Saddest song you have heard

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

That's the Way by Led Zeppelin

oh god, almost makes me cry whenever I listen to it.

Particularly the version on How the West Was Won

[Joey Slugs]

Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Yesterday - Beatles
Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton
Wild World - Cat Stevens
Anna Begins (acoustic version) - Counting Crows

[Cool King]

Ever since Eddie died, The Saddest song I've heard is Johnny Cash - Hurt.

The song always makes me think of Eddie now.

[John la Rock]

"Mad World" that song from Donnie Darko

[Joey Slugs]

"Mad World" that song from Donnie Darko

by Gary Jules

[Funky Fly]

Yeah, Mad World by Gary Jules is definitely up there. Even the Tears For Fears version is kinda depressing.

[Gertner]

the christmas shoes

[The Miz]

The song always makes me think of Eddie now.

lol awesome dude

[Krow]

"My Humps" by Black Eyed Peas

It saddens me to think of popularism invading hip-hop culture, but...

Seriously, Aphex Twin's "Rhubarb" is as mellowing as it is melancholy.

[Indifferent Clox]

"Let's not shit ourselves" and "waste of paint" by bright eyes

[loopydate]

"She's Leaving Home" by The Beatles

[Zelda]

IAM - Un cri court dans la nuit

[OssMan]

Wesley Willis - Suck A Cheetah's Dick

[Kane Knight]

Who let the Dogs out?

It saddens me that the dogs were let out.

[Kane Knight]

"We Won't Get Fooled Again" has specific undertones to me which I find to be more depressing than most shit. It's almost like the whole "The Wall" Neverending cycle (Isn't this where we came in) in terms of "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss."

Then again, it's not so much a sad song as much as a cerebral depression based upon the sad reality it mentions. So...

[Tallest Midget]

How to dissappear completely--Radiohead

[Nowhere Man]

When the Tigers Broke Free- Pink Floyd

[Nervous Ferret]

Ever Rose has it's storm

[Tallest Midget]

Ever Rose has it's storm

duh! the name of that song is Every Joe has some porn

[RP]

Whiskey Lullaby - Brad Paisley and Allison Krauss

[Requiem]

I dunno.. various Sigur Ros songs.. Just the general feel of them is sad. :(

[Blitz]

"Cold Wind" By the Arcade Fire and "Breathe Me" by Sia immediately spring to mind.

[The Gooch]

Nothing Compares 2 U -- Sinead O'Connor

Tears in Heaven -- Eric Clapton

Down in a Hole -- Alice in Chains

Add every mellow drug referenced AIC song to the list as well.

[Dave Youell]

Last Train Home - Lost Phrophets, I have my reasons

[Just John]

Not being sarcastic here, but 'Are You Sad' by Our Lady Peace almost makes me cry when I hear it, and thats when nothing bad has happened.

[Boomer]

Styrofoam Plates - Death Cab for Cutie

[FakeLaser]

Gary Jules - Mad World
Sublime - Poolshark
The Smiths - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
Death Cab For Cutie - Styrofoam Plates
Elliott Smith - Fond Farewell
All Time Quarterback - Send Packing
Glassjaw - Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence
Smashing Pumpkins - Daphne Descends
Weezer - Butterfly

[FakeLaser]

Wesley Willis - Suck A Cheetah's Dick
Suck a racehorse's cock with Heinz Tomato Ketchup

[Indifferent Clox]

inmates by the good life

oh and "album of the year": by the good life

[mitchables]

I dunno, I listen to a fair bit of melancholy music, it's hard to really choose one. :$


"Night And Day" - The Good Life
"How To Disappear Completely" - Radiohead
"Motion Picture Soundtrack" - Radiohead
"No Lies, Just Love" - Bright Eyes
"After The Movies" - Cursive
"This Song Brought To You By A Falling Bomb" - Thursday
A lot of Sigur Ros stuff
"Fight Song" - The Appleseed Cast
"This Place Is A Prison" - The Postal Service
"Styrofoam Plates" - Death Cab For Cutie
"Fred Jones Pt 2" - Ben Folds
"The Ballad" - Millencolin
"El Torrente" - Minus The Bear



...all of those yank at the ol' heart strings for one reason or another.

