Saddest Song?

Stinkfist · 02-17-2010, 11:06 PM

Im sure these have all been said but...

Martha- tom waits
sad song- screaming jets
blowers daughter- Damien rice
no suprises- radiohead
hallelujah- Jeff Buckley/leonard Cohen
disarm- smashing pumpkins
3 libras- a perfect circle
river- Joni Mitchell
fire and rain- James Taylor
at least that's what you said- wilco

Nine Black Poppies · 02-17-2010, 11:31 PM

Good call on Joni Mitchell there.

Off my head songs that, in the right mood, will turn me into a blubbering mess:

Roddy Hart - Wake Up
Kate Bush - This Woman's Work
Elliott Smith - Pitseleh
The Avett Brothers - The Ballad of Love and Hate
The Mountain Goats - Game Shows Touch Our Lives
Red House Painters - Mistress [Piano Version]
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See a Darkness
eels - Ant Farm
The Magnetic Fields - Busby Berkeley Dreams
Okkervil River - A Stone
Why? - These Few Presidents
Trembling Blue Stars - Sometimes I Still Feel the Bruise
Tori Amos - China
Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day
Shearwater - Nobody
Cat Power - Colors and the Kids
Dinosaur Jr - Not the Same
Fiona Apple - Never is a Promise
The Swell Season - This Low
Califone - Funeral Singers

eunhaelai · 02-19-2010, 02:10 AM

Fuel "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)"

always put me in a sad mood.

saddle_sore · 02-19-2010, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by scottsy

Gwesy, you mentioned Love Letter by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and I completely and totally agree with that cdhoice... beautifully penned song, very mournful, regretful lyrics, just the epitome of a sad song, by the Master himself!

Great choice - Great songwriter. I would also go for either 'Right Out of Your Hands' or 'O Children'.

Vancouver · 02-19-2010, 12:31 PM

Can't remember if I already posted...

It's a Mother****er - EELS
Melt into the Walls - Pilate
Something I can never have - NIN
Hurt - NIN
Hate Me- Blue October
Love will tear us apart - Joy Division
My Immortal - Evanescence
Sometime Around Midnight - ATE
Please me like you want to - Ben Harper
Hasn't Hit Me Yet - Blue Rodeo
Call and Answer - Barenaked Ladies
No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley
Streets of Philly - Bruce Springsteen
Glycerine - Bush
Joey - Concrete Blonde
Misguided Angel - Cowboy Junkies
Boys Don't Cry - The Cure
Sometimes I wake up Crying - Dixie Chicks
In The Heart of the Matter - Don Henley
I will always love you - Dolly Parton Version
Wasted time - Eagles
Teacher -George Michael
F.O.D - Greenday
November Rain - Guns and Roses
Why did you mess with forever? - John Mayer
Just Like Honey - Jesus and the Mary Chain

Vancouver · 02-19-2010, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Willy_the_Disk

I'm surprised by the amount of people who listed Radiohead songs as being depressing. I like Radiohead, but for the most part, I find a lot of their songs devoid of any real strong emotions. Someone listed The Weepies up above, their song 'Love doesn't last too long' I think is real depressing. I made a mix cd with a bunch of Weepies songs on it, a bunch of rather up beat ones, and then that depressing one at track five or so. This was summer of 2007, around the same time I first met and started spending a lot of time with the girl that I am currently dating, and I just remember so many instances where we'd be in my car, driving somewhere or something, all bright and cheery in the way that you are in the beginning of a relationship, and then that song would come on.

Anything by the Smiths, as well.

I agree, I thought Thinking of you would be a nice romantic tune...until he starts singing about jerking off.

RazzyQuixotic · 02-19-2010, 02:25 PM

"John Wayne Gacy, Jr." -Sufjan Stevens.

Oh, and "Twilight" by Elliott Smith.

scottsy · 02-19-2010, 11:36 PM

I'd nominate the entire tracklisting of The Sunset Tree by The Mountain Goats.... it' quite a tear jerking album when you realise the heartbreaking thread through all the songs... beautiful and wonderfully penned and incredibly insightful are other adjectives I'd use to describe it, as well as sad...

tomcat · 03-19-2010, 03:43 PM

I've always found "The Long and Winding Road" by the Beatles to be sad, **** forgot this was the alternative thread, the first one that pops into my brain would be "Back to the Old House" by the Smiths. I find that a to be a sad song. Johnny Cash's version of Hurt is sad too.

