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DocileOrangeCup
07/09/25 4:50:54 PM
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https://youtu.be/3D0nMzHjMR8
https://youtu.be/UEW8riKU_tE
My favorite examples. Songs/performances where you can feel the artist struggling really appeal to me.

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TeaMilk
07/09/25 5:04:16 PM
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I like nice songs where they're haveing fun :)

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Sariana21
07/09/25 5:15:07 PM
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Sias Chandelier. Not only is the subject matter emotionally wrought, but the song is clearly at the edge of her range.

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ai123
07/09/25 5:19:05 PM
#4:


https://youtu.be/CuqEpjcBfaU

The vocalist vomited due to the strain of recording.

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NoxObscuras
07/09/25 5:24:23 PM
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Hope you're doing okay TC.

But this song always sounds painful to me: Never Say Never by The Fray

https://youtu.be/Aihu16RyYp8?si=Tv1NS5f3943vuEcr

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RB-Dragonite
07/09/25 5:57:57 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGC4QpDIpJc

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furb
07/09/25 6:30:42 PM
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Try the band Dirty Projectors. I find them almost painful.

https://youtu.be/CYq5Ch-FFcs?si=62nfM81Dvzx4EAHQ

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C-zom
07/09/25 6:34:05 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB8tyjN5of0&list=RDpB8tyjN5of0

Watch this while reading through the comments is an all time hilarious thread.

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archizzy
07/09/25 6:38:03 PM
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One of my favorite bands, during one of my favorite performances when I was in high school. His voice physically being blown out near the end of the song and putting so much effort into it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEMm7gxBYSc

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sabin017
07/09/25 6:40:10 PM
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https://youtu.be/mv82_BvKjw0

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TheGoldenEel
07/09/25 6:46:43 PM
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2qrtxj5Kc2Y

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El_Marsh
07/09/25 6:50:16 PM
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Merry Clayton's refrain on "Gimme Shelter" by the Rolling Stones came to immediate mind

you can hear her reaching ALL the way down her range for it and her voice even cracks at one point (which you can hear Mick Jagger reacting to with a "woo")

I'm guessing she didn't do another take that day

Edit:

her part starts at 2:40

https://youtu.be/QeglgSWKSIY?si=l8Wiuk8vTCaO8QAK

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McmadnessV3
07/09/25 6:51:07 PM
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https://youtu.be/lckf6aOA0Ps?si=Lslwi3x6plT-7upw

Am I getting it right?

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Sephirothe
07/09/25 6:58:40 PM
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hcND9i1pSRo&pp=ygURdHJlZXMgb2YgZXRlcm5pdHk%3D

The vocalist was battling terminal cancer. The album was released posthumously. Absolutely tragic

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DocileOrangeCup
07/09/25 10:34:22 PM
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Bump. I'll respond to stuff later after I listen

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Evening_Dragon
07/09/25 10:43:20 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10hvHGJvp1M

In the literal, physical sense of pain. Isaac Brock was trying to belt it out as hard as he could with the final chorus and I'm pretty sure this is why his voice went out after the album.

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Jeremy517
07/09/25 10:52:58 PM
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A pretty amazing performance by a young Layne Staley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vp56IAkDJA

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Sayoria
07/09/25 10:55:43 PM
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Just awful songs that get progressively worse down the list:

Jan Terri - Losing You - Bad quality, bad lyrics
Jennifer Murphy Go Girl - I Wanna Be Neenja - Racist as Hell and complete crossover of nationalities
Skillet - Lucy - Anti-abortion song
Tom Macdonald - White Boy - Racist absolute shit human being
Ted Nugent - Jailbait - Sexual attraction to minors

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Villain_S_Fiend
07/09/25 11:01:09 PM
#21:


The Wytches - Wide at Midnight
https://youtu.be/Td9nyR67TEw?si=eL8q5yErQVZlugOQ

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CRON
07/09/25 11:02:17 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zljNPO6W8E

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MarshMellow
07/09/25 11:02:25 PM
#23:


furb posted...
Try the band Dirty Projectors. I find them almost painful.

https://youtu.be/CYq5Ch-FFcs?si=62nfM81Dvzx4EAHQ

Can't tell if I'm getting old or if it's a natural response to wince at those sounds.
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andri_g
07/10/25 12:31:25 AM
#24:


Heroes, by David Bowie, live (Live Aid 1985).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFHC6t13hi0
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Bowie hit the top of his range and switched to his talking voice several times in this performance, so I think that it qualifies.

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Arcanine2009
07/10/25 12:35:19 AM
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Do you mean like sad songs?

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monkmith
07/10/25 12:35:22 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Y_ztEW1NE

that top c is very hard on the voice, i lost the ability to hit it when i was 15.

