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il Padrino Ute · 10-04-2005, 07:40 AM

I'm not sure why I feel the need to bring the mood of the board down, but I was listening to some Peter Gabriel and heard "Don't Give Up" and it occurred to me that this may very well be the saddest song I know of. It's doesn't bring tears to my eyes, but the lyrics really aren't any to boost anyone's spirits, despite Kate Bush's part is trying to make the guy feel better.

Anyone have a suggestion? (And no, Rise and Shout doesn't count.)

mpfunk · 10-04-2005, 07:50 AM

Although it is not a song I find it very sad when people say they can honestly tell the difference between Journey/Foreigner.

il Padrino Ute · 10-04-2005, 07:56 AM

Steve Perry from Journey has a higher voice.

bluegoose · 10-04-2005, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by mpfunk

Although it is not a song I find it very sad when people say they can honestly tell the difference between Journey/Foreigner.

You may as well throw in Chicago and Air Supply into the mix for me.

Parrot Head · 10-04-2005, 05:17 PM

So IPU, does that song make you feel like a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world? Like you got on a midnight train just going anywhere? All I can say is don't stop believin'....

il Padrino Ute · 10-04-2005, 07:40 PM

No, it makes me feel like a city boy, born and raised in South Detroit. Like I took a midnight train going anywhere... don't stop believeing baby.

The song I was referring to just plains makes me feel like giving up, despite having friends.

SoCalCoug · 10-06-2005, 06:02 AM

Sad songs just say so much.

SoCalCoug · 10-08-2005, 12:19 AM

Does anyone else get mobile music embarrassment? For instance, there are times when I might feel like blasting Journey on my car's CD player, but I am afraid that someone driving nearby might hear that I'm blasting Journey. So, I tend to blast White Stripes or Foo Fighters, or even Pink Floyd, lately, instead.

But how can I scratch my Air Supply itch?

SteelBlue · 10-08-2005, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by SoCalCoug

But how can I scratch my Air Supply itch?

This quandry was addressed perfectly in the cinematic wonder known as Tommy Boy. That Carpenters song comes on and at first they both make fun of it, then one asks to turn it up and next thing you know they're singing at the top of their lungs.

It's happened to me a million times in traffic. In fact, it happened yesterday on the way home from work. John Cougar's "Little Pink Houses" came on and I had to roll up the windows at every stoplight, but I just couldn't change the station.

mpfunk · 10-08-2005, 06:36 AM

Isn't John Cougar Mellencamp dead?

I have found out from a good source in Indiana that this is not a wise joke to make around people of the Hoosier State, but I for one enjoy it.

10-04-2005, 07:40 AM	#1
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	Saddest song... I'm not sure why I feel the need to bring the mood of the board down, but I was listening to some Peter Gabriel and heard "Don't Give Up" and it occurred to me that this may very well be the saddest song I know of. It's doesn't bring tears to my eyes, but the lyrics really aren't any to boost anyone's spirits, despite Kate Bush's part is trying to make the guy feel better. Anyone have a suggestion? (And no, Rise and Shout doesn't count.) __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

10-04-2005, 07:56 AM	#3
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	I can tell the difference between the two... Steve Perry from Journey has a higher voice. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

10-04-2005, 07:40 PM	#6
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	LOL! No, it makes me feel like a city boy, born and raised in South Detroit. Like I took a midnight train going anywhere... don't stop believeing baby. The song I was referring to just plains makes me feel like giving up, despite having friends. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

10-06-2005, 06:02 AM	#7
SoCalCoug Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Orange County, California Posts: 3,059	Sad songs just say so much. __________________ Get your stinking paws off me, you damned, dirty Yewt! "Now perhaps as I spanked myself screaming out "Kozlowski, say it like you mean it bitch!" might have been out of line, but such was the mood." - Goatnapper "If you want to fatten a pig up to make the pig MORE delicious, you can feed it almost anything. Seriously. The pig is like the car on Back to the Future. You put in garbage, and out comes something magical!" - Cali Coug

10-08-2005, 12:19 AM	#8
SoCalCoug Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Orange County, California Posts: 3,059	Does anyone else get mobile music embarrassment? For instance, there are times when I might feel like blasting Journey on my car's CD player, but I am afraid that someone driving nearby might hear that I'm blasting Journey. So, I tend to blast White Stripes or Foo Fighters, or even Pink Floyd, lately, instead. But how can I scratch my Air Supply itch? __________________ Get your stinking paws off me, you damned, dirty Yewt! "Now perhaps as I spanked myself screaming out "Kozlowski, say it like you mean it bitch!" might have been out of line, but such was the mood." - Goatnapper "If you want to fatten a pig up to make the pig MORE delicious, you can feed it almost anything. Seriously. The pig is like the car on Back to the Future. You put in garbage, and out comes something magical!" - Cali Coug

10-04-2005, 07:50 AM	#2
mpfunk Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 2,619	Although it is not a song I find it very sad when people say they can honestly tell the difference between Journey/Foreigner.

10-04-2005, 05:17 PM	#5
Parrot Head Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 763	So IPU, does that song make you feel like a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world? Like you got on a midnight train just going anywhere? All I can say is don't stop believin'....

10-08-2005, 06:36 AM	#10
mpfunk Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 2,619	Isn't John Cougar Mellencamp dead? I have found out from a good source in Indiana that this is not a wise joke to make around people of the Hoosier State, but I for one enjoy it.