Saddest song ever

[FUBAR]

i dunno why im starting this thread...im having my first break from excessive hardcore metal in like 2 years....and i just gotta say
Eric Clapton-Tears in Heaven is the saddest song ever

[deus_ex_machina]

ok.... :question:

[mariusthegreat]

saddest song ever:

Brick - Ben Folds Five

[Pachyderm]

I don't know if it's the saddest..but Joni Mitchell's River.

[better than you]

Oh my, you've broken open my subject. That is a fantastic song by old Clapton, and definitely a top contender, easy no problem. Mostly because of the personal meaning he has behind it.

I make entire mix cds people say sound like I would kill myself to, so heh, Joe knows his depressing music.

Bright Eyes - A Line Allows Progress, A Circle Does Not
Cursive - The Martyr
Death Cab for Cutie - Tiny Vessels
Neil Young - Out on the Weekend
Pedro the Lion - Amazing Love
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Modern Romance
Alkaline Trio - Blue in the Face
Gary Jules - Mad World
Sean Lennon - Mystery Juice
Postal Service - Iron and Wine
Flogging Molly - The Son Never Shines (On Closed Doors)
Anything by Sinatra can also be incredibly sad when played in the right context as well.

Okay... gone overboard.

[mariusthegreat]

dashboard confessional..they have some pretty good stuff....sad stuff...the brilliant dance....prolly my fav...from them at least...

[Halfpintrocker]

Bob Carlisle((however you spell that)) Butterfly Kisses!! best song..for tears... but i love the song 45 by Shinedown... sad song too!!

[dustinzgirl]

Dont take the girl....some country guy I dont listen to counryt very much but this song always tears me up when it comes on the radio in my pos car (no cd player)

[mariusthegreat]

Dont take the girl....some country guy I dont listen to counryt very much but this song always tears me up when it comes on the radio in my pos car (no cd player)

thats Tim McGraw...i believe....i just know cuz my bro is a bigtime farmer...and he listens to country....im more of a tech. support type of guy...anyways...yeah...Tim McGraw

[CopyLifted]

Dont take the girl....some country guy I dont listen to counryt very much but this song always tears me up when it comes on the radio in my pos car (no cd player)

I hate country, but I have to admit, that song gets me every time I hear it played.

[TheGunslinger85]

Indeed, Tears in Heaven is a sad, yet excellent song. This is coming from a metal head whose favorite albums include Metallica's "...And Justice for All" and Ozzy's "Tribute."

[Unforgiven]

Nazareth-Love hurts.

listen to that right after a tough breakup.

[otepsoul]

danzigs --- her black wings

[FUBAR]

Indeed, Tears in Heaven is a sad, yet excellent song. This is coming from a metal head whose favorite albums include Metallica's "...And Justice for All" and Ozzy's "Tribute."
dude i started this thread...and i know what your saying...cept my favourite albums are more on the lines of iron maiden-number of the beast and megadeth-countdown to extinction...

[Halfpintrocker]

"Oklahoma" is an awesome song... real sad though!! I always cry when I hear it.((its sung by Billy Gilman...its country!!!))

[Feore]

Postal Service - Iron and Wine



hey man just so you know, Iron and Wine is a band, and they covered a postal service song called "such great hights," a very pretty song, both versions, but i'd go with the Iron and Wine version for the sadness. that's probably what you were thinking of.

[thepocketsong]

i dunno about ever but it gets me everytime savage garden's lover after me

[better than you]

hey man just so you know, Iron and Wine is a band, and they covered a postal service song called "such great hights," a very pretty song, both versions, but i'd go with the Iron and Wine version for the sadness. that's probably what you were thinking of.

Dude, thanks. my girlfriend sent that to me and I just assumed it was an unreleased acoustic version. Much appreciated, I'll have to check more of them out.

