Most depressing song from seventies

[atomic-fly]

Edmund Fitzgerald ( I actually like this one)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=99rOzMVtcx4

[steelemagnolia]

1. ITA as well as Cats in the Cradle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH46SmVv8SU Harry Chapin

[BarenakedLady]

6. Definately!

:cry:

[TZ]

50. Yep.

Since my Dad wasn't around much when I was growing up (divorce) that one is a real tear jerker to me.

[momophile]

99. this one makes me cry

I think you won.

[hellbound-liberal]

2. I agree, we went to the Shipwreck Museum on Lake Superior last summer and saw the remains of the sh

My wife sent me this video two days ago. It has footage that makes you feel like you are onboard the ship! Haunting audio too!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=iquCHSkmUek

[steelemagnolia]

4. Awesome video, Irk! Gave me Chills eom

[no name no slogan]

21. There's a whole bunch of Fitz video on YouTube

I'm a bit of a Great Lakes shipping buff (aka a "BoatNerd"), and have shelves full of books on other shipwrecks on the lakes, but the Fitz is probably the most famous and mysterious. No distress calls. No bodies recovered. No survivors. And 30+ years later, they still don't know exactly how it sank.

[no name no slogan]

29. More cool Fitz-related pictures

Here's a series of pictures of the Arthur B. Homer, the sister ship and a near-identical twin to the Edmund Fitzgerald (the Homer was next and last hull built after the Fitz at the Great Lakes Shipping Works). The pictures are from its last layup in 1985, shortly before it was sold and cut up for scrap.

Althought it's not the same ship, the two were twins, and you get a good idea of what the Fitz looked like before she sunk. Kind of eerie, but fascinating.

http://www.greatlakesmodeling.com/database/photo_archive/photo_collections/Arthur-B-Homer/album1/slides/Arthur-B-Homer-1.html

[enigmatic]

3. "Holocaust"- Big Star

No contest:

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

Your eyes are almost dead
Can't get out of bed
And you can't sleep

You're sitting down to dress
And you're a mess
You look in the mirror

You look in your eyes
Say you realize

Everybody goes
Leaving those who fall behind
Everybody goes
As far as they can,
They don't just care.

They stood on the stairs
Laughing at your errors
Your mother's dead
She said, "Don't be afraid."

Your mother's dead
You're on your own
She's in her bed

Everybody goes
Leaving those who fall behind
Everybody goes
As far as they can
They don't just care
You're a wasted face
You're a sad-eyed lie
You're a holocaust....

[enigmatic]

7. Honorable Mention: "The Bed"- Lou Reed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zYunj4aMt0

This is the place where she lay her head
When she went to bed at night
And this is the place our children were conceived
Candles lit the room brightly at night

And this is the place where she cut her wrists
That odd and fateful night
And I said, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling
And I said, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling

This is the place where we used to live
I paid for it with love and blood
And these are the boxes that she kept on the shelf
Filled with her poetry and stuff

And this is the room where she took the razor
And cut her wrists that strange and fateful night
And I said, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling
And I said, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling

I never would have started if Id known
That its end this way
But funny thing, Im not at all sad
That it stopped this way

This is the place where she lay her head
When she went to bed at night
And this is the place our children were conceived
Candles lit the room brightly at night

And this is the place where she cut her wrists
That odd and fateful night
And I said, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling
And I said, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling.

[tigereye]

59. yeah, that one would be up there...

[enigmatic]

71. Both "Sister Lovers" and "Berlin" are The Heart Of Darkness

2 of the bleakest (and best, too) albums of the 1970's..

[mitchum]

84. That's why they are both in heavy rotation in my house...

I would also add Richard and Linda Thompson's "Pour Down Like Silver"
"I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight" and "Shoot out The Lights" are the ones that are usually namechecked, but "Silver" is even more beautifully bleak than those two. Maybe people are thrown off by the cover art? Usually white people wearing headrags doesn't bode well musically, but this is THE exception

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

5. Oh God In The Year 2525 I'd Say.

Also Patches, Wildfire, and a few others along those lines (similar themes) I can't think of right now.

