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Bittersweet, Melancholy, or Reflective Songs

  

Category:  Entertainment

By:  john-russell  •  last year  •  64 comments

Bittersweet, Melancholy, or Reflective Songs

Let's think deep

Us and Them - Pink Floyd

You Don't Know Me - Mickey Gilley

Mr. Dieingly Sad - The Critters

September Song - Frank Sinatra

The Heart Remains A Child - Everything But The Girl

Lush Life - Natalie Cole

Constant Craving - K D Lang


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JohnRussell
Professor Principal
1  author  JohnRussell    last year

What's Happening Brother - Marvin Gaye

 
 
 
GregTx
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4  GregTx    last year

"Soulshine" Govt Mule

 
 
 
Greg Jones
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6  Greg Jones    last year

Agnetha composed the music for this.

ABBA - Disillusion (1973) - YouTube

 
 
 
Greg Jones
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Gsquared
Professor Principal
7.1  Gsquared  replied to  Greg Jones @7    last year

Nat King Cole was truly one of the great voices in music.

 
 
 
Greg Jones
Professor Participates
8  Greg Jones    last year

This bears repeating....best version ever.

Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime (1968) - YouTube

 
 
 
Gsquared
Professor Principal
8.1  Gsquared  replied to  Greg Jones @8    last year
best version ever

By probably the best jazz/blues/pop music singer ever.  But, of course, there was Aretha.

 
 
 
GregTx
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9  GregTx    last year

"Simple Man" Lynyrd Skynyrd

 
 
 
Greg Jones
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10  Greg Jones    last year

Karen left us 40 years ago, but she blessed us with her voice.

Carpenters - Rainy Days And Mondays - YouTube

 
 
 
shona1
Professor Quiet
10.1  shona1  replied to  Greg Jones @10    last year

Morning...and what a loss to the singing world she was...

 
 
 
Gsquared
Professor Principal
10.2  Gsquared  replied to  Greg Jones @10    last year

Just beautiful.

 
 
 
Greg Jones
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JohnRussell
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12  author  JohnRussell    last year

Surf's Up - The Beach Boys 

 
 
 
Gsquared
Professor Principal
12.1  Gsquared  replied to  JohnRussell @12    last year

Great, great song.

 
 
 
shona1
Professor Quiet
14  shona1    last year

Morning..I am hooked on Fleetwood Macs... Albatross...

Play it over and over in the car..find it rather haunting and soothing..

If anyone can post a link would be most grateful..

 
 
 
GregTx
Professor Guide
14.1  GregTx  replied to  shona1 @14    last year

"Albatross", Fleetwood Mac

 
 
 
GregTx
Professor Guide
14.1.1  GregTx  replied to  GregTx @14.1    last year

"Moonshine" Jack Johnson 

 
 
 
shona1
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14.1.2  shona1  replied to  GregTx @14.1    last year

Morning..thank you Greg..much appreciated for your help.

 
 
 
devangelical
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14.2  devangelical  replied to  shona1 @14    last year

I found a 1 hour loop on youtube. it's on your guestbook.

 
 
 
shona1
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14.2.1  shona1  replied to  devangelical @14.2    last year

Morning..oh wow thank you Devangie...you have made my day..

 
 
 
mocowgirl
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15  mocowgirl    last year

 
 
 
mocowgirl
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16  mocowgirl    last year

 
 
 
mocowgirl
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17  mocowgirl    last year

 
 
 
mocowgirl
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18  mocowgirl    last year

 
 
 
mocowgirl
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19  mocowgirl    last year

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
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20  Drinker of the Wry    last year

The Sounds of Silence 

 
 
 
mocowgirl
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21  mocowgirl    last year

Love this group.  

