Saddest Songs

[Tangy zizzle]

Haha I know this is a real n00b style thread, but bare with me.

I want to see what you guys here in Alt/Indie think are the saddest songs that you know of. I'm expecting some odd songs, some classics and even some new stuff.

Put down no more than 10 and no less than 3. If you guys think this is a dumb thread, just shout out and I'll get it closed. :thumb:

My Picks:

- Alice in Chains - Nutshell
- Neil Young - A Man Needs a Maid
- Calexico - Woven Birds ( kinda uplifting aswell)
- Calexico - Black Heart
- Brian Eno - By This River
- Mission of Burma - That's When I Reach for My Revolver
- Don Mclean - The Grave
- Kaada - Last Song
- Death Cab For Cutie - Styrofoam Plates
- Sonic Youth - Providence ( Does anyone else think this song is really depressing ?)

[Luxor]

Hmm, I don't listen to music to bring me down. I listen to music to bring me up.:p

Some songs that I like to listen to when I'm feelin' low:

Modest Mouse - 3rd Planet
The Faint - Agenda Suicide
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower

[moderaterock222]

Godspeed you black emporer!-the dead flag blues
Tom Mcrae-well most of his music
Smashing pumpkins-galapogos
Radiohead-fake plastic tree's
Grandaddy-jed the hummanoid/everything beautiful is far away

And last i will have to go with a silver mt zions '13 angels standing guard round the side of your bed'..check it out

[br3ad_man]

Radiohead- Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Weezer- Butterfly
Eric Clapton- Tears In Heaven

[Luxor]

Godspeed you black emporer!-the dead flaf blue

Ah yes, I'll also add some Godspeed onto my list.:thumb:

[talk show host]

Bjork - I've Seen It All
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile (from the Still cd)
Joy Division - Decades
Neil Young - Like A Hurricane
Pearl Jam - Footsteps

If I think of anymore, i'll add later

[ZEROthirtythree]

Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower

How is that a sad song?

Sorry but I have to add some Eels on here. E writes some depressing stuff.

Eels - Manchild
Eels - Flower

[Luxor]

How is that a sad song?

Hmm, I don't listen to music to bring me down. I listen to music to bring me up.

I didn't say it was a sad song. I said when I'm feeling sad, I like to listen to those songs.

[ZEROthirtythree]

I didn't say it was a sad song. I said when I'm feeling sad, I like to listen to those songs.

Oh, I see.

It is an uplifting song i'll admit.

[gaslight]

Eels - The Medication Is Wearing Off
Eels - Woman Driving Man Sleeping
Radiohead - High And Dry
Mogwai - Cody
Something For Kate - The Green Line Is You, The Red Line Is Them
Sandpit - No Rock

[outoftune]

Peter Paul & Mary - I'm Leaving on a Jet Plane
Weezer - Butterfly
The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
Jets to Brazil - Sea Anemone

[AK47]

"Melvins - Going Blind" and The end of the Butthole Surfers song "Shah Sleeps In Lee Harvey's Grave"

[Doctor D.]

Johnny Cash - Hurt
Warren Zevon - Keep me in your heart for a while
Ween- She Wanted To Leave

[Spikey]

Modest Mouse -- 3rd Planet... isn't that about how he lost a child or something? so sad

Eels -- Elizabeth Lying on the Bathroom Floor

Braid -- I'm Afraid of Everything

A Static Lullaby -- Love to Hate, Hate to Me

AFI -- Silver and Cold

Nirvana -- Paulie

Simon and Garfunkel -- the one that starts out "Hello darkness my old friend, it seems we have come to meet again"... I can't remember the name :(

The Get Up Kids -- I'll Catch You

Morrissey -- Angel, Angel Down We Go Together

Moth -- Leftovers

and so many more. :'(

[gaslight]

Simon and Garfunkel -- the one that starts out "Hello darkness my old friend, it seems we have come to meet again"... I can't remember the name :(


The Sound Of Silence

:)

I mean :(.

[RollerQueen]

Radiohead - "True Love Waits" ("I'm not living. I'm just killing time.")
Third Eye Blind - "Motorcycle Driveby" (easily relatable but very well-written)
Better Than Ezra - "At The Stars" (they have a lot of hit or miss stuff, but they got the nail in the head with this one)
Weezer - "No One Else (Acoustic)" (this version is so much sadder than the album version)
Jeff Buckley - "Hallelujah" ("Love is not a victory march. It's a cold and it's a broken 'hallelujah'")
Sunny Day Real Estate - "Sometimes"/"Song About An Angel" (both share similar lyrics and are equally powerful)
Death Cab For Cutie - "Transatlanticism" (Ben makes a lot of good sad songs but the repetition of "I need you so much closer" at the end half seals it)
Dispatch - "Flying Horses" (reminds me of the end of The Catcher In The Rye)
Dave Matthews Band - "#41" (old favorite)
Jimmy Eat World - "My Sundown" (are you listening?)

[Lowend]

queen - bohemian rhapsody
brand new - quiet things that noone ever knows -video+audio for full effect - if one of your friends died in a car crash, this is really sad...
built to spill - twin falls - sad in that it just reminds me of how short life is and how fast everything goes by so fast.

[Tangy zizzle]

Damn just reading these songs (especially the ones I forgot to list) is makin me sad!

[Scott Herren]

Primitive Radio Gods - "Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand"
Grandaddy - "Why Would I Want To Die"
Jeff Buckley - "Last Goodbye"
Grandaddy - "The Warming Sun"

[Scott Herren]

Oh, and the Verve's "The Drugs Don't Work"

[LTJ386]

Oh, and the Verve's "The Drugs Don't Work"

The Freshman is sort of a sad song too.

Tonight, Tonight - Smashing Pumpkins
Butterfly - Weezer

[blueyxd]

Anathema - Angelica
Anathema - Are You There?
definitely, definitely check these out. If you want to cry (for whatever reason), these 2 songs.. = :(
almost all Anathema really

and... Opeth - Hope Leaves

[arentsporkshandy]

Slow Dawn - The Smashing Pumpkins
Pollyanna - Onelinedrawing
Gone to the movies - Semisonic
Custom Concern - Modest Mouse
In the arms of sleep - The Smashing Pumpkins
Lucky - Radiohead
Brick - Ben Folds Five
All Mixed Up - Red House Painters (I know its a cover)
August in Bethany - The Juliana Theory
Breathe - Mastodon

All pretty hopeless little numbers, except maybe All mixed up.

[asymm]

Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Elliott Smith - Needle in the Hay
Anything from Elliott Smith really...
Beck - Lonesome Tears

[Moroii]

- Mission of Burma - That's When I Reach for My Revolver

Totally agree with you that one, man.

I can't think of good ones when I'm trying to, I'll just post these for now:

Mission of Burma: Forget, Fame and Fortune, Train (I think that's the track)
Jimi Hendrix: Castles Made of Sand, Wait 'Til Tomorrow, Burning of the Midnight Lamp
Skip James: Hard Time Killing Floor Blues (Chris Thomas King did a version for "O' Brother Where Art Thou", you know when they're sitting around the campfire.)
Robert Johnson: Love In Vain
Pink Floyd: Comfortably Numb
Smashing Pumpkins: Stumbleine(sp?), Silver****, Spaceboy (about Billy's brother, who I think is mentally handicapped)
At the Drive-In: Embroglio

[br3ad_man]

Tonight, Tonight - Smashing Pumpkins


What?!? That is one of the most uplifting songs ever, just read the lyrics!

"The impossible is possible tonight"

[Irish Nostalgic]

Eric Clapton- Tears In Heaven
On a completely unrelated note I decided to use this opportunity to say his son had the same name as me . . .

Anyway, the saddest song I've ever heard would have to be:

Bright Eyes - I want a Lover I Don't Have to Love

[br3ad_man]

I haven't seen anyone mention The Cure yet.

[sr800bkAGAIN!]

Gary Jules- "Mad World"

obviously.

