Saddest songs

[Max Headroom]

YouTube - Unknown Hinson



Dan.

 

[chromenuts]

Can’t believe it hasn’t been mentioned...

Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session

Misguided Angel
I’m so Lonesome I Could Cry
To Love Is To Bury
Walking After Midnight

It’s like the “Swan Song” of sad song albums to me. So sad it makes me feel good. Might have gotten too much attention at one point and become cliche for people, but I still play it several times a year.

 

[levistubby]

"Clapton's son died in a car accident and this song is dedicated to him... "

Actually, Conor Clapton fell from an apartment window in NYC in 1991 aged four.

 

[radmanxenos]

YouTube

Animal Collective - Man of Oil

Made me cry when I saw Avey perform this live :,)

 

[kvholio]

YouTube

Queen - The Show must go on

His farewell gift, facing death

 

[ozjazzfan]

Death Trip - Cockney Rebel

 

[Dadbeh]

Shiola by murder by death

YouTube

 

[Charles Darwin]

Six More Miles by The Residents

YouTube

Saddest song I know, must check out the original some time.

Just did. Sounds quite upbeat compared to the Residents version!

 

[thaliadaniels]

Cowboy Bebop - Long Drink Blues (Acoustic Version Music by SmOotH sTrEeTs PrOjEcT)

YouTube

 

[Jpeezy]

the morning my father called and told me i neednt worry about driving three hours to see my mom,because she had already passed.This song navigates 99.999% of my thoughts and feelings at that time.

Steve Vai "Call It Sleep"

YouTube

 

[nigelwright7557]

My mum had cancer.
For some reason I decided to stop over the night she died.
So father and I were there to see her pass on.

 

[Thorrinn]

One of my favorite tracks for a long time YouTube. Listening it when do a hard job which need maximum attention while I do my report writing.

 

[jackinnj]

"Stabat Mater Dolorosa" Josquin Desprez or Orlando diLasso are my favorites. There are over 200 versions.

Steve Vai "Call It Sleep"
YouTube

I believe that it is in the Handel opera "Semele" in which the unfortunate antagonist is cursed to be deprived of sleep and is eventually destroyed by Jupiter!

Sung by one of the greatest mezzo's of all time:
YouTube

 

[Circlotron]

Honey
Bobby Goldsboro
YouTube

 

[Circlotron]

^^ Well that put a sudden stop to this thread, didn't it? 😱

 

[Grymer]

^^ Well that put a sudden stop to this thread, didn't it? 😱

That would've been a shame!

Justin Vernon, the main man (and voice) behind Bon Iver - An American folk sort-of orchestra band, went through years of depression and whilst on a boat-trip in some asian country, where he tried to find meaning in life, he took out his recorder and sang "It might be over soon".

About a year later the first single to the new album came out:
Bon Iver - 22 (OVER S∞∞N)

If you wanna hear pain. You can also listen to his cover of Bonnie Ratt - I Can't Make You Love Me. That stuff is real... (It starts at 4:10)

 

[nigelwright7557]

Roger Whitaker - Durham town
YouTube
Reminds me of my time as an electronics student at Durham.
I really enjoyed my time there and I was very sad once it came to an end.

Oddly the song talks about sitting on the banks of the river Tyne.
The river through Durham is the river Wear.

 

[nigelwright7557]

Theres a ghost in the house - R Dean Taylor
YouTube

 

[Klasikk]

Lyle Lovett - Nobody Knows Me

Lyle Lovett - Nobody Knows Me - YouTube

 

[BillWojo]

Easy and it may have already been posted.
"He Stopped Loving Her Today" by George Jones.

First time I heard it I was driving down the road and tears came to my eyes. Dam you George!


BillWojo