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What are the saddest songs?
« on: Aug 25th, 2004, 5:27am » |
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Just curious what song move you.
Joe Nichols - If nobody Believed in you
JoDee Messina - Bring on the Rain
Tim McGraw - Don't Take the Girl
Sarah McGlachlan - Angel
Dusty Drake - One last Time 
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When she picked up the telephone
His voice came on the line
She said this can't be happening
And tears fell from her eyes
She said 'What am I supposed to do
I can't handle losing you?'
He said 'I just had to call and say goodbye
One last time'
He said 'There are some things in this life
That are out of our control
Like who we fall in love with
And when it's time to go'
She said 'What about the plans we had'
He said 'This connection's gettin' bad
Now, c'mon baby let me hear you smile
One last time'
She started to apologize for
All the things that she'd done wrong
She said 'I would've loved you better
If only I'd known'
He said 'You were the perfect wife
Promise me you'll gon on with your life'
She says 'The boys won't understand'
He says 'Tell them Daddy loves them and Be strong'
He said 'Hon, I've gotta go'
She said 'Don't you dare hang up
There's so many things I need to say
I love you so (much)"
It was almost like she felt him leave
She cried out 'Can you still hear me'
She fell down on the kitchen floor
When the signal died
As the pilot tried to pull out of the dive
One Last ....
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Re: What are the saddest songs?
« Reply #1 on: Aug 25th, 2004, 5:49am » |
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Wish you were here-Mark Wills
Never did say goodbye-Lisa Brokop
He walked on Water-Randy Travis
Concrete Angel-?
Streets of Heaven-?
Of course all of these have significance to me.
Juvy
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If i had only known-Reba
The Baby-?
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Re: What are the saddest songs?
« Reply #2 on: Aug 25th, 2004, 5:50am » |
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Concrete angel - Martina McBride
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Re: What are the saddest songs?
« Reply #3 on: Aug 25th, 2004, 6:02am » |
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Elton John-Butterfly (Someone Saved My Life, Tonight)
I never realised the passing hours of evening showers.
A slip noose hanging in my darkest dreams.
I’m strangled by your haunted social scene.
Just a pawn out-played by a dominating queen.
It’s four o’clock in the morning.
Damn it listen to me good.
I’m sleeping with myself tonight.
Saved in time, thank God my music’s still alive.
And I would have walked head on into the deep end of the river.
Clinging to your stocks and bonds.
Paying your h.p. demands forever.
They’re coming in the morning with a truck to take me home.
Someone saved my life tonight, someone saved my life tonight.
Someone saved my life tonight, someone saved my life tonight.
Someone saved my life tonight.
So save your strength and run the field you play alone.
Jimmy
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« Reply #4 on: Aug 25th, 2004, 7:09am » |
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"You know who" has me wide awake at 5:56am after maybe an hour that seemed like a minute....
WTF???
Is there something in the air tonight?
Seems my spirit took a nosedive about 2am...(long story...)
Prolly show my age here a bit on this one, as I cross a couple of genres of music.
1. Hurt - Nine Inch Nails
2. The Great Gig In The Sky - Pink Floyd
3. Fade To Black - Metallica
4. If It Be Your Will - Leonard Cohen
5. The Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
6. Mama Liked The Roses - Elvis Presley (I have not been able to listen to this song since my mom was buried in 1993 - probably the saddest song there is in my world)
7. Coma Black - Marilyn Manson
8. Shades of Gray - The Monkees (shut up Jonny  )
and a song that was lingering in my head when I was trying to sleep (and ironically got out of bed to read this and got a weird feeling...)
Really feeling like an old folkie/folgie on this one...
Ode To Billy Joe
(B. Gentry,1967)
It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day
I was out choppin' cotton and my brother was balin' hay
And at dinner time we stopped and we walked back to the house to eat
And mama hollered at the back door "y'all remember to wipe your feet"
And then she said she got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge
Today Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge
Papa said to mama as he passed around the blackeyed peas
"Well, Billy Joe never had a lick of sense, pass the biscuits, please"
"There's five more acres in the lower forty I've got to plow"
Mama said it was shame about Billy Joe, anyhow
Seems like nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge
And now Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge
And brother said he recollected when he and Tom and Billy Joe
Put a frog down my back at the Carroll County picture show
And wasn't I talkin' to him after church last Sunday night?
