hamster Posted 5 July, 2009 Share Posted 5 July, 2009 What would you say is the saddest song, for you personally? Can name as many as you want, and no requirement to explain the significance unless you want to. Maybe someone could find and post the 'official' list from a definitive (hah) source like *Melody Maker, *TOTP Monthly or even "la la lalala Look-In". *If those magazine titles mean nothing to you, then sorry but you are too young to take part in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 5 July, 2009 Author Share Posted 5 July, 2009 Almost forgot, one of mine would be She makes My Day - Robert Palmer. From my courting days :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisobee Posted 5 July, 2009 Share Posted 5 July, 2009 Cry Boy Cry- Blue Zoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey Posted 5 July, 2009 Share Posted 5 July, 2009 Forever Autumn - Justin Hayward Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell Wonderful Life - Black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sowood Posted 5 July, 2009 Share Posted 5 July, 2009 Gone Forever - Cry Before Dawn Mike Smith used to play it on his Radio 1 breakfast show - I feel bloody old now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 5 July, 2009 Author Share Posted 5 July, 2009 Forever Autumn - Justin Hayward Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell Wonderful Life - Black Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junction 9 Posted 5 July, 2009 Share Posted 5 July, 2009 I find Wonderful life quite uplifting. Mine would be Goodbye to love by the Carpenters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 5 July, 2009 Author Share Posted 5 July, 2009 I find Wonderful life quite uplifting. Mine would be Goodbye to love by the Carpenters. Probably a couple Carpenters ones on my list, Solitaire and maybe Yseterday Once More. I once saw a Karen Carpenter tribute at the Concorde Club, very accurate potrayal, even made herself sick during the interval. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Block 5 Posted 5 July, 2009 Share Posted 5 July, 2009 Probably a couple Carpenters ones on my list, Solitaire and maybe Yseterday Once More. I once saw a Karen Carpenter tribute at the Concorde Club, very accurate potrayal, even made herself sick during the interval. You bad man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisobee Posted 6 July, 2009 Share Posted 6 July, 2009 From the Pop Culture Madness site, The Saddest Songs of All Time : http://www.popculturemadness.com/Music/Sad.html 1. He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones 2. The End of the World - Skeeter Davis 3. Last Kiss - J Frank Wilson (or Pearl Jam) 4. Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton 5. Alone Again, Naturally - Gilbert O Sullivan 6. Concrete Angel - Martina McBride 7. I'll Be There - Escape Club 8. Send In the Clowns - Judy Collins 9. The End of the Road - Boys II Men 10. Hurt So Bad - Little Anthony and the Imperials or Linda Ronstadt 11. It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday - Boyz II Men 12. Teen Angel - Mark Dinning 13. Goodbye To Love - Carpenters 14. Crying - Roy Orbison 15. Cry Me A River - Julie London 16. I'm Not In Love - 10cc 17. Two Beds and a Coffee Machine - Savage Garden 18. Epiphany - Staind 19. I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats 20. Remember (Walkin In the Sand) - Shangri-Las 21. Don't Let it End - Styx 22. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd 23. Stole - Kelly Rowland 24. How Do I Live Without You - LeeAnn Rimes 25. Hurt - Johnny Cash or Nine Inch Nails 26. Here Without You- 3 Doors Down 27. Love Hurts - Nazareth 28. Tell Laura I Love Her - Ray Peterson 29. Rainy Days and Mondays - Carpenters 30. I Will Remember You - Sarah McLachlan 31. Nobody Knows - Tony Rich Project 32. Creep - Radiohead 33. Stan - Eminem 34. Going Under - Evanesnece 35. Cat's In The Cradle - Harry Chapin 36. Low - Kelly Clarkson 37. Colorblind - Counting Crows 38. Family Portrait - Pink 39. My Immortal - Evanescence 40. You're Beautiful - James Blunt 41. I Am A Rock - Simon and Garfunkle 42. Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler 43. At Seventeen - Janis Ian 44. Mad World - Tears For Fears (or Gary Jules) 45. The Freshmen - the Verve Pipe 46. So Sick - Ne-Yo 47. All By Myself - Eric Carmen 48. Incomplete - Backstreet Boys 49. Cleaning Out My Closet - Eminem 50. Whiskey Lullaby - Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 6 July, 2009 Author Share Posted 6 July, 2009 I quite like weird songs. Dean Friedman - Lucky Stars is a fave. And don't get me started on Old Shep, what a tearjerker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 6 July, 2009 Author Share Posted 6 July, 2009 I am amazed that 'Without You - Nillssonnnn (sp) is not on that list. Comfortably Numb anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisobee Posted 6 July, 2009 Share Posted 6 July, 2009 I am amazed that 'Without You - Nillssonnnn (sp) is not on that list. Comfortably Numb anyone? Indeed and Don McLean's Vincent which I thought would be high on the list just creeps in to the full list at 74. I'm not a great fan of Pink Floyd so can't really pass comment on Comfortably Numb and if I listen to it then it might make me cry !