Cole Miner Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Gloomy Sunday and Keep Me In Your Heart are 2 I would have posted that have been posted already. Not a lot of artists are good at convincingly selling an emotional connection to a song. David Ruffin does. Tried to post a video with this of Daryl Hall talking about Ruffin. Talking about how he sounds like he is crying when he is singing. If it is salesmanship it is delicate and intricate salesmanship. Far more effective than hitting piercing high pitch notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cole Miner Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Sometimes songs benefit from tragedy. Don't cheat. Ian Curtis deserves blame for what led to this song because of the cheating. The suicide is mental illness though and people that expect rational decision making from a suicidal person are clueless to what is actually wrong with them. My cousin committed suicide recently and the people in my family that feel the need to be self righteous about it are incredibly irritating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 My cousin committed suicide recently and the people in my family that feel the need to be self righteous about it are incredibly irritating.Oof, sorry. (Maybe this should be in the SON OF A~! thread? Oh well.) I had kinda this exact same argument with some kid in the college cafeteria, who was heaping condescension and judgement and scorn on a mentally-ill suicidal dude he was mildly acquainted with. When he got up to bus his tray, me and his girlfriend just sadly shook our heads at each other and muttered "He's never really had to deal with this shit up-close, has he?". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Mann Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Even if you don't know who Chris Bell was, you can hear anguish in every note of this. And if you do know who he was, you really REALLY hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 I don't know how many Boosie fans are on this board. Just me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Even if you don't know who Chris Bell was, you can hear anguish in every note of this. And if you do know who he was, you really REALLY hear it. Chris Bell was the unsung genius in Big Star. the album I AM THE COSMOS is better than most Big Star records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Man - if we are going to start pulling stuff out of movies I will just start posting Les Mis clips and then go home and weep in the corner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Mann Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Even if you don't know who Chris Bell was, you can hear anguish in every note of this. And if you do know who he was, you really REALLY hear it. http://youtu.be/7VfJ8dGsAws Chris Bell was the unsung genius in Big Star. the album I AM THE COSMOS is better than most Big Star records. I can't reccomend "Nothing Can Hurt Me" enough if you haven't seen it on Netflix yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOTNW Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 A song about eternal sleep: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 I don't know how many Boosie fans are on this board. Just me. You and I both my friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Because I grew up with the Muppets and Sesame Street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Virtue Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 (edited) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn_-FgydQjoNot too good at posting videos. But here's the link to a song by Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties. Character driven album by Dan Campbell of the Wonder Years. Absolutely heartbreaking. Well, the entire album is. Check it out and keep the tissues near by. Edited July 9, 2014 by DEAN I am a helper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Man - if we are going to start pulling stuff out of movies I will just start posting Les Mis clips and then go home and weep in the cornerDo it. I got yer back, brotha. (With the manliest of sobbing. Our combined tears shall flood the world like the blood of the martyrs watering the meadows of France.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Because I grew up with the Muppets and Sesame Street I raise you this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Casey Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 I first heard this song back on the green board, when somebody posted it in the anime opening theme (or was it closing theme? I forget) tournament, and the lyrics just hit me like a pickax to the chest. Maybe because I was in a dark place myself at the time, but seriously: I am falling I am fading I am drowning Help me to breathe I am hurting I have lost it all I am losing Help me to breathe I can't tell you how many times I've felt that exact same way. Just typing those lyrics just now has made me start bawling like a baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Oh, we're doing anime soundtacks now? Hah. Hah. Hah. Okay. I win. (Drops mic. Stares at the audience in dead silence. Continues staring until they all fucking leave.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Casey Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 I don't know. I never really got a sad vibe from "Blue". Maybe I need to pay more attention to the lyrics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Admittedly, I'm leaning HARD on the context of when/where we hear the song. And that oddly touching infinite-pan-up camera shot into the stars certainly helps a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubbymark Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 "It's You I Like." RIP Fred Rogers and Jeff Erlanger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 I feel like I have way too many candidates for this topic, so here is another one. I think this song is more heartbreaking every time I hear it. The best part of Ray's early stuff for me is his ability to tell a great story. He has lost that somewhat with these last couple of albums. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bink_winkleman Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Just catching up on this thread. It's fantastic. You can probably use most versions of this song here. Here is a much, much sadder Leonard Cohen song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jexNsBjz1r8 And I guess for alternate versions, the Lemonheads/Liv Tyler version is good, too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 This is what you guys get for my insomnia. One of the most profound songs on racism ever... Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman have the prettiest voices in pop history. Add some strings and I am depressed. For anyone who was stuck somewhere they didn't want to be and was afraid to leave... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cCJHfhpKmE I am a huge Beatles fan including the solo albums. In high school, my mother passed away and I made the mistake of listening to this song after... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmhRm_92L_8 This is why Ray Davies is one of the greatest songwriters ever. He takes an upbeat song like Picture Book and when you read the lyrics, you realize, this isn't a happy song. This is a song of longing. Ray Davies makes you feel like looking at any picture and making you wish you could go back to that moment and relive the grainy faded days of your past but forcing you to accept that you can't. Fuck, that is depressing as fuck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Oh, and because Ray Davies is God, he did what I described above and made them institutions in Great Britain... And this has to be linked in this thread because the thread felt incomplete. Sorry p.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s5r2spPJ8g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Venomous treachery from management! This will not go unanswered....I just.... ...I just... GOTSA CALL MY DAD FIRTS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 This is what you guys get for my insomnia. One of the most profound songs on racism ever... This is... quite good as well: No matter how many times I listen, 1:24 sends chills through me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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