Top 5 saddest songs

[StuBass1]

Been done before I believe...but these are the top 5 saddest songs that come to mind...

1. Think Of Laura [[Christopher Cross)
This one puts a lump in my throat. Based on a real life tragedy.

2. Patches [[Clarence Carter)
All the crap life threw at this poor guy.

3. Taxi [[Harry Chapin)
How life can take sad and unfortunate turns. The sequel released several years later flip flops the scenario...with the same result. Could do a movie based on the story.

4. Living In Shame [[Diana Ross & The Supremes)
Need to respect your mom.

5. American Pie...aka The Day The Music Died [[Don Mclean)
Saddest day in Rock & Roll

What tear jerkers am I missing?

[ralpht]

"These Boots Are Made For Walking" is a pretty sad song, Stu. Oh..but you mean.....

[manny]

The one that made me to cry is "GREEN ONIONS" by Booker T & The MG's ;)

After this joke, seriously, I never know if I loves Soul Music for the groove, funny numbers or, at the contrary, for his capacity to transmit universal feelings about melancholy, breakhearting love affairs, existential uncertain feelings,...
Here's the ones that really make me feel mellow and I likes a lot from the first time I played it:

- "The Coldest Days Of My Life" - Chi-lites
- "I Cry All The Way Home" - Dramatics
- "Light My Fire" - Clarence Carter [[more than any other cover)
- "If You Leave Me Now" - Chicago [[I think its because at the time of my first love deception my sister, casually, played it constantly...)
- "This Is Your Life" - Jerry Butler [[in the intro, the sound of the waves, the children laughing,... very dramatic and sweet at the same time)
- "Theme From The Summer Of 51" - Francis Nero [[not sure the year of the summer)
- "Vivo sonhando" - Antonio Carlos Jobim
- "Adam's Hotel" - Eumir Deodato [[the one most mellow from my entire "carioca" soul & fusion collection)
- "Virgin Girl" - Soul Survivors

[Jerry Oz]

"Toby" by the O'Jays is one of the saddest songs, for me. What's sadder than losing your high school sweetheart [[or dog, depending on whose buying the drinks and playing the CD)? "Oh Girl" by the Chi-Lites is another one and it might be matched by "Have You Seen Her". Roger Troutman produced an LP by Dick Smith that had the saddest and most soulful version of "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" that I can imagine. And since this is the Soulful Detroit forum, I'm going bring up "Ooh Baby Baby" by Smokey.

Finally, I'm not saying that "Boys In Blue" by View From the Hill was a song about a group of British lads who were drafted to go away to war and some of them didn't make it back. It was well-written, excellently produced, and sung with such raw emotion that I may have misted up a little when I listened to it. I am not saying that it made me cry, though, because I'm not going to admit to it.

[robb_k]

5051
"Strange Fruit"-Billie Holliday
"The Beginning Of My End"-
"Tell Laura I Love Her"-
"Nature Boy"-Nat King Cole
"A House is Not a Home"-Dionne Warwick

All those songs in which one of the lovers is leaving, and the other just wants to kiss or be held one last time.

All those stories about a car crash and death to one of the two lovers

[skooldem1]

One less bell to answer: The 5th Dimension
Neither one of us: Gladys Knight and the Pips
She's out of my life: Michael Jackson

[oldiesmusicfan]

Look At Me - Bread - description of pure loneliness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gc6wRhBh3k

In The Middle Of It All - Arthur Alexander - the aftermath of a painful break-up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN0x180tG0w

Sudden Stop - Percy Sledge - positively gloomy, he cheated, she left
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36daxPJoDJo

Lament - Roy Hamilton - another sad guy with a broken heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9_CSqFR7ss

Shangri-Las - I Can Never Go Home Anymore - melodrama! the teenager runs away because she's upset with mom, but mom "grew so lonely in the end, the angels picked her for a friend", so the girl can never go home again. Get me a tissue!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdPR8gq3NsA

Sweet Bitter Love - Aretha Franklin - more broken hearts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JRMjhOh95w

Lonely Violin - Percy Sledge - singing from the grave, it's a Bee Gees song. I prefer Percy Sledge's version. Here's a Youtube video that includes both versions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcFWcB9Z7Dw

That's it for now!

Oldies

[copley]

For Your Precious Love - Linda Jones
My Way - Nina Simone
Hurt - Johnny Cash
Making The Best Of A Bad Situation - Millie Jackson
Why D'Ya Do It - Marianne Faithfull
The Boiler - Rhoda Dakar & The Special AKA
In The Winter - Dusty Springfield
Fancy - Bobbie Gentry
Remember Me - Diana Ross/Valerie Simpson
Gibsom Street - Laura Nyro

& many many more

[skooldem1]

Bohemian Rhapsody / Queen

[manny]

"Toby" by the O'Jays is one of the saddest songs, for me. What's sadder than losing your high school sweetheart [[or dog, depending on whose buying the drinks and playing the CD)? "Oh Girl" by the Chi-Lites is another one and it might be matched by "Have You Seen Her". Roger Troutman produced an LP by Dick Smith that had the saddest and most soulful version of "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" that I can imagine. And since this is the Soulful Detroit forum, I'm going bring up "Ooh Baby Baby" by Smokey.
Finally, I'm not saying that "Boys In Blue" by View From the Hill was a song about a group of British lads who were drafted to go away to war and some of them didn't make it back. It was well-written, excellently produced, and sung with such raw emotion that I may have misted up a little when I listened to it. I am not saying that it made me cry, though, because I'm not going to admit to it.


The O'Jays made a cover of "Toby"? The same "Toby" by The Ch-lites?! In fact you made me remember that one sad song I likes a lot is "Let It All Out" [[specially the verses that Bill Powell sang with his unique falsetto).And there's some more Chi-lites and Dramatic's tunes that make me feel mellow: "The Sound Of Lonely", "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face", "I Never Feel So Good", "Love Comes In All Sizes"; "She's A Rainmaker", "Just Shopin'", "Tune Up";... And Isaac Haye's tracks vocal and instrumental, from "Elie's Love Theme" or "St. Thomas Square" to "It's Heaven To Me" or his live versions of Bill Whiters "Ain't No Sunshine" on Wattstax.

And [[uffff... how I have forget before!), MFSB "Bitter Sweet"!

[RossHolloway]

Bonnie Raitt's I Can't Make You Love Me.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW9Cu6GYqxo

[RossHolloway]

LeeAnn Rimes - How Do I live Without You




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90e8ryPDKWo

[RossHolloway]

Lonesome Lover - Max Roach & Abbey Lincoln. This is the most played song on my iPod.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWJuJvxLw8Y

[robb_k]

5052
"Patches"-Dickey Lee

[sunshineonacloudyday]

I love a good tearjerker! THE saddest of all for me is:

WILLIE HOBBS - HOW COULD MY BABY KNOW


http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ax69LyTHXH8

[luke]

Too much too little too late.
Alone Again Naturally.

