What's Your Favorite Sad Song?

[cliffdweller]

This may be a recent topic, but I was watching that Elton John vid "I Guess That's Why They Call it The Blues" (or whatever it's really called lol!) this morning on VH-1 Classics and thinking about how sad the song and vid are and how much I used to LOVE this song when I was like 10 or so. Anyway, other sad songs I love:

"I've Been Away" by Kathleen Edwards on her new album "Back to Me" just rips my heart out. I literally tear up every time I listen to it.

I also think Neil Young has some of the saddest songs I've ever heard: Birds, I Believe in You, After the Goldrush--just to name a few.

"Blue" by Joni Mitchell gets me too.

So what are your favorite sad songs?

[all the same]

Sad music is my favorite!!!

Morrissey: I've Changed My Plea to Guilty/Will Never Marry
The Cure: Trust/The Loudest Sound
Emmylou Harris: Goodbye/Prayer in Open D
Tori Amos: Hey Jupiter/Sugar
Patty Griffin: Useless Desires/When It Don't Come Easy/Nobody's Crying
Erasure: Stay With Me
Loreena McKennitt: Dante's Prayer
Ani Difranco: Dilate
Meshelle N'Degéocello: Bitter
Peter Gabriel: I Grieve
The Smiths: Asleep
Kent: 747
Tanita Tikaram: I might Be Crying/Lovers in the City
Kate Bush: Under the Ivy/This Woman's Work
Joni Mitchell: A Case of You

I could go on!!!

[hayley]

I'll think of a million more as soon as I post this.

Why- Annie Lennox
Blue- Lucinda Williams
Here Comes the Flood- Peter Gabriel
Wise Up- Aimee Mann
Never is a Promise- Fiona Apple
Moses (& all of Living With Ghosts)- Patty Griffin
Lover, You Should've Come Over- Jeff Buckley

ETA: Yeah, okay, I'm totally down with all the same's suggestion of Kate Bush's This Woman's Work, and I'll see his I've Changed My Plea to Guilty and raise with Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me.

[all the same]

I'll think of a million more as soon as I post this.

Why- Annie Lennox
Blue- Lucinda Williams
Here Comes the Flood- Peter Gabriel
Wise Up- Aimee Mann
Never is a Promise- Fiona Apple
Moses (& all of Living With Ghosts)- Patty Griffin
Lover, You Should've Come Over- Jeff Buckley

ETA: Yeah, okay, I'm totally down with all the same's suggestion of Kate Bush's This Woman's Work, and I'll see his I've Changed My Plea to Guilty and raise with Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me.

Totally forgot about Lucinda! She has some doozies! Love her! New live record comes out in a couple of weeks I think!

[dissention]

Deathly by Aimee Mann and Only Happy When It Rains by Garbage have always been my favorites.

[hayley]

Totally forgot about Lucinda! She has some doozies! Love her! New live record comes out in a couple of weeks I think!
I LOVE Lucinda. I should've put my favorite song of all time of hers, Side of the Road. And yes, the live album is out in May. There's a great cover story on her in the new issue of Tracks.

[GardenStateGirlie]

Why- Annie Lennox
Never is a Promise- Fiona Apple

Agreed. I absolutely love them both.

[Pisces Queen]

There are several that will stop me in my tracks and break my heart;

Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphy
Beautiful Child - FM
Something I Can Never Have - Nine Inch Nails
November Rain - G&R
History Repeats Itself - A.O.S.

[WildInTheWind]

The only one I can think of right now is Fire and Rain by James Taylor. Oh...Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton) is pretty sad, too.

[wondergirl9847]

Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphy
Beautiful Child - FM

Two of my favorite songs of all time. :thumbsup:

[amber]

There are several that will stop me in my tracks and break my heart;

Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphy
.
Hey, is that the one that goes "she ran calling wiiiiiiiiiiiildfire, she ran calling wiiiiiiiiiildfire..." and it's about a horse? That song is really sad, I haven't heard it in years, though. Fire and Rain is sad, too, Becky. I always forget songs until someone else says them. Anyway, I thought of Sometimes, by No Doubt:


Sometimes sunshine
Does not want to shine on me
And sometimes I find myself blind
At first I cannot see and then I see it's me

I chose a road when I was young
In search of fun temptations won
And all my soul I did surrender
If I had a chance to go back now
Would I redeem my moral vows
Or would I repeat for my own laughter

From now on, I will behave, but in
The back of my mind, I will be enslaved
Repeat

Sometimes I hide somewhat
Like a bulb behind a shade
And sometimes I ask myself why
Is it cause the lights are too bright
Or because my eyes are closed too tight

Sometimes I find myself blind
Don't use my brain don't use my mind
Distorted feelings always leading my way
But I must forgive myself
and let the past lay down to rest
And be prepared to face myself in another day

From now on I will behave
But in the back of my mind I will be enslaved

[DrummerDeanna]

Where've you been - Kathy Mattea
I Would've Loved you Anyway - Trisha Yearwood
Storms - Stevie :D
November Rain - GnR
While My Guitar Gently Weep - Beatles
Time after Time - Cyndi Lauper

[Pisces Queen]

Two of my favorite songs of all time. :thumbsup:


You have excellent taste!!! :wavey:

[Pisces Queen]

Hey, is that the one that goes "she ran calling wiiiiiiiiiiiildfire, she ran calling wiiiiiiiiiildfire..." and it's about a horse? That song is really sad, I haven't heard it in years,


Yes, that's it. Sing it for me sister!!! :xoxo:

[bretonbanquet]

The only one I can think of right now is Fire and Rain by James Taylor.

