Sad prog
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Topic: Sad prog
Posted By: The Red Comet
Subject: Sad prog
Date Posted: March 09 2018 at 19:34
| Im looking for prog that's sad but not in a poppy way. I'd like to hear more music like king crimson's epitaph and maneige's les porches de notre-dame, or maybe even like triana's abre le puerta. |
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: March 09 2018 at 19:44
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Univers Zero, Present, Art Zoyd ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: ReactioninG
Date Posted: March 09 2018 at 20:27
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Marillion? The Clutching at Straws album for instance is really sad. Pink Floyd generally. I know these are kind of obvious. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: March 09 2018 at 21:11
| Stargazer by Rainbow. Darkness by Van Der Graaf Generator. Turn of the Century by Yes. Mother Russia by Renaissance. No Quarter by Led Zeppelin. |
Posted By: fredyair
Date Posted: March 09 2018 at 21:23
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"The Great Gates of Kiev" by Emerson, Lake & Palmer ------------- Long live Progresive music! |
Posted By: fredyair
Date Posted: March 09 2018 at 21:26
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Kansas, Dust in the Wind. ------------- Long live Progresive music! |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: March 09 2018 at 23:22
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Family: Mellowing Gray Family: Observations From a Hill McDonald & Giles: Is She Waiting? Giles, Giles & Fripp: Erudite Eyes Moody Blues: Gypsy Can: Paperhouse Amon Düül II: All the Years `Round Pink Floyd: Cymbaline Wigwam: Guardian Angel, the Future
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Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: March 10 2018 at 02:25
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Pretty much any Kerry Minnear solo track. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 10 2018 at 05:48
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sad prog?... nah... no idea for prog is the last type of music I think to reach for when I've got the blues man. Now if you had asked for Horny Prog... or Angry Prog.. or Drunken Prog... now we'd be talking.. lots of great stuff there man. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: March 10 2018 at 06:03
| Lou Reed: Sad Song |
Posted By: grantman
Date Posted: March 10 2018 at 06:47
| aspirations gentle giant,oh how she changed the strawbs,old and wise alanparsons project |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: March 10 2018 at 07:28
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Opeth's Damnation might hit the spot. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: Cudar
Date Posted: March 10 2018 at 09:13
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Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: March 10 2018 at 09:25
Speaking of Gentle Giant I would suggest "on reflection" and "think of me with kindness" in particular. For Alan Parson's I would say "don't let it show."
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grantman wrote:Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: March 10 2018 at 09:32
Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: March 10 2018 at 11:11
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Tai Phong - Sister Jane I'll think of more later.. Great topic! P.S. - I love "Abre La Puerta" and I'm a big fan of Triana |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: March 10 2018 at 11:26
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The Flower Kings - Big Puzzle Pink Floyd - Great Gig in the Sky Renaissance - Ocean Gypsy Samurai of Prog - Tigers |
Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: March 10 2018 at 11:49
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Procul Harum - Too Much Between Us |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: March 10 2018 at 12:49
Now, Dust in the Wind is not sad... it's downright depressing. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: March 10 2018 at 13:02
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I always think of Dust in the Wind with humor because of the scene in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure when Ted philosophizes with Socrates by quoting Dust in the Wind. ------------- 
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: March 10 2018 at 13:37
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Ian Anderson has written some very sad songs: Pibroch (Cap in Hand) Crash Barrier Waltzer Farm on the Freeway We Used to Know Orion Sossity, Your a Woman From a Deadbeat to an Old Greaser Flying Dutchman ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: March 10 2018 at 15:36
What would fall under Hungry Prog? "Cat Food"? ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: March 10 2018 at 15:40
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Back on topic: "Tears" and "Losing It" by Rush. It doesn't get sadder than the latter. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: March 10 2018 at 15:43
Strawbs have a lot of melancholy and sadness at times in their catalogue - going back to The Battle, Oh How She Changed, I Turned My Face into the Wind and Hangman and the Papist etc. Of course they do anger well too! New World is pure anger and all the better for it!  ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: March 10 2018 at 15:51
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Melancholy rather than sad.. A lot of Early Barclay James Harvest such as Mocking bird, She Said, Song for dying.. in fact all the songs on 'Once again'. 'A Salty Dog' by Procol Harum.. 'Watching and waiting' by the Moody Blues 'Wind of change' by Hawkwind ------------- |
Posted By: foregonillusions
Date Posted: March 10 2018 at 16:09
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Höstsonaten does reflective and "lonely" sounding music quite well. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 10 2018 at 17:29
ahh... RPI man.. every band sounds like a f**king dish at the Olive Garden... sh*t makes me hungry everytime I listen to it. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: March 10 2018 at 17:36
"Farm on the Freeway" gets me every time - probably because it touches a nerve. Great song, one of Tull's best, both musically and lyrically. There are also a lot of very sad RPI songs, though you would have to know Italian to appreciate them fully. Banco's "750.000.000 anni fa... l'amore" is heartbreakingly beautiful, but the English translation available online does not do justice to the lyrics. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: March 10 2018 at 21:17
How can you mention sad songs from Jethro Tull and not include "Aqualung"? |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: March 10 2018 at 23:05
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^Well, in Jethro`s discography there are much more sad songs than happy songs. I think both Thick as a Brick and a Passion Play are full of really great, sad melodies. And on the other hand, Aqualung starts much more powerful, also maybe little more angry music than sad music and just in the middle comes that beautiful sad part.
