ninelives Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Two more that strike me as sad: "Ships" and "All of the Good Ones are Taken", both by Ian Hunter. And "Why", by Annie Lennox. I love Annie Lenox and yes, that song is really moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JethroTull Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 "I'm a Loser" by The Beatles. It really hits home with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmas Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Cats In The Cradle always got me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TypeO Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Angel's Son from the Strait Up Tribute > If you don't know the story: (From wikipedia) James Lynn Strait (August 7, 1968 – December 11, 1998) was the lead singer and lyricist for the metal/punk band, Snot, which broke up after his death in a car accident on December 11, 1998. Also killed in the accident was Strait's dog, Dobbs, who graced the cover of the band's 1997 Geffen debut album, Get Some and served as the group's mascot. As a tribute to the fallen rocker, a CD entitled Strait Up was released on November 7, 2000 on Virgin records. Compiled with the help of members of Limp Bizkit, Korn, Slipknot, Sevendust, (hed) p.e., Coal Chamber, Sugar Ray, System of a Down, Soulfly, Incubus, Ozzy Ozbourne, and others, the CD contained tributes to Lynn Strait with backing from the remaining band. As you watch the video, the ghost figures of Lynn and his dog make their way through the group that has gathered in his memory. Particularly moving moments: 2:05 - 2:11 when he bangs fists with one of his friends who has "Lynn" tattooed on his knuckles. 2:59 When he puts his hands on the older woman's shoulders - that's actually his mom in the vid, as well as many of his real friends. I get goosebumps EVERY TIME I watch this vid. It's an extremely touching video. I know you never said goodbye I have so much left to say One less song Given to an angel's son As soon as you were gone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zepaholic Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 3 off the top of my head and they all have real meaning to me... 1) The living Years----Mike and the Mechanics 2) The First Time ever I saw Your Face...Roberta Flack 3) Tea For One....you-know-who http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI7gzXz1cHo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Isis~ Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I find these sad: "The Last Time I Saw Richard" - Joni Mitchell "Candy Says" - The Velvet Underground Pretty much all of Dylan's Blood on the Tracks album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I took a picture that I'll have to send People here are friendly and content People here are colorful and bright The flowers often bloom at night Amanita is the name The flowers cover everything The flowers cover everything There's something here I find hard to ignore There's something that I've never seen before Amanita is the name they cover over everything The flowers cover everything They cover over everything (Amanita is the name) The flowers cover everything Don't look into the sun Don't look into the sun There's something that I've never seen before The flowers often bloom at night Amanita is the name, they cover over everything The Flowers of Guatemala Words and Music: Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe From the album Life's Rich Pagent by R.E.M. To learn more about this song go here: http://www.flim.com/remlafaq/lrp/fog.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zepaholic Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I took a picture that I'll have to send People here are friendly and content People here are colorful and bright The flowers often bloom at night Amanita is the name The flowers cover everything The flowers cover everything There's something here I find hard to ignore There's something that I've never seen before Amanita is the name they cover over everything The flowers cover everything They cover over everything (Amanita is the name) The flowers cover everything Don't look into the sun Don't look into the sun There's something that I've never seen before The flowers often bloom at night Amanita is the name, they cover over everything The Flowers of Guatemala Words and Music: Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe From the album Life's Rich Pagent by R.E.M. To learn more about this song go here: http://www.flim.com/remlafaq/lrp/fog.html Great song..."sweetness follows" is another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonzoEqualsGoodStuff Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 It may be cliche, but Eric Clapton's Tears in Heaven always gets to me. That story is so sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neutral Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 two headed boy pt. 2 - neutral milk hotel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandra Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 a bit of classical!!!!!!!!!but i have heard it being played by guitar also (fab) Beethoven's Moonlight sonata beautiful but makes me feel very sad i dont know why same here! when i was a kid whenever i heard this music i always thought that someone is dying and/or crying.. how scary and sad but i like the piano version better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragster Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 such a sad day in US (and human) history...excellent song... :(...every May that passes seems to make that day fade away......we MUST NOT forget!