Sad Songs

[simon raymonde]

i am compiling a list of sad songs. not obvious ones of course...but the more interesting ones...cool bands that have a song that makes you cry. criteria for this thread is that your choices cannot be simply 80s-led, and of course no cocteaus ones cos obviously they are all sad.

please give me three choices each..

my favourite sad song today is by The Zephyrs 'The Buildings Aren't Going Anywhere'

simon

[Baddy2shoos]

The first song to bring a tear to my eye was Sanvean by Dead Can Dance....go on laugh then :o

[milkwood]

bird on a wire- cover by stina nordenstam. on album 'People are Strange'

extremely underrated swiss singer. almost as underrated as CT. does it have to be a band?

okay....will be right back!

[zed]

........!. "sad song" lou reed, at the end of "berlin"
........2."clocks" coldplay, don't know why, i can't listen to it without cracking ......
........3.one of these times" bob dylan,...i think that's it, i listen to it very infrequnetly....wonder why.

shall i go on? :(

z.

[REPLICESS]

That's easy , just done this on the Numan BB ! :)

Here's mine:

The Cure - 'Prayers for Rain' and 'The same deep water as you'
- great songs sniffle,sob.

DM - 'Higher Love' (goosebumps central)

But the winner for me has to be -
NIN - 'Leaving Hope'
Devastatingly haunting

[E-Lo]

All About Eve The Pearl Fishermen
Dead Can Dance Host of Seraphim
David Sylvian/Ryuichi Sakamoto Forbidden Colours

[mattadore]

"A Pair Of Brown Eyes" - (Traditional, but I like the Pogues version)
"Lover, You Should've Come Over" - Jeff Buckley
"Things Behind The Sun" - Nick Drake

[zed]

matt.......nick drake indeed! "northen sky" (?)
i believe that's it........the one with john cale on organ.

speaking of cale, the whole "words for the dying" suite gets me every time.
Songs for drella,.."dream".........cale/reed. andy's dream/death...
haunts me.
GAH!.......i'm getting depressed! back to the studio!!!


:cool: Z.

[steven]

'9-15-00' Godspeed You! Black Emperor
'All cats are gray' The Cure
"All the people I like are those that are dead' Felt


Steven

[mmmender]

sorry but there's no way i can limit myself to just three..............

mary margaret o'hara "you give me something to cry about"
david sylvian "maria"
david sylvian "orpheus"
interpol"nyc"
colin newman "can i explain the delay?"
roy orbison "crying"
the smiths "please, please, please let me get what i want"
the smiths "back to the old house"
billie holiday "my man"
billie holiday "strange fruit"
joy division "love will tear us apart"
chet baker "my funny valentine"
red house painters "michael"
red house painters "medicine bottle"
red house painters "down through"
coldplay "we never change"
everything but the girl "kid"
this mortal coil "tarantula"
nick cave "the weeping song"
nick cave & pj harvey "henry lee"

[dynamine]

:(
slowdive-"spanish air"
booth and the bad angel-"fall in love with me"
the wave room-"one for the river"
gary jules-"mad world"(this version IMO is great!)

[zed]

........now look what you started........:eek:

......the motors...."love and lonliness".
joy division....."atmosphers."

this keeps up i'm gonna go hide in the basment.

alone.

under some boxes.

in the dark.

and dirt.:( :(

z.

[crushed]

ultra vivid scene - 'the whore of god'
clearlake - 'life can be so cruel'
david sylvian - 'let the happiness in'
pinback- 'loro'
bjork - 'isobel'
echo and the bunnymen - 'ocean rain'
flaming lips - 'you've got to be joking (autopsy of the devil's brain)'
red house painters - 'down colorful hill'
red house painters - 'rollercoaster' ("where is dad? and where is mom?...")
mojave 3 - 'candle song'
swans - 'god damn the sun'
throwing muses - 'two step'
the wolfgang press - 'hammer the halo'
pavement - 'here'

[REPLICESS]

Gary Numan - 'A Prayer For The Unborn'

[mmmender]

almost every rhp song makes me cry.

[REPLICESS]

OMG! Forgot this gem

'Naked' - the FLIR

http://www.theflir.com/

Pleeeeeeease go and download it ! I love them ;)

They're CT fans and usually include a cover when they perform live.

[JohnnyV]

Four or five already made the list...I'll add two more...

Old Souls / Cover by Faith and the Muse (anyone guess the writer? still makes me go hhhmmm)

Oceans / Autumn

J

[Quisquose]

If I have to pick 3, I guess they'd be:

Mandalay: Not 17 (everything about it is gorgeous and heartbreaking)
Jeff Buckley: Corpus Christi Carol (unearthly and suffused with a sense of loss)
Maxwell's cover of This woman's work (reminds me of things I'd rather forget, but the song's so beautiful I love it anyway. I like his version a little better than Kate's )

A few others that come to mind:

Jonatha Brooke: Deny (I get the feeling it's about a teenage boy murdering his family)
Des'ree: I'm Kissing you (Craig Armstrong's instrumental version is wonderful too)
Freedy Johnston: This perfect world (...these pills won't even let me cry)
Eva Cassidy: Somewhere over the rainbow (call it sappy if you must, but she is (was) such a good singer/interpreter
Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush: Don't Give Up (maybe it's supposed to be inspirational, but it kills me every time)
Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares: Kalimankou Denkou

Gorecki: Symphony # 3 opus 36 (so beautiful, but it is like, harmful to my emotional health to sit down and listen to the whole thing. I remember watching the movie Fearless, and the plane crash scene at the end just making me sob uncontrollably.)

...sniffle... I think I'm getting verklempt!

[JohnnyV]

Originally posted by Quisquose
Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush: Don't Give Up

...that reminds me...the whole Up album by Peter Gabriel.

The only thing that was up on that was the title. Some exquisite sadness on that release. Love it.

[hiccup]

:( cocteau twins - crushed
:( the autumns - pale trembles a gale
:( the smiths - last night i dreamt that somebody loved me

[dynamine]

Originally posted by hiccup
:( the autumns - pale trembles a gale

clapping

[hiccup]

o.k. - my apologies for not paying attention. simon stated specifically no cocteau twins songs, but crushed is one of those that bring a tear to my eye. so, i will replace my choice of "crushed" with:
red house painters - drop

[stratton]

mmmm....love the sad songs....okay, my three for today are:

billie holiday - don't worry 'bout me
patsy cline - faded love
the sundays - when i'm thinking about you

stratton

[mmmender]

Originally posted by hiccup
red house painters - drop

[REPLICESS]

The Doves - 'The Cedar Room'

V.Sad :(

[Brett]

Tears. The Chameleons.

Just a lovely, moving record documenting the loss of a loved one. Burgess always sounded sincere and this was no different. Available in two versions, a thrilling electric cut or the more reflective semi-acoustic one. I slightly prefer the later.
Beautiful.
I’m guessing I’m not the only Cocteau fan who also loves The Chameleons?


Opened Once. Jeff Buckley

Most of his make me sad as I recall his death every time. Such a sad waste. There are many candidates, particularly Hallelujah but that’s Cohen’s so I selected this one from the ‘My sweetheart the drunk’ album. “I am the railroad track abandoned
With the sunlight forgetting that I ever happened”
Gets me every time.

When we two parted. Afghan Whigs

This amazing live band sometimes managed a subtle song and this was a great one. A kind of sequel to Love will tear us apart as it dealt with a failed love affair in the physical sense. Guilt and retribution would soon follow but for now we wallow.

It was hard to choose 3 but the man said 3! Mind you he also said no 80’s and I flunked that first go! LOL
I must add that I agree so many previous posts. Sylvian (Darkest Dreaming for me). Goreki, Read House Painters….great stuff everyone.

PS, hello!

[chevelu]

Stina Nordenstam "This Time John" (DYnamite)
(she's Swedish by the way, not Swiss.)

the Cure - take your pick...
Nick Drake - take you pick...

[Brittany]

Plainsong- The Cure
Last Goodbye-Jeff Buckley
Blasphemous Rumours-Depeche Mode

With a nod to Bjork for the song she sings in her movie where she is on the train " I have seen it all, there is no more to see..."

[dynamine]

or
VNV Nation="standing"
Covenant="like tears in rain"
Wolfshiem="touch"
_____________________________________
"through my eyes stare into me.
i bear my heart for all to see.
with my face turned to the sun.
there ever standing still."

[kookaburra]

Renaissance: Mother Russia
David Bowie: Heroes
Kate Bush: Night of the Swallow

[anelan]

Roxy Music - In Every Dream Home A Heartache
Bjork - Unravel
Patti Smith - About A Boy

Excuse me, I'm filling up..........

[ScottL]

Originally posted by by the sea
z- don't forget that sad can also mean... lying in a neverending field of intoxicated violet poppies.
sad doesn't always have to be dark, dirty and or scary.
don't u think?