[Ganondorf]

Radiohead - Karma Police

[Tomahawk]

These were the first ones that came to mind

Ben Harper - Another Lonely Day
Chris Cornell - Steel Rain
Bjork & Thom Yorke - I've Seen It All
The Cure - Fascination Street
Muse - Sunburn
Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
Massive Attack - Teardrop
Radiohead - How to Disappear Completely
The Beatles - Yesterday
Alice in Chains - Nutshell

[seanrobertsuk]

smashing pumpkins- blank page, soothe, age of innocence, sweet sweet, set the ray to jerry, believe.
the beatles, i need you
mogwai, cody
yeah yeah yeahs, maps
interpol - a time to be so small
cat power - say
velvet underground- pale blue eyes

there are probably a whole more ive forgotten,

[Man In Reno]

Better Than Ezra - "At The Stars" (they have a lot of hit or miss stuff, but they got the nail in the head with this one)


Love that song. All you guys have diverse and kick @ss taste.

Nick Cave - Darker With The Day

The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps

The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work

Iron & Wine -Bird Stealing Bread

American Football - Honestly

The New Radicals - Don't Wanna Die Anymore, I Hope I Just Didn't Give Away The Ending, Crying Like A Church On Monday

[Man In Reno]

Oh, and the Verve's "The Drugs Don't Work"

Just saw this. **** you guys rock.

Switch mine to Velvet Morning then. ;)

[Scott Herren]

The Freshman is sort of a sad song too.

That's the Verve Pipe.

[IndyHead]

**** good list guys :thumb:
adding: smashing pumpkins - mayonnaise

[ZEROthirtythree]

Nirvana -- Paulie


:p It's "Polly"

I'll add:
Candlebox - Far Behind

[moderaterock222]

I would like to add
Ryan adams-oh my sweet carolina, goodnight holywood boulevard
Electric soft parade-its wasting me away
Arvo Part-spiegel Im spiegel
Manic street Preachers-this is yesterday
Jeff Buckley-lilac wine

[Tangy zizzle]

yjhjhtyjty

Why? That was totally pointless.

[Spikey]

:p It's "Polly"

I'll add:
Candlebox - Far Behind
oops! I always forget which way it's spelled.


hum, some more...

Bad Religion -- Struck a Nerve
Modest Mouse -- Ohio
Sarah MacLaughlin -- Aidia and Angel
Jets to Brazil -- Empty Picture Frame
and so many Our Lady Peace, but I always cry so hard during Clumsy and Shaking.
Something Corporate -- Konstantine.

[SavestheDay7432]

Alkaline Trio-Radio
Alkaline Trio-This is getting over you
Alkaline Trio-'97
Emery-As your voice fades
Saves the day-Freakish
Saves the day-This is not an exit
Bright Eyes-neely ohara
Bad Religion-Sorrow
Blink 182-Not now
The Beatles-The long and winding road.
The Beatles-Yesterday
Me without you-Silencer
Murder by death-Killbot 2000

[hafez]

i'm just gonna do grunge
AIC- bleed the freak, man in the box
Pearl Jam-black, oceans
soundgarden-burden in my hand, fourth of july
there are many others, particularly from these three bands

[proJ3CHT]

hey everyone this is my first post on this forum !! how exciting !!

songs that i listen to when i am low:

Sweetness :: JimmyEatWorld
So Real :: Jeff Buckley
B.Q.A.D :: the Deftones
Untitled :: Interpol (his voice kills me and the bass!!) :o


proJ3CHT
*awaiting final restructure

[thetwaz]

Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
Radiohead - Exit Music
Something Corporate - Konstantine
The Streets - It's Too Late
The Get Up Kids - I'll Catch You
Seafood - What May Be The Oldest

[thenumbersaddup]

Johnny Cash - Hurt
Warren Zevon - Keep me in your heart for a while
Ween- She Wanted To Leave


hurt is definately sad
i also listen to queen- somebody to love

[BackOthebus]

wow the streets great choice

Sound garden-Black hole sun
oasis - sad song(lol obviously)
Nirvana-were did you sleep last nite
Foo Fighters-Walking after you
Coldplay- We never Change
The verve- Sonnet
Theirs loads more just cant think of any

[TonalMayhem]

ok this is like waay oldschool and its not really alternative... but Cats in the Cradle by Harry Chapin... prolly because my relationship with my dad sucks ***...

[LUCIFUGE]

screaming trees:i nearly lost you, butterfly

[Pasha]

Some good ones here...here's my list...well, part of it

Bruce Hornsby - Lost Soul
Janis Ian - At Seventeen, Tea and Sympathy
Warren Zevon - Keep Me in Your Heart
Natalie MacMaster - If Ever You Were Mine
Tracy Chapman - The Promise, I'm Ready (especially the very end...when the song fades out, don't stop the CD...the very end is beautiful)
Marc Cohn - True Companion
Mary Chapin Carpenter - 10,000 Miles
There's a song at the end of the movie "Paying it Forward" called "Calling All Angels"...I don't know who sings it, but it is heartbreakingly beautiful
Ashokan Farewell - used in Ken Burns' wonderful Civil War series on PBS
And there is a song in the "Highlander" movies that is a stunner...I don't know the name of it, and I don't know who sings it - it's a woman, I know that, but it is a very beautiful song...can anyone help me out on that one?

[MrBojangles29]

Theres a lot more than this, I think.

Cat Power - Names
Cursive - The Recluse
Elliott Smith - Needle in the Hay
Xiu Xiu - Apistat Commander, Suha, Support Our Troops OH
Iron & Wine - Faded From the Winter
Sufjan Stevens - Flint (for the unemployed and underpaid)
Godspeed You Black Emperor - The Dead Flag Blues
Joy Division - Twenty Four Hours
M. Ward - Transfiguration #2
Nick Drake - Things Behind the Sun
Everything from the Microphones, especially the Glow Pt. 2.

[myhatredinside]

um i really tired but some that i can think of right now are
Cold- Bleed
Mayonaise- Smashing Pumpkins
Eric Clapton- Tears in heaven
AFI- This Time Imperfect
Eve 6 - Girlfriend

[myhatredinside]

forgot one
Drown- SP

[i love you taryn]

Cursive - The Recluse / After The Movies

Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing

The Get Up Kids - The Most Depressing Song / I'll Catch You

Thursday - Understanding In A Car Crash / I Am The Killer

Rilo Kiley - Paint's Peeling

and a fair bit of Portishead

[wheelz]

Primitive Radio Gods - "Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand"

i used to love that song... haven't heard it in so long. i totally forgot about it.

and gary jules - mad world is the only one i can think of right now.

[burn piano island, burn]

How can no one mention Incubus yet. They have done some depressing stuff but nothing too depressing.
So I say 11AM by Incubus

[wheniamking]

Radiohead - No surprises
REM - everybody hurts

[Apocalypse King]

Radiohead - Street Spirit
Radiohead - Exit Music
Radiohead - Big Ideas
Muse - Hyper Chondriac Music
The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work
Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing
Placebo - Blue American

[Let's Chop Cats!]

Gary Jules - Mad World

some Modest Mouse is kind of in that direction.

[Moroii]

Elliott Smith - Needle in the Hay

Excellent choice, I don't know why I didn't think of that song. Elliot Smith definitely belongs in this thread.

[behemoth]

Paw - Jessie

[Apocalypse King]

Gary Jules - Mad World



I was gonna say that too but I forgot the name :)

[broughtee]

Dry Kill Logic - Goodnight.

[Amber_1223]

Hoobastank - The Reason
HIM - Join Me (Depressing)

[Kid_Dynamite]

Weezer-Butterfly(weezer kicks ***)
Weezer-Only in Dreams
Johhny Cash-Hurt(RIP)
Moneen-(preety much all of their songs)
Dashboard Confessional-(same as Moneen)
Incubus-lots of their stuff
Staind-oh **** cant remember the name
Evanescance-My Immortal ( great song)
The Darkness-I believe in a thing called love(its not emotionally sad, just sad, waaayy to overplayed and frankly Im sick of listening to it)

Yeah I realize that most of my songs arent really Indie but I dont care hah

[Kid_Dynamite]

**** **** **** **** **** **** ****in **** I hate these ****in * peices of cuntlickin **** hha

[sugarbooger]

did anybody say eric clapton's "wonderful tonight"?

