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Title: Songs about lost time, regret, nostalgia, etc.
Post by: ChuckSteak on May 17, 2017, 11:05:47 AM
Post your favorites.

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Gentle Giant - Memories Of Old Days
Iron Maiden - Wasted Years
Led Zeppelin - Ten Years Gone
Simon & Garfunkel - Old Friends
Ark - Silent Is The Rain
Title: Re: Songs about lost time, regret, nostalgia, etc.
Post by: King Postwhore on May 17, 2017, 11:15:28 AM
Rush - Time Stands Still
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Post by: Crow on May 17, 2017, 11:19:35 AM
Dream Theater - Losing Time

:neverusethis:
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Post by: AngelBack 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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Post by: cramx3 on May 17, 2017, 11:28:55 AM
Winery Dogs - Regret
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Post by: Stadler 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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Post by: nobloodyname 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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Post by: King Postwhore on May 17, 2017, 12:18:01 PM
Yup. I ruined it.  Don't use it then. :lol
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Post by: KevShmev on May 17, 2017, 06:45:02 PM
Neal Morse - Emma
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Post by: TAC on May 17, 2017, 06:53:46 PM
Thin Lizzy- It's Getting Dangerous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW_pDKKgJ4Y

Lyrics in the comments
One of my all time favorite songs.
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Post by: Orbert on May 17, 2017, 08:51:18 PM
Lots of Harry Chapin songs.

Cats in the Cradle
Mr. Tanner
Shooting Star
Taxi
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Post by: jingle.boy 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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Post by: Cordez on May 18, 2017, 02:06:01 AM
Pink Floyd - Time
Porcupine Tree - Time Flies
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Post by: FOXAN03 on May 18, 2017, 02:52:05 AM
Pink Floyd - Time
Porcupine Tree - Time Flies


This... just this
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Post by: Mebert78 on May 19, 2017, 10:31:22 AM
Redemption - "Memory"
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Post by: T-ski on May 21, 2017, 09:16:16 AM
Queensryche - Promised Land
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Post by: Orbert 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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Post by: Mister Gold on May 21, 2017, 06:31:57 PM
Pink Floyd's "High Hopes" is a personal favorite.
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Post by: Architeuthis 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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Post by: Sir GuitarCozmo on May 23, 2017, 11:19:08 AM
Skid Row - Wasted Time
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Post by: Bertielee on May 27, 2017, 01:45:03 AM
Idk if these ones can qualify, but :

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

B.Lee
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Post by: Stadler on May 30, 2017, 06:46:10 AM
Good call with Nilsson.  That's a great tune.
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Post by: OpenYourEyes311 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.

Sometime Around Midnight by The Airborne Toxic Event
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Post by: Bertielee 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.

B.Lee
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Post by: Adami 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.

Am I humble? The most humble.
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Post by: DragonAttack 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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Post by: Orbert 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) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Without_You_(Badfinger_song))

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

Tragic.
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Post by: Nel 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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Post by: SoundscapeMN on June 01, 2017, 09:00:13 PM
Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray
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Post by: bundy 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

Check out this live version. The last half, particularly Andy Mackay's solo is  :hefdaddy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zWrxQXzyGE
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Post by: YtseBitsySpider on June 02, 2017, 07:48:45 AM
Redemption - "What Will You Say"


ftfy
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Post by: Bertielee 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) (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.

B.Lee
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Post by: Pragmaticcircus on June 03, 2017, 06:15:53 PM
Tom Waits, Nick Cave and...umm....Leonard Cohen have some powerful stuff in this area