i remember i was trying to describe that album to coraline at the sabbath. i was boozed, and my only point of reference was "bawling my eyes out". true story.Brian Conniffe said:oh yes, the version of "god only knows" is heartbreaking
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i remember i was trying to describe that album to coraline at the sabbath. i was boozed, and my only point of reference was "bawling my eyes out". true story.Brian Conniffe said:oh yes, the version of "god only knows" is heartbreaking
I can put your mind at ease ...slightly. Apparently its about his friends suicide, not his wife's death - cos he wasn't married to Carly Simon til after that was written and I don't think he was married before that. But he was addicted to heroin for absolutely ages and he was put in a mental home when he was younger cos he was suicidal. You'd never think it though! His Simpsons appearance is fucking brilliant too.Shine said:Ah jaysus - i'm sorry but i have to join in - it has to be "fire and rain" by james taylor... i remember being so in love with the actor river phoenix that it made me ache and watching him in the movie "running on empty" where he grew up with parents who were on the run from the fbi and he had to keep changing his identity and dying his hair and shit and then he decides he wants his own life but it means never seeing his family again and they have this real happy/sad family moment where they're all in the kitchen singing along to fire and rain and for fucks sake it's so sad anyway because james taylor wrote it when his wife died- jesus christ right - it was his birthday and he was away on tour so his manager flew his wife out as a suprise to see him - and the fucking plane crashed - and she fucking died...
Can you imagine the fucking downer?
I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought I'd see you again
Jaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyysssuuussss
Fuck me... wowch... aaaaaaagh....
No - it's to much. ANd then River went and fucking died... my heart... oh god... oh god my heart... that song
Oh god.... i'm on the verge of fucking bawling now...
But maybe that's because the start of my weekend is being spent sitting in and trawling though your randomness. hi btw. (irony? are these smilies for real?)
Really? Wow. Who would lie to me like that? I've told loads of peole that story... I am uber-gullible... as are they i suppose...coast to coast said:I can put your mind at ease ...slightly. Apparently its about his friends suicide, not his wife's death - cos he wasn't married to Carly Simon til after that was written and I don't think he was married before that. But he was addicted to heroin for absolutely ages and he was put in a mental home when he was younger cos he was suicidal. You'd never think it though!
That's the episode where Homer goes into space, releases the ants and Inanimate Carbon Rod ends up saving the day... class...coast to coast said:His Simpsons appearance is fucking brilliant too.
oh dear - i really really shouldn't tell this story but... someone had a free ticket so i went to see rodruigo y gabriella in the olympia a few months back... they played wish you were here - the whole crowd sang along ("do do do do"s and everything) and i got very emotional! There was an actual tear or two wiped away...Jim A. Morrish said:wish you were here - pink floyd
i'd heard it was about suicide before, and its actually mentioned on the commentary of that Simpson's episode on DVD but I was looking at some website that had info about the song and it also mentioned the plane crash story in as much as it was a popular (but incorrent) urban myth.Shine said:Really? Wow. Who would lie to me like that? I've told loads of peole that story... I am uber-gullible... as are they i suppose...
A friend's suicide is still bad though... and it's still a really heartbreaking song... i wonder does laser have running on empty... or maybe i shouldn't ruin the teenage illusion of the movie that's in my brain!
That's the episode where Homer goes into space, releases the ants and Inanimate Carbon Rod ends up saving the day... class...
sober Barney was good too...
and this bit...
Bart: Wow, my father an astronaut. I feel so full of...what's the
opposite of shame?
Marge: Pride?
Bart: No, not _that_ far from shame.
Homer: [quavering] Less shame?
Bart: [happy] Yeah...
clonan attack said:Nightswimming by R.E.M
4th song on the Amelie soundtrack-gorgeous piano, gets me everytime.
most of mine are due to friends funerals songs.
clonan attack said:the amelie one doesnt need such encouragement. Sad,sad songs
Eoddy Gorilla said:Everclear - Queen of the Air
Pearl Jam - Man of the Hour
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Mysteries
Jimmy Eat World - Drugs or Me
Elliott Smith - Needle in the Hay
Luke Kelly - Scorn Not His Simplicity
Ben Folds - The Luckiest
Screeching Weasel - Hey Suburbia
Be the Hokey said:Zeelander,
i meant bright eyes the song, not the twerp! as in art garfunkel, who also happens to be a twerp but that song is too darn sad.
Zeelander said:Beth Gibbons - Mysteries,
I can't believe I haven't mentioned Bring It On Home by Sam Cooke:
Zeelander said:This thread is shapely up quite nicely. So many of the songs that have been mentioned get me choked up- Famous Blue Raincoat, Beth Gibbons - Mysteries, Bright Eyes - First day of my Life (although I loath to admit it, cos I think Bright Eyes is a twerp), Spiritualized, all the Johnny Cash ones (First Time Ever I Saw Your Face too; breaks my heart and I prefer his to any other version) and more.
I can't believe I haven't mentioned Bring It On Home by Sam Cooke:
If you ever change your mind
About leavin', leavin' me behind
Oh, oh, bring it to me
Bring your sweet lovin'
Bring it on home to me, oh yeah
You know I laughed (ha ha) when you left
But now I know I've only hurt myself
Oh, oh, bring it to me
Bring your sweet lovin'
Bring it on home to me, yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah)
I'll give you jewellery, money too
And that's not all, all I'll do for you
Oh, oh, bring it to me
Bring your sweet lovin'
Bring it on home to me, yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah)
Yeah
You know I'll always be your slave
Till I'm dead and buried in my grave
Oh, oh, bring it to me
Bring your sweet lovin'
Bring it on home to me, yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah)
If you ever change your mind
About leavin', leavin' me behind
Oh, oh, bring it to me
Bring your sweet lovin'
Bring it on home to me, yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah)
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