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Songs about lost time, regret, nostalgia, etc.
« on: May 17, 2017, 11:05:47 AM »
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Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
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Iron Maiden - Wasted Years
Led Zeppelin - Ten Years Gone
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Re: Songs about lost time, regret, nostalgia, etc.
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2017, 11:15:28 AM »
Rush - Time Stands Still
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Re: Songs about lost time, regret, nostalgia, etc.
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2017, 11:19:35 AM »
Dream Theater - Losing Time

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Re: Songs about lost time, regret, nostalgia, etc.
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2017, 11:22:36 AM »
Rush - Time Stands Still

One of my fave Rush songs.

Also, half of Alan Parsons discography.
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« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2017, 11:28:55 AM »
Winery Dogs - Regret

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« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2017, 11:43:43 AM »
Bob Seger - Against The Wind
Kelly Keagy (the Night Ranger guy) - Time Passes (what a beautiful song)
Rush - Analog Kid

But the absolute best ever, and one of my favorite songs of all time:
Genesis - Evidence of Autumn

 The girl from all those songs
 Who made everything feel right
 She came in like an angel, into your lonely life
 And filling your world with light
 Oh, and everybody told you "you're oh so lucky"

 The night is clear but cool
 Ooh maybe dawn is breaking as you turn to find her gone
 Then you see the note
 Ooh you cannot believe it
 And you think you'll go insane...

 But that was many years ago
 And though the pain is dim
 A something still remains
 Though you hardly can recall
 Her face or form
 Her memory lingers on

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Re: Songs about lost time, regret, nostalgia, etc.
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2017, 11:48:38 AM »
Rush - Time Stands Still

Such shocking butchery of the title :lol

My partner and I consider this our song for various reasons. Beautiful song.
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« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2017, 12:18:01 PM »
Yup. I ruined it.  Don't use it then. :lol
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« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2017, 06:45:02 PM »
Neal Morse - Emma

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« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2017, 06:53:46 PM »
Thin Lizzy- It's Getting Dangerous

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« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2017, 08:51:18 PM »
Lots of Harry Chapin songs.

Cats in the Cradle
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« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2017, 10:41:03 PM »
Not sure these exactly fit, but...

Zeppelin - That's The Way
Rush - The Garden
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« Reply #12 on: May 18, 2017, 02:06:01 AM »
Pink Floyd - Time
Porcupine Tree - Time Flies

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« Reply #13 on: May 18, 2017, 02:52:05 AM »
Pink Floyd - Time
Porcupine Tree - Time Flies


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« Reply #14 on: May 19, 2017, 10:31:22 AM »
Redemption - "Memory"
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« Reply #15 on: May 21, 2017, 09:16:16 AM »
Queensryche - Promised Land
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« Reply #16 on: May 21, 2017, 05:16:33 PM »
But the absolute best ever, and one of my favorite songs of all time:
Genesis - Evidence of Autumn

I love that one, but I slightly prefer another "lost" Genesis tune which also fits the theme, Open Door.  He's been gone so long that he can't even remember her face, and that makes his regret even worse.  He just has that image of her standing by the open door as he's leaving.  There are a few tunes that can bring me to tears, and this is one of them.

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« Reply #17 on: May 21, 2017, 06:31:57 PM »
Pink Floyd's "High Hopes" is a personal favorite.
Beyond the limits of the mortal frame
To the farthest boundary of eternity
Where I, the Cosmic Sea
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« Reply #18 on: May 23, 2017, 09:44:49 AM »
Supertramp.. The Logical song. Its about how life used to be simple and you could enjoy the little things, and this world forces you to conform to its ways and take things too seriously.
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Re: Songs about lost time, regret, nostalgia, etc.
« Reply #19 on: May 23, 2017, 11:19:08 AM »
Skid Row - Wasted Time

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« Reply #20 on: May 27, 2017, 01:45:03 AM »
Idk if these ones can qualify, but :

Nilsson, Without You
London Grammar, Wasting my Young Years?

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« Reply #21 on: May 30, 2017, 06:46:10 AM »
Good call with Nilsson.  That's a great tune.

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« Reply #22 on: June 01, 2017, 10:44:29 AM »
This one always gets me nostalgic for some reason. Reminds of a time in my life I'm glad I don't have to deal with anymore, but the tune is so great that I don't mind revisiting the memories from time to time.

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« Reply #23 on: June 01, 2017, 01:49:30 PM »
Good call with Nilsson.  That's a great tune.

I have always loved this song, even if it is just a cover. Yet, for me, without Nilsson, this song would not have been as amazing, even if the original, save the chorus as is sung, is good enough.

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« Reply #24 on: June 01, 2017, 02:10:27 PM »
I wrote a pretty cool song called Regret.

Is it better than every song posted here? Yea, probably.

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« Reply #25 on: June 01, 2017, 03:36:53 PM »
'In My Life' stands out.  Others such as Strawberry Fields, Pennylane........

Queen:  These Are The Days Of Our Lives, The Show Must Go On

Freddie (w/Dave Clark):  'Time', 'In My Defence'

Genesis:  'Afterglow'

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« Reply #26 on: June 01, 2017, 05:31:47 PM »
Good call with Nilsson.  That's a great tune.

I have always loved this song, even if it is just a cover. Yet, for me, without Nilsson, this song would not have been as amazing, even if the original, save the chorus as is sung, is good enough.

B.Lee

Holy crap, I never realized that this was a cover!  I always just thought it was a Nilsson song.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Without_You_(Badfinger_song)

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« Reply #27 on: June 01, 2017, 07:05:31 PM »
Röyksopp's "Sparks" make me long for people I barely get to see anymore. And the singer's voice sounds like an old recording, which just makes the nostalgic feeling stronger.
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« Reply #28 on: June 01, 2017, 09:00:13 PM »
Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray

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« Reply #29 on: June 02, 2017, 04:30:08 AM »
A few of my favourites

Yes - Turn of the Century
Yes - Harold land
Rush - Afterimage
Rush - Losing it

This one just about brings a tear to my eye every time I hear it.

Roxy Music - A Song For Europe

Here as I sit
At this empty cafe
Thinking of you
I remember
All those moments
Lost in wonder
That we'll never
Find again
Though the world
Is my oyster
It's only a shell
Full of memories
And here by the Seine
Notre-Dame casts
A long lonely shadow
Now, only sorrow
No tomorrow
There's no today for us
Nothing is there
For us to share
But yesterday
These cities may change
But there always remains
My obsession
Through silken waters
My gondola glides
And the bridge, it sighs
I remember
All those moments
Lost in wonder
That we'll never
Find again
There's no more time for us
Nothing is there
For us to share
But yesterdays

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« Reply #30 on: June 02, 2017, 07:48:45 AM »
Redemption - "What Will You Say"


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« Reply #31 on: June 02, 2017, 09:30:39 AM »
Good call with Nilsson.  That's a great tune.

I have always loved this song, even if it is just a cover. Yet, for me, without Nilsson, this song would not have been as amazing, even if the original, save the chorus as is sung, is good enough.

B.Lee

Holy crap, I never realized that this was a cover!  I always just thought it was a Nilsson song.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Without_You_(Badfinger_song)

"Two writers of the song, Ham and Evans, later committed suicide..."

Tragic.

Yeah, the poor guys ended up being screwed as far as their contract was concerned and both committed suicide. Life can be a bitch sometimes.

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« Reply #32 on: June 03, 2017, 06:15:53 PM »
Tom Waits, Nick Cave and...umm....Leonard Cohen have some powerful stuff in this area
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