[FlashyT01]

Dear Momma- 2 Pac

[toxic rooster]

Boston's "More than a feeling" always does it for me :(

[Cactus Sid]

There's something about Maps by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs that always makes me feel like shit

[deathtrap]

I think Hurt by Johnny Cash, but with the video.

Also Untitled #1 by Sigur Rós.

[Tidus]

I think that Hurt by Johnny Cash is a really sad song if you really listen to the lyrics.

THe video is also good for that song

[el fregadero]

Yo Cash didn't write those lyrics.

[FakeLaser]

Explosions In The Sky - Glittering Blackness

[Tidus]

no he didnt but he made a change

[samichna]

Yeah, I think he took out "shit" because geezers are offended by cuss words. What's your point?

[The Miz]

Yeah seriously. Shut the fuck up Tidus

[samichna]

samichna is Polish 2

[RP]

Its amazing how many people dont know Trent Reznor wrote that song.

[Bad Company]

Yesterday

[deathtrap]

Well, it's not really that surprising if you hadn't heard the NIN original and saw the Cash video on TV.

[CSL]

<font color=white>Songbird-Eva Cassidy

Hurt-Johnny Cash

The first is for personal reasons and the second just makes me go cold. It's haunting.</font>

[Kane Knight]

Well, it's not really that surprising if you hadn't heard the NIN original and saw the Cash video on TV.

It's because Johnny Cash NEVER covered a song in his life...

Except, you know, for many of his most seminal songs being written by other people...

It also sounds so totally Johnny Cash. :shifty:

[deathtrap]

This person would also not have heard Johnny Cash before.

[Team Sheep]

Ever since Eddie died, The Saddest song I've heard is Johnny Cash - Hurt.

The song always makes me think of Eddie now.

Same here. :'(

[Just John]

Stabbing Westward: I remember

[Kane Knight]

This person would also have been Amish.

[Blue Demon]

Sarah McLaughlan- Angel

[Gertner]

yeah i remember johnny cash. he played the fox's voice on that one simpsons episode.


he was a singer too?:?:

[toxic rooster]

Bryan Adams - Everything I do

[gyps213]

Unfortunately, I listen to alot of country music, so I'd have to say
*Skin - by Rascall Flatts
*Who You'd Be Today - Kenny Chesney
*What Might Have Been - Little Texas

[asphyXy]

Who let the Dogs out?

It saddens me that the dogs were let out.

Rofl.

[Danny Electric]

The Spill Canvas - The Tide
Ryan Adams - Wonderwall
Radiohead - Exit Music (for a film)
Counting Crows - Colourblind
Sunny Day Real Estate - Pillars
From Autumn To Ashes - Autumns Monologue
Aimee Mann - Wise Up

[Kane Knight]

Unfortunately, I listen to alot of country music, so I'd have to say
*Skin - by Rascall Flatts
*Who You'd Be Today - Kenny Chesney
*What Might Have Been - Little Texas

The saddest country song ever is "Life Sucks, then you die" By the Fools.

My house burned down in a flash of thunder.
My wife ran off with a one-legged plumber.
My crops fell dead when the riverbed went dry.
My dog got squashed by a pickup truck.
My son ran away and got hooked on drugs.
My daughter's knocked up by the class of '85.
People say that life is good;
It don't seem good to me.
I'm lost without a paddle,
And I'm headed up shit creek.
People say that life is fun,
But I don't know why.
As far as I can tell,
LIFE SUCKS then you die.
The government dumps its toxic waste
Right on top of my mother's grave.
A team of experts say it won't do her no harm.
But my sheep went crazy and killed my mule.
I cut off my dick with a power tool
Fixin' the hole where the meteor hit the barn.
(And it hurt, too!)

