Songs about being alone

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What songs do you like about being alone? Can be celebratory, sad, self-accepting....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGEAEfl6oZg

― kolakube (Ross), Sunday, 11 February 2018 23:32 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzMvQtVEXok

― Launch of new ILM school business management programmes! (tangenttangent), Sunday, 11 February 2018 23:37 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiGqKwy4yM0

― how's life, Sunday, 11 February 2018 23:40 (seven years ago)

check the chorus. its been stuck in my head for like a week

― how's life, Sunday, 11 February 2018 23:41 (seven years ago)

really great how's life

― kolakube (Ross), Sunday, 11 February 2018 23:49 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8VXnvbc1c0

― sleepingbag, Sunday, 11 February 2018 23:52 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7rkHi6scBw

― mookieproof, Sunday, 11 February 2018 23:55 (seven years ago)

Georges Moustaki - Ma Solitude

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9-OzSzCDWo

(url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9-OzSzCDWo]English translation)

― how to diss a peer completely (unregistered), Monday, 12 February 2018 00:03 (seven years ago)

(oops, second link should be this)

― how to diss a peer completely (unregistered), Monday, 12 February 2018 00:04 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oPYmaN3QhM

does anyone in here get hit with inside fevers?
so bad sometimes it's hard to move around
they'll show you all the things you are not doing
instead of helping you they lock you out
and you're whining you shouldn't waste your money
but the couch fibers keep you inside
so i'm so sorry I came in late this evening
but all the clocks around the town had died
and all the fruit store's colors were so bright
with couples smiling cooking things tonight
and what were all those troubles on my mind?
oh I took a walk

The room is filled with men in coats
And I don't break 'til midnight shock
Are you feeling warm tonight?
Turn it down? Well, I just might
The room is filled with ancient apes
Where I've been and what I ate
What I asked you drill them out
And remove every little doubt
The room is filled with gummy bears
Electric shavers, ingrown hairs
I keep the curtains high enough
You sleep on cotton, rest in fluff
The room is filled with catalogues
Encyclopedias, books enough
To keep me busy in the morning
Sun sets fast without warning
The room is filled with cords and plugs
Electronic translucent bugs
And what's that crawling all around?
What's that twitching, is it still alive!?
Is it still alive!?
Is it still alive!?

― flappy bird, Monday, 12 February 2018 00:15 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk1QgD7wi3w

― kolakube (Ross), Monday, 12 February 2018 00:18 (seven years ago)

flappy that song is so good! love that one

― kolakube (Ross), Monday, 12 February 2018 00:18 (seven years ago)

It was the first one that came to mind when I saw this thread. Going over the lyrics, it may not be strictly about 'being alone' in one's room or whatever, and yeah he does address someone in the lyrics, but I always pictured the dialogue in the narrator's mind, the whole thing going thru his head as he takes his walk at night. It's very much a nighttime song, a reflective song. on some days it's my favorite AC song.

― flappy bird, Monday, 12 February 2018 00:21 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkCcQXzuSwU

― imago, Monday, 12 February 2018 00:22 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X3HKEC68EM

― meaulnes, Monday, 12 February 2018 00:24 (seven years ago)

There's probably a good Syd Barrett one

― imago, Monday, 12 February 2018 00:25 (seven years ago)

"Inside me I feel/ Alone and unreal"

― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Monday, 12 February 2018 00:30 (seven years ago)

this is the first song that popped into my mind
i only know 2 suicidal tendencies songs and this is one of them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiGK3GFhOTg

― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 12 February 2018 00:41 (seven years ago)

Kevin Coyne, "Jackie and Edna"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGoAPGSdxhM

"They say you're married
with children of your own"

― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Monday, 12 February 2018 00:43 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdw7kxD8eUc

― hoooyaaargh it's me satan (voodoo chili), Monday, 12 February 2018 00:43 (seven years ago)

Simon and Garfunkel. I Am A Rock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKlSVNxLB-A

― Sushi and the Banchan (Spectrist), Monday, 12 February 2018 00:51 (seven years ago)

Bowie - Sound and Vision

― J. Sam, Monday, 12 February 2018 00:51 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLp9yczMSVA

― pomenitul, Monday, 12 February 2018 00:56 (seven years ago)

Bowie - Sound and Vision

― J. Sam, Sunday, February 11, 2018 7:51 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

good one

― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Monday, 12 February 2018 00:57 (seven years ago)

oh also Ying Yang Twins - "By Myself"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_GrT-p5c_A

― J. Sam, Monday, 12 February 2018 01:00 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwpP6gNiIWE

― imago, Monday, 12 February 2018 01:01 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBRNfWGxBp8

― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 February 2018 01:02 (seven years ago)

sia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owr4U55WpDs

― kolakube (Ross), Monday, 12 February 2018 01:18 (seven years ago)

Scott Walker- On Your Own Again
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=06LMuzmjTJ4

R Stevie Moore - Hobbies Galore
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=10tTwpGRyNc

Pulp - The Fear
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zaeQmrMgw7M

― Pheeel, Monday, 12 February 2018 13:45 (seven years ago)

Loudon Wainwright's "One Man Guy"

There's also a Rufus version but I prefer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coYO0r9eIqY

― I'm walking on Sondheim (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 12 February 2018 14:19 (seven years ago)

This is prime Julien Baker territory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV1dMqeb4_U

― Evan R, Monday, 12 February 2018 14:59 (seven years ago)

Did we get this far with no one mentioning Heart?

― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Monday, 12 February 2018 15:05 (seven years ago)

Can't see YouTubes at work so don't know if this is one of the unlabeled links upthread but this is sincerely one of my all-time favorite songs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnw7hNjex_k
Grover - 'What Do I Do When I'm Alone?'

― Nonsense Ape Debones His Foot (Old Lunch), Monday, 12 February 2018 15:25 (seven years ago)

http://youtu.be/j3KX-wqV1oQ

― by the light of the burning Citroën, Monday, 12 February 2018 15:27 (seven years ago)

Did we get this far with no one mentioning Heart?

O Gilbert, Where Art Thou?

― hoooyaaargh it's me satan (voodoo chili), Monday, 12 February 2018 15:32 (seven years ago)

Despite being called Alone, it's not really about being alone.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 12 February 2018 15:34 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiKcd7yPLdU

I prefer the 3DN version, don't @ me

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 12 February 2018 15:36 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX6MvV8cbh8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbXWrmQW-OE

― "oh no my cheds" man had dark to black packet (Noodle Vague), Monday, 12 February 2018 15:37 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1bD37SlnrQ

― "oh no my cheds" man had dark to black packet (Noodle Vague), Monday, 12 February 2018 15:38 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WXYjm74WFI

― "oh no my cheds" man had dark to black packet (Noodle Vague), Monday, 12 February 2018 15:39 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ0AXWaNbEk

― "oh no my cheds" man had dark to black packet (Noodle Vague), Monday, 12 February 2018 15:40 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGNch4QvShU

― "oh no my cheds" man had dark to black packet (Noodle Vague), Monday, 12 February 2018 15:41 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls87byF4Zk8

― "oh no my cheds" man had dark to black packet (Noodle Vague), Monday, 12 February 2018 15:45 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OebqNsNRBtU

― "oh no my cheds" man had dark to black packet (Noodle Vague), Monday, 12 February 2018 16:00 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E3hDkfJb9c

― brimstead, Monday, 12 February 2018 16:01 (seven years ago)

http://youtu.be/whWtNIsfIAs

― by the light of the burning Citroën, Monday, 12 February 2018 17:31 (seven years ago)

Both those Police tracks are good btw

Apologies if I missed it but did we do

https://youtu.be/ICKToz7BLLA

― I'm walking on Sondheim (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 12 February 2018 18:11 (seven years ago)

Gah, sorry, voodoo c. already posted Al

― I'm walking on Sondheim (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 12 February 2018 18:13 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BASLQBHbqM

― mandarax, Monday, 12 February 2018 21:43 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Q3mHyzn78

― djh, Monday, 12 February 2018 22:14 (seven years ago)

(It's not actually about being alone, is it?)

― djh, Monday, 12 February 2018 22:14 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7KznfgGHK4

― omar little, Monday, 12 February 2018 22:17 (seven years ago)

xp: i considered sharing 'be alone' by paramore, but its along the same lines.

― how's life, Monday, 12 February 2018 22:18 (seven years ago)

share away!

― kolakube (Ross), Monday, 12 February 2018 22:21 (seven years ago)

Eleanor Rigby

― hoooyaaargh it's me satan (voodoo chili), Monday, 12 February 2018 22:22 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7DMqPdgMuM

― nashwan, Monday, 12 February 2018 22:39 (seven years ago)

I don't think it's meant to be about being alone, but Pink Floyd's "The Great Gig In The Sky" was the first song that came to mind.

I like to listen to it alone, and it seems to be about feeling so deeply.

Never thought about the lyrics until I just looked them up:

(At 0:38)

"And I am not frightened of dying. Any time will do, I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it – you've got to go sometime."

(At 3:33, faintly)

"I never said I was frightened of dying."

― nicky lo-fi, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 17:19 (seven years ago)

I feel like there should be something from The Muppets. "Halfway Down The Stairs", maybe?

But for now ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaOx6QcJoJg

― djh, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 20:16 (seven years ago)

My favorite has always been Bruce Springsteen: Open All Night

The flipside to that song is State Trooper

― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 20:28 (seven years ago)

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