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Another by George Jones is `He stopped loving her today`
The Eternal - Joy Division
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcKGqgwLzjA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcKGqgwLzjA
Alone Again Naturally - Gilbert O'Sullivan. Always brings a tear to my eye.
Reading the lyrics of Alone again is even more moving than the song
Nobody's Child - Recorded by various down the years. About a blind orphan.
As i was slowly passing
An orphan's home one day,
I stopped for just a little while
To watch the children play.
Alone a boy was standing
And when i asked him why,
He turned with eyes that could not see
And he began to cry.
I'm nobody's child,
I'm nobody's child.
Just like the flowers
I'm growing wild.
I got no mummy's kisses
I got no daddy's smile.
Nobody wants me,
I'm nobody's child.
No mummy's arms to hold me
Or sue me when i cry,
'cos sometimes i feel so lonesome
I wish that i could die.
I'll walk the streets of heaven
Where all blinds can see.
And just like for the other kids
It will be a home for me.
I'm nobody's child,
I'm nobody's child.
Just like the flowers
I'm growing wild.
I got no mummy's kisses
I got no daddy's smile.
Nobody wants me,
I'm nobody's child
As i was slowly passing
An orphan's home one day,
I stopped for just a little while
To watch the children play.
Alone a boy was standing
And when i asked him why,
He turned with eyes that could not see
And he began to cry.
I'm nobody's child,
I'm nobody's child.
Just like the flowers
I'm growing wild.
I got no mummy's kisses
I got no daddy's smile.
Nobody wants me,
I'm nobody's child.
No mummy's arms to hold me
Or sue me when i cry,
'cos sometimes i feel so lonesome
I wish that i could die.
I'll walk the streets of heaven
Where all blinds can see.
And just like for the other kids
It will be a home for me.
I'm nobody's child,
I'm nobody's child.
Just like the flowers
I'm growing wild.
I got no mummy's kisses
I got no daddy's smile.
Nobody wants me,
I'm nobody's child
We are the Army!
The Barmy, Barmy Army!
The Barmy, Barmy Army!
decades joy division
24 hours joy division
no more songs phil ochs
24 hours joy division
no more songs phil ochs
24 hours a good shout, menacingly sad.
Medicine Bottle by Red House Painters would be my selection
Medicine Bottle by Red House Painters would be my selection
claptons tears in heaven about his sons death is pretty sad
No mummy's arms to hold me
Or sue me when i cry,
'cos sometimes i feel so lonesome
I wish that i could die.
I'll walk the streets of heaven
Where all blinds can see.
Certainly a sad song, but a bit extreme resorting to legal action!
Or sue me when i cry,
'cos sometimes i feel so lonesome
I wish that i could die.
I'll walk the streets of heaven
Where all blinds can see.
Certainly a sad song, but a bit extreme resorting to legal action!
"The Living Years - Mike and the Mechanics.....
Good call there....That is worth a good blubber anytime!
Good call there....That is worth a good blubber anytime!
elise....
I don't know how he can sing that without breaking down!
I don't know how he can sing that without breaking down!
incredible really, even the thought of what happened would crack most people up but singing a song asking whether your little boy would remember you in heaven is pretty hard to say the least
more utterly hopeless than sad but, waitin around to die by townes van zandt
Opposites - Biffy Clyro
Especially considering the background lyricist Simon Neil had when writing this song / album
Especially considering the background lyricist Simon Neil had when writing this song / album
Gerry Butler.................."A Lonely Soldier" Is the sadest song that I know.......(& I write a few).
