What music gets to you at a sad time

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10-04-21, 12:08
Elwood Blues

What music gets to you at a sad time

For me it's

Nimrod (from Elgar's Enigma variation)

Myfanwy

Abide with me
10-04-21, 12:20
binman

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That joke isn't funny anymore - The Smith's
10-04-21, 12:58
SLUDGE FACTORY

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Pantera The Great Southern Trendkill
10-04-21, 13:28
Rock_Flock_of_Five

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Simply Red - 'Holding Back The Years'

Elvis Presley - 'If I Can Dream'

'Abide With Me'
10-04-21, 13:34
Jordi Culé

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Originally Posted by Elwood Blues

For me it's

Nimrod (from Elgar's Enigma variation)

Myfanwy

Abide with me

Calon Lan
10-04-21, 13:37
splott parker

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The Living Years
10-04-21, 14:02
Splott-light...

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Originally Posted by splott parker

The Living Years

my Father had that played at his funeral, he'd play it in the car because it reminded him of his Father, it's a difficult listen now he's gone..

Labi Siffre - My Song
10-04-21, 14:08
splott parker

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Originally Posted by Splott-light...

my Father had that played at his funeral, he'd play it in the car because it reminded him of his Father, it's a difficult listen now he's gone..

Labi Siffre - My Song

That line ‘I wasn’t there that morning when my father passed away’ gets me, I didn’t make it to the Infirmary in time on the morning he went.
10-04-21, 14:25
Wash DC Blue

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Originally Posted by splott parker

That line ‘I wasn’t there that morning when my father passed away’ gets me, I didn’t make it to the Infirmary in time on the morning he went.

I Bet Mate.
Couldn’t get home in time for my Mother’s passing. (They sent me back to America about 3 weeks before hand)

Anyway....that song is indeed a choker.
10-04-21, 15:07
Armitage Shanks

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Stranger on the shore Akca Bilk
10-04-21, 15:14
splott parker

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Originally Posted by Armitage Shanks

Stranger on the shore Akca Bilk

AKA Acker :hehe:
10-04-21, 15:55
Majorblue

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Originally Posted by Elwood Blues

For me it's

Nimrod (from Elgar's Enigma variation)

Myfanwy

Abide with me

Nimrod for me as well.

Strange that for such a beautiful piece of music I just now associate it with sad times ( played at so many funerals).
10-04-21, 16:17
Wash DC Blue

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Gabriel’s Oboe by Ennio Morricone.
10-04-21, 16:19
tforturton

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Originally Posted by binman

That joke isn't funny anymore - The Smith's

The Smiths have a few tracks that really cut it in the tear-jerker stakes.
'Last night I dreamt...'
'There is a light that never goes out'
'I know it's over'
And many more...

It's odd, because they can also be so very, very funny.
10-04-21, 16:21
Wash DC Blue

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“Labeled with Love” by Squeeze.
10-04-21, 19:14
Gofer Blue

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Myfanwy - memories of my late mother.

The second verse of the hymn "How great thou art":

When through the woods and forest glades I wander
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;
When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur,
And hear the brook, and feel the gentle breeze

Although my father died 25 years ago I still cannot sing this verse as I get a lump in my throat. It brings back so many memories.
11-04-21, 02:33
Wash DC Blue

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Originally Posted by Gofer Blue

Myfanwy - memories of my late mother.

The second verse of the hymn "How great thou art":

When through the woods and forest glades I wander
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;
When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur,
And hear the brook, and feel the gentle breeze

Although my father died 25 years ago I still cannot sing this verse as I get a lump in my throat. It brings back so many memories.

