Submitted by curmudge_john t3_yhqv9s in Music
Tomorrow is one year since my mother passed away suddenly. I'm looking for songs to help me process. Specifically I'm looking for songs that can help get out some of the anger I still feel.
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freelittyta t1_iufdxo5 wrote
Madonna has two songs about her mom's death. That come to mind.
"Promise to try" from like a prayer. And "mother and father" from american life.
morgandidit t1_iufkbji wrote
Mystery Jets - Taken by the Tide. It isn't about death but it has that feeling of loss, memories that once we're, that kind of thing.
siamsaiocht t1_iufldb6 wrote
11/11/11 the decemberiests
kimikopossible t1_iufn2tu wrote
I Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer by Stevie Wonder
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It makes me cry for the same reasons as you. Hugs, OP.
NegativeAd2150 t1_iufnh48 wrote
Listen to Tracey Chapman “The promise “ That’ll stir your emotions
Educational-Bill-429 t1_iufoy2i wrote
I recommend Long Way from Home by the Lumineers (off the live tracks album) I believe it’s about his fathers death. I’m sorry for your loss❤️
Paladin6667 t1_iufpdal wrote
Dismantling summer by the wonder years
ryancementhead t1_iufpdjq wrote
I truly hope you find the peace your looking for. I totally understand the anger you feel. I lost my mother suddenly also 23 years ago and have had moments of emotional pain thinking about her. If you find a song that helps please let me know, I could use it too. I promise things will get better.
xgrizzlyrose t1_iufwy1k wrote
I don’t know if it will help with anger but ripple by the Grateful Dead seems to connect with a lot of people experiencing loss.
Cancer_Flower t1_iug8tbf wrote
I’d say any songs by NF especially from his Therapy Session album he talks about the loss of his mom in his music. He’s very emotional in his songs and he definitely pulls the emotions out of you. He’s one of the few artists that I can listen to when I’m sad.
Political_Lemming t1_iugbfwi wrote
Ghosts of the Forest by Trey Anastasio.
disconnecttheworld t1_iugiolg wrote
Kiss my ashes goodbye - woods of Ypres
World coming down - type o negative
End of the road - sentenced
MBolero t1_iugj5gx wrote
This one. Paul Quarrington wrote while dying.
3BeanBurrito t1_iugktgo wrote
Heft by Japanese Breakfast
midclaman_again t1_iugpwgj wrote
El Paso by Marty Robins. Grateful Dead version preferred.
GrapefruitHot3471 t1_iuguqlo wrote
My father passed away three and a half years ago, and Into the Mystic by Van Morrison really helped me. Sorry for your pain.
fightermaxbildol t1_iugvm5r wrote
Isak Danielson "ending"
emoceanT_T t1_iugxow5 wrote
Headless horseman - The Microphones
pogomas t1_iuh9zsz wrote
Try A Crow Looked at Me by Mount Eerie
Livinthedream_111 t1_iuhcz7v wrote
Long Ride Home- Patti Griffin
lochness_knobend t1_iuhfpby wrote
Sufjan Stevens Carrie and Lowell is about his mothers death and Tunng Presents… DEAD CLUB
-PepeArown- t1_iuhgbwr wrote
Maybe “REMember” by Mac Miller?
ijbh2o t1_iuhvhcp wrote
While more specific to a father the song, Fade In / Fade Out by Nothing More is amazing.
And for something a bit more visceral Hereafter by Architects. Also Death Is Not Defeat by Architects. The band was founded by twin brothers and one of them passed from skin cancer before the album those songs are on was written.
Kind_Broker t1_iuirdx7 wrote
Midnight Organ Fight by Frightened Rabbit is an entire album about loss and its waves, not necessarily death, but loss.
gldmj5 t1_iuit38f wrote
"Losing You" - Randy Newman
bernaninha t1_iuiv93k wrote
wish you were here - pink floyd
not an angry song but might help
TheMegs152 t1_iuj9i4m wrote
The Killers have a pretty heavy song called "Goodnight, Travel Well" that Brandon Flowers wrote about his mother's death.
MyHouz t1_iujjjr2 wrote
Although the lyrics are open to lots of other interpretations, I've always interpreted "Is there something in the movies" as a song about death and loss. It's not the original version but the cover by Briston Maroney that gives me this impression most strongly.
I think that maybe Maroney also interpreted the song as more about loss than Samia did, and rendered it as such.
Embarrassed_Duty_192 t1_iujp6g2 wrote
Black by Pearl Jam
NosyargKcid t1_iufcysx wrote
Angry grief songs is a difficult one. I wish you the best for overcoming this! Only one I can think of off the top of my head would maybe be [Metallica's The God That Failed] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC4se0jX1XE) which deals with James being more angry at his mother's religious beliefs which led her to refuse treatments for her cancer because she believed God would heal her.