What are your Favorite songs of Regret, Desire to Change things that can't be Changed?

[FrankfurtCat]

I certainly wouldn't want to change everything, but there are some biggies I would if I could:

Eddie Money- "I Wanna Go Back"

"Could We Start Again Please"-from Jesus Christ Superstar:

[FrankfurtCat]

1. Eric Clapton-"River of Tears"

[LonePirate]

2. Sarah McLachlan - "Fallen"

[FrankfurtCat]

41. Heartbreaking and beautiful-

like so may of her songs.
I first heard her music when I was pregnant with my youngest daughter and bought the Mirrorball cd.
I actually named my daughter after my favorite song from the cd:
"Building A Mystery"

No regrets with this one!

[Skittles]

3. Willie Nelson: You Were Always On My Mind

[rug]

4. You Were Mine.

[Kennah]

5. Dirty Vegas - Days Go By

[FrankfurtCat]

10. Oww, Oww, Oww...

Wow-that is amazing

[True Dough]

26. Hadn't heard that in a long time

Thanks for the reminder!

[IcyPeas]

6. Seinabo Sey - Hard Time

[FrankfurtCat]

18. I haven't heard this before-it's haunting...

...in a wonderful way!

[mia]

7. Enya - Only Time

[panader0]

8. An old one--

[Zorro]

9. These three

[mia]

11. NEIL YOUNG - OLD MAN

[FrankfurtCat]

12. Sia- "Elastic Heart" featuring Shia LaBeouf and Maddie Ziegler

[FrankfurtCat]

13. Prince- "Purple Rain"

[BuddyCa]

14. any excuse to post this video...

[FrankfurtCat]

17. I was hoping somebody would!

[PassingFair]

15. Lenny Welsh - Since I Fell For You

[FrankfurtCat]

16. Smooth, Sweet, So Nice!

I remember my Mother playing this in the late 60's. She usually preferred Classical music, especially opera, as she was a trained opera singer. She didn't like much popular music, with the exception of The Beatles, some Elton John, and artists of the 50's and 60's similar to Lenny Welch.

He reminds me a little bit of Dak Prescott, the Dallas Cowboys' quarterback

[Swede]

19. Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust

[FrankfurtCat]

20. That's beautiful.

I never realized she and Dylan were a couple, but it makes perfect sense What a pair!

[Marthe48]

35. Just watched a bio of Dylan

I didn't realize that they were a couple.

[AtheistCrusader]

21. Beastie Boys - Sabotage

[FrankfurtCat]

22. Enuff Z'Nuff- "Fly High Michelle"

[Act_of_Reparation]

23. Happiness in Slavery

[FrankfurtCat]

24. Rage Against the Machine- "No Shelter"

[IcyPeas]

25. Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee

I'd trade all my tomorrow's for one single yesterday......

[True Dough]

27. I'll inject a little Canadiana

Aaaaaaand, back to Americana...

[FrankfurtCat]

28. Here's another great Canadian...

Gordon Lightfoot- "If You Could Read My Mind"

[True Dough]

30. Yep

No argument from me there!

[Kennah]

29. John Mellencamp - Pink Houses

[FrankfurtCat]

31. A little Roxy Music...and Bryan Ferry

Roxy Music- "A Song For Europe"

Roxy Music- Just Like You"

Bryan Ferry- "A Fool For Love"

[NNadir]

32. Bonnie Raitt's "I Can't Make You Love Me."

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[FrankfurtCat]

33. She is so talented!

Back in "89 my ex brother-in-law gave me her Nick of Time cassette. I played it constantly.
"Storm Warning" is also a favorite:

[Dulcinea]

38. Agreed!

I went to see her when she played Atlanta a couple of months ago!

[KG]

34. after all these years it still stirs memories...

