The saddest song...

[Johnny Law Man]

What is the saddest song that you know of?

I have 3 suggestions:

"Have you ever seen the rain?" by Creedence Clearwater Revival

"One" by U2

"Come to my window" by Mellissa Etheridge

[Dream]

Cult of Luna -- Crossing Over

Traces in snow
A red line grows through and leads me below
Nothing on this side ties me

One step, one glimpse of an eye
One moment can change everything
Wait here 'til my words spread across the sky
And into the chambers of every soul

One step, one glimpse of an eye
One moment can change everything
Wait here 'til my words spread across the sky
And into the chambers of every soul

Strictly instrumental for seven minutes, then a harmonic voice comes in. Very soft, and in the repeat of "One step..." there is a hoarse voice contrasting the harmonic one, adds a lot to the song itself.

[NJBRONCOSFAN]

Needle in the Hay - Elliot Smith
Like a Friend - Pulp
Paint it Black - The Rolling Stones

[Jared]

"Sorry Seems to Be The Hardest Word" (http://www.eltonography.com/songs/sorry_seems_to_be_the_hardest_word.html)- Elton John

"You Take My Breath Away" (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/q/queen/112359.html) - Queen

"He Stopped Loving Her Today" (http://www.lyricsdownload.com/george-jones-he-stopped-loving-her-today-lyrics.html) - George Jones

"Last Kiss" (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/pearl-jam/106385.html) - J Frank Wilson (or the Pearl Jam version I guess)

"Tears In Heaven" (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/e/eric-clapton/51574.html) - Eric Clapton

"Alone Again, Naturally" (http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/thevirginsuicides/aloneagainnaturally.htm) - Gilbert O' Sullivan

"Concrete Angel" (http://www.martina-mcbride.com/lyrics/concreteangel.shtml) - Martina McBride

"Hurt So Bad" (http://www.ronstadt-linda.com/madlove.htm#hurtso) - Little Anthony and the Imperials or Linda Ronstadt

"It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/boyz-ii-men/23266.html) - Boyz II Men

"Goodbye To Love" (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/c/carpenters/27565.html) - Carpenters

"Crying" (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/r/roy-orbison/118978.html) - Roy Orbison

"Two Beds and a Coffee Machine" (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/s/savage-garden/122132.html) - Savage Garden

"Family Portrait" (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/pink/108562.html) - Pink

"I Don't Like Mondays" (http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/morrison/794/boomtown.html) - Boomtown Rats (for more info on the true story that inspired this go here (http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/mondays.asp))

"Don't Let it End" (http://www.lyricsdepot.com/styx/dont-let-it-end.html) - Styx

"Hurt" (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/n/nine-inch-nails/100930.html) - Johnny Cash or Nine Inch Nails

"Love Hurts" (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/n/nazareth/98532.html) - Nazareth

"My Immortal" (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/e/evanescence/51917.html) - Evanescence (the piano/vocals only version. The one with the band wrecks it)

"At Seventeen" (http://www.janisian.com/lyric-at_seventeen.html) - Janis Ian

"The Freshmen" (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/v/verve-pipe,-the/144164.html) - the Verve Pipe

"Stan" (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/e/eminem/49874.html) - Eminem (the darkest pop hit in my lifetime, I think)

"Everybody Hurts" (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/r/r.e.m./113019.html) - REM

"Adam's Song" (http://www.elyrics.net/go/b/blink-182-lyrics/adam_s-song-lyrics/) - Blink 182

"Let It Rain" (http://www.musicsonglyrics.com/W/warrantlyrics/warrantletitrainlyrics.htm) - Warrant

"Angel" (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/s/sarah-mclachlan/121956.html)- Sarah McLachlan

"Am I The Only One?" (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/barenaked-ladies/13363.html)- Barenaked Ladies

"The Wrong Man Was Convicted" (http://www.lyricsondemand.com/b/barenakedladieslyrics/thewrongmanwasconvictedlyrics.html) - Barenaked Ladies

"Me And A Gun" (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/t/tori-amos/139490.html) - Tori Amos (true story about her getting raped. chilling and sad)

"Famous Blue Raincoat" (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/l/leonard-cohen/82860.html) - Leonard Cohen (A totally ****ed up song. I interpret it to be a suicide letter to his drugged out brother, who his girl cheated on him with, being sung from the afterlife.)

