Sad Song Podcast-Annika Allen

This is a podcast episode about sad folk songs and other sad songs. The host, Annika Allen, believes that sad music can be calming and wants listeners to enjoy the playlist she has created. She features songs like "The Weight" by The Band, "The View Between Villages" by Noah Kahn, "Jersey on the Wall, I'm Just Asking" by Tenille Towns, "Love in the Dark" by Adele, and "That's On Me" by Ed Sheeran. The host also recommends checking out Noah Kahn's live performances and mentions her favorite country artist, Tenille Towns, who made songs based on people's stories. Baby, lock the door and turn on Sound Bricks Radio. Yeah! Alright guys, welcome back to Sound Bricks Radio. This is Annika Allen, your favorite American Girl host, and this week we now officially have a title for this podcast. The title is Expanding Your Music Taste, since each week is a genre of my choice, since I do believe that I listen to almost every single genre that there is. So this week we are doing sad folk songs, sad regular songs, just something that feels like you're listening to the rain and you want songs to reflect your feelings. And you do not have to be sad to listen to this podcast this week. It is just to put myself in the mood, since it is going to be very rainy these next couple days in Prague. And honestly, sometimes sad music is just very calming. And so I do think that you guys should have this podcast a listen and enjoy. First up we have The Weight by The Band, which I think is a very iconic name, to be honest with you. Please enjoy. The Weight by The Band He just grinned and shook my hand, I know was all he said Take a load off Sandy Take a load for free Take a load off Sandy And you put the load right on me Picked up my bag I went looking for a place to hide Then I saw Carmen in the temple Walking side to side I said, hey Carmen Come on, let's go downtown She said, I gotta go But my friend is still around Take a load off Sandy Take a load for free Take a load off Sandy And you put the load right on me Go down Miss Moses There's nothing you can say It's just old Luke and Luke Waiting on the judge for days Well Luke, my friend What about young Annalie? He said, do me a favor, son Won't you stay and keep Annalie company? Take a load off Sandy Take a load for free Take a load for free Take a load off Sandy And you put the load right on me Crazy Chester followed me And he cussed me and he bawled He said, I will take your ass And you take Jack my dog I said, wait a minute, Chester You know I'm a beautiful man He said, that's okay, boy Won't you see me when you can? Take a load off Sandy Take a load for free Take a load off Sandy And you put the load right on me Get your cannonball Now to take me down the line My bag is sinking low And I do believe it's time Get back to Miss Sandy You know she's the only one Who sent me here With her regards for everyone Take a load off Sandy Take a load for free Take a load off Sandy And you put the load right on me Take a load off Sandy And you put the load right on me Dreamcatcher in the rearview mirror Hasn't caught a thing yet Don't need that little souvenir Of anything worth trying To stay out of your nightmare See, I wasn't in a dream last night Always end up dying You said, the cars in the corners are dead The cars in the corners are dead Always managed to move in Right next to the cemetery And never far from the hospital I don't know what that tells you about me Fallen thorns out of my soul Work a midnight surgery When you cut a hole into my skull Do you hate what you do? See, like I do Always managed to move in Right next to the cemetery And never far from the hospital I don't know what that tells you about me Fallen thorns out of my soul Alright, another more popular folk singer of today is called Noah Kahn. And he is currently on tour, so I recommend if you ever swoop by our city to go enjoy his music. But he has a really great song called The View Between Villages, and I hope you guys like it as much as I do. The View Between Villages Air in my lungs till the road begins As the last of the bugs leave their homes again And I'm a split in the road down the middle For a bit at the wall seems so simple Feel the rush of my blood, I'm seventeen again I am not scared of death, I've got dreams again It's just me and the curves of the valley And there is meaning on earth, I am happy Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh The View Between Villages Passed out at Brook Road, I'm over the bridge A minute from home, but I feel so far from it The death of my dog, the threat to my skin It's all washing over me, I'm angry again The things that I loved years before I knew They are things that I'll never allow to do Cars in reverse, I'm gripping the wheel I'm back between villages, and everything's still The View Between Villages Maybe I've said a thousand things before I've fallen in and out of love I couldn't walk but tried to run At night the weight of expectation seems to keep me up A thousand times I've said too much Always second guess before I jump I gave my all but not enough And with the weight of expectation I'll be sleeping rough How come I'm the only one who ever seems to get in my way? Lately I've been fucking up a good thing Any chance I can get Somebody to lead, oh, somebody to hold It's just another to lead, oh, before I let go At night I try to be lonely, solely Everything I tried to destroy Maybe I'm better off on my own A thousand times I've heard the same Over two million voices in my head Let me assure you that my mind's in chains I just can't put my faith in something we might live to repeat How come I'm the only one who ever seems to get in my way? Lately I've been fucking up a good thing Any chance I can get Somebody to lead, oh, somebody to hold It's just another to lead, oh, before I let go At night I try to be lonely, solely Everything I tried to destroy Maybe I'm better off on my own Everything that I tried to destroy Maybe I'm better off on my own Everything that I tried to destroy Maybe I'm better off on my own How come I'm the only one who ever seems to get in my way? Lately I've been fucking up a good thing Any chance I can get Somebody to lead, oh, somebody to hold It's just another to lead, oh, before I let go At night I try to be lonely, solely Everything I tried to destroy Maybe I'm better off on my own So my favorite artist in the world happens to be a country artist that also dabbles in sad songs. She has an album called The Lemonade Stand where people texted in their stories and she made songs about them. So this is Tenille Towns with her song, Jersey on the Wall, I'm Just Asking, which always makes me cry. So I hope you guys like it. Tenille Towns There's a jersey on the wall in a high school gym in my hometown In the corner by the school board where the bleacher seats go down 27 to the Tigers, to the finals that year But that's not why it's hanging there If I ever get to heaven, oh, I got a long list of questions How do you make a snowflake? Are you angry when the earth quakes? How does the sky change in a minute? How do you keep this figure out to finish? And why can't you stop this car from crashing? Forgive me, I'm just asking Tenille Towns I bet somewhere there's a yearbook in a box under a bed With a senior picture missing and love and memory instead Somewhere there's a mother and two disciples in a church And you can't quit making sense down here on earth If I ever get to heaven, oh, I got a long list of questions How do you make a snowflake? Are you angry when the earth quakes? How does the sky change in a minute? How do you keep this figure out to finish? Why couldn't you stop that car from crashing? Forgive me, I'm just asking Oh, I'm just saying You don't have to answer now, oh, but someday If I ever get to heaven, oh, I got a long list of questions Like how do you make a snowflake? Are you angry when the earth quakes? How does the sky change in a minute? How do you keep this figure out to finish? If you got your hands on everything that happens Why couldn't you stop that car from crashing? Forgive me, I'm just asking I'm just asking The all-famous Adele just somehow always specializes in sad songs that hit deep in the soul. This is her song, Love in the Dark. Take your eyes off of me so I can leave I'm far too ashamed to do this with you watching me This is never ending, we have been here before But I can't stay this time cause I don't love you anymore Please stay where you are, don't come any closer Don't try to change my mind, I'm being cruel to be kind I can't love you enough It feels like we're all apart There's so much space between us Baby, we're always the same You have given me something that I can't live without You mustn't underestimate that when you are in doubt But I don't want to carry on like everything is fine The longer we ignore it all, the more that we will fight Please don't fall apart, I can't face your breaking heart I'm trying to be brave, stop asking me to stay I can't love you in the dark It feels like we're all apart There's so much space between us Baby, we're always the same Everything changes We're not the only ones, I don't regret a thing Every word I've said, you know I'll always mean It is the world to me, that you are in my life But I want to live and not to survive I can't love you in the dark It feels like we're all apart There's so much space between us Baby, we're always the same Everything changes I don't think you can save me Ed Sheeran recently released his new album Autumn Variations Perfect for the autumn season And so his song is called That's On Me Enjoy Is this just getting older? I can't get away from this rain I'm starting to think that it's me And I want to just create things But the longer it takes, I feel drained Can't remember the day I've been sober Not in a place to take blame Any more weight I might break Tell me, do you feel the same? Guess we all go the same way I'm in a bit of a mess here Count to ten and hope to disappear I never did my homework Could I have been more than this? Finding a way to exist Within a world with no risk Forcing a shoot that won't fit I spent most of day stolen Making excuses for it Saying it helps to write this But on the real, I'm tight-lipped Shooting a shot that I'll miss And it's so far from me Why the hell am I still here? This is not the end of our lives This is just a bump in the road I know that it will be alright If it's nothing, we're stuck, aren't we? I can't help myself but cry Every time that I realize Maybe I'll never find my smile But who's to blame? Well, that's on me Well, that's on me Well, that's on me Now that the weather is colder Nothing is marking this pain The summer was here but won't stay We are inside like all day Regretting the things that we've said And it takes a toll, yeah The conversation won't end Being a rock for your friends Cracks on the surface don't mend We only break, we don't bend And you think you're put so clear But I can't see nothing but the fear I'm feeling so clueless Taking a sigh that won't do Might as well open up too Look at myself in my room Hoping that this will end soon And no one will notice Well, I won't put myself through Cause they will hate themselves too Isn't it mad what we do? Pretending to win but just lose And it's so far from this Why the hell am I still here? This is not the end of our lives This is just a bump in the road I know that it will be alright If it's nothing, we're stuck on things I can't help myself but cry Every time that I realize Maybe I'll never find my smile But who's to blame? Well, that's on me