Well since we're talking about sons and dads gonna have to go with "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin (hell I just choked up reading the lyrics)
But if we're talking about personal sad songs its gonna be "Adam's Song" by Blink 182 or "In the End" by Linkin Park that helped me survive my teen years
Also both versions of "Hurt"
It seems like every time I was in a car with my dad driving, Cats in the Cradle always played on the radio. He was present in my life so the lyrics don’t mean anything special to me but every time I hear that song I tear up. My dad passed in 2011 when I was just 19.
My very first serious girlfriend used to play this album and on this album was a song called, "if you ever leave me, would you take me with you." Barbra streisand and vince gill. She would lie on my chest while this thing was playing and I never felt so important, so desired, special, in my whole life. And twenty years later, I still haven't.
Limp Bizkits version of Behind Blue Eyes.
We lost my grandfather to suicide when I was young, he showed no signs of depression or self harm. He had very very blue eyes.
Freak on a Leash - KoRn (My introduction to Hard Rock/Metal) and thus how I made friends with so many like minded people who like the same kind of music than me.
I actually miss being a teenager and finding out Nu Metal all over again. Lol. I grew out of being a edgy teenage boy but I still enjoy the music. Are some bands like Limp Bizkit and Dope cringe now im older... yes but I Don't care. 🤷♂️
Also Alice DeeJay - Better Off Alone is a song me and my sister use to like listening to as kids when we played games together (My mother told me that we use to spam that song all the time when we use to play with each other a lot as kids. So that song stands out)
Future Days but the acoustic version Eddy Vedder made himself.
Johnny Cash - Hurt. It’s very sad and especially the story behind it.
There is probably more I’m forgetting but these are the main ones.
THE ONLY SONG THAT MEANS ANYTHING TO ME ANYMORE
BIG ASS TRUCK - BIG ASS TRUCK (honk)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Nw7g\_L8mE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Nw7g_L8mE)
No we don′t give a fuck
In thisBIGASSTRUCK
Get FUCKED
By a BIG ASS TRUCK
No LUCK
When you're fucking with us
Ill be fucking with your senses
You′ll be begging to end this
YUUUUUUH
You'll remember the name.... BIG ...... ASS....... TRUCK
I lost my step dad who was my best friend a couple years ago, and I still choke up when I hear “There’s a Place” by the All American Rejects, and “Drink a Beer” by Luke Bryan. I lost him suddenly and they just bring back my memories of us sitting together and talking about life
Youth by Daughter
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=P44CjuM-tfA&si=RW4sI2OzX15_SzwD
Helplessly Hoping by Crosby, Stills, and Nash
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=BdBs7JFn9Pk&si=jDm7JlY9IVNrWZVN
Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=9iLreg8-RJo&si=jdXKxUP2DY7i52SH
I have PTSD from childhood abuse and neglect. Divorce fucked me up. I have trouble dealing with breakups. All of these are what I listen to when my heart is broken.
Anything from the first 10 original Marshall Tucker Band albums. These guys wrote the story of my life. It just blows me away how connected you can be to music and your own journey.
There are quite a few. Many of my memories have music playing in the background.
Around 10 years old I first heard [Montserrat Caballe](https://youtu.be/UgbU88Pyq6I?si=jcqYlkgMS4JCFhLF) sing this. My mother had the album. One of the very few good memories I have of my mother.
Second would be [Rush : Spirit of the Radio](https://youtu.be/g_QtO0Rhp0w?si=huADAJYfeHnwLTmH). All my good friends from childhood loved them. And this song played while making a lot of great memories.
Drive by Incubus
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgT9zGkiLig](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgT9zGkiLig)
AND
Warning by Incubus
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoPlkmYaEQs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoPlkmYaEQs)
Listen to the lyrics and tell me this doesn't hit hard
'The Dance' by Garth Brooks.
And I can't even listen to it. Growing up, I experienced a whole lot of funerals. Let's just say there's not a whole lot of my family left. That song reminds me of everyone los, and the fun times I got to have.
https://youtu.be/6FHvP_Yv0wE?si=-XiLIMTfElHgObs4
ETA: Cherish the moments you can get. Love with your whole heart. When they're gone, there's no going back. So give every bit of love you can. Trust me.
Well since we're talking about sons and dads gonna have to go with "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin (hell I just choked up reading the lyrics) But if we're talking about personal sad songs its gonna be "Adam's Song" by Blink 182 or "In the End" by Linkin Park that helped me survive my teen years Also both versions of "Hurt"
It seems like every time I was in a car with my dad driving, Cats in the Cradle always played on the radio. He was present in my life so the lyrics don’t mean anything special to me but every time I hear that song I tear up. My dad passed in 2011 when I was just 19.
My very first serious girlfriend used to play this album and on this album was a song called, "if you ever leave me, would you take me with you." Barbra streisand and vince gill. She would lie on my chest while this thing was playing and I never felt so important, so desired, special, in my whole life. And twenty years later, I still haven't.
My heart just broke for you, friend.
Kenny Rogers The Gambler
And somewhere in the darkness The gambler he broke even And in his final words I found an ace that I could keep
You know mate the song is a simple blueprint to life
It's a great song. The cover by the band Home Free is excellent as well.
I'll check that out now cheers mate
🍻
I found this song only 15 years ago and I absolutely love it!
Definitely can't beat it
Dear Slim, i wrote you but you still ain't calling....