Beautiful.
How Great Thou Art, does me too.
11-04-21, 05:39
Packerman

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When my partner was dying from alzheimer's in sat by her bed,
although she was not awake i think she was aware of music,
i played "you are my sunshine" over and over cos she always laughed at the extra "when skys are gray" we added at City matches
that and Fix You by coldplay
both songs well me up when i hear them
11-04-21, 06:39
Enoch Mort

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“When I am Laid in Earth” also known as Dido’s Lament from the opera Dido and Aeneas by Purcell. Often played in instrumental form on occasions such as Remembrance Day but not anywhere near as moving when sung. I also remember seeing on TV Grace Kelly’s funeral in 1982 with Prince Rainier sitting on his own with tears streaming down his face whilst an orchestra played Barber’s Adagio for Strings. Very moving.
11-04-21, 07:24
Armitage Shanks

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Originally Posted by Packerman

When my partner was dying from alzheimer's in sat by her bed,
although she was not awake i think she was aware of music,
i played "you are my sunshine" over and over cos she always laughed at the extra "when skys are gray" we added at City matches
that and Fix You by coldplay
both songs well me up when i hear them

Music does wonderful things to people with dementia..
Watch this clip....

https://youtu.be/fyZQf0p73QM
11-04-21, 07:33
Packerman

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Originally Posted by Armitage Shanks

Music does wonderful things to people with dementia..
Watch this clip....

https://youtu.be/fyZQf0p73QM

:thumbup: amazing and there's one with an ex prima ballerina with alzheimers hearing swan lake and starting to dance with her hands, had me in floods
11-04-21, 08:15
Majorblue

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Originally Posted by Enoch Mort

“When I am Laid in Earth” also known as Dido’s Lament from the opera Dido and Aeneas by Purcell. Often played in instrumental form on occasions such as Remembrance Day but not anywhere near as moving when sung. I also remember seeing on TV Grace Kelly’s funeral in 1982 with Prince Rainier sitting on his own with tears streaming down his face whilst an orchestra played Barber’s Adagio for Strings. Very moving.

Didn’t recognise this tune so went straight to google.

Thank you so much for making me aware of such a stunning piece of music.

Aside from the classical version I found a very moving interpretation by Annie Lennox with the City of London choir.

Made my Sunday morning .
11-04-21, 16:04
Swiss Peter

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Originally Posted by Majorblue

Didn’t recognise this tune so went straight to google.

Thank you so much for making me aware of such a stunning piece of music.

Aside from the classical version I found a very moving interpretation by Annie Lennox with the City of London choir.

Made my Sunday morning .

Oddly enough I thought of Annie Lennox when this thread came up. Her "Hurting Time" gets me every time.
11-04-21, 16:28
Malckent

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Dance with my father. Luther Vandross
Wholy holy. Marvin Gaye
Stop crying your heart out. Oasis.
11-04-21, 17:39
William Treseder

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https://youtu.be/GdDJAHFs0rM

Heard this yrs ago. A bit obscure but the words have such meaning to them. Any Dad who has a son can feel the pain in the lyrics.
11-04-21, 18:17
Maurice Swan

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Welsh hymns....Myfanwy....[URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oevNjFeWUyQ"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oevNjFeWUyQ[/

and slso..
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11-04-21, 18:18
Maurice Swan

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fXKmM1-PVY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fXKmM1-PVY

forgive me...a few too many glasses of wine....nostalgic...
12-04-21, 13:36
SLUDGE FACTORY

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Originally Posted by Armitage Shanks

Music does wonderful things to people with dementia..
Watch this clip....

https://youtu.be/fyZQf0p73QM

That really is fantastic

My old man's alzheimers came in very fast but my mother is slow, I will make a playlist of her songs for her

Thank you
12-04-21, 13:37
SLUDGE FACTORY

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Originally Posted by Packerman

:thumbup: amazing and there's one with an ex prima ballerina with alzheimers hearing swan lake and starting to dance with her hands, had me in floods

my sister was a dancer for the Royal ballet and mum loves swan Lake, I will sort out some tunes for her as her illness progresses

Nice one
12-04-21, 14:04
Taunton Blue Genie

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Joe Walsh's 'Song For Emma'. It's about his three year-old daughter who was killed in a car accident.
12-04-21, 14:20
The Bloop

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Originally Posted by Gofer Blue

Myfanwy - memories of my late mother.

The second verse of the hymn "How great thou art":

When through the woods and forest glades I wander
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;
When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur,
And hear the brook, and feel the gentle breeze

Although my father died 25 years ago I still cannot sing this verse as I get a lump in my throat. It brings back so many memories.

