Saddest blues song ever?
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Saddest blues song ever?
Please nominate your most poignant, tearful, etc. blues tunes.
I know this one from the Fleetwood Mac version, which I prefer because if its more desolate reading but couldn't find on YouTube, but I like the spooked-out feeling of a guy awoken from a nightmare ...
I know this one from the Fleetwood Mac version, which I prefer because if its more desolate reading but couldn't find on YouTube, but I like the spooked-out feeling of a guy awoken from a nightmare ...
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Hell Hound on my trail isn't just sad it is haunted
as is me and Devil Blues
Just Robert Johnson really full stop.
as is me and Devil Blues
Just Robert Johnson really full stop.
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"Last Kind Words Blues"
I like this one. So do a lot of others, I'd wager.
I like this one. So do a lot of others, I'd wager.
take5_d_shorterer wrote:If John Bonham simply didn't listen to enough Tommy Johnson or Blind Willie Mctell, that's his doing.
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Do gospel blues count? In that case I nominate pioneer Wahington Phillips, "What are they doing in heaven today?", for all those people whose lives were cut short.
"When the desert comes, people will be sad; just as Cannery Row was sad when all the pilchards were caught and canned and eaten." - John Steinbeck
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Let U be the set of all united sets, K be the set of the kids and D be the set of things divided.
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
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Hugh wrote:Woke up this morning, error 404.
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I've been trying to think of some...but the blues aren't usually that sad. The saddest I can think of are all country songs.
Maybe the Delia, the dylan cover?
But even that, it's too matter-of-fact to be sad.
Maybe the Delia, the dylan cover?
But even that, it's too matter-of-fact to be sad.
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Happiest blues song would have been a killer thread
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I'm sure that there are plenty but Fleetwood Mac's Man of the World is the one that always does it for me.
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As has been pointed out, a sad blues song is a bit of a failure. They're supposed to make you feel better. However, if you're going to wallow, then give it the works. As ever, the answer is Elmore James.
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I think the blues is better at evoking loneliness than sadness.
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robertff wrote:I'm sure that there are plenty but Fleetwood Mac's Man of the World is the one that always does it for me.
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It's a heartbreaking song, but I wouldn't call it Blues. Maybe this?:
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Seymore Porn wrote:Maybe this?:
I considered that one myself. Or "Before The Beginning".
Another that came to mind is a B.B. King song "Understand", that doesn't seem to be on YouTube except in a highly basterdized version. The original is on his album My Kind Of Blues, which I recommend.
I also thought of this, which will sound awfully familiar if you've just listened to "Love That Burns":
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Otis Rush is always gonna be a guy to beat on a sad blues song thread.
Poor bastard.
Poor bastard.
take5_d_shorterer wrote:If John Bonham simply didn't listen to enough Tommy Johnson or Blind Willie Mctell, that's his doing.
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'Kin hell, this thread is depressing.
I spoke to the river, and the river spoke back to me...
I spoke to the river, and the river spoke back to me...
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T. Willy Rye wrote:
That's so fucking great.
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You Can't Make Peace by Willie Dixon where he lists all these great things humanity has made but then there is the kicker: we can't make peace.
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