I do! Reminds me of the 'Sad Song' by David Byrne:
"You may think I look sad
But I am just sleeping
It's my facial expression
I'm probably dreaming"

Retyping my reply now...as it was lost when I posted, typing in a separate text editor from now on... :(

anyway...music which I consider depressing is uninspiring and generally makes me feel worse....music which is inspired and makes me feel better relates best to how I feel...happy, sad, whatever...much music(regarded as sad) is very uplifting to me...nothing makes me feel worse when I'm down then some annoying, superficially happy music..token 'sad' song in much popular music is altogether unmotivating to me.

Some music is tearfully sad for me and is so for inexplicable emotional reasons, so could be happy in tone, Cherry Coloured Funk is a tune I was generally uplifted by and after the loss of a close friend, I found that song alone caused serious balling(which was the best thing for me as I found)...it still makes me feel good, part of why I truly love the song.

Yet still other music is quite sombre to me, but soothing and not tearful. Some example of this would be Otterly, Nauges(That which passes, passes as clouds) by King Crimson, Round the Bend by Beck, Flames by VAST, Syndir Guos by Sigur Ros, The End of Words by DCD. Funny as gloomy as DCD can be, the fill me with intrigue and I have yet to find any music by them tearful. In fact, of all the tunes mentioned here, half I didn't know and the other half isn't tearful or sombre for me. Closest would be 'Don't Give Up'. Oh and Kookaburra, nice to see another person here knows Renaissance, I don't know that tune, but I've heard a bit of their stuff....

Ok, so my 3 most tearful songs of all time are impossible to name due to cloudy memories, at the moment I would say(with the lyrical part that seems to drive it home):
[list=1]
History of Us - Indigo Girls "Take part in the pain of this passion play, Stretching our youth as we must, until we are ashes to dust
Forget Her - Jeff Buckley - "Don't fool yourself, she was heartache from the moment that you met her"
This Woman's Work - Kate Bush - "All the things I should have given but I didn't..."
[/list=1]

Cheesy perhaps, no rationale here...not an artistic opinion, just unrestrained sadness. What a beautiful and wonderful thing it is.

[E-Lo]

ofra haza slave song
bauhaus crowds
jackie & roy samba triste
this mortal coil my father
bebel gilberto mais feliz
violent femmes i know its true but i'm sorry to say
http://www.violentfemmes.net/images/trouser3.jpg

[multymfoiled]

I'm all a-weepy reading everyone's thoughts...Some of mine are the same as others...*sniff*

"With Tomorrow" - This Mortal Coil
"The Universe" - Sarah Slean
"Happy. The End" - Innocence Mission
"When I was a Boy" - Dar Williams


There are many more, but I can't go on!
:(

[ScottL]

I find Happy, The End very moving, Glow is a great album all around too I think

..from a band(among many) I discovered via online CT community btw :)

[Etheriel]

Beth Gibbons - Funny Time Of Year
Goldfrapp - Bodo
Stereolab - Suggestion Diabolique

[Bfenby]

Kate Bush - Never Be Mine
Jane Siberry - Trumpeter Swan
The 6ths - Winter In July

[multymfoiled]

Originally posted by ScottL
I find Happy, The End very moving, Glow is a great album all around too I think

..from a band(among many) I discovered via online CT community btw :)

They are brilliant. Everyone here should check them out (I know that there one of Simon's favorites as well...). www.theinnocencemission.com

[milkwood]

song number 2: Now that you're leaving- Stina nordenstam
Dynamite. alright, she's swedish.


I'm turning out the light
Now that you're leaving
To see things black and white
Now that you're leaving
To kill you in the dark
To give my last remark
I'll stay up tonight
Now that you're leaving



kate bush: wow.
tori amos: cover of: Famous Blue Raincoat.
goldfrapp: paper bag
scorpions: winds of change. gets me crying. there was twice i woke up for school with this song playing on my alarm radio.
since then i have never been able to hear this song without tearing. can't explain it.

[someotherian]

far too many to mention!
and it's making me sad just thinking about some of the songs i might mention, so i'm gonna bow out of this one... :(

[Adam]

Francoiz Breut - La Rue ne te Reprendra Pas
Dead Can Dance - The Host of Seraphim
Simon Raymonde (TMC) - Ivy and Neet

[superblast]

belly - full moon, empty heart
clouds - kathy
the breeders - off you
bjork - pagan poetry
neil halstead - driving with bert
the sundays - cry
sonic youth - tunic

[hiccup]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Brett
[B]Tears. The Chameleons.

Ahhh!! The Chameleons, one of the best underrated bands of the '80s. Excellent choice. I just saw them recently in Long Beach, CA - great show.

[curetwins]

off the top of my head, otherwise i'd be here for awhile.....hmmmm.

The Cure - 'To Wish Impossible Things' (virtually impossible to choose just one, but.)

Deftones - 'Teenager' (new cavity moved into, my heart today.)

Mogwai - 'Stanley Kubrick' (the whole ep really.)

-jeff

[zed]

.........you saw them??

i hate you..........in a nice way of course.:D :D

soul in isolation tears me up and leaves me there.
how'd it go?

great, great bad.
Z.:cool:

[Brett]

Zed and Hiccup

Great that you like The Chameleons

I've seen them 11 times since their 'Resurrection' in 2000 and can't really begin to describe how I felt when I first heard their new material. They were really BACK.

I can't really split The Cocteaus and The Chameleons and that is a major compliment to both bands.

[Gipson]

I'd probably choose my own poor, unrecorded songs that have obscure personal meaning but since no one would know what I'm talking about, I'll choose Tori Amos' Hey Jupiter, The Cure's Pictures of You, and Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 Second Movement.

[Brett]

Another touching track

Hands Away. Interpol

mmmm kiss1

[mattadore]

Originally posted by Brett
Another touching track

Hands Away. Interpol

mmmm kiss1

Can't wait to see it live... one week from tonight @Avalon. Whoo-hoo!!! :)

[laco]

Stina Nordenstam...extremely underrated swiss singer...

She's swedish..but ok..switzerland and sweden starts with the same letters.

and..yeah..Stina Nordenstam is really good
;)

[laco]

:)
I do agree with you curetwins on the choice of to wish impossible things. It's a really great song, and the climax of the song allways gives me chills.
It was the sweetness of your skin, it was a hope of all we might have been...

Another great sad song from the cures is "closedown".ballerina

[curetwins]

oh, absolutely! how about "Untitled"...

'never quite said what i wanted to say to you
never quite managed the words to explain to you
never quite knew how to make them believable
and now the time has gone
another time undone'

[Brett]

or
The Loudest Sound

[curetwins]

WOW! this is getting good.. 'the loudest sound' is an AMAZING song..

[etc etc]

Hey Brett,
How about.."Second Skin"....

[Brett]

Originally posted by etc etc
Hey Brett,
How about.."Second Skin"....

"when something slips through your fingers you know how precious it is"

Awesome. I'm far from sad everytime they play that one.

[etc etc]

Yeah,
Mark 'Birdy' Burgess sure knows how to capture the human condition with his lyrics...Intrigue in Tangiers, Death of Imagination...but SAD? Nah, frustrated but hopeful seems to be the bottom line with a whole lot of searching going on. I saw them back on the Strange Times tour in Providence and New York and just caught them at Maxwells in "Joisey"...I have to say, they were better now than they were back then, but then again I expected them to be like the second coming back in the 80's since I was so in awe of their albums...they were my religion back then...those lyrics were like the words of the mystics, prophets and visionaries all rolled up and delivered with a band that hailed them in with apocolyptic under and overtones...God, they sure moved me in a huge way...I just chickened out in the fall when Birdy was standing nearby...I mean what words can do justice to the impact of those albums, "errm, Mark, your music transformed me"...well, I took a rain check on a statement!

[etc etc]

Here are some sadies...
"Down in a Tube Station at Midnight" The Jam
"Somebody Got Murdered" The Clash
"The Gift" Velvet Unerground (sad and bizarre!)(and comical)(and absurd)

[ScottL]

Originally posted by Bfenby
Kate Bush - Never Be Mine

Man, that one was a real toss up for me, on retrospect it has perhaps been more of a tear jerker for me than This Woman's Work...both are close tho...as they were on the same album at a time when I was quite susceptible to crying I guess.

I also thought, music never makes me sad...and sad music never puts me back in a sad place...there are so many that might be sad for me, but never coincided with a sad experience.

[hiccup]

oh my god!!! i forgot about Interpol, one of my current favorites right now. musically & vocally i think NYC kills me with tears. Whoa!!

Yes, I saw the Chameleons at Que Sera in Long Beach, CA, if anybody is in town ever, Tuesday nights are the best to come and enjoy a cocktail or 5 along with the videos and music of the '80s with one of my good friends who is the bartender (advertise, advertise) just ask for Luann tell her Philip sent you. Anyway, enough advertising, the Chameleons were very good, always wanted to see them in the '80s, never got to, so it was quite enjoyable to see them so close to home and playing in the New Millenium. And they played all the good ones too.