[FrankfurtCat]

36. Same here...this song was playing at my daughter's Christmas dinner/party.

They were streaming music from the 70's, 80's, 90's and more recent. It was great, because the music represented the three generations there. I remember thinking how it was so nice to hear a song like this from the 70's.
Lots of good Boston songs, including this great one:

Don't Look Back

Boston – Don't Look Back Lyrics
Don't look back
A new day is breakin'
It's been too long since I felt this way
I don't mind where I get taken
The road is callin'
Today is the day

I can see
It took so long to realize
I'm much too strong
Not to compromise
Now I see what I am is holding me down
I'll turn it around

I finally see the dawn arrivin'
I see beyond the road I'm drivin'
Far away and left behind

It's a new horizon and I'm awakin' now
Oh I see myself in a brand new way
The sun is shinin'
The clouds are breakin'
Cause I can't lose now, there's no game to play

I can tell
There's no more time left to criticize
I've seen what I could not recognize
Everything in my life was leading me on
But I can be strong

I finally see the dawn arrivin'
I see beyond the road I'm drivin'
Far away and left behind
Songwriters: T. SCHOLZ

[Dulcinea]

37. Bob Seger-"Night Moves"

It reminds me of my first love.

[OrwellwasRight]

39. Joe Jackson's Home Town, a little known gem

Watch the understated but awesome guitar work by Vinnie Zummo.

Also Tom Petty's Even the Losers

And I'm surprised no one has mentioned this one yet:

[FrankfurtCat]

40. Boys of Summer has been a favorite of mine since it came out...

...and the video makes it even better.

[FrankfurtCat]

42. Here's a new one-"Go Home" by Julien Baker

[GReedDiamond]

43. From the year 1975: 10cc - I'm Not In Love...

[GReedDiamond]

44. Jeff Lynne - ELO...a band that I now almost worship..."Telephone Line"...

...followed by "I Can't Get It Out Of My Head"

[Trailrider1951]

45. Another great Canadian...

[lastlib]

46. This one:

Reminds me of a "lost love" that I almost rekindled on a New Year's Eve................. Ohhhhh--what might have been..............

[FrankfurtCat]

47. Wow...Dan Fogelberg brings back so many bittersweet memories of my teen years.

I blocked out that he had died
"The Long Way"- Dan Fogelberg

"As the Raven Flies" is another favorite:

[lastlib]

48. The 'Souvenirs' album is one of my favorite albums!

The title track almost brings me to tears!
"When faced with the past, the strongest man cries....."

[FrankfurtCat]

49. Yes-it is gorgeous.

I still have the album I bought when I was 15-just need to get a phonograph!
I tried to learn to play guitar with the songbook from "Souvenirs"-but I never got far.

[FrankfurtCat]

50. Staind- "It's Been Awhile"

[Doc_Technical]

51. Strabs- Lady Fuchsia

[FrankfurtCat]

53. "A child denied all love can't weep...

...but bravely bears her life alone..."

[FrankfurtCat]

52. The Eagles- "Heart of the Matter"

I got the call today, I didn't wanna hear
But I knew that it would come
An old true friend of ours was talkin' on the phone
She said you found someone
And I thought of all the bad luck,
And the struggles we went through
And how I lost me and you lost you
What are these voices outside love's open door
Make us throw off our contentment
And beg for something more?

I'm learning to live without you now
But I miss you sometimes
The more I know, the less I understand
All the things I thought I knew, I'm learning again
I've been trying to get down to the Heart of the Matter
But my will gets weak
And my thoughts seem to scatter
But I think it's about forgiveness
Forgiveness
Even if, even if you don't love me anymore

These times are so uncertain
There's a yearning undefined
And people filled with rage
We all need a little tenderness
How can love survive in such a graceless age
The trust and self-assurance that lead to happiness
They're the very things we kill, I guess
Pride and competition cannot fill these empty arms
And the work I put between us,
You know it doesn't keep me warm

I'm learning to live without you now
But I miss you, baby
The more I know, the less I understand
All the things I thought I figured out, I have to learn again
I've been trying to get down to the heart of the matter
But everything changes
And my friends seem to scatter
But I think it's about forgiveness
Forgiveness
Even if, even if you don't love me anymore

There are people in your life who've come and gone
They let you down, you know they hurt your pride
You better put it all behind you, baby, 'cause life goes on
You keep carrying that anger, it'll eat you up inside, baby

