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Topic: Saddest Prog. Rock Songs?
Posted By: SebK
Subject: Saddest Prog. Rock Songs?
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 10:58
Hello all  So what are the top 3 saddest progressive rock songs you know? I think for me it's: 1. Welcome to the Machine by Pink Floyd 2. Ice by Camel 3. Dirge for November by Opeth Cheers! |
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Posted By: The Sleepwalker
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 13:10
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1. Van Der Graaf Generator - refugees 2. Pink Floyd - The Gunner's Dream 3. Van Der Graaf Generator - House With No Door Also, welcome to PA!  ------------- 
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 13:12
Hey, cheer up, it's Christmas! 
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Posted By: SebK
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 13:15
Hehe true true Happy Christmas to all Prog Archives members by the way Harmonium? Nice, I was just listening to their Cinq Saisons album!
I'll download them asap (except Pink Floyds, I already have it I think). Thanks |
harmonium.ro wrote:Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 13:24
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1. "Turn of the Century" (Yes) 2. "The Final Cut" (Pink Floyd) 3. "Lazarus" (Porcupine Tree) These three do it for me. And while not a song: 4. "Blue in Green" (Miles Davis) ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 13:26
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1. Secret World - Peter Gabriel 2. Lost - Van Der Graaf Generator 3. This Side Of The Looking Glass - Peter Hammill (though the emotion comes through rather more in the live versions) Come to mind. |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 13:29
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Oh...one more that is a masterpiece from a man of sorrows: "Serious Wreckage" by Steve Walsh It's about a heavy drinker coping with wiping out a little boy on a road. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 13:32
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I think one of the saddest songs ever, prog or otherwise is Alan Parson's Project - Old and Wise. That would have to be my number 1. Others in the top 5 would be:
King Crimson - Starless
Tony Banks - Somebody Else's Dream
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Ant Phillips - Master of Time ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 13:38
Opeth - Deliverance 
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Posted By: Hanke666
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 13:44
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Well, a song I feel I have to mention is Neverland by Marillion. It's from Marbles, but also available on the free Crash Course sampler from http://www.marillion.com - www.marillion.com
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Posted By: toolis
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 14:15
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Someone Else by Queensryche Space-Dye Vest by DT Heartattack in a Layby by PT And The Road Goes On by Fates Warning ------------- -music is like pornography... sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more... -sometimes you are the pigeon and sometimes you are the statue... |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 14:40
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Islands - King Crimson |
Posted By: Tarquin Underspoon
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 15:43
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1. Sugar Mice - Marillion 2. Hope Leaves - Opeth
3. Feel So Low - Porcupine Tree
...off the top of my head ------------- "WAAAAAAOOOOOUGH! WAAAAAAAUUUUGGHHHH!! WAAAAAOOOO!!!" -The Great Gig in the Sky |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 15:50
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Pain of Salvation- Trace of Blood, easily the sadest song I've ever heard ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 15:52
Neverland is beautiful 
For me, 1. Song Of Seven - Jon Anderson 2. Ocean Cloud - Marillion 3. Feel So Low - Porcupine Tree 4. Animation - Jon Anderson 5. Jon & Vangelis - Deborah 6. Genesis - Mad Man Moon 7. This Strange Engine - Marillion 8. Genesis - Time Table 9. Maudlin Of The Well - Geography 10. Turn Of The Century - Yes ------------- 
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 16:10
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^Interesting, I wouldnt have thought of Geography as a sad song. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 16:18
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^might just be me, but the chorus vocals and lyrics always sound and feel pretty sad to me. -------------
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Posted By: The Runaway
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 16:33
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1. Throw Down the Sword - Wishbone Ash
2. Goodbye-Farewell-Adieu - Gnidrolog
3. Same Dreams - Gnidrolog
Gnidrolog has a ton of sad songs indeed.
