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NanceGreggs

(27,813 posts)
7. This one.
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 11:41 PM
Sep 2017


Reminds me of a time I drove all night to NYC from Toronto, hoping the guy I'd dumped for my then-husband would "still be there".

He wasn't.

These Eyes Lunabell Sep 2017 #1
Seasons in the Sun Glorfindel Sep 2017 #2
Faded Love -- the song that brought Patsy Cline to tears. longship Sep 2017 #3
That was her life... Docreed2003 Sep 2017 #29
Knowing its history; it's an extraordinary recording. longship Sep 2017 #31
Do yourself a favor.... Docreed2003 Sep 2017 #41
This Was One Of The First Songs I Taught Myself On Bass... JimGinPA Sep 2017 #89
Not to tears GP6971 Sep 2017 #4
Definitely! I used to listen to that all the time. n/t woodsprite Sep 2017 #87
I have always loved this song. TDale313 Sep 2017 #5
DAMN....love that song as well, heartbreaking Docreed2003 Sep 2017 #30
. Iggo Sep 2017 #110
Kilkelly Ireland janterry Sep 2017 #6
Yes, this one. LisaM Sep 2017 #52
Wow... that encapsulates so much... wrenching longing and regret hlthe2b Sep 2017 #58
Mick Moloney! There's a name I haven't heard in decades DFW Oct 2017 #115
This one. NanceGreggs Sep 2017 #7
Wow! JimGinPA Sep 2017 #10
My fave version of that song, too!!! NanceGreggs Sep 2017 #15
I've always just loved this song. I remember the first time I heard it was on The Tonight Show Upthevibe Sep 2017 #20
Mattis' version is also heartbreaking. NanceGreggs Sep 2017 #23
Beautiful Nance...Thanks for sharing your story! Docreed2003 Sep 2017 #32
Sam Stone BeyondGeography Sep 2017 #8
Great one! Docreed2003 Sep 2017 #33
Great album! Basic LA Sep 2017 #35
Sam Stone and Hello in There... Ohiya Sep 2017 #105
After the Gold Rush by Patti Smith... GReedDiamond Sep 2017 #9
I Know It's Over shenmue Sep 2017 #11
Great song..."The Smiths" could rip your heart out! Docreed2003 Sep 2017 #34
Another Lonely Christmas- Prince missingthebigdog Sep 2017 #12
Seriously love that one, especially the extended version. greyl Sep 2017 #19
Another One, Because... JimGinPA Sep 2017 #13
Not necessarily cry, but pretty depressing.... physioex Sep 2017 #14
My Old Man NotASurfer Sep 2017 #16
Love that song...Prine's version is my favorite! Docreed2003 Sep 2017 #36
When I Was a Boy- Dar Williams Beaverhausen Sep 2017 #17
Honey - Bobby Goldsboro Control-Z Sep 2017 #18
I'm so sorry to hear about you loosing your mom at such a young age.... Upthevibe Sep 2017 #21
I don't know how to post a link! Upthevibe Sep 2017 #22
Here... JimGinPA Sep 2017 #28
Yup, this is the one. AwakeAtLast Sep 2017 #73
Dan Fogelberg's "Same Old Lang Syne" OilemFirchen Sep 2017 #24
Gets me every time. TDale313 Sep 2017 #25
Definitely! Chills every time I hear it. PearliePoo2 Sep 2017 #77
This Is The Happiest Version Of One Of My Favorite Sad Songs JimGinPA Sep 2017 #26
The Righteous Brothers defacto7 Sep 2017 #27
Another: Philip Glass, Satyagraha. longship Sep 2017 #37
The Yard Went On Forever---and---That's The Way It Was Petrushka Sep 2017 #38
Here's mine....bear with my multiple YouTube links Docreed2003 Sep 2017 #39
This Guy Had Some Sad Ones Too JimGinPA Sep 2017 #47
Yep.....love some Hag!!! Docreed2003 Sep 2017 #66
Nobody could write (or sing) a tearjerker like Townes. cemaphonic Sep 2017 #74
No doubt... Docreed2003 Oct 2017 #113
Dark Clouds Pass with Time... Mike Nelson Sep 2017 #40
Tears in Heaven... Mike Nelson Sep 2017 #42
Strange Things Happen in This World... Mike Nelson Sep 2017 #43
Goodbye Johnny... Mike Nelson Sep 2017 #44
Flying... Mike Nelson Sep 2017 #45
Ah, yes TubbersUK Sep 2017 #60
Phil Collins roscoeroscoe Sep 2017 #46
