What is the meaning behind this joyful Jewish song?

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In summary, the conversation revolved around discussing sad songs and their impact on emotions. The participants shared their favorite sad songs and some even mentioned personal experiences related to the songs. The discussion also touched upon different music genres and artists that are known for producing emotional and sad songs. Some of the mentioned songs include "Last Kiss" by Pearl Jam, "Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton, and "Everybody Hurts" by REM. The conversation also included some sad and heartbreaking covers and traditional songs such as "The Parting Glass" and "Danny Boy". Overall, the conversation highlighted the power of music in evoking strong emotions like sadness and nostalgia.
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All right all you closet Emos, what are some of your favorite sad songs?

When I found out that this song was about a dog that drowned, it really made me sad. :cry:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5Wpn3dFrEs

Another day is at end
Mama says she's tired again
No one can even begin to tell her
I hardly know what to say
But maybe it's better that way
If Papa were here I'm sure he'd tell her

Shannon is gone I heard
She's drifting out to sea
She always loved to swim away
Maybe she'll find an island
With a shaded tree
Just like the one in our backyard

Mama tries hard to pretend
That things will get better again
Somehow she's keepin' it all inside her
But finally the tears fill our eyes
And I know that somewhere tonight
She knows how much we really miss her

Shannon is gone I heard
She's drifting out to sea
She always loved to swim away
Maybe she'll find an island
With a shaded tree
Just like the one in our back yard ...
Just like the one in our back yard ...
 
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I used to sing this to my little sister to make her cry.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdPR8gq3NsA
 
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On Top of Spaghetti

On top of spaghetti,
All covered with cheese,
I lost my poor meatball,
When somebody sneezed.

It rolled off the table,
And on to the floor,
And then my poor meatball,
Rolled out of the door.

It rolled in the garden,
And under a bush,
And then my poor meatball,
Was nothing but mush.

The mush was as tasty
As tasty could be,
And then the next summer,
It grew into a tree.

The tree was all covered,
All covered with moss,
And on it grew meatballs,
And tomato sauce.

So if you eat spaghetti,
All covered with cheese,
Hold on to your meatball,
Whenever you sneeze.
 
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Counting Crows Murder of One
 
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Dolly Parton - Jolene

 
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Secret Garden - In Our Tears
 
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Many of Alice Cooper's songs. :yuck: Am I confusing sad with disgusting? :devil:


Qualified: Former Alice Freak :biggrin:
 
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Lacy33 said:
On Top of Spaghetti
Very sad.
 
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Evo I knew there was some reason why I kept thinking your name was emo :)
 
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magpies said:
Evo I knew there was some reason why I kept thinking your name was emo :)
Emo Evo :frown:
 
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90's list:

Pearl Jam - Last Kiss


Verve Pipe - The Freshman


Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven


Fiona Apple - Across the Universe


Radiohead - Exit Music for a Film


Gary Jules - Mad World
 
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So why did you pick your song emo... er... evo.
 
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magpies said:
So why did you pick your song emo... er... evo.
Which one?
 
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DavidSnider said:
90's list:

Pearl Jam - Last Kiss


Verve Pipe - The Freshman


Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven


Fiona Apple - Across the Universe


Radiohead - Exit Music for a Film
Great list. I *love* Pearl Jam.
 
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The first one you said something about dogs so does that mean it reminds you of one you had?
 
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Hmm I could mention Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man, Police - I'll be missing you. Hmm I am going to keep editing this post, but I hope no teenager commits suicide because of what he hears below:

Westlife - Tonight


Staind - Its Been A While


Dave Matthews - Gravedigger


Thom Yorke - Analyse


Imogen Heap - The Moment I said it


Slovo - Whisper


Sigur Rós-Sæglópur


Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here


REM - Everybody Hurts


Linkin Park - Session


The Beatles - Let it Be


John Mayer - Dreaming With A Broken Heart


Maxwell - This Woman's Work
 
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magpies said:
The first one you said something about dogs so does that mean it reminds you of one you had?
No, songs about animals dying makes me sad.
 
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To me this is about as sad as we get.
The Earth Song, Michael Jackson
 
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I Will Remember You


Angel


I believe some of the songs she wrote/sang were after she lost her mother/got divorced.
 
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The cover by Cash, with the imagery of his wife...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/clq01TXQR0s&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/clq01TXQR0s&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>

This song is always sad, but this is heartbreaking:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RJudJ9S579A&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RJudJ9S579A&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>

Also sad: Danny Boy

The Parting Glass: "Since it fell into my lot, that I should rise and you should not. I gently rise and softly call, Good Night and Joy be to you all."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xDB87o-njFQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xDB87o-njFQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GPFjToKuZQM&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GPFjToKuZQM&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zH46SmVv8SU&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zH46SmVv8SU&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_AmkmqYEarw&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_AmkmqYEarw&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>
 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/k2lGxGrYz-0&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/k2lGxGrYz-0&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> The nicest song made heartbreaking. Watch it all, or right to 3:40

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/px0c4Tgg6gg&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/px0c4Tgg6gg&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>
 
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Molly Malone of course:

"In Dublin's fair city
Where girls are so pretty
I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone
She wheeled a wheelbarrow
Through streets broad and narrow
Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive O!"

Alive, alive O...Alive, alive O
Crying, cockles and mussels, alive, alive-O!

She was a fish-monger
And sure 'twas no wonder
For so was her father and mother before.
They wheeled their wheelbarrows
Through streets broad and narrow
Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive O!"

Alive, alive O...alive, alive O
Crying, cockles and mussels, alive, alive O!

She died of a fever
And no one could save her
And that was the end of sweet Molly Malone.
Now her ghost wheels the barrow
Through streets broad and narrow
Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive O!"

Alive, alive O...alive, alive O
Crying, cockles and mussels, alive, alive O!"
 
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I thought this song was sad for most my life but now I kinda find it funny.



Go Tom Petty!
 
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Social Distortion - I Was Wrong
 
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Probably one you haven't heard before. "Utah Carol", found this version on youtube.

 
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The most saddest song ever is undoubtedly "Biały Miś" ("A White Teddy"). Don't ever listen to it; you will go crazy and jump from a rooftop.

http://seekleas.wrzuta.pl/audio/4BTvWUTCKO4/top_one_-_bialy_mis
 
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How can you mend a broken heart, played at my granddad's funeral (a long time ago)

http://www.yamelo.com/bee-gees/how-can-you-mend-a-broken-heart_10418.html
 
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Whoa, the last two made me cry. This thread is twisted, but it is oddly satisfying. I am twisted! :biggrin: :cry: :biggrin: :cry: ...
 
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For a Dancer - by Jackson Browne. It always makes me sad because I think of my friend who died a few years back of glioblastoma. She was an improv comedian, and was always dancing, cracking jokes, and making others happy.

 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beautiful and sad
 
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