Blog Catalog Discussion: Saddest Songs Ever

janizarzagon on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

janizarzagon — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:38:20 -0500

Tears In Heaven
by Eric Clapton and Will Jennings

Would you know my name
If I saw you in heaven?
Would it be the same
If I saw you in heaven?

I must be strong
And carry on,
'Cause I know I don't belong
Here in heaven.

Would you hold my hand
If I saw you in heaven?
Would you help me stand
If I saw you in heaven?

I'll find my way
Through night and day,
'Cause I know I just can't stay
Here in heaven.

Time can bring you down,
Time can bend your knees.
Time can break your heart,
Have you begging please, begging please.

Beyond the door,
There's peace I'm sure,
And I know there'll be no more
Tears in heaven.

Would you know my name
If I saw you in heaven?
Would it be the same
If I saw you in heaven?

I must be strong
And carry on,
'Cause I know I don't belong
Here in heaven.

peaceful1 on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

peaceful1 — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:41:41 -0500

haha, yes I know

contentconnection on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

contentconnection — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:26:03 -0500

as for me w/ it would be EYES ON ME:

Whenever sang my songs
On the stage, on my own
Whenever said my words
Wishing they would be heard
I saw you smiling at me
Was it real or just my fantasy
You'd always be there in the corner
Of this tiny little bar
My last night here for you
Same old songs, just once more
My last night here with you?
Maybe yes, maybe no
I kind of liked it your way
How you shyly placed your eyes on me
Oh, did you ever know?
That I had mine on you

*Darling, so there you are
With that look on your face
As if you're never hurt
As if you're never down
Shall I be the one for you
Who pinches you softly but sure
If frown is shown then
I will know that you are no dreamer

So let me come to you
Close as I wanted to be
Close enough for me
To feel your heart beating fast
And stay there as I whisper
How I loved your peaceful eyes on me
Did you ever know
That I had mine on you

Darling, so share with me
Your love if you have enough
You're tears if you're holding back
Or pain if that's what it is
How can I let you know
I'm more than the dress and the voice
Just reach me out then
You will know that you're not dreaming x2

AnnieRob on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

AnnieRob — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:18:24 -0500

By the way peaceful1 do you know that "Ben" by Michael Jackson is about a rat?

Oh and for all those who want to reminisce to Teddy Bear here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY4BV14OZzQ

AnnieRob on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

AnnieRob — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:14:34 -0500

My father in law used to play those sad old trucker songs:
Teddy bear and Phantom 309 but personally I can't get through Mr Bojangles without a tear.

peaceful1 on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

peaceful1 — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:11:46 -0500

"Ben" by Michael Jackson

CrystalRaven on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

CrystalRaven — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:08:37 -0500

lol ok

MadameX on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

MadameX — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:07:54 -0500

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...

CrystalRaven on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

CrystalRaven — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:07:00 -0500

I didn't mean to kill the thread :(

CrystalRaven on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

CrystalRaven — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:15:39 -0500

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

womenslegal on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

womenslegal — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:10:09 -0500

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

CrystalRaven on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

CrystalRaven — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:01:06 -0500

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

ptitpraince on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

ptitpraince — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:41:02 -0500

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

NatashaR on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

NatashaR — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:30:25 -0500

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

MadameX on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

MadameX — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:44:52 -0500

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.

MadameX on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

MadameX — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:41:47 -0500

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

fstasu on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

fstasu — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:51:34 -0500

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

MadameX on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

MadameX — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:44:58 -0500

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.

MadameX on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

MadameX — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:39:59 -0500

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.

MadameX on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

MadameX — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:31:00 -0500

EDMUND

MadameX on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

MadameX — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:30:35 -0500

Wait, that's a song? I thought it was a made-for-TV movie with Rob Lowe.

Bayho on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

Bayho — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:25:56 -0500

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.

kdawg68 on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

kdawg68 — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:48:12 -0500

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.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBRPgh5ei0k

saraho on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

saraho — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:31:32 -0500

Elton John

The Last Song

Anthe on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

Anthe — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:19:24 -0500

Ave Maria from Schubert, especially this version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQVz6vuNq7s

drjay1966 on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

drjay1966 — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:44:03 -0500

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).

drjay1966 on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

drjay1966 — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:43:20 -0500

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.

Home2105 on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

Home2105 — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:23:22 -0500

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

cjcurray on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

cjcurray — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:16:03 -0500

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

drjay1966 on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

drjay1966 — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:25:30 -0500

"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)

bohemian on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

bohemian — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:46:25 -0500

Wind Beneath my Wings 'by Betty Midler

JanelleV on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

JanelleV — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:26:41 -0500

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

kevinatserieatalk on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

kevinatserieatalk — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:46:04 -0500

Blue Rodeo - Bad Timing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5I242rof2o

Kiwipulse on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

Kiwipulse — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:31:46 -0500

Babyface - The Loneliness :P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkgD4kAp1kw

huggingthecoast on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

huggingthecoast — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:30:16 -0500

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

Sebastyne on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

Sebastyne — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:28:22 -0500

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.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCqnfDI0rcE

BlondeConfessions on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

BlondeConfessions — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:39:04 -0500

CONCRETE ANGEL ~ MARTINA MCBRIDE http://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

ranist22 on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

ranist22 — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:21:30 -0500

"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.

ranist22 on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

ranist22 — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:19:46 -0500

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

karenlawrence on 'Saddest Songs Ever'

karenlawrence — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:02:41 -0500

"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."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saAl4UxF0MM