MY MUVVAH GAVE ME A KNIFE, FOW CHWISMAS
MY MUVVAH GAVE ME AN INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE WITH A NUCLEAR WARHEAD AND USA ON THE SIDE OF IT AND COCA COLA IN BRACKETS FOR CHRISTMAS ------------- http://www.formspring.me/Aragorn224" rel="nofollow - Trendsetter win! The search for nonexistent perfection. |
Posted By: The Sleepwalker
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 16:44
The chorus of "Ship" always makes me shiver. I've only been able to get my hands on Lady Lake so far though. -------------
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Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 18:37
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Lather by Jefferson Airplane; about a mentally challenged man who realized on his 30th birthday he's no longer young because his parent took away all of his toys. Tata Ko. i Mama Spo. by Korni Grupa; about a father and his daughter which cries and want to spend more time with him but he can't because after divorce he's aloud too see her only on Sundays. ------------- |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 18:45
I think that song was actually about Spencer Dryden, the drummer and Slick's boyfriend at the time, who turned 30. At least that's what Grace said about the song. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 18:52
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Starless and The Final Cut indeed. Probably The Final Cut overall. The lyrics and that guitar solo....damn. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: JROCHA
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 19:20
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The Pass by Rush Fallen Angel by King Crimson |
Posted By: nahnite
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 20:20
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For my money, there's 4 of them.
Dream Theater's "Another Day". Such a sad song with an incredible arrangement.
Opeth's "In My Time Of Need". Every time I hear it, I can't decide if I should sing along or bawl my eyes out.
Riverside's "Loose Heart" Another song that gets me every damn time
Porcupine Tree's "Shesmovedon". That guitar solo, and those lyrics...make me sob.
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Posted By: nahnite
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 20:52
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While I'm at it, I'll add a few more:
DT's "These Walls": Beautifully sad power ballad.
Opeth's "Burden": The organ and guitar leads make me wanna cry.
Genesis's "No Son Of Mine": What a gorgeous tune; like the others, very sad indeed.
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Posted By: moe_blunts
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 20:58
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King Crimson - Epitaph does it for me. It's depressingly beautiful. "Yes I fear tomorrow, I'll be crying!!!"
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Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 21:37
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Fallen Angel and Starless. House with no door. Script for a Jester's Tear. Good News First. Great Gig In the Sky, Us and Them, Nobody Home. Cold Is Being. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 21:51
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Turn of the Century - Yes.
When the Tigers broke free - Pink Floyd. Echoes - Pink Floyd... and well, there are many sad Pink Floyd songs, just about the whole album of The Final Cut, and parts of others. Epitaph - King Crimson. Lizard - King Crimson (at least Prince Rupert Awakes and Bolero; the lyrics don't seem particularly sad... but the melody... ) Starless - King Crimson (once again more because of the melody than the lyrics... and there's some people who say that prog music is all cold and technical and lacks feeling and emotion). Space dye vest - Dream Theater. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 21:55
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Gone but not forgotten - Rick Wakeman.
Judas Iscariot - Rick Wakeman. |
Posted By: Tsevir Leirbag
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 22:03
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Here is a couple of sad/depressive songs: Harmonium - L'exil
Conventum - Trois petits pas
Conventum - La Ronde
Van Der Graaf Generator - Arrow
Yes - Turn of the Century
Herbie Hancock - Ostinato (Suite for Angela)
Pink Floyd - The Gunner's Dream
Pink Floyd - Your Possible Pasts
Radiohead - I Might Be Wrong
Harmonium - De la chambre au salon
Not progressive, now:
Jean Leloup - La chambre
Jean Leloup - Le castel impossible
Jean Leloup - Vampire
Maybe not everyone would find them sad... Because they're not all really "sad", but really "dark".
Children, you won't be able to sleep after having heard the haunting, sad melodies of Conventum, the way Peter Hammill screams my body feels so strange impaled upon the arrow, the depressive mood of I Might Be Wrong, the melancholic music of Turn of the Century, the ostinato in Hancock's song, the sad lyrics in Harmonium's songs and the overall feel of darkness in Leloup's lyrics and music.
Enjoy. ------------- Les mains, les pieds balancés Sur tant de mers, tant de planchers, Un marin mort, Il dormira - Paul Éluard |
Posted By: topofsm
Date Posted: December 25 2009 at 22:35
I'll also add High Hopes by Pink Floyd. ------------- 
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Posted By: Jake Kobrin
Date Posted: December 26 2009 at 01:24
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The entire ( ) album by Sigur Ros...
