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[quote name='fryer' post='1075093' date='Jan 2 2011, 10:53 AM']They sound happy compared to this - Jim Reeves - Old Tige.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaEGlYFhnRc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaEGlYFhnRc[/url]

(Tige you were faithful faithful to the end
Tige how I miss you you were my best friend)
Three years of Army Service done and I was headin' home at last.
I got to thinking bout my dog and things long gone and past.
How old Tige pulled me from the creek when I had no pulse or breath,
and how he saved me from the chargin' bull that gored my Dad to death.
As a kid I'd dream of bears and tremble to my toes
Till old Tige come up to my bed and nudge me with his nose.
Then my fears would melt away and Tige would go lie down,
I'd drift on back to sleep without another sound.
The big bus stopped I got off - it was awful dark and thick with fog.
Then something gently nuzzled me and there stood Tige my dog.
I wondered if my faithful dog had met the bus each day
And all the dreary winter nights since I'd been away.
To have Tige meet me here like this, I was...I was really glad
'Cause I hadn't needed Tige so much since the day they'd buried Dad.
Two long miles still lay ahead, but what I didn't know
A giant Dam was being built where the old road used to go.
I thank the Lord for sending Tige and I followed where he led,
Knowing well without his help that I'd be good as dead.
Tige inched along this way and that, going rough and slow,
And I could hear the water lappin' at the ledges far below.
Then through the mist I saw a light and mother in her chair,
I reached down to pet old Tige but he wasn't there.
I'm thankful Mom you had old Tige these three lonely years
I owe my life to him tonight, I couldn't help my tears.
You say you wrote me bout the Dam, well, God was sure with us
I didn't get your letter, Mom, but old Tige met the bus.
I hate to tell you son, she said, but now you've got to know.
When you left it broke his heart...Tige died three years ago.
(You were my best friend)[/quote]
Sob!! :)

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[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wds903B96V8"]For You - Judie Tzuke[/url].
Not sad, but gobsmackingly beautiful... just a few strings, and layers of vocals, and that's it. No bass, so it probably doesn't belong here. :)

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Got to be these

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtFPdBUl7XQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtFPdBUl7XQ[/url]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EyDK8iDSU4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EyDK8iDSU4[/url]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBzKOTOD0d4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBzKOTOD0d4[/url]

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[quote name='LiamPodmore' post='1075714' date='Jan 2 2011, 08:55 PM']Nothing like Tim's usual stuff, and christmas themed, but just phenomenal[/quote]

Oh, hell, I'm avoiding that one in the future. I think Tim Minchin is incredible, and this only goes to support my assertion, as I was, I'm not ashamed to admit, bawling my eyes out over that one, which is unusual for me.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Obscurantist early 80s time; Durutti Column's "Lips that would kiss"

One man and a guitar and a box of effects



Edit: sorry link isn't working. Here's the web link [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z--mcTEWXvA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z--mcTEWXvA[/url]

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Cople of unexpected one possibly? All good (for me anyway) in a lights out, headphones on & just let it wash over when things are getting fraught

Always loved this song - shame about the video tacked onto it


This is quite good too

The Little Bruises album is pretty good all round. Still gets a spin on occasion. I seem to recall I came by it in a weekly trawl through the bargain bins in a second hand record shop in Guildford because the band line up looked good (I think Pino was on it)

Lastly -

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[quote name='Jam' post='1094659' date='Jan 19 2011, 12:41 AM']You sir, (you are a sir and not a miss, right?) have stunning taste.[/quote]


Ups, i updated my profile. Yes i am male. Thank you very much for your words
This thread is a kind of inspiration for me, listening to old favourites of mine again. If you enjoy it, i am very happy about it.

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Two Annie Lennox albums 'Bare' and 'Songs of Mass Destruction' fit the criteria for me, plus they make great playalong tunes for fretless. I've been doing a lot of fretless playing recently. Diva is another cracker but less melancholy.

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[quote name='risingson' post='1094678' date='Jan 19 2011, 12:02 AM']I appreciate this might not be everyone's cup of tea, but have a listen if you haven't heard of this guy before. I consider his work to be no less than genius.[/quote]


and between you and me risingson, ROYGBIV always makes me long for days gone by...

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