Kentucky Avenue---Tom Waits

MAMA[ afraid to say goodbye] --Skynyrd..it came out when my mother was dying of cancer and really hit a nerve.

Hurt--Johnny Cash [very poignant considering he was at the end of his life at the time ]

"Broken" the accoustic version by Seether
it makes me just sit down and think, ya know, where did my life go wrong?

Almost anything by Chris Isaak. That cat's got some pain!

But I can't figure out why....hot girl, great hair, lots o' dough, GREAT fucking hair....

was listening to Burt Bacharat at work today - and was suprised at how melancholy one song was ..Planes and Boats and Trains..

Trains and bloats and planes are passing by
They mean a trip to Paris or Rome
For someone else but not for me
The trains and the boats and planes
Took you away, away from me

We were so in love and high above
We had a star to wish upon
Wish and dreams come true, but not for me
The trains and the boats and planes
Took you away, away from me

You are from another part of the world
You had to go back awhile and then
You said you soon would return again
I’m waiting here like I promised to
I’m waiting here, but where are you

Oh...oh...trains and boats and planes took you away
But every time I see him I pray
And if my prayer can cross the sea
The trains and the boats and planes
Will bring back you back, back home to me,

jesus ranch by tenacious d

I heard one called "Last Kiss" by pearl jam for the first time a few days ago...I've since been told it was a remake....either way, that's a damn sad song - I have to admit, this one almost brought the tears...almost...

- B

oh god yes - its a remake ... i cant remember the origional - it was from when i was a kid ..

there was a slate of these kind of songs a long time ago - it became a genre unto itself ..
Teen angel was one - and there were others ..which is why i could never take it seriously.

that and i hate Vedders voice with a passion...

Well,...from MY perspective...it was a nice change to a lot of the music today, and since it's not among many others, I guess it didn't seem so bad, it was just some heartfelt sounding shit, and kinda like a messed up tragic love story...worked for me, so yknow...

Teen angel? I never heard that....EARTH angel I heard...

yeah teen angel, these are oldies ..

50's punks with hearts of gold getting in drag racing crashes and missing their girlfriends from heaven - that kind of thing.

whatever we find sad is usually because it hits a particular button with us .... for me its anything to do with kids ...

i cant even listen to that Eric Clapton song - the one he wrote after his kid died. Its not even a good song - but all i can think of is someone losing a child.

its a blessing and a curse having a kid ... the curse part being : you want the power to save every other child of the planet from experiencing anything bad - once you hold them in your arms and see how dependant and trusting they are.


so yeah - i'm a suck.

Your probably talking about" Tears in Heaven"...but he does one thats even sadder than that called "When The Circus Left Town". Aparently he took his kid to a circus just before he died and this song is about that.