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Posted By: Thkasabrk
Date Posted: December 26 2009 at 02:28
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For some reason, To Be Over by Yes seems to get to me. I read somewhere that the lyrics may be related to the afterlife. This, plus the absolutely beautiful fade out at the end of the song brings a tear to me eye every time
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Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: December 26 2009 at 02:31
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^Same here, awesome song though
I'll also give an honorable mention to SOYCD. -------------
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Posted By: The Runaway
Date Posted: December 26 2009 at 03:35
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: December 26 2009 at 03:59
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Heart Attack in a Lay-by by Porcupine Tree Time - Pink Floyd A House With No Door - VDGG The Long and Winding Road - the Beatles The End - the Doors Close the Door - Nicholas Greenwood Imagine a Man - the Who Buffalo Ballet - John Cale Any track on Broken China - Richard Wright ------------- 
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Posted By: Bravejester
Date Posted: December 26 2009 at 04:49
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Beyond You - Marillion
The Great Escape - Marillion
Stop Swimming - Porcupine Tree
Wallflower - Peter Gabriel ------------- Think for yourself and feel the walls become sand beneath your feet |
Posted By: Repner
Date Posted: December 27 2009 at 20:28
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Would My Dying Bride be considered prog? Maybe a little, though then again, their stuff is probably more "dark" than "sad" ------------- 
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Posted By: antonyus
Date Posted: December 28 2009 at 07:19
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Epitaph - King Crimson
Turn of the Century - Yes
Up And Down - Eloy
Carpet Crawl - Genesis
Nightmare - Lightshine
Refugees - Vdgg
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Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: December 28 2009 at 09:10
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Mostly Autumn, The Gap Is Too Wide -> http://www.progarchives.com/mp3.asp?id=1057 - http://www.progarchives.com/mp3.asp?id=1057 ------------- Bigger on the inside. |
Posted By: FusionKing
Date Posted: December 28 2009 at 11:46
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Saddest prog songs? 'Soon' by Yes off 'Relayer' has brought me to tears a few times, but the most chillingly sad in many ways is probably Roger Waters' 'Perfect Sense'. Come to think of it, so is the vast majority of Roger Waters' work with and without Pink Floyd. Let's face it, most people have probably had a good cry to 'Wish You Were Here' at some point over the years...(I know I did!) Other prog songs for having a good cry to are 'Biko' by Peter Gabriel, 'Trains' by Porcupine Tree (and depending on if or how much you regard them to be prog) 'Pyramid Song' by Radiohead. |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: December 28 2009 at 11:50
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Piles of candidates, but the three that come to mind at this moment in time are: 1. Turn of the Century - Yes 2. It's a Miracle - Roger Waters 3. Invisible Man - Marillion ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: toroddfuglesteg
Date Posted: December 28 2009 at 12:07
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The funeral dirge Before A Word Is Said by Miller, Sinclair, Tomkins & Gowen. Alan Gowen was dying of cancer and indeed died some weeks after the recording of this song. Alan Gowen was one of the most influential musicans in the Canterbury Scene and he died only 33 years young. The funeral dirge, which is his epitaph, is heartbreaking. I doubt if you will find any sadder piece of music within the prog scene. |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: December 28 2009 at 13:14
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"To Be Over" by Yes.... After all, your soul will still surrender... After all, don't doubt your part be ready to be loved! |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: December 28 2009 at 13:23
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It wopuld take me too long to come up with the 3 but I know that Mother Russia by Renaissance would be one of them
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Posted By: 5ruckers
Date Posted: December 28 2009 at 15:57
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how cool that floyd's 'the final cut' has been mentioned a couple of times. this is far and away my favorite floyd album, though many have called it a solo waters LP ... whatever. 'the gunner's dream', if you know anything about the perspective waters always writes from (can't he get some therapy? geez...), is just gut wrenching. night after night - goin' round and round my brain this dream is driving me insane and, for me personally, 'the final cut' song hits tremendously close to home. thought i oughta bare my naked feelings thought i oughta tear the curtain down i held the blade in trembling hands prepared to make it but just then the phone rang i never had the nerve to make the final cut wow. |
Posted By: Losendos
Date Posted: December 29 2009 at 00:50
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here are some different selections
chamber of 32 doors genesis
melancholy man the moody blues
isn't life strange the moody blues
eleanor rigby the beatles
she's leaving home the beatles
Maccarthur's Park Richard Harris
vera lynne Pink Floyd
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: December 29 2009 at 16:50
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Just remembered a couple of classics! How about "Epitaph" from ITCOOCK, and "Lucky Man" by ELP? Either one is weepy enough to drive a prog fan to have a stiff drink (or pipefull of pipe-weed)!