I can't remember who suggested David Sylvians "Darkest Dreaming" but if anybody wants to cry all night with a bottle of wine that is the song to do it to. :p

[mmmender]

Originally posted by mmmender
interpol"nyc"

yep! i had it in my list too (back on page 1 of this thread)

[stratton]

this is a great thread...my three for today are:

everything but the girl - the heart remains a child
bt - satellite
royksopp - sparks

stratton

[Brett]

Originally posted by hiccup
oh my god!!! i forgot about Interpol, one of my current favorites right now. musically & vocally i think NYC kills me with tears. Whoa!!

Yes, I saw the Chameleons at Que Sera in Long Beach, CA, if anybody is in town ever, Tuesday nights are the best to come and enjoy a cocktail or 5 along with the videos and music of the '80s with one of my good friends who is the bartender (advertise, advertise) just ask for Luann tell her Philip sent you. Anyway, enough advertising, the Chameleons were very good, always wanted to see them in the '80s, never got to, so it was quite enjoyable to see them so close to home and playing in the New Millenium. And they played all the good ones too.

I can't remember who suggested David Sylvians "Darkest Dreaming" but if anybody wants to cry all night with a bottle of wine that is the song to do it to. :p

C'est moi!
Darkest Dreaming is Godlike.
Agree Chams, obviously
Agree NYC.......a Joy Division waltz.
Wanna split that wine?

[superblast]

this mortal coil - you and your sister

[Iwan]

Many sad songs around...

[1] Tarnation - I Didn't Mean It
[2] Dolphin Brothers - My Winter
[3] Red House Painters - Three Legged Cat


....way too difficult though....

[hiccup]

I could go for that bottle of wine right now.;)

[mmmender]

i almost forgot - one of the sadest songs ever written.........

ELANOR RIGBY (the beatles)

:(

[Fuzzguitar]

These songs always make me blub:

The Sundays - Cry
The Smiths- Asleep
Eels- It's a Motherfucker

[stratton]

i'm addicted to this thread. :)

today it's all about these three:

new order - 1963
patti smith - farewell reel
delibes - lakme(flower duet)...the excerpt used in 'the hunger'

stratton

[Brett]

Or, New Order. Leave me alone. Stratton?

Mine
Kent. Quiet heart
Puressence. Casting Lazy Shadows
Indochine. J'ai demande a la lune

(Sad) songs of the day for all Cocteau Twins fans, here, there and everywhere (oops, that's another one!)

Go play em all!

[ScottL]

Originally posted by mmmender
ELANOR RIGBY (the beatles)

Yeah, that is quite sad, for some reason(from my own experiences) the one on Revolver that gets me so often is 'For No One'...the lyrics may just be par for the course...I mean, how many love songs did the beatles sing after all..but still the feeling I get hearing that one is strong.

I've been trying to think of some instrumental pieces that make me want to cry or have coincided with such an experience...
1. Lotus Feet - Shakti
2. No Apologies - Strength in Numbers/Telluride Sessions
3. With this Love (boys choir version) - Peter Gabriel/Passion

[mmmender]

harold budd "by the dawn's early light"

that entire album is sad !!!!!!!!!

[Baddy2shoos]

Moon and the Melodies

[dprid]

Originally posted by etc etc
Here are some sadies...
"Down in a Tube Station at Midnight" The Jam


Interesting - I've always considered this to be an angry song rather than a sad one

[stratton]

Originally posted by Brett
Or, New Order. Leave me alone. Stratton?

good call brett...i was torn between 1963 and your silent face. :)

stratton

[stratton]

aaaaaaaaahhh...the double quote syndrome has crossed over from .com! lol...

stratton


Admin Note: ah yes, but at least here it can be fixed with ease! ;)

[mmmender]

slowdive: "allison" & "here she comes"

[randomrob]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I love sad songs let me think................

ok

"The Long Road" Eddie Vedder w/Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (from the 'dead man walking' sndtrk)

"Suffer Little Children" The Smiths

"Things I cannot change" The Mavericks

"Soul Mining" The the

"The Last Good day of the year" Cousteau

"Song for Sharon" Joni Mitchell

"We haven't turned around" Gomez ('american beauty' sndtrk)

"Stranger in Moscow" Michael Jackson

"Wise up" Aimee Mann


oops thats more than 3

:( pimp

[etc etc]

Willie Nelson & Leann Womack--"Mendocino County Line" ----I'm Serious folks, this is an honest to goodness tear jerker!!!
And you might as well add "You Were Always on My Mind", Willie is a fucking American Treasure folks...the real thing.

[elle bea]

Edith Piaf- La Vie En Rose
Sugar- The Slim
Cure- This Twighlight Garden:(

[stratton]

here's my three for today...

anneli drecker - until i'm in you
everything but the girl - fascination (acoustic live version)
lisa gerrard and pieter bourke - meltdown (from the insider)

stratton

[stratton]

okay...i know i'm going overboard here but it's just a little addictive. ;)

my three for tomorrow(lol) are:

maria callas - ave maria
chris isaac - wicked game
eva cassidy - autumn leaves

runner up:

bel canto - mornixuur

stratton

[kookaburra]

Originally posted by stratton
maria callas - ave maria

Performing whose Ave Maria?

[randomrob]

wasn't 'ave maria' an 86'd musical number from 'west side story'? (from the alternative ending where natalie wood gets hit by a bus and they name a street after her...?)


for PHIL w/love:)

[stratton]

Originally posted by kookaburra


Performing whose Ave Maria?

sorry....schubert.

stratton

[mattadore]

Today's sad songs:

"Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" - The Smiths
"Last Goodbye" - Jeff Buckley
"So. Central Rain" - REM

Pass the hankies...:(

[watchlar]

Bel Canto "shoulder to the wheel"

[watchlar]

okay so the one song that actually makes me cry like a baby...

Eddi Reader WHAT YOU DO WITH WHAT YOU GOT...she sings it with such conviction...and the lyrics are so true...how we as human beings are stuck in the endless cycle of pain and suffering...that last verse...kills me


WHAT YOU DO WITH WHAT YOU GOT....

you must know someone like him
who is tall and strong and lean
with a body like a greyhound
and a mind so sharp and keen
but his heart, just like a laurel
grew twisted round itself
till almost everything he did
brought pain to someone else

it’s not just what you’re born with
it’s what you choose to bear
it’s not how big your share is
it’s how much you can share
it’s not the fights you dreamed of
it’s those you really fought
it’s not what you’ve been given
it’s what you do with what you’ve got

oh what’s the use of two strong legs
if you only run away
and what’s the use of the finest voice
if you've nothing good to say
what’s the use in strength and muscle
if you only push and shove
and what’s the use of two good ears
if you can’t hear those you love

between those who use their neighbours
and those who use the cane
between those in constant power
and those in constant pain
between those who run to glory
and those who cannot run
tell me which ones are the cripples
and which ones touch the sun?

...which ones touch the sun

[Hale]

Neutral Milk Hotel "Holland 1945"
Neutral Milk Hotel "Oh, Comely"
Agents of Oblivion "The Hangman's Daughter"
Agents of Oblivion "Wither"
Radiohead "Bulletproof (I Wish I Was)"
R.E.M. "Feeling Gravity's Pull"
Queensryche "Someone Else?"
Jets to Brazil "Sea Anemone"
Jets to Brazil "Conrad"

I'm going to keep this list short. Sad songs are some of my favorite songs, so I probably could go on ad infinitum.

[zed]

Watchlar...........

*sigh*
just reading it got to me.
so very, very true.
quess it caught me in it's wires.
that one did.

thanks.:( :(

Zed.ballerina
ps, also a nice note to say "by", for a bit, takeing a bit of time off.

batteries are way to low.
later........
z.

[Colin]

Innocence Mission Umbrella
kd lang Tears Don't Care who Cries Them (sad/funny - a rare combo)
Jevetta Steele Calling You (Bagdad Cafe soundtrack)

Ask me tomorrow & I'd probably choose three different tear jerkers. . .

[randomrob]

"IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii aammm CALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnng Yooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu u" oh man I forget about that track- it was written by a fella named Bob Telson BTW:cool:

[stratton]

Originally posted by by the sea


nice title... roflmao

it does have a rather sex-y connotation. ;) here are the lyrics in case anyone is interested. i also really enjoyed reading the eddi reader lyrics from watchy. thanks man. :)

stratton



Until I'm In You

( Angel Baby Soundtrack )

Bright and shiny lonely star
Take my prayer
Under your wing
Blow a kiss, a magic spell
Gently roll the clouds away
If god ..
An angel sings
Your very soul is mine to keep
Gravity's imaginary
With your white big fluffy feathered wings
Hold me closer
And closer, closer still
Until I'm in you
Secret world
Heaven sent
Is calling you
And me
Where blue and green can never be seen
With all the colour in between
Hold me closer
And closer, closer still
until I'm in you
Until I'm lost in you

[Lucibelle]

I just don't get too emotional during sad songs. Most of the time I find them far too beautiful to be sad. The one person who manages to get me going though, is Brendan Perry.