[Tapeworm]

Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye
NIN - Hurt
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Gary Jules - Mad World
Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang

[Master Arkam Kannon]

Damon Albarn - Dying Isnt Easy
Graham Coxon - Where'd you go?
Ours - Dizzy, Broken, I Ran Away to Tell the World

[Jomabe]

Just got this "Playlist" CD free with "The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow(kick album btw)" and there's this Irish guy called Damien Dempsey on it, the song is called "Factories" - ****ing depressing. Check him out tho, good song.

Also:
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
Tori Amos - Cooling
and finally Massive Attack - Tear Drop

[Spikey]

Nat King Cole -- I Wish I Were Somebody Else
Brand New -- The No Seatbelt Song (accidentally thought, oh what a good song, and put it on a birthday mix I gave to a friend. oops. not good for that sort of mix. :( )

[Us&Them]

Radiohead-Wolf at the Door
Smashing Pumpkins-To Sheila
Neutral Milk Hotel-Two Headed Boy part 2
Counting Crows-Colorblind
Elliot Smith-(insert song here)

[i love you taryn]

Nat King Cole -- I Wish I Were Somebody Else
Brand New -- The No Seatbelt Song (accidentally thought, oh what a good song, and put it on a birthday mix I gave to a friend. oops. not good for that sort of mix. :( )

heh, i remember putting The Most Depressing Song by The Get Up Kids on a birthday mix for my friend...

[Helmet]

Pearl Jam - Sad
Mogwai - R U Still in 2 it?

[ieatalotoftacos]

NIN- Something I can never have, A warm place (very suicidal sounding)
AFI- ....But home is nowhere
AIC- Nutshell, Down in a hole
Coldplay- Politik, Amsterdam
Incubus- 11AM, Mexico
Silverchair- Shade, Suicidal Dream
Violent Femmes- Add it up

[Tangy zizzle]

I wanna add a few more.

Jerry Cantrell - Psychotic Break
The Smiths - Last Night I Dreamt
Lynard Skynard - Tuesday's Gone
Elvis Presley - In the Ghetto
Fleetwood Mac - I'm so Afraid
Straylight Run - A Slow Descent
Angels of Light - God **** The Sun

[OrbDragon]

Tori Amos - Mother (This ones really moving)
Tori Amos - I Can't See New York
Tori Amos - Winter
The Flaming Lips - All We Have Is Now
Ani DiFranco - Grey
Ani DiFranco - School Night
Ani DiFranco - Independence Day
PJ Harvey - Teclo
PJ Harvey - Horses In My Dreams
PJ Harvey and Thom Yorke - This Mess We're In
Björk/Thom Yorke - I've Seen It All (I always overlook this one...amazing singing by both singers)
Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should've Come Over
Radiohead - Motion Picture Soundtrack (gorgeous)
Radiohead - True Love Waits
Jane's Addiction - Summertime Rolls
Portishead - Undenied
The Mars Volta - Televators
UNKLE/Richard Ashcroft - Lonely Soul
UNKLE/Thom Yorke - Rabbit In Your Headlights
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Pink Floyd - Hey You
Roger Waters - Watching TV
David Bowie - Rock & Roll Suicide
Smashing Pumpkins - Galapagos
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Song Of Joy
Nine Inch Nails - And All That Could've Been
King Crimson - Epitaph

[elnicky]

Radiohead - Pyramid Song, Black Star
Ryan Adams - Come Pick Me Up, Why Do They Leave
Beatles - Julia
I have to echo Better Than Ezra - At The Stars, especially the Howie Day cover
Jeff Buckley - What Will You Say
Muse - Cave

[Smithers2003X]

uh...Nick Drake's Pink Moon is depressing as ****...thats why i dont listen to it much. Somebody mentioned "Transatlaticism" by Death Cab. i think thats a good choice, although i'm not crazy about death cab. I love the flood allegory in that song. I saw Radiohead the other night so "You and Who's Army" as another sad song.

[AcesRevenge707]

Blink 182- down
Blink 182- Im lost without you
Boxcar racer- letters to god
Boxcar racer- there is
Eric Clapton- Tears in Heaven
the Starting Line- Best of me
Saves the Day- At your Funeral
From autumn to ashes- Short stories with tragic endings
From autumn to ashes- Miligram smile
From autumn to ashes- The after dinner paycheck

[anotherthomyorke]

talk show host-radiohead

[Indie4now]

Sabotage by The Beastie Boys
Barbie girl by Aqua
Tennesse Stud by Johnny Cash
Just Eat It by Weird Al

[Us&Them]

Blink 182- down
Blink 182- Im lost without you
The only reason blink songs are sad is because they are worthless

[sink sink]

I can't really think of any right now, but The Smith's "Asleep" comes to mind.

[Andrew_U2]

Lets see my list is like
U2- With or without you
U2- Stay Faraway so Close
Nirvana- All Apologies
Nirvana- You Know You're Right

[NEGO]

joy division-new dawn fades

[SnakesNLadders]

modest mouse - baby blue sedan
radiohead - let down
radiohead - no surprises
bright eyes - no lies, just love

[bassboy26]

smashing pumpkins - i think its called "a killer in me"
modest mouse - trailer trash
weezer - only in dreams
red hot chili peppers - breaking the girl
incubus - warning
and just about every rem song

[RollerQueen]

^^^ I think it's "Disarm" you're talking about. "I used to be a little boy, so old in my shoes. What I choose is my voice" sound right? If so, then it's "Disarm".

[bassboy26]

^^^thank you!!!!

[Rats]

R. Kelly - Happy People

[RollerQueen]

You're welcome, bassboy. :)

Also, "Ghost" or "She Says" by Howie Day.

[El Duderino]

History by The Verve

[Hercules_Rockefeller]

david bowie - life on mars
yo la tengo - I heard you looking
the shins - gone for good
son house - john the revelator
rolling stones - angie (just kidding, I find this song cheesy as ****)

[RollerQueen]

^^^^ How could I have forgotten "Gone for Good"? "I found a fatal flaw in the logic of love" and "You wanted to sing and dance but you sat on your hands" are simple but great lines.

[MyLifeAsMe]

Ok I only have one, but it makes me cry, it's so beautifull:
Brand New - The No Seatbelt Song

[OrbDragon]

Damien Rice - I Remember

I couldn't move for like ten seconds after I first heard this.

[SurferRosa]

pearl jam - indifferance
pearl jam - black
snake river conspiracy - how soon is now (i like this version the best)
oasis - cast no shadow
oasis - sad song
jets to brazil - sweet avenue
jets to brazil - i typed for miles

[pete_n_carl]

Bright Eyes - Lila
Radiohead - Let Down
Weezer - Only in Dreams
REM - Country Feedback and Perfect Circle
Otis Redding - Ain't No Sunshine
Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
Billie Holliday - Strange Fruit

[bassboy26]

red hot chili peppers - road tripping

[missworld]

doll parts- hole
miss world- hole
bodies- smashing pumpkins

[Dancin' Man]

The Mars Volta - Televators
Radiohead - Exit Music (for a film) a.k.a Bullet Proof (I Wish I Was)

[Smithers2003X]

anything off Pink Moon by Nick Drake, its pretty much a suicide note in the form of music. i don't listen too it much cuz its too ****in emotional and depressing.

also Us and Them by Pink Floyd. thats a sad song too. and Scatman's World...

[until morale improves...]

"lost and found" [taking back sunday]
"going for the gold" [bright eyes]
"pollyanna" [onelinedrawing]

[Tangy zizzle]

anything off Pink Moon by Nick Drake, its pretty much a suicide note in the form of music. i don't listen too it much cuz its too ****in emotional and depressing.

Too true. I love Nick Drake.