[TwisT]

G'n'R November Rain

[Unforgiven]

Lostprophets-Last train home

[morelos]

i dunno why im starting this thread...im having my first break from excessive hardcore metal in like 2 years....and i just gotta say
Eric Clapton-Tears in Heaven is the saddest song ever

i used to think that.

until i realized how much eric clapton used it to capitalize on his son's tragic death.

do you want to know what one of the saddest songs, to me, is? it's for its total autobiographical significance:

Cat's in the Cradle, by Harry Chapin.

~ dan ~

other really sad songs:

james taylor - fire and rain
jim croce - operator (that's not the way it feels)
evanescence - my immortal
poe - fly away

[Unforgiven]

Pearl Jam-Last kiss

[morelos]

oh my god, and how could i forget:

creedence clearwater revival - someday never comes

and Fastball - Out of My Mind
The Verve Pipe - Freshmen (when they say 'freshmen' they mean "entirely new to this" and not "high school freshmen")

~ dan ~

[morelos]

Pearl Jam-Last kiss

that's the worst cover i've ever heard. they took a song that had real emotion when sung by the original performer (j. frank wilson and the cavaliers) and CHANGED NOTHING except they sang it with no feel whatsoever.

and in my opinion, the "something warm in my eyes" allusion to blood was just too obvious to be particularly moving.

~ dan ~

coven - one tin soldier

i posted the lyrics to this one; it's a depressing tale of how the whole world could have been contrasted to how it really is.

[morelos]

and johnny cash's cover of "hurt," while not particularly musical, was very meaningful because he knew he was near death and felt he could use trent reznor's words to adequately express his regret for everything he had done wrong in his life.

[Unforgiven]

that's the worst cover i've ever heard. they took a song that had real emotion when sung by the original performer (j. frank wilson and the cavaliers) and CHANGED NOTHING except they sang it with no feel whatsoever.

hmm... didn't know that... that's the only version i've heard.

[morelos]

i would LOVE to send you the original, but that would be against the law.

i forgot to mention "and so it goes" by billy joel. that and "Cat's in the cradle" can put me in tears at any moment, no matter what is going on around me, to the point where once, and i kid you not, i heard the first plucks of the harry chapin song on the PA at a mcdonalds and knew i had to walk out -- immediately.

fuck, i'm starting to cry right now; my dad is going to die and i will never have known him. and then i'll do the same for my kids... i hate the fact that i can think only in sounds because i can play the song back in my head and that's what makes it hurt

[FUBAR]

i used to think that.

until i realized how much eric clapton used it to capitalize on his son's tragic death.

i have to disagree with you there....but if you can send your music out as a message to people...i dont wanna think of how hard it would be to play that song for him...the emotion thats put into it...so because it comes on a record and sells very well because it has so much emotion in it and becomes a great song its wrong because its about his son??? im sorry but i see it as a final message...plea even for forgiveness...i dont think that clapton was too worried about the money issue or anything like that when he wrote the song

[TwisT]

Pearl Jam-Last kiss

Sorry dude, that song is Horrible.....Try again..

[TwisT]

and johnny cash's cover of "hurt," while not particularly musical, was very meaningful because he knew he was near death and felt he could use trent reznor's words to adequately express his regret for everything he had done wrong in his life.

Personal Jesus was............Different.......?? ?

[morelos]

i have to disagree with you there....but if you can send your music out as a message to people...i dont wanna think of how hard it would be to play that song for him...the emotion thats put into it...so because it comes on a record and sells very well because it has so much emotion in it and becomes a great song its wrong because its about his son??? im sorry but i see it as a final message...plea even for forgiveness...i dont think that clapton was too worried about the money issue or anything like that when he wrote the song

this is exactly the contrasting view i was thinking of; you know i have to say i love the song, and it has put me in tears singing with it in the car, and i can play it from start to finish (minus his two solos because i don't have a 32-fret guitar [excuses, excuses lol]), but at the same time it has to be very... odd to wind up capitalizing on it, even if you weren't thinking to at first.

maybe the situation was that he wrote the song, in tears, for his son, and sang it in private; someone heard it and told him the public must hear it to understand his feelings. maybe that's why it sold. then i would back your view 32094823094823482309%. as it is, it's half tragedy, half capitalism (which is in itself more than half tragedy, which would make the whole clapton ordeal something on the order of 151° tragedy)...

i dunno.

