saddest song you ever heard?

[SomethingBlue]

Fast Car by Tracy Chapman

Not only are the words sad, but the melody is very haunting.

[Dashriprock3172]

Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday

Seven trees
Bearin’ strange fruit
Blood on the leaves
And blood at the roots
Black bodies
Swinging in the southern breeze
Strange fruit hangin’
From the poplar trees
Pastoral scene
Of the gallant south
Them big bulging eyes
And the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolia
Clean and fresh
Then the sudden smell
Of burnin’ flesh
Here is a fruit
For the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather
For the wind to suck
For the sun to rot
For the leaves to drop
Here is
Strange and bitter crop

As singed by billie holiday

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.

Pastoral scene of the gallant south,
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh,
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.

Here is fruit for the crows to pluck,
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter cry.

[boatboy]

I'm a bit older so I go with a song by Sade that I first heard in the movie Philadelphia:

Please Send Me Someone To Love

[Corny]

many songs from nick cave *sigh*

[Apollo]

Everything Will Be All Right - the Killers.

[Dagger888]

Fade to black by Metallica

Life it seems will fade away,
Drifting farther everyday.
Getting lost within myself,
nothing matter noone else.

I have lost the will to live.
Simply nothing more to give.
There is nothing more for me,
I need the end to set me free.

Things aren't what they used to be.
I'm missing one inside of me.
Deathly loss, this can't be real.
I cannot stand this hell I feel.

Emptiness is filling me,
to the point of agony.
Growing darkness taking dawn.
Yeah I was me but now he's gone.

No one but me can save myself,
but it's too late.
Now I can't think,
Think why I should even try, who knows?

Yesterday seems as though it never existed,
but death greets me warm.
Now I will just say goodbye...Goodbye.

This song drove multiple people through the world to suicide.

[abercrombieguy94]

"I CAN'T MAKE YOU LOVE ME" -- Bonnie Raitt

[kev]

the intermezzo from Callaveria Rusticana, by Mascagni

[unclaimedblessing]

"The Rose" by Bette Midler. It's a beautiful song, but when bartending I saw it really bring down the mood in the bar everytime it was played on the juke box.

[ross_1986]

Fast Car by Tracy Chapman

Not only are the words sad, but the melody is very haunting.

I second that. I love that song, but it's very depressing. It's so powerful, and the way she sings it, OMG. It's definetely a quality song.

[Ares]

"Picture" by Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow always makes me sad.

[Lazaro]

this woman's work by kate bush

[meson23]

Blink 182-Adam's Song. For a while I used to listen to the song and never pay attention to the lyrics until one day I did and I realized what a sad song it was.

Wow

You know I have listened to that song hundreds of time and never notices it till I read your post. Then I read the lyrics, and you are right. It is sad.

[meson23]

I think one of the saddest I have ever heard was not really a song as such.
Its a work by Barber called Adaggio for Strings. Whenever I hear that it just makes me totally sad. Its a great piece tho, just very sad.

As a second, I would have to pick Go rest high on that mountain, by Vince Gill.
I heard that one night while I was talking to the bf of one of my friends. I had just been informed that he had been attacked and nearly killed, just for being gay. His bf was telling me about this, that song started to paly, and I was a bawling wreck.

[dwengster]

Can't Cry Hard Enough by Williams Brothers (revived by Bellefire)

as well as Bridge Over Troubled Waters by Simon and Garfunkel

- they both remind me of my cousin who died of leukemia... her favorite songs

[Stryfe]

Tracy Chapman's fast car is an obvious pick Another one I like is
Roy Orbison - Crying,

http://www.ladyjayes.com/crying.html

or the spanish version on Mulholland Drive:

http://www.rebekahdelrio.com/audio/1...ah_Del_Rio.m3u

[OrionNorthFL]

I have a whole folder of depressing MP3s on my computer for those moments when ya just feel like feeling sorry for yourself. Among the contents:

Tori Amos - 1000 Oceans
Tori Amos - Winter
Sarah McLaughlin - Angel
Dido - White Flag
Mariah Carey - My All


Also, for some reason, a lot of love songs depress me, such as Monica's "Angel of Mine" and things like that. I'm not sure why, really....