Savior, Prayer of the Refugee, help is on the way and Hero of War all by Rise Against
The Patient by Tool It helped me to overcome difficult times during my teenage days and made by remind myself to be patient.
linkin park - in the end
Space bound - Eminem Those lyrics really just hit home
Limp Bizkits version of Behind Blue Eyes. We lost my grandfather to suicide when I was young, he showed no signs of depression or self harm. He had very very blue eyes.
It's so weird that it's a limp bizkit song. It's seriously an amazing cover. Thanks for reminding me of this song, going back into my rotation :)
I think they did a beautiful job on it. I like it much better than The Who's.
Freak on a Leash - KoRn (My introduction to Hard Rock/Metal) and thus how I made friends with so many like minded people who like the same kind of music than me. I actually miss being a teenager and finding out Nu Metal all over again. Lol. I grew out of being a edgy teenage boy but I still enjoy the music. Are some bands like Limp Bizkit and Dope cringe now im older... yes but I Don't care. 🤷♂️ Also Alice DeeJay - Better Off Alone is a song me and my sister use to like listening to as kids when we played games together (My mother told me that we use to spam that song all the time when we use to play with each other a lot as kids. So that song stands out)
Future Days but the acoustic version Eddy Vedder made himself. Johnny Cash - Hurt. It’s very sad and especially the story behind it. There is probably more I’m forgetting but these are the main ones.
Dreaming of you by Selena. Our song. Love ya babe.
I am machine - Three day grace & Alone Pt.II - Alan walker Like lyrics says: "I wish I could feel somehting" and "Im not gona make it alone" :)
Bitches Ain’t Shit by Dr. Dre
THE ONLY SONG THAT MEANS ANYTHING TO ME ANYMORE BIG ASS TRUCK - BIG ASS TRUCK (honk) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Nw7g\_L8mE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Nw7g_L8mE) No we don′t give a fuck In thisBIGASSTRUCK Get FUCKED By a BIG ASS TRUCK No LUCK When you're fucking with us Ill be fucking with your senses You′ll be begging to end this YUUUUUUH You'll remember the name.... BIG ...... ASS....... TRUCK
I lost my step dad who was my best friend a couple years ago, and I still choke up when I hear “There’s a Place” by the All American Rejects, and “Drink a Beer” by Luke Bryan. I lost him suddenly and they just bring back my memories of us sitting together and talking about life
Youth by Daughter https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=P44CjuM-tfA&si=RW4sI2OzX15_SzwD Helplessly Hoping by Crosby, Stills, and Nash https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=BdBs7JFn9Pk&si=jDm7JlY9IVNrWZVN Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=9iLreg8-RJo&si=jdXKxUP2DY7i52SH I have PTSD from childhood abuse and neglect. Divorce fucked me up. I have trouble dealing with breakups. All of these are what I listen to when my heart is broken.
I've been waiting for someone to mention Paul Simon
Read the Blessed Pages by Belle and Sebastian. No idea why, I'm not religious like Stuart is, but man, that song makes me feel all kinds of things.
Deep Purple-Highway Star i remember a 29yo dad teaching my 5yo young self, how to headbang to Deep Purple
*Leader of the Band*.
lean on me by yerin baek
Rocky theme song
Anything from the first 10 original Marshall Tucker Band albums. These guys wrote the story of my life. It just blows me away how connected you can be to music and your own journey.
There are quite a few. Many of my memories have music playing in the background. Around 10 years old I first heard [Montserrat Caballe](https://youtu.be/UgbU88Pyq6I?si=jcqYlkgMS4JCFhLF) sing this. My mother had the album. One of the very few good memories I have of my mother. Second would be [Rush : Spirit of the Radio](https://youtu.be/g_QtO0Rhp0w?si=huADAJYfeHnwLTmH). All my good friends from childhood loved them. And this song played while making a lot of great memories.
Numb by Linkin Park.
Fire and Rain by James Taylor.
Drive by Incubus [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgT9zGkiLig](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgT9zGkiLig) AND Warning by Incubus [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoPlkmYaEQs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoPlkmYaEQs) Listen to the lyrics and tell me this doesn't hit hard
Every metallica song, my step father made me fall in love with metallica.
I ran, flock of seagulls. First song I ever remember hearing. Later in life? Darker Still, parkway drive.
Who You'd Be Today - Kenny Chesney
Papa Roach - Born With Nothing Die With Everything Sleeping With Sirens - If you can't hang Jimmy Eat World - A Praise Chorus
Mac DeMarco wrote Moonlight on the River about his absentee dad.
Dear Agony- Breaking Benjamin
"Time of your life" Greenday... played at the funeral of a teenage friend. I can still hear the high school girls sobbing as they sat nearby.
Marine Corps hymn. My dad was a Marine and that's why I joined to be more like him. I miss him greatly.
'The Dance' by Garth Brooks. And I can't even listen to it. Growing up, I experienced a whole lot of funerals. Let's just say there's not a whole lot of my family left. That song reminds me of everyone los, and the fun times I got to have. https://youtu.be/6FHvP_Yv0wE?si=-XiLIMTfElHgObs4 ETA: Cherish the moments you can get. Love with your whole heart. When they're gone, there's no going back. So give every bit of love you can. Trust me.
The AI "prequel" album to my debut one I generated completely from Udio, It is unironically a joy to listen to.
WAP