[StuBass1]

"These Boots Are Made For Walking" is a pretty sad song, Stu. Oh..but you mean.....

Geez...I meant the story line...not the performance!

[timmyfunk]

Try and find any song sadder than "Alone Again [[Naturally) by Gilbert O'Sullivan. I dare ya.

[copley]

Forgot one - Cristina - Things Fall Apart


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5Xgktqp-Zw

[soulster]

Try and find any song sadder than "Alone Again [[Naturally) by Gilbert O'Sullivan. I dare ya.

OK! I like a challenge!

Just off the top of my head:

Have You Seen Her - Chi-Lites

All By Myself - Eric Carmen

I Think It's Going To Rain Today - Randy Newman

How Can You Call Me Brother - O'Jays

I [[Who Have Nothing) - Ben E. King

[timmyfunk]

OK, All By Myself may come close. Hmmmm.....

[144man]

What the World Needs Now Is Love/ Abraham, Martin and John - Tom Clay

Rose - Lamont Dozier

Tar And Cement - Verdelle Smith

In the Ghetto - Elvis Presley

Heart Be Still - Lorraine Ellison

[robb_k]

5053
"My Saddest Hour"-Five Keys
"Small Sad Sam"-Bob Kayli:rolleyes:

[Jerry Oz]

The O'Jays made a cover of "Toby"? The same "Toby" by The Ch-lites?! In fact you made me remember that one sad song I likes a lot is "Let It All Out" [[specially the verses that Bill Powell sang with his unique falsetto).And there's some more Chi-lites and Dramatic's tunes that make me feel mellow: "The Sound Of Lonely", "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face", "I Never Feel So Good", "Love Comes In All Sizes"; "She's A Rainmaker", "Just Shopin'", "Tune Up";... And Isaac Haye's tracks vocal and instrumental, from "Elie's Love Theme" or "St. Thomas Square" to "It's Heaven To Me" or his live versions of Bill Whiters "Ain't No Sunshine" on Wattstax.

And [[uffff... how I have forget before!), MFSB "Bitter Sweet"!
Oooops... I was thinking about "Brandy" by the O'Jays, not "Toby" by the Chi-Lites. But "Toby" is the all-time saddest song for me.

[smark21]

5 that make my list:

I Guess I’ll Miss the Man by The Supremes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOnBWb5aMLo

When No One Cares by Frank Sinatra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iitxwTAmelg

Isolation by Joy Division
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bkcPS3GHQY

I’ll Never Get Over you Getting Over Me by Expose
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP8NpPcVgBA

Bad Sun by The Bravery
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz4pmZoJaIk

[tsull1]

"The Coldest Days of My Life" by The Chi-Lites takes it for me ... and it just keeps going and going. I'm like "Stop before I kill myself!" Actually it's a great tune, but very sad. The atmosphere the fellas create is fantastic.

[soulster]

Sideshow - Blue Magic

[destruction]

"Billie Jean"......Who said a sad song had to be a slow song?

"Death Letter" - My all time fave Blues song.

"Looked like there was 10,000 people standing round the burying ground.
I didn't know I loved her.....till they let her down....."

Toby and Brandy were always a bit to saccharine for my taste.
Here's my fave Pet song:

"Old Dog Blue"....or something like that.....I have it on a 3 cd compilation.

"I dug his grave wid a silver spade
I let him down wid a golden chain
And every link I called his name;
Go on Blue, you good dog, you!"

Then there's "Strange Fruit"......nuff said.

I'm gonna come back like Octomom Robb K and name 4 more....and somehow I'm gonna slip in a PFunk song.

5 bux to the first funkateer that can name it.....3 guess each. One hint....Funkadelic


Hat tip to RossHolloway for the Bonnie Raitt joint. I can no longer play that in the car because my 13 year old grand declared it the saddest song she'd ever heard, about 3 or 4 years ago.....and asked me to never play it again.

Other personal faves include: "Ain't No Way"......which is on just about every list I make.

And "If I Were Your Woman".....another Perfect Record.

[robb_k]

I'm gonna come back like Octomom Robb K and name 4 more....and somehow I'm gonna slip in a PFunk song.


5054
What's an "Octomom" ??? I'd be surprised if I could be any kind of a "Mom"!!! :D Does this mean I'm like 8 Moms? Or One eighth of a Mom? Or does it mean I'm already an 80 year old?-I'll admit that I am old, but not THAT old!!!

[destruction]

Robb....you're most def closer to being the rocket scientist of SDF than most peeps....... As the former prez once said:

"Use the google...."

[soulster]

5054
What's an "Octomom" ???

Let me help you:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadya_Suleman

[jobeterob]

Jesse - Roberta Flack

Summertime - Diana Ross

The perennial sad song - Honey - Bobby Goldsboro

[soulster]

Jesse - Roberta Flack

Hmmm...I never listened to the words. I guess I will now.


Summertime - Diana Ross

How is this a sad song???


The perennial sad song - Honey - Bobby Goldsboro

This song makes me wanna throw up.

[daviddesper]

First of all, happy to be back with you guys. Resetting my password was a royal pain.

Speaking of pain, I agree with the person who just suggested Jesse as an all-time sad song. I had not thought of it. But for me the all time saddest song ever has to be "How Can I Help You Say Goodbye?" I think it was originally a country hit for someone, but I am more familiar with the pop version by Laura Branigan on one of her final albums. It is a certified tear-jerker!

[caliluv]

Aretha Franklin - Good to Me As I Am To You
Aretha Franklin - Call Me
Aretha Franklin - Sit Down And Cry
Aretha Franklin - I Wonder
Aretha Franklin - Dark End Of The Street

[robb_k]

5055
I see now! Ha! Ha! Destruction-Because you didn't use commas, I thought you were calling me an Octomom! [[Them's fightin' words!) :cool: Who you callin' an Octomom, Willis?

Now I see that you had listed 4 sad songs, and "like Octomom, you were gonna come back with 4 more.

Now I see how easy it is to have an Internet forum misunderstanding. No wonder people get so touchy around here sometimes! I guess I shouldn't worry about my decision to not use testosterone replacement drugs. I wouldn't want to turn the clock back 50 years and be running around with my fists cocked, ready for a fight in case someone says the slightest thing I might "interpret" as "possibly" provocative.

[soulster]

Now I see how easy it is to have an Internet forum misunderstanding. No wonder people get so touchy around here sometimes! I guess I shouldn't worry about my decision to not use testosterone replacement drugs. I wouldn't want to turn the clock back 50 years and be running around with my fists cocked, ready for a fight in case someone says the slightest thing I might "interpret" as "possibly" provocative.

It also helps if people take a bit of time to carefully word their posts instead of just hoping the other people will just "figure it out". This is not directed to any specific person. It's a general guideline.

