plain jane Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Ever get in the mood to hear a sad song, you know the kind that jerk on your heartstrings and get the waterworks flowing if you're in the right kind of mood? Just curious what some of your favorites are. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E_Edgerton Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Tonight Will Be Fine by Leonard Cohen (but performed by Teddy Thompson) Goodnight Elisabeth by the Counting Crows You Had Time by Ani Difranco Master of War by Dylan (always bums me out and fires me up) Between the Bars by Elliot Smith Cath...by Death Cab for Cutie Come Pick Me Up by Ryan Adams (sad and kind of funny) There are loads of sad songs. :sad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plain jane Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 Some of mine that are more recent but get me almost every time: Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton Don't Take the Girl - Tim McGraw Angel - Sarah McLachlan One More Day - Diamond Rio I'm Already There - Lonestar I Can Still Make Cheyenne - George Strait Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snickelfritz Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Tears in Heaven One sweet Day--Mariah Carey Waterfalls-TLC I think I'm dating myself here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicksMama-Zack's Mama Too Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 "Arlington" Trace Adkins (I had to pull off the road the first time I heard this song) "If You're Reading This" Tim McGraw "The Star Spangled Banner" sung live......not on tv. weird. I live in and grew up next to a Marine base, so these songs seem so REAL to me. I guess that is why I'm so moved by them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danestress Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Sad sad sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Readsalot Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Basically he specializes in sad songs Carry You Home is another one and also No Bravery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUV2EDU Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Michael Jackson's She's Out of My Life Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF0o-W5uu8o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I talk to the trees Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 "Sunrise, Sunset" from Fiddler on the Roof always makes me weepy, as does "The House at Pooh Corner" by Kenny Loggins. I also get all emotional listening to Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Dona Nobis Pacem." -Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Tears in Heaven gets me too. My dh can't listen to Butterfly Kisses. He went missing at a wedding reception once. I found him standing far away from the building - they were playing that song while the bride danced with her dad and he didn't want to hear it. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsrevmeg Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 The House at Pooh Corner ~Kenny Loggins Watercolor Ponies ~Wayne Watson Fly ~Celine Dion Walking Her Home ~Mark Schultz Letters From War ~Mark Schultz He's My Son ~Mark Schultz (there is another one by him but I can't remember the name of it) This Christmas ~Toby Mac All I Need (I Did Not Catch Her Name) Caedmon's Call Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christy B Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 "If I Had Only Known" by Reba McIntyre Untitled Hymn (can't remember who wrote/sings this) aka Fly to Jesus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 nevermind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Puff the Magic Dragon (hey, that poor lonely dragon!) Sunrise, Sunset Memories (is that the title) that the old cat in Cats sings Abraham, Martin and John (not sure if that is the title but you KNOW what song I mean!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Arlington (Trace Adkins) In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning (Sinatra) Concrete Angel (Martina McBride) Whiskey Lullaby (Brad Paisley/Alison Krauss) Eleanor Rigby (Beatles) Lucky One (Alison Krauss & Union Station) Almost anything by Roy Orbison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secular_mom Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 When I'm Gone- Eminem Fade to Black- Metallica Imagine- John Lennon In My Life- The Beatles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Seasons in the Sun--Terry Jacks Rocky--Woody Snow Seventeen. OH, that made me so depressed as a kid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeachGirl Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Goodbye My Friend - Keali'i Reichel Alyssa Lies - Jason Michael Carroll Concrete Angel - Martina McBride There are more but I can't think quickly right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Untitled Hymn (can't remember who wrote/sings this) aka Fly to Jesus This is by Chris Rice. I don't think it's sad, I think it's hopeful and beautiful. I have asked (commanded, no less!) my husband and children to be sure it is played/sung at my funeral, whenever that may happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet in WA Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 "When I'm Back on My Feet Again" by Michael Bolton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet in WA Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Oh and... "Midnight Blue" by Melissa Manchester "Mandy" by Barry Manilow "Leavin' on a Jet Plane" by John Denver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Cats and the Cradle You and Me against the World- Helen Reddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denise in Florida Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Skin by Rascal Flats (sp?) Tears in Heaven Almost Home (I think that is the name, homeless man dreaming of childhood home) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamarley Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 This Woman's Work - Kate Bush Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soph the vet Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Who remembers "Billy, Don't Be A Hero" ? or "Sunshine" by John Denver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVA Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 "Even Now" by Barry Manilow :sad::sad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurafrantz Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 I know it's complete cheese, but... Send in the Clowns! The Muppet Show version! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Stars by Dan Fogelberg Fallen Star by Karla Bonoff Held by some Christian woman artist--not really sad, but intense (I love it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Billy Don't Be a Hero!! Wow, blast from the past. I once kept the 45 out of my friend's sleepover stuff so I could listen to it more (then I returned it...). