got two reasons why I cry

Feeling a bit gloomy today, so I thought I might do a top five mopey songs list. Trouble is, about 90% of all great music (and not-so-great music, for that matter) is mopey. Furthermore, you've got a number of bands (The Smiths, The Cure, REM to some extent, etc) whose musical output is almost entirely devoted to such songs. So, instead I decided to do a playlist of the first really good 20 or so to come to mind, without reusing any particular artist. I'm trying to do less downer songs, and more... comforting-on-a-shitty-day sorts of songs, but nonetheless, I'd advise you to skip it if you don't wanna read about sad bastard music. Oh, and the exercise is a bit stream of consciousness, which I like...

1. I Am a Rock - Simon & Garfunkel
2. You're Beautiful - James Blunt (people like it for a reason. as much as I can't stand the whole phenomenon of people assuming that because a song is popular, it must be good, the opposite annoys me just as much. this is a really well written song. or, for a song that caused pretty much the exact same reaction a couple of years earlier, go with Five For Fighting's Superman, which is also a really cool songwriting exercise.)
3. Everybody Hurts - REM (I've been listening to Automatic for the People a lot the past two days...)
4. Somebody - Depeche Mode
5. Wicked Game - Chris Isaak
6. Hang - Matchbox Twenty
7. I Started Something I Couldn't Finish - The Smiths (or substitute Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want or Asleep, depending on your disposition)
8. Konstantine - Something Corporate
9. Ain't to Proud to Beg - The Temptations (this is where I took an inexplicable turn toward Motown. I also thought of the equally good next song...)
10. What Becomes of the Brokenhearted - Jimmy Ruffin (yeah.)
11. Creep - Radiohead (how did I not think of that one earlier?)
12. Sour Times - Portishead (again, a no-brainer)
13. Nobody's Crying - Patty Griffin
14. Cannonball - Damien Rice (or substitute any Damien Rice song, really)
15. With Or Without You - U2 (another one that's popular for good reason)
16. Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers (I was trying to think of a good mopey song by a band that isn't really associated with mopey songs. my first thought was Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones, but it doesn't really sound mopey)
17. Tender - Blur (obligatory Blur song!)
18. Just Like Heaven - The Cure (probably their greatest song matching this description, though obviously you could substitute just about any Cure song)
19. Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
20. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (hands down the best recording of this song, and it isn't even a little bit open to discussion)
(and for this sorta list, you've sorta got to close with...)
21. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division

uh... so yeah. there it is.