Was there any decade better than the 70s for songs that you shake your head at the shamelessness of and yet you still find yourself moved.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS2nW6w-sZQ

"SHANNIN IZ GAHN AH HOWWWP SHIZ DRIFTIN OFF TO SEEEA......."

Edited January 8, 201114 yr by All My Shadows

That video just ups the sadness a million times with all those cute pups.

Wildfire would have been my next post for sure. I think there's a whole genre of "cheesy but depressing" 70s songs out there. I'll let someone else do Seasons in the Sun, but whenever I think of that one, Wildfire, and Shannon, this one isn't far behind:

That video just ups the sadness a million times with all those cute pups.

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=Pc3OnSQc48s

This song as a child had me thinking a lot. It is a very somber sad song.

LOL, this came on my friends iPod the other day right after a Guns and Roses song, and I took one look at her and said, "Any person who has an iPod with the potential to shuffle these two songs right after one another is a friend for life."

And then of course I led right into "Looks like it's over..." in my dulcet-tone falsetto

I forgot to add my contribution:

I think I'm one of the few people who actually likes Seasons in the Sun

Speaking of the Beach Boys, they had plenty of cheesy stuff in the 1970s, but some of it actually had some emotion.

Unreleased until 1990s box set, but still dates from the 1970s - Still I Dream of It.

You all know this is my area of expertise:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI-KjZgW6Wk

I think I'm one of the few people who actually likes Seasons in the Sun

We had joy ...we had fun..we had season in the sun...sigh....flove that song

And this is one of my top ten favorite songs of all time. Sad, but DURMATIC! It sounds so dark and hypnotic, doing a slow build throughout the song, and then the use of the timpani right before and during the last chorus just makes the song EXPLODE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-C-5FDyuaw

Edited January 10, 201114 yr by alphanguy74

I always thought this song was depressing

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Edited January 10, 201114 yr by Soapsuds

And of course, what many consider the saddest song in music history (Or a close second to Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey (I Miss you)":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_sk7OycjdI

Edited January 10, 201114 yr by alphanguy74