25 saddest songs world wide

[satellitedog]

Bruce Springsteen has two pretty strong contenders on Devils and Dust:

[Kierkes]

Originally Posted by Ghosty Dog

Absolutely amazing rendition. But is this what German audiences are really like?

God on high
Hear my prayer
In my need
You have always been there

He is young
He's afraid
Let him rest
Heaven blessed.
Bring him home
Bring him home
Bring him home.

He's like the son I might have known
If God had granted me a son.
The summers die
One by one
How soon they fly
On and on
And I am old
And will be gone.

Bring him peace
Bring him joy
He is young
He is only a boy

You can take
You can give
Let him be
Let him live
If I die, let me die
Let him live
Bring him home
Bring him home
Bring him home.

Chris Murray's Bring Ihn Heim is pretty awesome too. And the 10th Anniversary Little Fall of Rain is DEVASTATION ON THE SOUL.

Wait. Where is River of Tears on the list!?!?!?

[chrisdee]

Schindlers List by John Williams is the most sad one for me.




Others that come close :

Rachmaninov - Vocalise


Gary Moore : The Loner


Gary Moore - Still got the blues


George Michael - Careless Whisper

[patrick81]

The Long And Winding Road - The Beatles
Waiting For Superman / Feeling Your Self Disintegrate - The Flaming Lips
If Leaving Me Is Easy - Phil Collins
Isn't Life Strange / Melancholy Man - The Moody Blues
What Is Going On - Marvin Gaye
Ripples - Genesis
Jezibel - Sade

[Henchman]

Originally Posted by patrick81

The Long And Winding Road - The Beatles
Waiting For Superman / Feeling Your Self Disintegrate - The Flaming Lips
If Leaving Me Is Easy - Phil Collins
Isn't Life Strange / Melancholy Man - The Moody Blues
What Is Going On - Marvin Gaye
Ripples - Genesis
Jezibel - Sade

Nice necropost.
Bored?

[brightshine]

Has to be.......PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON

[RiF]

"Portishead - Roads":

As soon as Beth Gibbons starts to sing I... I... sniff... I... sheesh... I can't hold back my tears... sniff.


And "Tuesday Nothing Existed - End This" (my own project), that you listen to here:
Tuesday Nothing Existed | Free Music, Tour Dates, Photos, Videos

[Sen]

Originally Posted by drmmrboy

"The 25 Most Exquisitely Sad Songs in the Whole World"

The 25 Most Exquisitely Sad Songs in the Whole World: No. 25 - Spinner.com

Amazing that there are no songs in any other language than english in top 25.
Try middle eastern, eastern Europian, Turkish etc.. if you wanna hear what SAD means. Sometimes don't even have to understand all the lyrics, but those melodies and voices just tear your heart out.

[zwatrif]

"Last Goodbye" by Jeff Buckley

[patrick81]

Originally Posted by Henchman

Nice necropost.
Bored?

hahaha I dont know how I came across this old post. i was searching for something else I don't remember.it was late.lol

[clausiii]

The Cure - Siamese Twins

[relaxo]

Empty Chairs by Don Mclean on the American Pie album, the magic moment of perfection in Don's writing.

[Jay-]

anything autotuned makes me want to cry,
like im being raped by corporate robots while being forced feed masticated mechanical foods like a turkey for slaughter.

[Sen]

Originally Posted by Jay-

anything autotuned makes me want to cry,
.

[jude]

Originally Posted by zemlin

Clapton's Tears in Heaven would be right up there too. I'm surprised it's not on the list. My wife can't listen to that one. Maybe because you need to know the story behind it before it really hits home.

I was going to say that Jehh Buckley's track gets my number one. Untill i read your post and remembered the lyrics.

Damn that is a sad song, and a terrible loss.

[alkor]

this is in my saddest top5 for sure

[RobFlemingMusic]

Jackie Brown by the great John Mellencamp.

[ollie633]

Neil Young - Philadelphia. You need to watch the movie "Philadelphia" to get the full effect of that song.

[Ron Vogel]

Shannon- Henry Gross - YouTube

should be #1....I'm 42 now, and fist heard it as a kid in the '70s....still makes me misty

Henry was a friend of the late Carl Wilson (Beach Boys). This was written for a dog that Carl had that died.