A rock music standard is the “sad song”. Most commonly these revolve around “love”, but not always! Sometimes they can just be talking about a sad situation. This episode, we look at a grab bag of sad songs and artists who cover “sad” from a range of viewpoints. Keep your tissues close by!!
In “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” we celebrate Australians Johnny Young and Glenn A Baker and jump to the left for the wonderful Tim Curry.
In “Rock News”, Jeff discovers a documentary about the early photo shoot for a very young Kate Bush that shows a little more than acceptable for those times but would not be an issue these days.
Sad Song Playlist
It’s a wild ride!
References: Johnny Young, Glenn A. Baker, Tim Curry, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Pennywise the Clown, Stephen King’s “It”, Kate Bush, Gered Mankowitz, 1001 Albums You Must Hear before You Die, Robert Dimery, Elastica, Lou Reed, Berlin, Puff the Magic Dragon, Peter, Paul & Mary, Peter Yarrow, Love Hurts, Nazareth, Yesterday, The Beatles , Paul McCartney, Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen, Without You, Nilsson, Peter Ham, Tom Evans, Badfinger, Leader of the Pack, The Shangri-Las, Hurt, Johnny Cash, Trent Reznor, Nine Inch Nails, Mark Romanek, 2003 MTV Music Video Awards, Justin Timberlake, All I Want is You, U2, Tears in Heaven, Eric Clapton, Seasons in the Sun, Jacques Brel, Terry Jacks, Creep, Radiohead, Thom Yorke, Only Love Can Break Your Heart, The Needle and the Damage Done, Neil Young, Danny Whitten, REM, Michael Stipe, Half a World Away, Everybody Hurts, Nightswimming, Elliott Smith, Waltz #2, The Smiths, Morrissey, “I Know it’s Over”, “How Soon is Now”
Johnny Cash - “Hurt”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AHCfZTRGiI
Kate Bush Album Recreation
Tags: The best Rock music podcast, the saddest songs ever, opinionated bastards
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