BlogCatalog

Ok - I've found all of them except the red shoes song posted by amyopps. Amy - Can you find that song on youtube?

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5/15/08

LSKcrochet

" In the arms of an angle" What's her name?

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5/15/08

ThriftShopRomantic

Sarah MacLachlan?

5/15/08

aningeniousname

Somewhere over the rainbow By Eva Cassidy.

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5/15/08

JacobDiv

Recommendation #1: "There Were Roses," true story of friends, one Catholic, the other Protestant in Northern Ireland. The Protestant is murdered, so a gang of Protestants go out to kill a Catholic in revenge.

"'Allan was my friend!' he cried. He begged them with his fear,
But centuries of hatred have ears that cannot hear.
An eye for an eye was all that filled their minds
And another eye for another eye till everyone is blind.

"There were roses, roses.
There were roses.
And the tears of the people ran together."
-by Tommy Sands

Recommendation #2: Not a sad song, but a good remedy for sadness. I like to play it with my sad song soundtrack. The song is "Bad Day," by Daniel Powter, and to get the full effect, it's definitely best to watch the video that goes with it, full of people having bad days.
danallen.com/blurb.php?dogNow=190

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5/15/08

Rozie818

I drawn to 2 of them
Danny Boy and Honey

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5/15/08

JacobDiv

These two songs immediately came mind when I read the question. Both of them, and no others. Interesting.

I had to think awhile before remembering the song I posted...

Still, interesting.. both those two. Good call!

5/15/08

lordiwanttobewhole

"If I didn't have you" Amanda Marshall for personal reasons.

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5/15/08

shanda208

"Kill Myself" by Tim McGraw is pretty sad. It's not boohoo sad but it's definitely one of those that makes you sit and say wow, how sad. You can hear it on youtube www.youtube.com/watch?v=21cvZxcDLXo.

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5/15/08

earthlingorgeous

Somewhere down the road by Barry Manilow

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5/16/08

earthlingorgeous

oh yeah I love tears in heaven

5/15/08

ekim941

Well, if you know the story behind it, this one gets my vote as the saddest song:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRsJlAJvOSM

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5/15/08

mynewplace

that was going to be my response. tears in heaven gets you right there.

"long black veil" also sad, but not a tearjerker.
5/15/08

timethief

oops! wrong placement
6/08/08

Clueless

Yes, just thinking about that song brings tears to my eyes.

5/15/08

DrowseyMonkey

This thread is making me sad...lol. OMG...so many of those songs are bringing back such memories!!!

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5/15/08

justaride08

Let Her Cry by Hootie and the Blowfish. Always, always gets me!

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5/15/08

mommatalks

Tell Me Why-Declan Galbraith I keep this in my sidebar. It's so sad to me and it fits during this "Bloggers Unite" day.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j6IBdHW_rY

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5/15/08

myriadlife

'I can't live if living is without you.' 'Endless love' always gives me tears.

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5/15/08

Nesianstyle

Easy...Dance with my Father by Luther Vandross, he wrote it as one of his memories was dancing with his father when he was 7 or 8 before he died.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvW6nuQ2B0s

Unfortunatley Luther never got to perform this song live.

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5/15/08

JacobDiv

omg, this one is too hard to watch it's so sad. wow.
5/15/08

Nesianstyle

Actually I take that back as 1st equal saddest song along with this one:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4B-r8KJhlE

It's probably not really a sad song but being a father I must admit I got 'sweaty eyes'
6/08/08

Clueless

Oh, yes that one is a tearjerker if you know all the history it is worse

5/15/08

thebigandyt

two little boys by rolf harris.

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5/15/08

timethief

Bulletproof - (Jim Cuddy) Blue Rodeo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUB9F0VCigI

For those who don't know the song, lyrics here -> www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Bulletproof-lyrics-Blue-Rodeo/A9151D3A76D2F...

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5/15/08

Rozie818

I almost forgot one that my husband wrote

"CARING TO LIVE"

My family regreted, the style I've been living,

So they forgot me as easy as time.

I grew up bewildered, on roads that were lonesome.

Learning to hate my chances to love.

A southern exposure, peeks through my window.

Only to find me crying alone.

The space between us, leaves me to wonder.

Who is caressing, the warmth of your charm.

The child under your wing, knows me in a picture.

Will she remember, the rides on my knee.

You never notice, the pain I am wearing.

Hid by a smile, yet burns through my soul.

The more that I witness, the more I am angry.

For staying around as long as I have.

