Lonely sounding songs

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  1. John54

    John54 Senior Member

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    Burlington, ON
    A couple of obvious ones:

    Bobby Vinton, Mr. Lonely
    Beatles, Eleanor Rigby
    Brenda Lee, Losing You

    Moving up a couple of decades (to 1990) -

    House of Love, Shake and Crawl:

     
  2. George P

    George P Notable Member

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  3. ian christopher

    ian christopher Argentina (in Spirit)

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    for some reason, both Night Moves and Like a Rock by Seger call to mind long nights looking outside one's window and contemplating things without anyone else around to communicate with or confide in.
     
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  4. rkt88

    rkt88 The unknown soldier

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    malibu ca
    can't think of a more "alone" type song than this. a classic.

     
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  5. Old Fart At Play

    Old Fart At Play He won't eat it, he hates everything

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    I present “Birds” by Neil Young:



    “Helpless” from “The Last Waltz” would probably fit the bill, too.
     
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  6. Chiwubbs

    Chiwubbs Active Member

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    My pick too.
     
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  7. Mesozoic Mike

    Mesozoic Mike Forum Resident

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    Cry by 10cc
     
  8. SPF2001

    SPF2001 a must to avoid

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    How about an instrumental (mostly) - "Forever" by Pete Drake
     
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  9. Archtop

    Archtop Soft Dead Crimson Cow

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    Well, some of you may bristle, and some may wonder and some may actually like, but Grateful Dead's performance of Playin' in the Band on 4/8/72 features an improv segment that came about in early 1972. The song proper doesn't evoke loneliness at all, but Jerry's playing early on in the improv segment (starts at 3:15) features sounds that evoke distant pingings from a remote asteroid. It totally evokes the concept of loneliness to me (and doing this without words makes the effort a bit more meaningful):

     
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  10. Chiwubbs

    Chiwubbs Active Member

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  11. wes4usc

    wes4usc Forum Resident

    The Beach Boys: "Lonely Sea"

     
  12. boyfromnowhere

    boyfromnowhere Senior Member

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  13. simoncm

    simoncm Forum Resident

    Late Last Evening - David Kernan and Judy Carne
    All Over the World - Francoise Hardy
     
  14. Trash Panda

    Trash Panda Forum Resident

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    Danny O'Keefe - Goodtime Charlie's Got the Blues (1972)

     
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  15. CaptainFeedback1

    CaptainFeedback1 It's nothing personal.

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    Cat Power - Good Woman

     
  16. Moshe

    Moshe "Silent in four languages." Thread Starter

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    Instrumental theme from Midnight Cowboy
     
  17. sheffandy

    sheffandy Forum Resident

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    Gordon Lightfoot- If You Could Read My Mind
     
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  18. fishcane

    fishcane Dirt Farmer

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    The loneliness of the last 2 people on the planet…
     
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  19. Teufelzkerl

    Teufelzkerl Forum Resident

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    The War On Drugs - Suffering
     
  20. Lance LaSalle

    Lance LaSalle Prince of Swollen Sinus

    Herés one I'll bet very few remember:
     
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  21. Jarleboy

    Jarleboy Music was my first love

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    "Jesse" by Janis Ian. Lonely & lovely.

     
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  22. 47West63rd

    47West63rd Forum Resident

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    Five Years - David Bowie
     
  23. halfjapanese

    halfjapanese Gifs moider!

    Boredom - Lovin’ Spoonful

     
  24. c-eling

    c-eling They're made of light,We never would have guessed

    Howard Jones-Hide And Seek, 1984
     
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  25. bvb1123

    bvb1123 Rock and Roll Martian

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    I've always found this song to be sad and lonely.
    Horslips - "Stowaway"

     
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