;) Fantastic song - one of the very few that touch my icy heart :laugh:

Also:
Still In Love With You - Thin Lizzy (with that solo)
She's Gone - Black Sabbath
Caroline - Danny Kirwan :distress:

[amber]

Yes, that's it. Sing it for me sister!!! :xoxo:
:laugh:
That song really is very sad, I'm kind of glad I haven't heard it in awhile. Instant tears, really. :( It's the "watching Old Yeller" of songs....

[wondergirl9847]

You have excellent taste!!! :wavey:

Ditto!!! :D

[heyjupiter678]

Just looking through the songs on my computer:

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams
Hey Jupiter, Winter - Tori Amos
Here Comes the Flood - Peter Gabriel
Stolen Car - Bruce Springsteen
Cold, Cold Earth / Let Go - Allison Moorer
Hangin' by a Thread - Jann Arden
Long December - Counting Crows
Long Black Veil / I Still Miss Someone - Johnny Cash
Guess I'm Doin' Fine - Beck
Peter Pan / Top of the World - Patty Griffin
These Arms of Mine / I've Been Loving You Too Long - Otis Redding

[Serrart]

My Funny Valentine sung By Etta James.
Samba Em Preludio -Vinicius De Moraes
Storms
Losing my Mind sung by Barbara Cook or Ute Lemper

Then, not in order:
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - sung by Etta James or Bing Crosby
So in Love sung by K.D.Lang
Est Ce Ainsi Que Les Hommes Vivent? sung by Yves Montand
Goodbye Baby
Wise Up - Aimee Mann
The boy with the thorn in his side - The Smiths
Beautiful Child
Manha De Carnaval sung by Maria Bethania
Just some... :D

Romy

[NaiveMelody23]

Disinteregation-The Cure
Figurehead-The Cure
Mother- Tori Amos
Asleep- The Smiths
The Overload- Talking Heads
All is full of love- Death Cab for Cutie
At the Bottom of Everything- Bright Eyes


I really dont listen to music that is too sad. I am in a happy point in my life lol :wavey:

[all the same]

Just looking through the songs on my computer:

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams
Hey Jupiter, Winter - Tori Amos
Here Comes the Flood - Peter Gabriel
Stolen Car - Bruce Springsteen
Cold, Cold Earth / Let Go - Allison Moorer
Hangin' by a Thread - Jann Arden
Long December - Counting Crows
Long Black Veil / I Still Miss Someone - Johnny Cash
Guess I'm Doin' Fine - Beck
Peter Pan / Top of the World - Patty Griffin
These Arms of Mine / I've Been Loving You Too Long - Otis Redding

Awesome taste!!! I forgot about Jann Arden! She can bring anyone to tears. Hanging By a Thread kills me!!!

[CreepingDeath]

Into the West- Annie Lennox
Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd
November Rain- Guns n' Roses
Don't Cry- Guns n' Roses
Nothing Else Matters- Metallica
So Far Away- Carole King
You Can Close Your Eyes- James Taylor
Life By The Drop- Stevie Ray Vaughn
Running To Stand Still- U2
Storms
Beautiful Child
The Tower

I'm sure there's many more I'm forgetting.

[Wouter Vuijk]

No discussion: Moonshine by Free
(and many, many others)

[ontheEdgeof17]

I Wanna Know What Love Is

[GODDESS6]

Yes, that's it. Sing it for me sister!!! :xoxo:
freakin' love widfire & i live in nebraska just like in the song!!! :wavey: ~

[GODDESS6]

any1 remember "shannon" by harry gross, the 1 about the dog?, i think the rumour was it was 1 of the beach boys dogs who was swept out 2 sea~ i bought a 70"s compilation cd & this was on, i can't listen 2 it w/ out tearing up every time :distress: ~

[amber]

any1 remember "shannon" by harry gross, the 1 about the dog?, i think the rumour was it was 1 of the beach boys dogs who was swept out 2 sea~ i bought a 70"s compilation cd & this was on, i can't listen 2 it w/ out tearing up every time :distress: ~
No, thank goodness. I'd probably cry my eyes out. Swept out to sea!? That is soooo sad. :(

[xxxmx]

funny you should ask, this is my current playlist entitled "slash"

sorry so long, something for everyone...