This song is so sad that the Government dont want you to hear it.......................welling up time
This song is so sad that the Government dont want you to hear it.......................welling up time
show must go on-Queen
a fantastic song that always brings a tear
singing a song when you know your dying.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKLMYZlbIb8
a fantastic song that always brings a tear
singing a song when you know your dying.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKLMYZlbIb8
Rocky by Austin Roberts, Who incidentally sang the Scooby doo theme
The Blind man in the Bleachers by Kenny Starr
Save a Butterfly for Bucky by Bobby Goldsboro
The Blind man in the Bleachers by Kenny Starr
Save a Butterfly for Bucky by Bobby Goldsboro
being as I'm from an irish background - when 'Danny Boy' is played /sung it is compulsory to have a tear in one's eye
The Boxer - Simon and Garfunkel
I am a Rock - Simon and Garfunkel
I am a Rock - Simon and Garfunkel
This takes some beating
So sad the Song - Gladys Knight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUMEQuwZsl8
So sad the Song - Gladys Knight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUMEQuwZsl8
this tops the ***Chit-Chat All-Time Dirge Thread*** charts
no mean feat
no mean feat
I'd like to nominate It's a Motherfecker by Eels. One of my all-time favourites. Very tragic story behind it for those unaware of the song.
David Fishwick Minibus Sales has been having trouble posting, but he's PM'ed me and asked if I could mention Billy Ocean's There'll be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) which I'm more than happy to do.
David Fishwick Minibus Sales has been having trouble posting, but he's PM'ed me and asked if I could mention Billy Ocean's There'll be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) which I'm more than happy to do.
Have to say I'm not religious, but "Abide With Me", as sung at very many funerals, has to get a mention!
"Gloomy Sunday"
A Hungarian song, "Gloomy Sunday" was first recorded in English by Hal Kemp in 1936, with lyrics by Sam M. Lewis, and was recorded the same year by Paul Robeson, with lyrics by Desmond Carter. It became well known throughout much of the English-speaking world after the release of a version by Billie Holiday in 1941. Lewis's lyrics referred to suicide, and the record label described it as the "Hungarian Suicide Song". There is a recurring urban legend that claims that many people committed suicide with this song playing
You can't get much sadder than that.
A Hungarian song, "Gloomy Sunday" was first recorded in English by Hal Kemp in 1936, with lyrics by Sam M. Lewis, and was recorded the same year by Paul Robeson, with lyrics by Desmond Carter. It became well known throughout much of the English-speaking world after the release of a version by Billie Holiday in 1941. Lewis's lyrics referred to suicide, and the record label described it as the "Hungarian Suicide Song". There is a recurring urban legend that claims that many people committed suicide with this song playing
You can't get much sadder than that.
Fields Of Athenry - Paddy Reilly
Everything I Own - David Gates
Boulder to Birmingham - Emmy Lou Harris
are three that spring to mind. All betting without the Clapton song which is in a different league to anything else for me.
Everything I Own - David Gates
Boulder to Birmingham - Emmy Lou Harris
are three that spring to mind. All betting without the Clapton song which is in a different league to anything else for me.
It isn't going to be that way by Steve Forbert - think you can watch it on utube...
Bobby Goldsboro...... "Honey".
One way or another it's enough to make you weep!
One way or another it's enough to make you weep!
Motel Blues - Louden Wainwright a close 2nd to Mike & The Mechanics
the green fields of france "willie mcbride"
Scottish Soldier by Andy Stewart, cheers.
Scottish Soldier by Andy Stewart, cheers.
Lyrically, I would go for Casimir Pulaski Day by Sufjan Stevens. The contrast of the sing a long finale with the narrative which ends with him questioning his faith is very moving. It was the late Mrs Toteboard's favourite as well
However, my nomination for the saddest piece of music ever is the Belgian sound sculptor Kreng's treatment of Chopin's Prelude number 20 in C minor. It was a mournful piece anyway, but getting someone to cry over the top of it makes it even more powerful; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIxkZF-6Iog
Cheer up chaps!
However, my nomination for the saddest piece of music ever is the Belgian sound sculptor Kreng's treatment of Chopin's Prelude number 20 in C minor. It was a mournful piece anyway, but getting someone to cry over the top of it makes it even more powerful; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIxkZF-6Iog
Cheer up chaps!
It ain't easy being green
Kermis the Frog
Always makes me misty
Kermis the Frog
Always makes me misty
My Sister - Tindersticks.
Perhaps not the saddest ever but def worth a listen.
