Stoned & Alone - Hank III
Sad songs- We love them- We need them
Hello everyone,
I was listening the other day to a sad song on my playlist and realized their ability to invoke a powerful emotional reaction. Usually about someone in your life. Your children, your special lady or man or maybe someone who is no longer living. I realized we need these songs to remind us life is short and to remember what is most important to us. I thought I would ask everyone to list a song or two that is special to them. It doesn’t necessarily need to be a sad song. I have children so I will start with a few songs that remind me to tell them I love them more often or give them an extra hug or two.
Cats in the cradle- Harry Chapin
Jacobs Dream - Allison Krause
Hell Is for Children- Pat Benetar
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@cns1946 +1 "The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" Gordon Lightfoot. I can't listen to this song without getting choaked up a little. My wife and I spent some time in Michigan's Upper Peninsula last year. Being there made the song even more real to me. |
@tooblue My sincere condolences. I lost my son in 1994. Our song was Mona, by Quicksilver Messenger Service. I'd drive him to school every day, and start this song when we pulled out of the driveway. Mona has a very long instrumental lead in and we made a game of noting where we were when the vocal started. We could also tell if we were making good time, or bad time on the commute. Every year on his birthday, I reenact the drive -- noting, of course, where the vocal started. Losing a child certainly re-calibrates your definition of what a problem is. From that day forward, everything else seems pretty trivial by comparison. |
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