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| From | Marty Rudnick <mrudnick@marturo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Favorite Sad Songs |
| Date | Sat, 10 Feb 2007 23:36:06 -0800 |
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Everly Brothers "Love Hurts", "Crying In The Rain"
Beach Boys "Caroline No", "Warmth of the Sun"
James Taylor "Fire and Rain"
and...
Nick Lowe "Marie Provost" (...well it is sad!)
Marty
Drew MacDonald wrote:
>Just played David Mead's MINE AND YOURS, which closes with "Only In The
>Movies." Man, what a great sad song.
>
>There aren't a lot of great sad pop songs, at least in my experience. I'm
>not talking about the mawkish tearjerkers (Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey") or the
>outrageously corny ones (Terry Jacks' "Seasons In The Sun".) I'm talking
>about songs that portray genuine melancholy, regret and/or the pain of loss,
>delivered in a fashion that doesn't cheapen or betray honest emotion
>(Sinatra's "In The Wee Small Hours.") That's a tough distinction to make, I
>know; where does Clapton's "Tears In Heaven" fit on that spectrum?
>
>Stylistically speaking, my favorite sad songs tend to be as hushed and
>subtle as Mead's "Movies," though I acknowledge that good sad songs can be
>as operatic as Nilsson's "Without You."
>
>What are some other great sad pop songs?
>
>--Drew
>
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