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What do you think is the saddest song of all time?

How about the Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue Death ballard, "Where the wild roses grow."

"A Bad Goodbye" by Clint Black and some woman is pretty sad.

Do What you Have to Do by Sara Maclaughlin(sp?) is sad but one of my fav songs

NIN or Johny Cash song-Hurt(?)

"I Started a joke" By the BeeGee's.

Though my favorite version of the song was sang by 'No Hope', an Australian band. That guy, his voice was so damn powerful, when he went to the chorus I had teary eyes.

NIN or Johny Cash song-Hurt(?)

I'm not sure if you're asking for clarification about the title, artist, or something else, but as it was going to be my choice, I will clear it all up :p

Hurt, originally by Nine Inch Nails, covered by Johnny Cash just a few months before his death.

Now, I love Johnny Cash even at the worst of times, but my God in heaven, the song is one of the saddest - and most beautiful - I have ever heard. The song itself is powerful enough, but if you watch the video as well, you'll be in tears. There is so much emotion there it's not real...

"Gloomy Sunday"

Johnny Cash - Sunday Morning Coming Down.

I also vote for Johnny Cash's cover of 'Hurt'

I'm not sure if you're asking for clarification about the title, artist, or something else, but as it was going to be my choice, I will clear it all up :p

Hurt, originally by Nine Inch Nails, covered by Johnny Cash just a few months before his death.

BINGO!

Also now is the Hour!

Are any of the Counting Crows songs actually sad, or do they just sound like they should be?

"Sunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows" made me shed a tear, and that's a hard thing to do.

Anna Lisa - The saddest song I have ever heard, sung by a band that ironically, should sing really happy songs.

Yes, I had childish tastes in music.

"Hurt" by Johnny Cash
So beautifull and yet so sad. It will bring tears to even a grown mans eyes.

I also say - Johnny Cash's "Sunday Morning Coming Down."

AND...Willie's Nelson's "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain."

4am by Our Lady Peace

Hurt is pretty good too.

Totally gotta be "I'm the Only Gay Eskimo" as preformed on Mad T.V.

Just Kidding,
I agree, Hurt is, without a doubt, THE saddest song

Coldplay's 'the scientist'

"Sam Stone" by John Prine...

Ummm...Britney Spears, "Oops, I did it again". Her singing is sooo sad. Everytime I hear it, I can't belive how bad someone can sing and cry.

Anything by Leonard Cohen.
By that I mean anything, not the song 'Anything', which as far as I know he's never written or sung a song with that title.
I've always thought 'It's Gonna Be (Alright)' by Ween is a pretty sad song

A lot of Bright Eye's stuff

Spent on Rainy Days - Bright Eyes

and if you actually listen to it ~ Good Riddance (Time of your Life) - Green Day

(Time of your Life) - Green Day
How is that sad?

How is that sad?
go listen carefully, especially to the second verse. It may not strike you at first, but it has some sad underpinnings in it. Either that or I'm reading waaay to deep into it.

Ohh, and Gary Jules Mad World.

Maybe these aren't the saddest of all time, but they're pretty sad for pop/rock songs. Though for any of the saddest, go for some opera or classical. They can be pretty depressing.

"Don't Cry Out Loud" by Melissa Manchester
"To the Moon and Back" by Savage Garden
"Hemorrhage" by Fuel

REMs Everybody Hurts or Red Sovine's Faith in Santa

It's a tie:


Danny Boy

Amazing Grace on the bagpipes

Gary's Jules's cover of Mad World. The Tears for Fears original version is disturbingly upbeat.

I agree with Time of Your Life by Green Day. Course, I might be sentimental because it was sung at my graduation.


And Clementine is sad. When I was a kid I always had to fast forward through it on a tape.

definately jonhy cash's hurt

i played it at a talent show people were crying so yea

I'm definitely going to have to go for Harry Chapin - Cat's in the Cradle.

I think the saddest song of today is "My Immortal" by Evanescence but one of my all-time saddest songs is "Unchained Melody" by the Righteous Brothers.