[imnokid]

Have your tissues handy. I could put together a whole CDs worth of George Jones songs that are all nearly as sad as these. These are probably the saddest. I know, I know…this is a soul forum. If this isn't soulful singing, then there is no such thing.

50,000 Names Carved on The Wall - George Jones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7sODPMUK8M

Wild Irish Rose - George Jones
Bear with the commercial. Talk about painting a picture in song…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfAPhJW5fOY

The Visit - George Jones
He kills me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLXf6xA6O_E

He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones
A classic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poueMAJjOxE

Chiseled In Stone - Vern Gosdin
Vern has a bunch sad ones as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTrPJvEzmwQ

[jobeterob]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnXPnIPEbwQ

[nysister]

These songs come to my mind:

1. The Beginning of My End - Unifics
2. He'll Be Back [[Viet Nam) - Help me out somebody, I can't recall the group name!
3. Since I lost My Baby - Temptations
4. Sad Girl - Jay Wiggins
5. The Love We Had Stays On My Mind - The Dells

[manny]

Some more sad songs I found mellow for his lyrics and / or the feeling - tempo, etc.

- Eddie Kendricks: "The Newness Is Gone"
- Le Cirque du Soleil [[Musical Direction by Benoit Jutras): "Quidam" [[all the tracks, specially the ones in "carousel" style made cry to a bit of ice!)
- Salsoul Orchestra: "Alpha Centaury"
- People's Choice: "Mellow Mood" and "Opus-de-Funk"
- Leon Huff: "No Greater Love"
- Teddy Pendergrass: "Cold Cold World"
- Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes. "There's A Will,There's A Way" [[most mellow HM & TBN's tune, IMHO, from "Reaching For The World" album)
- Little Anthony & The Imperials: "Love That Dies" [[my fave and most mellow of "Out Of Sight Out Of Mind" album)
- Cat Stevens: "Morning Has Brocken"
- Joe Simon: "You Are Everything" [[IMHO, most mellow than the Stylistic's version)
- Bob James: "You're As Right As The Rain"
- Bob James: "Woman Of Ireland"
- Chick Corea: "Crystal Silence"
- Ronnie Dyson: "Something"
- Nancy Wilson: "Lonely Lonely"
- Carlos Núñez [[spanish-galaican bag-pipe player): "A Irmandade das Estelas"
- Mary Hopkins: "These Were The Days" [[I think is the string section so mellooooowwww, not the lyrics)

[chidrummer]

There's not much that's sadder than Alone Again, Naturally, but Janice Ian's, At Seventeen comes pretty close.

Cats In The Cradle is another one that comes to mind

[RossHolloway]

Aretha Franklin - Good to Me As I Am To You
Aretha Franklin - Call Me
Aretha Franklin - Sit Down And Cry
Aretha Franklin - I Wonder
Aretha Franklin - Dark End Of The Street

If I had a dollar and you had a dime,
I wonder if I could borrow yours as easy as you could mine,

If there water in the pitcher,
and we both need a drink,
to stay alive my darling,
I need less water than you think..

Those lyrics just kill me. And throw in Aretha singing Prove It off her Aretha Arrives album and throw up a mess break up and they'll have you on suicide watch.

[RossHolloway]

"Billie Jean"......Who said a sad song had to be a slow song?

"Death Letter" - My all time fave Blues song.

"Looked like there was 10,000 people standing round the burying ground.
I didn't know I loved her.....till they let her down....."

Toby and Brandy were always a bit to saccharine for my taste.
Here's my fave Pet song:

"Old Dog Blue"....or something like that.....I have it on a 3 cd compilation.

"I dug his grave wid a silver spade
I let him down wid a golden chain
And every link I called his name;
Go on Blue, you good dog, you!"

Then there's "Strange Fruit"......nuff said.

I'm gonna come back like Octomom Robb K and name 4 more....and somehow I'm gonna slip in a PFunk song.

5 bux to the first funkateer that can name it.....3 guess each. One hint....Funkadelic


Hat tip to RossHolloway for the Bonnie Raitt joint. I can no longer play that in the car because my 13 year old grand declared it the saddest song she'd ever heard, about 3 or 4 years ago.....and asked me to never play it again.

Other personal faves include: "Ain't No Way"......which is on just about every list I make.

And "If I Were Your Woman".....another Perfect Record.


Back in graduate school, I'd get drunk in the local dive bar with friends and play the hell out of I Can't Make You Love Me on the jukebox during a breakup. So much so, that my friends would have to damn near sit on me to stop me from playing it 3 or 4 times during a night. Ahhh, the memories...

[robb_k]

These songs come to my mind:

1. The Beginning of My End - Unifics
2. He'll Be Back [[Viet Nam) - Help me out somebody, I can't recall the group name!
3. Since I lost My Baby - Temptations
4. Sad Girl - Jay Wiggins
5. The Love We Had Stays On My Mind - The Dells
5056
"He'll Be Back" was sung by The Players [[Chicago group).

[StuBass1]

Interesting that when I started this thread most of my selections revolved around sad life situations...a girl killed by a stray bullet, a boy taking tghe weight of the whole world on his shoulders, a tragic plane crash, a daughter too embarrased by her mother to reveal her existance, etc. Many of the responses involve love gone bad, people getting dumped by their lovers, etc. I guess there are two types of sad songs. The ones that get to me are the life tragedys...not the foolishness of stupid lovers. We've all been dumped at some point. Get over it and move on lol.

[nysister]

5056
"He'll Be Back" was sung by The Players [[Chicago group).

Thank you!!

[rovereab]

For me, If We Hold Together OST Land Before Time, sung by Diana Ross, is the saddest song. I sat and watched the film with my daughters [[under 10 years old at the time, now early 20s) and became choked when Little Foot lost his Mother and then the shadow scene. I played the song to my parents when Diana Ross' album Force Behind The Power was released, they have now passed away. So this song, so beautifully sung by Diana Ross, now gives me the biggest lump in my throat imaginable.

From the comments in this Youtube link it seems that many others find the song sad too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaRPQj11_Qo&feature=related

[imnokid]

Interesting that when I started this thread most of my selections revolved around sad life situations.

Stu-did you listen to mine? Talk about sad situations! Delivered by singers who can make the news sound pitiful. haha

[MIKEW-UK]

C'mon folks. take a lesson from the master DAVID RUFFIN - THE LETTER

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew5WhX75v1Y

Or what is sadder than My Whole World Ended by David

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-91TV9tHng

or even I Miss You, either by David or Harold

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLssxFQo9ck David



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REdEUoLYBQw Harold

And finally Swamp Dogg / Jerry Williams Jr if you can take it and not break down :[[

Nothing sadder than war

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCRN-5yU1pQ

oh, and one that has lasted forever and sums up affairs of the heart

Bettye Lavette Let Me Down Easy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYONs2hR2YQ

[P-Shark: The Revenge]

Just about any songs recorded today is sad

[MIKEW-UK]

P- shark.... I agree wholeheartedly.... Too sad!

