The Best Sad Songs Ever: the Greatest Sad/Dark/Haunting Songs of All Time Who wrote and performed the best sad, dark, haunting songs of all time? 'At Seventeen' is a song of intense loneliness and alienation written and performed by Janis Ian., The Best Sappho.
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Louis Hardin aka Moondog was born in 1916 in Marysville, Kansas. At 5 he started playing a set of drums made by himself with a cardboard box. Later he got a buffalo skin drum at an indian fair, that he used as a Tom-Tom. His fascination with aboriginal American percussion never ceased. The repetitive beat became a distinctive sound that accompanied his compositions until the end of his life. At 16 he was injured in an unexplained dynamite accident and lost his sight, thus turning to an inner world of sounds and unique imaginary visions.
After learning the principles of music in several schools for blind young men across central America he started teaching himself the skills of ear training and composition, becoming then a self taught man and artist.He was never bitter about being blind. In late 50's he appeared in New York city as an eccentric figure, a man with a long beard, dressed as a Viking, claiming for the return to our ancestral roots, against the fake “values” of our modern world.He transformed himself into something different from the rest of us. Said.this is a wonderful album! After listening to the 1st two tracks, i quickly downloaded the 2nd part this is my first download from your blogspot. I wish to discover many prog rock music. I used to lack interest in getting to know more of the music (except for the incredibly famous ones and the great classics, ofcourse, that I cherish) cuz I thought they're more on experimentation and progressive music but less on emotions and lyrics, which are very important for me.
I appreciate good musicianship and technical wizardry like everyone else, but some of them sound like academic or demented sounds from some drug-addled creatures. But thanks to your blog now I wanna throw my misconceptions out the door p.s i was informed of your blog by hans' post from his blogspot. Said.I lived in Candor, NY in 73 and 74 and he lived on some land nearby.
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He was a recluse, but we all knew about him. Then one day we heard he was giving a concert in a field on his property.
Not many people were there. I don't recall how we heard about it, or if it was invite only and we knew someone, but it certainly was an amazing event on that summer afternoon hidden in the hills behind walls of trees in a farm field, listening to him play the clavichord. I hadn't thought of that day in years until today, so I came home and looked him up and found this site.
Thought you all would appreciate hearing about this.
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