[acenchad2]

Travelin' Soldier-Dixie Chicks

[bratwkb]

I have many... two I'll share right now are "Hey Jupiter" by Tori Amos & "Never thought I'd see the day" by Sade

[SouthBeach30]

I never dreamed you'd leave in summer - Stevie Wonder. Only because, he did leave in summer :-(

[Ares]

Travelin' Soldier-Dixie Chicks

Oh yeah, I forgot about that one. Good call. It's very sad.

Also "You Were Mine" by the Dixie Chicks.

[donnykabob]

Top of the World by Dixie Chicks is very sad too.

[wgtnstud]

The Day B4 U came, by ABBA.

[Padz]

"These are the Days of Our Lives" by Queen - resleased just after Fred died.....

[mikal]

two songs by barbra streisand: "some good things never last" and "with one more look at you". the latter one is makes me cry though.

[icarus725]

I would say for me it has to be Memories from Andrew Lloyd Weber.


"Midnight, not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory?
She is smiling alone
In the lamplight the withered leaves collect at my feet
And the wind begins to moan

Memory, all alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days
I was beautiful then
I remember the time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again

Every street lamp seems to beat
A fatalistic warning
Someone mutters and a street lamp gutters
And soon it will be morning

Daylight, I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life
And I mustn't give in
When the dawn comes tonight will be a memory too
And a new day will begin

Burnt out ends of smoky days
The stale cold smell of morning
The street lamp dies, another night is over
Another day is dawning

Touch me, it's so easy to leave me
All alone with the memory
Of my days in the sun
If you touch me, you'll understand what happiness is
Look, a new day has begun"

Especially this part...

"Daylight, I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life
And I mustn't give in
When the dawn comes tonight will be a memory too
And a new day will begin

Burnt out ends of smoky days
The stale cold smell of morning
The street lamp dies, another night is over
Another day is dawning"

The reason is that my mother died on A Sunday morning just as the sun was rising.

[hella]

Tracy Chapman's fast car is an obvious pick Another one I like is
Roy Orbison - Crying,

http://www.ladyjayes.com/crying.html

or the spanish version on Mulholland Drive:

http://www.rebekahdelrio.com/audio/1...ah_Del_Rio.m3u

i love you, stryfe.

"Crying" was in Gummo.
And I love the original version of "Fast Car" and Xiu Xiu's cover on 'A Promise'.
other sad songs:
"We Both Go Down Together" by the Decemberists
"Between the Bars," "the Biggest Lie," and "Needle in the Hay" by Elliott Smith (RIP)
"Into Dust" by Mazzy Star
"It's Cool, We Can Be Friends" by Bright Eyes
"Pictures of Success" by Rilo Kiley
"Inching Toward Juarez" by Seam
"I Know It's Over" by the Smiths
"Tunic (Song for Karen)" by Sonic Youth
"John Wayne Gacy, Jr." by Sufjan Stevens
"Parting Sea" by This Song is a Mess but so am I
"How Long is the Night?" by Thursday
"Hotcha Girls" by Ugly Casanova
"Wild Pack of Family Dogs" by Modest Mouse
"Suha," "Ale," and "Apistat Commander" by Xiu Xiu
"Wise Up" by Aimee Mann
"Invalid Litter Dept" by At the Drive-In
"20th Century Towers" by Death Cab for Cutie


yeah. I listen to a lot of depressing music.

[Stryfe]

"Crying" was in Gummo.

Yes I remember that. They mentioned it while they were sniffing glue and talking about the guy's gay brother.

As usual your music picks are always amazing.

Bjork - Scatterheart
Ani difranco - Sorry I am
Fiona Apple - Never is a Promise
PJ Harvey - Is that all there is

[Zenith]

May it be with Enya.. Cant count all the times i cried to that song.