The hinge on to you life, is only a handle.

Held by the demons, that bleed through your mind.

I leave you with this thought, as I find my exit.

Returning to freedom, I'm walking alone.

I know it's not healthy, but show me a reason.

For living and caring for caring to live.

DW

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5/15/08

Beloved Enemy - The Other Side
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdSPbH5PzGk

you’re the one, the one I believe in
never had a love so strong, all my faith resides in you
so I go to all the places where we used to be as one
I can hear you calling me

You’re the one I always remember
You’re the one the one for me
Eternal love but change came suddenly

I
I still can see you and I , I’m at your side
I, I still can feel you
Coz I’m there, on the other side

there’s no one no one to replace you
you’re the one that shines for me
gotta go where no one else can go
I’m the one, the one that will follow
and I see a ray of light
you’re my beacon in the night
I can feel, feel you coming
gonna kiss the deadly sin
and I hear, hear you calling; now I’m answering

I, I still can see you…

Come with me to the other side
Follow me to the other side …

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5/15/08

Rammstein - Ohne Dich
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pkLDEEs20U

incredibly sad and beautiful video! everyone should look at this video at least once in his life! the final is too sad and beautiful at the same time!

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5/16/08

ttiger

do anyone ever watch this vids?

5/15/08

lulubelleb

Jim Croce's "Time In A Bottle"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILf-54Smv9M

...plus anything from the "Tribute to Heroes" telecast.

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5/15/08

monkeytale

Whiskey Lullaby -- Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss duet

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5/15/08

catycat

separate lives

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5/15/08

I wrote this poem a while back - I read it now and I'm like "WTF" and find it disturbing but such is the mountians and valleys of life.

Another sunset, another sunrise,
Loneliness, my bedmate, awakens by my side.
Loneliness never smiles, never kisses me on the cheek,
She just depletes my vigor and makes me feel weak.
She shadows me during my morning routine,
Just there, never saying or doing anything,
Sitting and watching me, doesn’t even care,
Loneliness wants to be elsewhere.

I internally scream at her, “Just go away!”
But loneliness just looks at me, dumbfounded, with nothing to say.
She sits and stares,
She so wants to be elsewhere.

But I’m in love, not with loneliness to be sure,
I can feel loves passion course through me to the core.
Love reconstructs my life, my hopes and my dreams,
My love, my deepest emotion, and in love, my soul is redeemed.
She is first for me, always first - present in all that I do,
Loneliness knows my loves name, and fades as I pursue.
Loneliness sits and watches, doesn’t even care,
She so wants to make room for love, to be elsewhere.

How can this be – “Lonely and In Love?”,
I ask loneliness, but she just sits there – doesn’t even shrug.
I know she sneaks in as I’m waiting, and she just sits and stares,
She doesn’t want to be here, she so wants to be elsewhere.

It’s another day, of which I’ll make the most,
I’ll leave loneliness at home, hoping she’ll leave as I’m not a gracious host.
Over the last couple of weeks, she’s home too often, too present in my life,
I hope she isn’t home, she’s too silent and causes too much strife.
My love is powerful, forever, everlasting and chaste,
It’s in love that I find my strength, and the solitude I use to embrace.
Loneliness is there because I’m missing something in the middle,
My love desires companionship, of which I have too little.

I know without a doubt – “My love, loves me?”,
Loneliness blindly knows it too – and she doesn’t even see.
One day I’ll awake and loneliness will say goodbye,
She doesn’t want to be here, she doesn’t want to be by my side.

It's copyrighted by me - that's why I was looking for the Poetry blogs earlier - my book "The Ravens Love" will be published in the next month or so. This poem will not be in the book though.

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5/15/08

I'll post an excerpt of my book - if you guys/gals want to see it?

The story plays from the point of view of a vampire – but the author (me) compares the immortality of a vampire to a poet – that is, he only dies when there is a strike/stake to the heart.

"The Ravens Love" will be sold on my site www.vnertia.com and www.vnertia.com/mnap.

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5/15/08

Danz

If you're looking for a really powerful heartbreaking song, Vienna Teng's 'Passage' will do the trick.