[lost-in-nj]

13. and signs

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




V1
And the sign said long haired freaky people need not apply
So I tucked my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why
He said you look like a fine upstanding young man, I think you'll do
So I took off my hat I said imagine that, huh, me working for you

woah!

Chorus:

Sign Sign everywhere a sign
Blocking out the scenery breaking my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign

V2
And the sign said anybody caught trespassing would be shot on sight
So I jumped on the fence and yelled at the house, Hey! what gives you the right
To put up a fence to keep me out or to keep mother nature in
If God was here, he'd tell you to your face, man you're some kinda sinner

Repeat Chorus:

Bridge:

Now, hey you Mister! can't you read, you got to have a shirt and tie to get a seat
You can't even watch, no you can't eat, you ain't suppose to be here
Sign said you got to have a membership card to get inside Uh!

V3
And the sign said everybody welcome, come in, kneel down and pray
But when they passed around the plate at the end of it all,
I didn't have a penny to pay, so I got me a pen and a paper and I made up my own little sign
I said thank you Lord for thinking about me, I'm alive and doing fine




how true

lost

[no name no slogan]

19. "2525" is actually from 1969

It was #1 the week I was born

[TZ]

48. Wildfire...now there's a song that always get to me.

Careful OMC..you are starting to shed that image of the insensitive asshole you've worked so hard to acquire.;-)

[darkstar]

8. Janis Ian, "17"

Maybe?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efHOIT1ROk8

[shanine]

9. 4 + 20

Plus what everyone else chose.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HjsrPmNFZwc

[Westegg]

91. Oh yeah! That one bummed me out...

...every time I heard it on my AM transitor radio that summer when I was 11.

[lost-in-nj]

10. Taxi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5dwksSbD34

dreams shattered.... it happened alot in the 70's

It was raining hard in 'Frisco,
I needed one more fare to make my night.
A lady up ahead waved to flag me down,
She got in at the light.

Oh, where you going to, my lady blue,
It's a shame you ruined your gown in the rain.
She just looked out the window, and said
"Sixteen Parkside Lane".

Something about her was familiar
I could swear I'd seen her face before,
But she said, "I'm sure you're mistaken"
And she didn't say anything more.

It took a while, but she looked in the mirror,
And she glanced at the license for my name.
A smile seemed to come to her slowly,
It was a sad smile, just the same.
And she said, "How are you Harry?"
I said, "How are you Sue?
Through the too many miles
and the too little smiles
I still remember you."

It was somewhere in a fairy tale,
I used to take her home in my car.
We learned about love in the back of the Dodge,
The lesson hadn't gone too far.
You see, she was gonna be an actress,
And I was gonna learn to fly.
She took off to find the footlights,
And I took off to find the sky.

Oh, I've got something inside me,
To drive a princess blind.
There's a wild man, wizard,
He's hiding in me, illuminating my mind.
Oh, I've got something inside me,
Not what my life's about,
Cause I've been letting my outside tide me,
Over 'till my time, runs out.

Baby's so high that she's skying,
Yes she's flying, afraid to fall.
I'll tell you why baby's crying,
Cause she's dying, aren't we all.

There was not much more for us to talk about,
Whatever we had once was gone.
So I turned my cab into the driveway,
Past the gate and the fine trimmed lawns.
And she said we must get together,
But I knew it'd never be arranged.
And she handed me twenty dollars,
For a two fifty fare, she said
"Harry, keep the change."
Well another man might have been angry,
And another man might have been hurt,
But another man never would have let her go...
I stashed the bill in my shirt.

And she walked away in silence,
It's strange, how you never know,
But we'd both gotten what we'd asked for,
Such a long, long time ago.