Nothing to Say has also always been one of my sad faves from Jethro.
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Posted By: jayem
Date Posted: March 11 2018 at 08:08
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Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: March 11 2018 at 10:32
| Came into my mind that Fairport Convention has made quite many really great, sad songs for example I don´t Know Where I Stand, Fotheringay, Genesis Hall, Tam Lin, Sloth & Doctor of Physick. Naturally also Fotheringay, Sandy Denny & Judy Dyble have made many great sad songs. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 11 2018 at 13:06
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Well...in the prog area one of the saddest has to be Starless by Crimson....the lyrics and music are about as down as you can get. "But my eyes turned within only see.. starless and bible black..." ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: March 11 2018 at 13:23
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One that readily comes to mind (although it's poppy - sorry) is Steve Hackett's Give It Away off Highly Strung. It's observations about love's labors lost are too right and leave me feeling rather somber. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: March 11 2018 at 13:37
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Peter Gabriel has many, more so from his solo career: Here Comes the Flood Wallflower Don't Give Up Biko Digging in the Dirt San Jacinto et cetera
------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: March 11 2018 at 14:19
Olive Garden?! That's not even Italian. That's frozen food, salads and bread sticks. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: March 11 2018 at 14:51
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Neal Morse's new song is poppy as hell but He Died At Home is an extremely sad song. -------------
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Posted By: Shrek the Progre
Date Posted: March 11 2018 at 15:59
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Storm Corrosion (a collab between Steven Wilson and Akerfeldt) has beautiful song called Drag Ropes. Sadly most of the other songs in the album don't live up to the same level. some other stuff: Van Der Graaf - Pilgrims - the band has these very melancholic and manic shifts, makes for really dark songs Genesis - For Absent Friends - a bit of an intermission in the album, not really proggy Pretend - Those Luminous Noises are God - in case you like postrock, simple guitar noodling and vocals, but stacked for a very heavy and complex song Diablo Swing Orchestra - Justice for Saint Mary SW himself, both at his solo work and at PT, liked composing sad stuff |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 11 2018 at 16:06
good God man.. rough crowd here. I thought naming my favorite Italian resturants which probably few here have ever heard of would be a joke killer. Shows what I know hahah.. good thing I didn't quit my day job to be a stand up prog comedian. This thread needs a good rerail anyway.. so what are everyone's favorites. Here are my two god I love their pizza and Saltimbocca http://www.ristorantepizzeriapallotta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ristorantepizzeriapallotta.com and my absolute favorite... oh the salchicha... so great I said the hell with my Chorestoral levels and just ate to my heart's content.. of course I paid for it later hahah http://www.ristorantebaffone.it" rel="nofollow - http://www.ristorantebaffone.it ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Quinino
Date Posted: March 11 2018 at 16:34
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In Lisbon - you can't miss http://casanostra.pt/info.html" rel="nofollow - http://casanostra.pt/info.html (and everything's cholesterol free, of course hahaha - or at least it's the Mediterranean variety, much lighter and tastier) |
Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: March 11 2018 at 17:35
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Jack Bruce - Morning Story I'm actually starting to like his solo stuff more than Cream Victoria Sage |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: March 11 2018 at 18:59
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Not sure if this qualifies, but its mood is certainly not uppity. No vocals for the first 4 minutes, btw. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: March 11 2018 at 21:43
I was thinking more of the lyrics than the sound of the music, though indeed that middle sad part is remarkable. However, the song being about a homeless man and his pains at life... well, it just can't get any sadder than someone who, somehow, has lost everything. |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: March 12 2018 at 00:16
| ^Ok, as usual, I have been here mostly with the sad music. But naturally I believe Anderson hasn´t put cheerful lyrics into any of his sad songs. |
Posted By: Henri
Date Posted: March 12 2018 at 08:17
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I really like Edison's Childrens' In the Last Waking Moments when I'm feeling melancholy. Somehow their second album didn't impress me, but the first one is excellent. Peter Hammill of course has a big bunch of great sad songs on his albums: just to name a few, one could check out Again, Shingle song, Too Many of My Yesterdays, Empire of Delight, Four Pails, A Way Out, The Top of The World Club, Milked... (and many many others)
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 12 2018 at 15:27
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A good portion of IQ's The Wake perhaps A Salty Dog - Procol Harum Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles (that's hard to beat!) Fallen Angel - King Crimson |
Posted By: ReactioninG
Date Posted: March 12 2018 at 20:23
Makes me recall Steve Hackett's "Every Day" from Spectral Mornings. "You became a ghost to me long before you died..." |
Posted By: zachfive
Date Posted: March 12 2018 at 22:24
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An instrumental song, however, I think that The Way It Has to Be by Shawn Lane is a very emotional, sad piece. |
Posted By: ProfPanglos
Date Posted: March 15 2018 at 20:36
| Illusion - Out of the Mist |
Posted By: Johnny Bob
Date Posted: March 18 2018 at 11:41
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Hey, listen to Johnny Bob - you get this Album here: https://tinyurl.com/JohnnyBob-bandcamp https://tinyurl.com/JohnnyBob-amazon - perhaps you will like it |
Posted By: Jaketejas
Date Posted: March 31 2018 at 07:49
 Some melancholic undercurrents ... |
Posted By: Argos
Date Posted: March 31 2018 at 09:34
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Opeth - Damnation Riverside - Love, Fear and the Time Machine King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon (especially the title track) Astra - The Weirding Almost all of PF's discography with emphasis on The Final Cut and the Division Bell. EDIT: I shouldn't forget all the clean vox tracks sprinkled throughout Opeth's pre-Heritage discography.
