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But I did see them in Philadelphia in 1982. They were phenomenal then. Roll the film! I've also seen Love and Rockets too many times to count...4-5 times. Never disappointed. In fact, this song was on and was the title of that tape I made in 1984. "I always question the received reality. The consensus reality is often intentionally misleading." - George Carlin |
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Ah... Love and Rockets...
Hey, I knew that was Peter Murphy . . . I was just saying that Maxwell wasn't Bauhaus! Talking of Pete Murphy solo projects . . . what about this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWTLgBkw5fI Dali's Car! gibberish |
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Seen the jams he did with Trent Reznor, Jeordie White, and Atticus Ross? A Strange Kind of Love Warm Leatherette Night Clubbing Share these with your cafe friends there.  "I always question the received reality. The consensus reality is often intentionally misleading." - George Carlin |
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If your talking sad songs that i think that Sinead O'Connor comes quite high on the list with Nothing Compares 2 U.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO8JWbG6bVw Or simply a great song - This Years Love - David Gray. Possibly (a bit chav-ish) Dry Your Eyes - The Streets |
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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Huge bump. Here are four I had to pick on very short notice:
And a few that didn't make the cut, but I still listen to when I'm sad; some feel the part, others have some personal associations:
Apparently I call the cops when I see people litter. |
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The Girl in the Fireplace was a pretty sad episode.
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Hates the Infotainment
Join Date: May 2004
Location: NSA Archives
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When I'm down and melancholy, feeling like a failure pile in a sadness bowl... I listen to The Kumite Duet and it brightens my day like a bouquet of fresh flowers.
Spoiler (click to toggle):
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"Here Comes the Flood", Peter Gabriel
"Remember Me When I'm Gone", Cy Curnin "Turn On Your Radio", Harry Nilsson |
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Come on people!
Damien Rice! Me, my yoke and I Elephant Prague Cheers Darlin' Get into it you depressed mo fo's! Muchas el Amor! |
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ottawa, ON
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This was a great old thread. I came across a reference to Roy Harper's "Another Day" on the Internet, and thought of the thread. Very sad song indeed. Give it a listen here if you like:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musi...er-another-day When there's an eel in the lake that's as long as a snake that's a moray. |
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Join Date: May 2004
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There's been tons of covers, but nobody does it better than Bill. [edit]: previous link has broke: Bill's Greatest. Man do I love his voice. One of the greatest ever. So it goes. |
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Just looking back over the thread, one thing that seems to be is missing is Hank Williams. Every time I listen to it, I think that "I'm so Lonesome I Could Cry" might be the saddest song ever written. A close second from Hank is "Lost on the River".
When there's an eel in the lake that's as long as a snake that's a moray. |
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Funny I was going to say when you're down in the dumps and ready to drink, it's hard to beat Bill Withers. Was listening to him just the other day but not for that reason (random iTunes playback fun while working on a new project).
BUT.... If you're more in the crushed by life / angry / numb / cynical state of "downness", there's no beating Time, from Dark Side of the Moon. Maybe the best rock song ever written IMO. So much cruel humanity (read: truth for a whole lot of people) in that song, but spun like angry poetry or something. There's the quiet and lyricless intro to the song, the piercing lyrics / story of the song, and it even has a killer guitar solo that doesn't try to be a killer guitar solo... it just fits the ideas and mood in the song. Damn near musically perfect. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_1f6LUc1eE (Those psycho-angst-metal bands that scream into the microphones and smash their guitars against people's heads while performing could stand to take a lesson from Time. Get off my lawn, thrash-metal punks and learn how to write a real song!  )...into the light of a dark black night. |
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Given, Pink Floyd is without a doubt one on the top acts ever. Arguably the best. For sad songs though? I'd have to go with "Goodbye Blue Sky" or, really, The Wall in whole. That's just such a heartbreaking album. Fantastic in every way, really.
I'm a sucker for epic storytelling albums though. Ziggy Stardust, Frances the Mute, Kid A, etc. All of those are right with me. So it goes. Last edited by 709 : 2012-12-15 at 18:12. |
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My wife saw a reference to this particular rendition of "Red River Valley" as being voted online as among the best sad song performances. Chris Isaak and Stevie Nicks duet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOFVrDAnrGc When there's an eel in the lake that's as long as a snake that's a moray. |
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