Songs about love and loss

[Bama fan]

My wife would eat it every day if I'd make it. I hit upon the twist of making it with bacon in place of much of the butter, and sometimes kale in place of the cabbage.

Unfortunately our daughter doesn't like potatoes, so we don't have colcannon nearly enough.

Bacon is a winner, kale not so much. My wife and I both love potatoes in any form.

 

[Bigboote]

Bacon is a winner, kale not so much. My wife and I both love potatoes in any form.

Kale comes in smaller quanta than cabbage. But I’ve discovered. really good cole slaw recipe, and have had some recent sucess with sauerkraut, so have been buying cabbage.

 

[Bama fan]

Kale comes in smaller quanta than cabbage. But I’ve discovered. really good cole slaw recipe, and have had some recent sucess with sauerkraut, so have been buying cabbage.

My Dad liked sauerkraut cooked with pork and then put over creamed potatoes, so we ate it often. The broth from the pork and sauerkraut made a "gravy" for the potatoes. Hungry just thinking about it.

 

[TerpWomenFan]

 

[Scud49]

The brilliance of Bob Dylan:

 

[Bigboote]

One from Michael Franks:

 

[Zorro]

 

[Zorro]

"He's sure got a lot of gall, to be so useless and all". Love that line. Always makes me think of my stepson!

 

[Zorro]

 

[Scud49]

That Richard Thompson song Zorro reminds of this amazing song of his:

 

[Bigboote]

Carly singing about Cat. I don't know whether they really "lost" rather than ran away from each other. This has the classic twist of phrase:

I know you still have the heart of that small boy
But you lend it out far too much
And no one woman loving you can ever feel that she's been really touched

 

[Hoops66]

Back to the high school dances when the last song was a slow and sentimental one.

 

[Zorro]

 

[Scud49]

Manhattan Transfer - from their very first album, one gorgeous tale of love and loss:
Come all ye fair and tender ladies
Take warning how you court your men
They’re like a star on a summer morning
They first appear and then they’re gone

 

[BostonBay]

Made popular by Rod Stewart, but Danny Whitten (from Neil Young's band) wrote this absolute classic about love & loss:

 

[Monte]

 

[triaddukefan]

Not sure if this has been posted yet or not.... more like Crush and Loss

 

[Scud49]

Soulful Boz at his very best:

I'll be high flyin'
By the time you come round to me
Todays a new day
Different from tomorrow you'll see
Good luck with your path
But it wasn't built to last
Or we might take it differently

 

[soxfan23]

So while digging through the Everly Brothers catalog, I came across this haunting song that inspired this thread topic.

Interestingly enough, Guns n Roses "Estranged" was written by Axl Rose about his ex-wife Erin Everly, who happens to be Don Everly's daughter.

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[Scud49]

And soulful Bonnie at her best:

 

[Scud49]

Alex Taylor, James's brother, doing an aching version of "Highway Song"

I'm thinking 'bout a broken heart
I'm talking 'bout the break of dawn
You love me while I'm here Then you can miss me when I'm gone
Sweet misunderstanding Won't you leave a poor boy alone I'm the one eyed seed of a tumbleweed, in the belly of a rolling stone....

 

[uconnfan68]

This is my favorite folk song. Listen to his guitar all the way through.

Tom Rush performed at UConn for our freshman orientation. "Child's Song" and "Colors of the Sun" are my favorites from the "Tom Rush" album.

 

[Scud49]

UCONNFan, "A Child's Song"- I had forgotten about David Bromberg's amazing version of that one:

 

[ShabooAllStar]

The words/lyrics/story of this song will bring tears to your eyes.

 

[Monte]

 

[Scud49]

I think for a feeling of gut wrenching loss and abandonment, this song is simply a classic for the ages, it just seems to touch all the bases. Reading the comments below really brings it home:

 

[Bliss]

 

[Bigboote]

Here are a couple of songs about being jilted at the altar. The first one is the beginning of a trilogy, with the jilted one vowing revenge and basically losing all the good in her soul.

 

[Bigboote]

The second one about being jilted at the altar (although not literally in this one, he left on their wedding night). Anyone who was between about 5 and 25 in 1970 will remember this one, #1 for six weeks straight if I remember correctly.

 

[Scud49]

Not sure of this one has been posted....? Don't know what to say about it that hasn't been said....Lennon's voice, Harrison's guitar...the harmony....