OT: 25 Saddest Songs

[larryfromnextdoor]

Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash.

Ring of Fire was about him getting gonorrhea, that could be sad too..

[SteveForever]

Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash.

Ring of Fire was about him getting gonorrhea, that could be sad too..

Huh? No way liar, Johnny never got that! are you kidding?

[larryfromnextdoor]

Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash.

Ring of Fire was about him getting gonorrhea, that could be sad too..

Huh? No way liar, Johnny never got that! are you kidding?

read the lyrics...

[SteveForever]

Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash.

Ring of Fire was about him getting gonorrhea, that could be sad too..

Huh? No way liar, Johnny never got that! are you kidding?

read the lyrics...

Well yuck. Oh well, still a good song.

[fredinator]

June wrote the lyrics to this song .

[Red13JoePa]

Will I See You In Heaven by Eric Clapton, written about his toddler son who fell out of a window to his death. KILLS me to hear it.

Actually it's called "Tears in Heaven" but that's one that gets to me every time too.

There's only 4 on that list that I've heard of.

Horrendous song, just Gawdawfull.
Appreciate the sentiment but it was Clapton in full shark jump sellout mode.

Jesus JoePa...Lighten up a bit! I don't particularly care for the song either. That said, it's a tough song to criticize, given why it was written! I can tell you as a father of a little boy, it's defintiely a VERY sad song...sellout mode, or not!


John from Boston

I can't. I be inclined to agree, John (Where ya been, Enigman?) but the damn thing shows up on the Rush sdtk, COMPLETELY out of context.

Incidentally, I was thinking about the harshness of my initial post on the song on the way in here and damn what that must've felt like when that accident happened. I don't know how Clapton got through that and I think it sent him spiraling into COMPLETE booze addiction which he overcame.

Personally I think some of the epic tearjerking Tomes Lar has penned in homage to our own tragic Carlittoh@@k are some of the most gutwrenching things I've ever come across.

[Red13JoePa]

DIRE STRAITS "Brothers in Arms"
HOWARD JONES - "No-one is to Blame"
FLOYYD -"A Great Day for Freedom"
SIMON & GARFUNKLE- "April Come She Will"
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN -"One Step Up"
STING - "Ghost Story", "Why Should I Cry For You"
U2 - "With or Without You

GREAT work outa you, Sev. ESPECIALLY Bros. In Arms. Why isn't Dire Straits back yet?

[SusieP]

The saddest song I can think of is one that was on the radio around 1978 by Elvis Presley - can't think of the title exactly, maybe, "I will leave you softly". The story I heard about it was that a husband was dying & he was writing this to his wife who was by his bedside sleeping..."I will leave you softly, for my heart would break, if you should wake and see me go...." I don't think I can ever listen to it again, because it always choked me up back then.

Do you mean 'Softly as I leave you' by Matt Monro?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Very-Best-Matt- ... 458&sr=1-1

Scroll down to the track listing and you can hear a short sample.

[Behshad]

Here's one of the saddest/most angry songs Ive ever heard. I think part of it is the way the guy sings it too.

http://media.putfile.com/Evergrey---whe ... ls-go-down


WHEN THE WALLS GO DOWN

Lord, if you don't help me I can't get through this.
I can't...
Lord, I'm too old for games,
Foolish wisdom...
And I'm tired of rhetoric, meaningless rhetoric that never changes things...
Lord, just help me,
Just help me...

I was feeling god's pain and I've never had anything that's been any worth to god,
In my fifty years that wasn't born in agony, never, never...
Dead empty...
And I know that sermons won't do it,
I know that revelation won't do it,
Covenant won't do it,
I know now, oh my god do I know it...

Until I'm in agony,
Until I'm in anguish over it,
I'm preaching sermons...
Oh god...

I broke down and I wept and I mourned,
Does it matter to you at all?
I can't handle this,
I can barely make it into here...

Little by little you're losing me, you're almost caught...
Love with Christ.
People I know that were my friends,
I've seen them go one by one, some of my closest friends...

You're changing from what you were,
You're changing,
Little by little somethings happening to you...
Will he bring you to your knees?
That's all the devil wants to do take the fight out of you, and kill it,
So you won't in prayer anymore,
So you won't weep before god anymore,
Go to hell,
No weeping, not another pray, it's all ruined, no nothing
This is life and death - and the walls go down and ruin sets in...

Where's the tears?
Where's the mourning?
Where's the confessing?
The love of Christ?

The agony of god's heart...
We... have sinned!

[cookieduster]

Beshad, that is very deep, it sounds like Dennis Hopper? sad, thanks for sharing that.

