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Songs that are almost too sad to listen to
What are some songs that you guys know that are just really really sad?
My nomination is Neil Young - Philadelphia. |
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Fast Car by Tracey Chapman. Just so depressing. Very good song and very real. But depressing.
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Almost all Damien Rice songs.
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damien rice is a great pick.
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"Drive" - The Cars
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How Soon is Now - Smiths
There's a club, if you'd like to go You could meet somebody who really loves you So you go, and you stand on your own And you leave on your own And you go home, and you cry And you want to die |
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Smiths - Asleep
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What Kind of Fool Am I - Sammy Davis Jr.
I had some [censored] go down last night, this song is perfect. |
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Puff the Magic Dragon
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Sara - Dylan
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Adam's Song by Blink 182
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I like the lyrics posted. That kind of adds effect. Another couple you HAVE to listen to Ryan adams sweet carolina "I went down to Houston And I stopped in San Antone I passed up the station for the bus I was trying to find me something But I wasn't sure just what Man I ended up with pockets full of dust So I went on to Cleveland and I ended up insane I bought a borrowed suit and learned to dance I was spending money like the way it likes to rain Man I ended up with pockets full of cane" Ryan adams "La cienega just smiled" "And I hold you close in the back of my mind And raise my glass 'cause either way I'm dead Neither of you really help me to sleep anymore One breaks my body and the other breaks my soul" Ryan Adams |
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mad world by gary jules
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Pearl Jam - Better Man
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I know this is the obvious answer, but 'Hurt'.
I am a huge Johnny Cash fan and this is the goddamn saddest song that I have ever heard. 'The Ballad of Ira Hayes' is also a hugely depressing song, but it almost goes over the top in its maudlin glory. |
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Van Morrison - Into the Mystic
played at my friends funeral [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] |
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Johnny Mandel-Suicide is painless (the Mash theme)
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I know this is the obvious answer, but 'Hurt'. I am a huge Johnny Cash fan and this is the goddamn saddest song that I have ever heard. 'The Ballad of Ira Hayes' is also a hugely depressing song, but it almost goes over the top in its maudlin glory. [/ QUOTE ] hurt is definatly up there, I think it lost a little bit of its effect on me once I heard the original nin verision though. |
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The Dubliners - "Killkelly"
Lyrics take the form of letters from home an Irish emmigrant receives over the course of decades and the deaths of his parents. The song evokes all kinds of emotions from me. |
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one tin soldier
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Black by Pearl Jam
"I know someday you'll have a beautiful life I know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky But why, why, why can't it be...can't it be mine?" It helps make it sadder if you are in high school and have just been dumped when this song came out. |
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I very rarely react to a song by feeling tremendously sad but "This Year" by the Mountain Goats (on the most recent album, "The Sunset Tree") really gets to me.
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goodbye horses Q lazzarus
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"Last Kiss" orginally by J. Frank Wilson, then covered by Pearl Jam (the PJ version is sadder)
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Best: "Tears in Heaven"-- Eric Clapton
Worst: "Seasons in the Sun"--Terry Jacks' version, which, until a few moments ago, I thought was a ballet written by him documenting the impeding end of his life. As it turns out, he was just covering this tune, and he remains alive to this day--unfortunately. |
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Don't Turn Around-Aswad
Wild World-Maxi Priest version |
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The drugs dont work- The verve (also covered by Ben Harper on Live from Mars).
All this talk of getting old It's getting me down my love Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown This time I'm comin' down Its either about the artists own drug struggles, or written from the point of view of a terminally ill relative. Either way, it sucks the life out of me everytime I hear it, but in a good, soul serching way... |
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I always thought that if I was ever really depressed, I did not want to hear Staind because I might just wack myself. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that people have killed themselves to some of their songs.
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all- I think what i've leaned from this thread so far is that songs that move you are aparently very specific for the person, because i've listed to a lot of the suggestions already and thought a lot of them were almost happy songs.
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The Pogues - The Band Played Waltzing Matilda.
Holy crap is that a depressing song. Jawbreaker - Jet Black Sorry About Dresden - As the Ruins are to Rome Slint - Good Morning Captain (most emo song ever) Townes Van Zandt - Marie Tom Waits - Georgia Lee, Come on Up to the House Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers to Cross I think my all-time winner is the original Five Blind Boys' version of "Goodbye Mother." Download it HERE NT |
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Amplify- I like the lyrics posted. That kind of adds effect. Another couple you HAVE to listen to Ryan adams sweet carolina "I went down to Houston And I stopped in San Antone I passed up the station for the bus I was trying to find me something But I wasn't sure just what Man I ended up with pockets full of dust So I went on to Cleveland and I ended up insane I bought a borrowed suit and learned to dance I was spending money like the way it likes to rain Man I ended up with pockets full of cane" Ryan adams "La cienega just smiled" "And I hold you close in the back of my mind And raise my glass 'cause either way I'm dead Neither of you really help me to sleep anymore One breaks my body and the other breaks my soul" Ryan Adams [/ QUOTE ] Ryan Adams, "Come Pick Me Up" Come pick me up Take me out [censored] me up Steal my records Screw all my friends behind my back With a smile on your face And then do it again I wish you’d make up my bed So I could make up my mind Try it for sleeping instead Maybe you’ll rest sometime The harmonica is so eff'ing good in this song |
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I always thought that if I was ever really depressed, I did not want to hear Staind because I might just wack myself. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that people have killed themselves to some of their songs. [/ QUOTE ] Me either, but not because they're sad. |
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'Hurt' is a good one; the Johnny Cash version fits this particular bill better than the Nine Inch Nails original.
If we're going to talk about remakes, I propose the Ryan Adams version of 'Wonderwall' (the Oasis song), just for the way Adams wails "Wooonderwaaaaaalll" at the end of the chorus. |
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"Last Kiss" orginally by J. Frank Wilson, then covered by Pearl Jam (the PJ version is sadder) [/ QUOTE ] Seriously, in the original version, the guy sounds chipper singing it. |
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[ QUOTE ] "Last Kiss" orginally by J. Frank Wilson, then covered by Pearl Jam (the PJ version is sadder) [/ QUOTE ] Seriously, in the original version, the guy sounds chipper As far as I can tell everyone in America was chipper from 1952 - 1960. At least judging by pop records. NT |
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Oh also Jawbreaker "Accident Prone"
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Oh also Jawbreaker "Accident Prone" [/ QUOTE ] I think Jet Black is even more depressing, but this is def a better song. Also "In Sadding Around" and "Ache" are pretty effin sad NT |
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ugh,
I need to stop listening to all of these ugh........................ |
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Weezer - Butterfly
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