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
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22  Drinker of the Wry    last year

Everybody Wants to Rule the World

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
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23  Drinker of the Wry    last year

Five Years

 
 
 
Gsquared
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24  Gsquared    last year

 
 
 
mocowgirl
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25  mocowgirl    last year

Bittersweet, Melancholy, Reflective

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
Senior Guide
26  Drinker of the Wry    last year

Five Years

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
Senior Guide
27  Drinker of the Wry    last year

I’m a Melancholy Man

 
 
 
mocowgirl
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27.1  mocowgirl  replied to  Drinker of the Wry @27    last year

 
 
 
GregTx
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27.2  GregTx  replied to  Drinker of the Wry @27    last year

 
 
 
Gsquared
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28  Gsquared    last year

 
 
 
mocowgirl
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29  mocowgirl    last year

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
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30  Drinker of the Wry    last year

In My Life

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
Senior Guide
31  Drinker of the Wry    last year

Fast Car

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
Senior Guide
32  Drinker of the Wry    last year

Wish You Were Here

 
 
 
GregTx
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33  GregTx    last year

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
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34  Drinker of the Wry    last year

Landslide

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
Senior Guide
35  Drinker of the Wry    last year

I’m on Fire

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
Senior Guide
36  Drinker of the Wry    last year

When I think back on all the crap I've learned in high school
It's a wonder I can think at all

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
Senior Guide
37  Drinker of the Wry    last year

The Circle of Life

 
 
 
mocowgirl
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38  mocowgirl    last year

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
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39  Perrie Halpern R.A.    last year

 
 
 
mocowgirl
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40  mocowgirl    last year

 
 
 
mocowgirl
Professor Silent
41  mocowgirl    last year

This is a performer that I would love to hear live.  This was just a random video I was recommended due to the AI gods.

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
Senior Guide
42  Drinker of the Wry    last year

Life Changes

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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43  author  JohnRussell    last year

Speaking of melancholy, this Manhattan supper club singer leapt to her death from the balcony of her apartment at age 55. 

The People You Never Get To Meet - Susannah McCorkle

 
 
 
Hal A. Lujah
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44  Hal A. Lujah    last year

I can’t post YouTube videos for some reason, other than by a link.

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
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44.1  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  Hal A. Lujah @44    last year

I'll have to ask why.

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
Professor Expert
44.1.1  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @44.1    last year

So open the link in a browser. Then copy what is in the address bar. That is a good URL.

 
 
 
mocowgirl
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45  mocowgirl    last year

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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46  Buzz of the Orient    last year

Because mocowgirl and GregTx don't identify their choices in text along with the YouTubes I don't know if I might be repeating any that they posted, and although I have access to most of these songs on the two websites I have access to here I won't bother to provide links because one requires you to watch a short commercial first and the other breaks in with an interfering page requiring you to delete it and re- click the arrow to continue watching the rest of the song.  However you are bound to find these songs on YouTube. 

It shouldn't be a surprise that I would choose folk songs.   Save for the Carter Family and Woody Guthrie I have watched all the others perform live and met most of them personally.  The images of all the other performers are as they were when I first met them personally or watched them perform live.  

The Last Thing On My Mind - composed and sung by Tom Paxton

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Suzanne - composed and sung by Leonard Cohen

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Both Sides Now (a/k/a Clouds) - composed and sung by Joni Mitchell

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Four Strong Winds - composed and sung by Ian Tyson

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Changes - composed and sung by Phil Ochs

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Farewell - composed and sung by Bob Dylan

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Wildwood Flower - composed and sung by The Carter Family

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If You Could Read My Mind - composed and sung by Gordon Lightfoot

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Helpless - composed and sung by Neil Young

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Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (also known as Deportees) composed and sung by Woody (and also by Arlo) Guthrie

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CB
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47  CB    last year

Rene & Angela - You Don't Have To Cry

 
 
 
CB
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48  CB    last year
  

Luther Vandross - A House Is Not a Home (from Live at Wembley)

 
 
 
cjcold
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49  cjcold    last year

Pretty much anything Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits ever did.

Lucky enough to see them live a few times. Amazing shows! Pure music!

 
 
 
cjcold
Professor Quiet
49.1  cjcold  replied to  cjcold @49    last year

Saw Dire Straits as a hard core rock band and a sit down acoustic band. Both good.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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50  author  JohnRussell    last year

The Rose - Bette Midler

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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50.1  author  JohnRussell  replied to  JohnRussell @50    last year

Raglan Road - Jim McCann

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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51  author  JohnRussell    last year

Yesterday When I Was Young - Dusty Springfield

 
 

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