~ dan ~

[Unforgiven]

Sorry dude, that song is Horrible.....Try again..

ok... *thinks* nothing. i'll get back to you :)

[dustinzgirl]

Pink Flloyd
Mother
This is a very sad song if you listen to the lyrics.

[Unforgiven]

i cry whenever i hear dixie chicks...

just cause of the lack of talent

[morelos]

hey; here's a tangential question:

what separates a love song from a lust song from some other kind of sex/infatuation/obsession song?

"December, 1963 (Oh What A Night)" by Frankie Valli is about a one-night stand. that's lust, right?

"A Thousand Miles" by Vanessa Carlton is about walking a thousand miles JUST TO SEE SOMEONE TONIGHT. that's like, an infatuation song..

"Till Death Do Us Part" by Cypress Hill is about a man telling his girl how much he wishes he hadn't fucked up and he's so glad he has her. love?


and how about "Where I Want to Be" by Lifehouse? A classmate at my dorms did that shit; sat around outside this chick's door that he liked waiting for her to do anything (like leave the room). it imprisoned and scared the fuck out of her.

don't even get me started about "Every Breath You Take." congratulations, Sting. that shit is beautiful, but creepy as fuck. what a combination.

now, "'cruisin" by smokey robinson or "I second that emotion" by the same. I consider both of those more of love songs, one about making love with a committed partner, and the other about commitment itself. both wonderful and i wish my album hadn't gotten destroyed.

and what about Dave Matthews Band - "Crash Into Me" which is about sex in the female-superior position with their clothes mostly on (mind you, so is "hang on sloopy" from 1966 or whenever). that's gotta be the 'lust' category.

so why is 'lust' music, which is as carnal as "Closer" by NIN (I WANNA FUCK YOU LIKE AN ANIMAL) played on soft-rock stations and considered so acceptable for kids to hear?

i'm tired of this phenomenon. get the "hike up your skirt a little more / and show it all to me / and a boy's dream" kind of music off those stations too. it should not be the timbre of the music that determines its category for which radio station plays it: soft-rock, metal, etc.

in my opinion, "Nothing Else Matters" is a tremendously moving song and can be interpreted in numerous ways. no cursing, but also a real message about love and partnership (some people think it's about being gay; i could understand that interpretation). i'd rather hear that played on the intercom at Macy's than "crash into me" any day. but guess which one i WILL hear.

~ dan ~

[Bullshyt]

Only God Knows Why-Kid Rock

[FUBAR]

godsmack-running blind is a good one

[dustinzgirl]

Only God Knows Why-Kid Rock

Thats the song I was thinking about in the love song thread! I love that song!

[Bullshyt]

But he doesn't sing it with a girl though. That song is picture, with Sheryl Crow, but theyre both great songs

[Feore]

the reason Dave Matthews gets played on soft rock stations is cuz, well, he's kinda soft rock. Plus, the lyrics aren't as pronounced and noticeable as "Closer." "Closer" would scare the shit out of most soccer moms.

Anyway... saddest song ever...

how has no one mentioned "Leaving on a Jet Plane"? There's a shitload of versions of this song, but for my money, you can't beat the Chantal Kreviazuk version. listen to it and you WILL tear the fuck up. I gare-on-tee

[_Kitana_]

Fly away- poe


it make sense that it should happen this way
that the sky should break and the earth should shake
as if to say
sure it all matters but in such an unimporant way

fly away...sweet bird of pray.... fly fly fly away

nothing can stand in your way
sweet bird if you knew the words
i know that you would say fly away

it make snese that it shoul hurt in this way
that my heart should break and my hand should shake
as if to say sure all matters but in such an imporant way

as if to say hey hey...
fly away....
fly away...sweet bird of pray.... fly fly fly away
I won't stand in your way
sweet bird if you knew the words
i know that you would say fly fly away


It makes sense that it should feel this way
but to slowly fade, yet to stay remain
everything matters in such an invisable way
as if to say its ok...fly away...........

