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".
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..
This one gets to me everytime Peace Dan New Riders of the Purple Sage New Riders of the Purple Sage the Band the Music Gallery Store Links Music Live Archives | Lyrics | Concert History | DVD Lyrics 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
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
Good stuff!...I prefer instrumental music... there are depths of emotion that words sometimes cannot reach...:cheers2: ZW