I died in a car crash two days ago
Was unrecognizable
When they pulled me from the gears
No one's fault, no one's bottle
No one's teenage pride or throttle
Our innocence is all the worse for fears
The other walked away alive
Arms wrapped now around his wife

My lover sits, the silent eye
In a hurricane of warmth and word
My mother trembles with the sobs
Whose absence seems absurd
My sister shouts to let her see
Through the cloud of crowd surrounding me
My colleagues call for silence in my name

I died in a car crash three months ago
They burned me until I glowed
And crumbled to a fine gray sand
Now I am nothing, everywhere
Several breaths of strangers' air
And all thoughts ever written in my hand
They plant my tree out in the yard
It grows but takes the winter hard

My lover holds a knife to wrist
Says tomorrow comes, hold on a while
My mother tosses in the sheets
And dreams me holding my own child
My sister plays our homemade tapes
Laughs as tears run down her face
My office door now wears a different name

I died in a car crash four years ago
My tree drinks melted snow
Just eight feet tall a pale and fragile thing
Bee stings beaches bright vacations
Sunburnt high-school graduations
A sparrow healing from a broken wing
This year a glimpse of second chances
Tiny apples on my tree's branches

My lover hears the open wind
And crawls blinking into the sun
My mother leafs through photographs
And thinks "yes she was a lovely one"
My sister can't decide her truth
Asks aloud what I might do
In a conference hall my brief efforts engraved

I died in a car crash
A lifetime ago it seems
A decade or two or three
They've come out with a new design
Bars and bags front and behind
My fate now an impossibility
Safely packaged hurtling down
The highway hardly make a sound

My lover very much alive
Arms wrapped now around his wife

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5/15/08

lisamcglaun

Anyone ever seen the movie Donnie Darko? The song Mad World always makes brings me to the verge of tears, plus it's strangely distrubing.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR91Rj1ZN1M

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5/15/08

sellytapgirl

What is that about? (the movie)
5/17/08

Svelmoe

Mad World is a good choice indeed.
8/03/08

ranist22

I like this one too. The original was by Tears by Fears (which I prefer).

5/15/08

harleyblues

ALL BY MYSELF~. ERIC CARMEN~

CUP OF COFFEE~. GARBAGE~

hb~

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5/15/08

Danz - That was so 'awesome' for lack of a better word. I like the feel of the song as a story and it can only be delivered acapella or possibly with a McLachlan piano score.

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5/15/08

Danz

You hit the nail on the head. It is sung acapella and the singer has an amazing voice. She's up there with Sarah Mclachlan as one of my favourite singers. You should check it out.

5/15/08

Jeunelle

I can't make you love me, if you don't
I hate that song. Every time it comes on the radio I got to go buy some kleenex.

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5/15/08

focusorganic

"Falling Slowly" by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová gets me.
And "So Far Away" by Nickelback because I live 1100 miles away from my family.
Ooh and "Fade Into You" by Mazzy Star

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5/15/08

Jeunelle

Good God can Mazzy Star sing some sad songs.
Plus a couple of them can just put me fast asleep.
5/15/08

focusorganic

She has a hauntingly beautiful voice

5/15/08

richardmadrilejos

Alice Cooper's "I'll Never Cry"

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5/17/08

Svelmoe

Personally - if going for "sad" by Alice Cooper, my pick would be "Might As Well Be On Mars". That song hits me deep with its "despair".

5/15/08

robertstevenson

Theme From 'Schindler's List' - Itzhak Perlman

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5/15/08

katarokkar

Tom Waits - Alice
Ryan Adams - Harder Now That It's Over
Johnny Cash - I Still Miss Someone
Jonah Matranga - Um...
Elliott Smith - Everything Reminds Me of Her
Max Richter - Horizon Variations
Jeremy Enigk - World Waits

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5/15/08

focusorganic

I have to add another. "Ghost" by Howie Day

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5/15/08

Steelheart - She's Gone
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEDWndwli9o

classic...

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5/15/08

artscapes

Simple Song - Lyle Lovett

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5/15/08

jones7757

The one that changed my life! THE SOUND OF SILENCE.. A very heart-pounding song!

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5/16/08

earthlingorgeous

You Don't Love Me Anymore is a sad song too... sad and ironic and crazy

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5/16/08

genopianist54

All by myself -- Celine Dion

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5/16/08

Shiley

The day my gram passed away Mariah Carey and BoysIIMen hit # 1 with One Sweet Day. I end up in a pool of tears just mentioning it.

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5/16/08

Puffmatty

Amazing Grace with bagpipes at any funeral

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5/16/08

RTBjr73

@lynyrdschuyler...no kidding, add that to a military funeral. Only time I ever cried at a funeral. It was for a buddy of mine, who died in action. My throat still starts closing up.
5/16/08

lulubelleb

Londonderry Air/Danny Boy sung at a funeral or memorial service, especially for fallen police and firefighters after 9/11.
5/16/08

Theresa111

I am tired of Amazing Grace and I do not care who sings it or how it is performed.

