Top 5 songs about death...

Ok, I'm stealing this from the movie High Fidelity but my immediate response to the scene was 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (it didn't come in till like #4 with them)... Not to mention, at 43 I'm kinda pissed I even heard the lyrics to "tell Laura I love her", I should have been spared that as a child. Not to mention the movies 'Threads and Das Boot' along with the accompanying tests my Dad made us take, but hey we deal with the cards we've been dealt.

I've come to replace my #1 with "Life fades away" but that's me.

All of the songs mentioned in the movie were old, are there any new ones that should be in the top 5 or even top 20?

Back to the Edmund Fitzgerald... I think this is the best lyric.

"When suppertime came the old cook came on deck sayin'.
Fellas, it's too rough t'feed ya."
At seven P.M. a main hatchway caved in; he said,"
Fellas, it's bin good t'know ya!"

The only one I can think of right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwyg2YpxdrE

"Don't fear the Reaper"

I Googled the top ten saddest songs once. After 10 minutes on Youtube I was thinking, "Why in the world did I want to know this again?"
I never would have heard of the song Concrete Angel had I not been bored online that day.

Bloodrock - D.O.A

Aphrodite's Child - 666

Jim Carroll - People who Died

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Originally Posted by Ah Pook

The only one I can think of right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwyg2YpxdrE

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Thanks, i was typing while you were posting. Nice to see i'm not the only one who remembers that song, or album

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Originally Posted by Ah Pook

The only one I can think of right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwyg2YpxdrE

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Pretty hard core, never heard it before. I think if you'd ever been in that situation it would take on a lot more meaning.

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Originally Posted by Irving

I Googled the top ten saddest songs once. After 10 minutes on Youtube I was thinking, "Why in the world did I want to know this again?"
I never would have heard of the song Concrete Angel had I not been bored online that day.

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Hey, I'm only here to help. It's going to take me a few min to listen and respond appropriately. Any post like this deserves a real response, like it, love it or hate it, it will be from the heart.

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Originally Posted by th3w01f

Pretty hard core, never heard it before. I think if you'd ever been in that situation it would take on a lot more meaning.

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If you weren't listening to fm radio in 71. you probably didn't.

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Originally Posted by jim

If you weren't listening to fm radio in 71. you probably didn't.

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I'm sure I was, second hand (you know that shit can kill) but it was probably Dancing Queen, Abba and some Kiss. Took till 74' before I got to heard this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A