[Gubbe]

Radiohead - Exit Music (for a film) a.k.a Bullet Proof (I Wish I Was)

**** right that is the saddest most beautiful song i´ve ever heard

[mysexyhairychest]

Radiohead-fake plastic tree's
[/QUOTE]

that song is in no way one of the saddest songs. it's just written in a minor, the lyrics are very sad at all though

[The Ashtray Girl]

So many, a lot of my favourite songs are really really sad. A selection:

Radiohead - Street Spirit (fade out) is the song that moves me the most. Also by them, as has already been said, Exit Music, Fake Plastic Trees and No Surprises

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue, especially because the lyrics mean so much to me. Under The Bridge as well

The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah. His sigh at the beginning is exquisitely tragic.

Guns N' Roses - Don't Cry and November Rain

Annie Lennox - Into The West (from the LOTR soundtrack). Combined with the film, it has me in tears every time.

[Master Arkam Kannon]

The Streets - Dry your Eyes

its over, but you're trying everything you possibly can to get her back, but there's just no way...ive only heard this song once, just a few minutes ago...

[Kurt Cobain]

Just about anything by Radiohead.

[OK Compiler]

The Smiths - "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore"
Pretty expected, right?

[*sweetjane*]

Sunny Day Real Estate - Phuerton Skuerto (i don't even know why, but i feel it every time)
Bright Eyes - Something Vague
Ben Folds - Fred Jones I and II
Wilco - I'm Not Going Outside
Wilco - Jesus Don't Cry
David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World
Jim O'rourke - (freakin everything he writes depresses me)
Mars Volta - Most of De-Loused
The Flaming Lips - What is Love and What is Hate?
Saves the Day - In Reverie
The Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes

[aje742]

Pinback - Grey Machine

[summersgone]

I love sad songs, but most people seem to hate them, and I don't understand why. I love them because they're so meaningful and deep, theres so much to them, they're generally not at all cheesy (relative to happy songs, some of which I can't stand, because they sound false), and often I can relate to them. And even if I'm not feeling sad I just see them as an expressive piece of art, whereas other people would call them "depressing" or "slit-wrist". Anyway enough of the theory. Here are some songs I know that I think are sad:

Radiohead - Where I End and You Begin
This is definately a sad song, and has been known to make me cry. The thing is in a minor key, but hey so are a lot of songs, but this one really sets a mood. And the lyrics just top it off: "I can watch but not take part, where I end and where you start, where you, you left me alone. You left me alone."

Feeder - Summers Gone
I love this song. It's just so intense. I don't know how many people have heard this song, but...well I just don't know what to say. Listen to it I guess.

Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
The tone of this song is great. It's very different to the other songs on the album, many of which I'd say are bland in comparison. Again the lyrics help a lot here: "When will I see that pretty face again?" for example.

Coldplay (I love this band!) - Don't Panic
There's less to the lyrics this time, but it's just a great song overall, and makes you think.

And now just to list rather than explain each (though they deserve just as much appreciation). Ones with *s next to them are particularly good. I have to warn you this list is pretty long:
Athlete - Vehicles and Animals
Catatonia - Beautiful Loser
Catatonia - Shoot the messenger
Coldplay - The Scientist
Coldplay - Trouble
Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet*
Evanescence - My Immortal
Evanescence - Hello*
Feeder - Chicken on a bone
Feeder - Descend
Feeder - Yesterday went too soon
Feeder - Piece by piece*
Feeder - Summers gone*
Incubus - Sick Sad Little World
Lene Marlin - One Year Ago
Lene Marlin - Another Day
Lene Marlin - From This Day On
Lene Marlin - Sorry
Lene Marlin - Fight Against the Hours*
Linkin Park (I know someone will shout at me for mentioning this band) - With You
Manic Street Preachers - Close my eyes*
Manic Street Preachers - Just a Kid
Manic Street Preachers - She is suffering
Manic Street Preachers - My Little Empire*
Muse - Uno
Muse - Muscle Museum
Muse - Space Dementia*
No Doubt - Don't Speak
No Doubt - Happy Now
No Doubt - Running
Queen - The Show Must Go On
Radiohead - Creep
Radiohead - Street Spirit
Radiohead - Exit Music*
Radiohead - Climbing Up the Walls*
Radiohead - Where I End and You Begin*
Radiohead - I will
Radiohead - There there
Travis - Paperclips
Travis - Last Train
U2 - With or Without You

There are quite a few I've probably omitted. If you want sad songs, listen to Muse, Radiohead, Feeder, and Lene Marlin's second album.

And finally, a question: Have I gone on too long?

[talk show host]

a few more...

Bjork - The Next to Last Song (from Dancer in the Dark. I downloaded it yesterday, and god it's a hard song to listen to.)

Gloomy Sunday - I'm not sure who did it originally, but it became known as the 'suicide song' as it was linked with various people who killed themselves and used the lyrics in their suicide notes. Bjork did a cover of it and it's very good.

The Smiths - Asleep- I listened to this for the first time a while ago, and it is very sad. I normally can't stand Morrissey's voice, but I can make an exception with this song.

Four Tet - And They All Look Broken Hearted - Very melancholic with some bizarre drum patterns.

that's enough for now...

[OrbDragon]

a few more...

Bjork - The Next to Last Song (from Dancer in the Dark. I downloaded it yesterday, and god it's a hard song to listen to.)
..


I generally get really depressed listening to "Selmasongs"....because it always brings me back to the movie. It's gorgeous though. Even the uplifting songs like "New World" and "In The Musicals" depress me.. "I've Seen It All" with Thom is also great. The intro to "Scatterheart" is also very touching with the music box...and the intro instrumental "Overture" brought me to tears when I heard it first.

Selmasongs is definately the saddest album I own...especially if you've seen Dancer In The Dark. It's tough to listen to. As good as th movie was, I'm never ever going watch it again.

[Sonic_Reducer]

my sad songs are as follows

The Smiths- I know it's over
Joy Division- In a Lonely Place
The Clash- Lost in The Supermarket
XTC- Making Plans For Nigel(not really that sad but makes me feel horrible)
The Seeds- Can't Seem To Make You Mine
The Cure- Lullaby
Sonic Youth- Beauty Lies in The Eye
Radiohead- How I Made My Millions

[ethossinger]

My list is:

The Get Up Kids - Out of Reach & Overdue
Dashboard Confessional - The Brilliant Dance
Guns n' Roses - November Rain
Yellowcard - Rough Draft
Jet - Look What You've Done (its not that sad, but it makes my list)
Blink 182 - Stay Together for the Kids & Adam's Song
Hanson - any song (it was sad that any song they ever wrote made them famous)

---Jonny B.

[Notquiteright]

Pink Floyd - The Final Cut

Its sad, but one of my favorite songs of all time.
Awesome lyrics, great guitar solo, blah blah blah...just listen to it!

[sonic_luke]

um these ant in order just some sad songs
1 the whole ablum of disintegration by the cure
2 last goodbye by jeff buckley R.I.P
3 something in the way nirvana unplugged version
i could go on but i have a brain block right now

[schaeferdrummer]

"What it is to Burn" by Finch: The song isn't all that bad, but the music video where his girlfriend dies in the accident and he is crying over her gets me every time....

"Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden: This is just d*** plain depressing. He either sounds like he is drunk or he is at a funeral.

"Pepper" by Butthole Surfers: Same as Black Hole Sun. The guy is talking about a group of people that are attempting suicide.

"One" by Metallica: THE ULTIMATE DEPRESSING SONG. Hetfield describes a guy from the Vietnam War that set off a landmine that "has taken my sight, taken my speech, taken my hair and taken my arms, taken my legs, taken my soul, genuine life in hell."* Kickass guitar solo though. :thumb:

Those are my ultimate depressing songs, Metallica taking the cake.

*Forgive me if the last part isn't exactly right.

-Zach

[frontsideflip4u]

coldplay-the scientist
brand new-no seatbelt song

[Neon Dub]

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Static

it's pretty good

[un4given]

tears in heaven-eric clapton

my immortal-evanescence

funeral song-the rasmus

[Pretzel Head]

Hmm id say No Surprises - Radiohead
The Scientist - Coldplay
Drugs Dont Work - The Verve(NOT Ben Harper)
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

[The Ashtray Girl]

Hmm id say No Surprises - Radiohead
The Scientist - Coldplay
Drugs Dont Work - The Verve(NOT Ben Harper)
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

**** straight

[Interstate]

The Get Up Kids - I'll Catch You
Death Cab For Cutie - Company Calls Epilogue
Death Cab For Cutie - Styrofoam Plates
REM - Everybody Hurts
The Early November - Sunday Drive

[Stick-Munch]

I Know It's Over by The Smiths

[JohnDoh]

Okay, I haven't read all this post but for me the saddest album is A Northern Soul by The Verve.

