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Saddest lyrics in a secular song - 5/15/2008 2:23:59 PM
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TomTurn
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Was in the store this morning and the song "Operator" by Jim Croce came over the speakers. This song always takes me back to 25 years ago when my finace left me for my best man and when I hear it it kind of tears me up.
Anyway it got me to thinking about sad songs and what would people consider the saddest secular songs they knew
My 3 votes to start off are:
Tecumseh Valley
Red Dirt Girl
Operator
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RE: Saddest lyrics in a secular song - 5/15/2008 2:49:31 PM
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All by myself- Eric Carmen
Alone again naturally- Gilbert O' Sullivan
McArthur Park- 'don't understand the song but I'm very sure it's a sad song when 'someone left the cake out in the rain, all the sweet green icing flowing down'
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RE: Saddest lyrics in a secular song - 5/15/2008 3:16:07 PM
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The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll - Bob Dylan - It's a song about an actual murder that took place in Maryland.
Tears in Heaven - Clapton
Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny) - Elton John
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RE: Saddest lyrics in a secular song - 5/15/2008 3:16:17 PM
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Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton
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RE: Saddest lyrics in a secular song - 5/15/2008 3:20:06 PM
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The Smiths - How Soon Is Now
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RE: Saddest lyrics in a secular song - 5/15/2008 3:56:50 PM
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The Evanescence song, don't know it's name, though. "All of me" may be what it's called.
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RE: Saddest lyrics in a secular song - 5/15/2008 6:36:16 PM
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McArthur Park- 'don't understand the song but I'm very sure it's a sad song when 'someone left the cake out in the rain, all the sweet green icing flowing down'
Let me know when you are having some sadness in your life so I can come and ridicule it.
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RE: Saddest lyrics in a secular song - 5/15/2008 7:35:28 PM
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"Forgiven" by Within Temptation
"Happy Birthday" by Flipsyde.
"23" by God Lives Underwater (I think its 23, its a young adult age number).
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RE: Saddest lyrics in a secular song - 5/15/2008 8:13:08 PM
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Elliott Smith, take your pick. Most of his songs are sad but beautiful.
< Message edited by StephK -- 5/15/2008 8:22:26 PM >
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RE: Saddest lyrics in a secular song - 5/15/2008 8:21:43 PM
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StephK, I would say that The Smiths' I Know It's Over has the saddest lyrics of any of their songs.
And Elliott Smith...that would be all of Either/Or. One of my favorite albums. But so incredibly depressing.
Roxy Music's More Than This always brings me down. Peter Gabriel's In Your Eyes...maybe some day it will have romantic meaning...but for now...no thank you. The Cure's Pictures of You and A Letter to Elise. I don't know what else off the top of my head.
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RE: Saddest lyrics in a secular song - 5/15/2008 8:49:00 PM
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"I Know It's Over" is definitely a sad song. I just discovered Elliott Smith and his music is haunting.
Someone else who has some gut wrenching sad songs is Ray LaMontagne.
Trouble
Jolene
Damien Rice feat Ray LaMontagne - To Love Somebody
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RE: Saddest lyrics in a secular song - 5/15/2008 8:50:23 PM
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RE: Saddest lyrics in a secular song - 5/15/2008 8:58:44 PM
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RE: Saddest lyrics in a secular song - 5/16/2008 7:39:15 AM
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quote:
"23" by God Lives Underwater
Great song!!!! I haven't thought of that band in a long time.
Fade to Black - Metallica
Sorry Seems To Be the Hardest Word - Elton John
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RE: Saddest lyrics in a secular song - 5/16/2008 8:33:56 AM
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You Don't Know Me - Ray Charles w/Diana Krall
Heaven Help Us All - Ray Charles w/Gladys Knight
One for My Baby and One More for the Road - words and music by Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer, made popular by Frank Sinatra
The End - The Doors
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RE: Saddest lyrics in a secular song - 5/16/2008 10:14:05 AM
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"Tear jerk" sad or sad in the sense of really bad?
Tear jerk: Sometimes it Snows in April -- Prince & the Revolution
Really bad: almost any modern, hokey C&W song
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RE: Saddest lyrics in a secular song - 5/16/2008 5:26:13 PM
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RE: Saddest lyrics in a secular song - 5/16/2008 9:58:45 PM
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Piano Man by Billy Joel. It is about people with broken pasts and no future. "They're sharing a drink they call lonliness, but it's better than drinking alone."
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RE: Saddest lyrics in a secular song - 5/17/2008 3:58:53 AM
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I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
This is the only song of his that I like. I just love it.
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RE: Saddest lyrics in a secular song - 5/17/2008 4:13:28 AM
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How are some of these song lyrics sad? Different strokes, I suppose...
Anyway, I heard a country song today that was severely depressing. I didn't catch the name of the artists, but the song was called "Every Other Weekend". It was a duet between a divorced man and woman, singing about how hard it is dropping the kids off to the other parent every other weekend. They both still love one another and want to be together again, but each thinks the other will have nothing to do with them. I kept waiting for the happy ending, but there wasn't one.
I don't know how anyone can listen to a depressing song like that more than once. It seriously bummed me out for the rest of the afternoon.
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RE: Saddest lyrics in a secular song - 5/17/2008 5:11:49 AM
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Steph, I never would have expected you to be a Smiths fan, Asleep was the first song I thought of.
The Rose by Bette Midler
Killing Me Softly With His Song by Roberta Flack
Fade to Black by Metallica
What's Your Mama's Name by Tanya Tucker
1963 by New Order
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RE: Saddest lyrics in a secular song - 5/17/2008 6:27:48 AM
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ManimalX, I seriously doubt you were referring to me, but it's probably better to explain why I think those songs are sad.
Roxy Music's More Than This- Depressing when you really understand that there is nothing more than this.
Peter Gabriel's In Your Eyes- Try listening to this when you haven't met the love of your life.
Most songs from The Cure are automatically depressing.
StephK, my cousin, who's also one of my best friends, is obsessed with Morrissey. I've always liked him, but I never knew too much about his music until her. Now I've listened to every song he's ever written. I even saw him in concert twice last year. The second time he played Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself. That song is wonderful, and admittedly depressing. Then again, it's Morrissey. Of course it's depressing. Recently, I bought his last Greatest Hits on vinyl. I was happy to own it, but when you open it up, you see his behind. That...I was not happy to see. I know you didn't open up the floor for conversation about him, but I felt like sharing. As far as Elliott Smith, I'd recommend Pitseleh, Angeles, 2:45am, and Alameda to you. Pitseleh's on XO, but the rest are on Either/Or. All sad songs, all magnificent.
rlj, Fade to Black is one of the few Metallica songs I like. Definitely a sad one. And you mentioned New Order. I love them. I guess it's safe to add the entire Joy Division catalog to this topic.
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