NIN - Hurt
Jimmy Buffet - Someone I Used to Love
Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm
Morphine - The Night
Hole - Doll Parts
Pearl Jam - Long Road
Pink Floyd - High Hopes
REM - Leaving New York
Moby - Porcelain
Ani - Untouchable Face
Neil Young - Four Strong Winds
Bush - Glycerine
Candlebox - Far Behind
Chris Isaak - I Wonder
Counting Crows - Goodnight Elizabeth (live)
Evanescence - My Immortal (origins)
Fiona Apple - Sullen Girl
Gathering Field - Blue Sky Song
Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat (tori's version rocks)
Jewel - Foolish Games
Led Zeppelin - Going to California
Mike Doughty - Book of Love (Magnetic Field cover)
Moxy Fruvous - Fly
Nico - Fairest of the Seasons
Sarah Slean - I Know
Steve Poltz - One Left Shoe
The Band - It Makes No Difference
U2 - One (orchestra)

[DrummerDeanna]

OOh forgot -

Long December - Counting Crows

[dissention]

I forgot I Shall Believe by Sheryl Crow. That's a great one.

[amber]

And I forgot The Boxer by Sime and Garf. Oh, and Lather is sad to me, too.

[DrummerDeanna]

I forgot I Shall Believe by Sheryl Crow. That's a great one.

OH MY GOD!

I totally forgot about that one..it's one of my ALL-TIME FAVORITE Sheryl songs...

and therefore one of my favorite sad songs as well...

OH and I forgot:

Full of Grace - Sarah McLachlan

[GypsySorcerer]

Everybody Hurts -- REM
Tears in Heaven -- Eric Clapton
Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) -- Billy Joel
Songbird
Storms

[Merf]

Lovesong, The Cure
Lucky Ones, Bif Naked
Don't Leave the Light On Baby, Belle & Sebastian
Everything, Lifehouse
Breathing, Lifehouse
I Shall Believe, Sheryl Crow
Difficult Kind, Sheryl Crow
Home, Sheryl Crow
Love Is, Stevie Nicks
Fragile, Sting
Eden, Hooverphonic

[all the same]

I Wanna Know What Love Is
And I want you to show me!!! I wanna feel what love is!!! And I know you can show me!!!

awesome! :lol:

[all the same]

any1 remember "shannon" by harry gross, the 1 about the dog?, i think the rumour was it was 1 of the beach boys dogs who was swept out 2 sea~ i bought a 70"s compilation cd & this was on, i can't listen 2 it w/ out tearing up every time :distress: ~

I probably shouldn't even tell this story! It's a total doozy!

My friend owns a building and was showing some office space in it on the 8th floor. There's a rooftop patio just outside the office that was accessible from it. But it has no guard railings around it. Just an open area. So, this couple was viewing the space and had their cute little fluffy dog with them. They let the dog out on the patio and it got all excited and ran out onto the patio. As it reached the edge of the roof, it started putting on its breaks but was going to fast and fell off the edge to its death. My friend Blake ran down the stairs to pick up the body while the bewildered owners basically stood in absolute shock. Can you imagine? Sorry you guys. I shouldn't have even told that story. Terrible, eh? This happened like a week ago. :(

[NaiveMelody23]

Half-Jill/Half-Jack by The Dresden Dolls
Very Loud by the Shout out Louds
^^^
Omg that song is so sad, everyoen downlaod it

[ontheEdgeof17]

And I want you to show me!!! I wanna feel what love is!!! And I know you can show me!!!

awesome! :lol:


I don't really like her, but Wynonna's version is outstanding. It gives me the chills. :nod:

[all the same]

I don't really like her, but Wynonna's version is outstanding. It gives me the chills. :nod:

isn't that foreigner or something? who is the she you're talkin' about?

[ontheEdgeof17]

isn't that foreigner or something? who is the she you're talkin' about?


Foreigner was the first to do it. W. Judd remade it last year. It's powerful.

[all the same]

Foreigner was the first to do it. W. Judd remade it last year. It's powerful.

Like Robert Palmer "Powerful Stuff" kinda powerful. Or Stevie Nicks "Love is very POWERFULLLLLL!!!!" kinda powerful. God, I'm such a nerd! :D

[SuzeQuze]

Tear in your hand by Tori. It has a lot of personal significance for me and it is such a gorgeous song with incredible lyrics and atmosphere. When I saw her do this at the Wang (a theater for you pervs) it was a transporting moment. The lights were ethereal, I was so moved.

All the world just stopped now
So you say you don’t wanna stay together any more
Let me take a deep breath babe
If you need me, me and Neil’ll be hangin’ out with the Dream King

Neil says hi by the way
I don’t believe you’re leaving cause
Me and Charles Manson like the same ice cream
I think it’s that girl
And I think there’re pieces of me you’ve never seen
Maybe she’s just pieces of me you’ve never seen well

All the world is
All I am
The black of the blackest ocean
And that tear in your hand
All the world is danglin’ danglin’ danglin’ for me darlin
You don’t know the power that you have with that
Tear in your hand
That tear in your hand

Maybe I ain’t used to
Maybes smashing in a cold room
Cutting my hands up
Everytime I touch you

Maybe it’s time to wave goodbye now
Time to wave goodbye now

Caught a ride with the moon
I know I know you well
Well better than I used to
Haze all clouded up my mind
In the daze of the why it could’ve never been
So you say and I say you know you’re full of wish
And your ’baby baby baby babies’
I tell you there’s peices of me you’ve never seen
Maybe she’s just pieces of me you’ve never seen well

All the world is
All I am
The black of the blackest ocean
And that tear in your hand
All the world is danglin’ danglin’ danglin’ for me darlin’
You don’t know the power that you have with that
Tear in your hand
That tear in your hand

I just realized there are some gratuitous "wells" in this song! :laugh:

[all the same]

Tear in your hand by Tori. It has a lot of personal significance for me and it is such a gorgeous song with incredible lyrics and atmosphere. When I saw her do this at the Wang (a theater for you pervs) it was a transporting moment. The lights were ethereal, I was so moved.


