The Sad Songs thread
- Thread starter Dave
- Start date
- Status
Dave
Well-Known Member
Eh, put down that entire 5th Dimension album, Soul & Inspiration as a "Sad.../Makes me..."!!! 
Songs like "Salty Tears" (Man, I wish I could play the piano like THAT!!!!), "Somebody Warm Like Me", "I Don't Know How To Look For Love" and a whole lott'a other tracks on that album, not even counting the Bonus ones on the recently reissued CD... Sad, too, in the sense that the group was also simultaneously on the verge of a break-up as well...
How 'bout Elton John's "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word"--though it seems to drown in its own maudlin self-pity, uncanny for something coming from "the man who gave us "Your Song", earlier in the decade, kicking off that '1970's singer/songwriter' movement"... Dee Dee Bridgewater and Ray Conniff Singers also each did renditions of that one, just as sappy, but it was really never "designed for any other kind of delivery"...!
Dave
Songs like "Salty Tears" (Man, I wish I could play the piano like THAT!!!!), "Somebody Warm Like Me", "I Don't Know How To Look For Love" and a whole lott'a other tracks on that album, not even counting the Bonus ones on the recently reissued CD... Sad, too, in the sense that the group was also simultaneously on the verge of a break-up as well...
How 'bout Elton John's "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word"--though it seems to drown in its own maudlin self-pity, uncanny for something coming from "the man who gave us "Your Song", earlier in the decade, kicking off that '1970's singer/songwriter' movement"... Dee Dee Bridgewater and Ray Conniff Singers also each did renditions of that one, just as sappy, but it was really never "designed for any other kind of delivery"...!
Dave
nightcat
Member
Well, the saddest song I know is ONCE UPON A TIME. ...and Sinatra does the best version. For me, the words certainly hit some nerves, but I think a number of guys over 45 or 50 would find some sentimental value in this song. One thing for sure, this song wasn't written by a 25 year old! Another song that is similar, but sadder to a lesser degree is BALLAD OF THE SAD YOUNG MEN. and then of course, there's GLOOMY MONDAY!
SADDEST SONGS ON A&M
HOW CAN I TELL YOU / Lani Hall * (check this one out!)
SAD LISA / Cat Stevens
GOODBYE TO LOVE / Carpenters
MORE TEARJERKERS ON OTHER LABELS
THE END OF THE WORLD / Skeeter Davis
BLUE ON BLUE / Bobby Vinton
DESPERADO / Eagles
OH GIRL / Chi-Lites
LANDSLIDE / Fleetwood Mac
KATHY'S SONG / Simon & Garfunkle
STRANGE FRUIT / Billie Holiday
CANDLE IN THE WIND / Elton John
LONESOME TOWN / Ricky Nelson
EARLY MORNING RAIN / Peter Paul & Mary (or Gordon Lightfoot)
I STARTED A JOKE / Bee Gees
WARMTH OF THE SUN / Beach Boys
YOU BELONG TO ME / Jo Stafford
IN MY ROOM / Beach Boys
SENTIMENTAL LADY / Fleetwood Mac
AS TEARS GO BY / Marianne Faithfull
SAME AULD LANG SYNE / Dan Fogelberg
ANGEL EYES / Frank Sinatra
I'LL ONLY MISS HER WHEN I THINK OF HER / Frank Sinatra
FOR NO ONE / Beatles
SADDEST SONGS ON A&M
HOW CAN I TELL YOU / Lani Hall * (check this one out!)
SAD LISA / Cat Stevens
GOODBYE TO LOVE / Carpenters
MORE TEARJERKERS ON OTHER LABELS
THE END OF THE WORLD / Skeeter Davis
BLUE ON BLUE / Bobby Vinton
DESPERADO / Eagles
OH GIRL / Chi-Lites
LANDSLIDE / Fleetwood Mac
KATHY'S SONG / Simon & Garfunkle
STRANGE FRUIT / Billie Holiday
CANDLE IN THE WIND / Elton John
LONESOME TOWN / Ricky Nelson
EARLY MORNING RAIN / Peter Paul & Mary (or Gordon Lightfoot)
I STARTED A JOKE / Bee Gees
WARMTH OF THE SUN / Beach Boys
YOU BELONG TO ME / Jo Stafford
IN MY ROOM / Beach Boys
SENTIMENTAL LADY / Fleetwood Mac
AS TEARS GO BY / Marianne Faithfull
SAME AULD LANG SYNE / Dan Fogelberg
ANGEL EYES / Frank Sinatra
I'LL ONLY MISS HER WHEN I THINK OF HER / Frank Sinatra
FOR NO ONE / Beatles
Speaking of Sinatra, and sad songs, have you ever heard, "There Used to be a Ball Park Right Here?" It's about Ebbets Field and the departure of 'Them Bums'(the Brooklyn Dodgers)from New York City, back in the late 1950s. That song kills me - as a youngster, I used to go to Ebbets Field - what a place. Saw many of the guys we only read about these days: Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, Gil Hodges, Duke Snyder, Stan Musial, Ted Kluzewski, and the list goes on and on. What a time and place for a kid.
Yet another sad song is called September Song(Jimmie Durante's version comes to mind).
Take care...
George
P.S. Sad kid songs - Toyland and Puff, the Magic Dragon
Yet another sad song is called September Song(Jimmie Durante's version comes to mind).