[P-Shark: The Revenge]

So by WAR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8sh7d56lIE

Life Ain't So Easy by Undisputed Truth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdpQTst01bE

The Folks From Mother's Mixer -Black Merda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1u0cCcBzL0

Why Have I Lost You by Cameo

[mr soul]

Does Anybody Know I'm Here - Dells

So Very Hard To Go - Tower of Power

She's Gone Again - Ben E King

I'm Just A Loser - Johnny Bristol

The Right To Cry - Lenny Welch

[MIKEW-UK]

David Ruffin Message from Maria

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHW3LWiisWQ

[Jerry Oz]

Aretha Franklin - Good to Me As I Am To You
Aretha Franklin - Call Me
Aretha Franklin - Sit Down And Cry
Aretha Franklin - I Wonder
Aretha Franklin - Dark End Of The Street
You mentioned five sad songs by Aretha Franklin and not ONE of them was "Angel"?! I also am a huge fan of Percy Sledge's version of "Dark End of the Street", which I find to be the definitive version of an excellent song.

And, I'm not sure if "Danny Boy" is a sad song or not, but I remember walking into a room to see my cousin Tony laughing his butt off one day back in the '80s. I asked what was so funny and he told me that someone caught our other cousin, Lloyd, crying after listening to Jackie Wilson's version of it. So, I have to list "Danny Boy" for cousin Lloyd.

[skooldem1]

Donny Hathaway: "Giving up" and "A song for You".

[jboy88]

Love Don't Love Nobody- the Spinners
What You Gave Me- Marvin & Tammi[[Val)/David Ruffin [[it's almost like they knew the end was near)
The Circle Game- Nikki Yanofsky
Touch Me in the Morning- Diana Ross
If You Don't Believe- Deniece Williams

Eugene Record must of gone through some real hell to write all those sad songs.

[Ngroove]

This Is It - Kenny Loggins. Love Kirk Franklin's too, but I think that is one of the songs that no matter how or how many times covered, unless the coverer is living it - will not match the level of personal-ness of Loggins' original.

[MIKEW-UK]

Manny and Tsull both proposed The Coldest Days Of My Life by the Chi-Lites.

Walter Jackson did an equally impressive version [[ or even more impressive in my humble...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dr91er32Sk

[Ngroove]

Irene Cara & Freddie Jackson - Love Survives

[Jerry Oz]

I had to mention "Cry For You" by Jodeci, the most underappreciated and [[in my mind) last true mainstream soul outfit.

[jboy88]

Just about any songs recorded today is sad

Good one Shark!

[manny]

Some more sad songs [[with sad lyrics or not):

- "Sparkle" - Curtis Mayfield
- "Homeless" - Curtis Mayfield
- "What Color Is Love [[short version)" - Dee Dee Sharp
- "Trade Winds" - Lou Rawls
- "How Time Flyes" - O'Jays
- "Half A Man" - Bunny Sigler
- "Now Or Never" - Little Dooley
- "Looking For A Friend" - Blue Magic
- "Reach For The Moon [[Poor People)" - Angelo Bond [[most for the lyrics)
- "She Knew About Me" - Shirley Jones
- "The Moments Of Our Lives" - Billy Paul
- "Billy's Back Home" - Billy Paul
- "Gonna Be Strong" - Intruders
- "Sad Sweet Dreamer" - Sweet Sensation
- "Can't Hide Love" - Earth, Wind & Fire
- "I'll Write A Song For You" - Earth, Wind & Fire
- "La Vie en Rose" - Edith Piaff / Grace Jones
- "Melancolie" - Roy Etzel
- "Todo pasa, todo pasará" - Matt Monro
- "No puedo quitar mis ojos de ti" - Matt Monro
- "Nightfall" - Stratavarius
- "Tubular Bells" [[Parts One & Two) - Mike Oldfield
- "Ommadawn" [[Parts One & Two) - Mike Oldfield
- "Stormy" - Classic IV feat. Dennis Yost

[StuBass1]

Forgot one which could make my list [[if not already mentioned)

Chasing Rainbows [[Blue Magic)

Not one of those syruppy kicked to the curb love songs that put already consumed food in my throat [[in reverse) instead of a good ol lump. You got dumped...Boo freakin Hoo. Get over it already!

[Doug-Morgan]

I haven't looked through all the posts yet, but has anyone brought up John Morris' "Transylvanian Lullaby" yet? Could very well be the saddest song ever used in a comedic film. BTW, Happy 87th, Mel.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3vsB-f0HyY&feature=related.

[tl_harris]

Smokey Robinson- She's Only A Baby Herself

The Four Tops- My Fatherless Son

Johnny Maestro and The Brooklyn Bridge- The Worst That Could Happen

Johnnie Taylor- Ease Back Out

T.L. Harris

Bobby "Blue" Bland Ask Me 'Bout Nothing But The Blues

[milven]

Suppertime - Ethel Waters. This performance, on the Hollywood Palace hosted by Diana Ross, shows off Miss Waters' singing and acting skills.

It is about a wife's reaction to news of her husband's lynching. She has to prepare supper for her family
after hearing the news. You can't help but be sad after watching this clip and knowing what she is singing
about


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5Zvjjbc-Hk

[StuBass1]

Suppertime - Ethel Waters. This performance, on the Hollywood Palace hosted by Diana Ross, shows off Miss Waters' singing and acting skills.

It is about a wife's reaction to news of her husband's lynching. She has to prepare supper for her family
after hearing the news. You can't help but be sad after watching this clip and knowing what she is singing
about


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5Zvjjbc-Hk

Now THAT'S fantastic [[in a very sad way). What an absolutely iconic performer Ethel Waters was...

[imnokid]

Suppertime - Ethel Waters. This performance, on the Hollywood Palace hosted by Diana Ross, shows off Miss Waters' singing and acting skills.

It is about a wife's reaction to news of her husband's lynching. She has to prepare supper for her family
after hearing the news. You can't help but be sad after watching this clip and knowing what she is singing
about


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5Zvjjbc-Hk

wow...sad indeed

[bradsupremes]

Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair - Nina Simone
MacArthur Park - Richard Harris
Lonely - Tom Waits
Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell
Requiem: 820 Latham - The 5th Dimension
The Bells - Laura Nyro
I'm Livin' In Shame - Diana Ross & The Supremes
The Worst That Could Happen - The Brooklyn Bridge

[Ngroove]

"Poor Charlotte" - The Miracles. Love the theme / story of their "City of Angels" album, but man, all that building up, for a downer climax like THAT! But, yeah, dramatic climaxes are usually like that, tragic, unexpected and all, otherwise the entire album may be lessened in atmospheric, thematic total effect.

