Saddest song you ever heard...

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  1. waukegan

    waukegan Member

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    dylan sang paul simon's "the boxer" on his ca. 1970 album."self portrait".if i put together my own self portrait music this one would be on it.i think most people can relate to it.there's a certain saddness to the lyrics and yet the fighter still remains....a similar song that's got a touch of humor to it as did most of his songs roger miller's "king of the road".
     
  2. robin banks

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    Anything by Mariah Carey makes me sad her dad shagged her mum.
     
  3. WhisperingWoods

    WhisperingWoods too far gone

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    I wasnt born so much as i fell out
    nobody seemed to notice me
    he had a hedge back home in the suburb
    over which I never could see

    I heard the people who live on the ceiling
    scream and fight scarily
    hearing that noise was my first ever feeling
    that's how it's been all around me..
     
  4. Asmodean

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    Dead Can Dance - Song of the dispossessed is a good one.
     
  5. Blue Lobster

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  6. Asmodean

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  7. DroneLore

    DroneLore h8rs gon h8, I stay based

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  8. robin banks

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    Prophetic and moving considering what happened to him

    Man of the World Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac
     
  9. Mrdude46

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    This one gets to me everytime

    Peace
    Dan

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    LONESOME L.A. COWBOY

    (PETER ROWAN)

    CHORUS:
    I'M JUST A LONESOME L.A. COWBOY,
    HANGIN' OUT, HANGIN' ON
    TO YOUR WINDOW LEDGE, CALLIN' YOUR NAME
    FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL DAWN
    I BEEN SMOKIN' DOPE, SNORTIN' COKE,
    TRYIN' TO WRITE A SONG
    FORGETTIN' EVERYTHING I KNOW
    ‘TIL THE NEXT LINE COMES ALONG
    FORGETTIN' EVERYTHING I KNOW
    ‘TIL THE NEXT LINE COMES ALONG

    THERE’S SO MANY PRETTY PEOPLE IN THE CITY,
    I SWEAR SOME OF THEM ARE GIRLS
    I MEET'EM DOWN AT BARNEY'S BEANERY
    WITH THEIR PLATFORM HEELS AND SPIT CURLS
    I BUY'EM DRINKS, WE SMOKE OUR HOPES
    TRY TO MAKE IT ONE MORE NIGHT
    BUT WHEN I’M LEFT ALL ALONE AT LAST
    I FEEL LIKE I'LL DIE FROM FRIGHT

    REPEAT CHORUS:
    WELL, I KNOW CHRIS AND RITA, AND MARTY MULL
    ARE MEETING AT THE TROUBADOUR
    WE'LL GET IT ON WITH THE JOY OF COOKING
    WHILE THE CROWD CRYS OUT FOR MORE
    ‘ROUND SIX O'CLOCK THIS MORNING
    I'LL BE GETTIN' KIND OF SLOW
    WHEN ALL THE SHOWS ARE OVER, HONEY,
    TELL ME, WHERE DO YOU THINK I GO?

    REPEAT CHORUS

    Appears on The Adventures of Panama Red
     
  10. Mrdude46

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    But this one is more in line with my thoughts lately

    NEIL YOUNG LYRICS

    Revolution Blues


    "Revolution Blues"

    Well, we live in a trailer
    at the edge of town
    You never see us
    'cause we don't come around.
    We got twenty five rifles
    just to keep
    the population down.
    But we need you now,
    and that's why
    I'm hangin' 'round.
    So you be good to me
    and I'll be good to you,
    And in this land of conditions
    I'm not above suspicion
    I won't attack you,
    but I won't back you.

    Well, it's so good to be here,
    asleep on your lawn.
    Remember your guard dog?
    Well, I'm afraid
    that he's gone.
    It was such a drag
    to hear him
    whining all night long.
    Yes, that was me with the doves,
    setting them free
    near the factory
    Where you built your computer,
    love.
    I hope you get the connection,
    'cause I can't take
    the rejection
    I won't deceive you,
    I just don't believe you.

    Well, I'm a barrel of laughs,
    with my carbine on
    I keep 'em hoppin',
    till my ammunition's gone.
    But I'm still not happy,
    I feel like
    there's something wrong.
    I got the revolution blues,
    I see bloody fountains,
    And ten million dune buggies
    comin' down the mountains.
    Well, I hear that Laurel Canyon
    is full of famous stars,
    But I hate them worse than lepers
    and I'll kill them
    in their cars.
     
  11. zombiewolf

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    Peter Green indeed has a sad story...
    He was quite possibly the greatest white bluesman ever!
    I think he's definitely been to the crossroads...:reddevil::angelsad2:

    Here's one performance that really gets me...
    Peter Green/ world keep on turnin'
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxux5LdmjQU&feature=related
    (peter a. green)

    I don't look for no worries
    Worries and troubles come around
    I don't look for no worries
    Worries and troubles come around
    World keep on turning
    Got to keep my feet on the ground

    Nobody saw me crying
    Nobody knows the way I feel
    Nobody saw me crying
    Nobody knows the way I feel
    The way I loved that woman
    It's bound to get me killed

    - guitar break -

    Love the little girl so good
    Make my low down body come
    Love the little girl so good
    Make my low down body come
    I need that woman so bad
    I need her like the sky need the sun

    ZW
     
  12. polexiayay

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    A fond farewell-Elliott Smith
     
  13. kmarcher87

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    Elliott writes some really really sad stuff... amazing.

    I'm going to go with the 200 year old Moonlight Sonata, first movement. This piece is something not of this world.
     
  14. zillagod

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    Ok, here is one I hadnt heard in a long time, and this song can be true for many, and it is very sad. This Old House-CSNY from the American Dream album

    Midnight, that old clock keeps ticking,
    The kids are all asleep and I'm walking the floor.
    Darlin' I can see that you're dreaming,
    And I don't wanna wake you up when I close the door.

    This old house of ours is built on dreams
    And a businessman don't know what that means.
    There's a garden outside she works in every day
    And tomorrow morning a man from the bank's
    Gonna come and take it all away.

    Lately, I've been thinking 'bout daddy,
    And how he always made things work,
    When the chips were down,
    And I know I've got something inside me
    There's always a light there to guide me
    To what can't be found.

    This old house of ours is built on dreams
    And a businessman don't know what that means.
    There's a garden outside she works in every day
    And tomorrow morning a man from the bank's
    Gonna come and take it all away.

    Take it all away, take it all away, take it all away.
    Take it all away, take it all away, take it all away.

    Remember how we first came here together?
    Standing on an empty lot, holding hands.
    Later, we came back in the moonlight
    And made love right where the kitchen is,
    Then we made our plans.

    This old house of ours is built on dreams
    And a businessman don't know what that means.
    There's a garden outside she works in every day
    And tomorrow morning a man from the bank's
    Gonna come and take it all away.

    Take it all away, take it all away, take it all away.
    Take it all away, take it all away, take it all away.
     
  15. Joshua Tree

    Joshua Tree Remain In Light

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    Elvis: In the Ghetto Even back then, things were fucked up in the Ghetto, now 30-40 years on, things are still fucked up.
     
  17. arthur itis

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  18. BoomBoomBoom

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    Pilot Speed - Alright
     
  19. zombiewolf

    zombiewolf Senior Member

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  20. Asmodean

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    I agree about instrumental tunes. Anyone familiar with Sad day by Charlie Musselwhite? :cheers2:
     

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