jrockster21 Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Ben Folds Five, Brick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanCollins Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Old school Walk away renne- The 4 Topps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dockeryfan Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Lucinda Williams - Lonely Girls. She captures the monotonous/lonely/depressing on this one right out of the gate. http://www.last.fm/music/Lucinda+Williams/_/Lonely+Girls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanCollins Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Old school "Walk away Renne" - The 4 Tops :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunny Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Since most of the songs I thought were sad are covered, I'll throw in My Chemical Romance.. Cancer. Turn away, If you could get me a drink Of water 'cause my lips are chapped and faded Call my aunt Marie Help her gather all my things And bury me in all my favorite colors, My sisters and my brothers, still, I will not kiss you, 'Cause the hardest part of this is leaving you. Now turn away, 'Cause I'm awful just to see 'Cause all my hairs abandoned all my body, Oh, my agony, Know that I will never marry, Baby, I'm just soggy from the chemo But counting down the days to go It just ain't living And I just hope you know That if you say (if you say) Goodbye today (goodbye today) I'd ask you to be true (cause I'd ask you to be true) 'Cause the hardest part of this is leaving you 'Cause the hardest part of this is leaving you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMike619 Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Nirvana - All apologies (unplugged) Nirvana - Where did you sleep last night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldskool Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Secret Garden - Adagio Is probably the most sad instrumental, if not overall, song For an old Irish standard Dead Can Dance - The Wind That Shakes the Barley <3 Lisa Gerrard. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathartic-j Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Some great ones on here! Unfortunately, I can't pick just one: "The Drugs Don't Work," written by Richard Ashcroft (The Verve), covered by Ben Harper; " " by John Mayer;"The Blower's Daughter" by Damien Rice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiro Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Christmas Shoeshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g11EBSibsgk I second that. Thing is though, I cannot stand that song. It's just too sad and sappy for my tastes. Which is kinda why during Xmas time when this song gets played, I always change the station because I don't want to picture the story being told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldskool Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 "The Drugs Don't Work," written by Richard Ashcroft (The Verve), covered by Ben Harper Harper's version can't hold a candle to the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus87 Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 I have to nominate "Hurt" by Johnny Cash."and you can have it all..my empire of dirt". his voice was so frail and not the man in black we all knew. you just knew he wasnt going to be around much longer. when June died you knew he was going to follow shortly. Damn you BigMike! I read through all the other posts and couldn't believe no one had posted this one yet and thought surely I'd get it, until I read this.Totally agree on all points. Yeah yeah, it's a cover, but I'm sorry, this may sound like hypocrisy to some but I think Cash's version blows NIN's version out of the water, especially considering the relevence of the lyrics to Cash's life and where he was at in his life when he released it as a single. It also works tremendously as any kind of tribute song- I remember WWE used it in a tribute to Eddie Guerrero which was extremely powerful even to me, despite not having watched wrestling in awhile, and I listened to it a lot when Sean Taylor died and thought someone should've used it for a video to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PF Chang Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Odd to see this thread as I was browsing YouTube just now. For any Final Fantasy 7 fans, this is an orchestral version of Aeris's theme. Not the saddest song I can think of, but what the hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Do What You Have To Do ~ Sarah McLachlan I Hope I Never ~Split Enz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El81CRuI8bk Vincent ~ Don McLean (about Vincent Van Gogh) They Dance Alone ~ Sting (about women dancing in the streets of Chile torn apart by the Pinochet regime. Women would dance in the streets with pictures of their husbands, fathers, brothers or sons pinned to their clothes or they were holding the pictures and dancing with them) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_jDiDya5j4 Mad World ~ Gary Jules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedlightG20 Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Rage Against the Machine - Beautiful World (Devo cover) Blake Shelton - The Baby Barenaked Ladies - The War On Drugs Ben Folds Five - Brick Weezer (Rivers Cuomo) - Pig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedlightG20 Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Oh man, how could I forget, one of the finest songs of the last decade The Killers - Mr. Brightside Doesn't have that "sad" sound to it, but the premise of the song is just WOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ax Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Mindy Smith ~ One Moment More (Written about her dying mother, I think) Elvis ~ Don't Cry Daddy Hank ~ I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon W Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Red Sovine - Teddy Bearhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY4BV14OZzQ I'm going to have to put my vote for Teddy Bear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark The Homer Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Natalie Merchant - My Beloved Wife you were the love for certain of my life you were simply my beloved wife I don't know for certain how I'll live my life now alone without my beloved wife my beloved wife I can't believe I've lost the very best of me http://youtube.com/watch?v=2PtB5_eEpLs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldysknzfn1 Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Lorrie Morgan If You Came Back From Heaven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jroc96 Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 "The Beginning of My End" by the Unifics. It's a song that came out in the early 70's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dictator Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 70 posts and no mention of "Dear Mr. Jesus"? WTF is wrong with you people? http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6830471569796392190 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbear Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Natalie Merchant's "Beloved Wife" is certainly on my list. For some reason Sarah McLachlan "Hold On" always gets me...but leaves me a little happier than when I started as it is hopeful...lately the song just means a little more as I think about my MS and I think what my kids have to go through with their own medical issues and potential family problems: Hold On lyrics Hold on Hold on to yourself for this is gonna hurt like hell Hold on Hold on to yourself you know that only time will tell What is it in me that refuses to believe this isn't easier than the real thing My love you know that you're my best friend you know I'd do anything for you my love let nothing come between us my love for you is strong and true Am I in heaven here or am I... at the crossroads I am standing So now you're sleeping peaceful I lie awake and pray that you'll be strong tomorrow and we'll see another day and we will praise it and love the light that brings a smile across your face Oh god if you're out there won't you hear me I know that we've never talked before oh god the man I love is leaving won't you take him when he comes to your door Am I in heaven here or am I in hell at the crossroads I am standing So now you're sleeping peaceful I lie awake and pray that you'll be strong tomorrow and we'll see another day and we will praise it and love the light that brings a smile across your face... Hold on hold on to yourself for this is gonna hurt like hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 "Dear God" - XTC Hopelessness. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrabR Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay sad becasue of the Lyrics but also because Otis Redding was killed just days after recording it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zguy28 Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Tim McGraw's "Don't Take the Girl," is a heartstring tugger.Seconded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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