The Saddest song

[thirdeyeblindislit]

I'm sure this has problibly been done before, but I want to know, what you all consider to be the saddest song that you have ever heard. Or any songs that may have made you think. Or the most depressing. I would like them to be songs that I could find. :thumb: thanks for your help. Please I really need some kind of list.

[insearchofsomething11]

xiu xiu- walnut house

[Hill Billy Stew]

Toss Up:
Greg by the Dead Bird
or
Black Sparrow by Saw Wheel

[jaredong]

black box recorder - child psychology

thats pretty sad

[ATM]

Beck - Lonesome Tears

[blueyxd]

Anathema - Are You There?
and hey, a link
http://www.anathema.rockmetal.art.pl/mp3/anathema-are_you_there.mp3

[thirdeyeblindislit]

Thanks all, I appriciate it. :thumb:

[The Vegetarian]

My saddest song would be:
The Funeral Party by The Cure

And my most depressing song would be:
The Eternal by Joy Division

[Phunphone]

Porcupine Tree - A Heartattack In A Layby

[Hammer_of_the_Gods]

Pearl Jam - Last Kiss

Second verse is one of the saddest ever, it describes what happend right after a car wreak:
"When I woke up the rain was pourin down, there were people standin all around.
Something warm flowing through my eyes, but somehow I found my baby that night.
I lifted her head, she looked at me and said: 'hold me darling, just a little
While'. I held her close, I kissed her our last kiss. I found the love that I
Knew I had missed.

Well now she’s gone. even though I hold her tight. I lost my love, my life,
That night."

*tear*


Other sad ones:
Iced Earth - Watching Over Me (a power metal song about a best friend that dies?)
Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven (ofcourse)
Evanescence - My Imortal (it's pretty mainstream but still sad)
The Used - It's Hard To Say, On My Own
Opeth - In My Time Of Need

[Squirellmeister]

Coldplay- The Scientist
or CAt Stevens- FAther and Son

[StandingStill]

nine inch nails - hurt
converge - jane doe

[petedohertysdealer]

No Use For A Name - The Saddest Song

[Kosta]

Just look for some random Joy Division songs.

One Life by The Last Emperor and Poetic is sad, too. Poetic had cancer at the time and rapped about how he had "three months left". Which he had. Sadly. He was great in The Gravediggaz.

[EonBlueApcolyps]

Pearl Jam - Last Kiss

[Knifeboy]

Linkin Park - Breaking the habit..
Now THAT'S sad

/lame joke that had to be done

[Glue_it_back]

the smashing pumpkins - For Martha (http://s6.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1PO0JONCPAZZC1CRI3NKNRDRLE)
martha = billy's mother who died of cancer

[Happymeal]

Linkin Park - Breaking the habit..
Now THAT'S sad

/lame joke that had to be done

Actually, "My December" is sadder.

[dislocated214]

Joe Strummer/Johnny Cash - Redemption Song (originally Bob Marley)
Billy Bragg - Must I Paint You A Picture?

[pixiesfanyo]

Needle In The Hay - Elliott Smith

[dislocated214]

Even though I hate Elliot Smith, I must admit I like that song.

[Puppetface]

Antony and the Johnsons - The Lake
or
The Smiths - I Know It's Over

[Wanker]

Set Fire To Flames - When Sorrow Shoots Her Darts

[YDload]

"Last Kiss" is a cover song; it was originally written by some guy who really did lose his girlfriend/wife in a car accident. It was the only song he ever wrote.

Trail of Dead- Source Tags and Codes. Listenin' to it now and decided that it fits the bill.

[Radiobass81]

Last Kiss
NIN/Johny Cash - Hurt

[Left of Center]

Hmm. I think 'Last Kiss' is a cool pick, but the whole cover-song thing turns me off. The original is actually a lot sadder.

I'm going to have to say ADAM'S SONG! I mean, who better to totally convey in an unparalleled fashion the pain and suffering of suicide and the family members of the population-conscience victim than a bunch of pretty white boys with guitars, drums, and a lethal knowledge of three chords?

Yeah.

In all seriousness, I'd have to say 'Jesus Nitelight' by Eve 6. It was off their first album -- the one with 'Inside Out' -- and was a pretty cool piece of music. Really simple, the song only sports four chords and minimal musical talent, but the words really convey emotion. I'd really recommend checking it out.