People say that life is good,
But I just piss and moan.
I got one foot on a banana peel,
The other in the Twilight Zone.
People say that life is fun,
But I don't know why.
As far as I can tell,
LIFE SUCKS then you die.
Let me hear some "yee-hah"s out there!
I went to the store to buy some shells.
My gun went off and blew the owner to hell.
Now I'm sittin' here in jail, singin' this song.
And one guy wants to cut me with a knife.
Another guy wants me to be his wife.
Hey, I wish they'd hang me before somethin' really goes wrong!
People say that life is good,
Give thanks for what you have.
When all you have is nothin',
Nothin' makes you glad.
People say that life is fun,
But I don't know why.
As far as I can tell,
LIFE SUCKS, then you die.
I said, people say that life is fun,
But I don't know why.
As far as I can tell,
LIFE SUCKS,
LIFE SUCKS
LIFE SUCKS, then you die.


Or there could be "Suicide at the Wishing Well" Which isn't as...Offbeat...

[Kane Knight]

Aimee Mann - Wise Up

Of all the Aimeee Mann songs to pick, you choose that one? :|

[toxic rooster]

*Who You'd Be Today - Kenny Chesney

:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(

[Loose Cannon]

Modest Mouse: Bankrupt on Selling or Lives.

[weather vane]

Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton

[The Gooch]

Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton

Thought you might list "On with the Show" knowing the true meaning behind the lyrics after reading "The Dirt".

[Danny Electric]

Of all the Aimeee Mann songs to pick, you choose that one? :|

There's alot more but it was the first one that came to my mind.

[Kane Knight]

There's alot more but it was the first one that came to my mind.

Yeesh. You make me ashamed. :nono:

[Danny Electric]

Haha
Seriously the whole of 'Lost In Space' makes me cry. It was hard to pick a song off their.

[Kane Knight]

It's Not?
Humpty Dumpty?
High on Sunday 51?

[Danny Electric]

Humpty Dumpty is my fav off that album.

[Azriel]

"Wish You Were Here" - Pink Floyd (kick ass song, yes, but it's a pretty sad one too)
Pink Floyd actually make some of the best sad songs in the business

[Kane Knight]

Humpty Dumpty is my fav off that album.'

It's actually part of my repitoire. :cool:

[Blitz]

Pink Floyd actually make some of the best sad songs in the business

Comfortably Numb. :'(

[weather vane]

Thought you might list "On with the Show" knowing the true meaning behind the lyrics after reading "The Dirt".

It really doesn't hot me as sad though. Like knowing about ti is kinda sad but the song is kind of uplifting.

Although I was listening to some solo Vince stuff and Skylar's Song is pretty sad. Terrible what his daughter went through.

[The Gooch]

Although I was listening to some solo Vince stuff and Skylar's Song is pretty sad. Terrible what his daughter went through.

Forgot about that one. Good call. I avoided the branch off stuff when Vince left. I only discovered them recently.

I just felt terrible for Nikki when I read "The Dirt". Becoming a junkie is never to be excused, but I can understand a lot of the why's he went down that path.

[Zen v.W.o.]

"Seasons in the sun" by Terry Jacks. It's gotta rank right up there.

"we had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun, but the stars we could reach were just starfish on the beach"

[Zen v.W.o.]

Oh shit yeah, forgot about "Lightning Crashes" from Live.

[JJ Moore]

Anathema - Temporary Peace
Pantera - Cemetary Gates
APC - 3 Libra's
GnR - One in a million
FF - Everlong

[JJ Moore]

Nevermore - Believe In Nothing

[Lara Emily]

Wish you Were Here - Pink Floyd (played at my friends funeral)
My Father's Gun - Elton John

[Good News Gertie]

"How To Fight Lonliness" - Wilco
"End of the World" - Skeeter Davis
"Creep" - Radiohead
"Hurt" - NIN version
"Mad World" - Gary Jules
"Kissing Families" - Silversun Pickups
"Epiphany" - Staind

[Good News Gertie]

Nevermore - Believe In Nothing

more of an angry song. but OK

[Kane Knight]

Wish you Were Here - Pink Floyd (played at my friends funeral)

Please, shoot whoever chose the song, before they declare "Mother" a sweet song.

[JJ Moore]

more of an angry song. but OK

A: Amazed you acknowledged it.
B: How does it invoke anger with lyrics like "into a strange new world, into the after
all your tears might find you've fallen too far", anger...? No, Beauty yes.

[Watson]

"He Stopped Loving Her Today" -- George Jones

[Zen v.W.o.]

Suburbia-MGB
Thief-OLP

[therocksays]

blink 182- always