How about Oingo Boingo's "No One Lives Forever"? [link]
Who died and made you Elvis?
Cordelia ,'Storyteller'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Calli - Jun 24, 2014 9:03:51 am PDT #5856 of 6436
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Fred Pete - Jun 24, 2014 9:34:39 am PDT #5857 of 6436
Ann, that's a ferret.
I don't know where to find, and I can't suggest albums. And nothing that I can think of really fits in that playlist musically. But
BeeGees -- I've Got to Get a Message to You
Tom Jones or Porter Wagoner -- Green Green Grass of Home
Charlie Louvin -- Will You Visit Me on Sunday
I suspect most of the "dead girl/boyfriend" songs of the early '60s wouldn't fit, but I really suggest you check out the truly twisted
Jimmy Cross -- I Want My Baby Back
Does "soldier going to war, realizes he might not come back alive" qualify? If so
Jim Reeves -- Distant Drums
And I might as well go there. For contemplating -- or at least anticipating -- your own death, as a pop-oriented music lover of a certain age, I have to mention
Terry Jacks -- Seasons in the Sun
Amy - Jun 24, 2014 9:38:05 am PDT #5858 of 6436
Because books.
Oh, "Seasons in the Sun." God, I loved that song. Then there was "Shannon," which was about a guy's dog dying, if I remember correctly.
Fred Pete - Jun 24, 2014 9:48:03 am PDT #5859 of 6436
Ann, that's a ferret.
Oh, good grief, David Geddes, "Blind Man in the Bleachers." Cheap sentimental tearjerker, but so very, very effective.
billytea - Jun 24, 2014 11:17:51 am PDT #5860 of 6436
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Terry Jacks -- Seasons in the Sun
That was the very first one that came to my mind. Maybe also Dire Straits, "Brothers In Arms". Oh, and also their song from the same album, "The Man's Too Strong".
tommyrot - Jun 24, 2014 2:03:30 pm PDT #5861 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm not sure if I remember how to get in there, but sure! Thanks.
I uploaded it to:
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I discovered that my .mp3 of Feed the Tree was 15 years old and 128 kbps. I uploaded that one and then managed to find the CD, so I uploaded it again at 203 kbps VBR.
Amy, let me know when you see this and I'll redact the account into.
tommyrot - Jun 24, 2014 2:07:07 pm PDT #5862 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh, "Seasons in the Sun." God, I loved that song.
I loved that song when it came out (I was 7 or 8). That song has such strong associations with my childhood that I don't want to use it for this playlist.
Yet another example of me loving sad songs about death as a child.
DebetEsse - Jun 24, 2014 2:48:05 pm PDT #5863 of 6436
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Seasons in the Sun is taken from a Jacques Brel song, and he dealt with that sort of subject matter a lot. You might look at recordings of "My Death," though I don't have a specific one to point to.
Amy - Jun 24, 2014 2:51:04 pm PDT #5864 of 6436
Because books.
Got it, tommy! Thanks!
tommyrot - Jun 24, 2014 2:52:44 pm PDT #5865 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
You might look at recordings of "My Death," though I don't have a specific one to point to.
Ooh. I have a Bowie cover of that. Yeah, that might work.
And I never would have made that connection between "Seasons in the Sun" and "My Death".