"I'll have another piece of apple pie, you know it just don't seem right"
"I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge"
"And now you tell me Billy Joe's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"
Mama said to me "Child, what's happened to your appetite?"
"I've been cookin' all morning and you haven't touched a single bite"
"That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today"
"Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday, oh, by the way"
"He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge"
"And she and Billy Joe was throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge"
A year has come 'n' gone since we heard the news 'bout Billy Joe
Brother married Becky Thompson, they bought a store in Tupelo
There was a virus going 'round, papa caught it and he died last Spring
And now mama doesn't seem to wanna do much of anything
And me, I spend a lot of time pickin' flowers up on Choctaw Ridge
And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge
Odd - I don't know why in blue blazes fuck THAT song came to mind at 2am. I guess you could say right now I got something else on my heart and mind. Can't eat, can't sleep (obviously the brain won't shut off and when it does the beast sets off all sirens.) I don't get this feeling very often but when I do - I don't like it. I don't like the jitters like I just had six pots of coffee intravenously and I don't like the lump in my throat I can't swallow...Telling myself I'm going back to bed when I'm super-wide awake...rrrrrriiiiiiiiite!!!
They say remain silent and be thought a fool rather than speak and leave no doubt - but I am one who hates to leave anything to chance.
I'm shuttin' the fuck up and going to my happy place - Whogivesafuckville!
Carl
P.S. - I'll go download some Bay City Rollers and Brady Bunch tunes, 'get happy' and be all better. 
P.S.S. - Sleep Deprivation SUCKS SALTED SNAILJUICE!!!
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Re: What are the saddest songs?
« Reply #5 on: Aug 25th, 2004, 8:00am » |
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Well, I've been told to avoid sad songs, but here are my sad favorites
Down to Seeds and Stems Again Blues
by Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen
Your Latest Trick
by Dire Straits
Imagine
by John Lennon - probably not normally thought of as a sad song, but Neil Young's version of it during a 911 tribute was sad indeed.
Happy Birthday
I turn 50 in January
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Re: What are the saddest songs?
« Reply #6 on: Aug 25th, 2004, 8:32am » |
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Alone again naturally...
I don't know who wrote it.
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Re: What are the saddest songs?
« Reply #7 on: Aug 25th, 2004, 8:33am » |
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The Green Berets.................SGT. Barry Sadler
While at home a young wife waits.
Just to hear her Green Beret has met his fate
He leaves her this last request.
put silver wings on my sons chest
Just to show he is one of Americas best.
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Re: What are the saddest songs?
« Reply #8 on: Aug 25th, 2004, 8:49am » |
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Cats in the Cradle.
I am realizing with my 3 year old how easy it is to have a child grow up right in front of your eyes and not realize it untill they do something that just completely amazes you.
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Re: What are the saddest songs?
« Reply #9 on: Aug 25th, 2004, 8:53am » |
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on Aug 25th, 2004, 8:32am, ExplodingEyeBall wrote:Alone again naturally...
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Gilbert O'Sullivan sang it. I don't know who wrote it, though...
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« Reply #10 on: Aug 25th, 2004, 8:57am » |
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Goodbye to Romance- Ozzy
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Re: What are the saddest songs?
« Reply #11 on: Aug 25th, 2004, 9:04am » |
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on Aug 25th, 2004, 8:57am, john_d wrote:
Awesome choice. Excellent song. Incredible guitar player. (Randy Rhodes)
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Re: What are the saddest songs?