-- LoC

[RollerQueen]

Bjork - the song she sings in the final scene of the movie Dancer In The Dark

[thirdeyeblindislit]

I think that "god of wine" by Thirdeyeblind is pretty sad. :upset:

[anotherlamenobody]

elliott smith- twilight
that song, well, that whole album is pretty sad when you think about what the lyrics say then what happened after he wrote them.

[YDload]

Hmm. I think 'Last Kiss' is a cool pick, but the whole cover-song thing turns me off. The original is actually a lot sadder.

I'm going to have to say ADAM'S SONG! I mean, who better to totally convey in an unparalleled fashion the pain and suffering of suicide and the family members of the population-conscience victim than a bunch of pretty white boys with guitars, drums, and a lethal knowledge of three chords?

Yeah.

In all seriousness, I'd have to say 'Jesus Nitelight' by Eve 6. It was off their first album -- the one with 'Inside Out' -- and was a pretty cool piece of music. Really simple, the song only sports four chords and minimal musical talent, but the words really convey emotion. I'd really recommend checking it out.

-- LoC

That was a good first post. You should stick around, but you don't need to sign your posts.

[Street Spirit (Fade Out)]

Sail To The Moon-Radiohead

[malpractice9]

Gary Jule's cover of "Mad World" by Tears for Fears (used in Donny Darko) is beautiful. Jules' voice turns the song into a listless reflection; his saddness swells, yet he remains reserved and distant.
I learned the song on piano, but my little sister's light-up casio keyboard doesn't quite do it justice.

[morrissey]

xiu xiu- walnut house



Smiths - "Asleep"


hmm....

Xiu Xiu - Asleep?

[Distinct]

+live+ - dance with you ("were the goddess finaly sleeps, in the lap of her lover")
goo-goo dolls - iris ("i'll bleed just to know youre alive")
blink182 -adam song (agree with Left of Center).
skunk anasi - brazen (wierd choice i know)
smashing pumpkins - ava adore (its sad in a ironic way)
3doors down - kryptonite ( its a personal thing - break up with your love\r and listen )

[Sound Boy]

I think that "god of wine" by Thirdeyeblind is pretty sad. :upset:

i agree...i also support your love of 3eb. people who still like them are awesome...like me :naughty:

The Get up kids - "NewFound Mass"
The Streets - "dry your eyes mate"
Ben Folds Five - "evaporated"
Staind - "excess baggage"
Something Corporate - "Konstantine"
Plain White T's - "a lonely september"
Thousand Foot Crutch - "this is a call"
New Amsterdams - "proceed with caution"
Counting Crows - "have you seen me lately"
Coldplay - "the scientist"
the cure - "pictures of you"
<<insert random Smiths or Elliot Smith single here>>

and go ahead and bash me for:
REM - "everybody hurts"
Radiohead - "how to dissapear completely"
Linkin Park - "my december"
Puddle of Mudd - "blurry"

and this country song always makes me cry like a b*tch with a skinned knee:
Cyndi thompson - "what i really ment to say"

and i'll have to say "adams song" by Blink is sad...exepcially the end of the verse with "please tell mom this was not her fault"

[Dave de Sylvia]

Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye

[white_riot]

Joe Strummer - Redemption Song

[milkmit]

so many to choose from..
hmmm.. in no particular order.. (and some are a bit more melancholy and depressingly beautiful than sad...but the feelings they evoke or more or less the same, and each has brought me to tears at one point or another (and another, and another, and another heh))

-cat power - king rides by
-elliot smith - between the bars
-ugly casanova - cat faces
-songs ohia - just be simple (one of the the live versions, MUCH more effective than the recorded one)
-tori amos - hey jupiter
-tori amos - here in my head
-tori amos - I can't see new york (brings me to tears nearly every freaking time.. the opening piano, especially...kills me..)
-tori amos - putting the damage on
-tori amos - not the red baron
-wilco - misunderstood
and finally:
-ani difranco - school night:

what kind of scale compares the weight of beauties?
the gravity of duties? or the ground speed of joy?
tell me what kind of gauge can quantify elation?
what kind of equation could I possibly employ?
you'll never know, dear, just how much I loved you.
you'll probably think this was just my big excuse.
but I stand committed to a love that came before you
and the fact that I adore you is just one of my truths.

