Saddest song you have heard
 

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

"Mad World" that song from Donnie Darko

by Gary Jules

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

the christmas shoes

lol awesome dude

"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.

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

"She's Leaving Home" by The Beatles

IAM - Un cri court dans la nuit

Who let the Dogs out?

It saddens me that the dogs were let out.

"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...

How to dissappear completely--Radiohead

When the Tigers Broke Free- Pink Floyd

Ever Rose has it's storm

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

Whiskey Lullaby - Brad Paisley and Allison Krauss

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

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.

Last Train Home - Lost Phrophets, I have my reasons

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.

Styrofoam Plates - Death Cab for Cutie

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

Suck a racehorse's cock with Heinz Tomato Ketchup

inmates by the good life

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

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.

Dear Momma- 2 Pac

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

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

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

Also Untitled #1 by Sigur Rós.

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

Yo Cash didn't write those lyrics.

Explosions In The Sky - Glittering Blackness

no he didnt but he made a change

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

Yeah seriously. Shut the fuck up Tidus

samichna is Polish 2

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

Yesterday

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

<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>

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:

This person would also not have heard Johnny Cash before.

Same here. :'(

Stabbing Westward: I remember

You've been KKK'd!
 

Sarah McLaughlan- Angel

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


he was a singer too?:?:

Bryan Adams - Everything I do

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

Rofl.

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

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

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

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

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

Modest Mouse: Bankrupt on Selling or Lives.

Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton

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

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

Yeesh. You make me ashamed. :nono:

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

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

Humpty Dumpty is my fav off that album.

"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

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

Comfortably Numb. :'(

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.

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.

"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"

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

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

Nevermore - Believe In Nothing

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

"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

more of an angry song. but OK

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

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.

"He Stopped Loving Her Today" -- George Jones

Suburbia-MGB
Thief-OLP

blink 182- always