The Sad Café
E844397
"The Sad Café" is a reflective, melancholic song co-written by J.D. Souther and recorded by the Eagles, noted for its themes of nostalgia and lost camaraderie.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Sad Café canonical | 2 |
| The Sad Cafe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10144460 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Sad Café Context triple: [J.D. Souther, coWroteSong, The Sad Café]
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A.
The Ballad of the Sad Café
The Ballad of the Sad Café is a Southern Gothic novella by Carson McCullers that explores themes of unrequited love, isolation, and the complexities of human relationships in a small Georgia mill town.
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B.
Le Dôme Café
Le Dôme Café is a historic Parisian café in Montparnasse, famed as a gathering place for artists, writers, and intellectuals in the early 20th century.
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C.
At the Café
"At the Café" is a political dialogue by Italian anarchist Errico Malatesta that explores and explains anarchist ideas through conversations in a café setting.
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D.
The Girl in the Café
The Girl in the Café is a 2005 British television film that blends a quiet romantic story with sharp political commentary about global poverty and the G8 summit.
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E.
The Casbah Coffee Club
The Casbah Coffee Club was an early Liverpool music venue and social club closely associated with the birth of the Merseybeat scene and the formative years of The Beatles.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Sad Café Target entity description: "The Sad Café" is a reflective, melancholic song co-written by J.D. Souther and recorded by the Eagles, noted for its themes of nostalgia and lost camaraderie.
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A.
The Ballad of the Sad Café
The Ballad of the Sad Café is a Southern Gothic novella by Carson McCullers that explores themes of unrequited love, isolation, and the complexities of human relationships in a small Georgia mill town.
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B.
Le Dôme Café
Le Dôme Café is a historic Parisian café in Montparnasse, famed as a gathering place for artists, writers, and intellectuals in the early 20th century.
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C.
At the Café
"At the Café" is a political dialogue by Italian anarchist Errico Malatesta that explores and explains anarchist ideas through conversations in a café setting.
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D.
The Girl in the Café
The Girl in the Café is a 2005 British television film that blends a quiet romantic story with sharp political commentary about global poverty and the G8 summit.
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E.
The Casbah Coffee Club
The Casbah Coffee Club was an early Liverpool music venue and social club closely associated with the birth of the Merseybeat scene and the formative years of The Beatles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| album | The Long Run ⓘ |
| artist | Eagles ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| coWriter |
Don Henley
ⓘ
Glenn Frey ⓘ J. D. Souther ⓘ
linked to:
J.D. Souther
Joe Walsh ⓘ |
| genre |
rock
ⓘ
soft rock ⓘ |
| hasBackingVocalist |
Glenn Frey
ⓘ
Timothy B. Schmit ⓘ |
| hasBassist | Timothy B. Schmit ⓘ |
| hasDrummer | Don Henley ⓘ |
| hasGuitarist |
Don Felder
ⓘ
Joe Walsh ⓘ |
| hasKeyboardist | Glenn Frey ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
melancholic tone
ⓘ
orchestral arrangement ⓘ reflective lyrics ⓘ |
| hasNotableInstrument | saxophone ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
end of an era
ⓘ
friendship ⓘ memory of a place ⓘ passing of time ⓘ |
| hasVocalist | Don Henley ⓘ |
| includedIn | Eagles live setlists (selected tours) ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | about 5 minutes 32 seconds ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | The Long Run ⓘ |
| performer | Eagles ⓘ |
| producer | Bill Szymczyk ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Eagles ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Asylum Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| side | Side two ⓘ |
| theme |
lost camaraderie
ⓘ
melancholy ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ reflection ⓘ |
| trackNumber | 10 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Sad Café Description of subject: "The Sad Café" is a reflective, melancholic song co-written by J.D. Souther and recorded by the Eagles, noted for its themes of nostalgia and lost camaraderie.
Referenced by (3)
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linked to: The Sad Café