" I Should Be Proud" - Martha Reeves & the Vandellas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZCrJlZcsR4

[MIKEW-UK]

Olivia Lost and Turned out.... The Whispers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljLWLwlyF_I

Garland Green He Just Kept On Talking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtLDnps_Myg

Dee Dee Warwick She Kept On Talking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEMDsvTz8hU

[RossHolloway]

Lou Rawls - If I Were A Magician


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtbjMS6l4kA&feature=related

[marv2]

O.C. SMITH Hickory Holler Revisited 1968

[marv2]

Some more sad songs [[with sad lyrics or not):

- "Sparkle" - Curtis Mayfield
- "Homeless" - Curtis Mayfield
- "What Color Is Love [[short version)" - Dee Dee Sharp
- "Trade Winds" - Lou Rawls
- "How Time Flyes" - O'Jays
- "Half A Man" - Bunny Sigler
- "Now Or Never" - Little Dooley
- "Looking For A Friend" - Blue Magic
- "Reach For The Moon [[Poor People)" - Angelo Bond [[most for the lyrics)
- "She Knew About Me" - Shirley Jones
- "The Moments Of Our Lives" - Billy Paul
- "Billy's Back Home" - Billy Paul
- "Gonna Be Strong" - Intruders
- "Sad Sweet Dreamer" - Sweet Sensation
- "Can't Hide Love" - Earth, Wind & Fire
- "I'll Write A Song For You" - Earth, Wind & Fire
- "La Vie en Rose" - Edith Piaff / Grace Jones
- "Melancolie" - Roy Etzel
- "Todo pasa, todo pasará" - Matt Monro
- "No puedo quitar mis ojos de ti" - Matt Monro
- "Nightfall" - Stratavarius
- "Tubular Bells" [[Parts One & Two) - Mike Oldfield
- "Ommadawn" [[Parts One & Two) - Mike Oldfield
- "Stormy" - Classic IV feat. Dennis Yost

Very nice list, especially "Sad Sweet Dreamer" - Sweet Sensation and
"Reach For The Moon [[Poor People)" - Angelo Bond
Great songs and very memorable.

[manny]

Very nice list, especially "Sad Sweet Dreamer" - Sweet Sensation and
"Reach For The Moon [[Poor People)" - Angelo Bond
Great songs and very memorable.

Thanks, Marv2
I discovered "Sad Sweet Dreamer" much after I acquired my Sweet sensation's 45's "Mr. Cool" and "Mail Train", both disco-pop flavored... but the title track of the album as also the cover art are totally poetry [[the clown with sad face!). About Angelo Bond, the whole "Bondage" album is full of dramatic songs as the one that starts side A "Goodbye My Love", with his special falsetto voice.

In recent days I have "explored" my "Ultra Mellow Discography" and found some ones I can't explain how forget to mention:
- Joana Gardner - "Pick Up The Pieces"
- Carmen Lundy - "You're Not In Love"
- People's Choice - "Don't Send My Away" 8perhaps the definitive sad song in the entire G&H songbook!)
- AND THE ONE THAT MADE ME FEEL LIKE CRYING LIKE NO ONE OTHER, THE GREAT SAD SONG, LEON WARE'S MASTERPIECE, LADIES & GENTLEMEN: "THANK YOU EARLY BIRD" by Jerry Butler [[from "Love's On The Menu" Motown LP, 1977).

Cheers to all

[destruction]

"Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves" - Cher

"Cosmic Slop", "March to the Witch's Castle" and "No Head....No Backstage Pass" - Funkadelic

"Timothy" - The Buoys - written by Rupert Holmes.

"Sitting In the Jailhouse" - Johnny Winter [[my man Robert Ross)

"Dude Looks Like a Lady" - Aerosmith

"Almost Blue" - Elvis Costello - A musician friend of mine asked me to turn off this song when it came on in my car......because it was depressing him....and he's a longtime heroin user.

I also like Costello's versions of "He's Got You" and "Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down"....both would feel at home here.

"Dark Was The Night.....Cold Was The Ground" - Blind Willie Johnson - Instrumental Sadness

"Leave Your Love in Greater Hands" - J.B Hutto


"Married Woman Blues" - One of my fave old time Memphis Blues pieces:

"The woman I love is six feet in the ground"
"The one I love, is six feet in the ground"
"The woman I can't stand...she's always around."

Manny....2 words.....cin co.
Hope all is well with you

[manny]

Hi again, Destruction!

Hope all is well with you also! And keep on enjoy the birds observation! Yesterday, runnig with my cycle I saw three Bonelli's eagles [[Hieraëtus fasciatus), a little eagle that only can see in the mediterranean coast of the Iberian peninsula and every day most difficult to see...
Every time I heard Jimmy Castor [[don't ask me the reason why) I keep on thinking on you. It's a matter between two "cave men" :cool:)

I have mentioned "Woman Of Ireland" by Bob James but another cover, by The Christians it's also very mellow and i liked a lot during the 80's. And today, herding my copy of "The Best Of Michael Henderson" CD, also recall how mellow sounds "At The Midnight Time"...

[destruction]

Gotta admit Manny......ain't too many folks can send me running to the thesaurus before I can respond to a post here.

I thought ortography meant the scientific study of the yard bird.

Congrats on your eagle.....I haven't seen a decent predator since the Peregrine falcon I saw during the blizzard last year.

As for the Jimmy Castor reference.....It's the pants. And speaking of outfits.....have you picked up any new "Indoor" ensembles that don't require a waiver from the International Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Epileptics?

My sad song of the day.....for you.....is Lagrima [[can't do the accent thing) - one the guys in my school carpool played it for me. He's more of a classcial guitarist.....but his dad plays flameco professionally.

[marv2]

Thanks, Marv2
I discovered "Sad Sweet Dreamer" much after I acquired my Sweet sensation's 45's "Mr. Cool" and "Mail Train", both disco-pop flavored... but the title track of the album as also the cover art are totally poetry [[the clown with sad face!). About Angelo Bond, the whole "Bondage" album is full of dramatic songs as the one that starts side A "Goodbye My Love", with his special falsetto voice.

In recent days I have "explored" my "Ultra Mellow Discography" and found some ones I can't explain how forget to mention:
- Joana Gardner - "Pick Up The Pieces"
- Carmen Lundy - "You're Not In Love"
- People's Choice - "Don't Send My Away" 8perhaps the definitive sad song in the entire G&H songbook!)
- AND THE ONE THAT MADE ME FEEL LIKE CRYING LIKE NO ONE OTHER, THE GREAT SAD SONG, LEON WARE'S MASTERPIECE, LADIES & GENTLEMEN: "THANK YOU EARLY BIRD" by Jerry Butler [[from "Love's On The Menu" Motown LP, 1977).

Cheers to all

I remember both of those song distinctively. Both came out my freshman year in High School. "Sad Sweet Dreamer" didn't really start to get airplay here until early 1975 when CKLW would play it. "Reach For the Moon" by Angelo Bond was a local Detroit hit that got played often also during that time in 1975 on WGPR and other stations. Angelo Bond is a great songwriter. I have two of his 70's albums. He has also recently written a couple of the songs on Mary Wilson's new CD, "Life's Been Good to Me".