Take care...
George
P.S. Sad kid songs - Toyland and Puff, the Magic Dragon
Right - 'Once Upon a Time' is sure one of the saddest, but I've thought of a few more that kinda make me a little damp around the eyes:
1). I'll Be Seeing You(In All the Old Familiar Places)
2). These Foolish Things(Remind Me of You)
3). It Was a Very Good Year(Frank Sinatra)
4). Is That All There Is(Peggy Lee)
In a way, there are a couple of Willie Nelson songs that fit the bill, too:
1). The City of New Orleans(Arlo Guthrie)
2). Pancho and Lefty
This is good stuff to think about - takes me back more than a few years. There are more, also...
Take care...
George
1). I'll Be Seeing You(In All the Old Familiar Places)
2). These Foolish Things(Remind Me of You)
3). It Was a Very Good Year(Frank Sinatra)
4). Is That All There Is(Peggy Lee)
In a way, there are a couple of Willie Nelson songs that fit the bill, too:
1). The City of New Orleans(Arlo Guthrie)
2). Pancho and Lefty
This is good stuff to think about - takes me back more than a few years. There are more, also...
Take care...
George
nightcat
Member
Moondog... You came up with a few Sinatra gems. It Was A Very Good Year is a classic sad song and it's subject matter is much like Once Upon A Time. I just thought of another very sad and beautiful Sinatra song... Monday Morning Quarterback. There Used To Be A Ballpark is a wonderful (and very sad) song. What a tragedy it was when they tore that place down! If you lived in Brookyn during the 50s, I envy you. What a great little ballpark!
You mentioned some greats... Hodges, Musial, Kluszewski... do you remember Wally Post ??
You mentioned some greats... Hodges, Musial, Kluszewski... do you remember Wally Post ??
JOv2
Well-Known Member
This song was the centerpiece to Sinatra's September Of My Years ['65] LP -- recorded the year he turned 50. For those who prefer the "mature voiced" Frank, this one is choice. This piece in particular...when Frank sings the final two lines,Moondog said:
- It poured sweet and clear;
It was a very good year.
Never lived in Brooklyn, but my dad used to take me over to the Polo Grounds(NY Giants), Ebbets Field(Dodgers)and Yankee Stadium when I was a youngster, back in the early 1950s(probably between like 1949 and 1955, best I can remember).
Sure, I remember Wally Post, but I don't actrually remember seeing him play, although I might've. I saw DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Campanella, Sal Maglie(The Barber), Leo Deroucher, Eddie Stankey, Ralph Kiner, Satchel Paige, Phil Rizzuto, Yogi, Johnny Mize, Bob Feller. Saw the St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics, Washington Senators.
That was back when there were 8 teams in each league and there were no playoffs, unless there was a tie at the end of the season(like 1951). I was actually watching TV when Bobby Thompson hit the 'shot heard 'round the world.' "The Giants win the pennant"(7 times, over and over again). In fact, Bobby Thompson lived near me(on a little road called Sunlit Drive)and I was a part of a summer crew that painted his house about 30 years ago. That's what teachers used to do in the summers - paint houses. To the best of my knowledge, Thompson is still alive(living in Florida, maybe??), but no longer lives near me.
Great memories...thanks for the opportunity to recall and share some of them.
Take care...
George
Sure, I remember Wally Post, but I don't actrually remember seeing him play, although I might've. I saw DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Campanella, Sal Maglie(The Barber), Leo Deroucher, Eddie Stankey, Ralph Kiner, Satchel Paige, Phil Rizzuto, Yogi, Johnny Mize, Bob Feller. Saw the St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics, Washington Senators.
That was back when there were 8 teams in each league and there were no playoffs, unless there was a tie at the end of the season(like 1951). I was actually watching TV when Bobby Thompson hit the 'shot heard 'round the world.' "The Giants win the pennant"(7 times, over and over again). In fact, Bobby Thompson lived near me(on a little road called Sunlit Drive)and I was a part of a summer crew that painted his house about 30 years ago. That's what teachers used to do in the summers - paint houses. To the best of my knowledge, Thompson is still alive(living in Florida, maybe??), but no longer lives near me.
Great memories...thanks for the opportunity to recall and share some of them.
Take care...
George
DAN BOLTON
Well-Known Member
DAN BOLTON
Well-Known Member
inkshield:
nightcat
Member
quintscafidi
New Member
Dave
Well-Known Member
The same goes for Mike Post's "Theme From HILL STREET BLUES", with Larry Carlton's eery and, well, BLUESY Guitar-Work and Mike's pastoral piano and Sid Sharp's prominent strings; had his entire Television Theme Songs album, as well as the picture-sleeve '45' of "...HILL STREET BLUES" b/w the non-LP "Aaron's Tune", sporting more of Carlton's mercurial guitar playing and soloing...!
Dave
Dave
Dave
Well-Known Member
"When the World has got me down, and I've almost lost the will to try, I may look sad and I may frown, but I'll still find comfort in your waiting, your hello and your goodbye...And how our pleasure makes you cry..."
--"That's Enough For Me"; done by Paul Williams, The Lettermen or Peter or Mary of Peter, Paul & Mary-fame... (Mary's Self-Titled Solo LP and Peter's That's Enough For Me, also done solo after the group broke-up...
Dave
Dave
Well-Known Member
- Status