This one gets me every time GreenPartyVoter Sep 2017 #48
The Band's "Whispering Pines" has never failed to stab my heart . . . NBachers Sep 2017 #49
The Mandolin Is Even Sad Here... JimGinPA Sep 2017 #50
And of course - - - NBachers Sep 2017 #51
But this is the one that really does it to me NBachers Sep 2017 #53
"Daisy a Day" by Jud Strunk. This 1973 clip is from the "Tonight Show." John1956PA Sep 2017 #54
Eric Clapton "Tears In Heaven" democratisphere Sep 2017 #55
By far the saddest song I have ever heard... CTyankee Sep 2017 #98
Every time I listen to this song, tears run down my face for the very reason you described. democratisphere Sep 2017 #99
Anything Disco Soxfan58 Sep 2017 #56
My favorite. No words but sometimes they are just not necessary. justhanginon Sep 2017 #57
At This Moment Alpeduez21 Sep 2017 #59
September Song babylonsister Sep 2017 #61
Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding watrwefitinfor Sep 2017 #62
Hands of Time, Margo Price Loge23 Sep 2017 #63
Nothing compares to "Lost In The Moment" by... Atman Sep 2017 #64
Late at night.... CanSocDem Sep 2017 #65
Million Years Ago Phentex Sep 2017 #67
Janis Ian: At 17 mucifer Sep 2017 #68
What'll I Do cyclonefence Sep 2017 #69
Fool in the Rain shenmue Sep 2017 #70
Have lots of favorites, here are a few... FrankfurtCat Sep 2017 #71
"Hearts that are broken and love that's untrue, these go with learning the game" DFW Sep 2017 #72
Skip James - Hard Time Killing Floor Blues cemaphonic Sep 2017 #75
"Albatross" by Judy Collins - achingly beautiful and heartbreaking Glorfindel Sep 2017 #76
It is indeed a masterpiece of songwriting Zorro Sep 2017 #80
As a young gay man when the album came out, that song was like an icicle to the heart Glorfindel Sep 2017 #81
Danny Boy. This version easttexaslefty Sep 2017 #78
Little Green Zorro Sep 2017 #79
Oh, man...I can't remember hearing that one before Glorfindel Sep 2017 #83
I remember A Bobby Goldsboro song named Honey, Very sad......... Old Vet Sep 2017 #82
Theme from "Brokeback Mountain" DoBotherMe Sep 2017 #84
One of these mornings... HipChick Sep 2017 #85
Everybody Hurts REM Alpeduez21 Sep 2017 #86
Teddy Bear by Red Sovine. teezy Sep 2017 #88
"Louisiana 1927" Randy Newman nt aka-chmeee Sep 2017 #90
A little Puccini: The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #91
Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)-Elton John Boomerproud Sep 2017 #92
Call Me, Call Me by Steve Conte sakabatou Sep 2017 #93
Hard to listen to.... WiffenPoof Sep 2017 #94
Band Played Waltzing Matilda Sanity Claws Sep 2017 #95
4 and 20. Stephen Stills WiffenPoof Sep 2017 #96
Mr. Bojangles by the nitty gritty dirt band Danmel Sep 2017 #97
R#7 & K for, you're going to go *far* in DU/Lounge!1 UTUSN Sep 2017 #100
Sunday Morning Coming down doc03 Sep 2017 #101
Fire and Rain Sweet Baby James.... sagesnow Sep 2017 #102
Janis Ian "At Seventeen" AJT Sep 2017 #103
Tenderness on the Block Ohiya Sep 2017 #104
Auld Lang Syne Dan Fogelberg sagesnow Sep 2017 #106
Already One - Neil Young subterranean Sep 2017 #107
Leader of the Band catrose Sep 2017 #108
I Don't Know How To Love Him -- Yvonne Elliman Iggo Sep 2017 #109
5 Pounds of Possum (in my headlights tonight) left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 #111
Alone Again by Gilbert O'Sullivan robertpaulsen Sep 2017 #112
after our son enlisted we listened to country more this ia a sad one (Riding with private malone) bluestarone Oct 2017 #114
I Know It's Over, by the Smiths shenmue Oct 2017 #116
"Strawberry Fields Forever" for some reason. Turin_C3PO Oct 2017 #117
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