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Monkey Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 And the band played waltzing Matilda.....probably the best anti-war song ever As performed by the Pogues, Shanes cracked voice and the sparse backing make it very poignant. When I was a young man I carried my pack And I lived the free life of a rover From the Murrays green basin to the dusty outback I waltzed my Matilda all over Then in nineteen fifteen my country said Son It's time to stop rambling 'cause there's work to be done So they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun And they sent me away to the war And the band played Waltzing Matilda As we sailed away from the quay And amidst all the tears and the shouts and the cheers We sailed off to Gallipoli How well I remember that terrible day How the blood stained the sand and the water And how in that hell that they called Suvla Bay We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter Johnny Turk he was ready, he primed himself well He chased us with bullets, he rained us with shells And in five minutes flat he'd blown us all to hell Nearly blew us right back to Australia But the band played Waltzing Matilda As we stopped to bury our slain We buried ours and the Turks buried theirs Then we started all over again Now those that were left, well we tried to survive In a mad world of blood, death and fire And for ten weary weeks I kept myself alive But around me the corpses piled higher Then a big Turkish shell knocked me arse over tit And when I woke up in my hospital bed And saw what it had done, I wished I was dead Never knew there were worse things than dying For no more I'll go waltzing Matilda All around the green bush far and near For to hump tent and pegs, a man needs two legs No more waltzing Matilda for me So they collected the cripples, the wounded, the maimed And they shipped us back home to Australia The armless, the legless, the blind, the insane Those proud wounded heroes of Suvla And as our ship pulled into Circular Quay I looked at the place where my legs used to be And thank Christ there was nobody waiting for me To grieve and to mourn and to pity And the band played Waltzing Matilda As they carried us down the gangway But nobody cheered, they just stood and stared Then turned all their faces away And now every April I sit on my porch And I watch the parade pass before me And I watch my old comrades, how proudly they march Reliving old dreams of past glory And the old men march slowly, all bent, stiff and sore The forgotten heroes from a forgotten war And the young people ask, "What are they marching for?" And I ask myself the same question And the band plays Waltzing Matilda And the old men answer to the call But year after year their numbers get fewer Some day no one will march there at all Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me And their ghosts may be heard as you pass the Billabong Who'll come-a-waltzing Matilda with me? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- copyright © Eric Bogle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 this afternoon I walked out into a ditch the crawfish stirred the water the papermill blew in on the Southeastern wind and it was raining in Port Arthur I pulled a dead limb from a fallen pine the sun was dropping on the lower Neches valley I called the dogs from out of the woods with a hollar and it was raining in Port Arthur that night my daddy drove us to maw maw's He and mama wanted to be alone I sat up in that mimosa tree with my brother and it was raining in Port Arthur the refinerys hum and glow from the road and I listen to the dove as she mourns I'm standing in the rice fields of Beaumont and it was raining in Port Arthur Raining In Port Arthur Lyrics by Kev Russell, Music by dem Gourds From the album Stadium Blitzer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babs Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 (Pete Ham - Tom Evans) "WITHOUT YOU" ~~ As recorded by Harry Nilsson No, I can't forget this evening Or your face as you were leaving But I guess that's just the way the story goes You always smile but in your eyes your sorrow shows Yes, it shows No, I can't forget tomorrorow When I think of all my sorrows When I had you there but then I let you go And now it's only fair that I should let you know What you should know I can't live if living is without you I can't live, I can't give any more Can't live if living is without you I can't give, I can't give any more No, I can't forget this evening Or your face as you were leaving But I guess that's just the way the story goes You always smile but in your eyes your sorrow shows Yes, it shows Can't live if living is without you I can't live, I can't give anymore I can't live if living