When I saw Dead Can Dance for the first time (out of 2) was on their tour that later became 'Towards the Within'. Well, having been a huge fan it became obvious very quickly that most of what we were hearing had not yet been released! That fucker sang "I can see now" into "American dreaming" and I've never cried so hard before or since without someone having died! :eek: I also don't pay much attention to lyrics most of the time but that night during those 2 songs were definately an exception. FUCK ME!!!!

More recently would be Brendan's "Sloth". Fucking brilliant!!!!

[Baddy2shoos]

Yeah that bit is heart acheingly beautiful Lucibelle

[Baddy2shoos]

Yeah that bit is heart acheingly beautiful Lucibelle

[hiccup]

ok I forgot another good one, although a majority of The Cure songs are sad, but one comes to mind "The Funeral Party" from, I believe it is 17 Seconds

[crushed]

rem - 'wendell gee'

[mattadore]

I was thinking of saying REM's - "The One I Love", but I've always thought the lyrics in that song were more condescending than anything else:

"A simple prop, to occupy my time..."

[Shivers]

1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Sad Waters

2. The Go-Betweens - You Can't Say No Forever

3. The Smiths - I Won't Share You

4. (Four, I Know) Big Star - Kangaroo

[simon raymonde]

what a fantastic response! i think it's obvious that there is a demand out there for this....i did have an ulterior motive..i am researching the idea for a bella union release....so if someone could collate all these titles and put them in one email to me ( multiple votes for same song would naturally count strongly towards me using it/trying to use it!) i will set about the task of putting it into action...on the sleevenotes i will credit each person who has contributed with a suggestion here..thanks once again...i canot promise which tracks i will use or be able to use, but have enjoyed your suggestions enormously!!!

[multymfoiled]

Sounds like a great idea you're cooking up, Simon...Thanks for seeking our input!ballerina

[Iwan]

You might as well include a bunch of bossanova tracks from Tom Jobim then, a lot of them sound very sad to me.... great stuff.

[mmmender]

ok....i've tried to put them all in one word document, alphabetically.......hopefully i haven't missed any!

(the new/updated attachment is below)

[folly]

EH...SORRY MMMENDER,

it's Stina Nordenstam, not Nina!

and she doesnt have a song number two, that was a figure of speech??

:o
roflmao

[mmmender]

ok. no problem, i'll make the corrections. i'm just unfamiliar with her work. thanks for letting me know.

[randomrob]

having a cow over Simon's humble genius! roflmao roflmao

[Lucibelle]

Heh heh!! Simon, you sneaky bastard!!! ;)

[mmmender]

ok here's an updated (and corrected) version, if there are any other mistakes - please let me know.

[etc etc]

A little late but how about John Lennon's "Mother"...primal scream therapy for tragic parenting......spine tingling....sorry for the late input, but anybody else agree with this one?

[mmmender]

version 3

[etc etc]

Mmmender,
You are so on the ball it is scary! I promise, no more input from me.

[halation]

I don't know if it fits into Simon's criteria of "cool band" but....
Moby's My Weakness. To play at the End of the World Party! Boom!

[bluezoe]

i guess i'm a little late, but would like to share, if that's okay?
*Doe- The Breeders
*Novio- Moby
*My Things and Sometime Later- Alpha
Thanks for listening.;)

[randomrob]

The only mistake I see, Mmmender is how did 'dont give up' end up on a list of sad songs?????????? blecchh - If yr gonna list a sad song off of Peter Gabriels ("I just kicked cocaine")album 'so'- how bout MERCY STREET?:p

[stratton]

Originally posted by randomrob
The only mistake I see, Mmmender is how did 'dont give up' end up on a list of sad songs?????????? blecchh - If yr gonna list a sad song off of Peter Gabriels ("I just kicked cocaine")album 'so'- how bout MERCY STREET?:p

oh man...'mercy street'...that's the deal. i had completely forgotten about that track. i did my high school senior thesis on sylvia plath's 'the bell jar' so i also did a lot of research on her contemporary, anne sexton. peter gabriel's tribute to her on 'mercy street' is brilliant...simply heartbreaking. if you're a reader, poet or just interested then check out 'searching for mercy street' by linda gray sexton. it's a compelling biographical sketch of a somewhat infamous mother by her daughter. a great read indeed...

stratton

[lo-fi]

My favourite sad song is "unloveable" by the smiths simply cause
it contains the lines "I know im unloveable , you dont have to tell me. I dont have much in my life but take it its yours".

[ScottL]

That's cool stratton, Mercy Street is easily my fav song on So, I like So minus Sledgehammer actually, that's another remaster I've considered getting.

[Lucibelle]

Gotta admit that Pete's pretty damn smart when it comes down to it! Just listening to his lyrics is enough indication of that, but he knows he has to put such 'pop' songs like Sludgehammer (not a typo) in there to attract a wider audience.

I still think that 'Don't give up' is worthy of being in there, but yes, Mercy Street is fucking amazing! :eek:

[TerretYeth]

Gosh, it's hard to have a limit. This three are mostly associated with feelings, but also with memories...

1. Breathe - Lifehouse, No Name Face

2. The Great Gig in the Sky - Pink Floyd, DSOTM

3. The Anchor Song - Bjork, Debut (But the instrumental version is best)

Bonus! Glycerine - Bush, 6teen Stone

[chaco75]

This thread is so long Raymonde is probably not reading anymore, but in case he is, here are my 3 choices:

1. Los Pasteles Verdes - El Presidiario (I volunteer a translation)
2. Maxwell - This Woman's Work
3. Claudine Longet - The End Of The World

encore:
Jane Birkin - Overseas Telegram

[Lucibelle]

I know it can take a while, but just click it once. ;)

[chaco75]

sorry. perhaps leave only the last one?

[dprid]

Bit late I know, but I heard a song today that I'd forgotten about

Squeeze - Labelled With Love

[jana]

come to me (cover)- cat power
these sad times - the softies
mistress - red house painters
crying of lot g - yo la tengo
papercuts - broadcast
the sweetest thing - lauryn hill
you are my sunshine - low
wild horses - the sundays version
some natures catch no plagues - saetia
it's a crime i never told you about the diamonds in your eyes - black heart procession
girl - papas fritas
jimmie's texas blues - jimmie rodgers

[Brien]

I have four:
Tricky "makes me wanna die"
Radiohead "creep"
Leonard Cohen "hey, that's no way to say good-bye"
Marvin Gaye "mercy, mercy me (the ecology)"

[zed]

....great choice with marvin.........the whole album "what's goin on" reduces me to emotional pudding.:cool:
i MIGHT listen to it once or twice a year.

achingly beautiful. "oh, mercy mercy me.......things ain't what they used to be."

zed:( :( gotta major sad on today.

[Pale Clouded]

Tori Amos - Tear in your hand
Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick road
Annie Lenox - Why

[Angel]

I know it's a bit late, but I wanted to add my input. The saddest song I believe I've ever heard is "Asleep" - The Smiths. I can remember a time in 6th grade when I recorded that song over and over and over on a cassette, listened to it and cried until I couldn't anymore. Ah, those blissful days of preteen angst...

[mmmender]

*bump*

[Jeek]

Thanks for unlocking this mmmender...

TMC: Song to the Siren
Björk: Joga, Bachelorette
CT: Crushed
Cure: Breathe, How Beautiful You Are, A Chain of Flowers
Siouxsie and the Banshees: The Ghost in You
Smiths: Let me Get What I Want, Every Day is Like Sunday
Sarah McLachlan: Ben's Song
Depeche Mode: Halo
Nathan Larson & Nina Persson: The Bluest Eyes in Texas (from the Boys Don't Cry Soundtrack)
Eurythmics: Julia

I'm sure I've got many more

[E-Lo]

Originally posted by gkjsooley
Eurythmics: Julia

I love their album 1984, electropop songs and all, and "Julia" is gorgeously bittersweet

[Jeek]

Jane Siberry : The Taxi Ride, The Walking, Goodbye, The Lobby

[pixel radar]

JOHN CALE: MUSIC FOR A NEW SOCIETY.

If you want sad tainted with a truly worrying sense of despair...then look no further than this release.
Lou Reed may have wrote "Sad Song" but John Cale actually wrote a bucketload of them on this sparse collection of tearful ditties.
Pretty much every song concerns loss or regret regarding something or somebody.

Thoughtless Kind: Concerns regret of failed friendships and the inability to sustain them- features "real" tears/crying towards the end.