Perhaps not the saddest ever but def worth a listen.
The Day You Went Away - Wendy Mathews.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfqusp7s5o0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfqusp7s5o0
"Enola Gay" - Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark.
Aww, yes
Aww, yes
Into my arms - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnHoqHscTKE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnHoqHscTKE
I suppose its how you as an individual define 'saddest'.
To me with a very few exceptions (Green Fields Of France, Enola Gay, Gloomy Sunday & perhaps "Will I see you in Heaven" Eric Clapton. The mass majority of songs mentioned are sad in only the fact that anybody bothered to record them and you have to be a total wuss for them to have any emotional effect.
To me with a very few exceptions (Green Fields Of France, Enola Gay, Gloomy Sunday & perhaps "Will I see you in Heaven" Eric Clapton. The mass majority of songs mentioned are sad in only the fact that anybody bothered to record them and you have to be a total wuss for them to have any emotional effect.
Dance With My Father Luther Vandross. My father died when I was six.
Slipping Through My Fingers from Mamma Mia. It was the first time Id heard it even though Im a ABBA fan. It reminds me of how time goes by to quickly and trhe time spent with my daughter who is in Aus.
Slipping Through My Fingers from Mamma Mia. It was the first time Id heard it even though Im a ABBA fan. It reminds me of how time goes by to quickly and trhe time spent with my daughter who is in Aus.
don't cry for me man utd by d. moyes and the regretters.
The Winner Takes It All -Abba...throbs with melodious moroseness...
Don't laugh at me - Norman Wisdom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbwS9qcpi0k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbwS9qcpi0k
Time by Pink Floyd is a shocking omission
Fotheringay by Fairport Convention http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbnLVvAJrec
Fotheringay by Fairport Convention http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbnLVvAJrec
Fotheringay sung by sandy denny is a wondeful song
Great nomination there
Another sad and beautiful one is Barbara Allen sung by Emylou Harris
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1z4rWpGUG4
Very ancient traditional song
Great nomination there
Another sad and beautiful one is Barbara Allen sung by Emylou Harris
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1z4rWpGUG4
Very ancient traditional song
Der Leiermann (The Hurdy-Gurdy Man) from Franz Schubert's Winterreise (Winter Journey)
Gustav Mahler's Kindertotenleider (Songs of Dead Children)
Vier Letzte Leider (Four Last Songs) by Richard Strauss.
Gustav Mahler's Kindertotenleider (Songs of Dead Children)
Vier Letzte Leider (Four Last Songs) by Richard Strauss.
"Who knows where the time goes" by Fairport Convention..
Sandy Dennys voice singing a song that everyone in the world can relate to at some point in their lives. Stunning.
Sandy Dennys voice singing a song that everyone in the world can relate to at some point in their lives. Stunning.
Another shout for 'Casimir Pulaski Day' by Sufjan Stevens
Someone made a amateur music video for the song, on YouTube, that is just fantastic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhFBGHTmr5c
but has barely any views!
“Casimir Pulaski Day,” the seventh track on the Illinoise, concerns a young man’s memory of the week leading up to the death of his dearest friend. It is unquestionably the best song ever written about a 12-year-old girl dying of bone cancer.
There is an adolescent and artless quality to the lyrics. There is no metaphor, no fancy fifty-cent words, no coherent structure. The story itself is poorly told; we must assemble and organize the traces of the narrator’s memory to deduce what happened. The music underscores this simplicity: the same four chords repeated over and over, uncluttered arrangement
Someone made a amateur music video for the song, on YouTube, that is just fantastic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhFBGHTmr5c
but has barely any views!
“Casimir Pulaski Day,” the seventh track on the Illinoise, concerns a young man’s memory of the week leading up to the death of his dearest friend. It is unquestionably the best song ever written about a 12-year-old girl dying of bone cancer.
