Saddest song you ever heard...

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".

 

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

 

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..

 

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

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUXpwfGX06w

 

Fairport Convention - Fotheringay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VBh0sJYMiY

 

Bright Eyes - No Lies, Just Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=820IWQZWQkQ

 

Prophetic and moving considering what happened to him

Man of the World Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

A fond farewell-Elliott Smith

 

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.

 

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.

 

One of my favourite sad songs is Long Gone Lonesome Blues by Hank Williams Sr

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

But the most haunting I've heard is The Ballad of Hollis Brown by Bob Dylan,

from The Times They Are A' Changing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd6EbNgi5YU

Really gets me under my skin...

 

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

 

Here's a couple:

He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz2aNifcy20

Ode to Billy Joe - Bobby Gentry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZt5Q-u4crc

For sheer poignancy, without words:

Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings"

Here's a haunting choral version - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkObnNQCMtM

And "Pavonne for a Dead Princess", by Maurice Ravel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKkeDqJBlK8

 

Pilot Speed - Alright

 

Good stuff!...I prefer instrumental music... there are depths of emotion that words sometimes cannot reach...:cheers2:

ZW

 

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