Eigentlich sollte das ja eine Umfrage werden, aber es gibt einfach viel zu viele wirklich tieftraurige Lieder von Elvis. Keine Chance sie auf nur 10 zu reduzieren. Das würde dem Melancholie- und Herzschmerzpotential in Elvis Oeuvre einfach nicht gerecht. Deswegen dieser Thread, wo jeder eingeladen ist (über) jene Nummern zu posten, die ihm in ihrer Emotionalität nahe gehen.

Ich mach mal den Anfang mit einem Stück, das mir regelhaft beim Hören die Tränen in die Augen treibt …

It’s midnight

egal ob live oder Studio, alternate Takes, Rehearsal oder Master ... dieser Song hat es mir angetan ... kaum erklingen die ersten Takte und Elvis Stimme singt, maybe it's too late, sometimes I even hate myself for loving you, ist es um mich geschehen ...

Maybe it's too late. Sometimes I even hate myself for loving you
Trying to be strong then nighttime comes along and I start loving you
Wanting you. Where is all my selfcontrol I'm burning way down in my soul
And needing you, and wishing I could be the man, I try to
Hating me for wanting you to be with you knowing you don't love me like you used to
But it's midnight, Ohh and I miss you

It's getting late and I know that's when I am weak
Funny how things have a way of looking so much brighter in the day light
I ought to go to bed to try and straighten out my head and just forget you
Oh but it's midnight yes and I miss you

It's getting late and I know that's when I am weak
Funny how things have a way of looking so much brighter in the day light
I ought to go to bed to try and straighten out my head and just forget you
Oh but it's midnight yes and I miss you

It's midnight and I miss you

:traurig:

Also mir hat es dieses Lied angetan

Tell Me Why

Das ist wirklich Stimme pur.Elvis Stimme hört sich an wie eine Rasiermesserklinge scharf ist.So unschuldigaber doch auch rau



Every time I look at someone new
Tell me why I think of you
Then you sometimes ask me by
You're playing with love
Darling tell me why

You left me all alone
To cry over you
My heart is torn and broken
There's nothing left to do

In my prayers, I'll mention you
When you're gone I feel so blue
Why can't I have all of you
Oh, somebody, please tell me why

Dann gehört natürlich noch dieses dazu.Das ist für mich das traurigste aus den 70s.Schade dass er es nie Live sang sondern nur diese Voice

Bringin' It Back

If I can never see you, if I can never hold you
If I can never touch your face or feel your warm embrace
I still remember talkin', I still remember laughin'
I still remember lovin' you a lot and touchin' you

Only bringin' it back, only just bringin' it back
A familiar face, a familiar face just brings it all back
Everything's bringin' it back, good songs bringin' it back
Even after so much time, everything's bringin' it back

Thinkin' in my solitude, wonderin' about your attitude
Thinkin' maybe that your love has died
There it is, I can see it in your eyes
A look of sweet surrender, a touch of too much sadness
'Cause I've hurt you so, you know your sorrow shows
You just can't stay, but you can't let go

Das traurigste geht nicht, aber es gibt eine Reihe sehr zu Herzen gehender Stücke natürlich:

Mama liked the roses da braucht man ja nix mehr dazu zu sagen, welch eine Story..."Mama mochte die Rosen"...am Ende weiß man, dass diese auf ihrem Grab stehen...

Danny Boy

Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen and down the mountain side
The summer's gone and all the roses dying
'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bye
But come ye back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow
And I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy I love you so
But if he come and all the roses dying
And I am dead, as dead I well may be
He'll come here and find the place where I am lying
And kneel and say an ava there for me
And I shall feel, oh soft you tread above me
And then my grave will richer, sweeter be
For you will bend and tell me that you love me
And I shall rest in peace until you come to me

Until it`s time for you to go

You're not a dream
You're not an angel
You're a woman
I'm not a king,
I'm a man,
Take my hand
We'll make a space
In the lives that we planned
And here we'll stay
Until it's time for you to go
Yes, we're diff'rent worlds apart
We're not the same
We laughed and played
At the start like in a game
You could have stayed
Outside my heart
But in you came
And here you'll stay
Until it's time for you to go
Don't ask why,
Don't ask how
Don't ask forever,
Love me now
This love of mine
Had no beginning
It has no end
I was an oak,
Now I'm a willow
Now I can bend
And tho' I'll never
In my life see you again
I still stay
Until it's time for you to go


Wenn man dieses Lied auf Elvis bezieht, also ich stelle mir Elvis vor der in einer anderen Welt lebt als das Mädchen, das vielleicht eine Nacht mit ihm in Suite des Hotels verbracht hat und er singt ihr dieses bittersüße Lied...Diese meine Liebe sie hat keinen Anfang und kein Ende...Frag nicht warum...Ich bleibe hier bei Dir, bis es Zeit wird für Dich zu gehen...Das mag anders gemeint sein und interpretierbar, aber das ist das Bild was ich vor mir sehe...oh wie schön traurig...das ist Elvis pur!

