Penguin 28,075 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 I'm making a playlist of sad songs just because I like sad songs. I'm just getting started and only have a few so far. So the field of suggestions is wide open. Any genre is fine. I can do an internet search and find more, but I'd like to find some that don't show up on every list. Hurt (Nine Inch Nails/Johhny Cash) Long Nights (Crack the Sky) I am Stretched On Your Grave (old Irish song /various recordings) Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Momto6inIN 7,983 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Remember When by Alan Jackson 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
happi duck 16,133 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Say Something 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
klmama 6,971 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald 3 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lori D. 27,795 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Eleanor Rigby (Beatles) 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Carolina Wren 18,890 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Champagne High (Sister Hazel) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jen500 1,356 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Last Goodbye/Jeff Buckley Winter/Bayside Cigarette Daydreams/Cage the Elephant Far Behind/Candlebox Send the Pain Below/Chevelle Anna Begins, Sullivan Street/Counting Crows How to Save a Life/the Fray I Miss You/Incubus 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Selkie 23,865 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 12 minutes ago, klmama said: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Another one is If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot fan here!). 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hannah 1,812 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 For me, "I don't like Mondays" by The Boomtown Rats about the 1979 Cleveland Elementary School shooting in San Diego is one of the saddest songs ever. 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KungFuPanda 34,811 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) Sad Songs Say So Much Candle in the Wind i just watched Rocket Man. Elton John has lots of sad songs. ETA: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Edited July 5, 2020 by KungFuPanda 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ali in OR 17,195 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 The Beatles' Fool on the Hill American Pie Total Eclipse of the Heart Eric Clapton's Tears in Heaven 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Penguin 28,075 Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 This is great, thank you so much. Keep 'em coming! So far, it is a mixture of "now why didn't I think of that" and "unknown to me." Both categories are appreciated equally. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SusanC 8,033 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 54 minutes ago, happi duck said: Say Something I came to say this ^, but I'll add Superman - Five for Fighting Here with Me - Susie Suh 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MEmama 13,437 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Wrecking Ball—Miley Cyrus The Other Me—Joe Jackson Pretty much anything by the Cure Purple Rain—Prince Don’t Say—Scars on 45 Don't Wait for Me—Racing Glaciers Marlene Dietrich's Favourite Poem—Peter Murphy 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Selkie 23,865 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Angie - Rolling Stones Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor Funny How Love Is - Fine Young Cannibals Red Hill Mining Town - U2 Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DoraBora 1,247 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) Live Like You Were Dyin' - Tim McGraw I Called Mama - Tim McGraw Adagio in G Minor - (instrumental) Albinoni The Last Song - Elton John Edited July 5, 2020 by DoraBora 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cintinative 5,324 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) Latter Days -- Over the Rhine (local band) very good https://open.spotify.com/album/6s2WjtxE8rqXRPtw9EGxzW?highlight=spotify:track:3KrZb7DNKqPX5MzAjO51Dn Poughkeepsie https://open.spotify.com/album/6s2WjtxE8rqXRPtw9EGxzW?highlight=spotify:track:4FdWgy81Y5lap7xiL4oGbh Edited July 5, 2020 by cintinative 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
happi duck 16,133 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Shallow 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marbel 25,832 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) Unspoken by Welshly Arms Ordinary by Paula Cole I tried to link to youtube, but it embedded the video; I am not sure that's OK, and couldn't just paste in the link. So, sorry. But they are easy to find. Edited July 5, 2020 by marbel 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scarlett 31,145 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) Headlights by Eminem (warning, I can’t find a clean version) Love the way you lie by Eminem and Rihanna Better Man by Little Big Town I had a dream The house that built me by Miranda Edited July 5, 2020 by Scarlett 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scarlett 31,145 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Dear John by Taylor Swift You were meant for me by Jewell Sunday morning coming down by Kris Kristopherson 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PrincessMommy 12,330 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 The Rose - Barbra Streisand version You Get Bigger As You Go - Bruce Cockburn Pacing the Cage - Cockburn again (very apropos for quarantine) How Can You Mend a Broken Heart - I'm partial to the Bee Gees version but there are others you might prefer 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scarlett 31,145 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Hurt by Johnny Cash (9 inch Nails did it first but I like JC better) 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
