# Sad Songs Released After the Musicians Death, That Shake You Up. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 6, 2006, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-songs-released-after-the-musicians-death-that-shake-you-up/363337 "2006-07-06T06:51:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![soul\_radiation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@soul\_radiation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soul_radiation)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-songs-released-after-the-musicians-death-that-shake-you-up/363337/1 "2006-07-06T06:51:49Z")
Inspiried by Jahdra’s Johnny Cash thread. What songs that weren’t released until after it’s creator has died get to you? For me it’s “Silver and Gold(Before I Grow Too Old)” by Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros ‘m gonna go out dancin’ every night I’m gonna see all the city lights I’ll do everything silver and gold I got to hurry up before I grow too old [LYRICS DELETED – CKDH] Gets me all teary eyed everytime I hear it. It’s the last song on Joe’s last album. The song also sounds as if it wasn’t competed before his death, which adds an even sadder tone to it. It’s almost as if he knew his time was almost up. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-songs-released-after-the-musicians-death-that-shake-you-up/363337/2 "2006-07-06T07:35:38Z")
I saw Kris Kristofferson talking once… he and Janis had a _thang_ for a while. After she died, he didn’t even know she recorded it, he heard _Me and Bobby McGee_ on the radio. Not exactly what you mean, but the Allman’s _Melissa_ always breaks me up. It sounds like it could be about Duane, and his (then) recent passing. And Dickie’s slide… if EVER a guitar was made to _cry_, that was it. Just destroys me. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-songs-released-after-the-musicians-death-that-shake-you-up/363337/3 "2006-07-06T07:36:20Z")
**Keep Me In Your Heart** by **Warren Zevon** ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-songs-released-after-the-musicians-death-that-shake-you-up/363337/4 "2006-07-06T07:40:39Z")
And another… SRV - _Life By The Drop_ ---
**Author:** ![luvtinayothers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@luvtinayothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luvtinayothers)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-songs-released-after-the-musicians-death-that-shake-you-up/363337/5 "2006-07-06T08:23:12Z")
> [@if6was9](#): > > And another… SRV - _Life By The Drop_ Arrrg! I logged in to reply with the same answer and you beat me to it. The song’s a bit haunting when you consider that he’d finally conquered his drug and alcohol addictions just before he died in the helicopter crash. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-songs-released-after-the-musicians-death-that-shake-you-up/363337/6 "2006-07-06T13:21:52Z")
Blind Melon’s cover of Steppenwolf’s “The Pusher” off of the album “Nico” that was released as B sides and such after Shannon Hoon’s death. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-songs-released-after-the-musicians-death-that-shake-you-up/363337/7 "2006-07-06T13:31:42Z")
\*Sitting in a hospital bed I want my life I want my life I want my life It really sucks\* _-Joey Ramone_, “I Got Knocked Down But I’ll Get Back Up.” ☹ ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-songs-released-after-the-musicians-death-that-shake-you-up/363337/8 "2006-07-06T13:34:22Z")
“The Show Must Go On” by Queen. Especially considering how, apparently, Freddie Mercury publicly announced he had AIDS only the day before he died. I see it as a final act of courage. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-songs-released-after-the-musicians-death-that-shake-you-up/363337/9 "2006-07-06T14:08:37Z")
\*Time in a Bottle \* by Jim Croce. Actually I’m not sure if he was still alive when it was released, but it ws the last thing he wrote and it breaks me up every time. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-songs-released-after-the-musicians-death-that-shake-you-up/363337/10 "2006-07-06T15:19:44Z")
_Do You Think Of Me_ by Keith Whitley. It’s a sad song anyway, but it was released right around the time of his death, making it even more poignant. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-songs-released-after-the-musicians-death-that-shake-you-up/363337/11 "2006-07-06T15:33:15Z")
> [@xnylder](#): > > “The Show Must Go On” by Queen. Especially considering how, apparently, Freddie Mercury publicly announced he had AIDS only the day before he died. I see it as a final act of courage. I found _Days Of Our Lives_ poignant for similar reasons. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-songs-released-after-the-musicians-death-that-shake-you-up/363337/12 "2006-07-06T15:36:18Z")