There is an adolescent and artless quality to the lyrics. There is no metaphor, no fancy fifty-cent words, no coherent structure. The story itself is poorly told; we must assemble and organize the traces of the narrator’s memory to deduce what happened. The music underscores this simplicity: the same four chords repeated over and over, uncluttered arrangement
Have to nominate 'Kilkelly Ireland' too
Nice video with preamble about the song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcO8jquCQ8U
Nice video with preamble about the song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcO8jquCQ8U
Suffer Little Children by The Smiths
Over the moor, take me to the moor
Dig a shallow grave
And I'll lay me down
Over the moor, take me to the moor
Dig a shallow grave
And I'll lay me down
Lesley-Anne, with your pretty white beads
Oh John, you'll never be a man
And you'll never see your home again
Oh Manchester, so much to answer for
Edward, see those alluring lights ?
Tonight will be your very last night
A woman said : "I know my son is dead
I'll never rest my hands on his sacred head"
Hindley wakes and Hindley says :
Hindley wakes, Hindley wakes, Hindley wakes, and says :
"Oh, wherever he has gone, I have gone"
But fresh lilaced moorland fields
Cannot hide the stolid stench of death
Fresh lilaced moorland fields
Cannot hide the stolid stench of death
Hindley wakes and says :
Hindley wakes, Hindley wakes, Hindley wakes, and says :
"Oh, whatever he has done, I have done"
But this is no easy ride
For a child cries :
"Oh, find me...find me, nothing more
We are on a sullen misty moor
We may be dead and we may be gone
But we will be, we will be, we will be, right by your side
Until the day you die
This is no easy ride
We will haunt you when you laugh
Yes, you could say we're a team
You might sleep
You might sleep
You might sleep
BUT YOU WILL NEVER DREAM !
Oh, you might sleep
BUT YOU WILL NEVER DREAM !
You might sleep
BUT YOU WILL NEVER DREAM !"
Oh Manchester, so much to answer for
Oh Manchester, so much to answer for
Oh, find me, find me !
Find me !
I'll haunt you when you laugh
Oh, I'll haunt you when you laugh
You might sleep
BUT YOU WILL NEVER DREAM !
Oh...
Over the moors, I'm on the moor
Oh, over the moor
Oh, the child is on the moor
Over the moor, take me to the moor
Dig a shallow grave
And I'll lay me down
Over the moor, take me to the moor
Dig a shallow grave
And I'll lay me down
Lesley-Anne, with your pretty white beads
Oh John, you'll never be a man
And you'll never see your home again
Oh Manchester, so much to answer for
Edward, see those alluring lights ?
Tonight will be your very last night
A woman said : "I know my son is dead
I'll never rest my hands on his sacred head"
Hindley wakes and Hindley says :
Hindley wakes, Hindley wakes, Hindley wakes, and says :
"Oh, wherever he has gone, I have gone"
But fresh lilaced moorland fields
Cannot hide the stolid stench of death
Fresh lilaced moorland fields
Cannot hide the stolid stench of death
Hindley wakes and says :
Hindley wakes, Hindley wakes, Hindley wakes, and says :
"Oh, whatever he has done, I have done"
But this is no easy ride
For a child cries :
"Oh, find me...find me, nothing more
We are on a sullen misty moor
We may be dead and we may be gone
But we will be, we will be, we will be, right by your side
Until the day you die
This is no easy ride
We will haunt you when you laugh
Yes, you could say we're a team
You might sleep
You might sleep
You might sleep
BUT YOU WILL NEVER DREAM !
Oh, you might sleep
BUT YOU WILL NEVER DREAM !
You might sleep
BUT YOU WILL NEVER DREAM !"
Oh Manchester, so much to answer for
Oh Manchester, so much to answer for
Oh, find me, find me !
Find me !
I'll haunt you when you laugh
Oh, I'll haunt you when you laugh
You might sleep
BUT YOU WILL NEVER DREAM !
Oh...