In the past it's got me through some hard times, and even before, during and after them I've appreciated the album for what it is - **** good songs.

A couple of years back I was in a shared house, in the front room, everybody else had gone out. I was listening to the album, buzzing off it, when a couple of mates came round.

A short while later, one of them asks me... "are you alright?"

Now, the only reason they asked was because Drive You Home was playing at that moment. What I wanted to say was "OF COURSE I'M ****ING ALRIGHT! I JUST LOVE THIS SONG!". But I just said "yes." and we continued chatting.

[My_Sweethart_The_Drunk]

there are many sad songs, for song to be truley said think that it also has to be a very beautiful song aswell

ryan adams-call me on you way back home
jeff buckley-you & i
cocteau twins-the spangle maker
this mortal coil-Fond Affections
Onelinedrawing-pollyanna
semisonic-she'sgone to the movies
smashing pumpkins-in the arms of sleep
ryan adams-sweet little girl
brian eno-an ending(ascent)
john martyn-small hours
nick drake-place to be
jeff buckley-lets bomb the moonlight
jesus and mary chain-just like honey
american football(anything by them as all theire songs are beautiful)
anything by sigur ros or godspeed you black emperor
ben harper-walka away
Biffy Clyro-Joy,Discovery,Invention
chemical brothers-the state we're in
Ryan Adams-Come pick me up(live acoustic version)
Ryan Adams-Shadowlands
Damien Rice-I remember it well
Damin Rice-Delicate
Gene-Speak To Me Someone
Placebo-The hidden song at the end of their 1st album
Placebo-My Sweet prince
Prince=Purple Rain
Eels-Manchild
Eels-Free For All
Ben Folds Five-Brick
Van Morrison-Contacting My Angel
Van Morrison-I'll Be Your Lover To
this mortal coil-Kangaroo
ryan adams-rock & roll
ed harcourt-bleed a river deep
staind-epiphany
nine inch nails-Hurt
Deftones-teenager
velvet underground-pale blue eyes
bruce springsteen-secret garden
bruce springsteen-philadelphia
U2-Bad
The Postal Service-The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
The Knife-N.Y.C Hotel
Goo Goo Dolls-name
Goo Goo Dolls-Iris
Radiohead-Bullet proof.. i wish i was
The Killers-Mr Brightside
Poison The Well-Pieces Of You In Me
vincent gallo-yes i'm lonely

these are some of the best songs ever written, if you have time please listen to them

[minnieme01]

before i read the list and get ideas from others, i want to state what came up out of the top of my head. i've listened to beautiful boy (john lennon) and that song made me cry- the lyrics said "i can't wait to see you grow up" but john got shot so he couldn't do that.

[My_Sweethart_The_Drunk]

Bjork-all is full of love
elliott smith- needle in the hay
aimee mann-wise up
aimee mann-save me
Ryan Adams-Like The Twilight
Ryan Adams-Little Moon
Pink Floyd-Fearless
The Smiths-I Know It's Over
Coldplay-Shiver
Kings Of Convenience-Sing Softly to Me

[MildlyAmusingWankCushion]

^^^^
I don't really agree with fearless....its a song about rising to the challenge and not being afraid and i thought it's quite upbeat and makes me buzz. Meh. Hotel California is a happy-ish song but it always makes me feel sad.

For me i would have to say "tears from heaven" if you know what the meaning of the song is. Hmmm, maybe perhaps "God Only Knows" by the beach boys also.

[Babyshambles]

Hole - Reasons To Be Beautiful and REM - Everybody Hurts

[artofamericanfootball]

Thursday - War All The Time
Bright Eyes - Something Vague
THe Weakerthans - Left and Leaving

[Krash100]

Here's some of the saddest I can think of.

Pearl Jam's "Last Kiss"
Coldplay - "Trouble"
Oasis - "Sad Song"
The Verve - "You and Me"
Foo Fighters - "Friend of a Friend"
Blur - "No Distance Left to Run"
The Smiths - "Girlfriend in a Coma"
Nirvana - "Something in the Way"

[SkaRobotArmy]

AFI - this time imperfect
Neil Young - cortez the killer
streetlight manifesto - the saddest song (its not actually sad but with a title like that...)
Social Distortion - Ball and Chain
RHCP - soul to squeeze, breaking the girl etc.

[no surprises]

Why? That was totally pointless.

well, with someone whose user name includes the words "Saves the Day", what do you expect?

[no surprises]

Radiohead - No surprises
REM - everybody hurts


i actually always thought of no surprises as a lighter, happier song, hence my name.
"Such a pretty house and such a pretty garden. No alarms and no surprises, please."

[no surprises]

but im not going to argue

[no surprises]

but i guess its alittle sad.

im saying mr bungle's pinkk cigarette

ok no more posts from me

[frontsideflip4u]

brand new- no seatbelt song

[theunderatedw=]

Weezer-Butterfly(weezer kicks ***)
Weezer-Only in Dreams

thank god someone finally realized the truth of =w= music. yes, they do kick ***, and for that, they save music's teqnique. for mine, though, i'm going to have to say that the music that i write depresses me the most. both because it's bad and because it's sad. from other stuff
styx-dear john
queen-rhapsody
dashboard-anything, it's just that bad!
trebble charger-brand new low -sad how a song like this gets to me

[takemypicture]

Staind - Epiphany ... {This one seems to get to me every time, Aaron Lewis' vocals are chilling IMO}
Goo Goo Dolls - Acoustic #3 ... {"What's the point in all this screaming, no one's listening anyway"}
Teitur - I Was Just Thinking ... {"I was just thinking, that I have been missing you for way toon long"}
Switchfoot - You (Always Something)
Stephen Fearing - Dog on a Chain/James Medley
Stephen Fearing - The Lark/Robert's Waterloo ... {This guy truly is one of the more masterful acoustic guitarists and lyricists I've ever seen and heard. Really worth getting his live cd, "So Many Miles", if you're into acoustic stuff.}
Silverchair - Ana's Song (Open Fire) ... {There's just something about Silverchair...}
Rage Against The Machine - Beautiful World ... {"It's a beautiful world for you, not me."}
Incubus - Mexico ... {The "interlude" kind of part where Brandon hits the higher notes gets to me.}
Five For Fighting - Jainy ... {"Jainy stares at stars every night..."}
Coldplay - Trouble ...
Chevelle - Closure ... {"Closure has come to me, myself. You will never belong to me."}
Bruce Cockburn - Pacing The Cage ... {Some of the best lyrics I've ever heard.}
Blue Rodeo - Falling Down Blue ... {It's got a nice jazzy, lounge feel to it...might not be the saddest thing ever written but it's still a really good song.}
Ben Harper - Another Lonely Day ...
Azure Ray - For No One ... {"I'm here in vain."}

[twistinside]

Pearl Jam's "Last Kiss" is one of the saddest I've ever heard

i seriously don't think last kiss is that sad.
yes, it's meant to be sad, but it seems so forced
i just don't like it at all.

other than that i love pearl jam, they have some very sad songs

but my saddest would beeeee:
rilo kiley - a better son/daughter
the smiths - half a person and please please please
grandaddy - saddest vacant lot in all the world
rufus wainwright - across the universe (yes i realise it's a cover but i like it better)
red house painters - all mixed up (yes i realise it's a cover but i like it better and props to whoever said this song before)
deathcab for cutie - technicolour girls

i can't think of anymore at the moment

[MildlyAmusingWankCushion]

No Surprises: wow i was just listening to the california album and "Pink cigarette" when i read your post. good to see some other bungle fans in here.

