Songs about love and loss

[TerpWomenFan]

 

[Bama fan]

Roy Orbison and a few friends. Watch when Bruce Springsteen just stops and stares at Roy just slaying the vocals. One of the best shows ever!

 

[Bama fan]

Cannot get much lower that Gilbert O'Sullivan

 

[Bama fan]

From the 60s, Jimmy Ruffin.

 

[Bama fan]

Music From Big Pink:

 

[KennyD]

 

[Bama fan]

Album 1700 tearjerker

 

[Beemer]

Runaway was a #1 hit for Del Shannon in 1961
“As I walk along I wonder what went wrong
With our love, a love that was so strong”

I've always loved Bonnie Raitt's cover:

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[Bama fan]

The original version of this classic

 

[Bama fan]

The late, great Eva Cassidy

 

[KennyD]

 

[Woof 101]

This may turn into the longest thread in history as love loss probably makes up the largest percent of what I'll call modern / recorded music.
I'm going on the side of levity.

 

[BostonBay]

The King at his peak:

 

[BostonBay]

Best R&R performance of all-time?

 

[donalddoowop]

Tired of Me by the Skyliners, I Lost You by the Spaniels and This Broken Heart by the Sonics You Win Again by Ray Charles..

 

[Scud49]

These guys, they just might have something going for them:

 

[TerpWomenFan]

Love then Lost then love again

 

[TerpWomenFan]

 

[TerpWomenFan]

 

[TerpWomenFan]

 

[TerpWomenFan]

 

[KennyD]

 

[KennyD]

 

[KennyD]

 

[KennyD]

 

[Bama fan]

This is from a 1962 movie, and the title is taken from a poem by Ernest Dowson. The movie is a story of heartbreak and decline.

 

[Bama fan]

This Bill Withers classic about heart break was written after he watched the movie "The Days of Wine and Roses'.

 

[CTBballfan243]

U2 - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own.

It's song Bono wrote when his father was in the hospital dying from cancer. Bono didn't have much of a relationship with his father after his mother died when he was 14.

 

[Hoops66]

Have to listen to this every so often.

 

[Hoops66]

A bit more upbeat from Ireland