5/16/08

Jeunelle

Emma... Sisters of Mercy

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5/16/08

sellytapgirl

Silent Night- Damien Rice and Lisa Hannigan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbdo9OpvzKE

Zombie by The Cranberries is pretty depressing in its own way. And don't get me started on a few select songs by Evanescence, i.e. the ones about Amy Lees little sister drowning.

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5/17/08

HaplessHermit

A thread on sad songs and no Leonard Cohen? What about "If It Be Your Will" or "Famous Blue Raincoat"

Also Peter Gabriel's "Don't Give Up" with haunting voacals by Kate Bush

For mainstream top 40 stuff, I always thought Phil Collins "Against All Odds" was a real tearjerker,

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5/17/08

Svelmoe

For some reason I got a huge thing for "Jump Little Children: Cathedrals".
I do not know why this song gets to me, but it just do.

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5/17/08

sellytapgirl

LOVE that song

5/17/08

dotartdude

Dan Hill "Sometimes When We Touch"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ATL75Bj8yk

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5/17/08

lulubelleb

Context is everything. Never liked this song until I saw the New York City Gay Men's Chorus perform it at an AIDS benefit in the late 1980s. It was heartbreaking.

5/17/08

katarokkar

jonah matranga - believer

youtube.com/watch?v=wm3tFL_l5E8

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5/17/08

machinehuman

Joy Division - Atmosphere

Johnny Cash - Hurt

Leonard Cohen - The Partisan

Billie Holiday - Gloomy Sunday

Carpenters - Goodbye to Love

Beck - Ramshackle

Radiohead - No Surprises

Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees

Karen Dalton - It Hurts Me Too

The Smiths - That Joke isn't Funny Anymore

The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work

Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight

Rolling Stones - Sister Morphine

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5/17/08

furniture27

All by myself is sad!! Good call.

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5/17/08

rebokon

Victims of Unspoken Love !

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5/17/08

Getty72

Everybody Hurts.... by REM

and the video is so emotional too...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioAQTwc8Oas

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5/17/08

Getty72

one more is "Who wants to live forever?"....by Queen

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo52T7uKOJU&feature=related

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5/17/08

Schmuckraker

I actually thought "If I ever Leave this World Alive" by the Flogging Molly.. until I saw the post here saying Mad World from Donnie Darko. I think it IS the Donnie Darko version..

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5/17/08

Wow!!!

This is going to be one of the saddest playlist on vnertia.

Thanks to all that have replied and I will tally up all your inputs and tag those that have multiple comments.

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5/17/08

HaplessHermit

Thanks MachineHuman, I forgot Fake PLastic Trees and Getty72 that entire REM album is very sad, especially Sweetness Follows, Try Not to Breath, Monty Got a Raw Deal

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5/17/08

Darkblaze37

linkin park- Hands held High

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5/17/08

markstoneman

Eric Bogle ( ericbogle.net/ ):
"And the Band Played Waltzing Mathilda"
lyrics: ericbogle.net/lyrics/lyricspdf/andbandplayedwaltzingm.pdf
"No Man's Land" (aka "Green Fields of France") (not to be confused with the Billy Joel song)
lyrics: ericbogle.net/lyrics/lyricspdf/nomansland.pdf

Here are some versions I found on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3pU7rsim3E
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5s4wjOmW_M

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5/17/08

gosmelltheflowers

Anything by the carpenters!

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8/03/08

Arcticulates

I agree, Karen Carpenter was my favorite all time singer, even her death was a tragedy!

5/18/08

Getty72

and who can forget the incredible and heartwrenching "Brothers in Arms" by the legendry Dire Straits.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5JkHBC5lDs

Even the intro brings tears to my eyes...........

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5/18/08

alyoung

Elliott Smith - Say Yes.

Always gets to me for some reason.

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6/07/08

Noted: Will be updating tomorrow.

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6/07/08

Daudleikr

I'll add The Cure - This is a lie (since you bumped it and all!)

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6/07/08

LGramlich

"The Show Must Go On" by Queen, if you keep in mind that Freddy Mercury knew he was dying at that point.
Also "Another Lonely Christmas" by Prince.

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6/07/08

LGramlich

Also "The Tower" by Chris deBurgh

6/07/08

G8rbryan

"Go Rest High On That Mountain" - Vince Gill.