You see, she was gonna be an actress
And I was gonna learn to fly.
She took off to find the footlights,
And I took off for the sky.
And here, she's acting happy,
Inside her handsome home.
And me, I'm flying in my taxi,
Taking tips, and getting stoned,
I go flying so high, when I'm stoned.



lost

[bmbmd]

75. sad-but a happy ending.

There was a Sequel, you know.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rCAdlnkjCgM

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. No contest

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7479903#7480090

[SlowDownFast]

14. You win, hands down.

*sob*

*sniffle*

Dammit, why'd ya have to go and do that?

Now, where'd I put that gun...

[Oeditpus Rex]

16. I deSPISE that song!

I've deSPISEd it since the first time I heard it, in... 1975?

Gotta wonder how many kids offed themselves to it.

[adabfree]

60. ....

[SlowDownFast]

12. Here's two:

Classic Carpenters depression song - Rainy Days and Mondays:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPmbT5XC-q0

Eagles - Desperado. Here's one with Linda Ronstadt on lead vocals:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe2jQbvBDSs

[blondeatlast]

43. Love the Carpenters and I gotta agree. "Rainy Days" is really haunting

and her barely restrained emotion kind of echoes her struggles at the time it was done.

What a voice--awhat a loss... :cry:

[stevedeshazer]

15. ALL seventies music is depressing.

That's why punk music helped change it all.

Depression with a beat.

[Sannum]

46. That's why I love it...

I like sad songs :P

[Xipe Totec]

17. Diamonds and Rust

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

[Xipe Totec]

18. Except for maybe this one

Joan Baez - It Ain't Me, Babe (Live 1965)

So it's not strictly a 70's song...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cmNRVL1drA

[Xipe Totec]

20. Unless you count Johnny Cash...

Johnny Cash & June Carter "It Ain't Me, Babe" 1970

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkeBgz_7brI

[Westegg]

92. Tears in my eyes every time I hear it...

...for personal reasons, but also because it really captures the heartache of lost love so damn well.

[Myrina]

22. Robin Trower - Long Misty Days

:cry: Melancholy memories of my first ass-kickin' unrequited crush. Sigh. :cry:

[MilesColtrane]

23. "Timothy" by the Buoys.

Trapped in a mine that had caved in
And everyone knows the only ones left
Were Joe and me and Tim
When they broke through to pull us free
The only ones left to tell the tale
Were Joe and me

Timothy, Timothy, where on earth did you go?
Timothy, Timothy, God why don't I know?

Hungry as hell no food to eat
And Joe said that he would sell his soul
For just a piece of meat
Water enough to drink for two
And Joe said to me, "I'll have a swig
And then there's some for you."

Timothy, Timothy, Joe was looking at you
Timothy, Timothy, God what did we do?

I must have blacked out just around then
'Cause the very next thing that I could see
Was the light of the day again
My stomach was full as it could be
And nobody ever got around
To finding Timothy
Timothy...

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


There's nothing quite like a pean to cannibalism set to a catchy "Now" pop groove.

[JVS]

40. it makes no sense either

[pokerfan]

24. "Without You" as recorded by Harry Nilsson

http://www.youtube.com/v/NFpZHFFg6GU&rel=1

[redqueen]

33. Aw, I love that one.

[pokerfan]

51. Nilsson won his second Grammy with that one

Just listened to Mariah Carey's cover and while she possesses incredible technical skills, she doesn't sing it with 1/10 of Harry's emotion.

[blondeatlast]

44. Yes, indeed. My first pre-teen heartbreak came about the same time as that song. nt

[SarahB]

52. That was the #1 song 36 years ago today.

When I ended my fetus-hood. :D

[Felix Mala]

102. I thought his entire cartoon opus "The Point" was kind of melancholy and depressing...

even if it had a happy ending...

His only friend was his dog: "Me and my arrow..."


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



Oh, and he changes to a minor key... I've always thought F was the saddest of the minor keys...

[Generic Brad]

25. "Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks

Sure, it's not a sinking ship, but the guy is singing on his deathbed.