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisobee Posted 6 July, 2009 Share Posted 6 July, 2009 Going back yonks, Tom Jones- Green Green Grass of Home was pretty sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint boggy Posted 6 July, 2009 Share Posted 6 July, 2009 (edited) Honey- Bobby Goldsboro Teddy Bear- Red Sovine Don't Cry Daddy- Elvis Presley Don McLean- Vincent Neil Diamond & Barbara Streisand -You Don't Bring Me Flowers Memories - Elaine Paige Jeez, looking at that list anyone would think i'm REALLY old!!!......LOL Edited 6 July, 2009 by saint boggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stain Posted 6 July, 2009 Share Posted 6 July, 2009 Will The Night - Low Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baj Posted 6 July, 2009 Share Posted 6 July, 2009 A few modern ones: Exit Music - Radiohead Something In The Way - Nirvana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burger Posted 6 July, 2009 Share Posted 6 July, 2009 Elvis Costello - Almost Blue ......every one a sad one. If you're not depressed before you listen to this album (is that still a word!) you will be afterwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 6 July, 2009 Author Share Posted 6 July, 2009 Squeeze - Is That Love? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 6 July, 2009 Share Posted 6 July, 2009 Smokey Robinson- The Tracks of My Tears Sugababes- About you now Lionel Richie- Say you, Say me The Moody Blues- Knights in white satin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seany S Posted 6 July, 2009 Share Posted 6 July, 2009 Lover, You Should've Come Over - Jeff Buckley Something I Can Never Have - Nine Inch Nails Highway Patrolman - Bruce Springsteen It's A Motherf_**er - Eels Gary's Song - Mark Eitzel/AMC Dead Flag Blues - Godspeed You Black Emperor Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 6 July, 2009 Author Share Posted 6 July, 2009 Song for Guy - Elton john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dark Sotonic Mills Posted 6 July, 2009 Share Posted 6 July, 2009 The Living Years - Mike and the Mechanics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff leopard Posted 6 July, 2009 Share Posted 6 July, 2009 Tindersticks - My Sister in which the narrator explains that his sister went blind at the age of 5, killed her mother and cat in a house fire at 10, became an alcoholic and fell down a well at 13, moved in with a PE teacher at 15, he then beat her up and partially paralised her at 20, and was obese, crippled and riddled with cigerette burns when she died at 32. You probably remember it from top of the pops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbul Posted 6 July, 2009 Share Posted 6 July, 2009 The Living Years - Mike and the Mechanics Oh yes.... And another, 'cos I listened to it yesterday: Lamb; Gorecki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 6 July, 2009 Share Posted 6 July, 2009 Dallabnikufesin - Anthrax :smt085 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dark Sotonic Mills Posted 6 July, 2009 Share Posted 6 July, 2009 Tindersticks - My Sister in which the narrator explains that his sister went blind at the age of 5, killed her mother and cat in a house fire at 10, became an alcoholic and fell down a well at 13, moved in with a PE teacher at 15, he then beat her up and partially paralised her at 20, and was obese, crippled and riddled with cigerette burns when she died at 32. You probably remember it from top of the pops. Yep, sure do. Pan's People did the dance for it didn't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 6 July, 2009 Share Posted 6 July, 2009 Forever Autumn - Justin Hayward Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell Wonderful Life - Black Spot on. Michael Jackson - You are not alone East 17 - Stay another day Evanescence (sp) - My Immortal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stain Posted 6 July, 2009 Share Posted 6 July, 2009 Tindersticks - My Sister in which the narrator explains that his sister went blind at the age of 5, killed her mother and cat in a house fire at 10, became an alcoholic and fell down a well at 13, moved in with a PE teacher at 15, he then beat her up and partially paralised her at 20, and was obese, crippled and riddled with cigerette burns when she died at 32. You probably remember it from top of the pops. That one always made me smile. No More Affairs was always a bit of a chilly heartbreaker though. I always assumed it was about finding out you had the AIDS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisobee Posted 6 July, 2009 Share Posted 6 July, 2009 OMD- Pandora's Box. A sad song about one of the greatest silent film stars Louise Brooks who never came to terms with her fame. Not sure the song is particularly sad especially if you pay little attention to the words as it has a fairly upbeat tempo but her story was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint lard Posted 6 July, 2009 Share Posted 6 July, 2009 Jim Steinman,Left in the dark,so damn moving imo. Floyd,Comfortably Numb,such a powerful track. Hate to admit it, but Inglesias' Hero and David Gray,This years love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton Saint Posted 6 July, 2009 Share Posted 6 July, 2009 Randy Newman - I Think It's Going to Rain Today Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit Billie Holiday - God Bless the Child Frank Sinatra - Last Night When We Were Young Frank Sinatra - Only The Lonely Peggy Lee - Is That All There Is? Richard Thompson - Never Again Louis Armstrong - Black and Blue Gustav Mahler - Wenn dein Mutterlein tritt zur Tur herein [from the Kindertotenlieder] Nick Drake - Black Eyed Dog Derek and the Dominoes [Eric Clapton] - Have You Ever Loved a Woman Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Heart Like a Wheel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Block 5 Posted 6 July, 2009 Share Posted 6 July, 2009 Curtis Mayfield - 'Freddie's Dead'. A song about drug addiction in 70s ghetto america. Cheery stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 6 July, 2009 Share Posted 6 July, 2009 Stevie Wonder - Lately Pure emotion in his voice, always get a lump in my throat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint boggy Posted 6 July, 2009 Share Posted 6 July, 2009 Spot on. Michael Jackson - You are not alone East 17 - Stay another day Evanescence (sp) - My Immortal wow, yeh Jill :smt023......that song sends shivers down my spine.....