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6/07/08

positivb

Fruit Tree-Nick Drake

will young also had a very sad song on his last album, Who Am I? surprisingly good too.

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6/07/08

richrf

The Song of Love:

youtube.com/watch?v=tsJUCB1PCKM

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6/07/08

Hymn to the Sea by James Horner (from the movie Titanic)

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6/07/08

WilliamFDeVault

Depending on my frame of mind:

"Close Your Eyes" by Edward Bear or
"Heart of Gold" by Neil Young

currently "Joe Strummer's "Mondo Bongo" wrecks me, but for contextual reasons.

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6/07/08

WilliamFDeVault

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6/07/08

morgantj

"Nothing Compares to You" - Sinead O'Connor

www.dailymotion.com/video/x2cdyy_sinead-oconnor-nothing-compares-2-u_music

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6/07/08

Another:

Oyf'n Pripetshok and Nacht Aktion by John Williams (from the movie Schindler's List)

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6/07/08

Angelicus (Feat. Isabel Bayrakdarian) by Delerium
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqUb3L1IRYA

music with this video is make me feel sad

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6/08/08

ttiger

any comment on this one?

6/07/08

pointlessbanter

I ain't too proud to beg by TLC

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6/07/08

aftercancer

Seasons in the sun - Terry Jacks

Goodbye to you my trusted friend
We've known each other since we were nine or ten
Together we climbed hills and trees
Learned of love and A B C's
Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.

Goodbye my friend it's hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
Pretty girls are everywhere
Think of me and I'll be there

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the hills that we climbed were just seasons
Out of time......

Goodbye Papa please pray for me
I was the black sheep of the family
You tried to teach me right from wrong
Too much wine and too much song
Wonder how I got along.

Goodbye Papa its hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
Little children everywhere
When you see them I'll be there.

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song like the seasons
Have all gone.

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song like the seasons
Have all gone.

Goodbye Michelle my little one
You gave me love and helped me find the sun
And every time that I was down
You would always come around
And get my feet back on the ground.

Goodbye Michelle it's hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
With the flowers everywhere
I wish that we could both be there

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the stars we could reach
Were just starfish on the beach

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the stars we could reach
Were just starfish on the beach

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song like the seasons
Have all gone

All our lives we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the hills that we climbed were just seasons
Out of time......

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun

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6/08/08

Clueless

This is a real tearjerker especially when you know the history...I have a hard time listening to this song.
8/03/08

Arcticulates

ahhh Yes, this song brings back memories! very sad!

Billy Don't be a Hero! I still can hear it as I write it!

I think they were around near the same time! Not sure tho!
8/22/08

MadameX

Yes, there was a whole batch of tragic story songs all around the same time:

Billy Don't Be a Hero
Run Joey Run
The Last Game of the Season
One Tin Soldier
Seasons in the Sun

I'm sure there were more--that's all I can think of right now.

6/07/08

kat822

Shine On by Jett

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6/08/08

Hello In There by John Prine

We had an apartment in the city,
Me and Loretta liked living there.
Well, it'd been years since the kids had grown,
A life of their own left us alone.
John and Linda live in Omaha,
And Joe is somewhere on the road.
We lost Davy in the Korean war,
And I still don't know what for, don't matter anymore.

Ya' know that old trees just grow stronger,
And old rivers grow wilder ev'ry day.
Old people just grow lonesome
Waiting for someone to say, "Hello in there, hello."

Me and Loretta, we don't talk much more,
She sits and stares through the back door screen.
And all the news just repeats itself
Like some forgotten dream that we've both seen.
Someday I'll go and call up Rudy,
We worked together at the factory.
But what could I say if he asks "What's new?"
"Nothing, what's with you? Nothing much to do."

So if you're walking down the street sometime
And spot some hollow ancient eyes,
Please don't just pass 'em by and stare
As if you didn't care, say, "Hello in there, hello."

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6/08/08

Clueless

The Unicorn Song by the Irish Rover's in the 1960's. Words and music Shel Silverstein. The first time I heard this I burst into tears...I'm a bit sentimental

"A long time ago, when the Earth was green
There was more kinds of animals than you've ever seen
They'd run around free while the Earth was being born
And the loveliest of all was the unicorn

There was green alligators and long-necked geese
Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees
Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born
The loveliest of all was the unicorn

The Lord seen some sinning and it gave Him pain
And He says, "Stand back, I'm going to make it rain"
He says, "Hey Noah, I'll tell you what to do
Build me a floating zoo,
and take some of those...