I've been trying to get down to the Heart of the Matter
But my will gets weak
And my thoughts seem to scatter
But I think it's about forgiveness
Forgiveness
Even if, even if you don't love me

I've been trying to get down to the Heart of the Matter
Because the flesh will get weak
And the ashes will scatter
So I'm thinking about forgiveness
Forgiveness
Even if, even if you don't love me

Forgiveness
Forgiveness
(Baby)
Forgiveness
Forgiveness
Forgiveness
Forgiveness
Even if you don't love me anymore
Forgiveness
Forgiveness
Forgiveness
Forgiveness

[Laffy Kat]

54. "Darkness, Darkness" the Youngbloods.

Ever since I experienced teenage angst. Sometimes when I'm depressed (which is not often) I listen to it over and over again. It helps me process everything.

[FrankfurtCat]

57. Great song- I agree totally with music helping to process emotions and issues!

I also like Robert Plant's version:

[OriginalGeek]

55. Cattle Decapitation - Regret and the Grave

You'll need the lyric sheet:

What is this hell?
What have you done?
Of all the things we've learned from ripping off this earth
the quantities were met and indirectly led to death
In the factories
Teeming with ripe disease
and on your bended knees you took it like a manRegret rears its despicable head
All those years of ingesting the dead
Living your life with your hands painted red
Gross remorse
In this the final hour
Now that you see what you've done
The cancelled check of life and its bitter taste of dung
The stress of consciousness
In distress and blessing yourself with death
Wolves use their cunning and stalk in the night
We use machinery to exhibit destructive might
They've only the skills adapt for taking their kill
We hide behind the steel and are slaves to our will
You, the consumer now consumed
and by your product your insides eaten
Quite ironic, don't you think?
What have we done?
We've let the foolish taint the air and land
Of all the things we've learned from ripping off this earth
Plastic and mass created sewer spewing humanure
In the factories
Teeming with ripe disease
and on your bended knees you took it like a man
Gross remorse
In this the final hour
Now that we see what we've done
The cancelled check of life and its bitter taste of dung
The stress of consciousness
Death obsessed and making a mess
Wolves use their cunning and stalk in the night
We hide like cowards, with machines to magnify our sight
They've only the skills ever evolving to kill
We hide behind the steel and are slaves to our will
You, the consumer now consumed
and by your product you will wither away
And I don't remember us starving to death
and I can't recall suffering through it all
They've shown me some things that I'll never forget
and I'll remind you when you're on your death bed
This is the grave, this is regret.
LOOK AT THIS HELL
LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE
In this the final hour
Now that you see what you've done
The cancelled check of life and its bitter taste of dung
In the factories
Amidst the rats and fleas
and on your bended knees you took it like a man

[FrankfurtCat]

56. Wow! Lots of truths packed into that song.

I'm glad I watched this during daylight hours.

[rug]

58. This is better than the original.

[FrankfurtCat]

59. It really is. Started my day off with tears and gratitude for beautiful songs,,,

,,,and the artists who sweeten our lives.

[LeftishBrit]

60. 'Yesterday' by The Beatles

[FrankfurtCat]

61. I was wondering when 'Yesterday' would appear!

I can never resist this one when I see it on a jukebox:
'Hey Jude'-The Beatles

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[BluesRunTheGame]

62. Hurray For The Riff Raff - "The New San Francisco Bay Blues"

[FrankfurtCat]

63. Carly Simon- "We're So Close"

[DFW]

64. Dreamer's Dream by the Youngbloods and Mandolin Rain by Bruce Hornsby

[Orrex]

65. Personally, I love the Dance of Despair and Disillusionment

It's my head, Schwartz. MY HEAD!

[FrankfurtCat]

66. I didn't know what you meant-looked it up on Youtube...

...I hope that wasn't a first "date"!

[Jetboy]

67. The Chantels, 'Maybe'

[FrankfurtCat]

68. Tom Petty with Stevie Nicks-"Don't Come Around Here No More"