[brother_love]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N27EPJX_LVM

This song is really sad I have say, listen closely at the very end at 3:02 and you'll hear Vermettya sing "And you’re so sad, sad, sad, oh I wanna commit suicide.” :[[

[destruction]

For Manny from my Philly Connection:

Ship Ahoy - O'Jays

[manny]

Hi, Marv2,
I "blame it" on a spanish Mediterráneo ABC licensed LP compilation entitled "Soul Food / Soul a la carta" that was "seminal" for me in 1976 year. Authentic gems as Clarence carter's "Warning" or Clarence Cater's produced "Fighting To Keep my Head Above Water" by Mayfield-influenced Frankie Redmond; Billy Davis, Jr. cover of The Reflection's "Three Steps From True Love"; Mighty Clouds Of Joy's "Time; Dramatic's "You're Fooling You"; Sylivia Smith's "Original Midnight Mama", the Angelo track... buuuufff! What a good collection. Little after I was fooling myself searching [[and some things founding!) as the Angelo LP [[the first time I read the Shirley Jones name, in the credits and I think she is the lady pictured in the back cover...?); I found "Drama V" and "The Dells Vs. The Dramatics"; "Kickin'" and "Truth Is The Power" by MCOJ,... 1976 was a great year in SOUL MUSIC [[and some criticals says "the LAST year...").

Hi, Destruction... I have the "privilege" that two little falcons have their home in the Sant Joan Baptista Arxiprestal Church, very next to my home. They are two Falco tinnunculus [["Krestel") and I see every day jointly with some nigth - raptors [[little owls).

Thanks for reminding me on "Ship Ahoy". More than a "sad song" I found it like a "dramatic song", as the other gem in the same album "Don't Call me Brother" that IMHO got a "bitter-sweet" flavor [[not really "sad") and is my absolute O'Jays fave from their PIR collection... Those things are so subjective! On the same PIR catalogue I found very sad some songs and / or some parts [[intros, end parts) as the spanish guitar intro on MFSB "Smile Happy", Bunny Sigler's "Keep Smiling" or The O'Jays cover of "Feelings" [[from the underrated "Travelin' At The Speed Of Tought" album). If you likes spanish guitar, Paco de Lucia is the definitive master [[he was nominated Doctor Honoris cause jointly with Gamble-Huff in a US university recently and have been collaborated with Chick Corea) and for flamenco deep feeling, the late Camaron de la Isla is the epitome of the genre. Another sad song, IMHO, is [[really a part of the song) "Another World" by Elliot Hoffman, the spanish guitar part.

And "the sad song of the day", "Oh Lord, Why Lord" by Los Pop Tops con Phil Trim and also the Brook benton cover.

Cheers to all
[[some times i'm so radical that i think "the music that don't made cry, is not music"...)

[rta5225]

I agree with skooldem1 and timmyfunk. Also "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" by the Bee Gees and "I Wish It Would Rain" by the Temptations.

[marv2]

"The Long and Winding Road" - The Beatles

[destruction]

Played this yesterday:

Ballad of the Sad Young Men - Roberta Flack

[mannyc]

"Memories" The Tamptations "The Love We Had" The Dells " Mary Ann" The Temptations " The Man With The Child In His Eyes" Natalie Cole

[jillfoster]

OK, All By Myself may come close. Hmmmm.....

Yeah... that one and "Alone Again" are definately the top 2 in my book... and coming up pretty close behind is Elton John's "Sorry Seems The Be The Hardest Word".

[marv2]

"What Do the Lonely Do At Christmas" - The Emotions
"The Lonely One" - Terry Huff & Special Delivery
"I Destroyed Your Love" - Terry Huff & Special Delivery

[marv2]

"It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" - G. C. Cameron
"It's So Hard to Say Goodbye" - Eddie Kendricks [[also the Supremes version)

[tmd]

I will stick with Motown sound

Ask The Lonely
It's so Hard to Say Goodbye
Neither One of Us
What Becomes Of the Brokenhearted
I Wish It Would Rain

[caliluv]

Mitty Collier - Sharing You
Mitty Collier - Walk Away
Mitty Collier - No Faith, No Love

[manny]

Many days without time for see, read, participate here...

My sad song of today [[played in the computer in the I-Tunes): "Look Up, Look Down" by Soft Touch [[with a very nice falsetto).

Cheers to all

[Hotspurman]

Here's my starter for ten...

Just My Imagination – The Temptations
You Are Everything – The Stylistics
Betcha By Golly Wow – The Stylistics
Tired Of Being Alone – Al Green
I Wish He Didn’t Trust Me So Much – Bobby Womack
You And I – Stevie Wonder
End Of The Road – Boyz II Men
Brandy – The O’Jays
Have You Seen Her – The Chi-Lites
Lucy – The Commodores

[honest man]

[QUOTE=Hotspurman;118170]Here's my starter for ten...

Just a quick one that comes to mind Broken blossoms-Dusty Springfield,gets to me everytime,will be back soon. cheers.

[admin]

George Strait - Let's Fall To Pieces Together

Pure country weeper that's all about tears and lots of weepin' steel guitar.

http://youtu.be/KQF-kvbyxD4

[mannyc]

"Each Day I Cry A Little" Eddie Kendricks

[marv2]

"The Beginning of the End" - The Unifics

"I Who Have Nothing" - Ben E. King

[juicefree20]

You wanna hear sad? Ok, I'll give you sad. While cloaked by music that's somewhat peppy, the lyrics of this song simply paint a picture of one sad existence. Rather than post the lyrics, I'll basically give my particular synopsis of the song.

"Eleanor Rigby" - The Beatles

It seems as though Eleanor toils in the church, lonely, alone & underappreciated by all. Always a bridesmaid, never a bride, she has to suffer the indignity of sweeping the rice off of the floor from the weddings of others. Poor Father McKenzie seems to have a problem with keeping his socks in tact & has the thankless jobs of darning his own socks & writing some pretty cool sermons that no one will hear,

Hell, no one comes near.

That is unless it's to torture Eleanor by having her witness yet another damn wedding that won't be hers. Which means that yet again, she'll be sweeping yet more rice off of the floor. Adding to her angst is the reality that while there are poor children suffering with hunger, she must throw perfectly good Uncle Ben's rice into the trash.

One dark & foggy eve [[and with a life like hers, what other kind of night could there possibly be?) Eleanor died in the church. My suspicion is that she likely died of a bad reaction from all of the of the rice dust that she'd swept up all of those years while wearing no protective mask. Eleanor was buried, suffering further indignity by being buried with her name & just like Sonny LoSpeechi said, "Nobody cares kid!", because nobody came, not even one of those hundreds of rice throwing bastards who threw all of that rice that she had to sweep up had the decency to make an appearance.

