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re: Saddest song ever?

Posted on 4/17/12 at 2:10 pm to
Posted by TygerTyger
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Posted on 4/17/12 at 2:10 pm to
Cat's in the Cradle by Harry Chapin

I can't fricking listen to that song.


This post was edited on 4/17/12 at 2:11 pm
Posted by dukke v
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Posted on 4/17/12 at 2:11 pm to
quote:

Cat's in the Cradle by Harry Chapin




Nice choice.
Posted by Cdawg
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Posted on 4/17/12 at 2:21 pm to
Posted by NachoReb
ITP ATL
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Posted on 4/17/12 at 2:23 pm to
Has to be Nutshell or Tears in heaven
Posted by floyd of pink
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Posted on 4/17/12 at 2:28 pm to
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 4/17/12 at 2:29 pm to
quote:

Withered and Died

This is Linda Thompson (written by her husband Richard - one of the greatest living guitarists btw), but there are a few great versions (Elvis Costello).


The Costello version may be the most depressing song ever (different from saddest -- but don't ask me to define that difference). The original is almost happy-go-lucky by comparison.
Posted by jordan21210
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 4/17/12 at 2:31 pm to
quote:

Casimir Pulaski Day - Sufjan Stevens



My selection as well. Damn that song is sad...but really, really good.

ETA: Curs in the Weeds by HorseFeathers is pretty sad too IMO.

ETA2: Can't believe this hasn't been posted yet. Fire and Rain - James Taylor
This post was edited on 4/17/12 at 2:38 pm
Posted by jose canseco
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Member since Jul 2007
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Posted on 4/17/12 at 2:46 pm to
Tears in heaven by clapton - once you realize its about his red son

If you could read my mind by Gordon Lightfoot isn't very uplifting either.
Posted by McKinneyttu97
McKinney, TX
Member since Mar 2011
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Posted on 4/17/12 at 2:56 pm to
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once you realize its about his red son
He was a ginger?
Posted by Decatur
Member since Mar 2007
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Posted on 4/17/12 at 3:00 pm to
Posted by TigerRad
Columbia, SC
Member since Jan 2007
5367 posts
Posted on 4/17/12 at 3:19 pm to
yeah I just didnt see his on youtube

EC can really crank the depression. His version of "A Good Year For the Roses" is deeply depressing.

How bout that song he wrote for Cold Mountain?

Alison Krauss is an angel
This post was edited on 4/17/12 at 3:32 pm
Posted by meauxjeaux2
watson
Member since Oct 2007
60283 posts
Posted on 4/17/12 at 3:20 pm to
quote:

The correct answer is
Living Years by- Mike & the Mechanics

Beat that shite!
Posted by AlxTgr
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Posted on 4/17/12 at 3:22 pm to
Not sure if serious...
Posted by meauxjeaux2
watson
Member since Oct 2007
60283 posts
Posted on 4/17/12 at 3:23 pm to
quote:

Not sure if serious...



quote:

I wasn't there that morning When my father passed away I didn't get to tell him All the things I had to say I think I caught his spirit Later that same year I'm sure I heard his echo In my baby's new born tears I just wish I could have told him In the living years


Posted by Covingtiger
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Member since Mar 2010
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Posted on 4/17/12 at 3:33 pm to
I get a "Wanna know how I know you're gay?" every time for this one, but it is sad

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Posted by danman6336
Member since Jan 2005
19554 posts
Posted on 4/17/12 at 3:46 pm to
I literally tear up every time I listen to this song, and my dad is still very much alive. If my dad had died recently I'm not sure I would be able to get through this one

Randy Newman - Old Man

Posted by LibertyTiger
Liberty Mississippi
Member since Mar 2010
89 posts
Posted on 4/17/12 at 3:46 pm to
J Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers cover of "Last Kiss"....
Posted by TN Bhoy
San Antonio, TX
Member since Apr 2010
60589 posts
Posted on 4/17/12 at 3:58 pm to
Kilkelly - Mick Maloney, Jimmy Keane, Robbie O'Connell


Listen through the end.
This post was edited on 4/17/12 at 4:00 pm
Posted by Breesus
Unplug
Member since Jan 2010
69549 posts
Posted on 4/17/12 at 3:58 pm to
Nigel Tufnel a delicate piece in D minor
This post was edited on 4/17/12 at 4:00 pm
Posted by Flair Chops
to the west, my soul is bound
Member since Nov 2010
35652 posts
Posted on 4/17/12 at 3:58 pm to
I'd Be Better Off in a Pine Box by Doug Stone

I said the night you left me,
Nothin' worse could ever happen,
But seeing you with someone else proved that I was wrong.
And when your eyes met mine,
I knew that you were gone forever,
Along with all the reasons , I had for hanging on.
I'd be better off in a pine box,
On a slow train back to Georgia,
Or in the grey walls of a prison doing time.
I think I'd rather die,
And go to hell and face the devil,
Than to lie here with you and him together on my mind.

I always thought that someday,
We might get back together.
I just thought you needed time to spread your wings and fly.
But when I saw the lovin' way,
You held onto each other,
It was all that I could do, not to break right down and cry.

I'd be better off in a pine box,
On a slow train back to Georgia,
Or in the grey walls of a prison doing time.
I think I'd rather die,
And go to hell and face the devil,
Than to lie here with you and him together on my mind.

Girl I'd be better off in a pine box,
On a slow train back from Georgia,
Or in the grey walls of a prison doing time.
I think I'd rather die,
And go to hell and face the devil,
Than to lie here with you and him together on my mind.

I can't lie here with you and him together on my mind
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