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Post by edog40 on Sept 6, 2020 16:52:46 GMT
"Timothy" was written by Rupert Holmes, who was in The Buoys, and later had a hit with "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)." He says the song was intentionally controversial, to create a buzz. Holmes has done Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Podcast, where he tells the story. He's a funny guy, actually and very successful. www.gilbertpodcast.com/rupert-holmes/The Piña Colada Song. One of my favorites. My wife and I joke that it's the song about two assholes who deserve each other LOL Add ‘Him’ to the sad songs list.
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Post by warrior21 on Sept 6, 2020 17:35:40 GMT
Wild Fire by Martin Michael Murphey is kinda depressing.
For me, sad songs aren’t solely about the lyrics. For example, the melodies of Sailing by Christopher Cross and If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot both kill me.
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Post by edog40 on Sept 6, 2020 18:07:19 GMT
How about Bucks version of Fall at Your Feet? GD. And Wings Wetted Down, maybe that is just indescribable doom rather than sad
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Post by Buck on Sept 6, 2020 20:34:21 GMT
Many of these songs are ironic, which is its own form of evocative reaction. Could be a category of its own. Yeah, "Wildfire" gets bleak when you (spoiler alert) realize the gal doesn't make it.
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Post by duckbarman on Sept 6, 2020 21:45:50 GMT
Tom's got you all beat:
For the uninitiated, these are the lyrics:
The old home town looks the same As I step down from the train And there to meet me is my Mama and Papa Down the road I look and there runs Mary Hair of gold and lips like cherries It's good to touch the green, green grass of home
Yes, they'll all come to meet me, arms reaching, smiling sweetly It's good to touch the green, green grass of home The old house is still standing tho' the paint is cracked and dry And there's that old oak tree that I used to play on Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary Hair of gold and lips like cherries It's good to touch the green, green grass of home
Then I awake and look around me At four grey walls that surround me And I realize, yes, I was only dreaming For there's a guard and there's a sad old padre Arm in arm, we'll walk at daybreak Again I touch the green, green grass of home
Yes, they'll all come to see me In the shade of that old oak tree As they lay me 'neath the green, green grass of home
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Post by Alessandro on Sept 6, 2020 21:58:10 GMT
what's Welsh for "optimism"?
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Post by James on Sept 6, 2020 23:58:41 GMT
Always thought Boots of Spanish Leather was a sad one. I know Dan McCafferty covered this one from Bob Dylan.
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Post by James on Sept 7, 2020 0:05:05 GMT
From the same album of covers another bummer he did called Trouble from Little Feat.
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Post by sirrastus on Sept 7, 2020 6:45:24 GMT
When I was growing up, in the early '70's, two songs that were affecting were "Alone Again Naturally" by Gilbert O' Sullivan and "Seasons In The Sun" by Terry Jacks. When I was real small "Puff The Magic Dragon" would make me cry. Still does. That damn Jackie Paper. This may be the first American version of Seasons In The Sun(originally French-Jacques Brel):
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Post by sirrastus on Sept 7, 2020 6:46:56 GMT
This preceded Terry Jacks by almost a decade:
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Post by sirrastus on Sept 7, 2020 6:48:07 GMT
Willie Nelson's Always On My Mind is an incredibly sad song.I think a third of rock music became sad songs after they stopped doing car songs.
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Post by sirrastus on Sept 7, 2020 6:55:22 GMT
This isn't a sad song but to me it's one of the most touchingly beautiful songs and lyrics(written by the terribly underrated John Loudermilk)I know.3 years before the hit version by Gene Hughes and the Casinos came out:
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Post by sirrastus on Sept 7, 2020 6:59:59 GMT
El Paso is an all-time favorite.IMO Jay and the Americans Come A Little Bit Closer was an updated version if the guy just skeddadled before anyone got hurt.Sort of like El Paso meets Buck's Fight.
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Post by Buck on Sept 7, 2020 14:56:04 GMT
A song that's a story that might have ended badly but didn't and is a fav of mine is "Trouble Boys" by Dave Edmunds. Instead of tragedy and sadness it winds up making the listener feel good about humanity.
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Post by druid on Sept 7, 2020 15:14:36 GMT
"Love on the Wrong Side of Town" by Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. Southside is just an amazing emotive singer on these kinds of songs. Written by Steve Van Zandt and Bruce Springsteen.
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