The Saddest Songs Ever

[Sue P]

It's actually my good friend's obsession with him at the moment... and the cheese. Direct quote: "If you like Nick Drake, then you'd love Joshua Radin." You can imagine my disappointment upon hearing him.

 

[Music-aholic ♪]

yeap,this one gets to me every time.good pick

 

[Weeble Wobble]

Wilson isn't the original either.
Wayne Chochran is the one who first wrote and performed Last Kiss.

 

[zoso159]

It's always fun explaining what that song is about to high school girls who think it's about a breakup or something like that.

 

[JAEloveshim]

Pantera - Hollow
Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter
Kansas - Dust In The Wind
Billy Joel - And So It Goes
Dave Matthews - Gravedigger
R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts

Just to Name a few

 

[TeAnna K]

Hurt, I suppose you're talking about? Adding that as well, if I haven't already. Prefer Cash's version.

 

[skadoosh]

womp womp womp!!! so sad songs hey... just the kind of music io relate to!
there all sad to me for one reason or another but i dunno if they are to you or not!!.. gave it a shot!

aerosmith -don't want to miss a thing
appleseed cast - steps and nurabers
bayside - just enough to love you
ozzy osbourne - goodbye to romance -
cold - a different kind of pain/bleed/sad happy
pearl jam - last kiss
skid row - i'll remeraber you
bonjovi - always/never say goodbye
fleetwood mac - song bird
elton john - daneil
duran duran - ordinary world

 

[fender_gurl_1991]

Um...cash had a crapload of happy stuff the only extremely sad song he did was "Hurt"...

 

[retro_4life]

Under the Bridge, RHCP

 

[AJD13]

That whole album is depressing. I used to think that album was the most depressing thing ever until i heard Joy Division.

 

[sadcafe]

Yesterday- Beatles
Last Goodbye- Jeff Buckley
Lover, You Should Have Come Over- Jeff Buckley
Butterfly- Weezer
A Day in the Life- Beatles
Dust In the Wind- Kansas
Scenes From an Italian Restaurant- Billy Joel
The Great Below- Nine Inch Nails
Do Re Mi- Kurt Cobain
While My Guitar Gently Weeps- Beatles

Mr. Blue Sky, of course- ELO

 

[CadillacEscalade]

I have always thought that Eleanor Rigby was the most depressing and sad song I have ever heard

 

[fat_flying_pigs]

I'm assuming by Morning after you mean Say Yes.
These always makes my heart ache:
Your mind is racing like a pro, now
oh my god it doesn

 

[#10]

Blech to all of this. Every one of those makes me sick.

Also,

Violent Femmes - Gimme the Car

Poor guy, he just wants the car so he can pick her up, get her drunk, make her cry, get her high, make her laugh, and make her shhhhhh. And then touch her all over her body, in lieu of her touching him all over his body. Come on dad.

 

[Pokemon★master]

Gary Jules-Mad World
The tone of it is just incredibly sad, and depressing.....
although I love it

Sarah McLaughlin-Angel
I always think it's a meditation on death,
and when she sings, 'may you find some comfort here',
it's so sad, because I think there are so many people out there who wonder if death is more comforting than life.
I'm not really suicidal, but sometimes I do wonder that myself.

 

[Arlette]

You might like the version the Band released on Music From Big Pink.

 

[SIRup]

It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)-Bob Dylan
The last three lines are genius. It's not really sad in a conventional sense, but I find it deeply affecting.
And if my thought dreams could be seen/they'd probably put my head in a guillotine/but it's alright ma/it's life and life only.

 

[Tom from the Top]

Haven't read through all of the thread, but has anyone mentioned Dolly Parton's "Me and Little Andy"? What a tearjerker.

Sarah McLachlan's "Angel' is rather sad and gloomy- but there's also a strange, beautiful quality to it.

 

[PeachD]

The Flying Burrito Brothers - Hot Burrito #1 (though #2 is also killer).

Cash's cover of "Hurt" is always brought up, but "I See a Darkness" is the one that gets to me.

 

[Simple Words]

Lonelilly - Damien Rice