Green alligators and long-necked geese
Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees
Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born
Don't you forget My unicorns

Old Noah was there to answer the call
He finished up making the ark just as the rain started to fall
He marched the animals two by two
And he called out as they came through
Hey Lord,

I've got green alligators and long-necked geese
Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees
Some cats and rats and elephants, but Lord, I'm so forlorn
I just can't find no unicorns"

And Noah looked out through the driving rain
Them unicorns were hiding, playing silly games
Kicking and splashing while the rain was falling
Oh, them silly unicorns

There was green alligators and long-necked geese
Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees
Noah cried, "Close the door because the rain is falling
And we just can't wait for no unicorns"

The ark started moving, it drifted with the tide
The unicorns looked up from the rocks and they cried
And the waters came down and sort of floated them away
That's why you never see unicorns to this very day

You'll see green alligators and long-necked geese
Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees
Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born
You're never gonna see no unicorns"

Also, I can't listen to last verse of Puff the Magic Dragon.

"A dragon lives forever but not so little boys
Painted wings and giant rings make way for other toys.
One grey night it happened, jackie paper came no more
And puff that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar.

His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain,
Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane.
Without his life-long friend, puff could not be brave,
So puff that mighty dragon sadly slipped into his cave. oh!"

Also, can't listen to the end of Mr. Bojangles.

"He danced for those at minstrel shows and county fairs throughtout the south
He spoke with tears of 15 years of how his dog and him but just travelled all about
His dog up and died, he up and died, and after 20 years he still grieves
Mr. Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles, dance"

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6/08/08

Clueless

Okay, last one from me I promise. The Christmas Shoes Song by Bob Carlisle. If this song doesn't get to you...

"It was almost Christmas time
There I stood in another line
Trying to buy that last gift or two
I'm really in the Christmas mood
Standing right in front of me
Was a little boy waiting anxiously
Pacing around like little boys do
And in his hands he held
A pair of shoes

And his clothes were worn and old
He was dirty from head to toe
And when it came his time to pay
I couldn't believe what I heard him say

Sir I wanna buy these shoes for my Momma please
It's Christmas Eve and these shoes are just her size
Could you hurry Sir?
Daddy says there's not much time
You see, she's been sick for quite a while
And I know these shoes will make her smile
And I want her to look beautiful
If Momma meets Jesus, tonight.

They counted pennies for what seem like years
And cashier says son there's not enough here
He searches is pockets franticly
And he turned and he looked at me
And he said Momma made Christmas good at our house
Most years she just did without
Tell me Sir
What am I gonna do?
Some how I’ve got to buy her these Christmas shoes

So I layed the money down
I just had to help him out
And I'll never forget
The look on his face
When he said Momma's gonna look so great.

Sir I wanna buy these shoes, for my Momma please
It's Christmas Eve and these shoes are just her size
Could you hurry Sir?
Daddy says there's not much time
You see, she's been sick for quite a while
And I know these shoes will make her smile
And I want her to look beautiful,
If Momma meets Jesus tonight.

I knew I caught a glimpse of heavens love as he thanked me and ran out.
I know that God had sent that little boy to remind me
What Christmas is all about

Sir I wanna buy these shoes for my Momma please
It's Christmas Eve and these shoes are just her size
Could you hurry Sir?
Daddy says there's not much time
You see she's been sick for quite a while
And I know these shoes will make her smile
And I want her to look beautiful
If Momma meets Jesus tonight

I want her to look beautiful
If Momma meets Jesus tonight"

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6/08/08

josephgelb

Runaway love w/Mary j and Luda

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8/02/08

I saw Les Miserables on stage in Philly a few weeks ago (the title is French for "less miserable," since (spoiler alert) the maincharacters are less miserable at the end than they were at the beginning (that's because they died and went to heaven).
Anyway, it's got some incredibly sad songs, particularly the one Fantine sings when she's just lost her job and has to become a prostitute and the one she sings when she's about to die and leave her little girl destitute, and the one that other girl sings because she's running through gunfire for unrequited love.

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8/22/08

MadameX

No, it's not. "Les" is the French plural word "the". The title means roughly "The miserable ones" or "The wretches". The French word for "less" is "moins".

Agree about the songs, though.

