HornPenguin Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 There are two songs that stand out: From the CD The Cure, Bloodflowers - the song "39". This has got to be the sadest song of all time, ever recorded. Bloodflowers, the latest album by the Cure recorded in 2000, also believed to be the best recording ever by the Cure. Robert Smith in "39", sings with desperation and sorrow unheard since their Pornography album recorded many years earlier. The entire album is an amazing piece of work. Watch out, this album can mess with your emotions like no other that I have ever heard, or heard of. Smith, the king of melancholy From Lynn Andersons album, All The Kings Horses - the song "Long Long Time". To hear Lynn sing this standard is to love Lynn. She has a way of convincing you of every word said in the song. A love gone wrong, sung with the kind of conviction rarely heard. Passion, hurt, emotion, a very good performance indeed. What are some of the sadest songs that you have played on your system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dzapper Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 The saddest song ever from my Klipsches? Alan Jackson's "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" Brings back painful memories and anger. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 "Tangled up in Blue" --Bob Dylan edit: almost forgot "The Hokey Pokey" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Garrison Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 Judy Garland... The night is bitter, The stars have lost their glitter; The winds grow colder And suddenly you're older - And all because of the man that got away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strabo Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 Tom Waits - Flower's Grave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwm Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Bruce Springsteen "Brothers under the Bridge" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdm56 Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Without a doubt, "Somewhere Over The Rainbow", by Eva Cassidy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jephdood Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Tim McGraw - "Don't Take The Girl" Entire album "The Wind" by Warren Zevon.. because of what he was faced with when he recorded it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 There's just too many sad songs out there so I'll go with two by John Prine: Sam Stone Hello in There (about old age) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougdrake Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Dire Straits - "Romeo and Juliette" (at least, saddest from MY Klipsch's). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shock-Late Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 "Exit music (for a film)" by Radiohead, album: "OK computer" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooting_monkey Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 I think the one of the saddest songs I can remeber is Angel's Son by Lajon Witherspoon of Sevendust. He wrote it for James Lynn Strait of Snot who died in a car accident with his dog. Annother song I think of as a sad song is Good Riddance by Green Day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jephdood Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Eric Clapton - "Tears In Heaven" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1stcav Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 I think Johhny Cash wrote some of the saddest songs of all time, and the one song I keep playing through my ProMedias (I need to buy the CD) is on "The Man Comes Around", his final 2002 album; the song "Hurt" by Trent Reznor, founder of Nine Inch Nails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdm56 Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 ---------------- On 6/19/2004 12:32:44 PM mdeneen wrote: "Without a doubt, "Somewhere Over The Rainbow", by Eva Cassidy. " ---------- I really love this version, and Eva in general. But, oddly, I find it uplifting, not sad at all. It's a fantastic version of this classic, and her very subtle rephrasing I think is out of this world. mdeneen ---------------- Hey, I love it too! It's my favorite recording of it. -Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAR69 Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 For me, the saddest song I have heard on my Klipsches is "Trashman's Shoes" by the Austin band Shoulders. I have to agree the first time I heard Johnny Cash sing "Hurt" on my La Scalas I was about to cry. I agree that Robert Smith writes to the listener on a very deeply emotional personal level. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjr888 Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 Black Eyed Dog, Nick Drake. Specifically the version on Time of No Reply. Seems that much more raw. The most miserable song I know of, and absolutely beautiful in its purity. You hear the song, you hear how Nick sings it, how he hits the guitar, and all you are left with in your room is despair, somehow beautiful despair, probably because it seems so pure. The musical equivalent of someone coming to you having a complete breakdown, where every word, every tone of their voice, and every little action seems to truly be coming from the deepest part of themselves. If Goodbye Cruel World from The Wall is the sort of cinematic, broadway version of despair, Black Eyed Dog would be finding yourself at your absolute lowest point, lower than you even knew you could go, half giving up hope, and half crying out for help. Probably the most powerful two minutes of recorded music I know of. I will second the mentions of Cash doing hurt. He was meant to do that song -- it simply carries emotion in the same manner as Black Eyed Dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindman Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 "Ol' Man River" from the musical Show Boat(1936)...sung by Paul Robeson with anger and despair. "When a Blind Man Cries" by Deep Purple. Released as a single on March 21st 1972 on the Purple Records label. Also available on a compilation titled "Deep Purple Single's a's and b's". This song is the inspiration for my username. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnysal Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" from Farewell, Angelina by Joan Baez Put that on the k-horns in the dark and get ready for your heart to hurt, absolutely gripping, I kid you not! regards, tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stan krajewski Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Is that all ther is? sung by Peggy Lee. The definition of morose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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