[AzDar]

27. The 45 of that song had a cut on the flip side called 'Put the Bone In'.

Not at all what it seems...."Put the bone in, she begged him at the store, 'cause my dog just got hit by a car..."
I used to cry my little eyes out.
Dude (Terry Jacks) had some issues....
:rofl: :cry:

[Arugula Latte]

30. Bingo.

My first thought as well.

Okay, without taking the time to actually Google the lyrics, wasn't it:

"Goodbye Papa it's hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky"

[skater314159]

65. Oh yeh...

that's the one I was thinking of... isn't it about a young guy dying?

Everytime I hear that song I get all bummed out.

[Wapsie B]

26. Firefall: Strange Way

:puke:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6GXZBHJlYc


:puke:

[Arugula Latte]

31. delete. wrong place.

[Arugula Latte]

32. Another one that made me cry was "Wildfire"

The killing frost ... :cry: The pony busted down his stall ... :cry:

on edit: Having trouble posting in correct place today... :cry: Brain not working ...

[Gidney N Cloyd]

34. 2nd on Wildfire. nt

[x-g.o.p.er]

28. Billy Don't Be a Hero n/t

[meegbear]

35. Alone Again Naturally - Gilbert O"Sullivan ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCZGqcMZ6Jw

The original version with karoke lyrics displayed.

[zanne]

39. You beat me!

I hate that song!

[gbate]

47. Yes. I refer to this as the oringal emo song.

[robertpaulsen]

53. That song came to mind IMMEDIATELY.

Great song for a gray rainy day.

[terrya]

36. "Alone Again, Naturally" by Gilbert O'Sullivan

The whole song was about some guy wanting to kill himself. I had to restrain myself from slitting my own wrists listening to that.

[meegbear]

42. The first part is ...

the second part is how life screws you over and the third is about parents dying.

Still a big downer though.

[annonymous]

74. Alone Again Naturally

That song is morbid.

[quip]

89. Correct.

[asdjrocky]

37. Gotta be Seasons in the Sun.

[chknltl]

73. agreed.

I think of old pets and old girlfriends long gone each time I hear that song. The girlfriends come and go, but the pets....well... they hurt the most I think.

[zanne]

38. "Alone again".

http://youtube.com/watch?v=iCZGqcMZ6Jw

Possibly the whiniest song I've ever heard.

[azmouse]

41. Dust in the Wind

Dust In The Wind


I close my eyes
only for a moment
and the moment's gone
all my dreams
pass before my eyes in curiosity
dust in the wind
all we are dust in the wind

Same old song
just a drop of water
in an endless see
all we do
crumbles to the ground
though we refuse to see
dust in the wind

Now, don't hang on
nothing last forever
but the earth and sky
it slips away
and all your money
won't another minute buy

Dust in the wind
all we are is dust in the wind
dust in the wind
dust in the wind

[crawfish]

54. Yes!

As sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives!

[Critters2]

67. God yes!! Angst set to music....and it was my class song!!

No wonder I'm depressive.

[CreekDog]

80. I think you have a winner here

But what an amazing song and sentiment that is.

"all your money won't another minute buy"

What's that quote?

"Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling"

[hyphenate]

45. There is no doubt in my mind

as to the most depressing song of the 70s. This one wins, hands-down.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yIkQfBR1qkM

[gbate]

49. This one is pretty depressing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2UfzEbh0jE

[AnneD]

55. Two come to mind....

Mary by Hendrix

After all the jacks are in their boxes
And the clowns have all gone to bed
You can hear happiness staggering on down the street
Footsteps dressed in red
And the wind whispers mary
A broom is drearily sweeping
Up the broken pieces of yesterdays life
Somewhere a queen is weeping
Somewhere a king has no wife
And the wind, it cries mary
And the wind cries mary

more...