[*Laura]

Wow. Sad songs are my specialty. The fact that most of my compositions were depressing and mid-tempo was the cause of lots of friction in the two major bands I've been a part of. Let's see...

ALL ABOUT EVE - "Are You Lonely (live)"
TORI AMOS - "Vincent" and "Sugar"
BEATLES - "Long and Winding Road"
BEE GEES - "I Started a Joke"
BREAD - "Diary"
COUNTING CROWS - "Round Here"
CHRISTOPHER CROSS - "Swept Away (live)"
JOHN DENVER - "I'd Rather Be a Cowboy"
DIRE STRAITS - "6:15 AM", "Sands of Nevada" and "Brothers in Arms"
FLEETWOOD MAC - "Storms", "Landslide" and "Silver Springs"
PETER GABRIEL - "I Grieve" and "Party Man"
GENESIS - "Ripples", "Long Long Way to Go" and "Entangled"
DAVID GRAY - "Please Forgive Me", "As I'm Leaving" and "From Here You Can Almost See the Sea"
HALL AND OATES - "Marigold Sky"
DON HENLEY - "A Month of Sundays", "Talking to the Moon", and "The Heart of the Matter"
BRUCE HORNSBY - "The Road Not Taken", "Halcyon Days", and "Fortunate Son"
IRON & WINE - "Faded From the Winter"
JACKSON BROWNE - "The Barricades of Heaven"
BILLY JOEL - "And So It Goes" and "Downeaster Alexa"
ELTON JOHN - "Curtains", "No Valentine", and "The Ballad of the Boy in the Red Shoes"
HOWARD JONES - "No-one is to Blame"
RICHARD MARX - "Hazard", "Angelia" and
SARAH McLACHLAN - "Mary", "Good Enough" and "Adia"
JOHN MELLENCAMP - "Make Me Feel" and "Farewell, Angelia"
MIKE & THE MECHANICS - "The Living Years"
EDDIE MONEY - "Endless Nights"'
MY NEXT DILEMMA - "I Know It's Over"
DANNY O'KEEFE - "Along For the Ride"
ALAN PARSONS - "Time", "Siren Song" and "Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)"
TOM PETTY - "It'll All Work Out", "Southern Accents" and "Insider"'
PINK FLOYD - "Hey You", "The Final Cut" and "A Great Day for Freedom"
PRINCE - "Sometimes It Snows in April" and "Purple Rain"
RADIOHEAD - "Fog (Again)" "Fake Plastic Trees" and "Bullet Proof...I Wish I Was"
REM - "Leave"
LIONEL RICHIE - "Just For Now", "Tender Heart" and "Stuck On You"
ROLLING STONES - "Always Suffering", "Out of Tears" and "Coming Down Again"
SIMON AND GARFUNKEL - "A Most Peculiar Man", "April Come She Will" and "Old Friends/Bookends"
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - "Gave It a Name", "Racing in the Streets", "Stolen Car", "Loose Change", "Wreck on the Highway", "Used Cars", "Back in Your Arms", "Paradise", "Streets of Philadelphia", "Balboa Park" and "One Step Up"
CAT STEVENS - "Father and Son", "The Wind" and "Oh Very Young"
ROD STEWART - "Superstar", "The Killing of Georgie (Part I & II)" and "I Was Only Joking"
STING - "Ghost Story", "Why Should I Cry For You", "Fields of Gold" and "Shape of My Heart"
THE SUNDAYS - "Cry" and "Here's Where the Story Ends"
JAMES TAYLOR - "Baby Buffalo", "Line 'Em Up" and "The Water is Wide"
TESSER - "While I Played My Violin" and "Only Time Will Tell"
TOTO - "I Won't Hold You Back" and "Out of Love"
U2 - "Red Hill Mining Town", "One", "Running to Stand Still", "Stay (Far Away, So Close)", "Mothers of the Disappeared", "All I Want is You", "With or Without You", "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" and "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own"
TOM WAITS - "Martha"
PAUL YOUNG- "Both Sides Now"

I hope you don't have all these playing one after another in your player.Your wrists would be in danger....j/k

"Fields Of Gold" is a heartbreaker...I forgot about it.

Faith Hill has a very sad one too,it's called "Paris".Tissues needed.

"Belfast Child" (Simple Minds) also sounds like a sad song to me,but it's mixed with hope...Awesome song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFIMJxV2tjI

Same feeling I get with this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i81mDYaVXe8 - the only song I love from Spandau Ballet.

[Behshad]

Beshad, that is very deep, it sounds like Dennis Hopper? sad, thanks for sharing that.

Its the Swedish rockers Evergrey. I also have the video of this song(live) if you want it, PM me .

[squirt1]

For me it would be Freddie Mercury singing Who wants to live forever. Next would be Perry with Don't be down on me baby and finally Brad Delp singing and playing the piano on The man I'll never be.