(i love pretty much all their stuff, its very powerful, but this one really does hit the spot.. another 'stirring' ,rather than 'sad', song is James Blunt , No Bravery.........:heart: oh, and just remembered a couple more... Katy Perry - Thinking Of You Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junction 9 Posted 6 July, 2009 Share Posted 6 July, 2009 Bright eyes - Art Garfunkel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints1980 Posted 6 July, 2009 Share Posted 6 July, 2009 Bright Eyes - Something Vague Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Trubble Posted 6 July, 2009 Share Posted 6 July, 2009 Forever Autumn - Justin Hayward Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell Wonderful Life - Black A couple of good choices there Harvey. Can anyone send me 'Forever Autumn' or direct me to a MP3 site that's free? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicko Posted 6 July, 2009 Share Posted 6 July, 2009 I heard Elvis Presley's version of 'bridge over troubled water' at a funeral once Moments like that stay with you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisobee Posted 6 July, 2009 Share Posted 6 July, 2009 A couple of good choices there Harvey. Can anyone send me 'Forever Autumn' or direct me to a MP3 site that's free? Not sure if this might help, I rarely download stuff from the Internet: http://find-greatdeals.com/englishmp3/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff leopard Posted 7 July, 2009 Share Posted 7 July, 2009 Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit A winner, I'd say. An unfortgettably beautiful song about lynchings in the deep south. Also, Gloomy Sunday by several artists including Billie Holiday, which soon earned the title 'the suicide song' after it was blamed for sparking a wave of suicides, including, so rumour has it, a guy who heard a busker sing it, went home and then hung himself. Takes a massive sh1t on anything by Mike and Mechanics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durleyfos Posted 7 July, 2009 Share Posted 7 July, 2009 A winner, I'd say. An unfortgettably beautiful song about lynchings in the deep south. Also, Gloomy Sunday by several artists including Billie Holiday, which soon earned the title 'the suicide song' after it was blamed for sparking a wave of suicides, including, so rumour has it, a guy who heard a busker sing it, went home and then hung himself. Takes a massive sh1t on anything by Mike and Mechanics. This was mentioned on an episode of QI, they played a bit of it, depressing stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seany S Posted 7 July, 2009 Share Posted 7 July, 2009 The Hypnotic by the Roots. Not many hip hop tunes are particularly sad, per se, however this one is a cracker. The mc tells a story about losing touch with a girl he fell for one summer but fell out of touch with when he starting going on tour. When he tries to hook up with her again after a while has passed, he finds out she is dead. Blinding production on the track too, trippy beat with some awesome layered D'Angelo harmonies over the top. Sounds like a perfect chilled summer joint save for the depressing subject matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stain Posted 7 July, 2009 Share Posted 7 July, 2009 This was mentioned on an episode of QI, they played a bit of it, depressing stuff. It also features in Schindler's Ark, the book that the 'List' film was based on. A Jewish musician playing at a dinner party gets a request for the song from a melancholy looking SS officer, so he plays it repeatedly, with increased intensity, until the officer goes outside and shoots himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James_O_Mac Posted 7 July, 2009 Share Posted 7 July, 2009 whoever said Jeff Buckley - Lover you should have come over, that is a shout. I would say - Radiohead - How To Disappear Completely Blur - No distance left to run (although I hate it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlehead Posted 7 July, 2009 Share Posted 7 July, 2009 Dallabnikufesin - Anthrax :smt085 Agreed. Deep and massively underrated and I'm welling up even thinking about it. Good song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 7 July, 2009 Author Share Posted 7 July, 2009 I'll Stand By You - Chrissie Hynde I may have mentioned this previously but I once had to pull over when it came on the radio, such was the poignancy. Is 'pathos' a good word or am I being illiterate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burger Posted 7 July, 2009 Share Posted 7 July, 2009 A winner, I'd say. An unfortgettably beautiful song about lynchings in the deep south. Also, Gloomy Sunday by several artists including Billie Holiday, which soon earned the title 'the suicide song' after it was blamed for sparking a wave of suicides, including, so rumour has it, a guy who heard a busker sing it, went home and then hung himself. Takes a massive sh1t on anything by Mike and Mechanics. just found Gloomy Sunday (Billie Holiday) .....boy that is real depression time. I had to stop half way before the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAndWhite91 Posted 7 July, 2009 Share Posted 7 July, 2009 Joe Strummer & The Mescalaros version of Redemption Song because of the video that goes with it, which was made after Joe's death. Not really a sad song, but the video gets me every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserableoldgit Posted 8 July, 2009 Share Posted 8 July, 2009 (edited) Juliet Turner - Broken Things or this:- Edited 8 July, 2009 by miserableoldgit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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