Sad songs
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aquapiranha
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as well as a great song..
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ff1d1l
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Always liked this when a sad un is called for
http://youtu.be/nFFgR-SDzM8
Nice performance too - more talent than you can shake a stick at.
http://youtu.be/nFFgR-SDzM8
Nice performance too - more talent than you can shake a stick at.
Mullardman
Moderately extreme...
Just remembered this one....
Mull
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rbrown
I think therefore I think I am
Suffolk Tony
Aim low, achieve your goals, avoid disappointment.
"Carrickfergus" - Van Morrison & The Chieftains.
"All The fine young Men" - Mary Black.
"All The fine young Men" - Mary Black.
Townes Van Zandt - Waiting 'Round to Die
Townes Van Zandt first released this song on his 1968 debut album "For the Sake of the Song" where the song closed off the record's first side.
The version below is from Townes Van Zandt's phantastic live album "Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas", a 1973 live recording that was released in 1977 on the Tomato label.
Starting with the first verse which is setting the scene of a drifter.
"Sometimes I don't know where this dirty road is taking me
Sometimes I can't even see the reason why
I guess I keep a-gamblin', lots of booze and lots of ramblin'
It's easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die"
This drifter is passing sadly through his experiences of an abusive father, being left by his mother, fast women, prison, and finally settling with drug abuse in the final verse.
"Now I'm out of prison, I got me a friend at last
He don't drink or steal or cheat or lie
Well, his name's codeine, he's the nicest thing I've seen
Together we're gonna wait around and die
Together we're gonna wait around and die"
A masterful and utterly depressing song.
Townes Van Zandt first released this song on his 1968 debut album "For the Sake of the Song" where the song closed off the record's first side.
The version below is from Townes Van Zandt's phantastic live album "Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas", a 1973 live recording that was released in 1977 on the Tomato label.
Starting with the first verse which is setting the scene of a drifter.
"Sometimes I don't know where this dirty road is taking me
Sometimes I can't even see the reason why
I guess I keep a-gamblin', lots of booze and lots of ramblin'
It's easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die"
This drifter is passing sadly through his experiences of an abusive father, being left by his mother, fast women, prison, and finally settling with drug abuse in the final verse.
"Now I'm out of prison, I got me a friend at last
He don't drink or steal or cheat or lie
Well, his name's codeine, he's the nicest thing I've seen
Together we're gonna wait around and die
Together we're gonna wait around and die"
A masterful and utterly depressing song.
Elliott Smith - A Fond Farewell
From his final album "From a Basement on the Hill", released in 2004 on ANTI- Records.
"This is not my life
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
It's not what I'm like
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Who couldn't get things right
A fond farewell to a friend"
From his final album "From a Basement on the Hill", released in 2004 on ANTI- Records.
"This is not my life
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
It's not what I'm like
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Who couldn't get things right
A fond farewell to a friend"
The Chronicals
Disruptor
The Chronicals
Disruptor
John Prine - Sam Stone
Always thought of "Sam Stone" as John Prine's saddest song on his self-titled debut album (Atlantic, 1971).
"Sam Stone was alone
When he popped his last balloon
Climbing walls while sitting in a chair
Well, he played his last request
While the room smelled just like death
With an overdose hovering in the air
But life had lost it's fun
There was nothing to be done
But trade his house that he bought on the GI bill
For a flag-draped casket on a local hero's hill"
Always thought of "Sam Stone" as John Prine's saddest song on his self-titled debut album (Atlantic, 1971).
"Sam Stone was alone
When he popped his last balloon
Climbing walls while sitting in a chair
Well, he played his last request
While the room smelled just like death
With an overdose hovering in the air
But life had lost it's fun
There was nothing to be done
But trade his house that he bought on the GI bill
For a flag-draped casket on a local hero's hill"
James Evans
Bedroom Bodger
Pretty much any Jason Molina song, but here's just one