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Posted By: szati
Date Posted: December 29 2009 at 18:09
| Many of you voted for Pink Floyd but nobody mentioned the ultimate depression album, The Wall, in particular. Man, it's chock full of sad songs, like Vera Lynn, Good Bye Blue Skye, Good Bye Cruel World, Hey You, the first part of One Of My Turns, Nobody Home, etc., but above all, the one that never fails to bring tears in my eyes is Don't Leave Me Now. This tune is full of pain and despair, sung by none other, of course, than Roger Waters whose voice is like he carries all the pain of the world. |
Posted By: NecronCommander
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 00:18
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Someone mentioned Pain of Salvation's "Trace of Blood", kudos. Also, the song "Finland" by Cult of Luna off of Somewhere Along the Highway. As well as a ton of other stuff off that album. |
Posted By: mrcozdude
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 00:46
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Anything by Throbbing Gristle
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Posted By: Marty McFly
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 02:18
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Dream Theater - certain (non metal) parts of Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence ------------- There's a point where "avant-garde" and "experimental" becomes "terrible" and "pointless," -Andyman1125 on Lulu  Even my |
Posted By: Marty McFly
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 02:36
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delete ------------- There's a point where "avant-garde" and "experimental" becomes "terrible" and "pointless," -Andyman1125 on Lulu Even my |
Posted By: Marty McFly
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 02:39
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delete ------------- There's a point where "avant-garde" and "experimental" becomes "terrible" and "pointless," -Andyman1125 on Lulu Even my |
Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 15:23
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the saddest song evah is THE CURE's "Homesick" for me. KARATE's "This Day Next Year" and STEVE VON TILL's "To the Field" are pretty close too
Except for the already mentioned ones I'd add: MARILLION "Chelsea Monday", "She Chameleon", "Seasons End" A SILVER MT ZION "God Bless Our Dead Marines", "Mountains Made of Steam", "Ring Them Bells", lots of their and GY!BE instrumentals as well TALK TALK's last two albums BRIAN BORCHERDT's "Coyotes" EP, THE SMITHS, PORTISHEAD, though it's all not Prog I like sad songs |
Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 15:33
| recent favourite - SWANS "Blood Promise" from "Swans Are Dead" live 2CD |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 17:48
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Hi,
I think that sometimes we take things way too literally ... I will not, in any way, shape or form, say that Pink Floyd, Peter Hammill should not be listed in this list ... they should ...
But sadly ... the saddest one of them all is not listed here ...
Catch Fairport Convention's album "Rising for the Moon" ... and the last cut ... called One More Chance ... and then if you have the guts, then check the piano version on the remix ... and then open your eyes and realize that she died 2 weeks after this, falling down the stairs pregnant and hit her head ... she didn't get another chance, if you will ... and the haunting nature of her voice and song ... is scary ... and we're not talking lyrics here or just some let's pretend I care universe or ... this is real ... and yes it was real for Roger too, but this is much sadder ... Roger had a chance to improve his lot in life ... and even become famous for it and rich beyond all reason ... the weight of Sandy Denny's voice is a hundred times more than anything mnentioned here ... specially when most of the things listed here are just ... songs ... just songs! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: frantic
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 06:11
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two deeply sad songs from Anathema: One Last Goodbye Inner Silence ------------- hunger for more prog can never be quenched. |
Posted By: Malve87
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 06:58
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well... Comfortably Numb, all "The Final Cut" album, except "Not Now John" , "Poles Apart" and "High Hopes" by Pink Floyd. "Exiles", "Starless" and "Epitaph" by King Crimson "Afterglow" by Genesis is very touching, too. maybe "Ripples", too, (always by Genesis) ah and of course "Every Stranger's Eyes" by Roger Waters. ------------- ] 
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Posted By: Drummerboy
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 12:53
| A lot of Anekdoten's work falls into this category; "Sad Rain" is a good example. They are heavily into a sad instrument, the mellotron, with a little cello thrown in, and bonus points for being from meloncholy Sweden. |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 12:57
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Every song off of Scarsick by Pain of Salvation Seriously, "To be Over" by Yes and "House of Cards" by Radiohead come to mind I'm sure there are a lot of others but these were the first two that came to mind. They both put me into a funky mood- (good songs though, don't get me wrong) ------------- |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 13:16
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Don't know how I could forget Echolyn's "Arc of Descent." Or most of The End is Beautiful for that matter. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Stooge
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 13:19
I was listening to Marillion's "This Strange Engine" album yesterday since I rarely spin that album, but now I know why. I get too depressed listening to it. 