« Reply #12 on: Aug 25th, 2004, 9:07am » |
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The Long, Black Veil - Johnny Cash
Little Omie Wise - Doc Watson
Love Burns - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
We Have All the Time in the World - Louis Armstrong
The Paragons
Riding On A High and Windy Day (Evans/Barrett/Holt)
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Riding on a high and windy day
Deep in the month of May
Riding on a high and windy day
Riding my troubles away
Nobody knows the pain I feel
Nobody knows my misery
I wear a smile upon my face
Anyway
And now I'm riding on a high and windy day
Deep in the month of May
Riding on a high and windy day
Riding my troubles away
I've got a feeling I can't deny
I'm all alone and I want to cry
But I'm still a man and I can't deny
My pride
Nobody knows the pain I feel
Nobody knows my misery
I wear a smile upon my face
Anyway
And now I'm riding on a high and windy day
Deep in the month of May
Riding on a high and windy day...
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« Reply #13 on: Aug 25th, 2004, 9:20am » |
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UMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!
on Aug 25th, 2004, 7:09am, Carl_D wrote:WTF???
Is there something in the air tonight?
Seems my spirit took a nosedive about 2am...(long story...)
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Goodbye to Romance- Ozzy
Um, okay - Do I buy a lottery ticket today or open an umbrella indoors?
This is seriously fuckin with me and the lack of sleep ain't helping any...
I'll explain the 'long story' albeit try to be brief...
One thing egging me the past 2 days is - today is the 19th anniversary of my best friend in youth, Calvin Lewis's passing. I haven't been to his grave in years, and it was bugging me for a long while last night while sleep gang-mocked my attempts to reach Z's. We had a circle of friends that would go to his grave on this day every year. The two songs we used to crank all the time were "Holiday" By The Scorpions (his favorite band) and "Goodbye to Romance" from Ozzy - my childhood fave featuring the prodigy guitar styling of my hero Randy Rhoads. I had an mp3 disc playing when I got into the shower a bit ago, and guess what song was playing when I re-read this thread????????
DID I SLIP INTO THE FUCKING TWILIGHT ZONE OR WHAT???
Carl - who is afraid to leave the apartment in case this is a bad omen....
Maybe I finally fell asleep and am dreaming this?
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Re: What are the saddest songs?
« Reply #14 on: Aug 25th, 2004, 9:34am » |
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Remember that Smith bitch that drowned her kids in her car in the river and blamed it on a black man? I think it was in one of the Carolinas........ two little boys, back seat.... Ended up being her new boyfriend didn't want kids... so she offed 'em.
(I KNEW she was lying ... HOW could a mother do that?? for a MAN? OMG... still gets my blood boiling!!)
well i dont know if it was a national song or something the radio station did - but there was a song about that... done from the boy's she killed perspective.
THAT is the saddest song I have EVER heard in my life..
and i dont know who sang it or the name of the song... but i remember it said ....
"mama why did you send us away..." or something like that...
oh shit... i dont know ~ i only heard it two times........
anyone else know WTF I am talkking about???? 
oh - and DONT TAKE THE GIRL makes me cry every time.
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on Aug 25th, 2004, 8:32am, ExplodingEyeBall wrote:Alone again naturally...
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That is another og my favorites forgot about that, the artist is Gilbert O'Sullivan
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This one always makes me cry every time I hear it....
The Good Stuff
by Kenny Chesney
Well me and my lady had our first big fight
So I drove around till I saw the neon lights
at a corner bar
It just seemed right, so I pulled up
Not a soul around but the old bar keep
down at the end lookin' half asleep
He walked up and said "What'll it be?"
I said,''The good stuff"
He didn't reach around for the whiskey
He didn't pour me a beer
His blue eyes kind of went misty
He said, "You can't find that here."
Cause its the first long kiss on a second date
your momma's all worried when you get home late
Droppin the ring in the spaghetti plate
cause your hands are shakin so much
It's the way that she looks with the rice in her hair
Eatin' burnt suppers the whole first year
and askin for seconds to keep her from tearin' up
Yeah man, that's the good stuff
He grabbed a carton of milk
and he poured a glass
then I smiled and said,
"I'll have some of that."
