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What is the Saddest song ever written?

post #1 of 656
2/28/04 at 10:17pm
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Been thinking about this for a while, what is the saddest song ever written?

I know there is no definitive answer to this but only your person opinion. But post away.

Mine - Everybody Hurts - REM
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post #2 of 656
2/28/04 at 10:38pm
Cat's in the Cradle by Harry Chapin

That song's just depressing. Not that it's particularly applicable to my own life, but I know plenty of people where that's the story of their life.
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post #3 of 656
2/28/04 at 10:59pm
eric clapton - tears in heaven
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post #4 of 656
2/28/04 at 11:11pm
Goodbye Cruel World - Pink Floyd
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post #5 of 656
2/28/04 at 11:37pm
Nick Drake "Fruit Tree"
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post #6 of 656
2/29/04 at 12:41am
Quote:
Originally posted by strohmie
Cat's in the Cradle by Harry Chapin
There is a song that is not sad like Cats in the Cradle but it does choke me up every time I hear it at weddings. That song is Bob Carlisle's Butterfly Kisses.

I have to leave the room when a father dances with the bride to this song. My masculine side doesn't want anyone to notice that an incident such as that turns my eyes faucets to the "on" position.

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post #7 of 656
2/29/04 at 12:41am
One of the saddest I can think of is a choral arrangement called "Al Mar Anochecido", but pretty sure hardly anyone in this forum has heard of it. Among better known songs, these are songs that I find extremely sad, still I really like them a lot:

Xandinha (Cesaria Evora)
Scientist (Coldplay)
In a little while (U2)
Pearls (Sade)
Jezebel (Sade)
Ice (Sarah MacLachlan)
Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits)
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post #8 of 656
2/29/04 at 1:28am
I'd have to think about this at length for a real answer, but the saddest song I've heard today, at least, is "Dead Flowers," Townes Van Zandt's cover.
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post #9 of 656
2/29/04 at 2:21am
Quote:
Originally posted by ilikemonkeys
Goodbye Cruel World - Pink Floyd
Agree.
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post #10 of 656
2/29/04 at 2:34am
Brahms: Four Serious Songs.
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post #11 of 656
2/29/04 at 5:16am
SEASONS IN THE SUN
Sung by: Terry Jacks
Written by Rod Mckuen and Jacques Brel
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post #12 of 656
2/29/04 at 9:22am
Off the top of my head, I'd go with "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" from Les Miserables.
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post #13 of 656
2/29/04 at 9:58am
richard strauss - vier letzte lieder (four last songs)
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post #14 of 656
2/29/04 at 11:01am
Ben Folds Five - Brick.

Personal thing I guess, this is the only song still capable of putting me in tears at times.
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post #15 of 656
2/29/04 at 1:07pm
Ben Harper - " Another lonely day " , but it is so lovely .

Among top 5 on my list .
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