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Posted By: meatal
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 21:12
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Only one I can think of right now is: Losing it - RUSH (Signals) ------------- The bitter harvest of a barren land, I'm painting pictures you don't understand. (Fates Warning) |
Posted By: classicprogsovereign
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 21:13
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Great question. I'd say just about everything from In the Court of the Crimson King, especially "Epitaph". ------------- I can't stand Justin Bieber.... |
Posted By: Toolishness
Date Posted: January 08 2010 at 12:31
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To bid you farewell - opeth. For sure ------------- happy holidays |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: January 08 2010 at 14:02
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Hi,
I think that KC's Epitath is really good ... but above all, it is sung poetically and with an edge that is very specific to Greg Lake ... and I'm not sure that anyone else could inspire the strength that it did. It's more than just a song ...
As I said above, Sandy Denny's last song "One More Chance" - specially the piano version on the remaster, is down right spooky and scary, when considering that she died 2 weeks later ... it's almost like she knew.
Amon Duul 2's You Are Not Alone fro mthe Hijack album is also a sad song ... trying to pick you up ... it's so unlike pop music and lethargic as well ... ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: topofsm
Date Posted: January 08 2010 at 17:24
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I find In Rainbows by Radiohead to be a completely depressing album in itself, especially the tracks "All I Need" and "Videotape". I have refrained from listening to the album because of that, especially late at night when there are fewer people around. -------------
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Posted By: Spannerbox
Date Posted: January 08 2010 at 22:23
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"Nothing at all" Gentle Giant
She sees lovers pass by with much more than a kiss
Ah this - little girl who had everything, finds she's nothing at all
"Still you turn me on." ELP
You see it really doesn't matter,
when you're buried in disguise. By the dark glass on your eyes. Though your flesh has crystallised. Still...you turn me on "Ghosts" Japan
Just when I think I'm winning, when I've broken every door
The ghosts of my life, blow wilder than before.. "Through the looking glass" Peter Hammill.
The stars in their constellations,
each one just sadly flickers and falls... without you, they mean nothing. Nothing at all. "Another day" Roy Harper.
And at the door she can't say more, than just "another day".
and without a sound, I turn around, and I walk away. "Inside loking out" Mark Hollis
Turn my seasons turn
Lived in much younger times Left no life no more For me to shine "We used to Know" Jethro Tull
Nights of winter turn me cold -- fears of dying, getting old.
We ran the race and the race was won, by running slowly. "Severance" Dead Can Dance
When autumn leaves have fallen, and turned to dust.
Will we reamin entrenched within our ways?
"Rain" Ken Hensley (Heep)
Rain, rain, rain, in my tears
Measuring carefully my years Shame, shame, shame, in my mind See what you've done, to my life.
"In a lonely place" Joy Division/New Order
Caressing the marble and stone.
Love that was special for one. The waste and the fever and hate. How I wish you were here with me now. I'm sure I'll come up with more, I'm a miserable git.
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Posted By: Spannerbox
Date Posted: January 09 2010 at 00:09
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How could I forget?
"The demented Man (King) " Hawkwind.
You're caught in a web of emptiness
The tales told the path you tread Does it lead into your head? Or back to a world of emptiness?
"Bridge of sighs" Robin Trower Cold wind blows
And Gods look down in anger, On this poor child Why so unforgiving and why so cold Been a long time crossing Bridge of Sighs "Illusions" Lone star
The sea is green with envy, the sky is blue like your eyes. |
Posted By: DreamInSong
Date Posted: January 11 2010 at 01:29
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Marillion - Beyond You Dream Theater - Surrounded IQ - One Fatal Mistake |
Posted By: SebK
Date Posted: January 26 2010 at 14:27
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So here's the second part of the http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=63811&PID=3489513#3489513 - Sad Prog. Rock Songs thread! What are the saddest/most depressive progressive rock songs you know? In my opinion, it's definitely Epitaph by King Crimson! (note: posts moved from new topic to older topic - L) ------------- SebK "The aim of a joke is not to degrade a human being, but to remind him he is already degraded." – George Orwell |
Posted By: topofsm
Date Posted: January 26 2010 at 14:29
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You know that you can revive the thread if you want, it's not locked. It'd be better to just post in that thread if you want rather than creating a whole new thread that's the exact same.
