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Argos
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"All the iron turned to rust;
All the proud men turned to dust And so all things, time will mend So this song will end" |
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Blaqua
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I don't think the whole album is sad or melancholy. The two
long ones (autumn and the 5th season) feel sad, not the three shorter ones. The
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Icarium
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Crime of the Century by Supertramp song If Everyone is Listening
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Progaholic3
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For the life of me I cannot imagine why you would be looking for music of this kind
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Dellinger
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^ Like Steven Wilson said, sad music makes him happy...
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Mascodagama
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If that's the case you might want to take your imagination in for a service. I don't think it's running properly. |
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Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to.
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Guldbamsen
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Maybe he's just into Moon Safari and the more lighthearted side of Yes?
Sad prog, at least to me, doesn't necessarily equate to modern day renditions of Droopy the dog, but can incorporate realism and hard to talk about subjects in a way that is infinitely more inviting than an hours worth of news on the same subject. There is beauty in sadness. Sadness pertaining to music doesn't have to be covered in emo and 'priviliged white guys with the weight of the world on their shoulders' (sic), but can be subtle and evocative in a manner that speaks to me unlike any 'happy-sounding' music can. That's why I love Penderecki's music for Hiroushima. Sadness to the absolute max...but heartwrenchingly beautiful. A better known use of sadness in music that seemed to strike a chord with most people all over the western hemisphere is Clapton's Tears In Heaven. |
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
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Tapfret
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Mascodagama
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A song I can't bear, which goes to show how subjective all this is. I would never make light of the awful tragedy it came out of, but it just doesn't work for me. Not that I'm immune to the allure of sadness in pop. There are songs I love that can reliably make me shed tears - notably Crowded House's Private Universe and Iron and Wine's Trapeze Swinger. The latter would be high on my personal list of candidates for greatest song in the whole genre of popular music (in which I include rock, prog and all the rest). Edited by Mascodagama - April 29 2018 at 03:54 |
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Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to.
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Guldbamsen
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I'm the same way Simon, I just thought it'd make for a nice example of sadness in music that seems to go down well with many people. I applaud Clapton's courage though. In that way it certainly is a beautiful gesture, the song just doesn't float my boat is all.
Speaking of "pop releases" last year Phil Elverum aka Mount Eerie made an album in the wake of his wife passing. It was all the rave over on RYM and folks generally seem to love the 'no-holes-barred' approach to sorrow and the void. Personally I found the lyrics to be both beautiful and painful at the same time, but the magic of the music simply escapes me. |
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Because it makes me happy, I connect with it much more than happy music, which generally makes me angry or annoyed.
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Ian
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No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man.
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kenethlevine
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pretty much this whole album
and ANYTHING by Finnish group Tenhi This is probably my fave by them |
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Mortte
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I am a blues guy. Minor songs achieve me always better than major.
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Great topic! I've been putting together playlists for themed radio programs (If I ever get back on the air again) -- one I entitled "Beautiful Sadness", and so far it includes the following tracks: Tears and Losing It - Rush The Black Flame - Rennaissance Epitaph - King Crimson Red Dust Shadow - IQ I Turned You Down - Riverside The Raven That Refused to Sing and Routine - Steven Wilson (the videos for these really help capture the feeling of sadness/loss too) House With No Door - Van Der Graaf Generator Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd Rain - Uriah Heep Deathless - Haken Blood On the Rooftops and Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats - Genesis Rhayader Alone/Fritha Alone/Epitaph - Camel Bells for Her - Tori Amos Was also thinking of adding Rudy from Supertramp So there are certainly more out there, but these are the saddest (but quite beautiful) songs I could think of. Edited by zwordser - May 08 2018 at 14:49 |
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malarauco
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What about some Motorpsycho? In the sadness department I recommend Year Zero, Entropy and specially Lacuna/Sunrise:
"So please, come see me another day There's nothing left here but a shell Come dawn, come sunrise I pawned my heart And I gave the rest to shame Dissolving slowly In my own hell Until I faded away" Edited by malarauco - May 14 2018 at 18:00 |
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The Rich Man and the Carpenter--Triumvirat |
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Evergreen by Mostly Autumn
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deandob
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Pretty hard to beat Sylvan's Posthumous Silence for sad prog, dripping with sadness. The whole album is beautiful emotional sad prog. |
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"Think Of Me With Kindness" by Gentle Giant
Brings me to tears every time.
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