I didn’t know about Stan Rogers’ music till after he died in the mid-80s, but I actually didn’t know he was dead until the late 90s. :smack: He died of smoke inhalation after an emergency landing and his aiding others to get off the plane first. A few off the posthumous release “From Coffee House to Concert Hall…Live” get to me (they all do, because I wish he had been around longer to make more beautiful music, but these more so): Down the Road Sun is rising high, burning into the day, I will say goodbye, I’ll be going away, I’ll brush away my doubts, what tomorrow will hold, I’m feeling fine for now, going down the road… Straight and True I think I’m ready, my hands are steady, 'though that’s something I’ve not always known, And even if the West rejects me, there’s some place I hold for my own, And I soon will be there; do I love it? Yes, I guess that you could say I do, 'Cause I’ll be picking with my people where the music’s always straight and true, straight and true. Matter of Heart Put your life on the line, Give your hand and pledge your time To the love whose lips inflame you Like some ancient and golden wine; And to all it’s a start in fulfilling greatest needs in part, For in whatever we dream of what we some day want to be It’s a matter of heart. Louise’s Song No! All those shadows on your face, They look so out of place, they should be sunlight. I want to take you when the smile returns And keep you from the night And wake up to see me in your eyes. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-songs-released-after-the-musicians-death-that-shake-you-up/363337/13 "2006-07-06T15:37:20Z")
> [@Sam Stone](#): > > **Keep Me In Your Heart** by **Warren Zevon** I’ll see your **Keep Me In Your Heart** , and raise you **Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door.** ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-songs-released-after-the-musicians-death-that-shake-you-up/363337/14 "2006-07-06T15:55:25Z")
Every song on Zevon’s last CD has that hanging over it; he knew he was dying when he made it. **The Rest of the Night** might be kinda lightweight, except the circumstances make it sound like he’s spitting in death’s face. [hijack] Checking his discography just now I found a CD of various covers of his songs. There’s some serious talent there, and some of them might be great, but who the hell let Adam Sandler do _Werewolves of London_? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-songs-released-after-the-musicians-death-that-shake-you-up/363337/15 "2006-07-06T16:02:11Z")
**Jeff Buckley** was alive when his album Grace came out, but his cover of Leonard Cohen’s _Hallelujah_ still feels like it fits in this thread in a large way… ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-songs-released-after-the-musicians-death-that-shake-you-up/363337/16 "2006-07-06T16:06:36Z")
> [@MLS](#): > > \*Time in a Bottle \* by Jim Croce. Actually I’m not sure if he was still alive when it was released, but it ws the last thing he wrote and it breaks me up every time. The one I thought of. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-songs-released-after-the-musicians-death-that-shake-you-up/363337/17 "2006-07-06T16:09:54Z")
Otis Redding’s “Dock of the Bay” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-songs-released-after-the-musicians-death-that-shake-you-up/363337/18 "2006-07-06T16:12:49Z")
Although it’s instrumental with no words to intensify the feelings, I’ll mention Stan Getz’s last recording _People Time_ with pianist Kenny Barron as one I can’t hear without admiring the courage Getz kept to the last. Similarly, Paul Desmond’s contribution to a Chet Baker album _You Can’t Go Home Again_ brings tears. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-songs-released-after-the-musicians-death-that-shake-you-up/363337/19 "2006-07-06T16:17:21Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > **Jeff Buckley** was alive when his album Grace came out, but his cover of Leonard Cohen’s _Hallelujah_ still feels like it fits in this thread in a large way… Also _So Real_. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-songs-released-after-the-musicians-death-that-shake-you-up/363337/20 "2006-07-06T16:23:59Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > [hijack] > Checking his discography just now I found a CD of various covers of his songs. There’s some serious talent there, and some of them might be great, but who the hell let Adam Sandler do _Werewolves of London_? It’s actually not bad, and the whole album is a good one. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-songs-released-after-the-musicians-death-that-shake-you-up/363337.md?page=2)