Besides, there wasn't much going on in the discussion anyways. If there's no discussion happening why bump the thread in the first place? -------------
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Posted By: SebK
Date Posted: January 26 2010 at 14:31
Sorry, I didn't know all that, new here... ------------- SebK "The aim of a joke is not to degrade a human being, but to remind him he is already degraded." – George Orwell |
Posted By: seventhsojourn
Date Posted: January 26 2010 at 14:35
| Refugees by Van Der Graaf Generator. |
Posted By: ProgressiveAttic
Date Posted: January 26 2010 at 16:14
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Some of my favorites (in no specific order...)
1)The little prince - Ktzat Acheret (Shem-Tov Levi) 2)Epitaph - King Crimson 3)Soon - Yes 4)Blood of Eden - Peter Gabriel 5)Shine on You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd 6)Here Comes the Flood - Peter Gabriel 7)Mother of Violence - Peter Gabriel 8)Crumble - Phideaux 9)Wish You Where Here - Pink Floyd 10)Cold is Being - Renaissance 11)On an Island - David Gilmour 12)Starless - King Crimson ------------- Michael's Sonic Kaleidoscope Mondays 5:00pm EST(re-runs Thursdays 3:00pm) @ Delicious Agony Progressive Rock Radio(http://www.deliciousagony.com) 
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: January 26 2010 at 16:37
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^ Yep Mother of violence PG
Nightporter - Japan
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Posted By: Eapo_q42
Date Posted: January 26 2010 at 16:51
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So many of my choices listed already... But I think no one mentioned "Eternally, Part 2" by Karmakanic. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: January 26 2010 at 16:55
I'll chime in by mentioning two other songs from the same people: Mercy Street - PG Ghosts - Japan |
Posted By: Kashmir75
Date Posted: January 27 2010 at 00:31
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These songs nearly make me cry every time I hear them. And I'm not one to cry easily. Another Day/ Disappear- Dream Theater To Rid the Disease- Opeth Heartattack in a Layby/ Lazarus/ Feel So Low- Porcupine Tree Goodbye Blue Sky- Pink Floyd This Heart of Mine- Pain of Salvation ------------- Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while... |
Posted By: cyclysm748
Date Posted: January 29 2010 at 02:08
| @Kashmire75 I saw this thread and immediately thought of Disappear, gives me the chills every time. That gets my vote. |
Posted By: pfptmvandkc
Date Posted: January 29 2010 at 21:41
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1. The Final Cut - Pink Floyd 2. Smile - David Gilmour
3. Amuse to Death - Roger Waters
Sorry they're all Floyd related, but David and Roger are the best satirists on earth. ------------- "There is no dark side of the moon.. It's all dark really" |
Posted By: darksideof
Date Posted: January 30 2010 at 08:05
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Prog? Many! I think many early prog music was very sad and depressing and that is why I love it. Pink Floyd The Final cut and the wall almost the both whole albums super sad music. love them both. Genesis Ripples, Man on the Corner, Carpet crawlers live and from the lamb, Visions Of Angels. Gentle Giants Friends. YES and you and I the melody are so melancholic sad, Turn of the century this songs makes cry. King Crimson In the court of the crimson king, I talk to the wind, Heart beat, Neal Jack and Me, cascade, ect,, Kansas Dust In The Wind ELP : From the Beginning, Still you turn me on. Supertramp Oh lord this is mine Focus Silvia Jethro Tull: sosity you are a woman, Up to Me, Life Is a Long Song, I won't finish if I continue! Not Prog? Black Sabbath: Changes. Zep : Stairway to heaven. Scorpions Still loving you Tears for Fears Women I chain U2 With or without you, Bad, One. Depeche Mode: Home ------------- http://darksideofcollages.blogspot.com/ http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Darksideof-Collages/ |
Posted By: darksideof
Date Posted: January 30 2010 at 08:06
I agree with you 100 percent Floyd is my top band and this band always me be cry so f**king beautiful..------------- http://darksideofcollages.blogspot.com/ http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Darksideof-Collages/ |
Posted By: Drummerboy
Date Posted: February 01 2010 at 08:22
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Posted By: Drummerboy
Date Posted: February 01 2010 at 08:26
Comfortably Numb......Great title and sad and beautiful tune.