"The Show Must Go On" (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/q/queen/112470.html) - Queen

[Johnny Law Man]

"Bad Moon Rising" by CCR used to put my mom's boyfriend in tears...it was a Vietnam thing, I was told... :ugh:

[IZAAK]

Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven... That is some dark, sad, sh1t right there...

The guitar part in "Is there anybody out there" off the Wall CD is pretty sad...

[PRBronco]

The world i know by collective soul always really hit me hard, especially when watching the video.

[theMileHighGuy]

Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt"
Greenday's "When September Ends" kills me
The Coup's "Me and Jesus the Pimp in a '79 Granada"... I'm serious.
Guster's "rainy Day"
Blue's Traveler "The Mountains Win Again"

[LittleOne]

A real "oldie" called "Tell Laura I Love Her" but I'm not sure who sang it. And "Love Hurts" by Nazareth ..... that one always makes me cry. :sad:

[BroncoManiac_69]

Don't Take The Girl - Tim McGraw

Sad Little Girl - John Michael Montgomery

Both of these songs tear my heart apart everytime I hear them.

[Big Buck 1981]

Although I love rock, I grew up country, and since there aren't too many sad rock songs, my list is pretty heavy with country.

Country

"Don't Take the Girl" - Tim McGraw
"Where Were You" - Alan Jackson
"Almost A Memory Now" - Blackhawk
"The Baby" - Blake Shelton (makes me really fear my parents dying)
"You're Gone" - Diamond Rio
"I Sang Dixie" - Dwight Yoakam
"The Change" - Garth Brooks
"Baby Blue" - George Strait
"Marina Del Ray" - George Strait
"Letters From Home" - John Michael Montgomery
"Hurt" - Johnny Cash
"Wish You Were Here" - Mark Wills
"Three Wooden Crosses" - Randy Travis
"Smokey Mountain Rain" - Ronnie Milsap
"Every Light In the House Is On" - Trace Adkins
"Keeper of the Stars" - Tracy Byrd
"What Mattered Most" - Ty Herndon
"Slow Burnin' Memory" - Vern Gosdin

Rock

"Desperado" - The Eagles
"You Don't Know How It Feels" - Tom Petty (kindof sad, in a depressing way)
"Back On Earth" - Ozzy Osbourne
"Mama I'm Coming Home" - Ozzy Osbourne
"See You On The Other Side" - Ozzy Osbourne
"Come Down" - Bush
"What's This Life For" - Creed
"What It's Like" - Everlast
"Hemmorhage" - Fuel
"Where Did You Go" - Full Devil Jacket
"Lightning Crashes" - Live
"Last Kiss" - Pearl Jam's or Eric Clapton's versions are both good

Okay, so that's more than one.

[2 Minute Warning]

:huh: Well this is a depressing topic :sad: :heh:

[Vulcan]

Simple and Clean - Kingdom Hearts' Theme Song

[IZAAK]

The Becoming- Nine Inch Nails

Everytime I hear it, it reminds me how much I feel like what the lyrics say and it is scary...

Check it out if you want to know what I am saying... It is off the Downward Spiral album...

[RealBronco]

Man I could pick like so many...but I'll go with a few that I can think of at the moment:

"Dear Joan" --Rob Thomas.

"Letters From Home" --I guess it's John Michael Montgomery...but the video really adds to it.

"Two Beds and a Coffee Machine" --Savage Garden

"Still Be Free" --Savage Garden

"Black Balloon" --Goo Goo Dolls

"Hang" --Matchbox20

"Kody" --Matchbox20

"You Won't Be Mine" --Matchbox Twenty

"Hand Me Down" --matchbox twenty

"I Grieve" --Peter Gabriel

"If God Will Send His Angels" --U2

"Leaving On A Jet Plane" --Chantal Kreviazuk

"Time After Time" --any artist who covers it...

"It Can't Rain All The Time" --Jane Siberry (The Crow).


There are so many! I'll think of more later perhaps.

[frenchfan]

Just a few more sad songs :

Blasphemous Rumours - Depeche Mode
Pas toi - JJ Goldman (I can try to translate it for people who are interested)
With or without you - U2
I should have known better - Don't remember
The things you said - DM
Boys don't cry - The Cure

I also agree with almost all the songs people nammed in this thread...