Taking your life in your hands/If you were still around/Close watch/Damn Life/Broken Bird/Sanities- when taken as a whole makes for a tough listening experience

He recorded "the songs" then stripped everything away bar overdubs he had added so the songs are barely there in most cases, some songs were recorded first take/improvising a lyric over the music- you can here the "pull" of hesitation on a couple of tracks but it works..
If i had to pick one track- (I keep a) close watch probably fits the bill.
I've not played this in a couple of years- i used to play it almost daily...i must have been unhappy.

[Pixie]

In the past 2-3 years...trick answers though...I don't always cry!

Audry Hepburn- Moon River
Bjork- An Echo. A Stain
Smiths- That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
Massive Attack w/ Sinead O'Conner- What Your Soul Sings
Enya- Afer Ventus
Enya- River
Enya- The Longships
Sade- By Your Side

+ more

[halation]

shit...I can't think of the title...one word, cover of an Elton John song by Sinead O'Connor. Also "Jackie" by Sinead.

"Tarantula" by This Mortal Coil.
"The Scientist" , "Don't Panic" and "Trouble" by Coldplay
"Sing" by Travis
"In Your Room" by Depeche Mode
"Unsatisfied" by the Replacements
"Today" by Ride
"Sonnet" and "The Drugs Don't Work" by the Verve
"Into Dust" Mazzy Star

[halation]

"Imagine" John Lennon
"World Leader Pretend" R.E.M.
"Here Comes a Regular" the Replacements

[Tinspur]

Indeed, it is difficult to limit my cadre of melancholic melodies to just 3 selections, but my shortlist would be as follows:

1) Holy Tears / Tara Maclean
2) Shame / Gary Numan
3) Amazing Grace /by a pipe and drum outfit (a real tear jerker)
4) Daddy / Pretty & Twisted
5) Compassion / Flesh & Bone
6) Songbird / Kirsty Thirsk
7) Death of Optimus Prime / Vince DiCola (laugh if you will hyenas!!!)
8) Miracles / Gary Numan
9) It's All a Lie / Clan of Xymox

[Kanomalta]

Wow. What a compilation. Thanks so much for the list, leesa. My humble attempt:

Radiohead-Bulletproof (I wish I was)
I am so glad that this one already made the list. My favorite Radiohead song, ever.
Swans-Love Will Tear Us Apart (Black Version)
K.D.Lang-Hain't it Funny
Caetano Veloso-Cucurrucucu Paloma
Dinosaur Jr.-Seemed like the Thing to Do
Brian Eno-In Dark Trees, Julie With....
My Bloody Valentine-Don't Ask Why
U2-Stay(Far Away, So Close)

[gladwin]

Rolf Harris - Two little boys.

[Jeek]

Originally posted by gladwin
Rolf Harris - Two little boys.
Brilliant. I remember when Spud sang it in the pub in Trainspotting. I almost bawled my eyes out in the cinema...

[keefy]

Okay Simon, I'll play along. Forgive me if I'm too generalist.

Saddest songs I can think of:

1. "And The Band Played Waltzing Mathilda" - The Pogues (the winner, bar none ... I was *floored* when I heard it.)

2. "The Flower Called Nowhere" - Stereolab

3. "I Came To See You" - Henry Cow

4. "Today" - Jefferson Airplane (well it makes me cry).

5. "I Talk To The Wind" - King Crimson

6. "House With No Door" - Van Der Graaf Generator

7. "Lost" - Van Der Graaf Generator (aw hell -- just put anything by VDGG or Peter Hammill, but these two stand out as *particularly tortured*).

8. "A Way To Survive" - Snowpony

9. "I Will Say Goodbye" - Michel Legrand

10. "Things Could Turn Around" - fIREHOSE

11. "Weeping" - Throbbing Gristle (but this one is obvious)

12. "The Lady In The Radiator Song" from Eraserhead. When that movie crystallised in my brain what was actually happening in it, this song became a very sad song indeed.

Hope this helps.

Keefy

[Lupe64]

The Paris Match by The Style Council (Tracey Thorn version, of course)

[BillM]

Todd Rundgren's "The Last Ride" (from the album, "Todd")

[iceblink555]

Hey Lupe, I remember reading your posts back on the old CT email list.

Glad to see you've made it here, altho I notice you joined a year ago! Took your time puttin' up a post, huh?!

Feel free to introduce yourself to everyone in the Newbies/For Phoebe Still a Baby forum.

--Alan

[Doomie]

I tried to post on this thread the other day and it was closed. Damnit here's my 2 cents and I'll stick with the only 3 request.

Hairshoes ~ Pale Saints

Head in a Cave ~ Swallow

On Tooting Broadway Station ~ Kitchens of Distinction

Ok mebbe not so much the KOD one, I guess it's a personal thing with the lyrics.

Goodmoring.

[iceblink555]

Hey, Phil's back!

--Alan

[Phil Lawton]

Originally posted by iceblink555
Hey, Phil's back!

--Alan

No, Doomie's back.

Do I really have to come over there and beat you again?

[Brett]

Every time somebody posts on this thread I get an e-mail at work! I don't recall setting any such thing up? I don't even know how to, I'm so dumb when it comes to such things.


Arrgh. Bloody sad songs. That's it Kooky, I am officially no longer melancoly. Shall we run away and get married?

[arklark]

my dying bride-"For my Fallen Angel"
Katatonia-"saw you down"
cryptal darkness-"Last Embrace"

http://www.doom-metal.com

for more info on that kinda stuff.....:guitar:

[kookaburra]

Originally posted by Brett
That's it Kooky, I am officially no longer melancholy. Shall we run away and get married?

How could I have missed this post?

On my way. Meet you in Las Vegas!

[greenbelly]

Hate My Way (Acoustic) - Kristin Hersh
Cold Water - Damien Rice
The Gulf of Araby - Katell Keineg

[hiddendoor]

Portishead - Roads

[loomer]

This thread is old, but I shall post anyway. Who could refuse such a fun topic?

Radiohead: Bulletproof
Neil Halstead: Hi-Lo and Inbetween
Bel Canto: All I Want to Do

[hiddendoor]

My World Fell Down - Sagittarius

as beautiful as it is sad

[hiddendoor]

Parasite - Nick Drake
Don't Talk (Put your head on my shoulder) - Beach Boys (makes me want to blub just thinking of this one)

[sanvean]

i love sad songs.

obviously the first one for me would be lisa gerrard's sanvean (my nickname and my favorite song of all time), and also a lot of the cure's songs (they are marvellous), but someone has already mentioned them, so i'll choose another ones:

1. elliott smith - between the bars.
2. sigur rós - vidrar vel til loftárása.
3. this mortal coil - 'til i gain control again.

they are all really beautiful sad songs.

[hiddendoor]

Elliott Smith's "Between The Bars" is truly gorgeous, my absolute favourite track off "either/or", but god it is sad

[ped]

Pat Metheny Group - "If I Could"
Pat Metheny Group - "Are You Going With Me?"

If you don't know who the Pat Metheny Group is, do yourself a big favor and hook up with some of their music. Some of their other tunes that are stand out (there are MANY more - they've been making music for a couple of decades):

"Slip Away"
"Cathedral in a Suitcase"
"Above the Treetops" (with Cambodian Palace Choir)
"So may it Secretly Begin"
"Minuano (Six Eight)"
"The Girls Next Door"
"Here to Stay"
"We Live Here"
"To the End of the World" (if you don't start getting goosebumps/chills after hearing this at least ten times I'll be amazed - it takes that many hearings or more to appreciate this song)

[Wildhearts]

This is quite tough to limit to three, so I wont -


The lost soul band - You cant win them all mum,
The Cranes - Adoration,
The Wildhearts - Be my drug,
Gary Numan - Please push no more,
Ride - Dreams burn down,
Kate Bush - Under the Ivy,
David Sylvian - Home,
Joy Division - New dawn fades,
Pearl Jam - Black,
Dead can dance - The host of Seraphim,
Ministry - The fall,
Stina Nordenstam & Vangellis - Ask the mountains,
Nick Cave - The Ship Song,
Brad - The day brings,
R.E.M. - Find the river,
Marillion - White feather,
Kansas - Dust in the wind,
Pink Floyd - Comfortably numb,
Aimee Mann - Wise up,
Blur - This is a low,
Jimmy Sommerville - Small town boy,
Elvis - Dont cry daddy,
Elton John - Goodbye yellow brick road.

Im gonna compile all those tracks onto one tape to see how long before I pass over into the arena of the unwell.

