OT- Songs of Personal Loss

[Bigboote]

Another Vietnam-era song, light-hearted yet very dark in the way only Janis Ian could write them:

 

[bantamlaker]

Buddy Holly - Raining in My Heart

 

[bantamlaker]

 

[Scud49]

The Fleetwoods - Tragedy. Wicked beautiful, and pretty wicked sad:

 

[Ozimoto]

Another obscure Jan and Dean song. This one is about losing your wife while gaining a daughter.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Going to guess no one else has proferred this one:

 

[RockyMTblue2]

It's a rare opportunity to see something as fine as I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow actually created. But, yes,we have the recording and it adds to the song.

 

[Sifaka]

 

[Bigboote]

My favorite version of Buddy can you spare a dime is by Spanky & Our Gang, bringing me to:

 

[Martin]

I don’t know most of the songs that everyone has posted. And I don’t know if this song I’m about to post really is about loss but it certainly makes me feel that way.

 

[Martin]

Of course its blocked. Yellow Ledbetter.

 

[Spaceman213J]

Of course its blocked. Yellow Ledbetter.

I believe Eddie Vedder wrote it when his friend found his brother had been killed in Iraq. The friend's last name is Ledbetter.
It's about losing his brother to war and than people not being able to really understand his grief and the sorrow that he's feeling.

 

[Puppy Love]

 

[CTBballfan243]

Bono: A dying sailor to his Shipmates. A slow starter but really good.

 

[Halloween]

Fire and Rain - James Taylor

 

[Halloween]

Edge of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks

 

[Halloween]

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

 

[Hoops66]

Country music has many sad songs. Hank Williams both wrote and sang the most touching songs on the country charts, based on his own life experiences. Here's one of his best..."hear that lonesome whippoorwill"...

 

[RockyMTblue2]

A beautiful, soulful tune:

 

[Hoops66]

I think that this is hauntingly beautiful. I particularly like the John Gary version. Here is a great video to accompany the song.

 

[Monte]

 

[Bigboote]

Such an upbeat tune for such a tragic song. There are two losses in this one.

 

[Bigboote]

Another from Emmylou. This one's about what she was going through upon the death of Gram Parsons.

 

[Scud49]

 

[ec33]

Loss of father:

Doves (Kingdom of Rust):



Dead (Box of Rain):

 

[ec33]

Loss of mother:

Manic Street Preachers (Ocean Spray):

 

[ec33]

Friend to suicide:

Ren X Chinchilla (How to Be Me):

 

[YoDore]

Thought of another from the same singer. One of the most chilling songs I know. She and Shelby Lynne are sisters. This is about the murder/suicide that took both of their parents away from them.

Okay, there is a newer version of the song, but I prefer the original. It's a hidden track, you have to skip to about 4:25 to hear it. It's called "Cold Cold Earth."

Whoa! I thought I might be the only person left who remembers Shelby Lynne. If I make a Christmas card list this year, you'll be on it.

She is wonderful.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Whoa! I thought I might be the only person left who remembers Shelby Lynne.

Her album "I Am Shelby Lynne" blew up, but she seemed to pretty much disappear after that.

 

[Just.A.Fan]