The Saddest Songs Ever (blues, mp3 player, pink floyd, pearl jam, Kiss)

NSW · 03-16-2009, 12:13 PM

"Sometimes" by Candlebox...I don't know if this song was meant to be sad...but I've always felt a little twinge in my heart when I listen to it, especially these lyrics:

We change directions, we watch the tides
And we borrow too much
We form restrictions and we form lines
And we separate you from me
Sometimes, sometimes we carry more weight than we own
Oh but sometimes sometimes goes on

Candlebox â€“ Sometimes â€“ Listen free and discover music at Last.fm

bobable · 03-16-2009, 02:52 PM

Alice in Chains - Nutshell, Rotten Apple, Down in a Hole are all beautifully depressing.
Pearl Jam - Black, Last Kiss
Ben Folds - Brick, Mr. Jones part 2
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Collective Soul - The World I Know
Neil Young - My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue), Cortez the Killer, The Needle and the Damage Done
Bruce Springsteen - The River
Phil Collins - Another Day in Paradise
The Who - Behind Blue Eyes
Bill Withers - Aint No Sunshine
Fleetwood Mac - I'm So Afraid
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man, All I Can Do is Write About It
Counting Crows - Perfect Blue Buildings, Anna Begins, Round Here all their music makes me kind of sad
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Dave Matthews - American Baby

Not sure if all of these songs are supposed to be sad but they sure bum me out. Great for rainy days.

FaSho · 03-16-2009, 03:43 PM

About half of Ben Folds discography, especially Fred Jones Pt. 2 and Prison Food

dac · 03-16-2009, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by FaSho

About half of Ben Folds discography, especially Fred Jones Pt. 2 and Prison Food

Fred Jones Pt. 2 is the pinnacle of his work

Carrying Cathy is a sad one by him too.

Mr.beast · 03-17-2009, 09:02 AM

World's End Girlfriend, all of their songs

**Janszoon** · 03-17-2009, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by FaSho

About half of Ben Folds discography, especially Fred Jones Pt. 2 and Prison Food

I don't really know his music much beyond the singles but "Brick" is certainly a hell of a depressing song. I didn't even realize how depressing until someone explained what it was about to me.

dac · 03-17-2009, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I don't really know his music much beyond the singles but "Brick" is certainly a hell of a depressing song. I didn't even realize how depressing until someone explained what it was about to me.

It's always fun explaining what that song is about to high school girls who think it's about a breakup or something like that.

LoathsomePete · 03-17-2009, 12:47 PM

i'm not sure about "saddest of all time" but this song in particular can be hard to listen to at times, but it has a great meaning behind it.

ProggyMan · 03-18-2009, 12:31 AM

A few Cohen tunes:
Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
Avalanche
Dress Rehearsal Rag
The Letters
Hallelujah (A different kind of sad)
Death Of A Ladies Man (Another strangely sad one)-
Ah the man she wanted all her life was hanging by a thread
"I never even knew how much I wanted you," she said.
His muscles they were numbered and his style was obsolete.
"O baby, I have come too late." She knelt beside his feet.
"I'll never see a face like yours in years of men to come
I'll never see such arms again in wrestling or in love."
And all his virtues burning in the smoky Holocaust
She took unto herself most everything her lover lost
Now the master of this landscape he was standing at the view
with a sparrow of St. Francis that he was preaching to
She beckoned to the sentry of his high religious mood
She said, "I'll make a place between my legs,
I'll show you solitude."

He offered her an orgy in a many mirrored room
He promised her protection for the issue of her womb
She moved her body hard against a sharpened metal spoon
She stopped the bloody rituals of passage to the moon

She took his much admired oriental frame of mind
and the heart-of-darkness alibi his money hides behind
She took his blonde madonna and his monastery wine --
"This mental space is occupied and everything is mine."

He tried to make a final stand beside the railway track
She said, "The art of longing's over and it's never coming back."
She took his tavern parliament, his cap, his ****y dance,
she mocked his female fashions and his working-class moustache.

The last time that I saw him he was trying hard to get
a woman's education but he's not a woman yet
And the last time that I saw her she was living with some boy
who gives her soul an empty room and gives her body joy.

So the great affair is over but whoever would have guessed
it would leave us all so vacant and so deeply unimpressed
It's like our visit to the moon or to that other star
I guess you go for nothing if you really want to go that far.

It's like our visit to the moon or to that other star
I guess you go for nothing if you really want to go that far.