Blue by Joni Mitchell

Blue, songs are like tattoos
You know I've been to sea before
Crown and anchor me
Or let me sail away
Hey Blue, THERE is a song for you
Ink on a pin
Underneath the skin
An empty space to fill in
Well there're so many sinking now
You've got to keep thinking
You can make it thru these waves
Acid, booze, and ass
Needles, guns, and grass
Lots of laughs, lots of laughs
Everybody's saying that hell's the hippest way to go
Well I don't think so
But I'm gonna take a look around it though
Blue, I love you

Blue, here is a shell for you
Inside you'll HEAR a sigh
A foggy lullaby
There is your song from me


The fisrt paints such a desolate picture and the second has so much pain.

Edited to add I am not sure if the are actually written in the 70's but that's when I first heard them.

[unpossibles]

86. that whole album - Blue - is so amazing and depressing

wow. good call.

Queen had a few good ones too: All Dead, Take My Breath Away, My Melancholy Blues....

[AnneD]

94. My daughter knows....

not to talk to me when I am listening to Blue. And I haven't thought of it in a while.

Some songs are fun (yellow taxi)but some portray what has to be some of the rawest emotions one can experience (little green, river). It is a simple, clean, intimate album of songs by talented singer songwriter entering her peak accompanied by amazing back up musicians (Stephen Stills, James Taylor). It rates at the top of any of my short lists.

[NewWaveChick1981]

56. "Shannon" by Henry Gross...

:cry: It's about the passing of Shannon the Irish Setter...


SHANNON
WORDS AND MUSIC BY HENRY GROSS
@1976 BLENDINGWELL, ASCAP

ANOTHER DAY IS AT END
MAMA SAYS SHE'S TIRED AGAIN
NO ONE CAN EVEN BEGIN TO TELL HER

I HARDLY KNOW WHAT TO SAY
BUT MAYBE IT'S BETTER THAT WAY
IF PAPA WERE HERE I'M SURE HE'D TELL HER

SHANNON IS GONE I HOPE SHE'S DRIFTING OUT TO SEA
SHE ALWAYS LOVED TO SWIM AWAY
MAYBE SHE'LL FIND AN ISLAND WITH A SHADY TREE
JUST LIKE THE ONE IN OUR BACKYARD

MAMA TRIES HARD TO PRETEND THINGS WILL GET
BETTER AGAIN
SOMEHOW SHE'S KEEPING IT ALL INSIDE HER

BUT FINALLY THE TEARS FILL OUR EYES
AND I KNOW THAT SOMEWHERE TONIGHT
SHE KNOWS HOW MUCH WE REALLY MISS HER

SHANNON IS GONE I HOPE SHE'S DRIFTING OUT TO SEA
SHE ALWAYS LOVED TO SWIM AWAY
MAYBE SHE'LL FIND AN ISLAND WITH A SHADY TREE
JUST LIKE THE ONE IN OUR BACKYARD

JUST LIKE THE ONE IN OUR BACKYARD

[gbate]

68. I mentioned this one upthread. I couldn't even watch the youtube video without sobbing.

[Boudica the Lyoness]

85. I always thought this was so sad

how do you know that Shannon was an Irish Setter? Do you know anything else behind this sad song? Poor Shannon, I hope she found that shady tree.

[NewWaveChick1981]

87. I heard the story on the radio a long time ago.

Supposedly Shannon was Brian Wilson's Irish Setter (yes, Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys). The song was supposed to be about his sweet Shannon.

[Deep13]

57. Seasons in the Sun, Terry Jacks, 1974.

Checkmate! :-)

[Jamastiene]

58. For me, it's most of them.

I don't know why, but other than Fleetwood Mac, 70s music absolutely depresses me to the point of exhaustion. :shrug:

[adabfree]

61. My Vote: Beth by Kiss and Same Old Lang Syne by Dan Fogelberg

[havocmom]

62. Chicky Boom depressed the hell out of me

[adabfree]

63. I remember a few more...

Kiss And Say Goodbye - Manhattans
Nights In White Satin - Moody Blues
Sad Eyes - Robert John
Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word - Elton John
Shilo---Neil Diamond

[NaturalHigh]

64. That's actually one of my favorite songs.

It inspired me to do some research on the subject.

