Saddest songs

[Redbul]

Something That is Gone - The Waterboys. Usual thing, a bird.

 

Gymnopedies no 1 - Satie - reminds me of someone who suffered too much when they shouldn't have.

 

Strangely enough; I Found Lovin' - The Fatback Band - I was listening to this when i got a text message from a mate telling me his nipper had died. Can't listen to that song again without thinking about it.

 

I'll see your Satie and raise you Samuel Barber; Adagio for strings.....used so extensively in films like Gallipoli, Platoon, Amelie etc,

[Julian H. Cope]

Mew - Comforting Sounds

 

Brian - Understand

[gonzo]

'I Believe' by Blessid Union Of Souls

'Gone Too Soon' by Michael Jackson

'Begging For Grace (Dragonfly Wings) by Joshua Kadison

'The Living Years' by Mike & The Mechanics

[Redbul]

On a roll now....

 

Abinoni's* Adagio in G Minor for Strings and Organ.

 

 

 

*Often prefixed with this possessive noun, but it was in fact written by R Giazotto. Apparently....

[amsterdam]

On a roll now....

 

Abinoni's* Adagio in G Minor for Strings and Organ.

 

 

 

*Often prefixed with this possessive noun, but it was in fact written by R Giazotto. Apparently....

 

Very good shout that one - I'd go for the intermezzo of Mascagni's Cavallaria Rusticana as the most moving classical piece..

[miserableoldgit]

Sullivan Ballou Letter :-

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aj7Qh1Uu3w

 

Reading from Ken Burns superlative series on The American Civil War.

[Seany S]

Been listening to My Morning Jacket. Some very melancholy tracks across their records. In particular "Nashville To Kentucky" with the refrain "Get me out of this dead end nightmare", and the brilliant "Strangulation", which just does me in every time. I interpret it as being about hopelessness and depression, something I have experienced first hand myself recently. It is a very haunting track:

 

Strangulation

I don't wanna feel a thing.

When your hands close tight around my neck,

and force the air that I breathe.

I don't wanna feel a thing.

 

Yes she was a young girl.

Bout the age of 23.

but somehow the lord never smiled down upon her,

so she flew out on a breeze.

Said: "I don't wanna feel a thing, I don't want to feel a thing."

 

Sure he was a good kid. But his phone it'd never ring.

He got tired of walkin a tightrope,

needin too much to drink.

So he got on a knee.

"I don't want to feel a thing"

 

But I know there's someone that loves up above

and wants to fix you a dream.

He wants to sit down and think.

He wants to pour you a drink.

And you wont feel a thing. You wont feel a thing.

[RonManager]

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy,

 

by Ren and Stimpy

[Saintandy666]

Johnny Cash's version of hurt is a pretty sad song. Espcially when you think that he effectively recorded that song and then died.

 

[Ludwig]

Radiohead - Last Flowers

I find the whole of Neutral Milk Hotel's 'In The Aeroplane Over The Sea' rather sad, really, though it's probably my favourite album ever.

[Rory]

The Smiths -- I Know It's Over

The National -- About Today

Joy Division -- Atmosphere

Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros -- Redemption Song (it's also heart-wrenching when Joe says "that's a take" at the end of Silver and Gold, the last song on Streetcore)