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Originally Posted by Wash DC Blue

Beautiful.
How Great Thou Art, does me too.

My Nan had How Great Thou Art played at her funeral about 25 years ago, so has always struck a chord with me.
About a month after the funeral we attended a friends wedding. I didn't know it was used as a wedding hymn aswell, so a few people in the congregation turned around to wonder what all this sniffling was from the back of the church.
12-04-21, 15:08
Baloo

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Adagio For Strings - Barber.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQsgE0L450
12-04-21, 19:42
Harry Paget Flashman

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Joe Brown - I'll see you in my dreams. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MSFxR11LOI

Marmalade - Reflections of my mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTeI65yrhGw
12-04-21, 19:58
xsnaggle

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For those in peril on the sea.

My old man. The Furies and Davey Athur

Myfanwy

Do you remember sweet Alice Ben bolt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01nP6kDkm9A

Little boy blue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNMk3KOn3ss ......... My mother used to sing this to me when I was going to sleep when I was little. I still cry when I hear or sing it. I don't know whether it is thinking of the little boy or of my mother.

And the band played Waltzing Matilda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFCekeoSTwg
12-04-21, 20:31
splott parker

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Originally Posted by Harry Paget Flashman

Joe Brown - I'll see you in my dreams. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MSFxR11LOI

Marmalade - Reflections of my mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTeI65yrhGw

Of my life:thumbup:
12-04-21, 21:12
Steve the Tea

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Henryk Górecki: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs - 2nd Movement
Sung by Dawn Upshaw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5fg8-VWNo0

Words from the 3 Movements;

First Movement
My son, my chosen and beloved
Share your wounds with your mother
And because, dear son, I have always carried you in my heart,
And always served you faithfully
Speak to your mother, to make her happy,
Although you are already leaving me, my cherished hope.
(Lamentation of the Holy Cross Monastery from the "Lysagóra Songs" collection. Second half of the 15th century)

Second Movement
No, Mother, do not weep,
Most chaste Queen of Heaven
Support me always.
"Zdrowas Mario." (*)
(Prayer inscribed on wall 3 of cell no. 3 in the basement of "Palace," the Gestapo's headquarters in Zadopane; beneath is the signature of Helena Wanda Blazusiakówna, and the words "18 years old, imprisoned since 26 September 1944.")
(*) "Zdrowas Mario" (Ave Maria)—the opening of the Polish prayer to the Holy Mother

Third Movement
Where has he gone
My dearest son?
Perhaps during the uprising
The cruel enemy killed him

Ah, you bad people
In the name of God, the most Holy,
Tell me, why did you kill
My son?

Never again
Will I have his support
Even if I cry
My old eyes out

Were my bitter tears
to create another River Oder
They would not restore to life
My son

He lies in his grave
and I know not where
Though I keep asking people
Everywhere

Perhaps the poor child
Lies in a rough ditch
and instead he could have been
lying in his warm bed

Oh, sing for him
God's little song-birds
Since his mother
Cannot find him

And you, God's little flowers
May you blossom all around
So that my son
May sleep happily
(Folk song in the dialect of the Opole region)

StT.
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12-04-21, 22:35
mrbluejay

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https://youtu.be/cp07EK6x31s
13-04-21, 09:07
Gofer Blue

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Originally Posted by The Bloop

My Nan had How Great Thou Art played at her funeral about 25 years ago, so has always struck a chord with me.
About a month after the funeral we attended a friends wedding. I didn't know it was used as a wedding hymn aswell, so a few people in the congregation turned around to wonder what all this sniffling was from the back of the church.

The second verse has huge significance to me. My Dad was in the 8th Army in WW2 and he went through North Africa, Italy and eventually was demobbed in Austria. He loved nature and we have a picture postcard which he sent from Austria to my mother which shows steep sided mountains rising up dramatically from a tranquil valley and he writes rapturously about the scene. The contrast for a lad who grew up in the Cynon valley in the 20's and 30's could not have been greater surely!