[japple]

66. Any song sung by Neil Diamond was extremely depressing

to me. I don't know why he provoked those feelings of nausea and depression.

[JVS]

69. Why do you hate America?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3S7mlRYL-8&feature=related

[CreekDog]

82. Because it's about his intense hatred of immigrants

http://www.zippyvideos.com/7380835272277986/willferrell-neildiamondstorytellers/

[Deja Q]

70. No surprise there...

Love you so much, cant count all the ways
Id die for you girl, and all they can say is
Hes not your kind

They never get tired of puttin me down
And I never know when I come around
What Im gonna find
Dont let them make up your mind
Dont you know

Girl, youll be a woman soon
Please come take my hand
Girl, youll be a woman soon
Soon youll need a man

Ive been misunderstood for all of my life
But what theyre sayin, girl, just cuts like a knife
The boys no good

Well, I finally found what Ive been looking for
But if they get the chance, theyll end it for sure
Sure they would
Baby, Ive done all I could
Its up to you

Girl, youll be a woman soon
Please come take my hand
Girl, youll be a woman soon
Soon youll need a man


Wow. Neil Diamond singing about what Paul McCartney was said to do with his underage groupies...

:yoiks:

[puerco-bellies]

72. I don't know if my point of view has changed but Niel Young seems even darker now.

My vote for most depressing song. "Needle and the Damage Done".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0t0EW6z8a0

[PRETZEL]

76. Janis Ian's "17"

would top my list, but not so much as a depressing song in general but the heartache that she must have felt with that song. It truely is a story of alot of youth's experiences (not necessarily just for girls).

I'd add a couple of other songs that might fit this category. The first is Jim Croce's "I got a Name". This is a great story that only he could tell.

The other is the Eagles "The Last Resort". Listen to the song and the lyrics and it's amazing how true those words are today. This is my all time favorite song.

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

77. The Needle And The Damage Done

If you've seen anyone battle a drug addiction, this one really hits home.

[The Backlash Cometh]

78. A horse with no name.

Something about that song just depresses me.

[FredScuttle]

104. "The heat was hot"

That lyric is depressing for the fact that someone who speaks English thought that was OK to put in a song.

Bleech.

[FredScuttle]

79. "Time In A Bottle" by Jim Croce

Mostly depressing because:

1) It hit #1 on the charts three months after he died in a plane crash
2) He wrote it for his two-year old son, A.J.
3) The lyrics - beautiful as they are, they're cruelly bittersweet considering his too-short life:

If I could save Time in a bottle
The first thing that I'd like to do
Is to save every day
'til Eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you

If I could make days last forever
If words could make wishes come true
I'd save every day like a treasure and then,
Again, I would spend them with you

But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do
Once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go
Through time with

If I had a box just for wishes
And dreams that had never come true
The box would be empty
Except for the memory
Of how they were answered by you

But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do
Once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go
Through time with

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TZ1zAgiTOo

[JohnCheg]

81. Any song from Barry Manilow

They are all depressing

[ILovePizza]

83. "Disco Duck"?

[Kashka-Kat]

88. Rainy Days and Mondays and the Carpenters really get me down

[qwertyMike]

90. Father and Son - Cat Stevens

and anything by Cohen

[momophile]

100. great song! nt

[Westegg]

93. "Chevy Van"...

...Mind you, it's not an inherently "depressing" song, but it depresses ME to hear just how bad songs could be in that lost, lamented decade.

