Depressing sounding songs

[Time Warp]

This oldie wins first prize!

 

[vchimpanzee]

"In the Ghetto" by Elvis.

With Nirvana mentioned, there's also "Creep" by Stone Temple Pilots (somehow people thought that was Nirvana).

 

[Will_H_69_9]

here's one for this thread, Last Kiss, originally sung by Wayne Cochran and later covered by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers, the band Wednesday, and most recently in 1999 by Grunge band Pearl Jam.

the song's about a guy who was in a deadly car accident he survived that killed his girlfriend, in which he was able to give one last kiss to her as she died in his arms, yeah, that's very depressing.

 

[davideduardo]

here's one for this thread, Last Kiss, originally sung by Wayne Cochran and later covered by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers, the band Wednesday, and most recently in 1999 by Grunge band Pearl Jam.

the song's about a guy who was in a deadly car accident he survived that killed his girlfriend, in which he was able to give one last kiss to her as she died in his arms, yeah, that's very depressing.

I remember that song, as around 1963 from Cleveland, Ohio, in deep winter I heard KSJB in Jameston, SD, sign on at 6 AM MST and then play that song before daylight destroyed the signal path.

 

[Sammy Reed]

Well, sometimes you need an appropriate record to lead into a death dedication. We can’t always come out of these !#%& uptempo records you know.

And what happened to the pictures he was supposed to see that week?

 

[KeithE4]

here's one for this thread, Last Kiss, originally sung by Wayne Cochran and later covered by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers, the band Wednesday, and most recently in 1999 by Grunge band Pearl Jam.

the song's about a guy who was in a deadly car accident he survived that killed his girlfriend, in which he was able to give one last kiss to her as she died in his arms, yeah, that's very depressing.

The thought of Wayne Cochran singing (and co-writing, although he got the only credit) a "dead teenager" song like Last Kiss boggles my mind, given his uptempo James Brown-style act of the mid/late '60s.

 

[gr8oldies]

Gatlinburg was dry in 1969, how did Johnny "Sue" Cash and his long-lost Dad have a barfight?

 

[rparky54]

This oldie wins first prize!

Another depressing song with the same title:

 

[gr8oldies]

The country women have been turning the tables of late. In Martina McBride's '90s hit "Independence Day," the female protagonist sets fire to her house, killing her alcoholic husband. In the current hit "Wait In The Truck," by Hardy and Lainey Wilson, a battered woman's abusive partner is shot dead by a man who has picked her up hitchhiking.

Dolly wasn't there in the 60s, but she was writing from the point of view of the abused, incarcerated, left-alone-with-a-baby, murdered or suicidal woman, as opposed to the men who drove the female narrators there

 

[radiofan2023]

And what happened to the pictures he was supposed to see that week?

I can’t be the only person who’s always wondered what those pictures were of.

 

[CTListener]

Gatlinburg was dry in 1969, how did Johnny "Sue" Cash and his long-lost Dad have a barfight?

Maybe "beer" in the line "kickin' and gougin' in the mud and the blood and the beer" was short for "root beer."

 

[gr8oldies]

Maybe "beer" in the line "kickin' and gougin' in the mud and the blood and the beer" was short for "root beer."

Works for me! Now, of course, one could have their choice of bars for a bar fight.

 

[CTListener]

I can’t be the only person who’s always wondered what those pictures were of.

Lily, who made his life so wonderful. (And if you just said "Who?", my response is "Exactly.")

 

[radiofan2023]

Maybe "beer" in the line "kickin' and gougin' in the mud and the blood and the beer" was short for "root beer."

Johnny was having some Dad’s root beer!

 

[kevtronics]

The country women have been turning the tables of late. In Martina McBride's '90s hit "Independence Day," the female protagonist sets fire to her house, killing her alcoholic husband.

Most people probably don't even know what the song is actually about, because all they recognize is the clip of the chorus that Sean Hannity plays at the beginning of his radio show.

 

[jelling007]

Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm by The Crash Test Dummies
Green, Green Grass of Home by Tom Jones
Indiana Wants Me by R. Dean Taylor
Ode to Billie Joe by Bobbie Gentry

 

[vchimpanzee]

Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm by The Crash Test Dummies
Green, Green Grass of Home by Tom Jones
Indiana Wants Me by R. Dean Taylor
Ode to Billie Joe by Bobbie Gentry

Don't know the first or third. I don't like the fourth one. I like the second one and I'm not really paying attention to the lyrics, except the ones that make me feel good.

 

[seatownmedia]

Well, sometimes you need an appropriate record to lead into a death dedication. We can’t always come out of these damn uptempo records you know.

For those under 30 this is referencing Casey Kasem infamous out take on the syndicated American Top 40, as others have alluded to here. Just search Casey Kasem death dedication. Absolutely radio gold!

 

[vchimpanzee]

For those under 30 this is referencing Casey Kasem infamous out take on the syndicated American Top 40, as others have alluded to here. Just search Casey Kasem death dedication. Absolutely radio gold!

Not to me. Samuel L. Jackson can curse like that but not our beloved Casey.

 

[tbolt909]

Not to me. Samuel L. Jackson can curse like that but not our beloved Casey.

Why? You think Kasem was all sweetness & light? The outtake has been known to Radio staffers for decades. It's hilarious and reveals some of his true nature...