The Saddest song
 

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.

xiu xiu- walnut house

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

black box recorder - child psychology

thats pretty sad

Beck - Lonesome Tears

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

Thanks all, I appriciate it. :thumb:

My [U]saddest[/U] song would be:
[B]The Funeral Party[/B] by [B]The Cure[/B]

And my most [U]depressing[/U] song would be:
[B]The Eternal[/B] by [B]Joy Division[/B]

Porcupine Tree - A Heartattack In A Layby

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

Coldplay- The Scientist
or CAt Stevens- FAther and Son

nine inch nails - hurt
converge - jane doe

No Use For A Name - The Saddest Song

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.

Pearl Jam - Last Kiss

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

/lame joke that had to be done

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

[QUOTE=Knifeboy]Linkin Park - Breaking the habit..
Now THAT'S sad

/lame joke that had to be done[/QUOTE]

Actually, "My December" is sadder.

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

Needle In The Hay - Elliott Smith

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

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

Set Fire To Flames - When Sorrow Shoots Her Darts

"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.

Last Kiss
NIN/Johny Cash - Hurt

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 [I]lethal[/I] 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

Bjork - the song she sings in the final scene of the movie [I]Dancer In The Dark[/I]

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

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.

[QUOTE=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 [I]lethal[/I] 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[/QUOTE]

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

Sail To The Moon-Radiohead

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.

[QUOTE=insearchofsomething11]xiu xiu- walnut house[/QUOTE]


[QUOTE=NachoChez]
Smiths - "Asleep"
[/QUOTE]

hmm....

Xiu Xiu - Asleep?

+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 )

[QUOTE=thirdeyeblindislit]I think that "god of wine" by Thirdeyeblind is pretty sad. :upset:[/QUOTE]

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"

Joe Strummer - Redemption Song

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.

[QUOTE=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.[/QUOTE]

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.. :)

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

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

[QUOTE=trev913]Nine Inch Nails - Hurt[/QUOTE]

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.