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| From | "Scott Shaw" <brynneandscott@cox.net> |
| Subject | Re: Favorite Sad Songs |
| Date | Sat, 10 Feb 2007 23:06:26 -0500 |
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"Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin comes to mind. I remember being sad
while listening to this in my early teen years.
I don't know that I've heard it in at least 20 years. Maybe it's not as sad
as I remember.
I wanna think there was a Jim Croce song or two back then that had their sad
moments.
When I went off to college I ended up breaking up with a girlfriend of two
years back home so I could concentrate on school. I'm not sure how sad the
songs were but I remember listening to Shoes first three or four albums
exclusively for a month.
Scott S
> 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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