Meanwhile due to attrition & the down-sizing/outsourcing of poor Eleanor, Father McKenzie has yet more burdens placed upon him, having to both bury Eleanor & most likely facing a future of also having to sweep up the rice that was in poor Eleanor's job description. He also must bear the burden that while burying Eleanor, not one soul was saved, likely launching him into self-loathing, or worse.

"Where do they all come from" indeed! A pox on them all, the ingrates!!!

[juicefree20]

"She's Leaving Home" - The Beatles

A song about a girl who's either ran away or left home, only informing through a note that she left for them. After discovering the letter, her parents never stopped to ask why she would leave in such a manner, they're too self-absorbed for that. All that they can do is paint her as an ingrate whom they gave everything, the best that money could buy. While they go on & on about how they did everything for her, not once did they stop to consider that while they gave her material things, they left her bankrupt as regards the things that money couldn't buy.

THAT is sad & tragic & unfortunately, for many, it has the ring of truth to it.

[marv2]

You wanna hear sad? Ok, I'll give you sad. While cloaked by music that's somewhat peppy, the lyrics of this song simply paint a picture of one sad existence. Rather than post the lyrics, I'll basically give my particular synopsis of the song.

"Eleanor Rigby" - The Beatles

It seems as though Eleanor toils in the church, lonely, alone & underappreciated by all. Always a bridesmaid, never a bride, she has to suffer the indignity of sweeping the rice off of the floor from the weddings of others. Poor Father McKenzie seems to have a problem with keeping his socks in tact & has the thankless jobs of darning his own socks & writing some pretty cool sermons that no one will hear,

Hell, no one comes near.

That is unless it's to torture Eleanor by having her witness yet another damn wedding that won't be hers. Which means that yet again, she'll be sweeping yet more rice off of the floor. Adding to her angst is the reality that while there are poor children suffering with hunger, she must throw perfectly good Uncle Ben's rice into the trash.

One dark & foggy eve [[and with a life like hers, what other kind of night could there possibly be?) Eleanor died in the church. My suspicion is that she likely died of a bad reaction from all of the of the rice dust that she'd swept up all of those years while wearing no protective mask. Eleanor was buried, suffering further indignity by being buried with her name & just like Sonny LoSpeechi said, "Nobody cares kid!", because nobody came, not even one of those hundreds of rice throwing bastards who threw all of that rice that she had to sweep up had the decency to make an appearance.

Meanwhile due to attrition & the down-sizing/outsourcing of poor Eleanor, Father McKenzie has yet more burdens placed upon him, having to both bury Eleanor & most likely facing a future of also having to sweep up the rice that was in poor Eleanor's job description. He also must bear the burden that while burying Eleanor, not one soul was saved, likely launching him into self-loathing, or worse.

"Where do they all come from" indeed! A pox on them all, the ingrates!!!

Oh yes, that is a very sad song. Even as a kid I realized that. Why so many people covered it, I'll never know. It was a great song, but just so damned sad. I felt the same way about the Unifics' "The Beginning of the End". The song was great, but the lyrics were incredibly sad.

[juicefree20]

What could be worse than living with the feeling that some mystical lady riding on a horse is going to come to get you late one night?

Well, perhaps Michael Martin Murphey can answer than one for you. And even worse, he seems to be rather looking forward to it! On a serious note, this is a song that's always gotten to me, it's also a song that even when I didn't stop to consider the lyrics, I just knew that it was a song of dread.

"Wildfire" - Michael Martin Murphey

She comes down yellow mountain on a dark flat land she rides
On a pony she named Wildfire
With a whirlwind by her side
On a cold and drafty night

Oh they say she died one winter
When there came a chilling frost
And the pony she named Wildfire
Busted down his stall
In a blizzard he was lost
She ran calling Wildfire [[3 times)

By the dark of the moon I planted
But there came an early snow
There's been a hoot owl howling outside my window now
For six nights in a row
She's coming for me I know
And on Wildfire we're both gonna go
We'll be riding Wildfire [[3 times)

On Wildfire we're going to ride her
Gonna leave it all behind
Yes she's always shining right out of my mind
Riding Wildfire

Now what I didn't understand back then was why was this guy talking about some damn owl hooting at his window. I'm from Brooklyn & the only thing I knew about owls was Charlie from The New Zoo Revue, or the owl who told us "Give a hoot...don't polute." THAT I could get with, but owls outside the window?

I later learned that owls were feared by some. They were considered to be a bad sign, representing deception & evil by most Native tribes. They were considered to be harbingers of evil, sickness, or an impending fatality, basically, a sign of death. And being the sneaky buggers that they are, they're nocturnal hunters & since you can't hear them flying, due to their stealth, they're able to sneak up it’s prey & attacvk. Which sounded pretty much like the crackhead down the block.

What I don't understand is what made this guy look so forward to going off to glory with this strange chick while riding Wildfire? All that I could think of whenever I heard that line was that crazy Twilight Zone episode where Diana Hyland would appear out of nowhere looking like a demented Grace Jones chasing her future self.

So the question became, exactly WHAT was ol' Mikey trying to leave behind?

These 30-some years later, I STILL don't know the answer!

[juicefree20]

Marv:

"The Beginning Of My End" has got to be the worst. I was 8 when that song came out around Thanksgiving/Christmas of 1968 & even though it's easily one of the most beautiful songs I'd ever heard, it's easily one of the saddest & for a soon-to-be 9 year-old, it was a somewhat unsettling song because back then, we 9 year-olds weren't ready to die, nor did we want to even think about anyone dying.

It simply amazed me how such a beautiful song could have such horrible subject matter.

Such is the mind of a 9 year-old growing up in the relatively naive 60s!

[juicefree20]

I have to add "Dance With My Father" to any list of truly sad songs.

I imagine that anyone who has a great relationship with a parent would someday look back & wish that they could do something as simple as to merely be able to dance with their father or mother just one more time. While most people might want to go back into time & do something really big or splashy, it's the sentiment of longing to take a brief backward step in time to do something which seems relatively simple, a simple dance, that gives this song such weight & poignancy.

As I think of it, I can only hope that when my time comes, my son would feel that way about me. Given the type of relationship that we have, I think that he would feel that way & that means a lot to me.

[marv2]

Marv:

"The Beginning Of My End" has got to be the worst. I was 8 when that song came out around Thanksgiving/Christmas of 1968 & even though it's easily one of the most beautiful songs I'd ever heard, it's easily one of the saddest & for a soon-to-be 9 year-old, it was a somewhat unsettling song because back then, we 9 year-olds weren't ready to die, nor did we want to even think about anyone dying.

It simply amazed me how such a beautiful song could have such horrible subject matter.

Such is the mind of a 9 year-old growing up in the relatively naive 60s!