[milkmit]

Gary Jule's cover of "Mad World" by Tears for Fears (used in Donny Darko) is beautiful. Jules' voice turns the song into a listless reflection; his saddness swells, yet he remains reserved and distant.
I learned the song on piano, but my little sister's light-up casio keyboard doesn't quite do it justice.

holy crap, I forgot this one!!
I fell in love with it (and michel gondry's video for it - WOW) before I had a chance to see donnie darko, and when that part came on.....MAN.. I don't think richard kelly could have did a better job making that scene(s) work with that song.. heavy, heavy stuff.

so yeah.. I think that's gotta be in first place for me....with all the rest in very close tie for 2nd.. :)

[trev913]

Joy Division - Atmosphere
Nine Inch Nails - Hurt
The Smiths - Asleep

I've got loads more, but those instantly come to mind for me.

[RollerQueen]

Nine Inch Nails - Hurt

I went to sleep last night with that song on repeat. I woke up and heard "What have I become?" and it really set the tempo for the day. Suicide's a great idea.

[fishindisguise]

John Mayer - Split Screen Sadness

[Durden]

Radiohead - Street Spirit. It's basically a montage of a bunch of depressing scenes.
Radiohead - Creep. But only really when it's acoustic.

There are a bunch other which are sad to me, but this is all I can think of as universally sad right now...

[Nra4ever_17]

Interpol-Obstacle 1

Especially if you see the video, in which the band accidentally kills a girl at the end.

[seth86]

Blur - good song

[thirdeyeblindislit]

Another sad song I think is "Lullaby" by Lit

[AndreTheHyena]

"Last Kiss" is a cover song; it was originally written by some guy who really did lose his girlfriend/wife in a car accident. It was the only song he ever wrote.

If I could rep you, I would. No one ever acknowledges that, always giving credit to PJ. Word.

[AndreTheHyena]

Definitely. The original is outstanding.

[lilsolsman]

Almost every song by Elliott Smith.

For example;

The Biggest Lie
or
Happiness (these lyrics are so without hope, it makes me sad :( )

[cap]

Although every song by Smith is a depressing/saddening experience. I'd say King's Crossing, a summation of the state of the world and his life. Especially the line "Gi'me one reason not to do it"

[The Reincarnation Of Hendrix]

Definately "No Distance Left To Run" or "Battery In Your Leg" by Blur They're so amazing but really sad at the same time

[thirdeyeblindislit]

What about that song by straylight run, "E on prom night"

[still_ur_heart]

yeah that song is pretty good....not really sad, but it's good. The title is sad, cause unless you are ms. popular at the prom with the guy everyone wants to be with, Existensialism is a big issue on your mind. I drove home from prom with year at 2 am....all the windows down, just singing to some old 80's pop songs....it was lame, I know.
I'm gonna have to say
Konstantine by Something Corporate
or The Tide and Your Evil Soul by The Spill Canvas
The Spill Canvas is an amazing band and everyone should listen to those two songs and then go and get the CD....or buy the CD first, you wont be saddened

[Dextomethorphan]

A lot of stuff by hte Smashing Pumpkins. I know people have mentioned them a few times already. I'm suprised no one has mentioned Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton, seeing as how it was written to his son who passed away. It always makes me think of my friend who died and I'll admit I sometimes almost cry when I hear it.

[RollerQueen]

I got dumped three days before my senior prom. I spent prom night at work. At the time, the first verse of Mineral's "Parking Lot" and the whole of "Slower" and "If I Could" were playing through my mind. They're still excellent songs.

[ZastOne]

Jeff Buckley - Hallelulja (cover of leonard cohens that tonnes of people have done)

[Vamos Scorcho]

radiohead - how to dissappear completely

in fact alot of their song.s

[GN'Randallthat]

I got some more

Let it be-The beatles
Hey Jude-The beatles

[EightMilesHigh]

Joe Strummer/Johnny Cash - Redemption Song (originally Bob Marley)


Amazing version of that. I actually like it better than the original.

Joy Division - She's Lost Control. Not really sad, but very dark.

[progressive]

Hammerfall - Always will be



black box recorder - child psychology

thats pretty sad


where can i get url of song? anybody help me?

[Tangy zizzle]

terrible person

[iarescientists]

i believe that is the most epic bump ever

[Gnarmageddon]

Pg. 99 - "The Lonely Waltz of Leonard Cohen"