What is the meaning behind this joyful Jewish song?

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The discussion revolves around favorite sad songs, with participants sharing personal connections to various tracks that evoke deep emotions. Notable mentions include "Shannon" by Henry Gross, which tells a poignant story about a dog that drowned, and "Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton, reflecting on loss. Other songs highlighted for their emotional weight are "Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M., "Mad World" by Gary Jules, and "For No One" by The Beatles. The conversation touches on the impact of lyrics and melodies, with some participants recalling specific memories tied to the songs. There’s also a recognition of how sad songs can resonate differently over time, sometimes evoking nostalgia or hope despite their themes of loss and sorrow. The thread showcases a blend of classic and contemporary tracks, illustrating the universal connection to music as a means of processing emotions.
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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.
 


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. Am I confusing sad with disgusting? :devil:


Qualified: Former Alice Freak :biggrin:
 
Lacy33 said:
On Top of Spaghetti
Very sad.
 
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...

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This song is always sad, but this is heartbreaking:

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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."
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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

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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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George Jones - He Stopped Loving Her Today

 
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An old favorite of Tsu's dad. Sorry, we don't know where the tune comes from, so I can only write the words.

The Boarding House

In the boarding house where I live
Everything is growing old
Long gray hairs are in the butter
And the bread is full of mold

When the dog died we had, sausage
When the cat died, catnip tea
When the landlord died I left there
Spareribs were too much for me

And a very, very short drinking tune, Leprosy.

Leprosy!
My God I've got Leprosy
There goes my eyeball
Into my highball
 
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Harry Chapin had his share of sad songs. My favorite is Taxi. I was fortunate enough to see him in concert shortly before his tragic death in 1981.

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

When I was a kid my dad listened to Burl Ives albums (those black round things with a small hole in the middle) all the time, mostly 45's. He had many happy songs (e.g. holly golly Christmas), but many sad ones as well. I remember one about a green turtle and another one about a guy walking a long way home (20-30 miles) in a blizzard and collapsed and died within sight of his house (with wife inside).
 
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hotvette said:
and another one about a guy walking a long way home (20-30 miles) in a blizzard and collapsed and died within sight of his house (with wife inside).
Is this it?

Jim Reeves - The Blizzard
 
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TurtleMeister said:
Is this it?

Jim Reeves - The Blizzard

Wow, that's it! I had the artist and distance (7 miles) wrong, but it is definitely the one.

Another one that comes to mind is 'Seventeen' by Janis Ian:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMUz2TNMvL0&feature

Maggie May by Rod Stewart is a sad song if you really listen to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn3AjFXfy98&feature

Another one is Otis Redding:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCmUhYSr-e4
 
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This song is about a mother who almost lost her all five children. My 6 year old was very sad after this song. Fortunately, the song theme turns good at the end. I hope our animal loving Evo won't get too sad...


Five little ducks
Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck said
"Quack, quack, quack, quack."
But only four little ducks came back.

Four little ducks
Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck said
"Quack, quack, quack, quack."
But only three little ducks came back.

Three little ducks
Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck said
"Quack, quack, quack, quack."
But only two little ducks came back.

Two little ducks
Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck said
"Quack, quack, quack, quack."
But only one little duck came back.

One little duck
Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck said
"Quack, quack, quack, quack."
But none of the five little ducks came back.

Sad mother duck
Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
The sad mother duck said
"Quack, quack, quack."
And all of the five little ducks came back.
 
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jobyts said:
This song is about a mother who almost lost her all five children. My 6 year old was very sad after this song. Fortunately, the song theme turns good at the end. I hope our animal loving Evo won't get too sad...


Five little ducks
Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck said
"Quack, quack, quack, quack."
But only four little ducks came back.

Four little ducks
Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck said
"Quack, quack, quack, quack."
But only three little ducks came back.

Three little ducks
Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck said
"Quack, quack, quack, quack."
But only two little ducks came back.

Two little ducks
Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck said
"Quack, quack, quack, quack."
But only one little duck came back.

One little duck
Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck said
"Quack, quack, quack, quack."
But none of the five little ducks came back.

