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Saddest Song of 70s??

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by qtlaw, Feb 3, 2017.

  1. SFIND

    SFIND Well-Known Member

    The Jackson Browne division






     
  2. SFIND

    SFIND Well-Known Member

  3. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    This ends me.

     
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  4. Twirling Time

    Twirling Time Well-Known Member

    Sad songs say so much.
     
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  5. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Kenny Loggins "This is It," sounds like a cool song, but it's about his dad who was told he was dying from cancer.
     
  6. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Dust in the Wind.

    But Carry on My Wayward Son rocked.
     
  7. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    Cecilia.

    Shit, you get up to wash your face, and when you come back to bed someone's taken your place?

    I guess everything was all jubilation in the end, however, so probably doesn't qualify as saddest.
     
    Last edited: Feb 4, 2017
  8. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    I love "Taxi" -- it has some really great lines.
     
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  9. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Did she ever tie that yellow ribbon round the tree? If not, it turns this song of hope into sadness.

     
  10. Stoney

    Stoney Well-Known Member

    You're not listening closely enough.

    Not just one. A hundred, baby. It's a happy song.
     
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  11. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    Saw the thread title and that's the song that did it for me. Even as a kid I recognized that as depressing as hell
     
  12. maumann

    maumann Well-Known Member

    Terry Jacks takes the title. But there were several other contenders:





     
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