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W_S_C_M
07/10/25 1:17:40 AM
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https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL755C5F78B330C6DA&feature=shared

Dudes definitly on the struggle bus
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MI4_REAL
07/10/25 1:28:48 AM
#28:


May I ask why you are looking for these?

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Kanaya413
07/10/25 1:55:05 AM
#29:


ai123 posted...
https://youtu.be/CuqEpjcBfaU

The vocalist vomited due to the strain of recording.
Damn
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misterbum
07/10/25 2:21:00 AM
#30:


Doesnt get much more painful than this
https://youtu.be/hsjgRs_r_bo?si=bMVotDAoqnqjzQUo

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Arcanine2009
07/10/25 2:24:05 AM
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yHRlnpXlY_E&pp=ygUbdGl0YW5pYyBzb25nIGJ1dCBpdHMgc28gYmFk

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DocileOrangeCup
07/10/25 5:08:51 AM
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MI4_REAL posted...
May I ask why you are looking for these?
I'm assembling a Playlist

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kind9
07/10/25 5:44:05 AM
#33:


Nicholas Ridout before he killed himself.

https://youtu.be/Cga88UgElow
https://youtu.be/2ZGK0fvthjM
https://youtu.be/DAnXeMZC6jE
https://youtu.be/RbAiXzcqdSY

I don't think he ever had an album made or did paid gigs, just street performances. Spit Shine and Sour Mash Melodies were two of his bands. He was from Seattle.

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bnui_ransder
07/10/25 6:08:46 AM
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https://youtu.be/tcqNCBI_1os

it wont let me link to a certain part so oh well

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Daremo
07/10/25 6:21:01 AM
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I don't know if this is the kind of pain you're looking for, but if you know the backstory of this song... yeah.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRkMH3KSZN4

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Tyranthraxus
07/10/25 6:23:27 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYKVBYQfuww

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thronedfire2
07/10/25 1:55:32 PM
#38:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL6Yjg-5es8

her voice is so beautiful it almost distracts from how sad the lyrics are

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DocileOrangeCup
07/10/25 4:21:59 PM
#39:


Final. Bumo

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KFHEWUI
07/10/25 5:01:47 PM
#40:


Memphis Tennessee by John Lennon Chuck Berry and Screamin' Yoko Ono

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

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mercurydude
07/10/25 5:41:41 PM
#41:


Red - Hymn For The Missing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jMsmy_xt3U

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ai123
07/10/25 6:00:34 PM
#42:


This one really is a difficult listen.

Lou Reed - The Kids

https://youtu.be/R8rbvXHD5xQ

It's from a concept album about the breakdown of a marriage. There's abuse, violence, drugs, and prostitution. On this track the woman has her children taken away from her.

The children you can hear crying from around 5 minutes in are the children of the producer, Bob Ezrin. He told them that their mother had just died horribly in an accident, and recorded the results.


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Daremo
07/10/25 6:04:54 PM
#43:


ai123 posted...
He told them that their mother had just died horribly in an accident, and recorded the results.
I'm all for the pursuit of art, but... Dude.

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FolkenRawr
07/10/25 6:10:01 PM
#44:


The 1975's Somebody Else instantly came to

Goo Goo Dolls' Acoustic #3 is another good example

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Devilanse333
07/10/25 6:33:56 PM
#45:


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QGcyLv6Yd9A&pp=ygUcY29uY3JldGUgYmxvbmRlIGplbm55IGkgcmVhZA%3D%3D

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DocileOrangeCup
07/12/25 6:05:38 PM
#46:


Actually final bump

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DocileOrangeCup
07/15/25 8:19:01 PM
#47:


DocileOrangeCup posted...
Actually final bump
Jk I wanna few more

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mercurydude
07/15/25 9:52:47 PM
#48:


The Irrepressibles - In This Shirt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iNHtdL-zu4

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argonautweakend
07/15/25 10:00:03 PM
#49:


Husker Du covering The Byrds' Eight Miles High.

This was recorded as a warm up to their album Zen Arcade, but was so good they saved it and it was released later on as a B side

From what I know the band recorded Zen Arcade in one monster 80 hour session for recording and mixing and all but two songs on the album were first takes. They accomplished this I think due to consuming meth mixed with coffee(? no idea how hard drugs work) to just power through it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iokmbu41qak&list=RDiokmbu41qak&start_radio=1
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A5modeu5
07/15/25 10:02:20 PM
#51:


Psychonaut 4 - dont leave the room
https://youtu.be/GcEXqg63j4o?si=oElbjazWW2uReq-0

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mercurydude
07/16/25 3:36:56 AM
#52:


Roy Orbison was k.d. lang's friend, and they recorded a duet of "Crying" together. Shortly after he died, she performed it alone at the Grammys and you can hear the genuine heartache in her voice.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=eEVF9xiSiLw


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