I also think that "retrovertigo" off the same album is a really sad song, but in a weird way. It's all slow strumming of major chords and what seems like upbeat sounding vocals, but the lyrics are dark and the whole song gives me a very eerie feel overall, which can be quite depressing too.... i still love the song though.

[Wanker]

porcupine tree - collapse the light into earth
radiohead - street spirit
explosions in the sky - have you passed through this night?
explosions in the sky - the only moment we were alone
esplosions in the sky - your hand in mine (for some reason, the saddest of all these songs)
godspeed you black emperor - moya/the dead flag blues/east hastings

[Happymeal]

DMB-The Space Between and Let You Down
Jeff Buckley-So Real
Kind of Like Spitting-Birds of a Feather
Sparta-Cataract(especially the last riff...)
Cursive-Driftwood:A Fairy Tale
At the Drive-In-Invalid Litter Dept. and Quarantined
Further Seems Forever-I Am
Glassjaw-Trailer Park Jesus(with a calming, spacey effect)
Poison the Well-Slice Paper Wrists
Dream Theater-Another Day and Take Away My Pain
Planes Mistaken For Stars-The Past Two
Smashing Pumpkins-Stand Inside Your Love
Thursday-How Long Is The Night and Steps Ascending
Mae-This Time Is The Last Time
Denali-Gunner
Feeder-Moonshine
The Get Up Kids-New Found Mass(2000)
Deftones-Digital Bath
Incubus-Just A Phase
The Strokes-Under Control
A Perfect Circle-3 Libras
Tool-The Patient
Tori Amos-Sweet Sangria
Our Lady Peace-Clumsy and In Repair
Bush-Inflatable
Oasis-Don't Go Away
Third Eye Blind-The Background
Imago-Alay(if any of you speak Filipino, you should listen to this song)


I know some of the songs aren't that deep, but that's just my opinion anyway

[AvidCyanide]

sigur ros - untitled #1
radiohead - street spirit

[sink sink]

songs: ohia - The Black Crow

[tgadrummer]

Cursive.

[gh0s7drummerr]

Lost prophets "hello again" it's actually not taht sad but i had happened to listen to it in my saddest time so now whenever i listen to it, it brings me back to that moment

[LiVe_TrOpiCaL_fIsH]

Ben Harper - Waiting on an angel
Bob Marley - She's gone
Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
Billie Holliday - Strange Fruit (very powerfull and sad lyrics "Southern trees bear strange fruit,Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.")
Gondwana - Freedom
Dave Matthews band - Long black vail
Cranberries - "no need to argue" and "to the faithful departed" cd's are 80% sad songs.
Björk - 107 steps /Along with the dancer in the dark final scene, it's one of saddest situations i've ever seen/heard,

[LiVe_TrOpiCaL_fIsH]

Bjork-all is full of love
elliott smith- needle in the hay
aimee mann-wise up
aimee mann-save me
Ryan Adams-Like The Twilight
Ryan Adams-Little Moon
Pink Floyd-Fearless

All is full of love =====> Not a sad song at all!!!! the name speaks for itself, how can there be sadness when all is full of love?.
And Fearless - i think of it as an ancouraging song, makes me wanna jump.

[MildlyAmusingWankCushion]

^

testify, one of the few uplifting floyd songs, probably because it was from their early career where waters seemed more upbeat, until his later lows of the wall and the final cut.

Hey You is a sad song, as is most of the wall. I wanna listen to it now. i feel depressed anyway, the wall can save me.

Is there anybody out there, vera, nobody home, also very sad songs from that album. :(:(:(

[aclotm]

Jimmy eat world-Hear you me

[Manimal]

Finch - What it is to burn <<only song by them that i like, and boy is it a good one.

Cold - Bleed

Third Eye Blind - Motorcycle drive by

Goo Goo Dolls - Iris

[Reaganista]

i'm an emo boy.

i think i'll just leave it at that and spare you 3/4 of my entire playlist.

[fenderrocker07]

counting stars - sugarcult
3rd planet - modest mouse
im afraid of everything - braid
soco amaretto lime - brand new
colorblind - counting crows
trust acoustic - thrice
padriac my prince - bright eyes

the entire death cab for cutie transatlanticism cd.
anything from keane.

[shabutie]

Billy Talent-Nothing to lose

[izzy]

Bob Dylan- I Shall Be Released
Bright Eyes- No Lies Just Love
Built to Spill- Else

[crazyGUITARnDRUMgal]

Starsailor - Love is Here , Coming Down

great lyrics , lots of emotion

[mickgimps]

Queens of the stone age- infinity
Mark lanegan-Skeletal history
Drowning Pool-I dont care about anyone else but me (forgot the real song title)

[MorningGlory]

Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm
NIN - Something I Can Never Have
Counting Crows - Colourblind
John Lennon - Imagine
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Arab Strap - The Night Before the Funeral

Edit: Just thought of some more.
Matt Good - Look Happy, It's the End of the World
Matt Good - Flashdance II
Moist - Disco Days

[shockyourmonkey]

Radiohead - Street Spirit (fade out) or Exit Music (we hope...that you choke.)
U2 - One (sad, but kinda uplifting as well)
Sonic Youth - Providence
Muse - Unintended
Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight Tonight
Nirvana - Something in the Way.
REM _ everybody hurts

EDIT: just thought of somin. Does anyone find Imagine by John Lennon an incredibly sad song?

[MorningGlory]

EDIT: just thought of somin. Does anyone find Imagine by John Lennon an incredibly sad song?

Did you read the post above yours?

[YDload]

There's this really sad R&B song playing toward the end of "Kill Bill: Vol. 2" at a particularly sad part of the movie leading up toward the end.

[Jellyspoon]

Radiohead - Motion Picture Soundtrack
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Head Up High/Too Real
Botch - Afghamistam
Sigur Ros - Avalon
Beck - Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometimes
Converge - Jane Doe
OWLS - Everyone is My Friend

[SadoldgitfromtheCotswolds]

Anything by the House of Love (apart from the last album they did before splitting up, which is a bit crap). Ah, the layered guitars...
Funny to think this lot were once touted as the saviours of Indie. Where did it all go wrong?

[Daniel_Son]

well, there are many, many, but a few of the saddest......

Bright Eyes ~ Art Garfunkel
Mad World ~ Gary Jules (cover)
Tears In Heaven ~ Eric Clapton
She Is Not The Girl For Me ~ Stephen Toberner (you'll never find it, he's some obscure artist from sydney)
The Heart Of The Matter ~ The Eagles

ah, there are more, I know it, but meh, I can't be bothered at the moment

[theleftwinger17x]

I would like to point out that Hurt is actually a Nine Inch Nails song. I don't like country but I will admit that Johnny Cash did a great job with that song. well, anyhoo, here is my list:

You Know You're Right- Nirvana (teh last song Nirvana recorded before Kurt Cobain's suicide. My favorite band. This song sounds like a suicide note.)

Hurt- NIN

Adam's Song- Blink 182

Disarm- The Smashing Pumpkins

Today- The Smashing Pumpkins (it sounds sort of happy, sort of sad, but Billy Corgan supposedly was depressed when he wrote it, and it makes me sad)

Bother- Stonesour

All Apologies- Nirvana

Something In The Way- Nirvana

Whoops, I OD'd- NOFX (the name is funny, but it is sort of sad)

Gone Away- The Offspring (even if you haven't lost any one you were close to it is really sad.)

Good Riddance (the time of your life)- Green Day (i listened to this when my girlfriend and I broke up. I'll admitt it, I cried for about an hour. I don't normally do that.)

My Favorite Accident- Motion City Soundtrack

Tropical London- Rancid

Aneurysm- Nirvana

Cheer- The Descendents

Cold Shower Tuesdays- Bowling For Soup

Well, I have more. Pretty much anything from Nirvana gets me because Kurt Cobain isn't with us any more and Nirvana is my favorite band. Also, the Smashing Pumpkins have alot of really sad songs. Billy Corgan is a genius. It's a shame that the Smashing Pumpkins broke up, as did Zwan, his follow-up to S.P. I haven't heard alot of Zwan, but it is Billy Corgan, so it must be great.