"I gave a girl a ride in my wagon
She crawled in and took control
She was tired 'cause her mind was a-draggin'
I said, get some sleep and dream of rock and roll

'Cause like a princess she was layin' there
Moonlight dancin' off her hair
She woke up and took me by the hand
She's gonna love me in my Chevy van
And that's all right with me

Her young face was like that of an angel
Her long legs were tanned and brown
Better keep your eyes on the road, son
Better slow this vehicle down

'Cause like a princess she was layin' there
Moonlight dancin' off her hair
She woke up and took me by the hand
We made love in my Chevy van
And that's all right with me

I put her out in a town that was so small
You could throw a rock from end to end
A dirt-road main street, she walked off in bare feet
It's a shame I won't be passin' through again

'Cause like a princess she was layin' there
Moonlight dancin' off her hair
She woke up and took me by the hand
We made love in my Chevy van
And that's all right with me."

[youthere]

95. That song by Dr Hook...

"You make My Pants Want To Get Up And Dance".

[Felix Mala]

103. I thought you meant "Cover of the Rolling Stone"

That song actually has some clever word play:

Well, we're big rock singers, we got golden fingers, and we’re loved everywhere we go.
(That sounds like us)
We sing about beauty and we sing about truth at ten thousand dollars a show.
We take all kind of pills to give us all kind of thrills but the thrill we’ve never known
Is the thrill that’ll getcha when you get your picture on the cover of the Rolling Stone.

[Highway61]

96. Tied for two

Sister's of Mercy...Leonard Cohen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBFQg7P5YKw

Song for a Winter's Night...Gordon Lightfoot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1oiiE7CyZ0

[mondo joe]

97. Cat's In The Cradle; At 17; and the wretched ROCKY by Dickey Lee:

And she said Rocky I've never had a baby before, don't know if I can do it
But if you let me lean on you, take my hand I might get through it, through it
I said baby, oh sweet baby it's love that sets us free,
and God knows if the word should end your love is save with me.

We had lots of problems then, but we had lots of fun
Like the birthday party, when our baby girl turned one
I was proud and satisfied, life had so much to give
Till the day they told me that she didn't have long to live

She said Rocky I never had to die before don't know if I can do it
Now it's back to two again my little girl and I
Who looks so much like her sweet mother, sometimes that makes me cry
I sleep alone at nights again, I walk alone each day
And sometimes when I'm about to give in, I hear her sweet voice say to me

Rocky you know you've been alone before, you know you can do it
But if you'd like to lean on me, take my hand I'll help you through it, through it.
I said baby, oh sweet baby it's love that sets us free
And God knows if the world should end, your love is safe with me

She said Rocky you know you've been alone before...

[mondo joe]

98. Oh, and Blind Man in the Bleachers

The Last Game of the Season (The Blind Man in the Bleachers)
(Sterling Whipple)

He's just the blind man in the bleachers, to the local home town fans
And he sits beneath the speakers, way back in the stands
And he listens to the play-by-play, he's just waiting for one name
He wants to hear his son get in the game.

But the boy's not just a hero, he's strictly second team
Tho' he runs each night for touchdowns, in his father's sweetest dreams
He's gonna he a star someday, tho' you might never tell
But the blind man in the bleachers knows he will.

And the last game of the season is a Friday night at home
No one knows the reason, but the blind man didn't come
And his boy looks kinda nervous, sometimes turns around and stares
Just as tho' he sees the old man sittin' there.

The local boys are tryin', but they slowly lose their will
Another player's down and now he's carried from the field
At halftime in the locker room, the kid goes off alone
And no one sees him talkin' on the phone.

The game's already started, when he gets back to the team
And half the crowd can hear his coach yell, "Where the hell you been?"
"Just gettin' ready for the second half," is all he'll say
"'Cause now you're gonna let me in to play."

Without another word, he turns and runs into the game
And through the silence on the field, loudspeakers call his name
It'll make the local papers, how the team came from behind
When they saw him playin' his heart out to win.

And when the game was over, the coach asked him to tell
What was it he was thinkin' of that made him play so well
"You know my dad was blind," he said, "Tonight he passed Away"
"It's the first time that my father has seen me play."

[Felix Mala]

101. I'm Not in Love - 10 cc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBuom7juPRg


Qwiet, big boys don't cwy... big boys don't cwy....