What's Your Favorite Sad Song?
 

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?

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!!!

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!

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

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.

Agreed. I absolutely love them both.

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.

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.

Awesome
 

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

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

You have excellent taste!!! :wavey:

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

;) 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: