Wistful Sad Songs

**thescot** · 18th March 10, 06:00 AM

Originally Posted by auld argonian

The most misty-eyed version of that was in Brassed Off when the band played it outside the hospital where their director was lying in bed suffering from black lung.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F5vBsY9VZ8

...always gets me...

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Whoa, buddy. I've never seen that, and it was really touching.

Thanks. Now I'm off to find the full thing!

**auld argonian** · 18th March 10, 07:14 AM

Originally Posted by thescot

Whoa, buddy. I've never seen that, and it was really touching.

Thanks. Now I'm off to find the full thing!

Not to get too far off topic...but you will love this movie and it's especially poignant in light of the economy these days. It is also so chock full of those great contemporary UK character actors (Inspector Lestrade, Obi-Wan, Father Clifford...is there anybody over there who isn't a good actor? Some times it seems like everybody in the UK has been in a movie or TV show at some time or other!) so you'll have a good time spotting them.

I warn you in advance that you are going to want the soundtrack album after you see the movie so you might as well check Amazon right now. The CD is one of the 23 that are the permanent collection in my 25 CD "jukebox"...it is that good.

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**tulloch** · 18th March 10, 12:11 PM

A few that come to mind for me are:
Angie by the Rolling Stones
We Belong Together by Ricky Lee Jones
Last of the Gleemen by Mac Talla Mor
Fairytale of New York from the Pogues

**wildrover** · 18th March 10, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by Jerry

For sad songs, dog lovers can't beat "Old Shep", originally done by Red Foley, with a later narrative version by Walter Brennen. It tells the story of a man and dog who grew up together, and now the time has come for the man to have to put his dog down. It is especially sad to me because soon I'll have to face the same thing with "Chewy" my 12 year old mixed lab.I just learned last week he has a large tumor, which may be operable, but chances of survival are 50/50 at best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw9ce27sX1k

I assume that's a link to the song, but I just can't...I honestly teared up just reading what you wrote. My buddy-dog is like family...I don't even want to think about that day coming our way. "Where the Red Fern Grows" just turns me in to a complete wreck.

Gotta change gears a little, now...

The theme song to El Laberinto del Fauno..."Mercedes' Lullaby".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96ju7754pXU

Great movie, too.

St. James Infirmary Blues...AKA Gambler's Blues, three different versions...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa1pV81p1So
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kY4sqoUBeM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHh4wBGQZD0

**sfb** · 18th March 10, 03:50 PM

I couldn't do the dog thing either.

This one always gets me, but not because it's sad as such. It's just that it's so redolent of childhood for me. And, I suspect, for most 40 to 50 year old Scottish folk, because it was the classic lullaby when I was a wean.

Plus, this is the version by the late, great and very much lamented Hamish Imlach.

Ally Bally Bee

**mexpiper** · 18th March 10, 05:03 PM

Kilkelly Ireland... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaHhNi-f2G4

Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcxId...eature=related

I think theses ones really get to me!

The others ones have been mentioned, The Christmas Shoes, and Paul Greenwood's America,,,, and Taps!

**morrison** · 20th March 10, 06:46 PM

Jerry Jeff Walker's Mr Bojangles was covered by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

Of course, no song could be as sappy as Bobby Goldsboro's Honey.

**Lachlan09** · 21st March 10, 05:17 AM

You may have noticed my Tom Jones thread. I never realised till recently how boo-hoo-worthy the words are to Green Green Grass of Home.

**Mr. Kilt** · 21st March 10, 08:45 AM

Another couple came to mind...
Travellin' Soldier, by the Dixie Chicks.
Emma, by Hot Chocolate

**auld argonian** · 21st March 10, 08:56 AM

Originally Posted by morrison

Jerry Jeff Walker's Mr Bojangles was covered by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

Of course, no song could be as sappy as Bobby Goldsboro's Honey.

I would suggest that THE most touching version of Mr. Bojangles was recorded live on David Bromberg's album Demon In Disguise. David was a long time sideman for Jerry Jeff and does a bit of a spoken interlude about how the tune was written and what it was like to play it EVERY NIGHT for years...that's funny but his actual rendition of the song is really emotional.

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PS: Had the extremely good fortune to have heard David Bromberg perform in a small club up in Evanston, Illinois one night MANY years ago...the cat has more or less retired and it is a damn shame because he was fantastic.