissorhands" Ice Dance, from "Edward Scissorhands" The Portrait, from "Titanic" (Back To Titanic album) Darkside of the Moon, from "Apollo 13" For the Love of a Princess, from "Braveheart" When She Loved Me, from "Toy Story 2" Questions In A World Of Blue, from "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me" Sacrifice, from B:TVS episode "The Gift" Scully's Theme, from "X-Files" Misc. Songs: Full Of Grace, Sarah McLachlan Crazy For You, Madonna Angel, Jon Secada Who Wants To Live Forever, Queen Forever (solo piano version), Queen Shape Of My Heart, Sting Fields Of Gold, Sting Brick, Ben Folds Five Your Song, sung by Ewan McGregor in "Moulin Rouge" (orig. Elton John) Out To Get You, James Sometimes, James I Want You To Want Me, Cheap Trick Hotel California, Eagles Landslide, Fleetwood Mac Nights In White Satin, Moody Blues Theme from Love Story, from "Love Story" (almost too sappy even for me... try an instrumental version if the vocals don't work for you) Theme from Somewhere In Time, John Barry, from "Somewhere In Time" Aase's Death, Grieg, from "Peer Gynt" "Moonlight" sonata, Beethoven And, as an added bonus, the contents of wallowing mix tapes I made as an adolescent, covering stuff I liked from the radio from roughly 1990-1994: Collection 1 Never Get Over You Getting Over Me, Expose More Than Words, Extreme Winds of Change, Scorpions That's What Love Is For, Amy Grant Unchained Melody, Righteous Brothers Spending My Time, Roxette Set Adrift On Memory Bliss, PM Dawn Postman's Song (Because I Love You), Stevie B My Heart Belongs To You, Russ Irwin When I See You Smile, Bad English Place In This World, Michael W Smith Everything I Do (I Do It For You), Bryan Adams Silent Lucidity, Queensryche One More Try, Timmy T I'll Be There, Escape Club Collection 2 Hazard, Richard Marx You Are The One, Chris Quavis Groovy Kind Of Love, Phil Collins Tears In Heaven, Eric Clapton Wonderful Tonight, Eric Clapton To Be With You, Mr. Big Feel It Again, Honeymoon Suite The Search Is Over, Survivor Stay, Shakespeare's Sister All I Want, Toad The Wet Sprocket Save The Best For Last, Vanessa Williams Nothing Compares To You, Sinead O'Conner Take My Breath Away, Berlin Can't Cry Hard Enough, Williams Brothers Collection 3 I'd Die Without You, PM Dawn The One, Elton John November Rain, Guns 'N Roses Winter, Tori Amos You're The Inspiration, Chicago The Crying Game, Boy George Runaway Train, Soul Asylum I Will Remember You, Amy Grant Eternal Flame, Bangels Again, Janet Jackson Wild World, Mr. Big Collection 4 In Your Eyes, Peter Gabriel I Said I Loved You But I Lied, Michael Bolton I Love You, Saigon Kick Against All Odds, Phil Collins If I Ever Fall In Love, Shai Hey Jelousy, Gin Blossoms We've Got Tonight, Bob Seger All About Soul, Billy Joel I Would Do Anything For Love, Meatloaf I Don't Know Much, Aaron Neville and Linda Ronstadt Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore, REO Speedwagon She's Like The Wind, Patrick Swayze Right Here Waiting, Richard Marx Also, I had "If You Needed Somebody" by Bad Company dedicated to an Adored One on a local radio station when I was in 9th grade.