Sad mother duck
Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
The sad mother duck said
"Quack, quack, quack."
And all of the five little ducks came back.
:cry: I almost didn't make it to the end. The heartbreak, the sorrow. Then a Happy Ending!

Sometimes it makes you feel better to cry, sometimes to laugh. I'm surprised we can come up with so many sad songs without going completely Country Western.
 
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"Runaway Train" - Soul Asylum

This is a song about teenage runaways. In the video for the song, names and pictures of missing children were displayed during each chorus. Several of these children were found.

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Official Music Video:

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SAD MOVIES (ALWAYS MAKE ME CRY)Sa-a-a-d movies always make me cry

He said he had to work so I went to the show alone
They turned down the lights and turned the projector on
And just as the news of the world started to begin
I saw my darlin' and my best friend walk in

Though I was sittin' there they didn't see
And so they sat right down in front of me
When he kissed her lips I almost died
And in the middle of the color cartoon I started to cry.

Oh-oh-oh sa-a-a-d movies always make me cry
Oh-oh-oh sa-a-a-d movies always make me cry

And so I got up and slowly walked on home
And mama saw the tears and said "what's wrong?"
And so to keep from telling her a lie
I just said "sa-a-a-d movies make me cry"

Oh-oh-oh sa-a-a-d movies always make me cry
Oh-oh-oh sa-a-a-d movies always make me cry
 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zNJRdMYLz3E&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/zNJRdMYLz3E&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>

"Long Ride Home"

Long black limousine
Shiniest car I've ever seen
The back seat is nice and clean
She rides as quiet as a dream
Someone dug a hole six long feet in the ground
I said goodbye to you and I threw my roses down
Ain't nothing left at all in the end of being proud
With me riding in this car, and you flying through the clouds

I've had some time to think about you
And watch the sun sink like a stone
I've had some time to think about you
On the long ride home

One day I took your tiny hand
Put your finger in the wedding band
Your daddy gave a piece of land
We laid ourselves the best of plans
Forty years go by with someone laying in your bed
Forty years of things you say you wish you'd never said
How hard would it have been to say some kinder words instead
I wonder as I stare up at the sky turning red

I've had some time to think about you
And watch the sun sink like a stone
I've had some time to think about you
On the long ride home

Headlights staring at the driveway
The house is dark as it can be
I go inside and all is silent
It seems as empty as the inside of me

I've had some time to think about you
And watch the sun sink like a stone
I've had some time to think about you
On the long, on the long
Oh the long, on the long
On the long ride home
 
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"Two Doors Down" by Dwight Yoakam.

 
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Carly Simon "Thats The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be"



Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billy Joe
 
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  • #48
Rose Royce, who did Car Wash, also did a couple of good ballads, one of them covered by Madonna. You can do a youtube search and find quite a few hits, I provided some links:

Rose Royce - wishing on a star:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlqMm5sifXs&fmt=18

Roce Royce - love don't live here anymore (also covered by Madonna)

live version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5gFAiPJhvI&fmt=18

original version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XHgNS2P7Ac&fmt=18

Madonna video version. There's also one from the Like a Virgin album, but neither are as good as the Rose Royce versions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Enxdc0jZHs&fmt=18

A bit more nostalgic than sad, Crosby Stills Nash - Long Time Gone - Woodstock under construction video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PFCgAhZEO8&fmt=18
 
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPu-K-Ba7FQ&feature=related

Dreaming comes so easily
'cause it's all that I've known
True love is a fairy tale
I'm damaged, so how would i know

I'm scared and I'm alone
I'm ashamed
And i need for you to know

I didn't say all the things that i wanted to say
And you can't take back what you've taken away
'cause i feel you, i feel you near me

I didn't say all the things that i wanted to say

And you can't take back what you've taken away
'cause i feel you, i feel you near me

Healing comes so painfully
And it chills to the bone
Will anyone get close to me?
I'm damaged, as I'm sure you know

There's mending for my soul
An ending to this fear
Forgiveness for a man who was stronger
I was just a little girl, but i can't go back
 
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^^ I love this song but it kills me! Here is the original version.
 
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