Carnival Town with Norah Jones always gets me in a sad mood;

Round 'n round
Carousel
Has got you under it's spell
Moving so fast...but
Going nowhere

Up 'n down
Ferris wheel
Tell me how does it feel
To be so high...
Looking down here

Is it lonely?
Lonely
Lonely

Did the clown
Make you smile
He was only your fool for a while
Now he's gone back home
And left you wandering there

Is it lonely?
Lonely
Lonely

Norah Jones gives me the chills everytime I hear her.

[imbigtoo]

if by Bread

and there is this country song, im not a big country song fan but at the time of my life that this song came out, it really got to me. I think it might be Alen Jackson. it was so sad and about him loosing the person he loved and at the same time was happy for them having someone new, because the person he loved happyness was more improtant than his, it really got to me, because someone that loves you that much, wow, I have loved that much and just dream that someday someone will love me that way.

[Gambit]

Family Portrait - Pink
My immortal - Evanescence
and enya's songs

[shout102]

The Carnival is Over - The Seekers
Lullaby in Blue - Bette Midler!!!!

[shout102]

[QUOTE=Stryfe]
Roy Orbison - Crying,

YES!

[cwtiffin]

Alone Again Naturally by Gilbert O'Sullivan...

[hella]

Yes I remember that. They mentioned it while they were sniffing glue and talking about the guy's gay brother.

As usual your music picks are always amazing.

Bjork - Scatterheart
Ani difranco - Sorry I am
Fiona Apple - Never is a Promise
PJ Harvey - Is that all there is

yes. I cried while listening to "I Miss You" the other night.

& Mousey Toy is gooooood.

[artistsonly]

yes but "i miss you" isn't an inherently sad song.

hehe.

[Baddog]

Song to the Siren - This Mortal Coil
Under the Ivy - Kate Bush
When it's Cold - Moby
Downtown Train - Tom Waits

[Junior99]

Runaway Train by Soul Asylum (I think)
Blink 182 song others have mentioned (Has personal meaning)
Untitled by Simple Plan
Wake me up when September Comes by Green Day

[mike_n_herrin]

I can't remember the name of the song. It's country and i thought the name was "wait'n on joe" but i can't find it via goolge. It makes me cry every time i hear it. so i have to turn it now.

it's about a guy and his brother who is always late for contrustion jobs. And he's made cause his brother is late again. But he hears sirens soon and turns out joe ran a rail road crossing to try and be on time but is hit and killed.

[GL]

There's this one song called "Best I Can" by the Chris Perez Band. This one really breaks my heart. Chris Perez was the husband of Tejano music star, Selena. For those who don't know, she was shot to death by the president of her fan club. Chris was the guitarist in her band, Los Dinos. "Best I Can" was written about his deceased wife.

When I thought I had your heart to keep forever.
(Forever)
Now I live with how it is, nothing lasts, never.
(Never)
I'm never in a place with too much time, try to leave my troubles far behind.
Everything I did, I did for you.
Now there's nothing left for me to do.
I'm never gonna fall in love again, the way I love you.

You know it's so damn hard letting go...

Standing here, holding my heart in my hands
Yes, I am...
Trying to live every day the best I can.
You know it's so damn hard letting go...of you.

Every day's a brand new start of a pain never ending.
(Never ending)
I can't erase this lonely heart that keeps on remembering.
(Remembering)
Every day I live, I live with you, and with all the things we'll never do.
Heaven holds a place for souls like mine.
Try to leave my troubled past behind.

You know it's so damn hard letting go...

Standing here, holding my heart in my hands
Yes, I am...
Trying to live every day the best I can.
You know it's so damn hard letting go (so damn hard letting go)
You know it's so damn hard letting go...of you.