[morelos]

the reason Dave Matthews gets played on soft rock stations is cuz, well, he's kinda soft rock. Plus, the lyrics aren't as pronounced and noticeable as "Closer." "Closer" would scare the shit out of most soccer moms.

that's true. my proposal, though, is that we take dave matthews off the stations we've taken nine inch nails off. that's my whole point; the meaning should have something to do with where the song is played, not just the style. keep the hootie & the blowfish on the intercoms and keep the dave matthews on the stations that play songs about how i like to split girls in half.

for that matter, does anyone know the song "come on eileen?"

lol jesus lord..

[morelos]

fly away- poe

it makes sense that it
should hurt in this way
that the sky should break
and the earth should shake...

kitana - did you notice how i mentioned that one? ;]

~ dan ~

[Feore]

Fly away- poe


have you heard Poe's second album? "Haunted"? that's like an emotional roller coaster ride. way better than her first

[morelos]

have you heard Poe's second album? "Haunted"? that's like an emotional roller coaster ride. way better than her first

i completely disagree. i was turned off to her newer music by its particular lack of musicality. it seemed as though she tried to make more 'angry johnnies' so she could sell more copies and lost the heart that was so evident on her first eleven tracks.

~ dan ~

[Feore]

i completely disagree. i was turned off to her newer music by its particular lack of musicality. it seemed as though she tried to make more 'angry johnnies' so she could sell more copies and lost the heart that was so evident on her first eleven tracks.

~ dan ~


i actually really didnt like it my first couple listens but i came around. you gotta realize what that album is about. the whole thing is a weird and twisted dedication to her dead father. all those old samples she uses of the guy talking? that's tapes she found of her dad. there's just so many ideas and surprises on that album. and those last 2 tracks... some sad shit.

[GottaHurt]

From the Beginning - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Too Late - Carol King
If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot
The Long & Winding Road - Beatles
Never Gonna Fall in Love Again - Eric Carmen
Sukiyaki - Kyu Sakamoto
Torn - Natalie Imbruglia
Drive - The Cars
Crazy - Patsy Cline
Iris - GooGoo Dolls


Just a couple that fuck me up in regard to who I attach their sentiment to.

[Broken]

everybody knows the saddest song ever written Is:


Michael Jacksons' "Ben"

I guess now we know where the rat disappered to.


ROFLMAO~~ Sorry Had to Shit on at least One Thread today.

[_Kitana_]

have you heard Poe's second album? "Haunted"? that's like an emotional roller coaster ride. way better than her first

I own both CDS



I am haunted by the lies you did to me
secrets that unfold
and I am haunted....

:)

i know most all of her songs and can type them from memory.

Some other sad songs

Nin-hurt, something i can neve have

k's choice-im not an addiact

(the bands name to this song is the scientific name for the ink block test, i can not spell it sorry) - love killed the other me


goes something like....

Boy you'll never learn
touch the fire that burns
cause boy you'll never learn

really deep dark sinster kind of sadness... wish i could remember exactly how the rest went

Stabbingwestwards- Save yourself, forget the name of the song.... but it goes

"Sometimes it hurt so much...to lose the one you love....."

The Rasmus-not like the other girls

completly diffrent take on a song, very orginal i think...

no more blame im destetance to keep you sane
got to rescue the flame in your heart
no more blood, i will be there for you my love
i will stand by your side
the world has forsaken my girl
should of seen it be this way
should of known start watch she after
when you loved and lost someone
you know what it feel like to loose

she fading away
away from this world
she drifting like a feather
she lives in the clouds and talk to the birds
hopeless little one,
she not like the other girls i know

no more shame
she felt to much to much pain
in her life in her mind
she repeating the words
all the love you have will return to you
should of seen it would be this way
should of known from the start what it after
when you love and lost someone close to you
you know what its feels like to lose
she fading away
away from this world
drifting like feather
she not like the others girls
she lives in the clouds and talks to the birds
hopeless little one...she not like the other girls i know...

[_Kitana_]

]Iris - GooGoo Dolls




Iris was suppose to be the song played at Jesse and My wedding...

Name by googoo dolls is sad to

and there is a small track on the dizzy up the girl ablume that is increbly sad

i don't remember completly how it goes

and your mother loves your father
cause she got to no where to go
and they press their lips against you
and you love the lies they tell you
cause the least they ever gave you
was the most you ever knew

[morelos]

seriously depressing, those lines right there.

i just made a 'sad' cd with lots of the stuff suggested here. starting with 'tears in heaven' and going in order with the way they were suggested. play time: 79:49.

what about american hi-fi "another perfect day?"

or the offspring "gone away?"

[_Kitana_]

Long december - counting crows

falls apart- sugar ray

staind-its been awhile

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

sorry don't listen to a lot of happy songs

not a lot to smile about

never has been..funny how nothing changes from when your lil till now
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~

[morelos]

i entirely forgot about staind! that entirety of 'break the cycle' fits this category.

"it's been awhile" is fucking great. depressing as hell, too. but i also LOVED "fade," "epiphany," and "outside."

jesus i'm gonna play that on the way to school.

[_Kitana_]

i entirely forgot about staind! that entirety of 'break the cycle' fits this category.

"it's been awhile" is fucking great. depressing as hell, too. but i also LOVED "fade," "epiphany," and "outside."

jesus i'm gonna play that on the way to school.


orgy - blue monday

dirty vegas-days go by

Buckcherry- for the movies

STP-Still Remains

Tool-sober

matchbox20- unwell & push & 3am

Nirvina - Heart shape box, about a girl..... many more

Linkin park- crawling

Aerosmith- jane's got a gun, cryin, dream on

[morelos]

word to all those songs. orgy's 'blue monday' cover was FANTASTIC. new order's original was terrible because the vocalist just sucked miserably.

[otepsoul]

Sorry dude, that song is Horrible.....Try again..
didnt see one from you

[morelos]

:owned2: word; we need a smiley face holding up a "rev. jesse jackson" sign for those times when people complain about other people's shit and don't offer up alternative solutions.

"blah that sucks"

yeah you're a big help.

[Icarus]

We need a "Rodney King" sign, just for kicks.

Heh heh heh. I love when people shout "King! King! King! King! King!" at riots.

One of the saddest songs I've ever heard is... hold on, let me get the album sleeve.

Tear, by The Smashing Pumpkins. An small bit of sadness from the song:

The lights came on fast
lost in motorcrash
gone in a flash unreal
but you knew all along

you laugh the light I sing the songs
to watch you numb

I saw you there
you were on your way
you held the rain
and for the first time heaven seemed insane
cause heaven is to blame
for taking you away

do you know the way that I can?
do you know the way that I can't lose?
do you know the things that I can?
do you know the things that I can't do?

That song makes me want to cry every time I hear it. Its so beautiful... the violins, the beat, it all meshes to make an overwhelmingly sad song.

[Feore]

holy shit dudes, i dont know if this is the saddest song ever but i just downloaded it and really, you gotta hear it cuz it's powerful and cool as all hell. it's a cover of Bob Marley's "Babylon System" by Bonnie Prince Billy and it kicks royal fucking ass.

Unfuckwithable.

[otepsoul]

slaves on dope -- casutliy of me.

[morelos]

collective soul - the world i know

[Tylerc]

Three Days Grace-"I Hate Everything About You" has an extremely depressing video.


Yellowcard-"Only One" is also a very sad song.

YAY EMO!