Saddest Song on the planet?

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: Pocatello
For some reason Miss American Pie by Don McLean makes me sad.

Yeah, definitely sad.

 

[Chaotic42]

James Taylor-Fire and Rain

 

[ohnnyj]

Evanescence - My Immortal

 

[ohnnyj]

Couple others:

Jars of Clay - River Constantine
Linkin Park - My December
Jimmy Eat World - Hear You Me
Jimmy Eat World - Drugs Or Me
Beck - Lost Cause
Soul Asylum - Runaway Train
Run - Snow Patrol

 

[chuckywang]

Tom Traubert's Blues by Tom Waits
Invitation to the Blues by Tom Waits
I Wish I Were In New Orleans by Tom Waits


Just his voice is so ragged, so sad.

 

[mhillary]

John bon jovi's --Bitter Wine.

 

[Vic]

Meatloaf - Two Out of Three Ain't Bad

 

[NateSLC]

Originally posted by: MeanMeosh
immortal technique - dance with the devil

and

madonna - paradise (not for me)

Paradise (not for me)...

I was so blind
I could not see
Your paradise
Is not for me....

Sad songs always should point right back at you, babe...

 

[NateSLC]

+++

Edit: I had a triple super plus for a vote I liked.... The quote was lost... Ah, I hope it's OK. I'm sad now.

 

[NateSLC]

Originally posted by: chuckywang
Hmm...what about Two Beds and a Coffee Machine by Savage Garden?

Even better.

How 'bout 'Here Comes The Flood' by Peter Gabriel?

 

[Thegonagle]

Fastball - The Way; that's a pretty decent tear jerker if you know the story it's based upon.

 

[Acanthus]

Video and song : Wish you were here by pink floyd - sung at the 9-11 fundraiser immediatly after the tragedy, performed by fred durst and the lead singer of the goo goo dolls.

Very very sad the way they sang it, and the looks on everyones faces just intensifies the feeling further (I have the video if anyone wishes to host).

Edit: It was the Tribute to Heroes fundraiser in Sept 2001.

 

[imported_alp]

if we're talking radiohead, what about lucky?

 

[KnickNut3]

I'll Cover You (reprise) from Rent is the most heartfelt song I've heard.

 

[ed21x]

Itzac Perlman- Shindler's List

 

[Acanthus]

Runner up: Nickelback - Someday.

 

[PlasticJesus]

Richard Carpenter - She Ain't Heavy, She's My Sister

I suppose one of the songs that strikes me as sad in it's own way is Cold As Christmas off of Elton John's Two Low For Zero album.

Speaking of Sinead O'Connor, that SNL bit between the fake Sinatra and fake O'Connor is pretty funny stuff.

 

[NateSLC]

525,600 minutes...

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: NateSLC
525,600 minutes...

wtf?

 

[Booster]

Saddest Song on the planet?

Here it is:
Aha - Take on me

Less popular:
ATB - Let U Go
Black - Wonderful Life
Actually there's lots of them, he-he.

 

[NateSLC]

"How do you measure a year?"

It's from Rent and the song KnickNut3 mentioned.

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: NateSLC

Originally posted by: chuckywang
Hmm...what about Two Beds and a Coffee Machine by Savage Garden?

Even better.

How 'bout 'Here Comes The Flood' by Peter Gabriel?

I fail to see the connection between those two songs.

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: Acanthus
Runner up: Nickelback - Someday.

Yes, everytime I hear that song I cry.....

at the state of the music industry now.

 

[WT]

Ahhh you all must bow to the best one (no mention so far, how sad)

Sting - Fragile (a version was released one week after 9/11, dedicated to the ones lost in that attack)

 

[Taggart]

Any song by Ashlee Simpson

Every time I hear one I want to kill myself