[Pietro]

Songs that make me cry:

Tiny tears - Tindersticks
A Felicidade (the happiness) - António Jobim e Vinicius de Moraes
Glory Box - Portished

[fornasetti]

Well well, it made me think a bit. Some of these have already been named but there are some new contributions here too ... I'm not sure that all of these artists are "cool", Simon but they're all quite good !
Sacrifice - Lisa Gerrard
The Jeweller - This Mortal Coil
I Must Have Been Blind - This Mortal Coil/ Tim Buckley
Dagger - The Hope Blister
Everybody Hurts - REM (funny no-one else picked that one)
No Need To Argue - Cranberries
Wheels Turning - Durutti Column
For All These Years - Tanita Tikaram
Verdi Cries - 10,000 Maniacs
Llorando - Rebekka Del Rio ("Crying" in Spanish - from the film Mulholland Drive !)
She Just Wept - Starsailor
Alcoholic - Starsailor
Coming Down - Starsailor
Good Souls - Starsailor
Wicked Game - Chris Isaak
Tea For One - Led Zeppelin
Beautiful Child - Fleetwood Mac
Storms - Fleetwood Mac
The Great Gig In The Sky - Pink Floyd
Suzanne - Leonard Cohen
Last Year's Man - Leonard Cohen
Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen
Tonight's The Night - Neil Young
and, finally the original version of Changes by Black Sabbath (not the Ozzy and daughter version, that sucks !).
Good health to you all for 2004 !

[dannen]

till I gain control again…tmc [emmylou harris]
evergreen…faithless
the same deep water as you…the cure

[iceblink555]

fornasetti, I love Llorando!

Looks like you're a Leonard fan too.... He's done a lot of sad songs. Have you heard "A Thousand Kisses Deep", from his most recent studio album (10 New Songs)?

--Alan

[fornasetti]

Yes, Alan
I know the tune of which you speak. Generally, the world turns more slowly when Laughing Lenny hits someone's stereo system. But do you remember that bit on The Tower of Song where he sings "I was born like this - I had no choice, I was born with the gift of a golden voice" ? Priceless.

[E-Lo]

Originally posted by Pietro
A Felicidade (the happiness) - António Jobim e Vinicius de Moraes

Beautiful saudade

[noboybands]

I've put this off for so long, but mine would be:
'Sanvean' - Lisa Gerrard
'Asleep' - The Smiths
'Another Day' - TMC
And a special commendation to 'Cry' by The Sundays

I find the Cocteaus too comforting to feel sad, even though they've pulled me through some really rough times - for which i thank them all

[mmmender]

"bedshaped" keane

[E-Lo]

Come this September,

September
DAVID SYLVIAN

[dynamine]

"your song"-(elton john)

[mattadore]

The Smiths - "I Know It's Over"
The Smiths - "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out"
The Smiths - "How Soon Is Now?"
The Cure - "The Same Deep Water As You"
Portishead - "Sour Times"
Goldfrapp - "Black Cherry"
Interpol - "Narc"

[Ian]

Way to Blue-Nick Drake
Boy to Child-Scott Walker
Caroline No-Brian Wilson

[postlibyan]

for some reason, the song "Windfall" by Son Volt never fails to choke me up......

PJK

[kookaburra]

A bunch of crybabies, the lot of you.

[multymfoiled]

crying

Black Swan - Tori Amos

[Rabidglow]

Songs that always make me cry
Led Zepplin~Going To California
Depeche Mode~Home
Tori Amos~China
The Cure~Disintegration L.P.
Massive Attack~Protection
Craig Armstrong & Liz Fraser~This Love
crying

[Quisquose]

:bump:

"Mad World" -- Michael Andews
"I will follow you into the dark" -- death cab for cutie
"wonderwall" -- Ryan Adams cover

[Fritter]

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
Time -Tom Waits
Maybe This Time - from Cabaret

hope your feeling thoroughly miserable Simon!

[elysium]

I don't know about full-on tears, but "Drive" by the Cars (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LErWi4CVWOo)has made me a bit misty-eyed once or twice.

[elisa]

Over & Over, Breathless
Lullabye, Low
Another Night In, Tindersticks
Into My Arms, Nick Cave
The Darkest Night of All, Lisa Germano

[aeonaside]

Mazzy Star - Into Dust

Tori - Crazy

Tori - Tear In Your Hand

TMC - 'Til I Gain Control Again


I can barely listen to TMC Song To the Siren because I get too damn emotional.

[Baddy2shoos]

That whole album is too damn emotional

[*o*]

Les Vieux - Jacques Brel
Avec le Temps - Léo Ferré
Katy Song - Red House Painters

[Jeek]

RHP - Mistress
Lush - Light From a Dead Star

[CasperJock]

Con te partiro - Sarah Brightman version

Pictures of You - Cure

Luka - Suzanne Vega

crying crying

[Rascuache]

Gary Jules-Mad World
luka is such a sad song. I'll have to think of more

[ossian]

Low - Pissing, Shots and Ladders, Over the Ocean

[moeism]

i know the first post stressed not to just jot down 80s moody tunes, but same deep water as you, prayers for rain, and the second half of Disintegratoin in general makes me cry my eyes out. Also Sanvean by Lisa Gerrard.

[moeism]

and No Need to Argue by the Cranberries (the entire album), the Chameleons' Script of the Bridge

[halation]

Here Comes a Regular by the Replacements

Asleep, the Smiths

[dan699]

I think Simon's probably stopped collecting by now, but here's my tuppence's worth:

Troy - Sinead O'Connor
Ay Fond Kiss - Fairground Attraction
Slim Slow Slider - Van Morrison

[elysium]

Troy - Sinead O'Connor

Ohhhh, that is a good one. I first heard that song on a late-night show that played just videos. Her spinning head covered in gold glitter. Oh here. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoI9KmiH-dQ) Poor copy though.

[dan699]

Ohhhh, that is a good one. I first heard that song on a late-night show that played just videos. Her spinning head covered in gold glitter. Oh here. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoI9KmiH-dQ) Poor copy though.

Oh, Elysium, I could write realms on this song and the effects it had on me!!!! But that "rush-release" video (after the success of Mandinka) is just shite! I think I've got it on DVD somewhere. The (amateur) visuals take so much away from the emotional power and impact of this song. I'm being honest here when I say that this is the one and only time in my life when I could have killed myself, after listening to this song for a few times (gay, girlfriend, confront, being, "courting", mix the words up as you like!). I remember one Wednesday afternoon, after Uni, lying on my bed (at home) and listening to "Troy". It was only the fact that I didn't have a loaded gun that stopped me killing myself that afternoon.
Sad? For me, still, this song can stir up memories that are as raw and painful as if it was yesterday.

[Heretofore]

Funny you should ask...this is the portion of my music collection that's been the hardest-hit recently. :(

Asleep - The Smiths
Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
Sanvean - Dead Can Dance

...and ok...I have to cheat a bit and add 'Watching You Without Me' by Kate Bush, and 'Upside-down' by Tori Amos...and I just better stop there.

[Heretofore]

Sorry...how could I forget...possibly the saddest song ever...

'The Lovers pt. 2' by the Legendary Pink Dots.

I almost wish I hadn't remembered...now I have to listen to it. Ugh...god. Get
me a hankie.

On a less-beaten path...don't laugh...but 'Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain' by Willie Nelson is saaaad indeed. Ok, it's a well-beaten path, but it smells like manure.

[moeism]

Sanvean seems to be a in a lot of peoples lists... Its borderline over the top for its dramaticness I think but it really pulls the strings for me!

[elysium]

On a less-beaten path...don't laugh...but 'Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain' by Willie Nelson is saaaad indeed. Ok, it's a well-beaten path, but it smells like manure.
I am not laughing. Willie is a cool dude.

If it makes you feel better, my extended list includes a song from my childhood, "Wildfire" by Michael Martin Murphey. Super Songs from the Seventies!!

[aeonaside]

Low - Words

Patti Smith - Wing

Heidi Berry - Cradle

[sglavas]

Current 93 - Imperium I-IV
Antony and the Johnsons - Twilight
Joy Division - Eternal

[Quisquose]

If it makes you feel better, my extended list includes a song from my childhood, "Wildfire" by Michael Martin Murphey. Super Songs from the Seventies!!

Oh my god that song upset me so much as a little kid and to this day I hate it but it makes me cry!

[Jeek]

Oh - a Guthrie conection

Fuel - Wildfire

The line where he begs "Take me away from this place - please" just tears me apart inside.

[aeonaside]

Antony & The Johnsons - Hope There's Someone

[Heretofore]

I am not laughing. Willie is a cool dude.

Yup ;) I rather like 'The Redheaded Stranger' album. Speaking of country, I completely forgot about Patsy Cline...which song? Throw a rock...you'll hit a sad one. Even her 'happy' songs are sad to me. I love Patsy...

If it makes you feel better, my extended list includes a song from my childhood, "Wildfire" by Michael Martin Murphey. Super Songs from the Seventies!!

:) The one from the seventies that really got me was 'The Crash of the Edmund Fitzgerald' by Gordon Lightfoot...which is a bit more haunting than sad, but still very much both to me.