8/02/08

genopianist54

Angel ~ Sarah McLachlan

Spend all your time waiting
For that second chance
For a break that would make it okay
There’s always one reason
To feel not good enough
And it’s hard at the end of the day
I need some distraction
Oh beautiful release
Memory seeps from my veins
Let me be empty
And weightless and maybe
I’ll find some peace tonight

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8/02/08

"Side of the Road" by Lucinda Williams never fails to kill me--all about feeling like you lose part of yourself by getting too close to someone else.

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8/02/08

poisonapplesauce

I think The Saddest Song by The Ataris is the saddest song ever. It's about a guy who's childs mother will not let him see his child. Only two more days, until your birthday
Yesterday was mine
You'll be turning five
I know what it's like, growing up without your father in your life
So I pretend, I'm doing all I can
And I hope someday you'll find it in your heart

To understand
Why I'm not around
And forgive me for not being in your life

I remember waiting
For you to come
Remember waiting
For you to call
Remember waiting there to find nothing at all
I remember waiting
For you to come
Remember waiting
For you to call
Waiting there to find nothing at all

maybe someday
you really get to know me
not just the letters read to you
I pray I get the chance
To make it up to you
We got a lot of catching up to do

So I pretend, I'm doing all I can
And hope someday you'll find it in your heart

To understand
Why I'm not around
And forgive me for not being in your life

I remember waiting
For you to come
Remember waiting
For you to call
Remember waiting there to find nothing at all
I remember waiting
For you to come
Remember waiting
For you to call
Waiting there to find nothing at all

Forgive me!
I'm so sorry!
I will make it up to you....

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8/02/08

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkgD4kAp1kw

I realize that instrumental music is a lot more subjective, but Miles Davis had some solos that sound so lonely they really get me, particularly in "Sssh/Peaceful."

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8/02/08

Sandrasvision

I agree "The Christmas Shoes" makes me cry every time.
Also One Sweet Day- with lyrics like this:
And I know you're shining down on me from Heaven,
Like so many friends we've lost along the way,
And I know eventually we'll be together.
One sweet day.

Bring out the tissues :-)

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8/03/08

gregdavies888

Angra's Bleeding Heart
www.youtube.com/watch?v=usrr4uv8WDI

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8/03/08

DieselLives

Hurt by Johnny Cash, but the saddest song I have ever heard, which sends chills down my spine each and every time I hear it, is Big John, also by Johnny Cash.
Seriously that song brings a tear to my eye at the same point every time
"...at the bottom of this mine lies one hell of a man, Big John."

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8/03/08

karenlawrence

"Hollow" by singer/songwriter Nathan Moore--performed here with Brad Barr of The Slip. "So sorry I wasn't the knight in shining amore, but more like a morning coughing up a cloud."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=saAl4UxF0MM

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8/03/08

ranist22

"Crying in the Rain" version Everly Brothers or A-ha gets to you. Worth a listne. A-Ha did a great version of it with beautiful vocals.

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8/03/08

BlondeConfessions

CONCRETE ANGEL ~ MARTINA MCBRIDE www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDm03Foq2T0

She walks to school with the lunch that she packed
Nobody knows what she's holdin' back
Wearin' the same dress she wore yesterday
she hides the bruises with the linen and lace oh

The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask
It's hard to see the pain behind the mask
Bearing the burden of a secret storm
Sometimes she wishes she was never born

Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved
Concrete angel

Somebody cries in the middle of the night
The neighbors hear, but they turn out the lights
A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate
When morning comes it'll be too late

A statue stands in a shaded place
An angel girl with an upturned face
A name is written on a polished rock
A broken heart that the world forgot

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8/04/08

Sebastyne

One that always comes to mind when talking about sad songs is Jeanny by Falco. The song is based on a rape murder of a girl named Jeanny in Germany, and I can't understand the words but I still love the song.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCqnfDI0rcE

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8/04/08

huggingthecoast

Elliot Smith - Pretty Ugly Before
Beck - Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime
Train - Cab
The Who - Love, Rain O'er Me
Aimee Mann - Ghost World

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8/04/08

Kiwipulse

Babyface - The Loneliness

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8/04/08

kevinatserieatalk

Blue Rodeo - Bad Timing

www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5I242rof2o

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8/04/08

JanelleV

For me -- it's Brad Paisley's "When I get Where I'm Going"

It was played at my dad's wake & I cry every time I hear it.

