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Vocals + melancholy piano

  • Songs with vocals that have piano primarily as the background - ones that sound similar to Jade McNelis' "Wins" (link provided) Hi, I was watching Grey's Anatomy this past week, and this song by Jade McNelis called "Wins" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jONdOVLe30c&feature=related) came on, and I was truly mesmerized. Are there any specific songs the Hive Mind could recommend to me that sound similar? I love the piano background, and it has sort of a darker feel (similar to a Russian composition). I am looking for things like that. I know Tori Amos, Sarah McLachlan, Coldplay, etc, all make extensive use of the piano, and I have most of their songs. But if you could offer specific names of songs (obscure and non-so-obscure) that have the kind of darker/melancholy melody of this Jade McNelis song, that would be great! My apologies if this has been posted before. I did a search and came up with posts for piano melodies, but nothing really with vocals.

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    Regina Spektor, definitely.

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Emily Haines? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpzsQ5Ap30s, for example.

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otolith

How about A Fine Frenzy? Here's a version of her song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LqJ2Hqt3A4 you might give a listen to. Her album is a bit more produced but there are plenty of live/radio recordings that are solo piano. I would say it fits that melancholy, your-boyfriend-just-died-on-the-operating-table-on-Grey's-Anatomy feel.

bcwinters

"Sunset" and "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF02ml1gCgI" by Roxy Music? Both occasionally feature other instruments, but the main one is the piano.

Dreamcast

Switch out the piano for a thumb piano, and you've got http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=gTQwnEEuGKk.

Sys Rq

otolith

"Peculiar Value" by Veda Hille fits the bill. The only online clip I can find is this http://www.last.fm/music/Veda+Hille/You+Do+Not+Live+In+This+World+Alone/A+Peculiar+Value at last fm, but pretty sure iTunes has it.

Rumple

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUVWzvFYk0k%20 by Matchbox Twenty. It's terribly sad. I have a better (IMHO and even though this one is great) version of this as an mp3. Mefi mail me if you want to hear it. Counting Crows (best band ever) has some similar acoustic stuff, but, again, are dark in a sad kind of way. They purposely perform their songs differently during nearly every performance so if you don't like any of these, look around for another version.http://www.last.fm/music/Counting+Crows/_/Holiday+In+Spainhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnzU0IzJJrY&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbyWSgiYp_Mespecially http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Co3eD-67RA&feature=related (though it has some guitar). The acoustic piano version I have of this is mind boggling – again with the Mefi mail thing.

PixelatorOfTime

good luck finding it - but pepper mcgowan (might be found under her maiden name, pepper acton) released an EP 10 years ago called Marrow. the song To Johnny is one of my favorite melancholy piano songs.

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