I can't keep adding songs every time I think of another REALLY sad one...but I have to add just one more:

'The Drugs Don't Work' - The Verve crying

Whew! There...and I didn't even have to mention 'Song for Eric' or '1000 Oceans' by Tori Amos...or 'My Lagan Love' by Kate Bush........OH CRAP.....

Sorry, I like to cry a lot...apparently.

[sglavas]

The Sadness of Things - Steven Stapleton/David Tibet

It's a 30-min. long piece, it sucks you into dark and beautiful chazm of sadness.
"Broken in snow, the Sun bares teeth"

[Rascuache]

To Wish Impossible Things from The Cure
Beautifully written and performed, but sad as well.

[Heretofore]

To Wish Impossible Things from The Cure
Beautifully written and performed, but sad as well.

Um...OUCH...good one. Have you heard 'Pirate Ships'?....w....w...w...WAH!!!!!crying

Ok...swear to god...that's the last one...

[mmmender]

from uncut.co.uk.......

The Verve’s "The Drugs Don’t Work" has topped a list of songs that make people feel sad, a scientist has found in research conducted on behalf of phone company Nokia.

Dr Harry Witchel, an expert in physiology and music, has measured physical reactions to music – heart rate, respiratory responses and skin temperatures to find song’s "tune trigger quotient".

In conjunction with the Official UK Charts Company, Dr. Witchel has also compiled lists of the happiest songs, measured by levels of sighs - as they indicate happy memory recollection, and exhilarating songs, measured by an increased breathing rate.

Dr Witchel commenting on the results said, "Music is undeniably powerful at triggering different emotional states. Changes in tempo and frequencies induce profoundly different emotional states. A slow tempo song like the Verve's The Drugs Don't Work slows down the heart
compared to most of the other songs and compared to white noise - in other words, it works like the emotional state of sadness.”

In contrast, the research found that Lily Allen’s “LDN”, Abba’s “Dancing Queen” and R.E.M’s “Shiny Happy People” were the ones guaranteed to bring on a smile.

Blur’s “Song 2” topped the ‘exhilerating’ songs list by quite some way, Witchel said, “I was surprised that Blur's Song 2 could be such a clear winner among our participants."

The research found that the saddest ten songs were:

1. The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work
2. Robbie Williams - Angels
3. Elton John - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
4. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
5. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
6. Will Young - Leave Right Now
7. Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight?
8. Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
9. James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover
10. Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees


and the happiest ten were:

1. Lily Allen - LDN
2. Abba - Dancing Queen
3. REM - Shiny Happy People
4. B52s - Love Shack
5. The Beatles - She Loves You
6. Beyonce - Crazy In Love
7. Britney Spears - Baby One More Time
8. Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes - I've Had The Time Of My Life
9. The Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life
10. Kylie Minogue - Spinning Around

[moeism]

both very terrible lists. the only one id agree with is sinead.

[randomrob]

i am compiling a list of sad songs. not obvious ones of course...but the more interesting ones...cool bands that have a song that makes you cry. criteria for this thread is that your choices cannot be simply 80s-led, and of course no cocteaus ones cos obviously they are all sad.

please give me three choices each..

my favourite sad song today is by The Zephyrs 'The Buildings Aren't Going Anywhere'

simon

INVISIBLE INK/ Aimee Mann
THE LONG ROAD/Eddie Vedder and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
CHUAIGH ME 'NA ROSSAN/Celtic Odyssey

all these songs make me cry

[thoughtstv]

Amdy Baryp by Yat Kha
Irik Chuduk "The Rotting Log" by Huun Huur Tu
Dusha by Sergei Kalachev
and many songs by Inna Zhelannaya
and As I Set Sadly By Her Side by Nick Cave

[Alternative]

Check this song out. Beautiful.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=BoXsxYf2UMA

"Another Day" by Roy Harper Live.

"This Woman's Work" by Kate Bush.

Bjork "All is Full of Love"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQH4AdOg2MU

[Alternative]

Kate Bush/Peter Gabriel "Another Day"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rKknfE4wGmM

[winters]

"Know" Nick Drake
"Bulletproof" Radiohead
"Candy Says" Velvet Underground
second movement of Symphony #3 Gorecki
"Tea for One" Led Zeppelin
"Miss Word" Hole
"On Your Own" The Verve

[dprid]

both very terrible lists. the only one id agree with is sinead.
Love Shack always makes me happy :)

[Ghosty]

Ocean Rain by EATB always makes me wanna cry, it's so sad. I don't know why, it's not a sad song per se. The words have no particular meaning for me.

[ScottL]

both very terrible lists. the only one id agree with is sinead.

hehe...same here

[Astral]

Mad Season - 'All Alone' springs to mind as a pretty sad song, it has really beautiful guitar work on it.

[garp]

"This Woman's Work" by Kate Bush.

Even John Hughes got this right, on film.

"Hallelujah" by both Jeff Buckley and kd Lang, separately.

[elisa]

"This Woman's Work" by Kate Bush.

Even John Hughes got this right, on film.

Very, very true. Never fails to get the waterworks going for me.

[garp]

True, a fun and unremarkable film, with an exception, for a near brilliant montage during the birth scene. Whenever I hear that song, I see the that lonely teardrop turn to a drop of blood....that does it every time.

Now I know why the heartbeat in 'Tear Drop' gets me. Aaah therapy does one good.

[mtedora]

'have never heard ROBIN GUTHRIE's lp, IMPERIAL, but i read a review yesterday where that katt said it made him terribly sad, because he said it sounds just like it'd be a C/T lp, and ya like keep waiting for Liz's voice to enter in, and it never does...

[Pearly]

I would say:
1. Song to the Siren -This Mortal Coil
2. Laibach -Across the Universe
3. The Smiths-Asleep

well, alot more but need to think about them.............

[shoegazr]

today...

1. scott walker ~ "it's raining today"

2. piano magic ~ "dark secrets look for light"

3. tin foil star ~ "you never even tried"

[Pale Clouded]

Kate Bush - All the Love
Kate Bush - Mother


Cat Power - In This Hole

"in this hole that we have fixed
we get further and further and further for what?
we must do
I saw you asleep beside a box
your skull inside a box
your eyes blackened by the sound
and the thought of God
where should I hang my head?
where would you like for me to hang my head?
what an abscence of truth
the one horrible thing I saw
what you truely wanted to become
and who you thought I was the fall, the fall
afraid of nothin'(?)
runs deeper than the grave
goes all the way down those tracks
everybody bow your head for the greatest inspiration
a complete contradition
a waist..."

Cat Power - The Greatest

[tigermilk]

The Cure - The Same Deep Water As You

[4CC]

Hopefully - My Morning Jacket

[angelhood]

Relative Newbie in Thread Resuscitation Shock.
I have yet to hear the Cure or My Morning Jacket Song. That "Casimir Pulaski Day" from Sufjan Stevens from 3 or 4 years ago still sounds so sad to me.

[4CC]

Whether you like the MMJ track above might depend on how much you like Jim James' (vocalist) voice. If you do like it, i'd strongly recommend the rest of its parent album, At Dawn. It's beautiful, sparse and quite melancholic/romantic. Bermuda Highway, Lowdown or Death Is The Easy Way are also sad tracks, but not morbidly so.

They get labelled as Americana or alt country, which is partly right but does them a disservice as on their recent albums they are fast becoming versatile at many styles of sound.

[Nanite]

I don't think I've noticed this thread before either, seems like a great topic.
I adore sad, meloncholy songs.
I was always drawn to requieums in classical music. Something about the strength in the message always seems to be more real to me.
Sure I like happy songs, when I am in the mood, my favorite happy song is "Doing the Unstuck" by The Cure.
Ironic that a band who's notorious for sad songs has a song that actually cheers me up.

[angelhood]

I don't think I've noticed this thread before either, seems like a great topic.
I adore sad, meloncholy songs.
I was always drawn to requieums in classical music. Something about the strength in the message always seems to be more real to me.
Sure I like happy songs, when I am in the mood, my favorite happy song is "Doing the Unstuck" by The Cure.
Ironic that a band who's notorious for sad songs has a song that actually cheers me up.

With you on the Cure Hinge, "In Between Days" never fails to lift me (or at least hasn't yet). The requiem music guys ( I'm sure there were women as well) knew the buttons to press alright.

[Diane65]

Everytime We Saw Goodbye - Annie Lennox

Everytime we say goodbye, I die a little,
Everytime we say goodbye, I wonder why a little,
Why the Gods above me, who must be in the know.
Think so little of me, they allow you to go.
When you're near, there's such an air of spring about it,
I can hear a lark somewhere, begin to sing about it,
There's no love song finer, but how strange the change
from major to minor,
Everytime we say goodbye.
When you're near, there's such an air of spring about it,
I can hear a lark somewhere, begin to sing about it,
There's no love song finer, but how strange the change
from major to minor,
Everytime we say goodbye.

