What is the saddest song you can think of?

Straight from my Heart, by London. Its not really a sad song, but it is to me.

'In a lonely place' by New Order. Written for Ian Curtis, the singer of Joy Division who committed suicide on May 18, 1980.

Caressing the marble and stone
Love that was special for one
The waste and the fever and hate
How I wish you were here with me now

The body that kills and hides
Matches an awful delight
One like a dog `round your feet
How I wish you were here with me now

The hangman looks 'round as he waits
Gullet stretches tight and it breaks
Someday we will die in your dreams
How I wish we were here with you now

I found some classical music compostions really sad, and they almost always (if I concentrate properly) make my cry. Those are like Bach's Air on G string, Albinoni's Adagio, and Requiem Aeternam from Mozart's Requiem.

Just Like Heaven

"take my breath away" i don't remember who sings it

"Sorry seems to be the hardest word" Elton John

February - Dar Williams
I can't listen to it without tears coming to my eyes.

The Cure?

Phillidephia.....Bruce Springsteen

I don't want to miss a thing by Aerosmith

That song by pearljam that they redid...I can't remember the name.

Unbreak my heart by Toni Braxton

I will always love you by Whitney Houston

Sad meaning make-you-cry? Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks, Send Her My Love by Journey, If by Bread. Do I like these songs? Not much anymore, but they were tearjerkers.

Do you mean "take my breath away" by Rex Smith? Or Queen? They're two different songs. I'm guessing Rex Smith ("You, you smile and it's okay, you take my breath away....there are words for the magic of a sunrise...only none of them will do"). Or there could be yet another song with the same title.

One by Berlin actually..."Watching every motion in this foolish lovers game....."

1000 Umbrellas by XTC ...sort of

Old, old song my dad used to listen to. "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro

Puff the Magic Dragon.

The saddest thing I can think of is "Nothing." No feelings, no emotions, no people, no lust, no love, no family, no friends, just a world trapped inside a box with no other connections. That is the saddest thing I can think of.

BIKO By Peter Gabriel

"Cats in the Cradle", "Puff the Magic Dragon", and "Watch the Lamb".(Ray Boltz)

'Faust' or 'the Hell of it' from paul williams and brian de palmas 'phantom of the paradise' sound track. the whole album is pretty wretching. the carpenters (superstar), beatles (while my guitar gently weeps, fool on the hill, blackbird), and cranberries (21) have some sad songs too. simon & garfunkles (richard corey). natalie merchants (carnival). roberta flacks (killing me softly). helen reddys (delta dawn) or (ruby red dress), don mcleans (starry starry night). (the man of la mancha soundtrack), cat stevens (wild world)

"Putin's Demise"

I'm drawing a blank. The only one I can think of is "It's Only Make Believe" by Conway Twitty. I listened to "Sunday Morning Coming Down" by Kris Kristofferson today. I thought that was kind of sad. Country and Western stuff...well, lots of sad songs there.

Actually, it's one of my band's songs called 'Loss'.
...and I mourn for the loss of my queen,
through shattered ruins of my broken dreams.
I could never have foreseen,
this darkness that came unto me...

A different kind of sadness would be 'Sweet Sorrow' by Vitali.
Yet another kind of sadness would be 'Pathetic' by Beethoven.

Are we born to ache over women or what? Only blind faith tells me I must be doing something wrong.

Puff Daddy 'Missing you' as well

I think it'd be a safer conjecture to just say that we were just born to ache. I wrote a song once called 'With life came pain'. My outlook has become the polar opposite since though. Nothing can stop me now 'cause I don't care anymore.
I'm in a perma-it's-all-good zen reality. ...or something like that.

Tori Amos 'Merman'

as human beings...we are all born to ache....every one of us...it is vital

Tori Amos 'Merman'. It's song about her baby, she lost.

As he drove away on that fateful night i begged him to go slow.... but whether he heard, i'll never know... look out look out look out...

I can't recall the name of it but Eric Clapton wrote it.

'Tears in Heaven'? It's about the death of his little son.

Yes that's the one. Thank you.

I think that one is really sad,too. There was a song out this Christmas about a little boy whose mom was dying. He wanted to get her new shoes for Christmas, so she would look pretty when she met Jesus. In the living years by Mike and the Mechanics is sad, too.

There is another survey here at SC that asked people what songs made them cry.

love hurts

the song that makes me cry no matter what is butterfly kisses, when she says somthing about her wedding day and daddy dont cry...

"tears in heaven" by clapton and "somebody" by depeche mode comes to mind...

"Daniel" by Elton John

I thought nobody but me had heard of "Phantom of the Paradise." I saw it years before "Rocky Horror Picture Show" and have always enjoyed it.

You're the only person I've run into that's heard of it. I'm surprised it's not a cult classic.The music is really intense for pop. Do you have the soundtrack? or recall it?

I used to have it on video, taped it off Encore. But I played it so much I wore out the tape. I have found it in only one small video rental store here but the tape was too worn to dub off a copy. Wish I had the soundtrack. Do you know that the actor William Finley who portrayed Winslow Leach also appeared in several other Brian De Palma pictures namely-"Sisters" and "The Fury."

No, all I know is Paul William's used to sing pop hits like "Just an old fashioned love song." Were those movies good too?

"Old Admiral's who feel the wind, but never put to sea."

China by Tori Amos.

Last kiss is pretty sad.

That's it! Thank you! That's the sad song that I couldn't think of.

I don't like sappy songs. I'm a tough old bird and beyond that stuff.

On second thought, I have a little sap left, 'cause I like On My Own from "Les Mis"

All I want to do.

The one from Top Gun.

There is one really sad song, and it's about a dog, being killed.

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