[conversationpc]

Who Wants to Live Forever ~ Queen
Mother Love ~ Queen
Tears in Heaven ~ Eric Clapton
Ryan's Song ~ Phil Keaggy (a friend wrote this song for Phil & his wife's stillborn son. They had already had one or two other miscarriages before this).

[Melissa]

"In Loving Memory" by Alter Bridge.

[YoungJRNYfan]

I don't know if this was said, but Runaway Train was pretty sad. The video is just creepy

[Kimmy]

OMG.. That rocky song, I forgot all about it... Makes me cry everytime I hear it.

Another sad song is "Honey" by I think Bobby Gentry???

[ohsherrie]

OMG.. That rocky song, I forgot all about it... Makes me cry everytime I hear it.

Another sad song is "Honey" by I think Bobby Gentry???

That was Bobby Goldsboro Kimmy.

Here's the house where Honey stayed
Where Honey lived and Honey played
And love grew up............
.........
........................
Honey I miss you
And I'm doing good
I'd love to be with you
If only I could

Thank God that's all I remember of it at the moment. Yeah it was sad, but I got so sick of it at it's height that I couldn't stand to listen to it.

[7 Wishes]

I don't know if this was said, but Runaway Train was pretty sad. The video is just creepy

Check out Tom Petty's "Runaway TrainS". It's one of his best. It's more or less mid-tempo, with some really intense lyrics...unbelievable melody. It was written twelve years before Soul Asylum's.

...and I'm depending on time
To get you outta my mind
I guess it's one of those things
You can never explain
Like when an angel cries
Like runaway trains
Like one of those times
That's never the same
Like when something dies
Like runaway trains...

She does not understand
I'm used to being alone
And holding my own hand
I'm stronger than you know...

JoePa, Mark Knopfler has been putting out one unbelievable CD after another for the last ten years. some of the gems...

5:15 AM
A Summer Night Long Ago
The Long Road
Sands of Nevada
I'm the Fool
Irish Boy
Rudiger
Love and Happiness

I'd still love to see him team up with his little bro' again and tour as 'Straits. I've seen him a few times...the guy is vastly underrated as both a performer and a songwriter. No respect! Just like Neal. Well, no-one gets dissed as bad as Neal. The fuckin' guy is flat-out the most diversely talented axeman in history. He probably won't get the love he desrves until he's touring solo in the 2030's.

[ohsherrie]

This one is in the same vein as Honey for me. I loved it the first time I heard it then it turned to saccharine. Country music does sad and syrupy better than any other genre.


COUNTRY BUMPKIN
Recorded by CAL SMITH

HE WALKED INTO THE BAR AND PLACED HIS LANKY FRAME UPON A TALL BAR STOOL
AND WITH A LONG SOFT SOUTHERN DRAWL HE SAID I'LL TAKE A GLASS OF ANYTHING
THAT'S COOL
A BAR-ROOM GIRL WITH WISE AND KNOWING EYES SLOWLY LOOKED HIM UP AND DOWN
AND SHE THOUGHT I WONDER HOW ON EARTH THIS COUNTRY BUMPKIN FOUND HIS WAY
TO TOWN

(CHORUS 1)
SHE SAID HELLO COUNTRY BUMPKIN. HOW'S THE FROST OUT ON THE PUMPKIN
I'VE SEEN SOME SIGHTS BUT MAN YOU'RE SOMETHIN'
WHERE'D YOU COME FROM COUNTRY BUMPKIN

(VERSE 2)
IT WAS JUST A SHORT YEAR LATER, IN A SWEAT-DRENCHED BED OF JOYFUL TEARS
AND DEATH-LIKE PAIN
INTO THIS WONDROUS WORLD OF MANY WONDERS, ONE MORE WONDER CAME
THAT SAME WOMAN'S FACE WAS WRAPPED UP IN A RAPTURED LOOK OF LOVE AND
TENDERNESS
AS SHE MARVELLED AT THE SOFT AND WARM AND CUDDLY BOY-CHILD FEEDING AT HER
BREAST

(CHORUS 2)
SHE SAID SHE SAID HELLO COUNTRY BUMPKIN. FRESH AS FROST OUT ON THE
PUMPKIN
I'VE SEEN SOME SIGHTS BUT BABE YOU'RE SOMETHIN'
MAMA LOVES HER COUNTRY BUMPKIN