I just realized there are some gratuitous "wells" in this song! :laugh:

I LOVE that song. One of my all time favorite Tori songs. And... you know I can't resist... seeing it at the Wang would just make it even better! :lol: :lol: :lol: I've only seen her once. Again, Canada gets the shaft when it comes to concerts. She only ever plays Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.

[GateandGarden]

Foreigner was the first to do it. W. Judd remade it last year. It's powerful.I'll have to look for that because I might dig it. :nod:

Sorry I Am- Ani
Untouchable Face- Ani
Both Hands- Ani
You Had Time- Ani
So What- Ani
Sweet Dreams- Patsy Cline
Farther- Third Eye Blind
Back to Good- matchbox twenty
Beautiful Child- FM
Why- FM
Down Endless Street- FM
Say Goodbye- Lindsey solo or FM
Am I the Only One?- Barenaked Ladies
Le Monde est Stone- Celine Dion
For my Broken Heart- Reba McEntire
He Wants to Get Married- Reba McEntire
You Don't Even Know Who I Am- Patty Loveless
When Your Lover Has Gone- Carly Simon or Billie Holiday
Without You- Kim Richey
Fading- Kim Richey
Sombra de ti- Shakira
Mad About You- Sting
Why Should I Cry for You?- Sting
Shoot the Moon- Norah Jones

[all the same]

jackie's strength is another really good tori song.

[heyjupiter678]

Tear in your hand by Tori. It has a lot of personal significance for me and it is such a gorgeous song with incredible lyrics and atmosphere. When I saw her do this at the Wang (a theater for you pervs) it was a transporting moment. The lights were ethereal, I was so moved. I love Tear in Your Hand so, so much. The lyrics are sad, but for some reason I never think of it as a sad song.

[SuzeQuze]

And I want you to show me!!! I wanna feel what love is!!! And I know you can show me!!!

awesome! :lol:

Totally. 'cept I always think of it as "I wanna feel what love is. I want you to feel me!" :shocked: :o :lol:

[all the same]

You Had Time- Ani


SUCH A GOOD SONG!!! Hell Yeah is another good one off that record.

[SuzeQuze]

I love Tear in Your Hand so, so much. The lyrics are sad, but for some reason I never think of it as a sad song.

It is hopeful and it does cradle you. It's not a downer so I know what you mean.

[all the same]

Totally. 'cept I always think of it as "I wanna feel what love is. I want you to feel me!" :shocked: :o :lol:

perv!!! :laugh:

[GateandGarden]

SUCH A GOOD SONG!!! Hell Yeah is another good one off that record.Totally! Those two are my faves off there, and also "Falling is Like This" and "How Have You Been." :nod:

[all the same]

She is a phenomenal song writer. She played the Calgary Folk Fest and I sorta met her... in the sense that I chased her after seeing her watching the Jane Siberry show and had her sign my Living In Clip. Pretty cool. She's tiny! Well, I'm 6'5" though. So, everyone's tiny to me!

[heyjupiter678]

jackie's strength is another really good tori song. Definitely. Tori has a lot of great sad songs. Another favorite of mine is Toast from her latest album. I've had it on repeat a lot the past few days.

[GateandGarden]

She is a phenomenal song writer. She played the Calgary Folk Fest and I sorta met her... in the sense that I chased her after seeing her watching the Jane Siberry show and had her sign my Living In Clip. Pretty cool. She's tiny! Well, I'm 6'5" though. So, everyone's tiny to me!She is really tiny. :nod: I'm totally jealous that you got to chase after her. :laugh: I've never seen her live but I plan to.

[all the same]

Definitely. Tori has a lot of great sad songs. Another favorite of mine is Toast from her latest album. I've had it on repeat a lot the past few days.

I didn't really dig the new record. Listened to it a couple of times but thought it was too light for my taste. I think she's flaked out personally. Now that she's all married with a kid, she's lost her edge. She should have done like Stevie and LIVED FOR THE ART!!!

I'll give Toast a listen. Sugar kills me. Purple People is really good too. She's got tons of great songs!!!

[all the same]

She is really tiny. :nod: I'm totally jealous that you got to chase after her. :laugh: I've never seen her live but I plan to.