You can see the video and hear the song for yourself...
http://www.editdogg.com/Chris_Perez_Play.htm

[sb]

some sad songs I love..
Troy - Sinead Oconnor
Don't Ask Me Why - Eurythmics
Baker Baker - Tori Amos
Hey Jupiter - Tori Amos
No Ordinary Morning - Chicane
That Particular Time - Alanis Morissette
Oh Father - Madonna
I Refuse - Aaliyah
Baby Can I Hold You - Tracy Chapman
Never Is A Promise - Fiona Apple
Play Dead - Bjork
Cup Of Coffee - Garbage

[Jacketman]

I Don't Know How to Love Him from "Jesus Christ Superstar."

Made me cry and heal afetr break up of my first love.

[hella]

I'd like to add anything by Antony & the Johnsons.

"Cripple & the Starfish"
Mr. Muscle forcing bursting
Stingy thingy into little me, me, me
But just "ripple" said the cripple
As my jaw dropped to the ground
Smile smile

It's true I always wanted love to be
Hurtful
And it's true I always wanted love to be
Filled with pain
And bruises

Yes, so Cripple-Pig was happy
Screamed " I just compeletely love you!
And there's no rhyme or reason
I'm changing like the seasons
Watch! I'll even cut off my finger
It will grow back like a Starfish!
It will grow back like a Starfish!
It will grow back like a Starfish!"

Mr. Muscle, gazing boredly
And he checking time did punch me
And I sighed and bleeded like a windfall
Happy bleedy, happy bruisy

I am very happy
So please hit me
I am very happy
So please hurt me

I am very happy
So please hit me
I am very very happy
So come on hurt me

I'll grow back like a Starfish
I'll grow back like a Starfish
I'll grow back like a Starfish
I'll grow back like a Starfish

[DougNL]

Senza Mama Connie Francis

[unclaimedblessing]

An old standard that gets me is Peggy Lee's version of "Is That All There Is?".
Another real oldie "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" by Hank Williams.
More contemporary "Candle In The Wind" and the revised tribute to Princess Diana.

[doctorsun]

Goodbye - The Corrs

I never thought one day you'd be gone
Away forever more
No one can say, no one could explain
Why you were taken
Oh, where are you now?
Could I get there somehow?

It's time to say "goodbye"
Block out the sun and pack up the sky
Don't let my tears start to make you cry
Each time I try to say my goodbyes
Try to stop asking "why?"

Tell me it's true, tell me there's something more
Another time for love
One day I'll know, one day I'll be there
Will you be waiting
Oh, where you are now?
Could I get there somehow?

It's time to say "goodbye"
Block out the sun and pack up the sky
Don't let my tears start to make you cry
Each time I try to say my goodbye
Try to stop asking "why?"

Why...

Oh, where are you now?
Could I get there somehow?

It's time to say "goodbye"
Block out the sun and pack up the sky
Don't let my tears start to make you cry
Each time I try to say my goodbye
Try to stop asking "why?"

Why...
Try to say my goodbye...
Why...

[PickYrPoisn]

olk old song called "Blowin' in the Wind".

"The answer my friend, is blowin in the wind, the answer is blowin in the wind".

Gotta love PP&M!!!
Hey, I may be young, but that's a CLASSIC...

How 'bout Puff The Magic Dragon?

So sad that boys grow up, hmm...

"A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys
Painted wings and giants's rings make way for other toys.
One grey night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more
And Puff that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar.
His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain
Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane.
Without his lifelong friend, Puff could not be brave
So, Puff that mighty dragon sadly slipped into his cave, oh..."

[micklader]

Everyone should try listening to Cary Brothers - Blue Eyes, it has appeared on several TV programmes and films so some may be familiar with it.

Something else entirely new is a japanese metal song, Dir en grey - The Final (personal meaning). Don't bother looking for the translated lyrics first, listen first. It is tragic and very sad. It should make you feel more than saddened...

[unclaimedblessing]

Jim Croce's "Operator"

[PickYrPoisn]

Leo Sayer had a pretty good sad song... "Sad Eyes"


"Sad eyes turn the other way
I don't wanna see you cry
Sad eyes you knew there'd come a day
When we would have to say goodbye.."

Kills me... cause I really did love the guy!
but that's another story...