FINDERS, WEEPERS: SWEET 16 LOSS CLASSICS

The classic songs of despair, depression, loss and occasionally hope should come with a warning label: “CAUTION: Repeat listening may cause melancholy.” Although, these classics could make for a great pity party mixtape.

• “In Your Eyes” by Peter Gabriel

• “Why” by Annie Lennox (above photo)

• “Most of the Time” by Bob Dylan (“I don’t even notice / She’s gone / Most of the time”)

• “Shed Your Love” by Helio Sequence

• “Reason to Believe” by Tim Hardin (or the cover by Rod Stewart)

• “Pale Blue Eyes” by Lou Reed

• “Comin’ Back to Me” by Jefferson Airplane

• “About Today” by The National (“Tonight ? You just close your eyes / And I just watch you / Slip away”)

• “Sound of Silence” by Simon & Garfunkel (or the cover by Disturbed!)

• “Comeback Story” by Kings of Leon — (“I walk a mile in your shoes / And now I’m a mile away / And I’ve got your shoes”)
  

• “Pass in Time” by Beth Orton

• “Hymn to Her by The Pretenders

• “Love Will Find You” by Findlay Brown (watch live on “Late Show With David Letterman”)

• “Land of the Living” by Matthew Perryman Jones

• “Come Pick Me Up” by Ryan Adams

• “As Tears Go By” by The Rolling Stones