You have to see her! I've seen her in Banff twice and at the Calgary Folk Fest. She's amazing live! You can tell she loves playing live. It was really cool at the Folk Fest because they have all these great singer/songwriter workshops. And Jane Siberry was hosting one and Ani was in the audience feet away from me. I was at the very front. I'm a huge Jane Siberry fan so I made a point of being there early so I could be right up close. We're talking like maybe 3 feet away from the stage. Jane invited Ani up on stage to sing The Water Is Wide with her and the rest of the people on stage. It was great. Ani was so close to me. It was crazy. A rare experience. :nod:

[GateandGarden]

You have to see her! I've seen her in Banff twice and at the Calgary Folk Fest. She's amazing live! You can tell she loves playing live. It was really cool at the Folk Fest because they have all these great singer/songwriter workshops. And Jane Siberry was hosting one and Ani was in the audience feet away from me. I was at the very front. I'm a huge Jane Siberry fan so I made a point of being there early so I could be right up close. We're talking like maybe 3 feet away from the stage. Jane invited Ani up on stage to sing The Water Is Wide with her and the rest of the people on stage. It was great. Ani was so close to me. It was crazy. A rare experience. :nod:Sounds wonderful! :thumbsup:

[Mad4stevie]

OH MY GOD!

I totally forgot about that one..it's one of my ALL-TIME FAVORITE Sheryl songs...

and therefore one of my favorite sad songs as well...

OH and I forgot:

Full of Grace - Sarah McLachlan

Full of Grace is :thumbsup: She has so many songs that are sad but hopeful at the same time.

Also . . . "That Particular Time" and "Perfect" by Alanis Morissette

"Goodbye Baby" "Storms" and "Silver Springs" by Stevie

"This Woman's Work" by Kate Bush

"True Companion" by Marc Cohn

[heyjupiter678]

I didn't really dig the new record. Listened to it a couple of times but thought it was too light for my taste. I think she's flaked out personally. Now that she's all married with a kid, she's lost her edge. She should have done like Stevie and LIVED FOR THE ART!!! Hee. It took me a few listens to get into it, but now I really love it. I agree, I think she has mellowed out a lot since she had her daughter. Did you like Scarlet's Walk?

I'll give Toast a listen. Sugar kills me. Purple People is really good too. She's got tons of great songs!!! :nod: Sugar is beautiful, and I adore Purple People. I included it a couple days ago on a mix cd of favorites.

Another one I just thought of that should've been on my list -- Northern Lad.

[all the same]

Hee. It took me a few listens to get into it, but now I really love it. I agree, I think she has mellowed out a lot since she had her daughter. Did you like Scarlet's Walk?

:nod: Sugar is beautiful, and I adore Purple People. I included it a couple days ago on a mix cd of favorites.

Another one I just thought of that should've been on my list -- Northern Lad.

Scarlet's Walk again, I couldn't get into. Too soft and sappy. Sarah McLachlan did the same thing when she his Surfacing, I think. She lost her edge.

Northern Lad!!! "First he loved my accent, how his knees could bend!" Is there a better line???!!! See, that was when she was awesome! Now she's writing soft little light songs. She doesn't bleed anymore for her songs. Know what I mean? Oh, and "when you're only wet, 'cause of the the rain". Holy crap!!! Those were the good old days. How about Siren from the Great Expectations soundtrack? One of my all time favorite Tori songs.

[BTFLCHLD]

blue turns to grey lindsey buckingham's cover

[Sugar]

More Tori...

Baker Baker

[catinthedark]

I love music that makes me ache. No angst, no pain - no love.

Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (covering Leonard Cohen)
Sanvean - Dead Can Dance
Little Sister - Concrete Blonde
Over You - Sheryl Crow (very ex-boyfriend specific)
River - Joni Mitchell
Doll Parts - Hole
Everybody Hurts - REM
Feel - Robbie Williams
Cherry Popsicle - Jann Arden
My Immortal - Evanescence

And of course,
Mistaken Love - Stevie

[amber]

Boulder to Birmingham - Emmylou
Reconsider Me - Stevie
Long, Long Time - Linda R.
It's a Heartache - BT

[GODDESS6]

I probably shouldn't even tell this story! It's a total doozy!

My friend owns a building and was showing some office space in it on the 8th floor. There's a rooftop patio just outside the office that was accessible from it. But it has no guard railings around it. Just an open area. So, this couple was viewing the space and had their cute little fluffy dog with them. They let the dog out on the patio and it got all excited and ran out onto the patio. As it reached the edge of the roof, it started putting on its breaks but was going to fast and fell off the edge to its death. My friend Blake ran down the stairs to pick up the body while the bewildered owners basically stood in absolute shock. Can you imagine? Sorry you guys. I shouldn't have even told that story. Terrible, eh? This happened like a week ago. :(
awwww how sad, i have a mini dacshund & that would just kill me :distress: ~

[face of glass]

Right now there's three that get repeated playings:

The Carpenters: "Rainy Days And Mondays"
Abba: "The Day Before You Came"
Joy Division: "The Eternal".

[cliffdweller]

Wise Up- Aimee Mann

I don't know how I forgot this one. It is very moving and very fabulous live!

[cliffdweller]

She's Gone - Black Sabbath

Ah yes. Changes is another good one although it makes me think of puberty! :laugh:

[cliffdweller]

Joy Division: "The Eternal".