is without you Can't live, I can't give anymore (Living is without you) Good God, this IS the saddest song ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragster Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 And the band played waltzing Matilda.....probably the best anti-war song ever As performed by the Pogues, Shanes cracked voice and the sparse backing make it very poignant. When I was a young man I carried my pack And I lived the free life of a rover From the Murrays green basin to the dusty outback I waltzed my Matilda all over Then in nineteen fifteen my country said Son It's time to stop rambling 'cause there's work to be done So they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun And they sent me away to the war And the band played Waltzing Matilda As we sailed away from the quay And amidst all the tears and the shouts and the cheers We sailed off to Gallipoli How well I remember that terrible day How the blood stained the sand and the water And how in that hell that they called Suvla Bay We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter Johnny Turk he was ready, he primed himself well He chased us with bullets, he rained us with shells And in five minutes flat he'd blown us all to hell Nearly blew us right back to Australia But the band played Waltzing Matilda As we stopped to bury our slain We buried ours and the Turks buried theirs Then we started all over again Now those that were left, well we tried to survive In a mad world of blood, death and fire And for ten weary weeks I kept myself alive But around me the corpses piled higher Then a big Turkish shell knocked me arse over tit And when I woke up in my hospital bed And saw what it had done, I wished I was dead Never knew there were worse things than dying For no more I'll go waltzing Matilda All around the green bush far and near For to hump tent and pegs, a man needs two legs No more waltzing Matilda for me So they collected the cripples, the wounded, the maimed And they shipped us back home to Australia The armless, the legless, the blind, the insane Those proud wounded heroes of Suvla And as our ship pulled into Circular Quay I looked at the place where my legs used to be And thank Christ there was nobody waiting for me To grieve and to mourn and to pity And the band played Waltzing Matilda As they carried us down the gangway But nobody cheered, they just stood and stared Then turned all their faces away And now every April I sit on my porch And I watch the parade pass before me And I watch my old comrades, how proudly they march Reliving old dreams of past glory And the old men march slowly, all bent, stiff and sore The forgotten heroes from a forgotten war And the young people ask, "What are they marching for?" And I ask myself the same question And the band plays Waltzing Matilda And the old men answer to the call But year after year their numbers get fewer Some day no one will march there at all Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me And their ghosts may be heard as you pass the Billabong Who'll come-a-waltzing Matilda with me? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- copyright © Eric Bogle That's a typical aussie song.....sometimes used as our national anthem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Da-Lo Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Artist: The Bird And The Bee Album: The Bird And The Bee Year: 2007 Title: Preparedness Print Correct Get Preparedness ringtone on your mobile! Do you know who I am? I'm alive You understand? Alive Alive Alive Check your head, I heard a sound Makes so tender arms around the sound The sound The sound The sound Do you know where you're from? Don't wear round, your crumbs are gone Around Around Around Are you lost? Are you not there? Are you shut down? Are you prepared? Shut down Shut down Shut down Are you prepared for the atom bomb? Are you prepared for my aching arms? Are you prepared? Are you prepared? Are you prepared for serenity? Are you prepared to disagree? Are you prepared? Are you prepared for me? Do you know who I am? I'm alive, you understand? Alive Alive Alive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBulle Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 dunno...it kind of changes for me from week to week... These days Deadend Mind by Madrugada. Last week it was Nutshell by Alice in Chains. Next week might be Northern Star by Hole... Lets say that there are like 15 songs that are real tearjerkers for me. That make me cry each and everytime I listen to 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babs Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I'm crying as I type. SHANNON WORDS AND MUSIC BY HENRY GROSS @1976 BLENDINGWELL, ASCAP ANOTHER DAY IS AT END MAMA SAYS SHE'S TIRED AGAIN NO ONE CAN EVEN BEGIN TO TELL HER I HARDLY KNOW WHAT TO SAY BUT MAYBE IT'S BETTER THAT WAY IF PAPA WERE HERE I'M SURE HE'D TELL HER SHANNON IS GONE I HOPE SHE'S DRIFTING OUT TO SEA SHE ALWAYS LOVED TO SWIM AWAY MAYBE SHE'LL FIND AN ISLAND WITH A SHADY TREE JUST LIKE THE ONE IN OUR BACKYARD MAMA TRIES HARD TO PRETEND THINGS WILL GET BETTER AGAIN SOMEHOW SHE'S KEEPING IT ALL INSIDE HER BUT FINALLY THE TEARS FILL OUR EYES AND I KNOW THAT SOMEWHERE