I can play Gary Jules version of "Mad World" on the piano. It is pretty sad, but the piano part is strangely reminiscent of Circus Music. Maybe it's lost its origional emotional impact to me, but I find it less sad, and more informative. For example, in the line "I find it kind of funny; I find it kind of sad. The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had." it seems to me that he is not saying that he is some sort of freaky guy who wants to die, but that the only emotion powerful enough to knock him loose of his monotonous life is the fear of death in his dreams; that the world is so emotionless that any emotion that he feels can be concieved as pleasurable or exciting.

Unchained Melody is more of a love song, but the only reason I relate it to unhappyness (instead of longing) is because of its placement in the movie "Ghost"

Totally gotta be "I'm the Only Gay Eskimo" as preformed on Mad T.V.
dude that song is hilarious.
i really dont know the saddest song ive ever heard ill have to check this 'Hurt'
song out

Good Riddence (time of your life ) by greenday is pretty sad
i thought Adams song by Blink 182 was pretty sad too Mad world is and that song Hallelughia ive only heard the Rufus wainright version (the one on Shrek)
is very sad aswell.

easy. "happy Birthday"

kidding. actually- "orion" by metallica.

My vote would have to be for "Little Boy Blue." ( At least I think that was the title. ) It was a song about a father who was too involved in business affairs and the minutia of life to spend time with his son when the boy was little, then realizes that his son is just like him when he's grown and has no time to spend with his dad.

I'm going to have to say "The Metro" by Berlin. Old 80's song also covered by System of a Down and Bella Morte (I'm going to have to say I like the Bella Morte version best). The lyrics are very powerful.

Rednex - Wish you were here

I remember listening this as I child and it really was a sad song. And the video...

'The Dance' by Garth Brooks. That song's gotten me forever.

Amazing Grace, when played on bagpipes is pretty sad.

I'm going to have to go with "The Ghost of Tom Joad" by Bruce Springsteen.

My vote would have to be for "Little Boy Blue." ( At least I think that was the title. ) It was a song about a father who was too involved in business affairs and the minutia of life to spend time with his son when the boy was little, then realizes that his son is just like him when he's grown and has no time to spend with his dad.

thats cats in the cradle
the last post is sad

I have to go for Somewhere out there from the American tale movie.

It was the favorite song of a 3 year old boy in the city I used to live in. He was raped and murdered and his parents published the words of that song in his funeral notice. I can't hear it now, without thinking of that little boy, and what happened to him.

Kansas - 'Dust in the Wind'

And I have to disagree with those saying 'Hurt' is the saddest song ever. I'm a huge NIN fan and 'Hurt' has got to be my favourite song of all time. But I don't think it's actually sad in the way I feel like crying. To me the feeling of the song is one of being resigned and of regret of not being able to change the way things went.

only two more days
until your birthday
yesterday was mine
youll be turning five
i know what its like
growing up without
your father in your life.

so i pretend
im doing all i can
and hope someday youll find it in your heart
to understand
why im not around
and forgive me for not being in your life.

i remember waiting for you to go.
i remember waiting for you to call.
i remember waiting there to find nothing at all.
i remember waiting for you to come ( waiting for you to come )
remember waiting for you to call (waiting for you to call )
waiting there to find nothing at all.

maybe someday
youll really get to know me
not just from letters wrote to you
i pray i get the chance
to make it up to you
weve got a lot of catching up to do.

so i pretend
im doing all i can
and hope someday you’ll find it in your heart
to understand
why im not around
and forgive me for not being in your life.

i remember waiting for you to go.
i remember waiting for you to call.
i remember waiting there to find nothing at all.
i remember waiting for you to come ( waiting for you to come )
remember waiting for you to call (waiting for you to call )
waiting there to find nothing at all.

i remember waiting for you to come ( waiting for you to come )
waiting for you to call
i remember (waiting for you)

forgive me.
im so sorry.
i will make it up to you.

The Ataris - The Saddest Song

id say thank you by led zeppelin i know its not really a sad song but i almost cry everytime i hear it cause it reminds me of someone i love so much but cant have. if only i could sing even the first 2 lines to her to tell her just how much i love her :( :( :( :(

"if the sun refused to shine ,i would still be loving you"

"when mountains crummble to the sea, there will still be you and me"

Eric claptons tears in heaven

Either:

"Runaway Train" by Soul Asylum

or

"Mighty K.C." by For Squirrels

Sarah McLoughlin - Angel or Cars - Drive