October 10, 20187 yr Just now, Southland said: [csb]I saw a girl run out of Duck's coffee shop weeping after a dude played this on acoustic guitar.[/csb]
October 10, 20187 yr 40 minutes ago, hullabelew said: Two More: Cowboy Junkies Lament by TVZ Flowered Dresses: Written by Karen Posten from Austin, but Slaid does the better version. Her version is kind of happy....his isn't. Especially the line, "And I was sitting in the hallway on the night he leftHuggin my knees, holding my breathI never knew why but he was damn sure goneThought it was maybe my fault" Used to see Karen and her band @ the Carousel Lounge.... more years ago than I care to admit. Really talented. Edited October 10, 20187 yr by Lou Loomis
October 10, 20187 yr 7 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said: RD, This made me think of the soundtrack from "We Were Soldiers".
October 10, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, Chad Fuck said: The Grand Tour. May be the greatest of all time feel bad songs. Anytime you have a kid in the mix, that song is going to rip your heart out. When I saw the thread title my first thoughts were Grand Tour and TVZ's Marie (already posted above). Here is a nice little version of Grand Tour
October 10, 20187 yr 15 minutes ago, Shoxthemonkey said: RD, This made me think of the soundtrack from "We Were Soldiers". That's music to die swinging an axe to.
October 10, 20187 yr of course that's the MOFO that shot John Wayne in the back ....so f*** him......
October 11, 20187 yr Richard Buckner. Proof that tortured souls make incredible music. The Hill is an incredible album (not written by RB, but just incredibly emotional). His early albums truly capture his struggle. Lyrics for 22 The kitchen drawers were open Hot water in the bath And the phone call that you promised me I'd given up on at last I was only 22 All undone and overdue My friends all burned around me And the smoke was full of you But let's stop here for a prayer For what happened there And let us have a beer For anyone who's still here Well I didn't leave a letter I just wrote my baby's name On the mirror all steamed over With water, heat and shame And all hopes were long-time missing They'd had enough of me I found them hanging through the moon From the Hooker oak tree The knife was on the basin Wrapped in my baby's towel My friend the water let me in And I lowered myself down 'Cause you can drink and you can shake And you can dry up bitter tears But the first to pass right through you Will age you fifty years And you could say, 'well I don't know You got to love just the same' But I say all I got Was a phone call that never came The towel was lying open And it didn't hurt so bad There was red smoke in the water And all the things we'd had Now honey you don't need this heart Now that I'm dead and gone So dig me up and give me back What I never should've lost I was falling asleep You see I felt a little weak I closed my eyes and thought of you As the phone let out a ring
October 12, 20187 yr "Waiting 'Round to Die" was the first one I thought of. It is utterly bleak on the level of Cormac McCarthy's "The Road." In an interview Townes was asked why his songs were all so sad. He responded, in part, "I don't think they're all that sad. I have a few that aren't sad, they're like... hopeless. Totally hopeless situation and the rest aren't sad they're just the way it goes." This song rips your heart out but I love it so, so much. Lennon sings about his mother who turned over custody of John to his aunt and was killed in a car crash and his father who abandoned the family when John was 5. The primal scream outro always gives me chills. The live performance is worth watching also.
October 12, 20187 yr Keeping with the theme of parent abandonment. Here is a Sufjan track discussing his mother, who had serious mental issues, abandoning him in a video store. Actually, half of Sufjan's songs could qualify for this thread.
October 12, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, Ollie Slatt said: Actually, half of Sufjan's songs could qualify for this thread. Fully agreed. His song about Gacy is such a pretty song, but so disturbing. Just haunting.
October 12, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, noharleyyet said: Dan Fogelberg - Same Old Lang Syne I liked the song that preceded it about the same gal Edited October 12, 20187 yr by Mapache
October 12, 20187 yr Too many to list. I can listen to slit your wrists chill music for days on end and not fall in an emotional hole.
October 15, 20187 yr Converge's "Thousands of Miles Between Us" is lyrically brutal. We fell in and out of touch Our distance never meant too much I always wanted to be more Than what you were searching for I know you never wanted this But thank you for giving me your best I knew that you always loved me Though you never said that you didThere is no place in this world to hide My shattered smile that life provides Stand up straight take it on the chin Pick up my teeth and start again I never knew the reasons why Somewhere we both stopped trying But when you said that you were dying I said that I loved youThere is no place in this world to hide My shattered smile that life provides Stand up straight take it on the chin Pick up my teeth and start again Just start again Numbness makes some sense Without a consequence Something not meant to be Found a way to breathe Numbness makes some sense Without a consequence Something not meant to be Found a way to breathe Thousands of miles between us Between usThere is no place in this world to hide My shattered smile that life provides Stand up straight take it on the chin Pick up my teeth and start again Just start again Queens of the Stone Age "...Like Clockwork" is also pretty sad: Everyone it seems Has somewhere to go And the faster the world spins The shorter the lights will glow And I’m swimming in the night Chasing down the moon Deeper in the water The more I long for you Most of what you see my dear is purely for show Because not everything that goes around comes back around you know Holding on too long is just fear of letting go Because not everything that goes around comes back around you know One thing that is clear it’s all down hill from here Love in your hand cleverly disguised All the promises of stone crumble in the light Most of what you see my dear Is worth letting go Because not everything that goes around comes back around you know Holding on too long is just Fear of wanting to show Because not everything that goes around comes back around you know Not everything that goes around comes back around you know One thing that is clear It’s all down hill from here
October 15, 20187 yr Some of the most bitter, pessimistic, shoulder-shrugging lyrics in any song. But they're so fucking clever and they're all sung with a wink and a smile. Also, tons of Dylan: With God on Our Side, Most of the Time, Not Dark Yet, Things Have Changed, Hurricane, If You See Her Say Hello, and The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll. Exemplar Lyrics: Sundown, yellow moon I replay the past I know every scene by heart They all went by so fast But now we got weapons Of the chemical dust If fire them we're forced to Then fire them we must One push of the button And a shot the world wide And you never ask questions When God's on your side. Most of the time I'm halfway content Most of the time I know exactly where it all went I don't cheat on myself I don't run and hide Hide from the feelings That are buried inside I don't compromise And I don't pretend I don't even care If I ever see her again Most of the time There's not even room enough to be anywhere It's not dark yet, but it's getting there Well my sense of humanity is going down the drain Behind every beautiful thing, there's been some kind of pain People are crazy and times are strange I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range I used to care, but things have changed Couldn't help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land Where justice is a game
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