Joy Division...they are masters of the sad song. I think "Don't Walk Away (in silence)" is one of the saddest songs ever written.

[eclipse]

I've gone through the previous posts and there are some listed that I also would have mentioned but when I think sad...
I think really sad like:
Taps- in a echo/foggy cemetary
Amazing Grace (probably at the same funeral)
Funeral for a Friend-Elton John

Maybe not quite as sad but thought provoking:
Weather Channel-Sheryl Crowe
The Kick Inside-Kate Bush- old tune but very poignant :shocked:
Dreams I'll Never See-Allman Brothers
Tin Pan Alley-Stevie Ray Vaughn
Angel from Montgomery-Bonnie Rait
and from our favorites:

I'll so Afraid- Lindsey-pretty deep lyrics, I think
You'll never make me cry-Christine (and I think he did)
and Stevie- although it is unrealeased-Forest of the Black Roses and /or Mistaken Love (but someone already mentioned that tune)
Any way there are some that make me feel rather sad :( :(

[face of glass]

Joy Division...they are masters of the sad song. I think "Don't Walk Away (in silence)" is one of the saddest songs ever written.
"Atmosphere", eh? ;)

[cliffdweller]

"Atmosphere", eh? ;)

Yeah, that's what I meant :laugh: They have too many songs, I can't keep 'em all straight! (ducks head in shame)....

[cliffdweller]

Emmylou Harris: Goodbye/Prayer in Open D

Good choice.

This reminds me..."All I Left Behind" by Emmylou from the Western Wall album she did with Linda Ronstadt make me cry every time I hear it.

[eclipse]

Linda R- Someone to lay down beside me- Written by Karla Bonoff but Linda does a great job of it-very sad and lonely song. Forgot about that one
~~eclipse

[all the same]

Good choice.

This reminds me..."All I Left Behind" by Emmylou from the Western Wall album she did with Linda Ronstadt make me cry every time I hear it.

Going to listen to it right now. Doesn't ring a bell, but I have that album and love it! I can't believe I can't think of the song. LOVE EMMYLOU!!!

[all the same]

How about Strong Hand by Emmylou Harris? She wrote it for Johnny Cash after June Carter Cash died. If that doesn't move you to tears, you have a heart of stone!

[TheBlueLamp]

I have heaps of favourite sad songs...my "Sad" playlist on the comp has around 250 songs, but the best (imo) are:

Faces - Blondie
English Boys - Blondie
(Can I) Find The Right Words (To Say) - Blondie
Boys In The Trees - Carly Simon
That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be - Carly Simon
In Pain - Carly Simon
Uncool - Courtney Love
We Used To - Dolly Parton
You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart - Eurythmics
Don't Ask Me Why - Eurythmics
Cup Of Coffee - Garbage
Bleed Like Me - Garbage
A Stroke Of Luck - Garbage
You Look So Fine - Garbage (I love all of their slower 'down' stuff)
Safe And Sound - Sheryl Crow ( I don't think anyone's mentioned that yet..excellent song)
Home - Sheryl Crow
Rock A Little - Stevie

[dissention]

Bleed Like Me - Garbage

Oh, yes. I got tears in my eyes when I first heard it. What a way to open it:

Avalanche is sullen and too thin
She's starves herself to rid herself of sin
And the kick it so divine when she sees bones beneath her skin
And she says "Hey, baby, can you bleed like me?
C'mon, baby, can you bleed like me?"

Oy. It's devastating.

[xdreamsunwindx]

All I listen to are either angry or sad songs, since I'm a little self-loathing emo kid like that.

The Pretenders - Kid, Back on the Chain Gang, The Losing, Chill Factor, The English Roses.. I could go on, as Chrissie Hynde's voice has this ablity to turn me into a weeping mess.
U2 - All I Want is You, Running to Stand Still, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, With Or Without You, One, MLK, etc.
Blondie - Faces, Follow Me
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss
Garbage - A Stroke of Luck, The Trick is to Keep Breathing, Medication, Cup of Coffee
No Doubt - Don't Speak, Too Late, Suspension Without Suspense, Sometimes
The Kinks - Celluloid Heroes
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
RHCP - Under the Bridge
Nirvana - All Appologies

[Pisces Queen]

Uncool - Courtney Love



Yes yes yes I adore this song ~ very sad indeed :distress:

[StevieNicksEO17]

I'll Stand By You - Pretenders

I'm listening to it now and I just thought it was sad. Not sure if anyone said it yet

[all the same]

I'll Stand By You - Pretenders

I'm listening to it now and I just thought it was sad. Not sure if anyone said it yet

Not yet! Such a sad song! I want someone to stand by me!!! Oh, wait, that's a Stevie song I just accidentally quoted. Their cover of Bob Dylan's Forever Young kills me too.

[StevieNicksEO17]

Ohhh! What about After All by Cher and Peter Cetera? I loves me this song. :)

[xdreamsunwindx]

Not yet! Such a sad song! I want someone to stand by me!!! Oh, wait, that's a Stevie song I just accidentally quoted. Their cover of Bob Dylan's Forever Young kills me too.