Sweet Jane · 03-21-2010, 08:27 AM

Practically everything by Low has a sad, haunting quality. 'Sunflower' is one of my favourites, though.

And I second whoever just said 'River' by Joni Mitchell.

02-17-2010, 11:06 PM	#181 (permalink)
Stinkfist Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 114	Im sure these have all been said but... Martha- tom waits sad song- screaming jets blowers daughter- Damien rice no suprises- radiohead hallelujah- Jeff Buckley/leonard Cohen disarm- smashing pumpkins 3 libras- a perfect circle river- Joni Mitchell fire and rain- James Taylor at least that's what you said- wilco Last edited by Stinkfist; 02-17-2010 at 11:38 PM.

02-17-2010, 11:31 PM	#182 (permalink)
Nine Black Poppies Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: A State of Denial Posts: 357	Good call on Joni Mitchell there. Off my head songs that, in the right mood, will turn me into a blubbering mess: Roddy Hart - Wake Up Kate Bush - This Woman's Work Elliott Smith - Pitseleh The Avett Brothers - The Ballad of Love and Hate The Mountain Goats - Game Shows Touch Our Lives Red House Painters - Mistress [Piano Version] Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See a Darkness eels - Ant Farm The Magnetic Fields - Busby Berkeley Dreams Okkervil River - A Stone Why? - These Few Presidents Trembling Blue Stars - Sometimes I Still Feel the Bruise Tori Amos - China Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day Shearwater - Nobody Cat Power - Colors and the Kids Dinosaur Jr - Not the Same Fiona Apple - Never is a Promise The Swell Season - This Low Califone - Funeral Singers __________________ Like carnivores to carnal pleasures, so were we to desperate measures...

02-19-2010, 12:31 PM	#185 (permalink)
Vancouver Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 188	Can't remember if I already posted... It's a Mother****er - EELS Melt into the Walls - Pilate Something I can never have - NIN Hurt - NIN Hate Me- Blue October Love will tear us apart - Joy Division My Immortal - Evanescence Sometime Around Midnight - ATE Please me like you want to - Ben Harper Hasn't Hit Me Yet - Blue Rodeo Call and Answer - Barenaked Ladies No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley Streets of Philly - Bruce Springsteen Glycerine - Bush Joey - Concrete Blonde Misguided Angel - Cowboy Junkies Boys Don't Cry - The Cure Sometimes I wake up Crying - Dixie Chicks In The Heart of the Matter - Don Henley I will always love you - Dolly Parton Version Wasted time - Eagles Teacher -George Michael F.O.D - Greenday November Rain - Guns and Roses Why did you mess with forever? - John Mayer Just Like Honey - Jesus and the Mary Chain __________________ http://www.last.fm/user/VancouverFlanke The face is familiar but I can't quite remember my name.

02-19-2010, 11:36 PM	#188 (permalink)
scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,900	I'd nominate the entire tracklisting of The Sunset Tree by The Mountain Goats.... it' quite a tear jerking album when you realise the heartbreaking thread through all the songs... beautiful and wonderfully penned and incredibly insightful are other adjectives I'd use to describe it, as well as sad... __________________ "If you're like me, then it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately" - Shaun Micallef.

03-21-2010, 08:27 AM	#190 (permalink)
Sweet Jane Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 547	Practically everything by Low has a sad, haunting quality. 'Sunflower' is one of my favourites, though. And I second whoever just said 'River' by Joni Mitchell. __________________ Calvin: "Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man?" Hobbes: "I'm not sure that man needs the help."

02-19-2010, 02:10 AM	#183 (permalink)
eunhaelai Groupie Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 26	Fuel "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" always put me in a sad mood.

02-19-2010, 02:25 PM	#187 (permalink)
RazzyQuixotic Groupie Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hehehe. Posts: 2	"John Wayne Gacy, Jr." -Sufjan Stevens. Oh, and "Twilight" by Elliott Smith.

03-19-2010, 03:43 PM	#189 (permalink)
tomcat Groupie Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 20	I've always found "The Long and Winding Road" by the Beatles to be sad, **** forgot this was the alternative thread, the first one that pops into my brain would be "Back to the Old House" by the Smiths. I find that a to be a sad song. Johnny Cash's version of Hurt is sad too.