[DMb AmouR]

did anybody say eric clapton's "wonderful tonight"?


that is one of the most romantic beautiful songs iver ever heard how could you call that depressing??

[creategoodmusic]

pearl jam "last kiss" for sure

[RollerQueen]

that is one of the most romantic beautiful songs iver ever heard how could you call that depressing??

Easily. The song is depressing if you're single and don't want to be.

[quikpik919]

fields of agony-No Use For A Name
Just about any atreyu song... haha their lyrics are depressing...
Silver and Cold-AFI
I wont see you tonight-avenged sevenfold
enjoy your day-alkaline trio
idk if anyones ever heard of him but sunshine by todd snider is really sad too

and yeah i love emo so ill spare you the rest

[-FfaF-]

What it is to Burn - Finch (i couldnt find this anywhere else on here, cant believe it.)
For a Friend - The Beautiful Mistake
As Your Voice Fades - Emery
Creep - Radiohead
Die Like This - Fuel
No Seatbelt Song - Brand New
From the Inside - Linkin Park (personal meaning...)
The Ghost of You - My Chemical Romance
Counting the Days - Goldfinger (i hate punk but this song touched me)

thats all that my depressed self can think of at the moment

[cette mer bleue tragique]

alright. the two obvious, heart shaped box and you know youre right by nirvana. you can actually hear kurt unraveling line by line in those songs...i know it sounds dumb but its true. hurt, both the johnny cash and nine inch nails. and then mad world, only the tears for fears version, the new cover thing is way too intentionally overemotional. then also phuerton skerto, for some reason, and champane from a paper cup. and jessie and my whetstone. even though it doesnt sound sad. anything by atreyu, silver bullet by hawthorne heights, and that bayside song masterpeice. yes i know im an emo kid, i just love getting beat up by real punks, so ill spare you the rest.

[pj4ever]

The Gary Jules' Mad World is a million times better than the Tears for Fears version..

[Kevin Banks]

Good call, asymn, on the Nick Drake. Anything from Nick Drake is sad. And good.

[lilsolsman]

Has no one mentioned Elliott Smith - I Didn't Understand yet ?

well my list would be:

Elliott Smith - I Didn't Understand
Incubus - Mexico
Death Cab For Cutie - Lack Of Colour
Death Cab For Cutie - Tiny Vessels
Damien Rice - Cheers Darlin'
Elliott Smith - Waltz #1
Radiohead - Go To Sleep

and probably some others.. but this is the list for now.. i

[paradigmbassist]

leaving hope-NIN
street spirit(fade out)-Radiohead
this place is a prison-The Postal Service

[paradigmbassist]

oh yeah and mad world off of the donnie darko soundtrack

[Tangy zizzle]

Exit Music(For a Film) is pretty darn sad.

[fan of the game]

the get up kids - better half
weezer - butterfly
smashing pumpkins - disarm

[Irony My Friend]

Death Cab For Cutie - "Transatlanticism"

[BMM]

the blue lady (outro) by the Nerve agents makes me feel like im dying

[Slasktotten]

signal to noise with peter gabriel, its just so beautiful. It always give me a tear in the eye.

[El Duderino]

The Cure - Untitled
The Verve - History, On Your Own, Drive You Home
Catherine Wheel - Black Metallic
AIC - Over Now (unplugged)
Nirvana - Jesus Don't Want Me for a Sunbeam, All Apologies (unplugged)
Ride - Vapour Trail (that cello at the end gets me every time)
Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees, Let Down
NIN - Hurt
Mark Lanegan - Wild Flowers, The Winding Sheet, Kingdoms of Rain, Borracho

[Iris]

Mineral - Gloria
Sunny Day Real Estate - Song About An Angel
Elliott Smith - A Fond Farewell
Pink Floyd - Hey You
Damien Rice - Amie

[milkandlaxatives]

elliott smith - twilight
smashing pumpkins - tonight, tonight
moby - at least we tried
radiohead - fake plastic trees
weezer - no one else
toadies - pressed against the sky
the cure - a night like this
bush - glycerine
the beatles - yesterday
:(

[BMM]

i am listening to the elliott smith cover of jealous guy by john lennon right now. it is quite depressing

[kirkrock85]

i was going to list a couple, but you guys did a good job... i'm going to go cry now... i'll add just one, John Lennon "Working Class Hero"

[kirkrock85]

ok.. actually... "Brick" by Bens Fold Five is extremely despressing.... so is "Amsterdam" by Coldplay... and I always get emotional over "Halleujah" by Jeff Buckley, and if you don't... you just don't have a heart...

[tornpictures]

For Want Of.. - Rites of Spring
A Spanish Trail - Roadside Monument
Most Boy's Life songs
Psalm for the Elk's Lodge Last Call - John K Samson
Most Mineral stuff can be pretty depressing.

[Wanker]

"Amsterdam" by Coldplay

:(

and How to Disappear Completely by Radiohead

[The Ashtray Girl]

i am listening to the elliott smith cover of jealous guy by john lennon right now. it is quite depressing

Yeah - his voice really suits that.

[radianteclipse]

Damien Rice- I Remember, The Blower's Daughter
The Gathering- Jelena
Avenged Sevenfold- I Won't See You Tonight Part II

[EcolliJK]

don't know if someone said it before
My dying bride - two winters only

[incubliss]

Radiohead - Bullet Proof...I Wish I Was

it's like a weird happy sad aurora surrounding it. it's so sad, but when that bueatiful riff kicks in at the chorus along with thoms vocals, it's just surreal.

[synzephyr]

a lot of songs by elliott smith
some radiohead
cold - bleed
king crimson - epitaph

[Tangy zizzle]

Kaada - Last Song

[the glorious monster]

My top 3 saddest songs are as follows:
The Good Times Are Killing Me- Modest Mouse
Trios Gymnopedie- Erik Satie (But I don't think that counts)
Motion Picture Soundtrack- Radiohead

[the glorious monster]

Oh and all of Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottem. That is the most depressing albums of all time. Everyone should listen to Robert.

[Happymeal]

Two Ton Shoe - Sippin' Down and Slippin' Away

[attocarret]

Speed trials- Elliott Smith

[kirkrock85]

:(

and How to Disappear Completely by Radiohead
yes... i must agree with you

[bobcat911]

I love happy music ...but sometimes when you're feelin blue its good to blast a sad song cause we all know misery loves company so heres a few sad songs I've heard
1.Beck - Lost Cause
2.Wide Mouth Mason - Why?
3.Sam Roberts - Dead End

[asmilefromaveil]

Radiohead- creep
Smashing Pumpkins- disarm
Pink Floyd- wish you were you here
Johny Cash- Hurt
Oasis- Wonderwall

[fuh-ck]

elliott smith - needle in the hay

[Street Spirit]

The Beach Boys - God Only Knows

Perhaps thee saddest song ever, yet very very beautiful. I just bloody love this song.

[Dragon_Prince]

Green Day - Good Riddance(Time Of Your Life)
Edwin McCaine - I'll Be
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
RHCP - This Velvet Glove
RHCP - Under The Brdige
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
U2 - In A Little While
GnR - November Rain
Stone Sour - Bother
U2 - With Or Without You

[dial-a-cliché]

Guns N' Roses - November Rain
Guns N' Roses - Patience
Radiohead - Street Spirit
Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
Radiohead - True Love Waits
Radiohead - How To Dissapear Completely
Goo Goo Dolls - Slide
Goo Goo Dolls - Broadway
Goo Goo Dolls - Black Balloon
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Greenday - Good Riddance
Rufus Wainwright - Hallelujah
The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work
REM - Everybody Hurts

[The Ashtray Girl]

Some good songs from the newbs. :)

[SalomeHigher]

louis collins - mississippi john hurt
dear prudence - the beatles
the sweet primroses - (as performed by) phil tanner
thru the eyes of ruby - the smashing pumpkins
fourpence a day - (as performed by) Ewan MacColl
Tom - Codeine
Cigarette Machine - Codeine
Cave-In - Codeine



those are some pretty sad tunes, i must say.