God, ISBY makes me weep like a little baby. As does Forever Young. Thanks for making me all emo, Chrissie. -_-

Oh! Forgot about Wise Up by Aimee Mann. So beautiful. Gah.

[GateandGarden]

Ohhh! What about After All by Cher and Peter Cetera? I loves me this song. :)Me too. :nod: :)

[GateandGarden]

"For No One"--The Beatles
Oh, that is such a tear-jerker.

[ShamHy89]

I'll Cover You (Reprise) from Rent.

Colorblind - Counting Crows

Shamus

[all the same]

All I listen to are either angry or sad songs, since I'm a little self-loathing emo kid like that.

The Pretenders - Kid, Back on the Chain Gang, The Losing, Chill Factor, The English Roses.. I could go on, as Chrissie Hynde's voice has this ablity to turn me into a weeping mess.
U2 - All I Want is You, Running to Stand Still, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, With Or Without You, One, MLK, etc.
Blondie - Faces, Follow Me
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss
Garbage - A Stroke of Luck, The Trick is to Keep Breathing, Medication, Cup of Coffee
No Doubt - Don't Speak, Too Late, Suspension Without Suspense, Sometimes
The Kinks - Celluloid Heroes
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
RHCP - Under the Bridge
Nirvana - All Appologies

Pearl Jam is touring Canada this summer. Weird, eh? Why would that be? No US dates? Too bad I don't like them! But I've got friends who are totally flipping out to see them!

[xdreamsunwindx]

Pearl Jam is touring Canada this summer. Weird, eh? Why would that be? No US dates? Too bad I don't like them! But I've got friends who are totally flipping out to see them!

Aw. Damn. My friend Nika and I are like, in love with Pearl Jam. We were gonna get floor tickets and everything. :'[

[all the same]

Aw. Damn. My friend Nika and I are like, in love with Pearl Jam. We were gonna get floor tickets and everything. :'[

Come on up then! What happened with the floor seats? You missed out on them? I missed out on Floor Seats for Willie Nelson. I hit SEARCH AGAIN!!! Like a retard! They were 4th row!!! DAMMIT!!!

[xdreamsunwindx]

Come on up then! What happened with the floor seats? You missed out on them? I missed out on Floor Seats for Willie Nelson. I hit SEARCH AGAIN!!! Like a retard! They were 4th row!!! DAMMIT!!!

Hee. Well, we were like, "If they come to the states, we're getting floor seats." We can't afford to go to Canada, as we're both 15 and poor. Heh.

[cliffdweller]

Home - Sheryl Crow

:nod: :thumbsup:

[bretonbanquet]

Prom Theme - Fountains of Wayne
These Days - Jackson Browne (or Fountains of Wayne)
I Don't Mind At All - Bourgeois Tagg

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Not sure if they have been mentioned but here are a couple that always get to me:

Dance With My Father - Luther Vandross
Flesh And Blood - Wilson Phillips

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

I forgot I Shall Believe by Sheryl Crow. That's a great one.
:nod: :nod:

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Full of Grace - Sarah McLachlan
There are plenty of Sarah ones I could mention! Including:

Answer
Angel
When She Loved Me (this had me crying during Toy Story 2! LOL!)

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Everybody Hurts -- REM

This was chosen by my cousin to be played at his funeral when he knew he was dieing of leukemia. Affects me everytime I hear it now

Pip

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Right now there's three that get repeated playings:

The Carpenters: "Rainy Days And Mondays"
Abba: "The Day Before You Came"
Joy Division: "The Eternal".
Ah... Abba... I think The Winner Takes It All has to be one of their ultimate sad songs!

I could pick plenty of Carpenters too....

[GypsySorcerer]

This was chosen by my cousin to be played at his funeral when he knew he was dieing of leukemia. Affects me everytime I hear it now

Pip

I'm sorry about your cousin, Pip. :(

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

I'm sorry about your cousin, Pip. :(
Thanks Krista. He was a true hero!

Pip

[NaiveMelody23]

Tiny Vessels- Death Cab for Cutie
Dont go Down- Elliot Smith
which remidns me that it is really sad that he passed on two years or so ago :(

[Moony]

well, this could change of course, but right now...some of these have already been said...

Hey Jupiter by Tori Amos. ( :wavey: thanks mikki )
Top of the World by Dixie Chicks
I Didn't Understand by Elliott Smith
Asleep by the Smiths
MLK by U2
Storms by Fleetwood Mac
Hurt by Johnny Cash/NIN (love both versions)
Beauty and the Beast by Stevielicious
Dear Chicago by Ryan Adams
Run by Snow Patrol
The Scientist by Coldplay
The Perfect Ending by Straylight Run
Only One by Yellowcard :o

that's all I can think of right now...

ohhh got another one:
Mad World by Tears for Fears - but covered by Gary Jules for Donnie Darko soundtrack

[NaiveMelody23]

umm

Golden Age- Beck
99 Luft Ballons- Neena(okay this song is super sad lol)
A Simple Plan- Pedro the Lion(dont know why)
1,000 Oceans- Tori Amos

[tynan88]

Ah... Abba... I think The Winner Takes It All has to be one of their ultimate sad songs!