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Posted By: Ron Party
Date Posted: February 01 2010 at 21:57
| Can't nail it down to just one song, since the album IMO must be considered as a whole: Sylvan's Posthumous Silence. |
Posted By: JROCHA
Date Posted: February 01 2010 at 23:16
| Ghost Rider and Afterimage by Rush |
Posted By: nzproglover75
Date Posted: February 02 2010 at 01:45
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I'm can name a couple of Moody Blues songs which pull at the heart strings: 1. Watching & Waiting (To Our Children Children's Children) 2. The Actor (In Search of A Lost Chord) 3. Nights in White Satin Epitaph - King Crimson Survival - Yes There are others but can't recall at the moment :) G. ------------- And the changes of no consequence will pick up the reins from nowhere... |
Posted By: Geizao
Date Posted: February 02 2010 at 12:42
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- I Talk To The Wind: King Crimson
- My Room (Waiting For Wonderland): Van der Graaf Generator
- Embryo: Pink Floyd
- Heavy Horses: Jethro Tull
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Posted By: grendel79
Date Posted: February 08 2010 at 16:56
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One Last Goodbye (Anathema) Irish Air, Stationary Traveller and Ice (Camel) Cliche (Fish) Living In The Moonlight (Collage) and many more PS Hi to everybody on PA |
Posted By: Tarquin Underspoon
Date Posted: February 08 2010 at 20:50
I guess you mean lyrically? Cuz neither of these songs (which are some of my favorites) have a musical feel that isn't excactly sad ------------- "WAAAAAAOOOOOUGH! WAAAAAAAUUUUGGHHHH!! WAAAAAOOOO!!!" -The Great Gig in the Sky |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: February 08 2010 at 22:17
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''For All You Happy People'' - Jaga Jazzist ''Collapse The Light Into Earth'' - Porcupine Tree ''Soon'' - Yes (Yeah, I know it's a piece of a much larger song, but it was played as a single on the radio, so that's good enough for me. )''High Hopes'' - Pink Floyd ''Right In Two'' - Tool ''Atonement'' - Opeth ''Year Without a Summer'' - Casualties of Applied Metaphysics ''Low Light'' - Peter Gabriel (Well, it's sad to my ears, anyway; but still hopeful and beautiful) ''Of The Room'' - Dredg Those constantly change, and of course that barely scratches the surface, but I can't think of any more currently. |
Posted By: O666
Date Posted: February 09 2010 at 05:21
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lucky man : ELP
epitaph : KING CRIMSON
Pleasure and Pain : MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND
filal cut : PINK FLOYD
mama : GENESIS
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Posted By: Morsenator
Date Posted: February 09 2010 at 11:35
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Nobody Home, Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd) It's All I Can Do (Neal Morse) my favorite ballad ever Torn (Shadow Gallery) Solitary Soul, Freak Boy Pt. 2, The Distance to the Sun (Spock's Beard) |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: February 09 2010 at 17:09
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I can really only think of two- Quatermass-Good Lord Knows Birth Control-We All Thought We Knew You-this was written in memory of the deceased Helmut Koellen-a very sad and difficult thing to deal with, but it is dealt with in a sensitive and understanding way-RIP Helmut! |
Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: February 09 2010 at 19:33
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Supertramp - Don't Leave me Now ("don't leave me now, when I'm old and cold and gray and time is gone...") ------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |
Posted By: Hanke666
Date Posted: February 10 2010 at 13:19
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Need to add one now, Black Moth by Bigelf. Oh, and In the Void too. -------------
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: February 10 2010 at 13:40
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Tim Buckley is here so...
This gets to me.
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Posted By: WillieThePimp
Date Posted: February 11 2010 at 16:44
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I hope someone has mentioned Starless by the mighty Crim.
------------- You can't possibly hear the last movement of Beethoven's Seventh and go slow. ~Oscar Levant, explaining his way out of a speeding ticket |