[Dragon_Prince]

there are so many more

Oasis - Wonderwall
Train - Drops From Jupiter
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
Coldplay - See You Soon

[lilsolsman]

there are so many more

Oasis - Wonderwall
Train - Drops From Jupiter
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
Coldplay - See You Soon

that's a horrible list, so cliché :amaze:

[Orpheus Emerged]

at the drive-in - "Hourglass"
The Beatles - "I'm so tired"
Fugazi - "Forensic Scene"

[The Musician]

JACKSON!

Modest Mouse-The Stars Are Projectors
" "-3rd Planet
Coheed & Cambria-God Send Conspirator
and um I know this isn't Indie but
Mojometer-The Innocence I Adore

[The Musician]

Jackson!

~¹²³~123~¹²³~

[dial-a-cliché]

that's a horrible list, so cliché :amaze:

i dont really get how people can find wonderwall sad... *shrugs*

[asmilefromaveil]

Smashing Pumpkins- Disarm
Johny Cash- Hurt
Rival Schools- Undercovers on
Pink Floyd- Wish you were here
Red Hot Chili Peppers- soul to squeeze
The Cranberries- Zombie
Queens of the stone age- In the fade
New end original- Number one defender

[Dragon_Prince]

i dont really get how people can find wonderwall sad... *shrugs*

It's the feeling you get from the song it's different for everyone

[The Ashtray Girl]

that's a horrible list, so cliché :amaze:

You mean a lot of people agree with him? Funny, that. :rolleyes:.

[TheFoolOnTheHill]

'Wake Me Up When September Ends' - Green Day: purportedly, it's about his [Billie-Joe's] dad dying of cancer when he was ten. But it's really sad, and really nice, at the same time.

'Dosed' - The Red Hot Chili Peppers: it's such a sweet song.

'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' - Green Day: it's just an epic ballad of self-destruction. It's so tragic.

[son of sam]

tearjerker- RHCP is kinda sad

[asymm]

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - "I See A Darkness"
Cat Power - "Names"
Red House Painters - "Have You Forgotten"
Red House Painters - "Drop"
Jason Molina - "Song Of The Road"
Sufjan Stevens - "Flint (For The Unemployed and the Underpaid)"
The Album Leaf - "Window"
Aimee Mann - "Wise Up"
The Six Parts Seven - "The Quick Fire"
The Smiths - "Asleep"
Múm - "Nightly Cares"
Mark Kozelek - "Love Hungry Man"
Talk Talk - "Myrrham"
Xiu Xiu - "Apistat Commander"
Slowdive - "Machine Gun"
REM - "Nightswimming"
Namelessnumberedheadman - "Full & Frayed"
Portishead - "Roads"
The New Year - "The End's Not Near"
Galaxie 500 - "Blue Thunder"
Max Richter - "On The Nature of Daylight"
Joy Division - "Candidate"
Frog Eyes - "A Library Used To Be"
Grandaddy - "The Warming Sun"
Earlimart - "Hold On, Slow Down"
Cyann and Ben - "I Can't Pretend Anymore"
Carissa's Wierd - "You Should Be Hated Here"

Here's some I got after browsing my collection...

[RollerQueen]

^^^ Good LORD is that Grandaddy song depressing....

[mikeeegeee]

I joined this place for just one reason, to say how ... overjoyed I was to see a decent number of people recognized how amazing Grandaddy is.

Nonphenomenal Lineage
Jed the Humanoid
Jed's Other Poem (Beautiful Ground)
He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot
Everything Beautiful is Far away
The Warming Sun (sucks balls when you can relate to this song)

all of those by Grandaddy. I wish more people knew them. I'd also like to contribute:
The Flaming Lips - Suddenly Everything Has Changed
and quite possibly the saddest song of all time (agreed upon by many many people):
Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber (it's the song that plays at the beginning of Platoon)

doubt I'll be around here again, but thank you guys for understanding good ****

[OrbDragon]

Morphine - The Saddest Song

But really, Gone For Good is probably one of the saddest, most naked songs I have heard.

[br3ad_man]

sup bumping old threads.


I'd say "In The Nervous Light Of Sunday" by Circle Takes The Square.

[rbv]

Chicago - Sufjan Stevens

[Jonney Blazes V1]

Umm..

The Verve- Drugs don't work
Alice Cooper- i never cry
Bob Dylan- Like a rolling stone
Dylan- Knocking on heavens door
U2- One and Sunday bloody sunday (think of the situation behind the song)


But I always find that Eric Claptons- tears in heaven is such a sad song..Probaly the saddest song I have ever heard..

[Chilifanthatsme]

RHCP - I Could Have Lied
Incubus - I Miss You, Mexico
NIN - Right Where it Belongs

Others i thought have been posted..

[upthebracket]

Jeff Buckley - Lost Highway
Radiohead - Exit Music (From A Film)
Manic Street Preachers - Small Black Flowers that Grow In the Sky (the live version is just :()
The Libertines - The Good Old Days, especially since they split :(


ah I'm all :( now

[lilsolsman]

Chicago - Sufjan Stevens

Romulus and Casimir Pulaski Day are so much more heartbreaking.

Especially when he plays it live.

I almost cried.

[psychodelicmonkeyfromspace]

tearjerker- RHCP is kinda sad
thats about kurt cobain

[Tomahawk]

"Good Woman" by Cat Power has the ability to destroy me.

[Otherside]

Porcupine Tree - Collapse Light Into Earth
Radiohead - Exit Music(For a Film)
Opeth - To Bid You Farewell

I can't remember that many :\

[StaticSynth]

Some that come to mind:

Radiohead - No Surprises, HtDC, Let Down, Street Spirit
Ryan Adams - Wonderwall
Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye, Hallelujah
The Smiths - There is a Light That Never Goes Out
Elliot Smith - Angeles, Baby Britain

[Chilifanthatsme]

Foo Fighters: Tired of You

Just heard it, thought it was pretty sad sounding...

Jimi Hendrix: Little Wing

[EightMilesHigh]

I don't know about sad, but Neil Young can make some of the most beautiful music I've ever heard. I.E., Harvest Moon:

Because I'm still in love with you
I wanna see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon.

A lot of stuff by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young is like that, check out Teach Your Children.

Then again, I'm a total Neil Young whore :)

[darrell]

The Freshman is sort of a sad song too.


That's the Verve Pipe... not the Verve.

[Bukowski]

Yo La Tengo - Tears are in your Eyes

[darrell]

The Ataris - Between You And Me

I believe that's a pretty sad song. Can't say I'm a big fan of the band, but I love that song.

[lilsolsman]

The Smiths - There is a Light That Never Goes Out

That is, IMO, one of the most uplifting songs ever written.

[Bukowski]

That reminds me:

The Smiths - Asleep

Very, very sad song. It's probably been mentioned, but i havn't looked through this thread. This is probably my favorite Smiths song.

[guitarded_chuck]

Sigur Ros - Svefn g englar (not really sure what it's about, but I have a habit of listening to it when I'm sad)

Tom Waits - almost anything really.

Mineral - Parking Lot when I'm feeling emo

Weezer - Butterfly

[Wanker]

Broken Chords Can Sing A Little, Could've Moved Mountains, Movie (Never Made) by A Silver Mt. Zion
Upward Over The Mountain by Iron & Wine
16, Maybe Less by Iron & Wine and Calexico
Slight Night Shiver by M83
When Sorrow Shoots Her Darts, "I Will Be True...", Love Song For 15 Ontario, Steal Compass/Drive North/Disappear by Set Fire To Flames

[6Stringer]

Streetlight Manifesto - "The Big Sleep"
Streetlight Manifesto - "A Better Place, A Better Time"
Jeff Buckley - "Hallelujah"

[Dreww]

Pearl Jam - Black

[I'll Take The Veil]

John Wayne Gacy Jr.- Sufjan Stevens
Napoleon Solo- At the Drive-In
Play Crack The Sky- Brand New
Someday You Will Be Loved- Death Cab For Cutie
Fire And Rain- James Taylor
Omission- John Frusciante
This Place Is A Prison- The Postal Service


I'm sad now