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Sadest song ever?

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    #32
    Okie
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    Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven
    Julian Lennon - Saltwater
    Paddy Casey - It's Over Now

    and (well, I think anyway)

    Barbers Adagio For Strings (Not sure if that's the correct title) but you know the one from the end of Platoon and was re-mixed for the Kevin and Perry film (once again not sure, I could be wrong?)


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    #33
    Lucutus
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    Dead Can Dance - Sanvean

    Luc


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    Aladinpain
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    Originally posted by mike65
    I never think of Floyds songs as sad, rather they're wistful or elegiac which is slighly different.

    Mike.

    Surely boring is the word you're looking for....


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    #35
    scuzzy
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    I think a really underrated track is:
    Embrace - My Weakness is none of your business
    Maybe it's just me or something but it hits every time I hear it...

    Others would be:

    Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
    The Frames - Red Chord
    Embrace - Drawn From Memory
    Alice In Chains - Nutshell


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    #36
    Mewzel
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    also:
    eels - guest list
    fiona apple - love ridden


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    #37
    Dun
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    Few I find particularly sad:

    Guns 'N Roses - Estranged
    Counting Crows - Colourblind
    NIN - Hurt
    Nirvana - Pennyroyal Tea (esp. the Unplugged version)
    The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work
    Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
    Sheryl Crow - Home


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    Kali
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    Originally posted by Aladinpain
    Surely boring is the word you're looking for....

    Ahh someone who cant appreciate music if its not tightly condensed into a 3minute romp thats had a total of ten minutes studio time put into its construction, either participate in the topic at hand or oh wait look over there its an HMV sale! Go quickly!


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    Mr. Fancypants
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    Sometimes It Snows In April - Prince


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    Gordon
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    I haven't concentrated on the words but the music to:

    Mazzy Star - Fade into you. I find that very sad to listen to.

    edit - ahh yes mbroaders, that's a sad one all right.


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    #41
    Tyrrial
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    the reindeer section - your sweet voice
    and
    the smashing pumpkins -............(most of there songs)


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    #42
    Cheez
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    Back of my hand - Gemma Hayes


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    rob1891
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    Has anyone mentioned Phil Coulter and Scorn Not His Simplicity, sung by Luke Kelly is quite a moving one.


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    Washout
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    Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers

    Purple Rain - Prince


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    DMC
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    Ben Folds Five - Brick


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    #46
    Okie
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    Everclear - Wonderful


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    #47
    Kopf
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    Originally posted by irishbyte

    Comfortably Numb by PinkFloyd is a good mention too.

    I was going to take bubblesup on this but since you went even further, i quoted you.. How is comfortably numb even remotely sad? It's one of the most peaceful and mellow songs i've ever heard, not a hint of sadness in it. Perhaps, at the beginning, there's an air of mystery about it, but that's as far as it goes.

    I'm even more confused to see a mention of "dock of the bay" by otis redding (how the hell is that sad? especially with the whistling throughout, it's one of the happiest, most chilled out and content songs ever) and "Imagine" by John Lennon.
    Imagine there's no countries,
    It isnt hard to do,
    Nothing to kill or die for,
    No religion too,
    Imagine all the people
    living life in peace...

    Oh yea. Terribly depressing stuff.

    Perhaps people find these songs sad due to personal connoctations of the songs, but i don't think you can bring that sort of thing into a thread the title of which is "Saddest song ever?"..

    Anyways, I'd nominate The Beatles - Because.


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    Pompey Magnus
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    Originally posted by rob1891
    Has anyone mentioned Phil Coulter and Scorn Not His Simplicity, sung by Luke Kelly is quite a moving one.

    agree 100%


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    Miguel_Sanchez
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    Mazzy Star - Halah
    Elvis Costello - Shipbuilding + I Want You
    Beach Boys - Til I Die


    Oh and I think that Nick Drake overdosed deliberately from what I've read.


    Here's one more song that I can't believe I left out:

    Bonny 'Prince' Billy - I See a Darkness
    (His solo version or the one Johnny Cash sang- they're both absolutely brilliant and wonderfully sad)


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    Dr_Teeth
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    The Smiths - How Soon is Now

    Teeth.


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    #51
    Mewzel
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    eels - f**ker
    lamb - gorecki


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    #52
    Mossy Monk
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    Neil Young - Philadelphia
    that song oozes with sadness


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    Dampsquid
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    Oasis - Where did it all go wrong?
    Oasis - Sunday morning call.
    Lionel Richie - Hello


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    #54
    Bacchus
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    My personal top 6 songs that depress me are (in no particular order):

    John Williams - Cavatina Song
    Coldplay - The Scientist
    Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven
    RadioHead - No Suprises & Karma Police
    John Lennon - Imagine



    Damien Rice has a lot of sad tracks too, particularly like 'Cannonball' and 'Eskimo'


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    burn-afc
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    Neil Young - The Needle & The Damage Done
    Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat
    Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye


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    burn-afc
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    Neil Young - The Needle & The Damage Done
    Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat
    Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye


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    Pep
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    Neil Young - Keep on rocking in the free world


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    francie brady
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    Has anyone mentioned N.F.B(dallabnikufecin)(read it backwards)
    It has to be the saddist song ever. It's about two lovers that never really get it on, and when they do she gets mowed down by a truck:('


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    #59
    cartman
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    Barbers d'Agio for Strings - william orbit - ****in best and saddest piece of music ever made imo

    also
    Ecstasy of Gold from some american orchaestra(sp?) also mettalica took it for one of there song afaik

    cart


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    #60
    ManWithThePlan
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    Alice in Chains - Down in a Hole, mainly 'cause it reminds me of Layne.

    Dream Theater - Through Her Eyes, also.


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    polarbelly
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    Originally posted by Mewzel

    fiona apple - love ridden

    yes

    most of sigur rós ( ) very sad for me


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