porque? 39 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 The Band Played Waltzing Matilda by the Pogues Mining for Gold by the Cowboy Junkies 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scarlett 31,145 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 I’m moving on by Rascal Flatts 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scarlett 31,145 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 God is watching us by Bett Midler 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scarlett 31,145 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 The way we were by Barbara Streisland 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arctic Bunny 4,522 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Cat’s in the cradle 4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PrincessMommy 12,330 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Just now, Dotwithaperiod said: I love Cockburn, especially his If I Had A Rocket Launcher So few people have even heard of him outside of Canada... it's always wonderful to find "my people" 🙂 💗 Wandering Where the Lions Are and All the Diamonds are my favorites. But, Humans is his best overall album. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PrincessMommy 12,330 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 13 minutes ago, PrincessMommy said: The Rose - Barbra Streisand version You Get Bigger As You Go - Bruce Cockburn Pacing the Cage - Cockburn again (very apropos for quarantine) How Can You Mend a Broken Heart - I'm partial to the Bee Gees version but there are others you might prefer I made a mistake. The Rose sung by Bette Midler... Ooops.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MEmama 13,437 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Hallelujah—Jeff Buckley 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fairfarmhand 26,374 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 I miss you a little, John Michael Montgomery leaving October behind, sons of the desert (this song just slays me. It’s about the little things that bring to mind a loss.) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
athena1277 1,006 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Last Kiss by Pearl Jam 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MercyA 22,598 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) Black by Pearl Jam December by Taylor Swift King of Pain by The Police Down in It by the Nine Inch Nails Edited July 5, 2020 by MercyA 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
perky 3,454 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Killing Me Softly with His Song by Roberta Flack 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hyacinth 2,741 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) Separate Lives By Phil Collins I Can’t Make You Love Me by Bonnie Raitt And So It Goes by Billy Joel What About Me by Moving Pictures Where Do Broken Hearts Go by Whitney Houston Edited July 5, 2020 by Hyacinth 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DoraBora 1,247 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, DoraBora said: At Seventeen, Janice Ian Edited July 5, 2020 by DoraBora 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marbel 25,832 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) "The Wayward Wind," "Leavin' On Your Mind" and "Crazy" by Pasty Cline "Break it to Me Gently" by Juice Newton "She's Leaving Home" by the Beatles Edited July 5, 2020 by marbel 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MercyA 22,598 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Silent Lucidity by Queensrÿche 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Violet Crown 22,161 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) The saddest pieces of music I know are (1) Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8 and (2) Allegri's Miserere. ETA: Really. Even for people who think they don't like classical very much. Edited July 5, 2020 by Violet Crown 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mmasc 3,261 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Hello by Adele Elderly Woman Behind the Counter of a Small Town by Pearl Jam 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Violet Crown 22,161 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 1 minute ago, Æthelthryth the Texan said: Confession- I clicked on this thread for the sole purpose of seeing what you suggested when I saw your avatar. I wanted to see if your music matched your literature and I was not disappointed. 😀 Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brehon 4,743 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Violet Crown said: The saddest pieces of music I know are (1) Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8 and (2) Allegri's Miserere. ETA: Really. Even for people who think they don't like classical very much. I so look forward to singing “Miserere” every Tenebræ. Edited July 5, 2020 by brehon 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EmseB 16,631 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 It Don't Hurt by Sheryl Crow Crash and Burn by Sheryl Crow Romeo and Juliet by Mark Knopfler One Headlight by the Wallflowers Don't Change Your Plans by Ben Folds Five Tonight is the Night I Fell Asleep at the Wheel by Barenaked Ladies Freedom by David Gray Well, my chest hurts now, gotta go cry it out to a few of these, lol. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Violet Crown 22,161 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, brehon said: I so look forward to singing “Miserere” every Tenebræ. I look forward to it too. 🙂 The first time I ever heard it (the recording I linked to, in English), I had to pull the car over because I couldn't see to drive. I've known that psalm since I was little but that was the first time it went through into my heart. Edited July 5, 2020 by Violet Crown 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
math teacher 1,810 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 The Beaches of Cheyanne-Garth Brooks 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annandatje 807 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) Almost any song by Townes Van Zandt. He was once asked why he did not write some happy songs. He replied that those were his happy songs. Edited July 5, 2020 by annandatje 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
livetoread 9,574 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Don’t Speak by No Doubt Nothing’s Changed by Chris Isaak My Immortal by Evenescence I hung with and dated some Canadians in college. Lots of good things came from that including Bruce Cockburn. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MercyA 22,598 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 New Favorite by Alison Krauss and Union Station Saddest song of all time. I can't and won't listen to it. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Florida. 55,925 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Send in the Clowns, Judy Collins 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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