I could pick plenty of Carpenters too....

I think One Of Us has to come close to their saddest song too, it sounds so fragile I love it, I have also been listening to Daniel, Original Sin and Candle in the Wind by Elton John lately too.

[face of glass]

Ah... Abba... I think The Winner Takes It All has to be one of their ultimate sad songs!
I think One Of Us has to come close to their saddest song too, it sounds so fragile I love it...
I agree with both of you. Both of these two songs and "The Day Before You Came" have Agnetha's singing to the maximum tear-jerking effect. :nod:

[cliffdweller]

Hurt by Johnny Cash

this songs makes me cry.

[cliffdweller]

Has anyone mentioned "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone" by Bill Withers? It's probably another title I got wrong! :laugh:

Anyway, add that to the list of sad songs.

[JazmenFlowers]

mother, may I please resurrect this old ass thread to add:

Too Much of a Good Thing by unknown artist. (EDIT: before anyone bitches at me, I'm gonna look it up.) (EDIT2: Bret Reilly)

it's on the Dumb and Dumber soundtrack (odd, I know) - but damn, it breaks my heart.

also, Everlong by Foo Fighters.

[DeadliestPoison]

oic.

Portishead - Roads
The Good Life - Inmates
Tilly & the Wall - Coughing Colors
Rilo Kiley - A Man/Me/Then Jim, American Wife
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Carousel, Rhapsody, The Last Beat Of My Heart, The Ghost In You (stfu they're ~sad~ to me)
Blondie - Rules For Living
Imogen Heap - Hide & Seek
Aimee Mann - Invisible Ink, Wise Up, just about everything else srsly
Garbage - Medication
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
Tori Amos - i i e e e
Neko Case - I Wish I Was The Moon, Knock Loud
Nelly Furtado - Try
Poe - Haunted, If You Were Here
Sia - Breathe Me
Sonic Youth - The Diamond Sea
Tom Waits - Time


w/e w/e I like sad songs. :(

[DeadliestPoison]

Oh, and at the request of Kate (and by way of my forgetting):

The Pretenders - Forever Young, Goodbye, Acoustic!Kid, Angel Of The Morning, Human, whenever Krissy does that beautiful thing with her voice, oh wait, that's all the time idk idk

[xdreamsunwindx]

Oh, and at the request of Kate (and by way of my forgetting):

The Pretenders - Forever Young, Goodbye, Acoustic!Kid, Angel Of The Morning, Human, whenever Krissy does that beautiful thing with her voice, oh wait, that's all the time idk idk

Also, you could say "Precious," because it kicks your ass so hard that it leaves a bruise.

I'll post some more later, but my favorite sad song would have to be "Lonesome Town" by Ricky Nelson. At least it is right now. Sigh.

[DeadliestPoison]

Also, you could say "Precious," because it kicks your ass so hard that it leaves a bruise.
o rly? that song succeeds more in making me want to kick ass and continue being awesome, though. thus, sad it is not.

[BlackWidow]

Storms....

[JazmenFlowers]

Imogen Heap - Hide & Seek
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
Tori Amos - i i e e e
Poe - Haunted, If You Were Here
Sia - Breathe Me

awesome choices. I love these songs.

[DavidMn]

For me, its either Alone Again Naturally by Gilbert O'Sullivan or Sad Eyes by Robert John

[rbs3676]

"The Saddest Song I've Got" ~ Annie Lennox

rbs

[carrie721]

"The Saddest Song I've Got" ~ Annie Lennox

rbs

annie lennox is so freakin' great.

my faves are storms and cyndi lauper - sally's pigeons.

[chiliD]

any1 remember "shannon" by harry gross, the 1 about the dog?, i think the rumour was it was 1 of the beach boys dogs who was swept out 2 sea~ i bought a 70"s compilation cd & this was on, i can't listen 2 it w/ out tearing up every time :distress: ~

Similar themed song:

"Thorn Tree In The Garden" - Derek & The Dominos

It's about Bobby Whitlock's puppy.

From Bobby's MySpace site:

"This song wrapped up the Layla album, many people believed that it was about a lost love, a woman...perhaps relating to Eric and Patti. It actually was about Bobby's puppy that was taken from him at The Plantation in Los Angeles, and was disposed of. The puppy was his world at that time...having just arrived in L.A. with no family Bobby got this puppy and a cat named "Peaches". There were alot of people living at the "Plantation", so he was told to get rid of the dog and cat . When he came home from delivering the cat to a home, the puppy was gone. Bobby was so torn up, rather than beat the crap out of the man, he quietly sat in his room and wrote "Thorn Tree". He played it to the man and told him that he was his "Thorn Tree in my Garden", and that everytime he heard this song that he would remember what he had done to his little dog."

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

Oh...DEFINITELY!

[BlackWidow]

For me, its either Alone Again Naturally by Gilbert O'Sullivan or Sad Eyes by Robert John

awww, Sad Eyes..turn the other way.

GOOD ONE!!