TONIGHT SHE KNOWS HOW MUCH WE REALLY MISS HER SHANNON IS GONE I HOPE SHE'S DRIFTING OUT TO SEA SHE ALWAYS LOVED TO SWIM AWAY MAYBE SHE'LL FIND AN ISLAND WITH A SHADY TREE JUST LIKE THE ONE IN OUR BACKYARD JUST LIKE THE ONE IN OUR BACKYARD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenman Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Talk Talk - I Believe In You Nick Drake - Black Eyed Dog Alot of the best recent stuff comes from film soundtracks IMHO... Ennio Morricone - Gabriel's Oboe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JethroTull Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 (Pete Ham - Tom Evans) "WITHOUT YOU" ~~ As recorded by Harry Nilsson No, I can't forget this evening Or your face as you were leaving But I guess that's just the way the story goes You always smile but in your eyes your sorrow shows Yes, it shows No, I can't forget tomorrorow When I think of all my sorrows When I had you there but then I let you go And now it's only fair that I should let you know What you should know I can't live if living is without you I can't live, I can't give any more Can't live if living is without you I can't give, I can't give any more No, I can't forget this evening Or your face as you were leaving But I guess that's just the way the story goes You always smile but in your eyes your sorrow shows Yes, it shows Can't live if living is without you I can't live, I can't give anymore I can't live if living is without you Can't live, I can't give anymore (Living is without you) Mariah Carey's version makes me cry the most. How about "I'm a Loser" and "Nowhere Man" back to back? Top it off with "Julia", "Long, Long, Long" and "Good Night" from the White album. Now that is a depressing evening!! Throw in "Act Naturally" for a full fledged Beatles bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 sometimes songs touch me out of the clear blue. i was surfing youtube the other day and ran across a pakistan music vide, its beauty was tear inducing, it caught me of guard i couldn't understand the words he was singing and laughed latter at the thought of him singing about a love gone sour or something it could be some giant pop song there for all i know. a song that effects me every time i here it is page and plant's when was a child not really sad though. this one is the oak ridge boys i'll be true They met upon a blue moon, And they parted on a cloudy day They were so in love and out of school, But he was goin' so far, far away. She said: "I'll be true to you, "Even though you don't want me to. "And I'll be blue for you, "Even though you've asked me not to." Well the year's drifted by them, as we all know they can. He found other women, but she refused other men. But as fate would have it, they met again, She was on a down-hill slide, and he was just slidin' in. As he looked into her eyes that night, he didn't realize. The only real love in his life was passin' by. When he turned and left her there, his words: "Goodbye". He heard her calling out to him, and as he walked, she cried: "I've been true to you. "Seems like speakin' to me is the least that you could do. "And I've been blue for you, "Even though you've asked me not to." She'd been drinkin way too hard one night, She'd been drinkin way too long. Alone and pale in a cheap hotel, she died there in the dawn. Kneelin' by the grave, oh so late and oh so wrong, He longed to hold her close again, cryin' on and on. He cried: "I''ll be true to you. "After all that I have put you through. "And I'll be blue for you, "Though you never even asked me to." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
songbird Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Mother by John Lennon ! :'( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepevermore Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 It may be cliche, but Eric Clapton's Tears in Heaven always gets to me. That story is so sad. Tears in Heaven ^^gets me everytime. To me, it is one of the most heartwrenching songs. Thank you by LZ - one of the most sincere love songs (imo) Woman - a beautiful love song by John Lennon and... this is a little embarassing but - Everything I own by Bread has tugged at my heart since I was 11 or 12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joelmon Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Mother by John Lennon ! :'( I agree. This was the last song I played the night before my mother died 20 years ago..... Goodnight, sung by Ringo on the White Album. Now it's time to say good night good night sleep tight Now the sun turns out his light good night sleep tight Dream sweet dreams for me Dream sweet dreams for you Close your eyes and I'll close mine Good night sleep tight Now the moon begins to shine Good night sleep tight Dream sweet dreams for me Dream sweet dreams for you Mm, mm, mm Close your eyes and I'll close mine Good night sleep tight Now the sun turns out his light Good night sleep tight Dream sweet dreams for me Dream sweet dreams for you (Good night, good night everybody everybody everywhere, goodnight) I cry everytime I hear it. Even just seeing the lyrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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