Juice we are the exact same age [[don't tell anybody, hehehehehehe....) but I was an 8 and half year old kid too listening to that song over in Ohio/Michigan. It [["The Beginning of the End") was the absolute worst! LOL! It could make a grown man cry. They played it on the radio and my older brother Robert, would play it and the whole album at the house. I took the lyrics literally as in that scene actually happened to the guy singing it.

[marv2]

I have to add "Dance With My Father" to any list of truly sad songs.

I imagine that anyone who has a great relationship with a parent would someday look back & wish that they could do something as simple as to merely be able to dance with their father or mother just one more time. While most people might want to go back into time & do something really big or splashy, it's the sentiment of longing to take a brief backward step in time to do something which seems relatively simple, a simple dance, that gives this song such weight & poignancy.

As I think of it, I can only hope that when my time comes, my son would feel that way about me. Given the type of relationship that we have, I think that he would feel that way & that means a lot to me.

I cannot listen to "Dance With My Father" period! I turn it off anytime I hear it starting up.

[juicefree20]

I was going to pick "The Beginning Of My End", "Toby" & a few others, but understandably, others beat me to them. So, I'll have to come up with a few others.

For example another song whose lyrics make you absolutely feel for the subject has got to be "Wildflower" & for me, I'm going with the version by New Birth. I know all about Skylark, but for me, this is simply the definitive verasion of this song. I don't know how anyone hearing the lyrics of this song could avoid the feeling of reaching out & just giving this young lady a hug because she sounds as though life had been kicking her butt from Day One. If the lyrics to this song doesn't make a person feel something, then I don't know what to say.

Wildflower - New Birth

She's faced the hardest times you could imagine
And many times her eyes fought back the tears
And when her youthful world was about to fall in
Each time her slender shoulders bore the weight of all her fears

And a sorrow no one hears
Still rings in midnight silence, in her ears

Let her cry, for she's a lady
Let her dream, she's a child
Let the rain fall down upon her
She's a free and gentle flower growing wild

And if by chance that I should hold her
Let me hold her for a time
And if allowed just one possession
I would take her in my arms, to be mine

Be careful how you touch her, she'll awaken
As sleep's the only freedom that she knows
And when you walk into her eyes, you won't believe
The way she's always paying for a debt she never owes

And a silent wind still blows
That only she can hear, so she goes

Let her cry, for she's a lady
Let her dream, she's a child
Let the rain fall down upon her
She's a free and gentle flower, growing wild

Let her cry, oh, she's a lady
Let her dream, 'cause she's a child
Let the rain fall down upon her
She's a free and gentle flower growing wild
She's a flower growing wild, she's a flower growing wild


Can you imagine what kind of life it must be where the only time that you're at peace is when for all intents & purpose you're basically unconscious? Unfortunately, while growing up I saw kids who this song coul've been written about. They never caught a break & seemed to get kicked in the teeth at every turn & despite that, they were some of the sweetest people imaginable.

This song is deep & one that unfortunately, has been the life/lives of more people than we could ever know.

[juicefree20]

Yeah Marv, those are 2 tough songs to get through. But I have to admit that "The Beginning Of My End" is such a beautiful song & brings back such great memories of that Christmas [[if you were in New York then I know that you remember that snow storm), that despite the subject matter I still think of it fondly.

As for "Dance With My Father", while I'll never feel that way I can appreciate the poignancy of that song.

[marv2]

Yeah Marv, those are 2 tough songs to get through. But I have to admit that "The Beginning Of My End" is such a beautiful song & brings back such great memories of that Christmas [[if you were in New York then I know that you remember that snow storm), that despite the subject matter I still think of it fondly.

As for "Dance With My Father", while I'll never feel that way I can appreciate the poignancy of that song.

You are not going to believe this! I just read that the story in the song "The Beginning of My End" actually happened to Al Johnson the leader of the Unifics! I guess as an 8 year old I was right.

[marv2]

Yeah Marv, those are 2 tough songs to get through. But I have to admit that "The Beginning Of My End" is such a beautiful song & brings back such great memories of that Christmas [[if you were in New York then I know that you remember that snow storm), that despite the subject matter I still think of it fondly.

As for "Dance With My Father", while I'll never feel that way I can appreciate the poignancy of that song.

Juice, I know what you mean and I do remember that Christmas, '68 I got "Hot Wheels"! LOL! But I was in Toledo, Ohio and we always get snowed in for Christmas there. Man, music does bring up memories of things I had not thought of in many years.

Oh yeah, I cannot listen to "Dance With My Father". We went out to the beach, Jones Beach a few summers ago with my friends Vinny and Annette. That song came on the radio in the car and they started singing it. I wanted them to turn it off, but it was their car! LOL!

[destruction]

Marv and Juice,

I saw Roquel sing this song with his brother at the Lyric a few years ago with The Tops.....and he barely got through the song. And they were not faking the funk. Had my girls tearing up so bad they couldn't even tell him how much they liked it.

Manny,

My sad song for the weekend is Jolene....as performed Live by the White Stripes in England.

This might be the clip....I can't view youtube from work [[at least that's what I tell them)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haU6_PyyG0k

Love their performance.....but this live version leaves out my fave line:

"He talks about you in his sleep,
It's all that I can do
To keep from crying....
When he calls your name.....Jolene"

[juicefree20]

Marv,

I didn't get Hot wheels that year, that was the next year.

That Christmas, amongst other toys, I received my usual compliment of Gi Joe[[s) & a Motorific race set. As memory serves me, it was this one
5341

[juicefree20]

Des,

I know what you mean.

I posted picture here when The Four Tops performed in A.C. with Levi's passing still fresh in mind. And I have to say that it was kinda hard to shoot that part of the show when Roquel brought his brother to the mike during the song.

Those were the days & no dirsespect intended to anyone but I still miss Theo Peoples being on that stage with them.

[marv2]

Marv,

I didn't get Hot wheels that year, that was the next year.

That Christmas, amongst other toys, I received my usual compliment of Gi Joe[[s) & a Motorific race set. As memory serves me, it was this one
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You are killing me here! LOL! I actually remember that one too. The tracks hedged together and underneath each piece there was wiring like. Yep to the GI Joe's [[the full sized ones) and in '67 it was "Action Jackson". hehehehehehe..... oh great memories.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2TddpEw1AQ

[juicefree20]

Marv,

Thanks for the reminder!

Once you mentioned Action Jackson, I remember a couple of the other toys that I got that Christmas of 1968.

I also got Captain Action & his boat that shot missiles. The boat didn't exactly float as well as advertised, but since it had wheels, you could also roll it across the floor. Plus Captain Action had outfits so that you could make him anyone from The Green Hornet to Captain America.

I sure wish that I had all of those toys in tact because they go for a lot of money these days.

OK...this is a music thread, so before this thread gets totally hijackedwhat I'm finally going to do after years of discussing it, is to finally go to the Clubhouse & create that toy thread that I've been talking about for years.

Back to the music & I'll have another song or 2 to add tomorrow!