By Cole Porter

[Nanite]

With you on the Cure Hinge, "In Between Days" never fails to lift me (or at least hasn't yet). The requiem music guys ( I'm sure there were women as well) knew the buttons to press alright.

Ya know it wasn't until Depeche Mode's song Clean, that I figured out Inbetween Days is British slang for falling off the wagon. I for some reasone thought that song meant the time between dusk and dawn, a.k.a night.

[Ghosty]

Ya know it wasn't until Depeche Mode's song Clean, that I figured out Inbetween Days is British slang for falling off the wagon. I for some reasone thought that song meant the time between dusk and dawn, a.k.a night.

I thought something similar, Hinge, but I'm not sure what "falling off the wagon" means either.

[dprid]

Falling off the wagon refers to going back to doing something that you'd said you weren't going to do. It's most commonly used to refer to going back to drinking or getting drunk, but can be interpreted for just about anything. The people who leave here swearing they'll never post again and who then come back could be described as falling off the wagon.

[Fritter]

Two songs of which I can think nothing sadder:

Time by Tom Waits
Maybe This Time by Liza Minelli (from Cabaret)


can't even listen to them.

[northernlight]

Apologies if this one has been mentioned already:

Raindrops - Tindersticks


the words are achingly sad, and compounded by the gorgeous strings in the song, and delicate piano. In fact all of the instrumentation is spot on in creating a mood to match the lyrics.

Silence is here again tonight
The silence is here again tonight
Will the love ever come back?
Will the love ever come back?
I know I've been pushing you away
I know it's been going on for days
Those awkward little things
So endearing
Those awkward little things
Wear on me

See, what we got here is a tired love
What we got here is a lazy love
It mooches around the house
Can't wait to go out
What it needs, it just grabs
It never asks
We sit and watch the divide widen
We sit and listen to our hearts who crumble
With our only chance to jump
Neither of us had the guts
Or maybe we're just too proud
To say it out loud

Silence is here again tonight
Silence is here again tonight

vTN9wgvqp4E

[terry]

jane siberry - "the vigil (the sea)"
burial - "southern comfort"
robert wyatt - "sea song"
miles davis - "he loved him madly"

[PearlyDew]

The first song to bring a tear to my eye was Sanvean by Dead Can Dance....go on laugh then :o

Me too. I mixed a tape of music to honor a friend who died who lived and loved music. Sanvean is one I had to put on the tape, and it was played at his wake. RIP John Mason. :heart:

[edward]

Boy George and Pet Shop Boys
The Crying Game
v/oOgv-UuTgac&hl

The Pet Shop Boys
Jealousy
v/HGj6T5xDDus&hl

[Pigeonhouse]

Sorry...how could I forget...possibly the saddest song ever...

'The Lovers pt. 2' by the Legendary Pink Dots.


Oops, I’ve only just seen this thread …

Good to see somebody else mentioning the Dots. For me it’s ‘The shock of contact’ that gets me almost every time … ‘Astrid, as sure as blue skies always turn to grey …’

Also, amidst all the mentions of various Smiths songs, I’m surprised nobody has yet mentioned ‘Late night Maudlin Street’ by Morrissey (with guitar by Vini Reilly).

I must admit I had pretty much forgotten about the Chameleons, but seeing ‘Tears’ mentioned has reminded me how moving it is. I must get a Chameleons CD on eBay one of these days …

Since nobody has yet mentioned Joanna Newsom, I’ll mention her here. ‘Emily’ is quite a happy song on the surface, yet somehow I find its tone nostalgic, and it makes me think that the Emily of the title (Joanna’s sister, real or fictional I don’t know) is actually dead.

[baal08]

Iris De ment :calla:

And you know the sun's settin' fast,
And just like they say, nothing good ever lasts.
Well, go on now and kiss it goodbye,
But hold on to your lover,
'Cause your heart's bound to die.
Go on now and say goodbye to our town, to our town.
Can't you see the sun's settin' down on our town, on our town,
Goodnight.

Up the street beside that red neon light,
That's where I met my baby on one hot summer night.
He was the tender and I ordered a beer,
It's been forty years and I'm still sitting here.

But you know the sun's settin' fast,
And just like they say, nothing good ever lasts.
Well, go on now and kiss it goodbye,
But hold on to your lover,
'Cause your heart's bound to die.
Go on now and say goodbye to our town, to our town.
Can't you see the sun's settin' down on our town, on our town,
Goodnight.

It's here I had my babies and I had my first kiss.
I've walked down Main Street in the cold morning mist.
Over there is where I bought my first car.
It turned over once but then it never went far.

And I can see the sun's settin' fast,
And just like they say, nothing good ever lasts.
Well, go on now and kiss it goodbye,
But hold on to your lover,
'Cause your heart's bound to die.
Go on now and say goodbye to our town, to our town.
Can't you see the sun's settin' down on our town, on our town,
Goodnight.

I buried my Mama and I buried my Pa.
They sleep up the street beside that pretty brick wall.
I bring them flowers about every day,
but I just gotta cry when I think what they'd say.

If they could see how the sun's settin' fast,
And just like they say, nothing good ever lasts.
Well, go on now and kiss it goodbye,
But hold on to your lover,
'Cause your heart's bound to die.
Go on now and say goodbye to our town, to our town.
Can't you see the sun's settin' down on our town, on our town,
Goodnight.

Now I sit on the porch and watch the lightning-bugs fly.
But I can't see too good, I got tears in my eyes.
I'm leaving tomorrow but I don't wanna go.
I love you, my town, you'll always live in my soul.

But I can see the sun's settin' fast,
And just like they say, nothing good ever lasts.
Well, go on, I gotta kiss you goodbye,
But I'll hold to my lover,
'Cause my heart's 'bout to die.
Go on now and say goodbye to my town, to my town.
I can see the sun has gone down on my town, on my town,
Goodnight.
Goodnight.

[edward]

Oops, I’ve only just seen this thread …

Good to see somebody else mentioning the Dots. For me it’s ‘The shock of contact’ that gets me almost every time … ‘Astrid, as sure as blue skies always turn to grey …’



"....I whisper my apologies.. Oh, Jesus!You stare clean through me!"

I:heart:LPD!

[baal08]

Lyrics to Help Me Lift You Up :

I don't have to tell you that you're all alone
You're doing it, not go home
You'll have to be with your own kind
I'll have to stay with my own kind
Help me lift you up

So sorry if I can't stop pretending
So sorry if I don't let you go
Like this, but not like this is any
I think you know
I think you know
Help me lift you up
Help me lift you up

Oh, I have a dream
It's very clear
You're all around
But never near

I have a dream
It's very clear
You're all around
But never near

Oh, help me lift you up


Mary Margaret O'Hara:heart:

[tigermilk]

Hope There's Someone
by ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS

A Boy I Never Knew
by THE CURE

[Lasermonkey]

Nick Drake: Time Has Told Me
Joy Division: Atmosphere
Iain Archer: Luke's Point.
That'll do it.

[spiderlocks]

SongBird - Fleetwood Mac

[JohnnyV]

NradkJ8LbaA


I am so high
I can't get back
I'm waiting
For what comes next
You can't live
This life for me
But I can't, you have control
I can't last
Tonight turns to day
I can't find
The words to say
It all stops
When kingdom comes
I can't ?????
Suddenly
I was free
You left me without anything
Suddenly
I was free
You shot me in front of everything
Now your all I need
Blue shadows behind your eyes
I wonder who you disguise
Through windows behind the sky
I wonder who you will find
I'm so tired

[halation]

Wow. Back to this again.

Did anyone mention The Killing Moon by Echo and the Bunnymen?

With or Without You by U2. I never thought of it as sad until I separated from my wife.

Also, the whole album "The Swell Season" by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova.

Cry, Cry, Take Everything, and Flowers in December by Mazzy Star.

If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot

The Pills Won't Help You Now by The Chemical Brothers

A Sorta Fairytale by Tori Amos

On Your Own by the Verve

Love Will Tear Us Apart....

[preCicely]

It's an angry sad song, as most of theirs are....

Portishead--"Seven Months":



How can I forget you
Disregard how I feel
Silently listen
To the words I can't see

For as long as I have tried
And as low as I can be
I will never resign myself
From the trial I seek

Why should I forgive you
After all that I've seen
Quietly whisper
When my heart wants to scream

For as long as I have tried
And as low as I can be
I will never resign myself
From the trial I seek

There's no time to rest
Or to reconsider
For this cruel unsaid, won't concede

For as long as I have tried
And as low as I can be
I will never resign myself
From the trial I seek

[Gemini]

Iris De ment :calla:

And you know the sun's settin' fast,
And just like they say, nothing good ever lasts.


Nice to see an appreciation of Iris Dement
:thumbsup: