Favorite sad songs?

[DeeGeMe]

A friend of mine once commented that any Sarah MacLachlan album should be renamed to "Songs to kill yourself by". He's kind of right. I love her but she's not the most upbeat of artist's!

[cliffdweller]

Ooooh, cool topic.

My choices are:

Belladonna, OTR, HSML, and Beauty and the Beast: (the tragedy just under the surface kills me.) There are tears under the triumph.

IKINW, SMAP, WATL, and TSYHA: (reasons--see above)

"Storms": (God, this song was painful to hear the first time through. I teared up, it is SOOOO emotional.)

"Beautiful Child"--The line, "...even if I never hold you...again" always gets me.

"Songbird"

And the Non-F.M. choices:

"Heart Like a Wheel": Linda Ronstadt

"I Believe in You", and "Birds": Neil Young

"The Loneliest Guy," "Rock and Roll Suicide", and "Five Years": David Bowie

Most things by Cat Power

"Blue," "Let the Wind Carry Me," and "Down to You": Joni Mitchell

"Wise Up": Aimee Mann

"Lonely Sinking Feeling", "Bea's Song (River Song Trilogy: Part II)," and "I'm so Lonesome I Could Cry": Cowboy Junkies

"All I Left Behind," and "Red Dirt Girl": Emmylou Harris

"Alone": Heart

"Sad Lisa" and "Wild World": Cat Stevens

"Kathy's Song": Simon and Garfunkle

"Suzanne": Judy Collins' version

"Two Women": The Angels of Light

All of Bruce Springsteen's album "Nebraska"





I think this list could go on and on which makes me realize that I mainly like sad songs! This is depressing...

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by hayley

Slip-Away-David Bowie
High and Dry- Radiohead
The Horses- Rickie Lee Jones

These are great choices!!

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

I'm not a fan of his but 'Dance With My Father' by Luther Vandross chokes me up everytime I hear it


Others I can think of off the top of my head are

Goodbye My Friend - Linda Ronstadt
Flesh and Blood - Wilson Phillips


Pip

[Johnny Stew]

Also, add George Michael's "Jesus To A Child" to the list.

[heyjupiter678]

These are the songs on my "sad song" playlist in iTunes:

Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
Trouble - Coldplay
Birds - Jann Arden
Hey Jupiter - Tori Amos
These Arms of Mine - Otis Redding
Here Comes the Flood - Peter Gabriel
Sign on the Door - Edwin McCain
Let it Roll - Train
Top of the World - Patty Griffin
Hold On -Sarah McLachlan
A Long December - Counting Crows
Oh My Sweet Carolina - Ryan Adams
Comfortable - John Mayer
Guess I'm Doin' Fine - Beck
Let Go - Allison Moorer
Memories - Ryan Adams
I've Been Loving You Too Long - Otis Redding
Mark My Word - Allison Moorer
Hanging By a Thread - Jann Arden
Lost Cause - Beck
Wild Horses - The Sundays
Famous Blue Raincoat - Tori Amos
Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye - Black Crowes
Lenny - John Mayer

And not on my list, but one of the saddest songs ever : Back When We Were Beautiful, by Matraca Berg.

[DrummerDeanna]

Originally Posted by DeeGeMe

A friend of mine once commented that any Sarah MacLachlan album should be renamed to "Songs to kill yourself by". He's kind of right. I love her but she's not the most upbeat of artist's!

omg...so true! But I love her...so a lot of my favorite sad songs come from her....but my favorite favorite is probably Full of Grace...

[amber]

There's this one that Linda Ronstadt did...It's probably called love something, but the chorus is: And I think i'm, gonna love you, for a long, long, tiiiiiiiiiime...Yes I've done, EVERY THING I KNOW...TO TRY AND MAKE YOU MINE!! And I think i'm, gonna love you...for a long, long, tiiiiiime...
Amber

[amber]

Originally Posted by Gypsy-Rhiannon

Goodbye My Friend - Linda Ronstadt
Flesh and Blood - Wilson Phillips


Pip

Wait, is that the same one i'm talking about? Goodbye my friend?
Hi, Pip!
AMber

[heyjupiter678]

Originally Posted by amber

There's this one that Linda Ronstadt did...It's probably called love something, but the chorus is: And I think i'm, gonna love you, for a long, long, tiiiiiiiiiime...Yes I've done, EVERY THING I KNOW...TO TRY AND MAKE YOU MINE!! And I think i'm, gonna love you...for a long, long, tiiiiiime...
Amber

That's a great song. I believe it's called "Long, Long Time."

[amber]

Originally Posted by heyjupiter678

That's a great song. I believe it's called "Long, Long Time."

Ah, yes, that sounds right. Thank you! Isn't it, though? And it's such a joy to sing...especially when you're sad!
AMber

[DeadliestPoison]

Originally Posted by dissention

Did you pick up the limited edition of Lost In Space? It's the next best thing to a new album because it has an extra disc of live songs, b-sides, and unreleased tracks. Truly fantastic set, IMO.

How good is Aimee? I'm interested. All I've really heard from her are a couple of 'Til Tuesday songs and "Pavlov's Bell," which I LOVELOVELOVE.

Anyway, sad songs!
Nelly Furtado - Scared Of You
Nelly Furtado - Onde Estas (It sorta makes me sad)
Angie Hart - Blue
Spice Girls - Viva Forever (shut up -_-)
Moby - Porcelain (*I* think it's sad)
Poe - If You Were Here
Geri Halliwell - Walk Away (once again, shutchomouf)
Melanie C - Why
Blondie - Fade Away & Radiate

[Johnny Stew]

Sheesh, how could I forget to mention my favorite Madonna song?

"This Used To Be My Playground."

[estranged4life]

A couple come to mind:

"Estranged" by Guns N Roses
"My Immortal" by Evanescence

These songs were hard on me this past winter when Deb was critically ill...

Brian j.

[DrummerDeanna]

Kathy Matea - Where've you Been? -- Such a sad song - about the couple and one ends up with alzheimer's or something...so sad.

Madonna - Take a Bow, This Used to by my Playground

Carole King - Now and Forever (hmm...also from A League of Their Own)

Heart - Alone

From Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Origin of Love