#My heart will go on song writer series#

Still LennonвЂ™s solo library is not without a few gems.

I guess itвЂ™s true that the children (in this case, fans) suffer the most in divorce. Meanwhile The Smart Beatle sought a nobler path and created some of the most earnest, achingly humorless songs ever put to wax.

#My heart will go on song writer series#

For The Cute Beatle this meant finding a home atop BillboardвЂ™s charts with a fun but forgettable series of silly love songs. When the Fab Four parted ways at the close of sixties, the bandвЂ™s chief frienemies John Lennon and Paul McCartney both saw their divorce as a liberation, a chance to pursue their true artistic callings. With a less gifted singer at the helm, the results would have been a strings-laden sap-fest, tailor-made for early 70вЂ™s am pop Drake takes us on a deeper journey вЂ“ one that doesnвЂ™t spare us the scenic route of his broken soul. What other songs would you add to this list? 10.В Way to Blue (Nick Drake) вЂњHave you seen the land living by the breeze?вЂќД®nglish acoustic brooder Nick Drake lived the kind of short, sad life that seemed designed to produce tear-jerking anthems, and Way to Blue brings on the waterworks like no other in his tragically slim body of work. Here are my top 10 sad songs that make you cry.

And I am secure enough in my manhood to publicly acknowledge that the following sad songs can make me sob like a jilted prom queen (but, you know, a manly prom queen).

A tough-as-nails manly man who lifts weights and watches Sportcenter and kills spiders with my bare hands вЂ“ unless, of course, IвЂ™ve just gotten my nails done.