Sad songs say so much.

[Anonymous]

What does it say about me that I love be almost every one of these songs? And the singers who died too young like Harry Chapin and Dan Fogelburg, make them only more poignant.

[Anonymous]

PP here. In the singers who died too young category:

Photographs and Memories by Jim Croce

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Radiohead - House of Cards
Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Comes
David Bowie - Heroes
Beach Boys - God Only Knows
Johnny Cash - One/Hurt/Solitary Man
CSNY - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Bob Dylan - A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall
America - Tin Man
Psychedelic Furs - The Ghost in You
Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Tears for Fears - Mad World
Katie Melua - Moon River
Glenn Campbell- I’m Not Gonna Miss You
Moby - In This World
The National - About Today/ Slow Show

I had to double check that I didn’t post this list! Love every one of them.

[Anonymous]

Bruce Hornsby/Range- The Way it is
U2 - Still haven’t found what I’m looking for
Fuel- Shimmer
Filter- Take a Picture

[Anonymous]

Because of you—Kelly Clarkson

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe not your genre, but I can think of a couple of favorites:

Keane ‘somewhere only we know’: “if you have a minute why don’t we go Talk about it somewhere only we know.” Its the way he sings it.

And Radiohead ‘high and dry’: the entire song is so gloriously emotional. Even the guitar cries and whines a little bit

Always fleetwood mac’s ‘Landslide’

Always.

+1
A girl sang this at our high school graduation and there was not one dry eye. So beautiful.

[Anonymous]

Bridge Over Troubled Water - S&G
The Boxer - S&G
Falling Slowly - Hansard/Irglova
Always a Woman - Billy Joel
Somewhere Only We Know - Keane
The A-Team - Ed Sheeran
Cat's in the Cradle - Jim Croce

Sometime Around Midnight - Toxic Airborne Event (this one's in a class by itself)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYPoMjR6-Ao

[Anonymous]

Thank you, OP. I needed this thread tonight. My dad just started hospice care, and I’m at his bedside at my childhood home. Sad songs are cathartic for me, and I’m crying in a good way.

Love all the suggestions (esp. the Bread song!), and here are some of mine to add:

So Quiet - Nik Kershaw
Snowbound - Genesis
Ripples - Genesis
Space Oddity - David Bowie
She’s Leaving Home - Beatles
Suite Madame Blue - Styx
Man in the Wilderness - Styx
Wild West Hero - ELO

[Anonymous]

PP here...add:

The Luckiest - Ben Folds
And most of Foo Fighters breaks my heart in a good way.

[Anonymous]

I am very sorry to hear about your dad. I hope that you find strength and solace in these songs and that it brings special memories and peace to you during this difficult time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP here...add:

The Luckiest - Ben Folds
And most of Foo Fighters breaks my heart in a good way.

+1
Brick is also brutal

[Anonymous]

u2 - Kite

[Anonymous]

I am feeling a connection to all posters on this thread; everyone is sharing a piece of their heart, giving something that is important and meaningful to them. We can all share and identify through music ~
Thank you and hugs

[Anonymous]

Pearl Jam - Black

Sunny Day Real Estate - In Circles, and pretty much every other song of theirs

Thursday - Understanding in a Car Crash (Full Collapse really holds up - their other albums not so much IMO)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank you, OP. I needed this thread tonight. My dad just started hospice care, and I’m at his bedside at my childhood home. Sad songs are cathartic for me, and I’m crying in a good way.

Love all the suggestions (esp. the Bread song!), and here are some of mine to add:

So Quiet - Nik Kershaw
Snowbound - Genesis
Ripples - Genesis
Space Oddity - David Bowie
She’s Leaving Home - Beatles
Suite Madame Blue - Styx
Man in the Wilderness - Styx
Wild West Hero - ELO

OP here. I am so sorry to hear about your dad. I hope these songs can give you some comfort and peaceful thoughts.
((hugs go out to you, wherever you are ))