Random Music Rate and Slate

I've realised that my previous selection was inadvertently upbeat and francophone; I'd hate to be mistaken for a cheery French man so I've reshuffled using the new Misery selector on my I-Pod;

Richard and Linda Thompson - The End Of The Rainbow. (It's not too early to start crying)
Laura Cantrell - Bees (Go on, let 'em flow)
Jackson Browne - Sleep's Dark and Silent Gate (Regret, loss)
Richard and Linda Thompson - I'll Regret It All In The Morning (Regret, loss only bleaker)
Otis Redding - Mr Pitiful (A bit of light relief)
Cat Power - He Was A Friend Of Mine (Oh God, that's harrowing)
The Smiths - Asleep (Another turn of the screw)
Fairport Convention - Farewell, Farewell (Inchoate longing and sadness)
Laura Cantrell - Two Seconds (Concrete longing and sadness)
Bonnie Prince Billy - Agnes, Queen Of Sorrow (Vaguely optimistic in this context)
Jackson Brown - For A Dancer (in the midst of life we are in death)
Fairport Convention - Who Knows Where The Time Goes? (jesus, my shirt front is soaked)
Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez (A few minutes of unbearabe melancholic beauty)
Loudon Wainright - Sometimes I Forget (Death of a parent, that's hard)
Barmy Army - Sharp As A Needle (samples Abide With Me)
Abide With Me (The funeral classic)

only four more to go. No, I can't ...