------------- "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" |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 31 2018 at 09:36
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I really have trouble thinking of 'sad' prog.. the one though that comes to my mind is the Narrow Way piece from Ummagumma. When going through my rough years and feeling sad, depressed and all that sh*t.. I'd love to put that on just to drive me lower and give me an excuse to drink more I suppose. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: March 31 2018 at 10:53
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Supertramp - Don't Leave Me Now |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: March 31 2018 at 12:23
Just like I did with my old man twenty years too late" are two lines from Thick' that always strike a nerve with me. Make me think of missed opportunities with my own dad. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Jaketejas
Date Posted: March 31 2018 at 12:38
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Losing It - Signals - Rush The denouement of life and attrition of abilities |
Posted By: Blaqua
Date Posted: April 02 2018 at 12:49
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Harmonium's Si on avait besoin d'une cinquième saison Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: April 02 2018 at 13:16
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Turn of the Century - Yes Ocean Gypsy - Renaissance Entangled - Genesis
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Posted By: Jaketejas
Date Posted: April 02 2018 at 16:53
| Different Strings by Rush (Permanent Waves if memory serves me right) has a sad chord progression, and Geddy's singing is very sincere. |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: April 02 2018 at 22:26
| ^Both of those Rush-songs are my big favourites from after Hemispheres-albums. |
Posted By: Argos
Date Posted: April 03 2018 at 08:53
------------- "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" |
Posted By: Blaqua
Date Posted: April 03 2018 at 15:06
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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
merry |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: April 03 2018 at 15:08
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Crime of the Century by Supertramp song If Everyone is Listening -------------  
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Posted By: Progaholic3
Date Posted: April 28 2018 at 13:49
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For the life of me I cannot imagine why you would be looking for music of this kind |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: April 28 2018 at 22:02
| ^ Like Steven Wilson said, sad music makes him happy... |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: April 29 2018 at 01:24
If that's the case you might want to take your imagination in for a service. I don't think it's running properly. ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: April 29 2018 at 01:42
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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. ------------- “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.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: April 29 2018 at 02:34
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Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: April 29 2018 at 03:52
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). ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: April 29 2018 at 04:52
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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. ------------- “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.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: April 29 2018 at 07:00
Because it makes me happy, I connect with it much more than happy music, which generally makes me angry or annoyed. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: April 29 2018 at 07:19
Or: ------------- 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. |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: April 29 2018 at 08:24
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pretty much this whole album and ANYTHING by Finnish group Tenhi This is probably my fave by them |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: April 29 2018 at 11:12
| I am a blues guy. Minor songs achieve me always better than major. |
Posted By: zwordser
Date Posted: May 08 2018 at 14:18
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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. ------------- Z |
Posted By: malarauco
Date Posted: May 14 2018 at 17:41
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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"
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Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: June 18 2018 at 17:38
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The Rich Man and the Carpenter--Triumvirat |
Posted By: AlanB
Date Posted: June 19 2018 at 02:02
| Evergreen by Mostly Autumn |
Posted By: deandob
Date Posted: June 19 2018 at 04:58
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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. |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: June 21 2018 at 14:50
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"Think Of Me With Kindness" by Gentle Giant Brings me to tears every time.
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: June 21 2018 at 15:36
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anglaglard and andeknoten |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: June 22 2018 at 09:07
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Hey You + Is There Anybody Out There? (from Pink Floyd's The Wall) ------------- 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. |
Posted By: Lamneth
Date Posted: June 28 2018 at 12:23
| supertramp - lord it's mine |
Posted By: Intruder
Date Posted: June 30 2018 at 19:37
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Unquiet Slumber>....Quiet Earth>Afterglow that ends Wind and Wuthering - heartbreakingly meloncholy music....certainly one of my favorite post-Peter moments. ------------- I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there..... |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: June 30 2018 at 20:21
Dm is a very sad chord. Much sadder than Am or Em. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: June 30 2018 at 23:56
I really love also songs made from Bm (for example many Hooker & Johnson songs).
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