Well, that's on me Well, that's on me Too many things on my mind Process from it to life And some days I lose my drive And some can't control the fire I'm aware that things take time But I'm not a patient guy Maybe if I wait, I'll find Resemblance to peace of mind This is just getting older Running away from my past Knowing the calm, it won't last Being a mouse in this grass Feeding the snakes behind us And I'm searching for closure But nothing is healing these scars When I open up, they just laugh Saying if they had just hearts Then nothing would ever be dark Is it new me, new you? Or just the same old blue skin? This is not the end of our lives This is just a bump in the road I know that it will be alright If it's nothing, we're stuck on things I can't help myself but cry Every time that I realize Maybe I'll never find my son But who's to say, well, that's on me Well, that's on me Well, that's on me Well, that's on me Well, that's on me Well, that's on me If I could get this all back I would be home in the morning I'd wake up in a cold sweat Take the flight back to the city I was born And I would wipe myself clean Of what I knew was unimportant I'd want typical things I'd try to put back into all my old clothing And I would put myself off at all Alone, the problem was me Leave all my bitterness gone Maybe I'd be I'd walk back home forever I'd feed the dogs And I'd put all my pieces back together Where they belong And I'll say I'm a mess I'm a mess, oh God, I'm a mess And I'll take 89 to Boston To see my love And I'll help her set up her new apartment And don't get drunk, please just say Shit, you're a mess You're a mess, good God, you're a mess Oh, you're a mess You're a mess, good God So I paid off my debts But I found the world boring So I call my old friends But they only ever ask me how it's going And there's still weight on my back I just try to ignore it I guess the stage was my mask I forgot the way I looked before I wore it And I would put myself off at all Alone, the problem was me Leave all my bitterness gone Maybe I'd be I'd walk back home forever I'd feed the dogs And I'd put all my pieces back together Where they belong And I'll say I'm a mess I'm a mess, oh God, I'm a mess And I'll take 89 to Boston To see my love And I'll help her set up her new apartment And don't get drunk, please just say Shit, you're a mess You're a mess, good God, you're a mess Oh, you're a mess You're a mess, good God I left my house at home Now I find comfort in the cold I'd walk back home forever I'd feed the dogs And I'd put all my pieces back together Where they belong And I'll say I'm a mess I'm a mess, oh God, I'm a mess And I'll take 89 to Boston To see my love And I'll help her set up her new apartment And don't get drunk, please just say Shit, you're a mess You're a mess, good God, you're a mess Oh, you're a mess You're a mess, good God Alright, going for a more calm jazz feel This is You Are Not Alone by Mavis Staples Enjoy You're not alone I'm with you I'm calling you too What's that song? Can't beat the song By two A broken home A broken heart Isolated and afraid Open up this array I wanna get it through to you You're not alone You're not alone You're not alone Every night I stand in your place Every tear On every face It's the same A broken dream A broken heart Isolated and afraid Open up this array I wanna get it through to you You're not alone You're not alone An open hand An open heart There's no need to be afraid Open up this array I wanna get it through to you You're not alone I wanna get it through to you You're not alone I wanna get it through to you You're not alone Alright, here is a sad one by probably the most famous pop star in the entire world right now, Killer Swift And this is her song, The Archer. Enjoy Combat I'm ready for combat I say I don't want that What if I do? A cruelty A wind in a movie I've got hundreds thrown out Each as I almost said to you Easy they come Easy they go I jump from the train I ride off alone I never grew up It's getting so old Help me hold on to you I've been the archer I've been the prey Who could ever meet me, darling? And who could save me? Dark days I search for your dark days So late on my bed, bed, bed I hear And I cry My nose is beside my face And I hate my reflection If you need Awake in the night I pace like a ghost The room is on fire Invisible snow And all of my heroes die all alone Help me hold on to you I've been the archer I've been the prey Screaming, who could ever leave me, darling? And who could save me? I see right through me They see right through me They see right through me They see right through me Can you see right through me? They see right through me They see right through me I see right through me I see right through me All the kings of you All the kings that Could have put me together again And all of my enemies Started out friends Help me hold on to you I've been the archer I've been the prey Who could ever leave me, darling? And who could save me? And who could save me? And who could save me? And who could save me? And who could save me? And who could save me? Help me There is no way There is no way And sometimes you just feel like you're stuck on the page. Enjoy. I'm a half-read story I was fine on the shelf Why did you take me down? If I needed your help No prior warning No one to catch when I fell Now that you're not around I'm not doing so well Do I look like a monster Underneath all my skin? I wanna cut all this open Till I'm feeling something And I'm chasing the cracks So I can let the light in I'm in love with the ghost of you Better luck next game There's nothing left for me Why am I constantly searching? Feeling unsettled Living in hell Pretending it's heaven Hesitant Maybe I'm destined to be Always lonely, alone, a loser, pathetic Maybe tomorrow will be