Lady Florida. Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Thought of a few more I didn't see posted Let Her Go - Passenger Cat's in the Cradle Puff the Magic Dragon (bittersweet sad about growing up and losing the magic) Sunrise, Sunset - same type of sad as above I Started a Joke - Bee Gees Love Hurts Against All Odds 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 3 hours ago, myblessings4 said: Time In a Bottle Almost any song by Bread The Dance by Garth Brooks Oh gosh, Bread! There is a flash of the past. If I can think of more, I will add them: Fields of Athenry - I like the version by the Irish Tenors A lot of songs by Peter Maffay Torna a Surriento - Many performers, Mario Lanza, Il Volo, etc. O mio babbino caro - Maria Callas, also Montserrat Caballe Good night Saigon - Billy Joel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberia Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Saddest song I know, but so beautiful: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brehon Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 In the same vein as Violet Crown’s choices, one of the most moving, saddest pieces I know is Tomás Luis de Victoria’s Versa est in luctum... from his Requiem. “My harp is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of thosethat weep. Spare me, Lord, for my days are nothing.” Few could plumb the depths of suffering like Spanish Renaissance composers. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DawnM Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Jesse by Joshua Madison. It makes me cry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Indigo Blue said: <snip> Billy Don’t Be A Hero (Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods) This reminds me of "Billy and Sue" by B J Thomas "New York's Not My Home" by Jim Croce "It's been so long since I have felt fine..." "Cherokee Louise" by Joni Mitchell (warning child sexual abuse, beautiful song though) Edited July 6, 2020 by marbel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almondbutterandjelly Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Tomorrow Wendy by Concrete Blonde 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 This one isn't necessarily a sad song because it has no words... It's a classical piece. But whenever I hear it, I think it's one of the most beautifully sad songs I've ever heard. Mirror in Mirror (aka Spiegel im Spiegel) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 1 hour ago, DawnM said: Jesse by Joshua Madison. It makes me cry One of my favorites. also You Were Mine by Dixie Chicks 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracyP Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 The entire August and Everything After album. If you want to pick just one - Raining in Baltimore. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracyP Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Just now, Plum said: I got a speeding ticket when I played A Murder of One for the first time in like a hundred years. I was so high on endorphins I didn’t even care about the speeding ticket. 😁 true story I could totally see that!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kebo Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 "Hold On" by Sarah MacLachlan "Wicked Game" by Chris Isaak "Joey" by Concrete Blonde "Brick" by Ben Folds Five (Warning, very depressing) "Only You" by Yaz "Far, Far Away from My Heart" and "I'm in Trouble Again" by The BoDeans "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 If you want to go international, practically everything this group does is sad (or angry or political or all three.) I’d love to choreograph a dance to one of their songs because I LOVE their sound, but they’re just TOO moody for what my students usually do. It’s a Lebanese group called Mashrou’ Leila Their fans are Leilaholics. 😂 I’ll spare you the haunting translation, but it’s about betrayal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeachGal Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 “Into Dust” Mazzy Star ”Sleepless Nights” Norah Jones “Mary Skeffington” Gerry Rafferty. He wrote it for his mother who was often beaten by her alcoholic husband. ”Sylvia’s Mother” Dr. Hook. Shel Silverstein wrote quite a few of their songs’ lyrics. This was one. ”Beggin’” Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons ”The Living Years” Mike and the Mechanics ”Cavatina” ”Tango to Evora” Loreena McKennitt “Slow Dancing in the Dark” Joji ”Where Did You Sleep Last Night/In the Pines” Leadbelly. I like Janel Drewis’s version. ”Hawaii ‘78” Israel Kamakawiwo’ole Some of the songs from Les Mis: Fantine’s Death, The ABC Cafe, On My Own, Bring Him Home, Empty Chairs at Empty Tables Some of Nick Drake’s songs “Drew” “Laurel” “Stranger” Goldfrapp “Beethoven’s Silence” Ernesto Cortazar “Tausend Tranen Tief” Blumfeld but Scala & Kolacny Brothers’ version is sadder. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonhawk Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 "When David Heard" by Eric Whitacre. This piece is very very long, so it may not make your playlist, but it should be really listened to at least once by anyone who wants their heart broken. You can't rush the listening though. [Spoiler: To help, it starts off with, "When David Heard that Absolom was slain, he went up into his chamber up over the gate and wept." The rest you should be fine with, but sometimes the beginning is hard to hear.] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momto6inIN Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Picture by Sheryl Crow and Kid Rock 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 So much awesome saddness here! Thank you thank you! It will take me a chunk of time, but I am going to listen to every single song posted here. There are a lot of unknown-to-me songs here, which is not surprising given our range of ages and musical tastes. I've been on a mission to expand myself musically, so that's a plus. I'm in my 50s so I probably know all of the older songs, but had forgotten about many of them. I feel like I missed all the good music, movies, and TV of the 90s - the only exception being stuff that toddlers and preschoolers liked. Once I had teenagers in the house, I started to at least hear what they were listening to. Now I've asked my family for their choices. @happysmileylady Based on your user name, I am not surprised that you don't generally like sad songs 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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