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I lived a Norman Rockwell childhood and the song Daddy by Korn just breaks me. It's about the lead singer admitting to child sex abuse and his parents not believing him. (Despite the title, it wasn't actually his that father who abused him.)
Similarly, Names by Cat Power for the same reason. I worked in special education for students with emotional disabilities and I could seriously give the name of real kids who lived through the abuse she sings about.
Luka by Suzanne Vega was a top 40 hit in the late-1980s about a boy being beaten by his father:
Her song "Song of the Stoic" from 2014 is the sequel about the man Luka became.
Five Finger Death Punch - Wrong Side of Heaven - about veterans suffering with PTSD.
FFDP - Gone Away - A cover of the Offsopring song is the same.
youtu.be: Five Finger Death Punch - Gone Away (Official Video)
Billy Joel - Goodnight Siagon - Similar about about Vietnam. My brother was a Marine in the early-1990s and it got to me back then.
youtu.be: Billy Joel - Goodnight Saigon (Official Video)
Johnny Cash - Hurt - An old man realizing he's dying soon singing about the people he hurt as a younger man. The original song is about a drug addict apologizing to those he hurt as an addict.
youtu.be: Johnny Cash - Hurt (Official Music Video)
Maybe I'm drunk and I'm weepy, but this music sets me off.
Similarly, Names by Cat Power for the same reason. I worked in special education for students with emotional disabilities and I could seriously give the name of real kids who lived through the abuse she sings about.
Luka by Suzanne Vega was a top 40 hit in the late-1980s about a boy being beaten by his father:
Her song "Song of the Stoic" from 2014 is the sequel about the man Luka became.
Five Finger Death Punch - Wrong Side of Heaven - about veterans suffering with PTSD.
FFDP - Gone Away - A cover of the Offsopring song is the same.
youtu.be: Five Finger Death Punch - Gone Away (Official Video)
Billy Joel - Goodnight Siagon - Similar about about Vietnam. My brother was a Marine in the early-1990s and it got to me back then.
youtu.be: Billy Joel - Goodnight Saigon (Official Video)
Johnny Cash - Hurt - An old man realizing he's dying soon singing about the people he hurt as a younger man. The original song is about a drug addict apologizing to those he hurt as an addict.
youtu.be: Johnny Cash - Hurt (Official Music Video)
Maybe I'm drunk and I'm weepy, but this music sets me off.