We sat there and talked as an hour passed
like old friends
Saw a black and white picture and it caught my stare
It was a pretty girl with bouffant hair
He said, "That's my Bonnie, taken 'bout a year after we wed."
He said, "Spent 5 years in the bottle, when the cancer took her from me,
But Ive been sober 3 years now
'Cause the one thing stronger than the whiskey
Was the sight of her holdin' my baby girl
The way she adored that string of pearls
I gave her the day that our youngest boy Earl,
married his high school love
and it's a new t-shirt saying "I'm a grandpa"
and being right there as our time got small,
And holdin her hand when the good Lord called her up
Yeah man, That's the good stuff
He said, ''When you get home she'll start to cry,
When she says, ''Im sorry,'' say ''So am I''
Then look into those eyes so deep in love
and drink it up
'Cause thats the good stuff
That's the good stuff
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Re: What are the saddest songs?
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on Aug 25th, 2004, 9:34am, Woobie wrote:Remember that Nicole Smith bitch that drowned her kids in the river and blamed it on a black man? I think it was in one of the Carolinas........ two little boys, back seat....
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I think it was Susan Smith...
Nicole Smith has her own tv show!
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HA HA VIG - i just went to go get into the shower and realized I said NICOLE smith - and came back to change it.. but couldn't remember what the first name was...
i JUST edited it. LOL
so - have you heard the song?? anyone?
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on Aug 25th, 2004, 9:48am, Melissa wrote:This one always makes me cry every time I hear it....
The Good Stuff
by Kenny Chesney
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Echo, that's pretty cool... 
Here is one more song for me....
Wind Beneath My Wings
by Bette Midler
It must have been cold there in my shadow,
to never have sunlight on your face.
You were content to let me shine, that's your way.
You always walked a step behind.
So I was the one with all the glory,
while you were the one with all the strain.
A beautiful face without a name for so long.
A beautiful smile to hide the pain.
Did you ever know that you're my hero,
and everything I would like to be?
I can fly higher than an eagle,
for you are the Wind Beneath My Wings.
It might have appeared to go unnoticed,
but I've got it all here in my heart.
I want you to know I know the truth, of course I know it.
I would be nothing without you.
Did you ever know that you're my hero?
You're everything I wish I could be.
I could fly higher than an eagle,
for you are the Wind Beneath My Wings.
Did I ever tell you you're my hero?
You're everything, everything I wish I could be.
Oh, and I, I could fly higher than an eagle,
for you are the Wind Beneath My Wings,
'cause you are the Wind Beneath My Wings.
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Just about anything by The Cure. "A Thousand Hours," "Trust," "Cut," "Apart," etc. etc.
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I think that the dusty drake song is about one of the planes that went down on 9/11
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You could be my silver spring
Blue-green colors flashing
I would be your only dream
Your shining over ocean crashing
Don't say that she's pretty
And did you say that she loved you
Baby I don't want to know
So I begin not to love you
Turn 'round, see me running
I say I loved you years ago
But tell myself you never loved me no
And don't say that she's pretty
And did you say that she loved you
Baby I don't want to know
Oh no
And can you tell me was it worth it
Baby I don't want to know
Time cast a spell on you
But you won't forget me
I know I could have loved you
But you would not let me
Time cast a spell on you
But you won't forget me
I know I could have loved you
But you would not let me
I follow you down 'till the sound
Of my voice will haunt you
(Give me just a chance)
You'll never get away from the sound
Of the woman who loves you
(Was I just a fool)
I follow you down 'till the sound
Of my voice will haunt you
(Give me just a chance)
You'll never get away from the sound
Of the woman who loves you
(Was I just a fool)
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Re: What are the saddest songs?
« Reply #24 on: Aug 25th, 2004, 10:37am » |
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Some of my favorite "sad songs" do not have words. It is the music that makes them so sad! Here are a few that I love:
"Adagio for Strings" - Barber
"Symphony No. 7, Mvt II" - Beethoven
"Ghost Piano Trio, Mvt II" - Beethoven
"Prelude in b-flat minor, WTC Book I" - Bach
To name a few...!
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