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeindeed Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Held by some Christian woman artist--not really sad, but intense (I love it) It's by Natalie Grant. "I Hope You Dance" by LeeAnn Womack--It's not written as a sad song, but my 18 year old cousin was killed in a car accident one month before her graduation. This was her favorite song, and it was played at her funeral. I can't listen to it without crying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 This Woman's Work - Kate Bush Yes! That one is a killer, also love Between the Bars, and Live's Lightning Crashes. Oh, and Sarah McLachlan's Wait. Wait Under a blackened sky far beyond the glaring streetlights sleeping on empty dreams the vultures lie in wait You lay down beside me then you were with me every waking hour so close I could feel your breath When all we wanted was the dream to have and to hold that precious little thing like every generation yields the new born hope unjaded by their years Pressed up against the glass I found myself wanting sympathy but to be consumed again oh I know would be the death of me and there is a love that's inherently given a kind of blindness offered to appease and in that light of forbidden joy oh I know I won't receive it When all we wanted was the dream to have and to hold that precious little thing like every generation yields the newborn hope unjaded by their years You know if I leave you now it doesn't mean that I love you any less it's just the state I'm in I can't be good to anyone else like this When all we wanted was the dream to have and to hold that precious little thing like every generation yields the new born hope unjaded by their years... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imprimis Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Yes! That one is a killer, also love Between the Bars, and Live's Lightning Crashes. Oh, and Sarah McLachlan's Wait. Lightning Crashes was getting all kinds of air-play when I was pregnant with my oldest. I remember driving and just bursting into tears almost every time that song came on the radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifera Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 The Living Years - Mike + the Mechanics Makes me wish I had talked with my granddad more when he was still here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystal in VA Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Alyssa Lies - Jason Michael Carroll Concrete Angel - Martina McBride I can't listen to them...no matter how much I tell myself I'm not gonna cry.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalknot Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 It was one of the first country music songs I ever heard, and I'm not sure who sang it but I still hear it played from time to time. It was called: "Love, Me" and was in the early 90s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 "Love, Me" is by Collin Raye, and it's definitely a good one. I've got it on my iPod. Other songs that make me cry: "Hate Me" by Blue October "My Immortal" by Evanescence "The River" by Garth Brooks "Life's A Dance" by John Michael Montgomery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joy at Home Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Season in the Sun - don't know the singer, makes me cry every time Blessings, lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in SC Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 It was one of the first country music songs I ever heard, and I'm not sure who sang it but I still hear it played from time to time. It was called: "Love, Me" and was in the early 90s. That song gets me every time. "The Dance" ~Garth Brooks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda in VT Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 "Caledonia"--several artists have recordings of this "Dante's Prayer"--Loreena McKennitt There's just something about Celtic music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebug42 Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 From the musical The Civil War there is a song called "If Prayin were Horses" sung by characters in the show that are a married slave couple being sold away from each other. Rips my heart out. Also, "Let it Be" by the Beatles. When I was in high school, my cousin died after years of estrangement for many personal reasons. For his funeral, he stipulated that he wanted everyone to hold hands around his coffin and he wanted that song played. no eulogies or anything else. I still cannot listen to that song without thinking of him and crying - 25 years later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Cats in the Cradle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotherMayI Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 When Love Takes You In- Steven Curtis Chapman Cinderella- Steven Curtis Chapman Grandpa- The Judds Where've You Been- Kathy Mattea My Beloved Wife- Natalie Merchant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katemary63 Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 I posted to my blog recently about a day when a certain sad song kept playing over and over in my head. http://harmonpfarms.blogspot.com/2009/07/lifes-about-changin.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Cats in the Cradle Father and Son by Cat Stevens Cinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 I thought of another one...I don't know the name of the song, but the choral music that is played over the closing credits of "We Were Soldiers". Kills me every time. Also the score of Saving Private Ryan. And Schindler's List...too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 I thought of another one...I don't know the name of the song, but the choral music that is played over the closing credits of "We Were Soldiers". Kills me every time. This is very moving. I discovered it when it was played as the recessional for Ronald Regan's memorial service, I just had to find out wht it was. This is it: ANTHEM - THE MANSIONS OF THE LORD Nick Glennie-Smith Text by Randall Wallace The United States Armed Forces Chorus To fallen soldiers, let us sing, Where no rockets fly or bullets wing Our broken brothers let us bring To the Mansions of the Lord. No more bleeding, no more fight No prayers pleading through the night, Just divine embrace, eternal light In the Mansions of the Lord. Where no mothers cry and no children weep We will stand and guard though the angels sleep All through the ages safely keep The Mansions of the Lord. [Originally sung by the West Point Glee Club to close the film We Were Soldiers (2002)] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 This is very moving. I discovered it when it was played as the recessional for Ronald Regan's memorial service, I just had to find out wht it was. This is it: ANTHEM - THE MANSIONS OF THE LORD Nick Glennie-Smith Text by Randall Wallace The United States Armed Forces Chorus To fallen soldiers, let us sing, Where no rockets fly or bullets wing Our broken brothers let us bring To the Mansions of the Lord. No more bleeding, no more fight No prayers pleading through the night, Just divine embrace, eternal light In the Mansions of the Lord. Where no mothers cry and no children weep We will stand and guard though the angels sleep All through the ages safely keep The Mansions of the Lord. [Originally sung by the West Point Glee Club to close the film We Were Soldiers (2002)] THANK YOU! That's the one...I, too, remember it from Pres. Reagan's service. Big, strong DH was overcome while it was played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetfeet Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 I wore out my Tracy Chapman tape when I was a kid. Fast Car is my favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hathersage Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 The jazz standard Misty makes me, well, misty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blessedfamily Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Who remembers "Billy, Don't Be A Hero" ?....... ....And as she started to go...She said, "Billy keep your hellooooo"... Billy, don't be a hero..... Come back to me. I heard his fiance got a letter, to show how Billy died that day...... The letter said that he was hero...she should be glad he died that way. I heard she threw the letter away..... Bwaaaaaaaaaa:crying: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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