better But I'm stuck on the page But I'm stuck on the page But I'm stuck on the page I'm a half-read story Better off in the fire Now I feel like the fool Haunted by desire For a moment of glory I would risk all I am I look at what we had And I don't understand Do I look like a monster Underneath all my skin? I wanna cut all this open Till I'm feeling something And I'm chasing the cracks So I can let the light in I'm in love with the ghost of you Better luck next game There's nothing left for me Why am I constantly searching? Feeling unsettled Living in hell Pretending it's heaven Hesitant Maybe I'm destined to be Always lonely, alone, a loser, pathetic Maybe tomorrow will be better But I'm stuck on the page But I'm stuck on the page But I'm stuck on the page But I'm stuck on the page So please enjoy February And the flowers haven't even wilted It's crazy how fast you tilted The world that we were busy building Mid-November And I'm sipping on a half-cold coffee Staring at a girl who's not me On your arm, a carbon copy Feels like we have matching wounds But mine's still black and bruised And yours is perfectly fine Now it feels like we buried alive Something that never dies You got it When I found out You love It's all If you even doubt it on your list You love It's all You already found someone to miss While I'm still standing at The exit While I'm still standing at The exit I can't hate you Forgetting everything we wanted I just thought that I would be a part of it I was moving into your apartment When your semester board sheet From your hometown You hate to eat from Where you live now It's impossible to understand How you're not coming back But I can't say it out loud You love It's all If you even doubt it on your list You love It's all You already found someone to miss While I'm still standing at The exit While I'm still standing at The exit It feels like we had matching wounds But mine's still black and bruised And yours is perfectly fine It feels like we buried alive Something that never died So it's fine But when I found out You love It's all If you even doubt it on your list You love It's all You already found someone to miss You love It's all You already found someone to miss Alright, this song has a more simple prompt to it But basically, we can't all be the prom queen It does have depth to it that I personally really enjoy So this is Prom Queen by Katie Turner Enjoy I'm a nice bird There's so much more that your eyes can't see Two girls walk into a party The one who gets noticed isn't me I'm holding on But barely placed by teenage popularity It's a terrible feeling Being the ghost on the wall that's always disappearing Cause I wanna be somebody to someone But it all is starting to blur like a dream Burn the sash and smash the tiara No, that's not me I'll never be prom queen I'm a wanderer I weave my way by dancing In hopes that the cool kids will ask me to stay I'm invisible to bright lights Just standing on the sidelines Waiting for a standing ovation that I know just isn't mine Cause I wanna be somebody to someone But it all is starting to blur like a dream Burn the sash and smash the tiara No, that's not me I'll never be prom queen No, that's not me I'll never be prom queen It's okay, it's okay I'll convince myself it's overrated anyway It's okay, it's alright The jealousy in my bones won't rattle tonight It's okay, it's okay I'll convince myself it's overrated anyway It's okay, it's alright The jealousy in my bones won't rattle tonight Cause I wanna be somebody to someone But it all is starting to blur like a dream Like a dream Burn the sash and smash the tiara No, that's not me I'll never be prom queen No, that's not me I'll never be prom queen No, that's not me I'll never be prom queen In any way that you guys can think of, there is no story to it It's just that something, someone, somewhere Was bigger than someone's whole sky And that's all that matters And I personally have love for this song Cause I lost something right as it came out And so I hope you guys like it as much as I do And I like this song a whole lot So please enjoy No words appear before me in the aftermath Thoughts stream out my eyes and into my ears Every single thing I touch becomes sick with sadness Cause it's all over now, all out to sea Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye You were bigger than the whole sky You were more than just a short time I've got a lot to talk about I've got a lot to live without I'll never go to meet What could've been, would've been What should've been you What could've been, would've been you What could've been, would've been you Did some birds laugh at things over in Asia? Did some forts take you because I didn't pray? Every single thing to come has turned into ashes Cause it's all over, not meant to be So I'll say words I don't believe Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye You were bigger than the whole sky You were more than just a short time I've got a lot to talk about I've got a lot to live without I'll never go to meet What could've been, would've been What should've been you What could've been, would've been What should've been you Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye You were bigger than the whole sky You were more than just a short time I've got a lot to pine about I've got a lot to live without I'll never go to meet What could've been, would've been What should've been you Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye You were bigger than the whole sky You were more than just a short time I've got a lot to pine about I'll never go to meet What could've been, would've been What should've been you What could've been you Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye Thank you for watching! 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