Over the moors, I'm on the moor
Oh, over the moor
Oh, the child is on the moor
Great shouts by
Kennymann (Oh Mein Papa)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y04seHfYLAA
Studyform (Alone Again Naturally)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-Mjx4WY2xM
G2D (Old Shep)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2ctN4WZt9Y
You guys have ruined my Malt with water from the tears
Sentimental old fools the lot of us
Kennymann (Oh Mein Papa)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y04seHfYLAA
Studyform (Alone Again Naturally)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-Mjx4WY2xM
G2D (Old Shep)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2ctN4WZt9Y
You guys have ruined my Malt with water from the tears
Sentimental old fools the lot of us
hm sparrow, im not saying my surname on here but.......apt choice
Emden 04 Jan 14 21:32
being as I'm from an irish background - when 'Danny Boy' is played /sung it is compulsory to have a tear in one's eye
Crying because it was written by an Englishman I suppose?
being as I'm from an irish background - when 'Danny Boy' is played /sung it is compulsory to have a tear in one's eye
Crying because it was written by an Englishman I suppose?
Forever Young is a Dylan song. Superb track. I have it as uplifting rather than sad tho.
Among those I haven't seen mentioned.
Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead.
There is A Light That Never goes out - The Smiths
Savannah Smiles - Okkervil River (particularly when you know the back ground to the song).
Broken Heart - Spiritualized
Among those I haven't seen mentioned.
Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead.
There is A Light That Never goes out - The Smiths
Savannah Smiles - Okkervil River (particularly when you know the back ground to the song).
Broken Heart - Spiritualized
Disturbed - Hold on to Memories
.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q0sMOQvJuw
.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q0sMOQvJuw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEmtfA8FETc
Lullaby by Low
Stick with it, you will be rewarded.
A melancholy masterpiece.
Lullaby by Low
Stick with it, you will be rewarded.
A melancholy masterpiece.
Some lovely suggestions on this thread.
I have a few candidates, so my selection is not obscure for my sake but because I think fewer people will be familiar with it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8v4w4Hd9Ro
Nick Cave; Song for Bob.
I have a few candidates, so my selection is not obscure for my sake but because I think fewer people will be familiar with it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8v4w4Hd9Ro
Nick Cave; Song for Bob.
Killing Joke – The Great Cull
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dfSjuwGmp0&list=PLSXIM_UPJfFX_r-FmQuayxqrWtxgFhmkX&index=2
From 10 years ago, were ahead of their time.
Thin the herd, the great cull is coming down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dfSjuwGmp0&list=PLSXIM_UPJfFX_r-FmQuayxqrWtxgFhmkX&index=2
From 10 years ago, were ahead of their time.
Thin the herd, the great cull is coming down.
Apparently this gets played at lots of funerals. I'm having it played at mine. You sentimental silly sausage!
When Fat Elvis sang it, he told a story beforehand of a dying man
I much prefer the Matt Williams performance, beautifully and immaculately sung live here at the BBC circa 1974. Very impressive how he holds that note for eternity at the end.
Softly As I Leave You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7vxWa-47VM
When Fat Elvis sang it, he told a story beforehand of a dying man
I much prefer the Matt Williams performance, beautifully and immaculately sung live here at the BBC circa 1974. Very impressive how he holds that note for eternity at the end.
Softly As I Leave You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7vxWa-47VM
Matt Williams?
FFS, take more water with it.
Matt Munro, even
FFS, take more water with it.
Matt Munro, even
Haven't trawled back so forgive if it's been said...
Eric Clapton - 'Tears In Heaven'
Eric Clapton - 'Tears In Heaven'
Agree with manc man
Without you - Nilsson ...
or possibly
Man of the World - Peter Green
www.youtube.com/watch?v=epL97rMdFzA
Without you - Nilsson ...
or possibly
Man of the World - Peter Green
www.youtube.com/watch?v=epL97rMdFzA
The older you get the more important the lyrics resonate with you, so i'll offer up a couple of songs i've loved for years, covered by many artists but for me the best versions who put such emotion into the songs are,
The way we were-Gladys Knight, although Neither one of us is also wonderful by her, secondly Charles Aznavour singing Yesterday when i was young.
The way we were-Gladys Knight, although Neither one of us is also wonderful by her, secondly Charles Aznavour singing Yesterday when i was young.
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