What is the saddest song ever?

[wb]

I love songs and poems that are sad, and about unrequited love and stuff like that for some reason. Especially ones which strikes a chord with you. We were talking about this in the pub, and trying to figure out the saddest song of all time.

a few sad songs that I like:

The streets - dry your eyes
Bobby goldsboro - honey
Roy orbison - only the lonely
James blunt - Goodbye my lover
Jim Reeves/Elvis/Various - There goes my everything


but my fav. has to be Roy Orbison's beuatiful dreams :)

What is the saddest song?

[mathare]

That James Blunt song makes me want to strangle him

[vegyjones]

Luther Vandross - Dance With MyFather!

[TheOldhamWhisper]

Who wants to live forever - Queen (but you have to have watched Highlander).

[bigcumba]

I;d certainly agree with the Roy Orbison tracks, he had the perfect voice for that sort of song.... Oldham's Queen suggestion is a good one too... as is another Queen song which became more poignant with Freddie's passing - "Too Much Love Will Kill You". If you read the lyrics on the last couple of Queen albums there are quite a few songs that are obviously very personal from Freddie...

Another sad one that I;m sure especially gets John Noakes in tears... Old Shep... :wink

[MattR]

Agadoo...... oh sorry THAT kind of sad. :D


There are many I guess. One that most may have not heard before is called Tonight Is The Night I Fell Asleep At The Wheel by The Barenaked Ladies. All about dying in a car crash from the persons view.

[Street cry]

Coldplay shiver

[thai-swe]

The national anthem of Sweden :D

[John]

Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares To You
(but I love it)

[bigcumba]

A Deep Purple song called "When A Blind Man Cries" is another sad one... a surprising ballad from them, stuck on the 'B' side of a single in 1972, they now do it live regularly.. lyrics below



If you're leaving close the door
I'm not expecting people anymore
Hear me grieving, lying on the floor
Whether I'm drunk or dead, I really ain't too sure

I'm a blind man
I'm a blind man
And my world is pale
When a blind man cries
Lord you know
There ain't no sadder tale

Had a friend once in a room
Had a good time but it ended much too soon
In a cold month in that room
We found a reason for the things we had to do

I'm a blind man
I'm a blind man
Now my room is cold
When a blind man cries
Lord you know
He feels it from his soul

[wb]

Hi big C, you don't happen to have that song on file do you?

[bigcumba]

Not right now but I can get it for you pretty quickly... it's one of my favourite Purple songs, Gillan sings it beautifully, and Blackmore plays some incredible understated blues guitar through it.... I'll let you know by PM when I have it ready :)

[corkill10]

an album by Robert Wyatt called " Rock Bottom" written and recorded shortly after an accident that left him paraplegic......its a hard listen but very moving.

[sparkyminer]

Sometimes you can't make it on your own. U2.

[sparkyminer]

I can feel the neg rep coming but hey:D

but very moving.

Unlike him.:)

[bigcumba]

Hi big C, you don't happen to have that song on file do you?

Just PM'd the link to you Wayne :)

[wb]

Good stuff, Thanks Big man

[MarcusMel]

Cyndi Lauper - Sally's Pegions.

I cry almost every time I hear this song.

[scaaty]

Very difficult to choose .... but the first one that comes to mind is another Sinead O'Connor one, Thank You For Hearing Me. Amazing voice, brilliant song but just oozes raw pain.

Also, Suzanne Vega - Luka
The Stones - Love in Vain ( tho' I prefer the original Robert Johnson
version)
Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Any More
Gary Jules - Mad World

[mazzy_g]

Agree with tow suggestions,
U2 - Sometimes you can't make it on your own
Luther Vandros - Dance With My Father


But another one i think is sad that i'm surprised no1 has mentioned is... REM - Everybody Hurts?!?!

[mathare]

Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares To You
(but I love it)

Hunt down the Prince (original) version of this song John and see what you think

[piggy]

youve all missed the most obvious ones
patches and billy don't be a hero

[Fadetoblack]

Bruce Springstein - Secret Garden
Tom Waits - Martha
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
Damien Rice - Blowers Daughter
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujiah

I could go on all day

[samantha1303]

Maybe we should all list one per day - I bet we could.
Todays choice for me -
Patrick Swayze - She's like the wind

[bigcumba]

I could go on all day

I've not heard that one but it sounds like a real weepie :wink

[Fadetoblack]

I've not heard that one but it sounds like a real weepie :wink

Yep...definitely one for the kleenex...

[Street cry]

just a fool to believe i have anything she needs excellent choice mine for today is
carole king so far away

[Street cry]

blowers daughter excellent too

[piggy]

savage garden - two beds and a coffee machine

[wb]

Conway twitty - Only Make-believe is mine for today