Johnny Coli Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Guitar Wolf's cover of Eikichi Yazawa's rock-balad "I Love You, OK" has always been a particularly sad-sounding song to me. This live version is especially haunting in light of Billy Wolf's death 18 months ago of a heart attack following a US tour. Seiji screaming "I love you!" into the microphone at the end of the song is pretty chilling. A gripping and emotional tribute to his friend and bandmate of almost 20 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Rich Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 "Alone Again (Naturally)" by Gilbert O'Sullivan is a very happy go lucky tune. Same w/ "Taxi" by the late Harry Chapin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyT Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Several songs from Warren Zevon's The Wind are sad as hell given that he recorded it knowing that he had a terminal illness and died only a couple weeks after it was released. In particular, are Knockin' on Heaven's Door, Please Stay, and Keep Me in Your Heart. The sadness that you feel in those songs is completely genuine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 true dat! Several songs from Warren Zevon's The Wind are sad as hell given that he recorded it knowing that he had a terminal illness and died only a couple weeks after it was released. In particular, are Knockin' on Heaven's Door, Please Stay, and Keep Me in Your Heart. The sadness that you feel in those songs is completely genuine. 873032[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodBye Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Danny Boy 872953[/snapback] Oh yeah, forgot about that one. Reminds me of my deceased uncle who lost his battle with cancer way too soon. He sang in a barbershop quartet for many years. The three remaining guys from the group sang it at his funeral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblehead Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 So what exactly IS wrong with you pansies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olivier in france Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 the song is not one of his hits but "Wreck on the Highway" by B Springsteen has always touched me and saddened me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGTEleven Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 I always found Dan Fogelberg's "In the Passage" sad: There's a ring around the moon tonight and a chill in the airAnd a fire in the stars that hang so near, so near There's a sound in the wind that blows through the wild mountain holds Like the sighs of a thousand crying souls, crying souls There's a time when the traveler is fated to find That insight has turned his gaze behind, behind And the steps taken yesterday will beckon again And lead to his weary journey's end, his journey's end [Chorus:] And in the passage from the cradle to the grave we are born, madly dancing Rushing headlong through the crashing of the days We run on and on without a backwards glance We run on and on without a backwards glance I cast my fate with the wife of Lot I turned my gaze around Knowing neither what I sought nor what was to be found Heeding weakness, feeding strength, oh life at length is frail I seek again the river's source through time's dark shadowed veil In the fast fading century, as we spin through the years I pray that our failing vision clears, our vision clears [Chorus] The places dash and the faces dart like fishes in a dream Hiding 'neath the murky banks of long forgotten streams The lines of life are never long when seen from end to end The future's never coming, and the past has never been There's a ring around the moon tonight, and a chill in the air And a fire in the stars that hang so near, so near Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rastabillz Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 This song by Brian Eno has a haunting, meloncholy feel to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Good call.I'd vote for Hank Williams "LONG GONE LONESOME BLUES" Magnificently depressing. 872876[/snapback] Also Hank Williams Sr.'s "I'm So Lonesome I could Cry". B.J. Thomas recorded an especially evocative version. The Negro spiritual, "Old Black Joe" would qualify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cugalabanza Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 So what exactly IS wrong with you pansies? 873145[/snapback] Ziss life, she is a strenje mistress, no? Who can be hoppee all dee time in a world such as zeess one, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adams Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 A list without Tears in Heaven (Clapton) or Fire and Rain (Taylor)? Those have to be two of the saddest songs of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Avenger Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 That silly christmas song about shoes? 873001[/snapback] Holy cow - just heard that song for the first time and I truly believe it has got to be the worst song EVER. It's like they held a contest to see who could write the most cliche sacharin drivel and this one won. I thought Muskrat Love was the worst song, but Christmas Shoes beats it by a mile (worse than dancing swamp rats - that's bad). Back on topic, I find Springsteen's The River very sad - about a guy who never really got a life - so much that might have been - and expressed in very earthy, human terms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cugalabanza Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Elton John - "Don't Let Your Son Go Down On Me" A heartwrenching tale of unrequited love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 I'm sorry but the saddest song in the entire world is that "Dear Mr. Jesus" song that little girl sings that they always seem to put on this time of year..... It makes me cry EVERY fricken time I hear it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Coli Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 This song by Brian Eno has a haunting, meloncholy feel to it. 873174[/snapback] A bit too new-agey for my tastes, but kudos to you for not posting the same drivel that some of these other people are trotting out there. Here's a great live clip of Lou Reed from 1980 doing two fabulously depressing songs from the deliciously miserable LP Berlin. "They're taking her children away..." Spectacular! Lou Reed "The Kids" / "Caroline Says" Florence 1980 And...from the dead junky genius category, Johnny Thunders doing "You can't put your arms around a memory". Also, another tune that'll make you reach for the straight razor is "Open up and bleed" by The Stooges, but I can't find a link to it. So, I'll put up and let you figure out why it's relevent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cugalabanza Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 A bit too new-agey for my tastes, but kudos to you for not posting the same drivel that some of these other people are trotting out there. Here's a great live clip of Lou Reed from 1980 doing two fabulously depressing songs from the deliciously miserable LP Berlin. "They're taking her children away..." Spectacular! Lou Reed "The Kids" / "Caroline Says" Florence 1980 And...from the dead junky genius category, Johnny Thunders doing "You can't put your arms around a memory". Also, another tune that'll make you reach for the straight razor is "Open up and bleed" by The Stooges, but I can't find a link to it. So, I'll put up and let you figure out why it's relevent. 873219[/snapback] Nice. I thought about Berlin as soon as I saw the title to this thread. I just saw the New York dolls live a couple weeks ago and they did "You Can't Put Your Arms..." At the key point in the song, David goes over to Sylvain (they're the only two original members still alive), puts his arms around him and they sing, "you can't put your arms around... John-ny!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 by John Prine - Sam Stone "There's a hole in Daddy's arm where all the money goes" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 is that the one i mentioned about the christmas shoes for her dying mother? the song sucks but it is soooooooo f***ing sad I'm sorry but the saddest song in the entire world is that "Dear Mr. Jesus" song that little girl sings that they always seem to put on this time of year..... It makes me cry EVERY fricken time I hear it 873207[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Where's The Cure?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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