And I Love You So

(words & music by Don McLean)

And I love you so,
The people ask me how,
How I've lived till now
I tell them I don't know
I guess they understand
How lonely life has been
But life began again
The day you took my hand
And yes I know how lonely life can be
Shadows follow me
The night won't set me free
But I don't let the evening get me down
Now that you're around me
And you love me too
Your thoughts are just for me
You set my spirit free
I'm happy that you do
The look at life is brief
Once the page is read
All but love is dead
This is my believe

Und hier sehe ich ihn, seine Hand mit Diamantringen hält ein Whiskeyglas..."And yeeeees I know how lonley life can be..." Ja , ich weiß wie einsam man im Leben sein kann....oh Junge, das glaube ich ihm und das ist für mich dann so authentisch und stark...unglaublich...

und es stimmt, die letzte Strophe...Das Buch des Lebens ist dünn und sind die Seiten erst gelesen, dann ist alles außer der Liebe tot, das ist mein Glaube...

Und wir sehen: Recht hat er behalten, die Liebe ist immernoch hier, das bringt mich zu einem weiteren Song:

It's Still Here

(Words & music by Ivory Joe Hunter)

The day you said we'd never part
You turned around and broke my heart
You had the nerve to tell me I would soon forget
Now you've been gone away one year
And I have not forgotten dear
The love I had for you so long
Is still here
Wow-oh
It's here, still here
Because my heart cannot believe
We're really through
And though you said we'd never part
You turned around and broke my heart
The love I had for you so long
Is still here
It's here, still here
Because my heart cannot believe
We're really through
Now you've been gone away one year
And I have not forgotten dear
The love I had for you so long
Is still here
Wow-oh
It's here, it's here, still here
Because my heart cannot believe
We're really through
And though you said we'd never part
You turned around and broke my heart
The love I had for you so long
Is still here
Wow-ow
It's here, still here
Because my heart cannot believe
We're really through
And though you said we'd never part
You turned around and broke my heart
The love I had for you so long
Is still here
Oh yeah

als letztes möchte ich noch folgendes erwähnen:

It's Diff'rent Now

(Words & music by Clive Westlake)

Look at you and tell myself
How wonderful you are
You're so different now
To me you're much more wonderful, more wonderful by far
Yes, you're different now
There's more to love than holding hands and stealing kisses
No-one else around
There's the good times and the bad
There's the ups and downs we've had
But it's different now I'm so glad I still have you
Ah
There's always something new to see
I look at you, you look at me
And we're so different now
Love gets better every day 'n in some peculiar way
It's always different now
If we ever say goodbye, you'd be lost
And so would I, what's the difference now between us
Love just for a day, and a love that's here to stay
That's the difference now, the difference now
Ah


Oh Boy, das ist starker Tobak und unheimlich schön und melancholisch...und sehr traurig....

Aber da ist auch irgendwo sehr viel Traurigkeit in mir und wenn das so schön berührt wird, wie mit dieser Musik, dann kommt amn an diese Gefühle heran. Wunderbar.

ich hätte da noch folgende Ballade, die zu meinen absoluten Lieblingssongs von Elvis gehört, allerdings in der undubbed Version ...

Make the world go away

Make the world go away
Get it off my shoulder
Say the things we used to say
And make the world, make it go away

Do you remember when you loved me
Before the world took you away
Well if you do, then forgive me
And make the world, make it go away

Make the world go away
Get it off my shoulder
Say the things we used to say
And make the world, make it go away

Now I’m sorry if I hurt you
Let me make it up to you day by day
And if you will please forgive me
And make the world, make it go away

Make the world go away
Get it off my shoulder
Say the things we used to say
And make the world, make it go away

You Asked Me To



Long ago and far away
In my old common labor shoes
I turned the world all which-a-way
Just because you asked me to

Likened to no other feel'
Summer love is simple true
There's no end to what I'd do
Just because you asked me to

Let the world call me a fool
Let it; things are right with me and you
That's all that matters and I'll do
Anything you ask me to

Knowin' how much I love you
After all I've been through
I'd turn and walk away from you
Just because you asked me to

Let the world call me a fool
Let it; things are right with me and you
That's all that matters and I'll do
Anything you ask me to

zu der Zeile brauche ich wohl nichts mehr sagen

She Thinks I Still Care


Oh just because I asked a friend about her
Just because I spoke her name somewhere
Just because I rang her number by mistake today
You know she thinks I, I still care

And just because I haunt the same old places
With a memory I will linger everywhere
Just because I'm not the happy guy I used to be
Lord, you know, she thinks I still care

Well, if she's happy thinking I still need her
Yeh, let that silly notion bring her cheer
Oh how could she ever be so foolish
Tell me where did she get, lord such an idea

Yeh, oh lord

Just because I asked a friend about her
And you know, just because I spoke her name somewhere
Just because, lord I saw her and went to pieces
Lord, you know, she thinks I, lord, still care

You know, she thinks I, I still care

Lord, she thinks I still care
Oh no she thinks I still care

Da werden Erinnerungen wach

Komisch, gerade das ist doch zuversichtlich und hat etwas versöhnliches und tröstendes, ich finde das Lied ist wunderschön, ein ganz großes Lied...davon wirst Du traurig?

Ja schon aber ich finde es trotzdem ziemlich traurig,so wie ers singt halt.Die Melodie ist halt auch nicht grad die fröhlichste

Mir fallen da noch ein:

Hurt
If (gibts nur Live!)
Always On My Mind (mein favorit!)
Separate Ways
Pieces Of My Life
My Way

usw...

was ist bitte If, ist doch ein fake oder