poll: sad songs

A bizarre bug I saw in Austria. Anyone know what it is?


I've always wondered at the power music can have over us. How can a mere arrangement of sound vibrations make us so happy? Or so incredibly sad? For me, it's a combination of the lyrics and music and personal associaton. What's sad for me may not be sad for you.

A poll for all of you:

What are the saddest songs you know? Or that you've written?

Anyway here's my partial list; I may add to this during the day:

Somewhere Over The Rainbow: by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg. One of the happiest and saddest songs I know.

The Queen and the Soldier: by Suzanne Vega. Joey Shoji does a great version of this.

Cranes Over Hiroshima: by Fred Small. I first heard this song when Joey sang this at a convention many years ago, and I bawled my eyes out. When my Mom was dying of cancer and I was in the hospital waiting and feeling numb and helpless, I found myself unable to read or do anything more than simple crafts like origami. When Allison and her husband John heard, they folded origami and mailed their pieces to me in support; soon our living room was filled with colourful origami made by friends and family. Later, a friend in Japan and her mother folded strings of origami cranes for my mother's grave. Jeff learned how to do origami during this time, and still does it for our nieces and nephews.

Drowning - by Joe Jackson

Go On - by Rand Bellavia and Adam English (on their album Oh Ok LA)

Elektra's Song- by Chris Malme.

Monday - by Allison Durno (one of my favourite Urban Tapestry songs)

Forever Young by Alphaville. Was one of my brother's favourite songs. I include a reference to it in the song below.

Song For Jim (see bottom of entry): song I wrote a few months after my brother and his wife died in a car accident.

Your turn.

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