(VERSE 3)
FORTY YEARS OF HARD WORK LATER, IN A SIMPLE QUIET AND PEACEFUL COUNTRY
PLACE
THE HEAVY HAND OF TIME HAD NOT ERASED THE RAPTURED WONDER FROM THE
WOMAN'S FACE
SHE WAS LYING ON HER DEATH BED KNOWING FULLY WELL HER RACE WAS NEARLY RUN
BUT SHE SOFTLY SMILED AND LOOKED INTO THE SAD EYES OF HER HUSBAND AND HER
SON

(CHORUS 3)
AND SHE SAID SO LONG COUNTRY BUMPKIN. THE FROST IS GONE NOW FROM THE
PUMPKIN
I'VE SEEN SOME SIGHTS AND LIFE'S BEEN SOMETHIN'
SEE YOU LATER COUNTRY BUMPKIN

[conversationpc]

Dear John ~ Styx

[7 Wishes]

Man, you are so right...my best friend was named John...well, Jeje for short...he took his life 15 years ago, but it's very hard for me to listen to that song to this day...but it's a far better tune than 95% of those on the list. Good call.

[conversationpc]

Man, you are so right...my best friend was named John...well, Jeje for short...he took his life 15 years ago, but it's very hard for me to listen to that song to this day...but it's a far better tune than 95% of those on the list. Good call.

Much of that song is sad but the last three verses redeem it...

"There'll be a celebration
When all will be revealed
We'll have a reunion
High on a hill

Dear John, how are you
God knows it's heaven where you are
Find some peace there
May it never end

Dear John, my heart knows
We'll meet again
Dear John I'll see you....
Some day again"

On the other hand, some of the lyrics from one of my earlier selections, "Mother Love" by Queen, are the saddest lyrics I can think of...

I've walked too long in this lonely lane
I've had enough of this same old game
I'm a man of the world, you say that I'm strong
But my heart is heavy and my hope is gone
Out in the city, in the cold world outside
I don't want pity, just a safe place to hide
Mama, please, let me back inside



Very sad lyrics representative of Freddie's state of mind near the time of his death but a reminder to me that there are definitely people out there that have it worse than I do, so I consider myself extremely blessed.

[Carlitto H@kk]

One song that always chokes me up but also makes me feel good at the same time (wierd, eh?)
is Aimee Mann's "Wise Up" from the Magnolia Soundtrack...
Especially when it is played in the movie and all the "characters" are singing along.
What is it about Paul Thomas Anderson movies and the way
he always picks the perfect tunes for his movies.
Call me crazy but Boogie Nights and Magnolia are 2 of my faves all-time.
For totally different reasons, of course


WISE UP
It's not
What you thought
When you first began it
You got
What you want
Now you can hardly stand it though
By now you know
It's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
'Til you wise up.
You're sure
There's a cure
And you have finally found it
You think
One drink
Will shrink you 'til you're underground
And living down
But it's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
'Til you wise up.
Prepare a list of what you need
Before you sign away the deed
'Cause it's not going to stop
No, it's not going to stop
'Til you wise up
No, it's not going to stop
'Til you wise up
No, it's not going to stop
So just give up

[Melissa]

One song that always chokes me up but also makes me feel good at the same time (wierd, eh?)
is Aimee Mann's "Wise Up" from the Magnolia Soundtrack...
Especially when it is played in the movie and all the "characters" are singing along.
What is it about Paul Thomas Anderson movies and the way
he always picks the perfect tunes for his movies.
Call me crazy but Boogie Nights and Magnolia are 2 of my faves all-time.
For totally different reasons, of course


WISE UP
It's not
What you thought
When you first began it
You got
What you want
Now you can hardly stand it though
By now you know
It's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
'Til you wise up.
You're sure
There's a cure
And you have finally found it
You think
One drink
Will shrink you 'til you're underground
And living down
But it's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
'Til you wise up.
Prepare a list of what you need
Before you sign away the deed
'Cause it's not going to stop
No, it's not going to stop
'Til you wise up
No, it's not going to stop
'Til you wise up
No, it's not going to stop
So just give up

I like that song, it's kind of haunting, but good. I hadn't heard it until some friends of ours got married & they gave out cd's as their guest gifts, a compilation of songs that supposedly sum up their relationship, & that's on there. Not sure if that's a good or bad thing, lol.

[Red13JoePa]

I don't know if this was said, but Runaway Train was pretty sad. The video is just creepy

What, the Clapton one w/ Reg Dwight?

[YoungJRNYfan]

I don't know if this was said, but Runaway Train was pretty sad. The video is just creepy

What, the Clapton one w/ Reg Dwight?

Nah, I'm talkin' about Soul Asylum's version.

[Melissa]

Save Me- Queen

(my fav Queen song)

[Kimmy]

Thanks Oh Sherrie... I knew it was a Bobby G.. somebody.... Sad song!

[AR]

This one brings a tear to my eye.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H03PQFpwiN4