It's like our visit to the moon or to that other star
I guess you go for nothing if you really want to go that far.

Mr Grieves · 03-20-2009, 11:01 AM

River-joni Mitchell
where did you sleep last night-Nirvana
Ashes of American flags-wilco
I actually find the song disco 2000 by pulp to be pretty sad for such an upbeat song its quite devastating
Please dont anyone say imagine by Lennon that song is just ****ing terrible

03-16-2009, 12:13 PM	#271 (permalink)
NSW Bigger and Better Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Texas girl living in the UK Posts: 2,596	"Sometimes" by Candlebox...I don't know if this song was meant to be sad...but I've always felt a little twinge in my heart when I listen to it, especially these lyrics: We change directions, we watch the tides And we borrow too much We form restrictions and we form lines And we separate you from me Sometimes, sometimes we carry more weight than we own Oh but sometimes sometimes goes on Candlebox â€“ Sometimes â€“ Listen free and discover music at Last.fm __________________ Hi.

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LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	i'm not sure about "saddest of all time" but this song in particular can be hard to listen to at times, but it has a great meaning behind it. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

03-20-2009, 11:01 AM	#280 (permalink)
Mr Grieves Groupie Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 32	River-joni Mitchell where did you sleep last night-Nirvana Ashes of American flags-wilco I actually find the song disco 2000 by pulp to be pretty sad for such an upbeat song its quite devastating Please dont anyone say imagine by Lennon that song is just ***ing terrible Last edited by Mr Grieves; 03-20-2009 at 11:05 AM. Reason: forgot song*

03-16-2009, 02:52 PM	#272 (permalink)
bobable Groupie Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Atlanta Posts: 11	Alice in Chains - Nutshell, Rotten Apple, Down in a Hole are all beautifully depressing. Pearl Jam - Black, Last Kiss Ben Folds - Brick, Mr. Jones part 2 Johnny Cash - Hurt Collective Soul - The World I Know Neil Young - My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue), Cortez the Killer, The Needle and the Damage Done Bruce Springsteen - The River Phil Collins - Another Day in Paradise The Who - Behind Blue Eyes Bill Withers - Aint No Sunshine Fleetwood Mac - I'm So Afraid Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man, All I Can Do is Write About It Counting Crows - Perfect Blue Buildings, Anna Begins, Round Here all their music makes me kind of sad Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Dave Matthews - American Baby Not sure if all of these songs are supposed to be sad but they sure bum me out. Great for rainy days.

03-17-2009, 09:02 AM	#275 (permalink)
Mr.beast Groupie Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4	World's End Girlfriend, all of their songs

03-18-2009, 12:31 AM	#279 (permalink)
ProggyMan Reformed Jackass Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,964	A few Cohen tunes: Seems So Long Ago, Nancy Avalanche Dress Rehearsal Rag The Letters Hallelujah (A different kind of sad) Death Of A Ladies Man (Another strangely sad one)- Ah the man she wanted all her life was hanging by a thread "I never even knew how much I wanted you," she said. His muscles they were numbered and his style was obsolete. "O baby, I have come too late." She knelt beside his feet. "I'll never see a face like yours in years of men to come I'll never see such arms again in wrestling or in love." And all his virtues burning in the smoky Holocaust She took unto herself most everything her lover lost Now the master of this landscape he was standing at the view with a sparrow of St. Francis that he was preaching to She beckoned to the sentry of his high religious mood She said, "I'll make a place between my legs, I'll show you solitude." He offered her an orgy in a many mirrored room He promised her protection for the issue of her womb She moved her body hard against a sharpened metal spoon She stopped the bloody rituals of passage to the moon She took his much admired oriental frame of mind and the heart-of-darkness alibi his money hides behind She took his blonde madonna and his monastery wine -- "This mental space is occupied and everything is mine." He tried to make a final stand beside the railway track She said, "The art of longing's over and it's never coming back." She took his tavern parliament, his cap, his ****y dance, she mocked his female fashions and his working-class moustache. The last time that I saw him he was trying hard to get a woman's education but he's not a woman yet And the last time that I saw her she was living with some boy who gives her soul an empty room and gives her body joy. So the great affair is over but whoever would have guessed it would leave us all so vacant and so deeply unimpressed It's like our visit to the moon or to that other star I guess you go for nothing if you really want to go that far. It's like our visit to the moon or to that other star I guess you go for nothing if you really want to go that far. It's like our visit to the moon or to that other star I guess you go for nothing if you really want to go that far.