When I get where I'm going
On the far side of the sky
The first thing that I'm gonna do
Is spread my wings and fly

I'm gonna land beside a lion
And run my fingers through his mane
Or I might find out what it's like
To ride a drop of rain

[Chorus]
Yeah when I get where I'm going
There'll be only happy tears
I will shed the sins and struggles
I have carried all these years
And I'll leave my heart wide open
I will love and have no fear
Yeah when I get where I'm going
Don't cry for me down here

I'm gonna walk with my grand daddy
And he'll match me step for step
And I'll tell him how I missed him
Every minute since he left
Then I'll hug his neck

[Repeat chorus]

So much pain and so much darkness
In this world we stumble through
All these questions I can't answer
So much work to do

But when I get where I'm going
And I see my maker's face
I'll stand forever in the light
Of his amazing grace
Yeah when I get where I'm going
There'll be only happy tears
Hallelujah
I will love and have no fear
When I get where I'm going
Yeah when I get where I'm going

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8/04/08

bohemian

Wind Beneath my Wings 'by Betty Midler

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8/04/08

"Child's Song" by Tom Rush
"I Try" by Macy Gray
"Which Will" by Nick Drake (the guy died by overdosing on antidepressants--you don't get much sadder than that)

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8/04/08

cjcurray

End of the World. First line goes... Why does the sun go on shining? So sad, it's pathetic.

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8/05/08

Home2105

I've just been to your link to listen to the song. Its a sad song...
He sang well, isn't it.

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8/05/08

That Irish folk song about how the guy's wee lassie left him and now he's gonna wander the hills of Ireland getting drunk.

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8/05/08

That blues song about how the guy's woman did him wrong and now he's really bummed out (and probably also gonna get drunk).

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8/22/08

MadameX

Um...isn't that all of them?

8/05/08

Anthe

Ave Maria from Schubert, especially this version:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQVz6vuNq7s

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8/22/08

Elton John

The Last Song

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8/22/08

kdawg68

Minstrel Boy

the minstrel boy to the war has gone
in the ranks of dead you will find him

his father's sword he hath girded on
and his wild harp slung behind him.

"Land of song" cried the warrior bard
though all the world betrays thee

One sword at least thy rights shall guard
one faithful harp shall praise thee.

***************

The minstrel fell but the foeman's chains
could not bring his proud soul under.

The harp he loved ne'er spoke again
for he tore it's chords assunder.

And said "no chains shall sully thee
Thou soul of love and bravery!

Thy songs were made for the pure and free
they shall never sound for slavery."

Sort of made famous by the film Black Hawk Down, but it's been around for years and IIRC was even popular back during the U.S. Civil War.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBRPgh5ei0k

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8/22/08

Bayho

Pretty much any country song. There is this one song by Kelly Pickler and its about her mom leaving her when she was two. Its honestly the saddest song in the world . . .well at least for me since i don't have a relationship with my mom either. Wow I'm about to cry even talking about it.

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8/22/08

fstasu

"One More Day" by Diamond Rio
"Dust in the Wind" by Kansas
And for me personally, "Leader of the Band" by Dan Fogelberg

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8/22/08

MadameX

Fire and Rain by James Taylor always gets me, but I don't know whether it's the song itself or an association with one of my favorite movies from my college days.

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8/22/08

NatashaR

Here are mine:

Asleep - The Smiths
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me - The Smiths
Hope There's Someone - Antony and The Johnsons
Bring Me The Disco King - David Bowie
Almost - Tracy Chapman
Gold Dust - Tori Amos
Everyone In The World Is Doing Something Without Me - Future Sound Of London
Hurt - Nine Inch Nails
Grace - Jeff Buckley
Without You I'm Nothing - Placebo
Lover's Spit - Broken Social Scene
Infinita Tristeza - Manu Chao
Exit Music For A Film - Radiohead
Blank Page - The Smashing Pumpkins
Naked As We Came - Iron and Wine
Into Dust - Mazzy Star
Statues - Moloko

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8/22/08

ptitpraince

"la macarena" - Los del Rio (or del mar)

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8/22/08

I'm Already There - Lonestar
Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton
Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
Hate Me Today - Blue October

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8/22/08

womenslegal

Tears In Heaven
September - Greenday (I think that's the title)
Praying for time George Michael

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8/22/08

i was going to say that one, Wake Me When Spetmeber Ends
Sept 11 2001 The Towers Fell
Sept 21 2001 My grandmother passed away
Sept 29 2001 My mother passed away
sorry had to share

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8/22/08

I didn't mean to kill the thread

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8/22/08

MadameX

I'm sure you didn't. There have been longer gaps. And it's Friday night. Everyone who doesn't have a house full of pre-teens is probably busy...

8/22/08